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Velar Crossword Clue

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We've checked our database and believe the answer is PALATAL which was last seen in the New York Times crossword.
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adjective

• relating to or lying near the palate

noun

• a semivowel produced with the tongue near the palate (like the initial sound in the English word `yeast')

adjective satellite

• produced with the front of the tongue near or touching the hard palate (as `y') or with the blade of the tongue near the hard palate (as `ch' in `chin' or `j' in `gin')

25%10 Phonological process in which a non-velar sound becomes velar in a particular linguistic context
verb

• To raise the back of the tongue toward the velum while articulating another consonant, such as the l of English pool.

• To replace a (usually more front) consonant with a velar.

24%10 A consonant sound that combines a labial and a velar articulation
noun

• A labiovelar sound.

adjective

• Co-articulated at the velum and the lips

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Source #Number Answer
New York Times16 Feb 1993 Down 5
New York Times04 Aug 1992 Down 4
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