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tongue-twister
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adders-tongue
adder's-tongue name for a fern genus ( Ophioglossum ). Adder's-tongues are classified in the division Pteridophyta.... Read more |
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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 |
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Parapraxes
SLIPS OF THE TONGUE Slips of the tongue are errors involving the uttering (Versprechen ), or hearing (Verh Read more |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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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