Definitions for velars

velars ve·lar

Spelling: [vee-ler]
IPA: /ˈvi lər/

Velars is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 151 anagrams from letters in velars (aelrsv).

Definitions for velars

noun

  1. Phonetics. a velar sound.

adjective

  1. of or relating to a velum, especially the soft palate.
  2. Phonetics. articulated with the back of the tongue held close to or touching the soft palate.

Origin of velars

From the Latin word vēlāris, dating back to 1720-30. See velum, -ar1

Examples for velars

The velar area is in any case the only representative of the head.

Farther up, within the velar area, the rudiments of the cerebral nerve-ganglion ng are seen separating from the ectoderm.

The metastoma, which has become in Ammocœtes the lower lip supplied by the velar or mandibular branch of the trigeminal nerve ; 2.

In the centre of the velar area there is usually present a single long flagellum (fig. 117 B and C).

velar: x (a deeply guttural χ, heard now in Swiss dialects), ℨ.

The palps are really derived from part of the velar area of the larva.

The velar or mandibular nerve supplies in Ammocœtes the muscles of the lower lip.

This is that part of the velar folds which comes together in the middle line and closes the entrance into the respiratory chamber.

What, then, are these velar folds, and how is it that the tubular muscles of these two segments become the velar muscles?

In some cases amongst the Nudibranchiata (Haddon) and Pteropoda there are one or two long cilia in the middle of the velar area.

Word Value for velars
Scrable

8

Words with friends

10

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