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Pronunciation :: Pronunciation (n.) The act of uttering with articulation; the act of giving the proper sound and accent; utterance; as, the pronunciation of syllables of words; distinct or indistinct pronunciation..

Velar :: Velar (a.) Having the place of articulation on the soft palate; guttural; as, the velar consonants, such as k and hard q..

Articulation :: Articulation (n.) The act of putting together with a joint or joints; any meeting of parts in a joint.

Labialization :: Labialization (n.) The modification of an articulation by contraction of the lip opening.

Labialism :: Labialism (n.) The quality of being labial; as, the labialism of an articulation; conversion into a labial, as of a sound which is different in another language..

Abarticulation :: Abarticulation (n.) Articulation, usually that kind of articulation which admits of free motion in the joint; diarthrosis..

Olecranon :: Olecranon (n.) The large process at the proximal end of the ulna which projects behind the articulation with the humerus and forms the bony prominence of the elbow.

Mutter :: Mutter (v. t.) To utter with imperfect articulations, or with a low voice; as, to mutter threats..

Thick :: Thick (superl.) Not having due distinction of syllables, or good articulation; indistinct; as, a thick utterance..

Scapulo- :: Scapulo- () A combining form used in anatomy to indicate connection with, or relation to, the scapula or the shoulder; as, the scapulo-clavicular articulation, the articulation between the scapula and clavicle..

Letter :: Letter (n.) A mark or character used as the representative of a sound, or of an articulation of the human organs of speech; a first element of written language..

Ginglymus :: Ginglymus (n.) A hinge joint; an articulation, admitting of flexion and extension, or motion in two directions only, as the elbow and the ankle..

Inarticulation :: Inarticulation (n.) Inarticulateness.

Click :: Click (n.) A kind of articulation used by the natives of Southern Africa, consisting in a sudden withdrawal of the end or some other portion of the tongue from a part of the mouth with which it is in contact, whereby a sharp, clicking sound is produced. The sounds are four in number, and are called cerebral, palatal, dental, and lateral clicks or clucks, the latter being the noise ordinarily used in urging a horse forward..

Gomphosis :: Gomphosis (n.) A form of union or immovable articulation where a hard part is received into the cavity of a bone, as the teeth into the jaws..

Synchondrotomy :: Synchondrosis (n.) An immovable articulation in which the union is formed by cartilage.

Acetabulum :: Acetabulum (n.) The cavity in which the leg of an insect is inserted at its articulation with the body.

Joint :: "Joint (n.) A joining of two things or parts so as to admit of motion; an articulation, whether movable or not; a hinge; as, the knee joint; a node or joint of a stem; a ball and socket joint. See Articulation..

Suture :: Suture (n.) The line of union, or seam, in an immovable articulation, like those between the bones of the skull; also, such an articulation itself; synarthrosis. See Harmonic suture, under Harmonic..

Lip :: Lip (n.) One of the two fleshy folds which surround the orifice of the mouth in man and many other animals. In man the lips are organs of speech essential to certain articulations. Hence, by a figure they denote the mouth, or all the organs of speech, and sometimes speech itself..

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