Related Words for spirant

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fricative
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Adjective, Noun
soft
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Noun, Adjective, Noun, Adverb
sibilant
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Adverb, Adjective, Noun
aspirate
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Noun
strident
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Adjective
explosive
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Adjective
hiss
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Noun
glottal
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Noun
sperling
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Name
whistling
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Verb
velar
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Noun
stop
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Noun
trill
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Noun
spirit
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Noun
sniffling
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Verb
burr
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Name
slurping
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Noun
spurt
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Noun
coronal
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Noun
rant
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Noun
spittle
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Noun
sighing
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Noun
snuffling
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Noun
laryngeal
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Adjective
sputtering
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Noun
brunt
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Noun
spit
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Verb
whimpering
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Verb
snarling
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Verb
snicker
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Noun
sniffing
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Verb
swish
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Noun
diphthong
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Noun
apical
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Adjective
retching
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Noun
whisper
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Noun
aspiration
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Noun
squeaking
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Noun
stridor
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Noun
snatch
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Noun
snorting
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Verb
spewing
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Verb
buzz
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Noun
croak
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Noun
feist
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Name
grunting
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Verb
murmuring
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Verb
squirt
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Noun
muttering
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Verb
squealing
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Verb
mouthful
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Noun
warbling
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Noun
whiff
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Noun
tapper
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Noun
slur
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Noun
voiceless
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Adjective
guttural
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Adjective
voiced
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Verb
palatal
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Adjective
dental
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Adjective
accented
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Adjective
ascribed
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Verb
breathy
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Adjective
centric
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Adjective
consonant
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Adjective, Noun
consonantal
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Adjective
distinguishable
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Adjective
halfway
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Adverb, Noun
labial
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Adjective, Noun
nasal
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Adjective, Noun
phoneme
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Noun
vocalic
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Adjective
vowel
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Noun, Verb
chunk
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Noun, Verb
cluster
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Noun, Verb
standard
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Adjective, Noun
vernacular
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Noun, Adjective
collocation
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Noun
dialect
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Noun
expression
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Noun
literally
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Adverb
sorta
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Adverb
milestone
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Noun, Verb
tell
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Verb, Noun
no
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Noun, Adverb, Adjective
headlines
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Noun
anymore
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Adverb
daylight
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Noun, Verb