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- English Word Tongued Definition of Tongue
- English Word Tongued Definition Having a tongue.
- English Word Tonguefish Definition A flounder (Symphurus plagiusa) native of the southern coast of the United States.
- English Word Tongueless Definition Having no tongue.
- English Word Tongueless Definition Hence, speechless; mute.
- English Word Tongueless Definition Unnamed; not spoken of.
- English Word Tonguelet Definition A little tongue.
- English Word Tonguester Definition One who uses his tongue; a talker; a story-teller; a gossip.
- English Word Tongueworm Definition Any species of Linguatulina.
- English Word Tonguing Definition of Tongue
- English Word Tonguy Definition Ready or voluble in speaking; as, a tonguy speaker.
- English Word Tonic Definition Of or relating to tones or sounds; specifically (Phon.), applied to, or distingshing, a speech sound made with tone unmixed and undimmed by obstruction, such sounds, namely, the vowels and diphthongs, being so called by Dr. James Rush (1833) " from their forming the purest and most plastic material of intonation."
- English Word Tonic Definition Of or pertaining to tension; increasing tension; hence, increasing strength; as, tonic power.
- English Word Tonic Definition Increasing strength, or the tone of the animal system; obviating the effects of debility, and restoring healthy functions.
- English Word Tonic Definition A tonic element or letter; a vowel or a diphthong.
- English Word Tonic Definition The key tone, or first tone of any scale.
- English Word Tonic Definition A medicine that increases the strength, and gives vigor of action to the system.
- English Word Tonical Definition Tonic.
- English Word Tonicity Definition The state of healthy tension or partial contraction of muscle fibers while at rest; tone; tonus.
- English Word Tonies Definition of Tony
- English Word Tonight Definition On this present or coming night.
- English Word Tonight Definition On the last night past.
- English Word Tonight Definition The present or the coming night; the night after the present day.
- English Word Toning Definition of Tone
- English Word Tonite Definition An explosive compound; a preparation of gun cotton.
- English Word Tonka bean Definition The seed of a leguminous tree (Dipteryx odorata), native of Guiana. It has a peculiarly agreeable smell, and is employed in the scenting of snuff. Called also tonquin bean.
- English Word Tonnage Definition The weight of goods carried in a boat or a ship.
- English Word Tonnage Definition The cubical content or burden of a vessel, or vessels, in tons; or, the amount of weight which one or several vessels may carry. See Ton, n. (b).
- English Word Tonnage Definition A duty or impost on vessels, estimated per ton, or, a duty, toll, or rate payable on goods per ton transported on canals.
- English Word Tonnage Definition The whole amount of shipping estimated by tons; as, the tonnage of the United States. See Ton.