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Velar

Of or pertaining to a velum; esp. (Anat.) of or pertaining to the soft palate.

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Hard 84% connected

Not easily penetrated, cut, or separated into parts; not yielding to pressure; firm; solid; compact; -- applied to material bodies, and opposed to so…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Hard 84% connected

Not easily penetrated, cut, or separated into parts; not yielding to pressure; firm; solid; compact; -- applied to material bodies, and opposed to so…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Consonant 76% connected

Having agreement; congruous; consistent; according; -- usually followed by with or to.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Velum 74% connected

Curtain or covering; -- applied to various membranous partitions, especially to the soft palate. See under Palate.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Velum 74% connected

Curtain or covering; -- applied to various membranous partitions, especially to the soft palate. See under Palate.

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Velum 66% connected

Curtain or covering; -- applied to various membranous partitions, especially to the soft palate. See under Palate.

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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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Archi- unknown · 78% connection

A prefix signifying chief, arch; as, architect, archiepiscopal. In Biol. and Anat. it usually means primitive, original, ancestral; as…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, velum, anat, soft, palate.
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Burr noun · 78% connection

A guttural pronounciation of the letter r, produced by trilling the extremity of the soft palate against the back part of the tongue;…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, velum, anat, soft, palate.
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Cacuminal adjective · 78% connection

Pertaining to the top of the palate; cerebral; -- applied to certain consonants; as, cacuminal (or cerebral) letters.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, velum, anat, soft, palate.
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Dainty superl. · 78% connection

Delicious to the palate; toothsome.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, velum, anat, soft, palate.
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Disrelish noun · 78% connection

Want of relish; dislike (of the palate or of the mind); distaste; a slight degree of disgust; as, a disrelish for some kinds of food.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, velum, anat, soft, palate.
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Dorsimeson noun · 78% connection

(Anat.) See Meson.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, velum, anat, soft, palate.
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Dromaeognathous adjective · 78% connection

Having the structure of the palate like that of the ostrich and emu.

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Fauces n.pl. · 78% connection

The narrow passage from the mouth to the pharynx, situated between the soft palate and the base of the tongue; -- called also the isth…

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Filbert noun · 78% connection

The fruit of the Corylus Avellana or hazel. It is an oval nut, containing a kernel that has a mild, farinaceous, oily taste, agreeable…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, velum, anat, soft, palate.
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Flavor noun · 78% connection

That quality of anything which affects the taste; that quality which gratifies the palate; relish; zest; savor; as, the flavor of food…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, velum, anat, soft, palate.
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Fundament noun · 78% connection

The part of the body on which one sits; the buttocks; specifically (Anat.), the anus.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, velum, anat, soft, palate.
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Grateful adjective · 78% connection

Affording pleasure; pleasing to the senses; gratifying; delicious; as, a grateful present; food grateful to the palate; grateful sleep.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, velum, anat, soft, palate.
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Gratification noun · 78% connection

The act of gratifying, or pleasing, either the mind, the taste, or the appetite; as, the gratification of the palate, of the appetites…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, velum, anat, soft, palate.
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Guttural noun · 78% connection

A sound formed in the throat; esp., a sound formed by the aid of the back of the tongue, much retracted, and the soft palate; also, a…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, velum, anat, soft, palate.
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Hawk verb · 78% connection

To clear the throat with an audible sound by forcing an expiratory current of air through the narrow passage between the depressed sof…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, velum, anat, soft, palate.
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High superl. · 78% connection

Made with a high position of some part of the tongue in relation to the palate, as / (/ve), / (f/d). See Guide to Pronunciation, // 10…

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Integument noun · 78% connection

That which naturally invests or covers another thing, as the testa or the tegmen of a seed; specifically (Anat.), a covering which inv…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, velum, anat, soft, palate.
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Lamprey noun · 78% connection

An eel-like marsipobranch of the genus Petromyzon, and allied genera. The lampreys have a round, sucking mouth, without jaws, but set…

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