Term: sublingual gland: a small salivary gland that produces mucin (the viscous component of saliva); in human beings it is located on either side of the mouth under the tongue
Broader: salivary gland: any of three pairs of glands in the mouth and digestive system that secrete saliva for digestion | Unrelated: interest rate: the percentage of a sum of money charged for its use
Broader: salivary gland: any of three pairs of glands in the mouth and digestive system that secrete saliva for digestion | Unrelated: statehouse: a government building in which a state legislature meets
Broader: salivary gland: any of three pairs of glands in the mouth and digestive system that secrete saliva for digestion | Unrelated: atlantic puffin: common puffin of the northern Atlantic
Broader: salivary gland: any of three pairs of glands in the mouth and digestive system that secrete saliva for digestion | Unrelated: australopithecine: any of several extinct humanlike bipedal primates with relatively small brains of the genus Australopithecus; from 1 to 4 million years ago
Broader: salivary gland: any of three pairs of glands in the mouth and digestive system that secrete saliva for digestion | Unrelated: amphibian: a flat-bottomed motor vehicle that can travel on land or water
Broader: salivary gland: any of three pairs of glands in the mouth and digestive system that secrete saliva for digestion | Unrelated: expulsion: the act of expelling or projecting or ejecting
Broader: salivary gland: any of three pairs of glands in the mouth and digestive system that secrete saliva for digestion | Unrelated: empyema: a collection of pus in a body cavity (especially in the lung cavity)
Broader: salivary gland: any of three pairs of glands in the mouth and digestive system that secrete saliva for digestion | Unrelated: sounding board: a person whose reactions to something serve as an indication of its acceptability
Broader: salivary gland: any of three pairs of glands in the mouth and digestive system that secrete saliva for digestion | Unrelated: obeche: large west African tree having large palmately lobed leaves and axillary cymose panicles of small white flowers and one-winged seeds; yields soft white to pale yellow wood
Broader: salivary gland: any of three pairs of glands in the mouth and digestive system that secrete saliva for digestion | Unrelated: tringa: a genus of Scolopacidae