gloss- /glos-/ or glosso- /glos-ō-, glos-ə- or glə-so-/, sometimes glotto- /glot-ō-, glot-ə- or glə-to-/

1. Denoting: the tongue
2. A tongue, language
3. A gloss (see gloss²)

glossecˈtomy noun

Surgical removal of the tongue

glossīˈtis noun

Inflammation of the tongue

glossodynia /-ō-dinˈi-ə/ noun

(Gr odynē pain) pain in the tongue

glossogˈrapher noun

glossographˈical adjective

glossogˈraphy noun

The writing of glosses or comments

glossolāˈlia noun

(Gr laleein to talk) the ‘gift of tongues’, the speaking of wholly or partly unintelligible utterances thought to form part of an unknown language or languages and considered by (esp Early) Christians to be a manifestation of the Holy Spirit

glossolāˈlic adjective

glossologˈical adjective

glossolˈogist noun

glossolˈogy noun (obsolete)

1. Comparative philology (also called glottolˈogy)
2. Terminology

glottochronolˈogy noun

A statistical study of vocabulary to determine the degree of relationship between particular languages and the chronology of their independent development

• rens
• rensselaerite
• rensselaerites
• rent
• rent-a-
• rentabilities
• rentability
• rentable
• rental
• rentaller
• rentallers
• rental libraries
• rental library
• rentals
• rent boy
• rent boys
• rent-charge
• rent-charges
• rent-collector
• rent-collectors
• rent-day
• rent-days
• rente
• rented
• renter