Definitions for nasals

nasals na·sal

Spelling: [ney-zuh l]
IPA: /ˈneɪ zəl/

Nasals is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 5 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 7 points.

You can make 56 anagrams from letters in nasals (aalnss).

Definitions for nasals

noun

  1. Phonetics. a nasal speech sound.
  2. a bar or narrow plate used with an open helmet as a defense for the nose.

adjective

  1. of or relating to the nose:
  2. Phonetics. pronounced with the voice issuing through the nose, either partly, as in French nasal vowels, or entirely (as in m, n, or the ng of song).

Origin of nasals

1375-1425; late Middle English (adj.) Medieval Latin *nāsālis, equivalent to Latin nās(us) nose + -ālis -al1

Examples for nasals

He uttered the words with a nasal intonation, and a whimsical look at Kenneth.

And this he said with a nasal twang whose imitation was not to be mistaken.

The bookmakers kept up their nasal cries of "I lay on the field!"

The male voice was peculiar; it was, as I told you, reedy and nasal.

My partner gives me quite a hard time about it, but not as hard a time, she says, as I'm giving my nasal tubes.

As a nasal spray it keeps the passages moist and bacteria free, ideal for travel or ducted heating systems.

Straithairn, who played Edward R. Murrow in Good Night and Good Luck, summons up the nasal voice of Lincoln.

Among them were some horrifying images of severe damage to nasal tissue caused by a child lodging a button battery in her nose.

Called by the hoity toity term of nasal insufflation, this method was used by some in Asia till a few hundred years ago.

The one remarkable difference between them was in the nasal organ.

Word Value for nasals
Scrable

5

Words with friends

7

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