sonant
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Dr. Gutheil cautions that no accurate explanation is apt to be simple: more likely in Hinckley's mind was a dis sonant snarl of emotions and delusions, which in concert led him to Washington.
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Special accentuation of the long syllable of the foot increases the length of the sonant, of the accented element, and of the entire foot.
From Harvard Psychological Studies, Volume 1 Containing Sixteen Experimental Investigations from the Harvard Psychological Laboratory. by Hugo Münsterberg
Surdimū′tism, the condition of being deaf and dumb; Surd′ity, want of sonant quality.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
It is a mute and labial, pronounced solely by the lips, and is distinguished from p by being sonant, that is, produced by the utterance of voice as distinguished from breath.
From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 3 Atrebates to Bedlis by Various
It will of course use the widest variation possible in the matter of accents, lags, dynamic forms, and lengths of sonant and element depending on emphasis.
From Harvard Psychological Studies, Volume 1 Containing Sixteen Experimental Investigations from the Harvard Psychological Laboratory. by Hugo Münsterberg
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