The tongue is a muscular organ in the mouth of a typical tetrapod. It manipulates food for chewing and swallowing as part of the digestive process, and...

cataglottism or a tongue kiss, is an amorous kiss in which the participants' tongues extend to touch each other's lips or tongue. A kiss with the tongue stimulates...

A first language (L1), native language, native tongue, or mother tongue is the first language a person has been exposed to from birth or within the critical...

Tongue-in-cheek is an idiom that describes a humorous or sarcastic statement expressed in a serious manner. The phrase originally expressed contempt, but...

silver tongue in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A "silver tongue" implies one with a tendency to be eloquent and persuasive in speaking. Silver tongue may...

or the tongue-eating louse, is a parasitic isopod of the family Cymothoidae. It enters fish through the gills. The female attaches to the tongue, while...

Tongue rolling is the ability to roll the lateral edges of the tongue upwards into a tube. The tongue's intrinsic muscles allow some people to form their...

Tongue bifurcation, splitting or forking, is a type of body modification in which the tongue is cut centrally from its tip to as far back as the underside...

Caviar tongue is a condition characterized by the purplish nodular swelling of veins found on the undersurface of the tongue. It is normal for there to...

Tonguing is a technique used with wind instruments to enunciate notes using the tongue on the palate or the reed or mouthpiece. A silent "tee" is made...

Native Tongue(s) may refer to: Native Tongues (book), a non-fiction book about languages by Charles Berlitz published in 1982 Native Tongue (Carl Hiaasen...

Beef tongue (also known as neat's tongue or ox tongue) is a cut of beef made of the tongue of a cow. It can be boiled, pickled, roasted or braised in...

Geographic tongue, also known by several other terms, is a condition of the mucous membrane of the tongue, usually on the dorsal surface. It is a common...

The Mother Tongue is a 1990 book by Bill Bryson which compiles the history and origins of the English language and its various quirks. It is subtitled...

Tongue (Scottish Gaelic: Tunga from Old Norse: Tunga) is a coastal village in northwest Highland, Scotland, in the western part of the former county of...

Speaking in tongues, also known as glossolalia, is an activity or practice in which people utter words or speech-like sounds, often thought by believers...

Tongue and groove is a method of fitting similar objects together, edge to edge, used mainly with wood, in flooring, parquetry, panelling, and similar...

A tongue twister is a phrase that is designed to be difficult to articulate properly, and can be used as a type of spoken (or sung) word game. Additionally...

Blue-tongued skinks comprise the Australasian genus Tiliqua, which contains some of the largest members of the skink family (Scincidae). They are commonly...

The Tongue of the Ocean (TOTO) is the name of a region of much deeper water in the Bahamas separating the islands of Andros and New Providence. The TOTO...

The hyoid bone (lingual bone or tongue-bone) (/ˈhaɪɔɪd/) is a horseshoe-shaped bone situated in the anterior midline of the neck between the chin and the...

Fissured tongue is a benign condition characterized by deep grooves (fissures) in the dorsum of the tongue. Although these grooves may look unsettling...

The tongue map or taste map is a common misconception that different sections of the tongue are exclusively responsible for different basic tastes. It...

Look up tongue in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The tongue is a muscular organ in the mouth of most vertebrate animals. Tongue or Tongues may also refer...

Old Tongue or The Old Tongue may refer to: An ancient language An extinct language Old Tongue (poem), by Jackie Kay Old Tongues, a 1994 Dutch film The...

ceremony at the TCL Chinese Theatre. He has his own magazine, Gene Simmons Tongue Magazine, his own label, Simmons Records, and animated series, My Dad the...

The frenulum (or frenum) of the tongue, tongue web, lingual frenulum, frenulum linguae, or fraenulum is a small fold of mucous membrane extending from...

Adder's tongue is a common name for several plants and may refer to: Ophioglossum, a genus of ferns in the family Ophioglossaceae Erythronium (also known...

Ox-tongue pastry (Chinese: 牛脷酥; pinyin: niúlìsū; Jyutping: ngau4 lei6 sou1) or horse-ear pastry (Chinese: 马耳; pinyin: mǎěr), also referred to as Chinese...

Look up mother tongue in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Mother tongue usually refers to the language that a person learned as a child at home or a person's...