lipreader
Look at other dictionaries:
lipreader — noun Someone who is able to tell what a person is saying by looking at the motion of the lips (a technique use by the deaf, although it can be learned by the hearing, called lipreading) … Wiktionary
lipread — lipreader, n. /lip reed /, v., lipread / red /, lipreading. v.t. 1. to understand spoken words by interpreting the movements of a speaker s lips without hearing the sounds made. v.i. 2. to use lipreading. Cf. speechread. [1890 95; LIP + READ1] *… … Universalium
Tales from the Crypt (TV series) — infobox Television show name = Tales From The Crypt caption = Tales from the Crypt title screen format = Horror runtime = Various creator = William Gaines (original concept) executive producer = Richard Donner David Giler Walter Hill Joel Silver… … Wikipedia
cued speech — (sometimes caps.) a method of communication in which a speaker uses a system of manual cues to aid a lipreader by clarifying potentially ambiguous mouth movements with hand gestures. [1970 75] * * * … Universalium
franglais — [ frɑ̃glɛ ] n. m. • 1959, répandu par Étiemble 1964; de français et anglais ♦ Emploi, usage de la langue française où l influence anglaise (lexique, syntaxe) est très sensible. Le « franglais, ce français émaillé de vocables britanniques, que la… … Encyclopédie Universelle
lipread — verb interpret by lipreading; of deaf people • Syn: ↑lip read, ↑speech read • Derivationally related forms: ↑lipreading • Hypernyms: ↑read • Verb Frames … Useful english dictionary
