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Meanings of tongueless in English

Expressed without speech.

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Lacking a tongue.

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Examples for "tongued"
Examples for "tongued"
1
The Ooboon, or blue-tongued lizards, glide in and out through the grass.
Australian Legendary Tales: folk-lore of the Noongahburrahs as t...
2
As expected, the acid-tongued Malema had plenty to say about the proceedings.
The South African
3
Ah, but the lady was accustomed to dealing with numb-tongued Natural Philosophers.
The system of the world
4
The sharp-tongued writers of the past would have made perfect Twitter users.
Twitter wit: brilliance in 140 characters or less
5
Slade called down to them for several moments in hissing thick-tongued gutturals.
Bloom of Cactus

Tongueless.

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Usage of tongueless in English
1
And, one and all, they were as tongueless as so many ghosts.
Paths of Glory: Impressions of War Written at and Near the Front
2
Accordingly, they are blind and tongueless, and are placed there for life.
Ben-Hur
3
He fell on top of the first guy, tongueless mouth lolled open.
Death masks
4
Going in, I found but one man, old, blind, tongueless, and naked.
Ben-Hur
5
He stared into the blue eyes, tongueless and mentally dazed.
The Valley of Silent Men: A Story of the Three River Country
6
Yet the tongueless thrush is a thrush still, and has golden music in its heart.
Gone to Earth
7
The Venus of Willendorf, blind, tongueless, brainless, armless, knock-kneed, seems a depressing model of gender.
Free Women, Free Men: Sex, Gender, Feminism
8
Even from the tongueless caverns of the earth.
Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare
9
He said that the head must stay tongueless at Coldscaur to warn all traducers of me.
The Forest Lovers
10
All night long, men moved through the darkness outside their tents like tongueless wraiths with cigarettes.
Catch-22
11
He'd almost forgotten about the tongueless Kid.
Police Your Planet
12
A horrible tongueless babbling answered the cry.
The Green Eyes of Bâst
13
Interesting details, perhaps, without which the nine in ten might as well be tongueless or tongue-tied for ever.
Confession; Or, The Blind Heart. A Domestic Story
14
Its eyes had been scooped out, and its mouth, which had spewed pleas and flattery in such abundance, was tongueless.
Imajica: Complete Edition
15
Yes, I have waited and waited for fortune to reveal it to me; and ever has fortune remained mute and tongueless.
Through Russia
16
Spider, tongueless and furious, raised his head and twisted it to look at the ghost birds that flew around him, screaming.
Anansi Boys
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