sign language

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

sign language
    n 1: language expressed by visible hand gestures [syn: {sign
         language}, {signing}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

sign language \sign" lang`uage\ (s[imac]n" l[a^]ng`w[asl]j), n.
   A form of language for communicating by use of gestures made
   by the hands, rather than by speech. It includes alphabets
   made by hand gestures, as well as proper languages formed
   from signs. Among the latter is the {American Sign Language}
   (ASL), used by the deaf. See also {dactylology}.
   [PJC]

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

26 Moby Thesaurus words for "sign language":
      bearing, beck, beckon, body language, carriage, charade, chironomy,
      dactylology, deaf-and-dumb alphabet, dumb show, finger alphabet,
      gesticulation, gesture, gesture language, hand signal, kinesics,
      manual alphabet, motion, movement, oral method, pantomime, poise,
      pose, posture, shrug, stance

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