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tonguing tonguing
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mother tongue mother tongue
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tongue-twister tongue-twister
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adders-tongue adders-tongue
adder's-tongue name for a fern genus ( Ophioglossum ). Adder's-tongues are classified in the division Pteridophyta.... Read more
jews-harp jews-harp
jew's-harp or jews'-harp, musical instrument of ancient lineage composed of a small metal frame containing a flexible metal tongue. The frame is held between the teeth and the metal tongue is plucked with the fingers. Each jew's-harp can produce only one tone, the quality of which may be varied... Read more
Parapraxes Parapraxes
SLIPS OF THE TONGUE Slips of the tongue are errors involving the uttering (Versprechen ), or hearing (Verh Read more
glossolalia glossolalia
glossolalia [Gr.,=speaking in tongues], ecstatic utterances usually of unintelligible sounds made by individuals in a state of religious excitement. Religious revivals are often accompanied by manifestations of glossolalia, and various Pentecostal (see Pentecostalism ) movements cite for authority... Read more
mouth mouth
mouth entrance to the digestive and respiratory tracts. The mouth, or oral cavity, is ordinarily a simple opening in lower animals; in vertebrates it is a more complex structure. In humans, the mouth is defined in front and at the sides by the lips, jawbone, teeth , and gums; in the rear it merges... Read more
lingua franca lingua franca
lingua franca , an auxiliary language, generally of a hybrid and partially developed nature, that is employed over an extensive area by people speaking different and mutually unintelligible tongues in order to communicate with one another. Such a language frequently is used primarily for commercial... Read more
pidgin pidgin
pidgin , a lingua franca that is not the mother tongue of anyone using it and that has a simplified grammar and a restricted, often polyglot vocabulary. The earliest documented pidgin is the Lingua Franca (or Sabir) that developed among merchants and traders in the Mediterranean in the Middle... Read more

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