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

Guttural :: Guttural (n.) A sound formed in the throat; esp., a sound formed by the aid of the back of the tongue, much retracted, and the soft palate; also, a letter representing such a sound..

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.

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

Palatal :: Palatal (a.) Uttered by the aid of the palate; -- said of certain sounds, as the sound of k in kirk..

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

Schizognathism :: Schizognathism (n.) The condition of having a schizognathous palate.

Grateful :: Grateful (a.) Affording pleasure; pleasing to the senses; gratifying; delicious; as, a grateful present; food grateful to the palate; grateful sleep..

Palate :: Palate (n.) The roof of the mouth.

Mesoxalate :: Mesoxalate (n.) A salt of mesoxalic acid.

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

Schizognath :: Schizognath (n.) Any bird with a schizognathous palate.

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

Embolism :: Embolism (n.) Intercalated time.

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

Uvula :: Uvula (n.) The pendent fleshy lobe in the middle of the posterior border of the soft palate.

Oxanilide :: Oxanilide (n.) a white crystalline substance, resembling oxanilamide, obtained by heating aniline oxalate, and regarded as a double anilide of oxalic acid; -- called also diphenyl oxamide..

Sauce :: Sauce (v. t.) To cause to relish anything, as if with a sauce; to tickle or gratify, as the palate; to please; to stimulate; hence, to cover, mingle, or dress, as if with sauce; to make an application to..

Cyanogen :: Cyanogen (n.) A colorless, inflammable, poisonous gas, C2N2, with a peach-blossom odor, so called from its tendency to form blue compounds; obtained by heating ammonium oxalate, mercuric cyanide, etc. It is obtained in combination, forming an alkaline cyanide when nitrogen or a nitrogenous compound is strongly ignited with carbon and soda or potash. It conducts itself like a member of the halogen group of elements, and shows a tendency to form complex compounds. The name is also applied to the u

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

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