Crossword clues for alveolar
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Alveolar \Al"ve*o*lar\ (?; 277), a. [L. alveolus a small hollow or cavity: cf. F. alv['e]olaire.] (Anat.)
Of, pertaining to, or resembling, alveoli or little cells, sacs, or sockets.
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(Phon.) Articulated with the tip of the tongue pressing against the alveolar processes of the upper front teeth.
Alveolar processes, the processes of the maxillary bones, containing the sockets of the teeth.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"pertaining to alveoli," 1799, from Modern Latin alveolus "socket of a tooth" (see alveolus).
Wiktionary
a. 1 Of or relating to an alveolus. 2 (context anatomy English) Relating to the jaw ridge containing the tooth sockets. 3 (context anatomy English) Relating to the alveoli (small air sacs) of the lungs. 4 (context phonetics English) Formed with the tongue touching or approaching the inner ridge of the gums of the upper front teeth. n. (context linguistics English) An alveolar consonant
WordNet
adj. pertaining to the tiny air sacs of the lungs
pertaining to the alveolar ridge; "alveolar consonant"
n. a consonant articulated with the tip of the tongue near the gum ridge [syn: alveolar consonant, dental consonant]
Wikipedia
Usage examples of "alveolar".
Consequently the concentration of carbon dioxide in the alveolar air and the blood is increased and, the efficiency of the cerebral reducing valve being lowered, visionary experience becomes possible.
Bits of bone alveolar fragments, as he explained, between two of his exhalations flew out.
Well, did you know, Doctor, that the bone-cells though particularly the alveolar or tooth-process cells of the three races, Negro, Chinese and White man, show themselves to be shaped differently when viewed in the hyper-microscope?
I heard you say today you bought that Cowper alveolar drill of yours for fifty cents at an auction of the instruments of your old professor.
He next presented a photomicrograph that showed that there was no alveolar problem in the lungs.
I could see the lacy network of lung tissue formed into delicate alveolar sacs for exchange of gas between blood and air.
Allport reports the history of a case in which there was recession of the gingival margins and alveolar processes, the consequence of amenorrhea.
The alveolar process of the right jaw was fractured, and the gum lacerated to the entire length of the root.
English normally uses an alveolar l instead, that is, a sound pronounced with the tip of the tongue further back, above the teeth rather than touching them.
He next presented a photomicrograph that showed that there was no alveolar problem in the lungs.
There should be edema fluid in the alveolar spaces with disproportionate autolytic change of the respiratory epithelium.
The second bullet slammed into Wamus's thigh, splintering and lodging its fragments deep in alveolar bone.
Hart was so badly burned, he could be identified only by striking similarities of tooth root and trabecular alveolar bone points in antemortem and postmortem radiographs.
I was relying on his impression of events to cover my accent: there's no precise equivalent for the palatals hi English and you've got to do it with the tip of the tongue on the lower teeth and the middle pressed towards the alveolar ridge and it takes practice and I hadn't had much.
In the first group (the alveolar consonants), the tongue stays at the upper gum ridge but molds or interrupts the breath stream in different ways.