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Like some consonant sounds
Answer for the clue "Like some consonant sounds ", 5 letters:
velar
Alternative clues for the word velar
Word definitions for velar in dictionaries
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1726, from Latin velaris , from velum "sail, curtain" (see veil (n.)). Originally an architect's term for a type of cupola resembling a swelling sail; phonetics sense is from 1876, on notion of "pertaining to the velum," the anatomist's name for the soft ...
Usage examples of velar.
It was our duty to die in defense of Lord Velar, yet we few did not fall.
All he had to do was allow his weight to fall forward, and the defeat of the army of Lord Velar would be .
Mountclemens says cats like to hear a repetition of syllables when they're being ad, dressed, and their ears are particularly receptive to palatal and velar sounds.
The structure of their ice apparatus, particularly the elongate mouth, prevents the pronunciation of the velar sounds.