tongueless

Adjective

lacking a tongue
- "tongueless moccasins"

Adjective Satellite

expressed without speech; ; ; - Emily Dickinson; ; ; - Thomas Wolfe
- "best grief is tongueless"

Adj

Having no tongue.
Having no tongue whether through its normal nature, because of birth defect, or because of amputation.
Having no tongue.
Having no tongue because hitched in another way.
Lacking speech; mute.
Making no sound; silent, speechless.
Expressed without speech; wordless, unspoken.

Examples

tongueless amphibians
tongueless plow

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English tongeles, tunglees, equivalent to tongue + -less. Cognate with Old Norse tungulauss (“tongueless”).

Synonyms

mute, unspoken, wordless

Antonyms

tongued, aglossal

Scrabble Score: 11

tongueless: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
tongueless: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
tongueless: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 15

tongueless: valid Words With Friends Word