Nasal

Definition:

  • (a.) Of or pertaining to the nose.
  • (a.) Having a quality imparted by means of the nose; and specifically, made by lowering the soft palate, in some cases with closure of the oral passage, the voice thus issuing (wholly or partially) through the nose, as in the consonants m, n, ng (see Guide to Pronunciation, // 20, 208); characterized by resonance in the nasal passage; as, a nasal vowel; a nasal utterance.
  • (n.) An elementary sound which is uttered through the nose, or through both the nose and the mouth simultaneously.
  • (n.) A medicine that operates through the nose; an errhine.
  • (n.) Part of a helmet projecting to protect the nose; a nose guard.
  • (n.) One of the nasal bones.
  • (n.) A plate, or scale, on the nose of a fish, etc.

Compare nasal with other words:

basal vs. nasal

nasal vs. naval

casal vs. nasal

nasal vs. nascal

nasal vs. natal

mesonasal vs. nasal

nasal vs. prenasal

nasal vs. scizorhinal

internasal vs. nasal

dejecta vs. nasal

nasal vs. nasofrontal

labionasal vs. nasal

nasal vs. nasalness

nasal vs. subnasal

nasal vs. plosive

nares vs. nasal

nasal vs. thrill

nasal vs. rhinal

nasal vs. nasally

nasal vs. nasalize

nasal vs. nasality

nasal vs. snivel

nasal vs. nosy

nasal vs. rhinoscopy

menthol vs. nasal

nasal vs. nasion

nasal vs. turbinal

nasal vs. pharynx

congestion vs. nasal

fish vs. nasal

nasal vs. scale

bone vs. nasal

nasal vs. plate

guard vs. nasal

nasal vs. protect

nasal vs. project

helmet vs. nasal

nasal vs. operate

medicine vs. nasal

mouth vs. nasal

both vs. nasal

nasal vs. utter

nasal vs. sound

elementary vs. nasal

nasal vs. utterance

nasal vs. vowel

nasal vs. passage

nasal vs. resonance

consonant vs. nasal

nasal vs. voice

closure vs. nasal

impart vs. nasal

nasal vs. specifically

nasal vs. quality

nasal vs. pertain

lingual vs. nasal

nasal vs. trunk

nasal vs. nostril

fricative vs. nasal

nasal vs. nose

cold vs. nasal