faucal
English
Etymology
Latin fauces (“throat”).
Adjective
faucal (not comparable)
- Relating to the fauces, or opening of the throat; faucial.
Noun
faucal (plural faucals)
- (phonetics) A sound produced in the fauces.
- I. Taylor, The Alphabet
- Ayin is the most difficult of the faucals.
- I. Taylor, The Alphabet
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for faucal in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)
Anagrams
- facula