Term: alveolar consonant: a consonant articulated with the tip of the tongue near the gum ridge
Broader: consonant: a speech sound that is not a vowel | Unrelated: american persimmon: medium-sized tree of dry woodlands in the southern and eastern United States bearing yellow or orange very astringent fruit that is edible when fully ripe
Broader: consonant: a speech sound that is not a vowel | Unrelated: ictonyx: a genus of Mustelidae
Broader: consonant: a speech sound that is not a vowel | Unrelated: palmae: chiefly tropical trees and shrubs and vines usually having a tall columnar trunk bearing a crown of very large leaves; coextensive with the order Palmales
Broader: consonant: a speech sound that is not a vowel | Unrelated: self-defense: the act of defending yourself
Broader: consonant: a speech sound that is not a vowel | Unrelated: release: a process that liberates or discharges something
Broader: consonant: a speech sound that is not a vowel | Unrelated: line: a single frequency (or very narrow band) of radiation in a spectrum
Broader: consonant: a speech sound that is not a vowel | Unrelated: blolly: evergreen climbing shrub of southern Florida and West Indies grown for its racemes of fragrant white to creamy flowers followed by globose white succulent berries
Broader: consonant: a speech sound that is not a vowel | Unrelated: arminianism: 17th century theology (named after its founder Jacobus Arminius) that opposes the absolute predestinarianism of John Calvin and holds that human free will is compatible with God's sovereignty
Broader: consonant: a speech sound that is not a vowel | Unrelated: counselor: someone who gives advice about problems
Broader: consonant: a speech sound that is not a vowel | Unrelated: seal: any of numerous marine mammals that come on shore to breed; chiefly of cold regions