• (used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth
noun
• any immature animal
• United States film and television actress (1913-2000)
• young people collectively
• United States civil rights leader (1921-1971)
• British physicist and Egyptologist; he revived the wave theory of light and proposed a three-component theory of color vision; he also played an important role in deciphering the hieroglyphics on the Rosetta Stone (1773-1829)
• United States jazz tenor saxophonist (1909-1959)
• English poet (1683-1765)
• United States baseball player and famous pitcher (1867-1955)
• United States religious leader of the Mormon Church after the assassination of Joseph Smith; he led the Mormon exodus from Illinois to Salt Lake City, Utah (1801-1877)
adjective satellite
• (of crops) harvested at an early stage of development; before complete maturity
• An instrument or tool used for manipulating things in a fire without touching them with the hands.
• A Chinese secret society or gang.
• 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.
• This organ, as taken from animals used for food (especially cows).−
• (metonym) A language.
• Speakers of a language, collectively.
• Voice (the distinctive sound of a person's speech); accent (distinctive manner of pronouncing a language).
• Manner of speaking, often habitually.
• (metonym) A person speaking in a specified manner (most often plural).
• The power of articulate utterance; speech generally.
• Discourse; fluency of speech or expression.
• Honourable discourse; eulogy.
• (often in the plural) 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).
• 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 projection, or slender appendage or fixture.
• A long, narrow strip of land, projecting from the mainland into a sea or lake.
• The pole of a vehicle; especially, the pole of an ox cart, to the end of which the oxen are yoked.
• The clapper of a bell.
• An individual point of flame from a fire.
• A small sole (type of fish).
• 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 reed.
• A division of formation; A layer or member of a formation that pinches out in one direction.
verb
• To use tongs.
• To grab, manipulate or transport something using tongs.
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