Synonyms of the word

palatal

• adj. (anatomy) Pertaining to the palate.
• adj. (dentistry, not comparable) Of an upper tooth, on the side facing the palate.
• adj. (phonetics) Articulated at the hard palate.
• n. (phonetics) A palatal consonant.

glide

• v. (intransitive) To move softly, smoothly, or effortlessly.
• v. (intransitive) To fly unpowered, as of an aircraft. Also relates to gliding birds and flying fish.
• v. (transitive) To cause to glide.
• v. (phonetics) To pass with a glide, as the voice.
• n. The act of gliding.
• n. (phonology) Semivowel.
• n. (fencing) An attack or preparatory movement made by sliding down the opponent’s blade, keeping it in constant…
• n. A bird, the glede or kite.
• n. A kind of cap affixed to the base of the legs of furniture to prevent it from damaging the floor.

palatalised

• adj. (phonetics, phonology, chiefly Britain) Having undergone palatalisation.
• v. simple past tense and past participle of palatalise.

palatalized

• adj. Alternative form of palatalised.
• v. simple past tense and past participle of palatalize.

palatine

• adj. Of or relating to the Palatine Hill in Rome.
• adj. Of or relating to powers normally possessed by a sovereign but exercised by a lesser noble, or by a nominee…
• adj. Of or relating to a palace, particularly for the Eastern and Western Roman emperors.
• adj. Of or relating to a palatine or a palatinate, especially the Rhineland Palatinate.
• n. A Roman soldier.
• n. A Roman or Byzantine official.
• n. A feudal lord (a count palatine or Pfalzgraf) or a bishop possessing palatine powers.
• n. A resident of a palatinate.
• n. The highest dignitary in the former Kingdom of Hungary after the king.
• adj. Of or relating to the palate.
• adj. Of or relating to a palatine bone.
• n. (anatomy) One of a pair of bones behind the palate.

semivowel

• n. A sound in speech which has some qualities of a consonant and some qualities of a vowel.
• n. A letter which represents a semivowel sound, such as w or y in English.

soft

• adj. Easily giving way under pressure.
• adj. (of cloth or similar material) Smooth and flexible; not rough, rugged, or harsh.
• adj. (of a sound) Quiet.
• adj. Gentle.
• adj. Expressing gentleness or tenderness; mild; conciliatory; courteous; kind.
• adj. Gentle in action or motion; easy.
• adj. Weak in character; impressible.
• adj. Requiring little or no effort; easy.
• adj. Not bright or intense.
• adj. Having a slight angle from straight.
• adj. (linguistics) Voiced; sonant.
• adj. (linguistics, rare) voiceless.
• adj. (linguistics, Slavic languages) palatalized.
• adj. (slang) Lacking strength or resolve, wimpy.
• adj. (of water) Low in dissolved calcium compounds.
• adj. (Britain, colloquial) Foolish.
• adj. (physics) Of a ferromagnetic material; a material that becomes essentially non magnetic when an external…
• adj. (of a person) Physically or emotionally weak.
• adj. Incomplete, or temporary; not a full action.
• adj. (Britain, of a man) Effeminate.
• adj. Agreeable to the senses.
• adj. Not harsh or offensive to the sight; not glaring or jagged; pleasing to the eye.
• interj. (archaic) Be quiet; hold; stop; not so fast.
• adv. (obsolete) Softly; without roughness or harshness; gently; quietly.
• n. A soft or foolish person; an idiot.

surface

• n. The overside or up-side of a flat object such as a table, or of a liquid.
• n. The outside hull of a tangible object.
• n. (figuratively) Outward or external appearance.
• n. (mathematics, geometry) The locus of an equation (especially one with exactly two degrees of freedom)…
• n. (fortification) That part of the side which is terminated by the flank prolonged, and the angle of the…
• v. (transitive) To provide something with a surface.
• v. (transitive) To apply a surface to something.
• v. (intransitive) To rise to the surface.
• v. (intransitive) To come out of hiding.
• v. (intransitive) For information or facts to become known.
• v. (intransitive) To work a mine near the surface.
• v. (intransitive) To appear or be found.