consonants

1. Letters of the alphabet that stand for sounds often made with a closed or partially closed mouth: B, C, D, F, G, H, J, K, L, M, N, P, Q, R, S, T, V, W, X, Z, and sometimes Y (as in yellow ). ( Compare vowels .)

Example Sentences

An impatient pupil who never learns anything thoroughly often disregards the rule about silent consonants.

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By all the sounded consonants we have—“Inhuman Civil War;” the latter shorter, more significant, and more easily remembered.

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Sometimes only the initial consonants of the words or phrases or sentences are used.

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Sometimes the first and last consonants of a word are used, and sometimes two consonants in the middle of a word.

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The second word should indicate by its consonants the numbers of the bones to which the attachment is made.

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