Nasal

Word NASAL
Character 5
Hyphenation na sal
Pronunciations /ˈneɪzəl/

Definitions and meanings of "Nasal"

What do we mean by nasal?

Of, in, or relating to the nose. adjective

Articulated by lowering the soft palate so that air resonates in the nasal cavities and passes out the nose, as in the pronunciation of the consonants (m), (n), and (ng) or the nasalized vowel of French bon. adjective

Characterized by or resembling a resonant sound produced through the nose. adjective

A nasal consonant. noun

A nasal part or bone, forming part of the bridge of the nose. noun

The nosepiece of a helmet. noun

Of or pertaining to the nose or nostrils; narial; rhinal.

Uttered with resonance in the nose, or with admission of the expelled air into the nasal passages, by relaxation or dropping of the palatal veil that shuts them off from the pharynx.

In entomology, pertaining to the nasus or clypeus.

In ornithology, the depressions upon the bill of a bird in which the external nostrils open. These are usually wellmarked fossæ at or near the base of the bill, on either side of the culmen, naked or filled in with feathers, or arched over by an operculum or nasal scale; their characters are often of zoological importance. See cuts and diagram under bill.

Frontal, a process of the frontal bone in part supporting the two nasal bones;

Anterior, a median process of each maxillary bone, together forming one spine which projects at the base of the outer nostrils or anterior nares;

Posterior, a corresponding median process of the conjoined palate-bones in the floor of the posterior nares, at the root of the uvula. The last two processes are sometimes called prenasal and postnasal. The anterior process has some ethnological significance, being best developed in the higher races of men, and is also one of several datum-points in craniometry.

A part of a helmet which protects the nose and adjacent parts of the face. It was made in various forms. Also called nose-piece. See also cut-under helmet. noun

A sound uttered through or partly through the nose: especially, a nasal mute or stop, as m, n, ng. noun

In anatomy, one of the nasal bones. noun

In herpetology, a nasal plate or shield. noun

An elementary sound which is uttered through the nose, or through both the nose and the mouth simultaneously. noun

A medicine that operates through the nose; an errhine. noun

Part of a helmet projecting to protect the nose; a nose guard. noun

A medicine that operates through the nose; an errhine.

A vowel or consonant (such as [m] or [n]) articulated with air flowing through the nose.

Part of a helmet projecting to protect the nose; a nose guard.

One of the nasal bones.

A plate, or scale, on the nose of a fish, etc.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Nasal

The word "nasal" in example sentences

I won't even think of the implication of the word nasal…. ❋ Jonathan Ames (2004)

You have the beginning of what we call a nasal-labial crease. ❋ Unknown (2003)

The following passage from Kipling’s American Notes, ch. i, will be recalled: “Oliver Wendell Holmes says that the Yankee schoolmarm, the cider and the salt codfish of the Eastern states are responsible for what he calls a nasal accent. ❋ Henry Louis (1921)

Oliver Wendell Holmes says that the Yankee school-marm, the cider and the salt codfish of the Eastern States, are responsible for what he calls a nasal accent. ❋ Rudyard Kipling (1900)

The infection has worked its way north of my throat and up into my sinuses (hooray! party in nasal passage two!), and I am completely miserable. ❋ Unknown (2005)

Inhaled medications and nasal sprays except Astelin nasal spray do not contain antihistamines. ❋ Unknown (2004)

However, it was a pretty picture the nuthatch made, holding in her bill a large beetle with silvery wings, sometimes holding it straight out from the bark as she glanced around to see whether the coast was clear and at the same time calling her nasal "yank," so full of woodsy suggestion. ❋ Unknown (1896)

But the terms nasal and throaty are general descriptions of faulty tones. ❋ Unknown (1894)

One study showed that long-term nasal irrigation helped people feel in control of their sinus symptoms and significantly improved their quality of life. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Another very important area is the nasal cavity and a little feature in particular called the nasal spine, which is a little spine that pokes out through the base of the nose, and that tells me, basically, the projection of the nose, how far it comes out, how long the nose is. ❋ Unknown (2009)

COHEN: Fillers are often used on those lines from your nose to your chin called nasal labial folds, and on the frown lines, around the mouth and the lips. ❋ Unknown (2007)

It was a poor woman, whose face was completely eaten away by a dread disease called nasal polypus. ❋ P.A. Sheehan (N/A)

Faulty tones are called nasal, guttural, palatal, throaty, muffled, and so on, the peculiar timbre of each suggesting the name. ❋ Francis E. Howard (N/A)

N: The fourteenth letter of the alphabet, sometimes called a nasal by those who ought to know better. ❋ Noah [pseud.] Lott (N/A)

The two veins are joined, at the root of the nose, by a transverse branch, called the nasal arch, which receives some small veins from the dorsum of the nose. ❋ Unknown (1918)

The globular processes are prolonged backward as plates, termed the nasal laminæ: these laminæ are at first some distance apart, but, gradually approaching, they ultimately fuse and form the nasal septum; the processes themselves meet in the middle line, and form the premaxillæ and the philtrum or central part of the upper lip (Fig. 48). ❋ Unknown (1918)

Between the supraorbital margins the squama projects downward to a level below that of the zygomatic processes; this portion is known as the nasal part and presents a rough, uneven interval, the nasal notch, which articulates on either side of the middle line with the nasal bone, and laterally with the frontal process of the maxilla and with the lacrimal. ❋ Unknown (1918)

The hard face of the woman softened, but St. George thought that one might call her very facial expression nasal; she smiled with evident pleasure, though her purpose remained unshaken. ❋ Zona Gale (1906)

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