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Answer for the clue "About the tongue ", 7 letters:
lingual

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Word definitions for lingual in dictionaries

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
adj. consisting of or related to language; "linguistic behavior"; "a linguistic atlas"; "lingual diversity" [syn: linguistic ] [ant: nonlinguistic ] pertaining to or resembling or lying near the tongue; "lingual inflammation"; "the lingual surface of the ...

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Lingual \Lin"gual\, n. A consonant sound formed by the aid of the tongue; -- a term especially applied to certain articulations (as those of t, d, th, and n) and to the letters denoting them. Note: In Sanskrit grammar certain letters, as [.t], [.t]h, [dsdot], ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. 1 Related to the tongue. 2 Related to language or linguistics. 3 (context phonetics English) articulated with the tongue 4 (context dentistry English) Of a lower tooth, on the side facing the tongue. See mesial. n. (context phonetics English) a sound ...

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1640s, from Medieval Latin lingualis "of the tongue," from Latin lingua "tongue," also "speech, language," from Old Latin dingua , from PIE *dnghu- "tongue" (cognates: Old English tunge , Gothic tuggo "tongue;" see tongue ). Altered in Latin probably in ...

Usage examples of lingual.

Peter felt heat on his face when he saw that several of the women lay on their bellies between the legs of pink men, each with a cock in her mouth, but eyes turned up to the school lesson -- except for one or two who lay reversed atop pink men, also mouthing cocks and presumably enjoying lingual play in their own thighs.

Male mouths, many bearded, were often shown in contact with female orifices and breasts, but the angles and lighting were always such that he found no evidence of unusual lingual capability.

What he asked, instead, after a lacerating lingual nip, was a question about the role and features of the Pachomian Order.

Krishaber speaks of a case of lingual menstruation at the epoch of menstruation.

They lie in the orgy for weeks, enduring thousands upon thousands of lingual insertions, but never notice from whence those tongues sprout.