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Answer for the clue "Consonant articulated by constricting (but not closing) the vocal tract ", 10 letters:
continuant

Word definitions for continuant in dictionaries

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Continuant \Con*tin"u*ant\, a. Continuing; prolonged; sustained; as, a continuant sound. -- n. A continuant sound; a letter whose sound may be prolonged.

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. consonant articulated by constricting (but not closing) the vocal tract [syn: continuant consonant ] [ant: stop consonant ]

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
A continuant is a speech sound produced with an incomplete closure of the oral vocal tract . Among consonants, there are two broad categories of continuants: fricatives and approximants . Approximants are sometimes called "frictionless continuants". Compare ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. Continuing; prolonged; sustained. n. 1 (context phonetics English) A linguistic sound other than a stop 2 (context mathematics English) A determinant formed from a tridiagonal matrix.