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Semivowel

A sound intermediate between a vowel and a consonant, or partaking of the nature of both, as in the English w and y.

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Palatal 76% connected

Of or pertaining to the palate; palatine; as, the palatal bones.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Yer 76% connected

Ere; before.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Sound 76% connected

The air bladder of a fish; as, cod sounds are an esteemed article of food.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Glide 92% connected

The glede or kite.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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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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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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A unknown · 78% connection

The first letter of the English and of many other alphabets. The capital A of the alphabets of Middle and Western Europe, as also the…

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Ablaut noun · 78% connection

The substitution of one root vowel for another, thus indicating a corresponding modification of use or meaning; vowel permutation; as,…

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Anglicize verb · 78% connection

To make English; to English; to anglify; render conformable to the English idiom, or to English analogies.

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Aspirate verb · 78% connection

To pronounce with a breathing, an aspirate, or an h sound; as, we aspirate the words horse and house; to aspirate a vowel or a liquid…

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Augment noun · 78% connection

A vowel prefixed, or a lengthening of the initial vowel, to mark past time, as in Greek and Sanskrit verbs.

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Byzantine noun · 78% connection

A native or inhabitant of Byzantium, now Constantinople; sometimes, applied to an inhabitant of the modern city of Constantinople. C (…

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Closed syllable noun · 78% connection

a syllable that ends with a consonant.; "The vowel in a closed syllable is short."

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Com- unknown · 78% connection

A prefix from the Latin preposition cum, signifying with, together, in conjunction, very, etc. It is used in the form com- before b, m…

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Consonant noun · 78% connection

An articulate sound which in utterance is usually combined and sounded with an open sound called a vowel; a member of the spoken alpha…

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Czechs n. pl. · 78% connection

The most westerly branch of the great Slavic family of nations, numbering now more than 6,000,000, and found principally in Bohemia an…

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Diphthong noun · 78% connection

a vowel sound that starts near the articulatory position for one vowel and moves toward the position for another

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Diphthongize v. t. & i. · 78% connection

To change into a diphthong, as by affixing another vowel to a simple vowel.

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Ecthlipsis noun · 78% connection

The dropping out or suppression from a word of a consonant, with or without a vowel.

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Elison noun · 78% connection

The cutting off or suppression of a vowel or syllable, for the sake of meter or euphony; esp., in poetry, the dropping of a final vowe…

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Epenthesis noun · 78% connection

the insertion of a vowel or consonant into a word to make its pronunciation easier; "the insertion of a vowel in the plural of the wor…

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Eysell noun · 78% connection

Same as Eisel. F () F is the sixth letter of the English alphabet, and a nonvocal consonant. Its form and sound are from the Latin. Th…

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Gyve verb · 78% connection

To fetter; to shackle; to chain. H () the eighth letter of the English alphabet, is classed among the consonants, and is formed with t…

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Heavy syllable noun · 78% connection

a syllable with a branching nucleus or a branching rime.; "A heavy syllable consists of a long vowel or a diphthong, or a short vowel…

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