英文英文字典
英文英文字典
古腾堡计划中的在线英语-英语词典
字典
Tonguebird
(n.)
The wryneck.
Tongued
(imp. & p. p.)
of Tongue
Tongued
(a.)
Having a tongue.
Tonguefish
(n.)
A flounder (Symphurus plagiusa) native of the southern
coast of the United States.
Tongueless
(a.)
Having no tongue.
Tongueless
(a.)
Hence, speechless; mute.
Tongueless
(a.)
Unnamed; not spoken of.
Tonguelet
(n.)
A little tongue.
Tonguester
(n.)
One who uses his tongue; a talker; a story-teller; a
gossip.
Tongueworm
(n.)
Any species of Linguatulina.
Tonguing
(p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Tongue
Tonguy
(a.)
Ready or voluble in speaking; as, a tonguy speaker.
Tonic
(a.)
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."
Tonic
(a.)
Of or pertaining to tension; increasing tension; hence,
increasing strength; as, tonic power.
Tonic
(a.)
Increasing strength, or the tone of the animal system;
obviating the effects of debility, and restoring healthy functions.
Tonic
(n.)
A tonic element or letter; a vowel or a diphthong.
Tonic
(n.)
The key tone, or first tone of any scale.
Tonic
(n.)
A medicine that increases the strength, and gives vigor of
action to the system.
Tonical
(a.)
Tonic.
Tonicity
(n.)
The state of healthy tension or partial contraction of
muscle fibers while at rest; tone; tonus.