Word Meanings - TONGUE-TIE - Book Publishers vocabulary database
Impeded motion of the tongue because of the shortness of the frænum, or of the adhesion of its margins to the gums. Dunglison.
Related words: (words related to TONGUE-TIE)
- MOTIONER
One who makes a motion; a mover. Udall. - MOTIONIST
A mover. - TONGUELET
A little tongue. - TONGUE-SHELL
Any species of Lingula. - IMPEDE
To hinder; to stop in progress; to obstruct; as, to impede the advance of troops. Whatever hinders or impedes The action of the nobler will. Logfellow. - TONGUESTER
One who uses his tongue; a talker; a story-teller; a gossip. Step by step we rose to greatness; through the tonguesters we may fall. Tennyson. - MOTION PICTURE
A moving picture. - TONGUED
Having a tongue. Tongued like the night crow. Donne. - TONGUE-TIED
1. Destitute of the power of distinct articulation; having an impediment in the speech, esp. when caused by a short frænum. 2. Unable to speak freely, from whatever cause. Love, therefore, and tongue-tied simplicity. Shak. - MOTIONLESS
Without motion; being at rest. - IMPEDIMENT
That which impedes or hinders progress, motion, activity, or effect. Thus far into the bowels of the land Have we marched on without impediment. Shak. Impediment in speech, a defect which prevents distinct utterance. Syn. -- Hindrance; obstruction; - TONGUE-PAD
A great talker. - MOTION
An application made to a court or judge orally in open court. Its object is to obtain an order or rule directing some act to be done in favor of the applicant. Mozley & W. (more info) 1. The act, process, or state of changing place or position; - TONGUE-SHAPED
Shaped like a tongue; specifically , linear or oblong, and fleshy, blunt at the end, and convex beneath; as, a tongue-shaped leaf. - IMPEDITE
Hindered; obstructed. Jer. Taylor. - IMPEDIMENTAL
Of the nature of an impediment; hindering; obstructing; impeditive. Things so impediental to success. G. H. Lewes. - IMPEDITIVE
Causing hindrance; impeding. "Cumbersome, and impeditive of motion." Bp. Hall. - TONGUEFISH
A flounder native of the southern coast of the United States. - IMPEDIMENTA
Things which impede or hinder progress; incumbrances; baggage; specif. , - BECAUSE
1. By or for the cause that; on this account that; for the reason that. Milton. 2. In order that; that. And the multitude rebuked them because they should hold their peace. Matt. xx. 31. Because of, by reason of, on account of. Because of these - SERPENT-TONGUED
Having a forked tongue, like a serpent. - EXCITO-MOTION
Motion excited by reflex nerves. See Excito-motory. - NERVIMOTION
The movement caused in the sensory organs by external agents and transmitted to the muscles by the nerves. Dunglison. - HONEY-TONGUED
Sweet speaking; persuasive; seductive. Shak. - SHRILL-TONGUED
Having a shrill voice. "When shrill-tongued Fulvia scolds." Shak. - ADDER'S-TONGUE
A genus of ferns , whose seeds are produced on a spike resembling a serpent's tongue. The yellow dogtooth violet. Gray. - LONG-TONGUE
The wryneck. - IDEO-MOTION
An ideo-motor movement. - PLEASANT-TONGUED
Of pleasing speech. - TRUMPET-TONGUED
Having a powerful, far-reaching voice or speech. - TWO-TONGUED
Double-tongued; deceitful. Sandys. - INADHESION
Want of adhesion.