RETROFLEX Synonyms
There are 8 hypernyms of the word retroflex. (close relations)
Best Synonyms for RETROFLEX
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| apical | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • situated at an apex | ||||||
| cacuminal | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • pronounced with the tip of the tongue turned back toward the hard palate | ||||||
| flat | adverb, noun, adjectiveadv, n, adj | |||||
adjective • lacking contrast or shading between tones • (of a musical note) lowered in pitch by one chromatic semitone noun • a level tract of land • a shallow box in which seedlings are started • a musical notation indicating one half step lower than the note named • freight car without permanent sides or roof • a deflated pneumatic tire • scenery consisting of a wooden frame covered with painted canvas; part of a stage setting • a suite of rooms usually on one floor of an apartment house adverb • with flat sails • in a forthright manner; candidly or frankly adjective satellite • having a surface without slope, tilt in which no part is higher or lower than another • having a relatively broad surface in relation to depth or thickness • not modified or restricted by reservations • stretched out and lying at full length along the ground • flattened laterally along the whole length (e.g., certain leafstalks or flatfishes) • lacking taste or flavor or tang • lacking stimulating characteristics; uninteresting • having lost effervescence • sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch • horizontally level • lacking the expected range or depth; not designed to give an illusion or depth • not reflecting light; not glossy • commercially inactive | ||||||
| laminal | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • arranged in or consisting of laminae | ||||||
| palatal | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective • relating to or lying near the palate noun • a semivowel produced with the tongue near the palate (like the initial sound in the English word `yeast') adjective satellite • produced with the front of the tongue near or touching the hard palate (as `y') or with the blade of the tongue near the hard palate (as `ch' in `chin' or `j' in `gin') | ||||||
| postalveolar | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||
noun • (phonetics) Any sound articulated with the tongue near or touching the back of the alveolar ridge. | ||||||
| reflexed | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • (of leaves) bent downward and outward more than 90 degrees | ||||||
| replicate | verbv | |||||
verb • bend or turn backward • reproduce or make an exact copy of • make or do or perform again | ||||||
| retroflexed | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • bent or curved backward | ||||||
| subapical | adjectiveadj | |||||
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