Crossword-Solution: LABIALS
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| Clue | Answers |
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| Articulated consonants. | 1 answer |
| Certain consonants, as b, p, m. | 1 answer |
| Some consonants | 3 answers |
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Front part of the eye
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Hint 1 meaning
The transparent part of the coat of the eyeball which
covers the iris and pupil and admits light to the interior. See Eye.
Hint 2 anagram
OENACR
Hint 3 another clue
COVER THE EYES
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Sentences with LABIALS (5)
Half way we get letters like K, J, TCHAY, S, or ISH; then they become softer, and the labials, like F, B and M, have something of the musical quality of the earlier sounds.
The Limboo language is totally different from the Lepcha; with less of the _z_ in it, and more labials and palatals, hence more pleasing.
The Greek _theta_ of the former is simply the English _w_.] The absence of labials and the frequent aspirated gutturals give to the utterance of the best speakers a deep and sonorous character which reminds the hearer of the stately Castilian speech.
Before vowels or h, ab must be used; before consonants we find sometimes ā, sometimes ab (the latter usually not before the labials b, p, f, v, m; nor before c, g, q, or t); abs occurs only before tē, and ā is admissible even there.
Suitable premises for the College have been secured in the heart of Mayfair and a competent staff of instructors has already been appointed, who, with the aid of gramophones, will be able to train the students to perfection in the requisite command of the most explosive gutturals, labials and sibilants.
Quotes with LABIALS (1)
The Plot Against The Giant First Girl When this yokel comes maundering, Whetting his hacker, I shall run before him, Diffusing the civilest odors Out of geraniums and unsmelled flowers. It will check him. Second Girl I shall run before him, Arching cloths besprinkled with colors As small as fish-eggs. The threads Will abash him. Third Girl Oh, la... le pauvre! I shall run before him, With a curious puffing. He will bend his ear then. I shall whisper Heavenly labials in a worl…
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Appears in: NYT.
Used 3 times in crossword archives (1952–1982).