Crossword-Solution: SPIRANT
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Spirant | n. | A term used differently by different authorities; -- by some as equivalent to fricative, -- that is, as including all the continuous consonants, except the nasals m, n, ng; with the further exception, by others, of the liquids r, l, and the semivowels w, y; by others limited to f, v, th surd and sonant, and the sound of German ch, -- thus excluding the sibilants, as well as the nasals, liquids, and semivowels. See Guide to Pronunciation, // 197-208. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| SPIRANT | anagram | SPINART, STRAPIN |
We have 10 clues for the answer “SPIRANT”
| Clue | Answers |
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| A consonant such as "S." | 1 answer |
| CONSONANTAL sound formed by constriction but not closure of air-passage | 1 answer |
| Consonant such as "f" or "v" | 1 answer |
| SOUND formed by constriction but not closure of air-passage | 1 answer |
| Strong consonant | 1 answer |
| Talent show contestant | 1 answer |
| consonantal sound | 2 answers |
| fricative | 3 answers |
| Breathy sound. | 4 answers |
| Speech sound | 33 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
REEAT
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with SPIRANT (5)
Humanissime pater, literae tuae per plurimorum iactatae manus tandem ad me quoque pervenerunt iam Angliam egressum; quae mihi sane voluptatem incredibilem attulerunt, quod veterem illum tuum in me animum adhuc spirant.
Consonant-Stems fall into several natural subdivisions, according as the stem ends in a Mute, Liquid, Nasal, or Spirant.
And I may add that I now do say _áspirant_, and, right or wrong, intend to say _áspirant_ so long as this breath of mine enables me to say _áspirant_ at all.
Quam tacitæ spirant auræ! vultusque nitentes Contristant veneres, collachrimantque suæ! Ornat gutta genas, oculisque simillima gemma: Et tepido vivas irrigat imbre rosas.
How he would lie! and what lungs he had to lie with! _immensa cavi spirant mendacia folles!_ What action! what volubility of tongue! what anecdotes! and then only to see how he would look a _false_ Augustus in the face, and discern that wily sovereign from a thousand counterfeits; or when a sly forger brought him a modern gold coin, carefully coated in mould--how he knew by _instinct_ that it was an imposture, and would not condescend to exhume and expose the fraud.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: LAT, NYT.
Used 5 times in crossword archives (1945–2012).