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Things sibilant often describes ("sibilant ________")
- syllables
- note
- series
- breath
- articulation
- language
- accents
- rale
- lisp
- laugh
- pronunciation
- rhonchus
- tones
- name
- phoneme
- harmony
- production
- notes
- cry
- voices
- whisperings
- letters
- speech
- rales
- words
- breaths
- alphabet
- russian
- wheeze
- breathing
- consonants
- undertone
- whistle
- whisper
- song
- chorus
- sounds
- warning
- quality
- spanish
- accent
- phonemes
- roar
- english
- threat
- respiration
- rise
- rhonchi
- whispers
- letter
- fricatives
- murmur
- tongue
- distortions
- voice
- silence
- wind
- protest
- response
- rustle
- noise
- inspiration
- hush
- sound
- character
- hissing
- suffix
- rustling
- distinction
- rush
- whispering
- music
- hisses
- dialect
- fricative
- noises
- word
- intake
- release
- chirps
- consonant
- attachment
- tone
- prefix
- clusters
- hiss
- distortion
- ecstasy
- call
- sigh
- voicing
How sibilant often is described ("________ sibilant")
- mute
- sleepless
- original
- single
- sustained
- simple
- gentle
- ugly
- hard
- retroflex
- sound
- aspirated
- how
- more
- less
- abundant
- terminal
- genuine
- innumerable
- loud
- voiced
- cerebral
- initial
- excessive
- fourth
- low
- dry
- palatalized
- double
- palatal
- occasional
- alveolar
- dental
- fine
- least
- lingual
- numerous
- sanskrit
- unvoiced
- pure
- opening
- silent
- final
- soft
- sharp
- ancient
- prolonged
- voiceless
