adjective. Of or relating to the lips or labia.

adjective. Articulated mainly by closing or partly closing the lips, as the sounds (b), (m), or (w).

noun. A labial consonant.

noun. undefined

In anatomy and zoology, pertaining to the lips or to a lip-like part; situated on or by a lip; having a lip-like character, as in shape, position, or office: as, a labial vessel or nerve; a labial fold or process.

In entomology, pertaining to the labium, or lower lip of an insect.

Formed by the lips, as a sound. See II., 1.

Giving forth tones produced by the impact of a stream of air upon a sharp edge or lip: applied to musical instruments such as the flute or the flue-pipes of an organ.

noun. A letter or character representing an articulate sound which in speaking is accompanied by a proximate or complete closure of the lips.

noun. In herpetology, one of a series of plates or scales which lie along the edge of the lips, especially in Ophidia, those of the upper lip being the superior labials, those of the lower lip the inferior labials.

noun. In entomology, one of the labial palpi.

noun. A letter or character representing an articulation or sound formed or uttered chiefly with the lips, as b, p, w.

noun. An organ pipe that is furnished with lips; a flue pipe.

noun. One of the scales which border the mouth of a fish or reptile.

adjective. Of or pertaining to the lips or labia.

adjective. Furnished with lips.

adjective. undefined

adjective. Articulated, as a consonant, mainly by the lips, as b, p, m, w.

adjective. Modified, as a vowel, by contraction of the lip opening, as � (f�d), ō (ōld), etc., and as eu and u in French, and ö, ü in German. See Guide to Pronunciation, §§ 11, 178.

adjective. Of or pertaining to the labium. See Labium.

adjective. Of or pertaining to the lips or labia

adjective. articulated by the lips, as the consonants b, m and w

adjective. Of an incisor or canine, on the side facing the lips. See mesial.

noun. a labial consonant

noun. an organ pipe having a lip that influences its sound

adjective. of or relating to the lips of the mouth

adjective. relating to or near the female labium

noun. a consonant whose articulation involves movement of the lips

"Mexico. 11 The language of Nootka is by no means harsh or disagreeable; for it abounds, upon the whole, rather with what may be called labial and dental, than with guttural sounds."

labial appendages  labial glands  labial palpi  labial pipe  labial segment  

bilabial click  labial artery  labial consonant  labial geyser  labial-alveolar consonant  

consonant  

b  bilabial  labial stop  p  w  

HAV  conjunct  depressive  dhus  dipthong  

accented  allophone  alveolar  apical  apico-alveolar  

labium