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Mark in the intersection of 17-Across and 1-Down
Answer for the clue "Mark in the intersection of 17-Across and 1-Down ", 6 letters:
umlaut
Alternative clues for the word umlaut
Word definitions for umlaut in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Umlaut \Um"laut\, n. [G., from um about + laut sound.] (Philol.) The euphonic modification of a root vowel sound by the influence of a, u, or especially i, in the syllable which formerly followed. Note: It is peculiar to the Teutonic languages, and was ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context linguistics English) An assimilatory process whereby a vowel is pronounced more like a following vocoid that is separated by one or more consonants. 2 (context linguistics English) The umlaut process (as above) that occurred historically in ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a diacritical mark (two dots) placed over a vowel in German to indicate a change in sound [syn: dieresis , diaeresis ]
Usage examples of umlaut.
I am Umlaut, also an emulator, just trying to deliver a letter to the Isle of Cats.
One night, back when he was a second-story man, he had the incredible luck to break into the affluent home of Minne Khlaetsch, an astrologer of the Hamburg School, who was, congenitally it seems, unable to pronounce, even perceive, umlauts over vowels.
The umlaut made two beady red eyes, the bottom prong of the star made a sharp muzzle, the top prongs a pair of horns, and the two side prongs a pair of goatlike ears.
I would have hated to miss their smooching with Umlaut, because I knew him and smooched him some myself.
Umlaut heaved it into the boat, and they brought it back to the ant mound.
Umlaut emulated a light serpent rider, and Sesame emulated a big black racer snake, and they managed to follow halfway close behind.
Umlaut had emulated one on occasion but wasn't eager to meet one personally.
Para and the others waited a reasonable distance away while Umlaut sat down beside the mound and emulated an ant as well as he could.
Umlaut stood and emulated an ogre and made as if to hurl a rock at the creature's snoot.
Lawrence started pedaling again and rode past that building: a spiraling flock of alert fedoras, prodding at slim terse notebooks with stately Ticonderogas, crab-walking photogs turning their huge chrome daisies, crisp rows of people sleeping with blankets over their faces, a sweating man with Brilliantined hair chalking umlauted names on a blackboard.
Unfortunately, for those interested in German cities, there are multiple ways to enter text containing diacritical marks, and as a result, searching for city names containing umlauts is not always easy.
Exceptions are indicated with diacritical marks, and umlauts (¨) are used to warn against letting vowels, especially terminal ones, fall silent or short.
Sesame showed him where there were several basins of water she had collected, and Umlaut used one to wash up.