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Uranoplasty :: Uranoplasty (n.) The plastic operation for closing a fissure in the hard palate.

Embolism :: Embolism (n.) Intercalated time.

Intercalate :: Intercalate (v. t.) To insert, as a day or other portion of time, in a calendar..

Scaphopda :: Scaphopda (n. pl.) A class of marine cephalate Mollusca having a tubular shell open at both ends, a pointed or spadelike foot for burrowing, and many long, slender, prehensile oral tentacles. It includes Dentalium, or the tooth shells, and other similar shells. Called also Prosopocephala, and Solenoconcha..

Apterous :: Apterous (a.) Destitute of winglike membranous expansions, as a stem or petiole; -- opposed to alate..

Palatal :: Palatal (a.) Of or pertaining to the palate; palatine; as, the palatal bones..

Alaternus :: Alaternus (n.) An ornamental evergreen shrub (Rhamnus alaternus) belonging to the buckthorns.

Columbite :: Columbite (n.) A mineral of a black color, submetallic luster, and high specific specific gravity. It is a niobate (or columbate) of iron and manganese, containing tantalate of iron; -- first found in New England..

Nasal :: 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..

Alatern :: Alatern (n.) Alt. of Alaternu.

Amygdalate :: Amygdalate (a.) Pertaining to, resembling, or made of, almonds..

Palate :: Palate (n.) The roof of the mouth.

Palatable :: Palatable (a.) Agreeable to the palate or taste; savory; hence, acceptable; pleasing; as, palatable food; palatable advice..

Phthalate :: Phthalate (n.) A salt of phthalic acid.

Oxalite :: Oxalite (n.) A yellow mineral consisting of oxalate of iron.

Low :: Low (superl.) Made, as a vowel, with a low position of part of the tongue in relation to the palate; as, / (/m), / (all). See Guide to Pronunciation, // 5, 10, 11..

Intercalate :: Intercalate (v. t.) To insert among others, as a verse in a stanza; specif. (Geol.), to introduce as a bed or stratum, between the layers of a regular series of rocks..

Snoring :: Snoring (n.) The act of respiring through the open mouth so that the currents of inspired and expired air cause a vibration of the uvula and soft palate, thus giving rise to a sound more or less harsh. It is usually unvoluntary, but may be produced voluntarily..

Amygdalate :: Amygdalate (n.) A salt amygdalic acid.

Oxalate :: Oxalate (n.) A salt of oxalic acid.

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