Definitions for lingual

lingual lin·gual

Spelling: [ling-gwuh l]
IPA: /ˈlɪŋ gwəl/

Lingual is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 120 anagrams from letters in lingual (agillnu).

Definitions for lingual

noun

  1. Phonetics. a lingual sound.

adjective

  1. of or relating to the tongue or some tonguelike part.
  2. pertaining to languages.
  3. Phonetics. articulated with the aid of the tongue, especially the tip of the tongue, as d, n, s, or r.

Origin of lingual

1350-1400; Middle English: tongue-shaped surgical instrument Medieval Latin linguālis. See lingua, -al1

Examples for lingual

There was neither racial, physical, nor lingual frontier 219 they maintained.

On the incisors they are always to be found on the lingual surface.

The remnant of the hyoid is continued entirely into the lingual artery.

Fig. 78 represents cusps upon the lingual surface of the molars.

Like many other lingual affections, this is often unilateral.

Nervous fibres from the lingual branch of the fifth pair have been distinctly traced to their roots.

Then, apart from his lingual studies, his furnace-building was ever on his mind.

This lingual magniloquence is proverbial of American parvenus.

The spines of the lingual plate are uniform, and in number about 10,000.

She also shows her lingual weakness in the sleep-walking scene.

Word Value for lingual
Scrable

8

Words with friends

13

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