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41speech disorder — n. any conspicuous speech imperfection, or variation from accepted speech patterns, caused either by a physical defect in the speech organs or by a mental disorder, as aphasia, stuttering, etc. * * * ▪ medicine Introduction any of the… …
42sibilant — sibilance, sibilancy, n. sibilantly, adv. /sib euh leuhnt/, adj. 1. hissing. 2. Phonet. characterized by a hissing sound; noting sounds like those spelled with s in this /dhis/, rose /rohz/ …
43Cross-linguistic onomatopoeias — Sinhala is written in a non Latin script. Sinhala text used in this article is transliterated into the Latin script according to the ISO 15919 standard. Because of the nature of onomatopoeia, there are many cross linguistic cognates of… …
44Gromphadorhina — Gromphadorhina …
45sibilation — noun 1. pronunciation with a sibilant (hissing or whistling) sound • Syn: ↑assibilation • Derivationally related forms: ↑assibilate (for: ↑assibilation), ↑sibilate • Hypernyms: ↑ …
46PRONUNCIATIONS OF HEBREW — This article is arranged according to the following outline: the transmission of hebrew as a liturgical language classification of the traditional pronunciations of hebrew the yemenite pronunciation the sephardi pronunciation phonological… …
47Hiss — Hiss, v. t. 1. To condemn or express contempt for by hissing. [1913 Webster] If the tag rag people did not clap him and hiss him, according as he pleased and displeased them. Shak. [1913 Webster] Malcolm. What is the newest grief? Ros. That of an …
48Sibilant — Sib i*lant, a. [L. sibilans, antis, p. pr. of sibilare to hiss: cf. F. sibilant.] Making a hissing sound; uttered with a hissing sound; hissing; as, s, z, sh, and zh, are sibilant elementary sounds. n. A sibiliant letter. [1913 Webster] …
49sizzle — I. verb (sizzled; sizzling) Etymology: perhaps frequentative of siss to hiss Date: 1603 transitive verb to burn up or sear with or as if with a hissing sound intransitive verb 1. to make a hissing sound in or as if in burning or frying 2. to… …
50Insect — For the Breed 77 album, see Insects (album). Insect Temporal range: 396–0 Ma …
