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Answer for the clue "Perceiving what a person is saying by observing the movements of the lips ", 10 letters:
lipreading

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Word definitions for lipreading in dictionaries

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
alt. The act of lipread. n. The act of lipread. vb. (present participle of lipread English)

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. perceiving what a person is saying by observing the movements of the lips

Usage examples of lipreading.

She had half-loved Georgio, trusted him through all her grief over Timmy, allowed him the use of her lipreading gift.

Merlin was saying, particularly since he kept clapping his hand in front of his mouth to fill it with nuts, and lipreading in a mirror was always slightly more problematic than lipreading full-face.

Court, and despite the efforts of the distinguished prosecution, we have proved the almost amazing accuracy of lipreading in general, and these lipreaders in particular.

Already he had rooted out one lipreading spy sent from the Inner City.

But lipreading is a very iffy skill, far more complicated than merely watching lips.

The light was dim and the phony science of lipreading gave her a distorted message.