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Nasopalatine :: Nasopalatine (a.) Connected with both the nose and the palate; as, the nasopalatine or incisor, canal connecting the mouth and the nasal chamber in some animals; the nasopalatine nerve..

Obturator :: Obturator (n.) An apparatus designed to close an unnatural opening, as a fissure of the palate..

Velum :: Velum (n.) Curtain or covering; -- applied to various membranous partitions, especially to the soft palate. See under Palate..

Dromaeognathous :: Dromaeognathous (a.) Having the structure of the palate like that of the ostrich and emu.

Palatable :: Palatable (a.) Agreeable to the palate or taste; savory; hence, acceptable; pleasing; as, palatable food; palatable advice..

Filbert :: Filbert (n.) The fruit of the Corylus Avellana or hazel. It is an oval nut, containing a kernel that has a mild, farinaceous, oily taste, agreeable to the palate..

Dainty :: Dainty (superl.) Delicious to the palate; toothsome.

Postpalatine :: Postpalatine (a.) Situated behind the palate, or behind the palatine bones..

Uraniscoplasty :: Uraniscoplasty (n.) The process of forming an artificial palate.

Palato- :: Palato- () A combining form used in anatomy to indicate relation to, or connection with, the palate; as in palatolingual..

Palatal :: Palatal (n.) A sound uttered, or a letter pronounced, by the aid of the palate, as the letters k and y..

Uranoplasty :: Uranoplasty (n.) The plastic operation for closing a fissure in the hard palate.

Palatize :: Palatize (v. t.) To modify, as the tones of the voice, by means of the palate; as, to palatize a letter or sound..

Relish :: Relish (n.) A pleasing taste; flavor that gratifies the palate; hence, enjoyable quality; power of pleasing..

Palatal :: Palatal (a.) Of or pertaining to the palate; palatine; as, the palatal bones..

Snoring :: Snoring (n.) The act of respiring through the open mouth so that the currents of inspired and expired air cause a vibration of the uvula and soft palate, thus giving rise to a sound more or less harsh. It is usually unvoluntary, but may be produced voluntarily..

Cacuminal :: Cacuminal (a.) Pertaining to the top of the palate; cerebral; -- applied to certain consonants; as, cacuminal (or cerebral) letters..

Staphylinid :: Staphyline (a.) Of or pertaining to the uvula or the palate.

Sneezing :: Sneezing (n.) The act of violently forcing air out through the nasal passages while the cavity of the mouth is shut off from the pharynx by the approximation of the soft palate and the base of the tongue.

Stopcock :: Stop (n.) Some part of the articulating organs, as the lips, or the tongue and palate, closed (a) so as to cut off the passage of breath or voice through the mouth and the nose (distinguished as a lip-stop, or a front-stop, etc., as in p, t, d, etc.), or (b) so as to obstruct, but not entirely cut off, the passage, as in l, n, etc.; also, any of the consonants so formed..

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