intrusive
(ɪnˈtru sɪv)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
of or designating a speech sound inserted in connected speech where it is not present in the spelling, as an r-sound inserted by some speakers before -ing in the word drawing; excrescent.
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suprasegmental
(suprasegmental)
Princeton's WordNet
pertaining to a feature of speech that extends over more than a single speech sound
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diphthong
(ˈdɪf θɔŋ, -θɒŋ, ˈdɪp-)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
an unsegmentable, gliding speech sound varying in phonetic quality but considered to be a single sound or phoneme, as the oi sound of toy or
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infection
(infection)
Princeton's WordNet
(phonetics) the alteration of a speech sound under the influence of a neighboring sound
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haw
Webster Dictionary
an intermission or hesitation of speech, with a sound somewhat like haw! also, the sound so made
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sonant
(sonant, voiced sound)
Princeton's WordNet
a speech sound accompanied by sound from the vocal cords
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voiced sound
(sonant, voiced sound)
Princeton's WordNet
a speech sound accompanied by sound from the vocal cords
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lip-synch
(lip synchronization, lip synchronisation, lip synch, lip sync)
Princeton's WordNet
combining audio and video recording in such a way that the sound is perfectly synchronized with the action that produced it; especially synchronizing the movements of a speaker's lips with the sound of his speech
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lip-sync
(lip synchronization, lip synchronisation, lip synch, lip sync)
Princeton's WordNet
combining audio and video recording in such a way that the sound is perfectly synchronized with the action that produced it; especially synchronizing the movements of a speaker's lips with the sound of his speech
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lip sync
(lip synchronization, lip synchronisation, lip synch, lip sync)
Princeton's WordNet
combining audio and video recording in such a way that the sound is perfectly synchronized with the action that produced it; especially synchronizing the movements of a speaker's lips with the sound of his speech
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lip synchronization
(lip synchronization, lip synchronisation, lip synch, lip sync)
Princeton's WordNet
combining audio and video recording in such a way that the sound is perfectly synchronized with the action that produced it; especially synchronizing the movements of a speaker's lips with the sound of his speech
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lip synchronisation
(lip synchronization, lip synchronisation, lip synch, lip sync)
Princeton's WordNet
combining audio and video recording in such a way that the sound is perfectly synchronized with the action that produced it; especially synchronizing the movements of a speaker's lips with the sound of his speech
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lip synch
(lip synchronization, lip synchronisation, lip synch, lip sync)
Princeton's WordNet
combining audio and video recording in such a way that the sound is perfectly synchronized with the action that produced it; especially synchronizing the movements of a speaker's lips with the sound of his speech
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articulate
(ɑrˈtɪk yə lər)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
to make the movements and adjustments of the speech organs necessary to utter (a speech sound).
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tense
(ɛns)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
(of a speech sound) pronounced with the muscles of the speech organs relatively tense, as the vowel (ē) in seat.
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phonogram
(ˈfoʊ nəˌgræm)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a written symbol standing for a speech sound, syllable, or other sequence of speech sounds without reference to meaning.
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voice
Webster Dictionary
sound of the kind or quality heard in speech or song in the consonants b, v, d, etc., and in the vowels; sonant, or intonated, utterance; tone; -- distinguished from mere breath sound as heard in f, s, sh, etc., and also whisper
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labiovelar
(ˌleɪ bi oʊˈvi lər)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
(of a speech sound) articulated with simultaneous bilabial and velar articulations, as the sound (w).
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lateral
(ˈlæt ər əl)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
(of a speech sound) articulated so that the breath passes on either or both sides of the tongue, as the sound (l).
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mutation
(ˈteɪ ʃən)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a change in a speech sound caused by assimilation to a nearby sound, esp. umlaut.
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labiodental
(ˌleɪ bi oʊˈdɛn tl)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
(of a speech sound) articulated with the lower lip touching or approaching the upper front teeth, as the sound (f) or (v).
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affricate
(əˈfreɪ)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a composite speech sound in which a stop consonant is gradually released with audible friction, as the sound (ch) in church or (j) in
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phonate
(ˈfoʊ neɪt)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
to produce a sound, esp. a speech sound, by vibration of the vocal cords.
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dental
(ˈdɛn tl)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
(of a speech sound) articulated with the tongue tip touching or near the back of the upper front teeth, as t in French or the sound (th) in English.
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formant
(ˈfɔr mənt)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
one of the regions of concentration of energy, prominent on a sound spectrogram, that collectively constitute the frequency spectrum of a speech sound.
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excrescent
(ɪkˈskrɛs ənt)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
(of a speech sound) inserted or added as a result of articulatory interaction or impetus, as the t-sound in sense (sents); intrusive; parasitic.
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vowel
Webster Dictionary
a vocal, or sometimes a whispered, sound modified by resonance in the oral passage, the peculiar resonance in each case giving to each several vowel its distinctive character or quality as a sound of speech; -- distinguished from a consonant in that the latter, whether made with or without vocality, derives its character in every case from some kind of obstructive action by the mouth organs. Also, a letter or character which represents such a sound. See Guide to Pronunciation, // 5, 146-149
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vowel
(ˈvaʊ əl)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a speech sound, as (ē), (&oobreve;), or (a), produced without occluding, diverting, or obstructing the flow of air from the lungs, and usu. constituting the sound of greatest sonority in a syllable
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juncture
(ˈdʒʌŋk tʃər)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a transition between successive speech sounds or between a speech sound and silence, as at the boundary of a morpheme, word, or clause, marked by a break in articulatory continuity: Juncture distinguishes words such as night rateand nitrate.
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subtonic
Webster Dictionary
applied to, or distinguishing, a speech element consisting of tone, or proper vocal sound, not pure as in the vowels, but dimmed and otherwise modified by some kind of obstruction in the oral or the nasal passage, and in some cases with a mixture of breath sound; -- a term introduced by Dr. James Rush in 1833. See Guide to Pronunciation, //155, 199-202
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