tongue vs uvula

tongue

noun
  • The clapper of a bell. 

  • This organ, as taken from animals used for food (especially cows). 

  • Manner of speaking, often habitually. 

  • A language. 

  • Any large or long physical protrusion on an automotive or machine part or any other part that fits into a long groove on another part. 

  • A reed. 

  • A small sole (type of fish). 

  • Any similar organ, such as the lingual ribbon, or odontophore, of a mollusk; the proboscis of a moth or butterfly; or the lingua of an insect. 

  • Glossolalia. 

  • In a shoe, the flap of material that goes between the laces and the foot (so called because it resembles a tongue in the mouth). 

  • An individual point of flame from a fire. 

  • A long, narrow strip of land, projecting from the mainland into a sea or lake. 

  • A division of formation; A layer or member of a formation that pinches out in one direction. 

  • The power of articulate utterance; speech generally. 

  • The flexible muscular organ in the mouth that is used to move food around, for tasting and that is moved into various positions to modify the flow of air from the lungs in order to produce different sounds in speech. 

  • The pole of a vehicle; especially, the pole of an ox cart, to the end of which the oxen are yoked. 

  • A short piece of rope spliced into the upper part of standing backstays, etc.; also, the upper main piece of a mast composed of several pieces. 

  • A projection, or slender appendage or fixture. 

  • A person speaking in a specified manner (most often plural). 

verb
  • On a wind instrument, to articulate a note by starting the air with a tap of the tongue, as though by speaking a 'd' or 't' sound (alveolar plosive). 

  • To join by means of a tongue and groove. 

  • To protrude in relatively long, narrow sections. 

  • To manipulate with the tongue, as in kissing or oral sex. 

uvula

noun
  • an object so suspended inside a bell that it may hit the bell and cause it to ring; a clapper 

  • the slight elevation in the mucous membrane immediately behind the internal urethral orifice of the urinary bladder, caused by the middle lobe of the prostate 

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