Lingual Definition

lĭnggwəl
adjective
Of, relating to, or situated near the tongue or a tonguelike organ.
American Heritage Medicine
Of the tongue.
Webster's New World
Of language or languages.
Webster's New World
Articulated with the tongue, as (l) and (t)
Webster's New World

(dentistry) Of a lower tooth, on the side facing the tongue. See mesial.

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noun
A lingual sound.
Webster's New World
A sound, such as (t), (l), and (n), that is pronounced with the tongue and other organs of speech.
American Heritage
suffix

Speaking or using a number of languages.

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Other Word Forms of Lingual

Noun

Singular:
lingual
Plural:
linguals

Origin of Lingual

  • From Medieval Latin linguis, from Latin lingua (“tongue, speech").

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Lingual Sentence Examples

  • Lingual braces have brackets bonded to the back of the teeth.

  • The worker, who is multi lingual, has the relevant language skills to assist clients whose first language is not English.

  • A crop-like dilatation of the gut and a recurved intestine, embedded in the compact yellowish-brown liver, the ducts of which open into it, form the rest of the digestive tract and occupy a large bulk of the visceral hump. The buccal region presents a pair of shelly jaws placed laterally upon the lips, and a wide range of variation in the form of the denticles of the lingual ribbon or radula.

  • Special to the Heteropoda is the high elaboration of the lingual ribbon, and, as an agreement with some of the opisthobranchiate Euthyneura, but as a difference from the Pectinibranchia, we find the otocysts closely attached to the cerebral ganglia.

  • Like other Euthyneura, they have very numerous small denticles on the lingual ribbon.

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Words Starting With

LLILIN

Words Ending With

LALUAL

Unscrambles

lingual

Words Starting With L and Ending With L

Starts With L & Ends With LStarts With LI & Ends With LStarts With L & Ends With AL

Word Length

7 Letter Words7 Letter Words Starting With L7 Letter Words Ending With L