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- Nasal - a. - Of or pertaining to the nose.
- Nasal - a. - Having a quality imparted by means of the nose; and specifically, made by lowering the soft palate, in some cases with closure of the oral passage, the voice thus issuing (wholly or partially) through the nose, as in the consonants m, n, ng (see Guide to Pronunciation, // 20, 208); characterized by resonance in the nasal passage; as, a nasal vowel; a nasal utterance.
- Nasal - n. - An elementary sound which is uttered through the nose, or through both the nose and the mouth simultaneously.
- Nasal - n. - A medicine that operates through the nose; an errhine.
- Nasal - n. - Part of a helmet projecting to protect the nose; a nose guard.
- Nasal - n. - One of the nasal bones.
- Nasal - n. - A plate, or scale, on the nose of a fish, etc.
- Nasality - n. - The quality or state of being nasal.
- Nasalization - n. - The act of nasalizing, or the state of being nasalized.
- Nasalize - v. t. - To render nasal, as sound; to insert a nasal or sound in.
- Nasalize - v. t. - To utter words or letters with a nasal sound; to speak through the nose.
- Nasalized - imp. & p. p. - of Nasalize
- Nasalizing - p. pr. & vb. n. - of Nasalize
- Nasally - adv. - In a nasal manner; by the nose.
- Hyperoartia - n. pl. - An order of marsipobranchs including the lampreys. The suckerlike moth contains numerous teeth; the nasal opening is in the middle of the head above, but it does not connect with the mouth. See Cyclostoma, and Lamprey.
- Rhinolophid - n. - Any species of the genus Rhinilophus, or family Rhinolophidae, having a horseshoe-shaped nasal crest; a horseshoe bat.
- Gutturo- - - A combining form denoting relation to the throat; as, gutturo-nasal, having both a guttural and a nasal character; gutturo-palatal.
- Internasal - a. - Between the nasal cavities; as, the internasal cartilage.
- Snuffle - n. - Obstruction of the nose by mucus; nasal catarrh of infants or children.
- Nose - v. t. - To utter in a nasal manner; to pronounce with a nasal twang; as, to nose a prayer.
- Holorhinal - a. - Having the nasal bones contiguous.
- Pituitary - a. - Secreting mucus or phlegm; as, the pituitary membrane, or the mucous membrane which lines the nasal cavities.
- Hum - interj. - An inarticulate nasal sound or murmur, like h'm, uttered by a speaker in pause from embarrassment, affectation, etc.
- Turbinal - a. - Rolled in a spiral; scroll-like; turbinate; -- applied to the thin, plicated, bony or cartilaginous plates which support the olfactory and mucous membranes of the nasal chambers.
- Piper - n. - A common European gurnard (Trigla lyra), having a large head, with prominent nasal projection, and with large, sharp, opercular spines.
- Platyrhini - n. pl. - A division of monkeys, including the American species, which have a broad nasal septum, thirty-six teeth, and usually a prehensile tail. See Monkey.
- Prorhinal - a. - Situated in front of the nasal chambers.
- Septomaxillary - n. - A small bone between the nasal septum and the maxilla in many reptiles and amphibians.
- Alinasal - a. - Pertaining to expansions of the nasal bone or cartilage.
- Nasalize - v. t. - To utter words or letters with a nasal sound; to speak through the nose.
- Septomaxillary - a. - Of or pertaining to the nasal septum and the maxilla; situated in the region of these parts.
- Snuffle - n. - An affected nasal twang; hence, cant; hypocrisy.
- Subnasal - a. - Situated under the nose; as, the subnasal point, or the middle point of the inferior border of the anterior nasal aperture.
- Nasal - n. - One of the nasal bones.
- Nyctophile - n. - Any Australian bat of the genus Nyctophilus, having a very simple nasal appendage.
- Smell - n. - To perceive by the olfactory nerves, or organs of smell; to have a sensation of, excited through the nasal organs when affected by the appropriate materials or qualities; to obtain the scent of; as, to smell a rose; to smell perfumes.
- Scizorhinal - a. - Having the nasal bones separate.
- Subtonic - a. - Applied to, or distinguishing, a speech element consisting of tone, or proper vocal sound, not pure as in the vowels, but dimmed and otherwise modified by some kind of obstruction in the oral or the nasal passage, and in some cases with a mixture of breath sound; -- a term introduced by Dr. James Rush in 1833. See Guide to Pronunciation, //155, 199-202.
- Stop - n. - The depression in the face of a dog between the skull and the nasal bones. It is conspicuous in the bulldog, pug, and some other breeds.