tongue

The ability to communicate with others using spoken or written words

Words and phrases a group uses that people outside it do not understand

The first language a person learns as a child

The first language a person learns at home

A way of showing words using letters or characters instead of speech

Language people use with their voice rather than in writing

A system people use to speak and write to each other rather than computer code

Said jokingly and not meant to be taken seriously

To be easy and pleasant to say

To stay silent to avoid saying something rude

Joking and not meant to be taken seriously

Stop yourself from saying something you want to say because it would be rude

To start speaking again after shock or surprise

Become unable to speak when you feel nervous or embarrassed

Say things that are not true to trick others

To say a word correctly, often with difficulty

Make someone talk more and tell secrets

To be very quiet when other people expect you to speak

A small mistake you make while speaking, like saying the wrong name

The first language a person learns at home

A strong angry talk that scolds someone for a mistake

A thin flat stick doctors press on the tongue to check the mouth and throat

A habit of speaking in a harsh, critical way

A phrase that is hard to say quickly because of similar sounds

A skill at speaking in a way that convinces people

Speech that says one thing but means another to trick people

Polite speech that shows respect and keeps a calm tone

A way of joining wooden boards by fitting an edge into a matching slot to make a flat strong surface

A cow's tongue that is cooked and eaten as meat

A temporary dark patch that appears on the tongue often after antibiotics

A habit of saying harsh, hurtful things about other people

A heavy plow with one wide blade that breaks soil for cotton

A cooked tongue from a young cow that is eaten as food

A fern with long flat pale green leaves that grows on trees or on the ground in warm places

A tropical plant from Southeast Asia with large leaves, a dark red flower part, and edible underground stems

A small club-shaped fungus that grows in soil or grass

A decorative border with egg-shaped figures alternating with small pointed shapes

A fern with a thin spike that looks like a snake's tongue

A small fern with one leaf and a thin spore spike like a snake's tongue

A houseplant with long upright thick leaves often called snake plant

A harmless mouth condition where tongue bumps grow long and look dark

A harmless mouth problem where the tongue looks dark and furry because tiny bumps grow too long, often after antibiotics

A fern with long flat green leaves that look like a tongue

A fern with long flat leathery leaves that grows in shade

A plant with rough tongue-shaped leaves and blue or purple flowers

A small garden plant with bright, soft, trumpet-shaped flowers often yellow or purple

A fern with long flat leaves that look like tongues

A small flat sea fish with both eyes on the left side found on sandy bottoms

A small piece of skin under the tongue is too short from birth and stops the tongue moving well

A small wormlike parasite with hooks that lives inside the nose of animals like dogs or cows

An orchid with blue or purple flowers and a tongue-shaped part on the flower's lip

An old logging machine that lifts one end of a log with hanging tongs between its wheels

A historical logging machine that lifts one end of a log with hanging tongs between wheels to move it

Wheels with hanging metal hooks that lift one end of a log for pulling

A small North American spring flower with one yellow spotted blossom