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Definition of nasal

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Nasal (a.) Having a quality imparted by means of the nose; and specifically, made by lowering the soft palate, in some cases with closure of the oral passage, the voice thus issuing (wholly or partially) through the nose, as in the consonants m, n, ng (see Guide to Pronunciation, // 20, 208); characterized by resonance in the nasal passage; as, a nasal vowel; a nasal utterance..

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Labionasal :: Labionasal (n.) A labionasal sound or letter.

Nasalize :: Nasalize (v. t.) To utter words or letters with a nasal sound; to speak through the nose.

Whine :: Whine (n.) A plaintive tone; the nasal, childish tone of mean complaint; mean or affected complaint..

Hyperotreta :: Hyperotreta (n. pl.) An order of marsipobranchs, including the Myxine or hagfish and the genus Bdellostoma. They have barbels around the mouth, one tooth on the plate, and a communication between the nasal aperture and the throat. See Hagfish..

Labionasal :: Labionasal (a.) Formed by the lips and the nose.

Oculonasal :: Oculonasal (a.) Of or pertaining to the region of the eye and the nose; as, the oculonasal, or nasal, nerve, one of the branches of the ophthalmic..

Nasoseptal :: Nasoseptal (a.) Of or pertaining to the internasal septum.

Influenza :: Influenza (n.) An epidemic affection characterized by acute nasal catarrh, or by inflammation of the throat or the bronchi, and usually accompanied by fever..

Coryza :: Coryza (n.) Nasal catarrh.

Aliseptal :: Aliseptal (a.) Relating to expansions of the nasal septum.

Nasal :: Nasal (n.) An elementary sound which is uttered through the nose, or through both the nose and the mouth simultaneously..

Platyrhini :: Platyrhini (n. pl.) A division of monkeys, including the American species, which have a broad nasal septum, thirty-six teeth, and usually a prehensile tail. See Monkey..

Nasalizing :: Nasalizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Nasaliz.

Nasally :: Nasally (adv.) In a nasal manner; by the nose.

Snore :: Snore (n.) A harsh nasal noise made in sleep.

Snuffle :: Snuffle (n.) An affected nasal twang; hence, cant; hypocrisy..

Twang :: Twang (n.) An affected modulation of the voice; a kind of nasal sound.

Rhinolophid :: Rhinolophid (n.) Any species of the genus Rhinilophus, or family Rhinolophidae, having a horseshoe-shaped nasal crest; a horseshoe bat..

N :: N () the fourteenth letter of English alphabet, is a vocal consonent, and, in allusion to its mode of formation, is called the dentinasal or linguanasal consonent. Its commoner sound is that heard in ran, done; but when immediately followed in the same word by the sound of g hard or k (as in single, sink, conquer), it usually represents the same sound as the digraph ng in sing, bring, etc. This is a simple but related sound, and is called the gutturo-nasal consonent. See Guide to Pronunciation,

Subtonic :: Subtonic (a.) Applied to, or distinguishing, a speech element consisting of tone, or proper vocal sound, not pure as in the vowels, but dimmed and otherwise modified by some kind of obstruction in the oral or the nasal passage, and in some cases with a mixture of breath sound; -- a term introduced by Dr. James Rush in 1833. See Guide to Pronunciation, //155, 199-202..