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Retroflex

//ˈɹɛt.ɹəʊ.flɛks//

Synonyms for "retroflex" (185 found)

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Informal (40)

Adj, adv, name, noun, verb, slang(5 words)

light back low hard high

Noun, verb, slang(6 words)

turn jerk hunch phone relapse flex

Adj, intj, name, noun, verb, slang(1 words)

Adj, adv, noun, verb, slang(2 words)

Adj, adv, name, noun, prep, verb, slang(1 words)

Noun, punct, verb, slang(1 words)

Adj, noun, verb, slang(2 words)

Adj, adv, intj, noun, slang(1 words)

Adj, intj, noun, verb, slang(1 words)

Name, noun, verb, slang(6 words)

hook wind loop swag hump dome

Adj, slang(1 words)

Adj, adv, name, slang(1 words)

Adj, adv, det, noun, verb, slang(1 words)

Adj, name, noun, slang(2 words)

Adj, name, noun, verb, slang(2 words)

Intj, name, noun, verb, slang(1 words)

Adj, adv, noun, slang(1 words)

Adj, adv, noun, prep, slang(1 words)

Name, noun, phrase, verb, slang(1 words)

Adj, noun, slang(1 words)

Verb, slang(2 words)

get behind go backwards

General use (145)

Adj, adv, name, noun, verb(1 words)

Adj, noun, verb(8 words)

open narrow tense mute tonic lateral reflex articulated

Noun, verb(12 words)

return sweep lapse vault regress revert syllable vowel retrogress voicing backslide recurve

Name, noun, verb(4 words)

bend voice glide curl

Intj, name, noun, verb(1 words)

Adj, name, noun, verb(1 words)

Noun(17 words)

assimilation articulation aspiration modification sonority diphthong semivowel vocoid phoneme dissimilation triphthong monophthong morphophoneme glottalization labialization manner of articulation pharyngealization

Adj, noun(30 words)

consonant liquid surd guttural dental phonetic lingual pharyngeal labial alveolar glottal palatal sonant bilabial syllabic occlusive dorsal tonal velar vocable

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continuant apical labiodental cacuminal barytone labiovelar laryngeal oxytone allophone plosive

Adj, name, noun(2 words)

Verb(17 words)

reflect pull back deflect assimilated replicate recede lose ground incurve inflect fall behind intonated dissimilated retrocede slip back recidivate embow decurve

Adj, adv, noun, verb(1 words)

Adj, verb(12 words)

rounded stopped pitched checked muted voiced stressed nasalized accented palatalized incurvate pharyngealized

Adjective(22 words)

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laminal postalveolar flat postalveolar

Adjective(2 words)

cacuminal retroflexed

speech sound voiced sound go behind epenthetic vowel parasitic vowel prothetic vowel segmental phoneme syllabic nucleus syllabic peak transition sound voiceless sound bend back fall astern jerk back

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