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Mumbling

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Chew 76% connected

To bite and grind with the teeth; to masticate.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Chewing 76% connected

of Chew

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Diction 76% connected

Choice of words for the expression of ideas; the construction, disposition, and application of words in discourse, with regard to clearness, accuracy…

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Enunciation 76% connected

The act of enunciating, announcing, proclaiming, or making known; open attestation; declaration; as, the enunciation of an important truth.

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Mastication 76% connected

The act or operation of masticating; chewing, as of food.

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Mumble 74% connected

To speak with the lips partly closed, so as to render the sounds inarticulate and imperfect; to utter words in a grumbling indistinct manner, indicat…

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Mumble 74% connected

To speak with the lips partly closed, so as to render the sounds inarticulate and imperfect; to utter words in a grumbling indistinct manner, indicat…

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Mutter 74% connected

To utter words indistinctly or with a low voice and lips partly closed; esp., to utter indistinct complaints or angry expressions; to grumble; to gro…

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Mutter 74% connected

To utter words indistinctly or with a low voice and lips partly closed; esp., to utter indistinct complaints or angry expressions; to grumble; to gro…

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Gumming 92% connected

of Gum

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allophone noun · 78% connection

(linguistics) any of various acoustically different forms of the same phoneme

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Central vowel noun · 78% connection

(linguistics) any vowel sound in which the tongue is positioned halfway between a front vowel and a back vowel.; "In practice, unround…

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Mid vowel noun · 78% connection

(linguistics) Any vowel sound made with a somewhat elevated position of some certain part of the tongue, in relation to the palate; mi…

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Oral vowel noun · 78% connection

(linguistics) an ordinary vowel that is produced without nasalization.; "An oral vowel is produced with the soft palate in a raised po…

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Phoneme noun · 78% connection

(linguistics) one of a small set of speech sounds that are distinguished by the speakers of a particular language

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Rounded vowel noun · 78% connection

(linguistics) A vowel that is pronounced with the lips drawn together and forming a circular opening.; "Thus rounded vowels and labial…

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Phone noun · 78% connection

(phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language

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Phonetic transcription noun · 78% connection

a transcription intended to represent each distinct speech sound with a separate symbol

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Sound noun · 78% connection

(phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language

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Speech sound noun · 78% connection

(phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language

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Aspirate noun · 77% connection

a speech sound having as an obvious concomitant an audible puff of breath, as initial stop consonants or initial /h/ sounds.; "The ‘p’…

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Consonant noun · 77% connection

a speech sound that is not a vowel

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Glide noun · 77% connection

a vowellike sound that serves as a consonant

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Hanyu Pinyin noun · 77% connection

The official phonetic system for transcribing the Mandarin pronunciations of Chinese characters into the Latin alphabet.

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Ingressive noun · 77% connection

a speech sound by which the airstream flows inward through the mouth or nose.; "An ingressive is a speech sound that is articulated us…

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Orinasal noun · 77% connection

a speech sound produced with both the oral and nasal passages open (as French nasal vowels)

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Orinasal phone noun · 77% connection

a speech sound produced with both the oral and nasal passages open (as French nasal vowels)

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Pinyin noun · 77% connection

The official phonetic system for transcribing the Mandarin pronunciations of Chinese characters into the Latin alphabet.

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Drumble verb · 78% connection

To mumble in speaking.

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Hum verb · 78% connection

To make a nasal sound, like that of the letter m prolonged, without opening the mouth, or articulating; to mumble in monotonous undert…

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Maunder verb · 78% connection

To mutter; to mumble; to grumble; to speak indistinctly or disconnectedly; to talk incoherently.

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Mumbled imp. & p. p. · 78% connection

of Mumble

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Mump verb · 78% connection

To move the lips with the mouth closed; to mumble, as in sulkiness.

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Patter verb · 78% connection

To mutter; to mumble; as, to patter with the lips.

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