\Den`ti*lin"gual\, a. [L. dens tooth + E. lingual.]
Produced by applying the tongue to the teeth or to the gums;
or representing a sound so formed. -- n. A dentilingual sound
or letter.
      The letters of this fourth, dentilingual or
      linguidental, class, viz., d, t, s, z, l, r. --Am. Cyc.