adj. 1. pertaining to a method of teaching language that focuses on listening and speaking. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ L. bilinguis; bis twice + lingua tongue, language. ] Containing, or consisting of, two languages; expressed in two languages; as, a bilingual inscription; a bilingual dictionary. -- Bi*lin"gual*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

n. Quality of being bilingual. [ 1913 Webster ]

The bilingualism of King's English. Earle. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. See Bilingual. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One versed in two languages. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. bilinguis. ] Having two tongues, or speaking two languages. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having, or pertaining to, the same language. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. of, relating to, or derived from more than one family of languages; as, cross-linguistic evidence. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ NL., fr. L. cunnus vulva + lingere to lick. ] Stimulation of the vulva or clitoris of one person by the tongue of another, for the purpose of giving sexual gratification.
Syn. -- cunnilinctus. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ L. dens tooth + E. lingual. ] Produced by applying the tongue to the teeth or to the gums; or representing a sound so formed. -- n. A dentilingual sound or letter. [ 1913 Webster ]

The letters of this fourth, dentilingual or linguidental, class, viz., d, t, s, z, l, r. Am. Cyc. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Dentilingual. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. elinguare. ] To deprive of the tongue. [ Obs. ] Davies (Holy Roode). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. elinguatio. See Elinguid. ] (O. Eng. Law) Punishment by cutting out the tongue. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. elinguis, prop., deprived of the tongue; hence, speechless; e + lingua tongue. ] Tongue-tied; dumb. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. fissus (p. p. of findere to split) + E. lingual. ] (Zool.) Having the tongue forked. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. L. fissus (p. p. o f findere to split) + lingua tongue. ] (Zool.) A group of Lacertilia having the tongue forked, including the common lizards. [ Written also Fissilingues. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A language used as an intermediate language in translating from a source language to a target language; -- used especially in machine translation by computers; as, some machine translation systems use Esperanto as an interlingua. [ PJC ]

‖n.; pl. Linguæ [ L., the tongue. ] (Zool.) (a) A tongue. (b) A median process of the labium, at the under side of the mouth in insects, and serving as a tongue. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. linguax, -acis, loquacious, fr. lingua tongue. ] Given to the use of the tongue; loquacious. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Phonetics) An articulation pronounced by the aid or use of the tongue and teeth. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. lingua tongue + E. dental. ] (Phonetics) Formed or uttered by the joint use of the tongue and teeth, or rather that part of the gum just above the front teeth; dentolingual, as the letters d and t. [ 1913 Webster ]

pos>n. [ It., prop., language of the Franks. ] 1. The commercial language of the Levant, -- a mixture of the languages of the people of the region and of foreign traders. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Any hybrid or other language used over a wide area as a common or commercial tongue among peoples of different speech. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. [ L. lingua tongue: cf. F. lingual. See Tongue, and cf. Language. ] 1. Of or pertaining to the tongue; uttered by the aid of the tongue; glossal; as, the lingual nerves; a lingual letter. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. lying near the tongue; especially, in dentistry, on the surface of the tooth next to the tongue. Contrasted with buccal, the side of a tooth touching the cheek, i. e. the side opposite to the lingual side. [ PJC ]

Lingual ribbon. (Zool.) See Odontophore. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ In Sanskrit grammar certain letters, as &tsdot_;, &tsdot_;h, &dsdot_;, &dsdot_;h, &nsdot_;, are called linguals, cerebrals, or cacuminals. They are uttered with the tip of the tongue turned up and drawn back into the dome of the palate. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being lingual. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. L. lingua tongue. ] (Zool.) Same as Linguatulina. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. L. lingua tongue. ] (Zool.) An order of wormlike, degraded, parasitic arachnids. They have two pairs of retractile hooks, near the mouth. Called also Pentastomida. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The adults of some species inhabit the nostrils and nasal sinuses of dogs and other carnivores. The young, after being swallowed by sheep, rabbits, etc., find their way to the lungs and liver and become encysted. These, when eaten by carnivores, develop into the adult forms. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. & n. Linguadental. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. lingua tongue + -form: cf. F. linguiforme. ] Having the form of the tongue; tongue-shaped. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. lingua tongue, speech, language: cf. F. linguiste. ] 1. A master of the use of language; a talker. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

I'll dispute with him;
He's a rare linguist. J. Webster. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A person skilled in languages. [ 1913 Webster ]

There too were Gibbon, the greatest historian, and Jones, the greatest linguist, of the age. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Cf. F. linguistique. ] Of or pertaining to language; relating to linguistics, or to the affinities of languages. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a linguistic manner; from the point of view of a linguist. Tylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. linguistique. ] The science of languages, or of the origin, signification, and application of words; glossology. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. lin"gu*læ [L., a little tongue.] 1. (Anat.) A tonguelike process or part. [1913 Webster]

2. (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of brachiopod shells belonging to the genus Lingula, and related genera. See Brachiopoda, and Illustration in Appendix. [1913 Webster]

Lingula flags (Geol.), a group of strata in the lower Silurian or Cambrian system of Wales, in which some of the layers contain vast numbers of a species of Lingula. [1913 Webster]

a. [ L. lingulatus, fr. lingula a little tongue. Cf. Ligulate. ] Shaped like the tongue or a strap; ligulate. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. Using or knowing only one language; as, monolingual speakers; a monolingual dictionary. Opposite of multilingual. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n.; pl. Sublinguae [ NL. ] (Anat.) A process or fold below the tongue in some animals. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. sub + lingual: cf. F. sublingual. ] (Anat.) (a) Situated under the tongue; as, the sublingual gland. (b) Of or pertaining to the sublingual gland; as, sublingual salvia. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. trilinguis; tri- (see Tri-) + lingua tongue, language. See Lingual. ] Containing, or consisting of, three languages; expressed in three languages. [ 1913 Webster ]

The much-noted Rosetta stone . . . bears upon its surface a trilingual inscription. I. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. See Trilingual. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. L. vermis worm + lingua tongue. ] [ Called also Vermilingues. ] (Zool.) (a) A tribe of edentates comprising the South American ant-eaters. The tongue is long, slender, exsertile, and very flexible, whence the name. (b) A tribe of Old World lizards which comprises the chameleon. They have long, flexible tongues. [ 1913 Webster ]