dental
adjective
of or relating to the teeth.
dentals
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pluralof dental.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Another point to be observed is that the dentals t, d, n, l, require that the tongue touch the teeth, rather than the palate.
From The Roman Pronunciation of Latin Why we use it and how to use it by Frances Ellen Lord
From a small list gathered by my father I judge that the aspirate is probably similar to the Iowa, and that the subvocal represents Dak and I E dentals.
From The Dakotan Languages, and Their Relations to Other Languages by A. W. (Andrew Woods) Williamson
Diacritical marks intended to distinguish between the various sibilants, dentals, nasals, and so forth, of the Arabic and Sanskrit alphabets, have been purposely omitted.
From Rambles and Recollections of an Indian Official by William Sleeman
Those made by the lips are termed labials; those by pressing the tongue against the teeth, dentals; those by the tongue, linguals.
From Hygienic Physiology : with Special Reference to the Use of Alcoholic Drinks and Narcotics by Joel Dorman Steele
He then asked me to pick out the vowels, the consonants, the flats, the sharps, the aspirates, the labials, the palatals, the dentals, and the mutes.
From The Book of the Bush Containing Many Truthful Sketches Of The Early Colonial Life Of Squatters, Whalers, Convicts, Diggers, And Others Who Left Their Native Land And Never Returned by J. Macfarlane
