alveolar

alveolar is a 8-letter English word with 4 senses as adjective and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Of, pertaining to, or resembling, alveoli or little cells, sacs, or sockets. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 14 · 4 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Of, pertaining to, or resembling, alveoli or little cells, sacs, or sockets.
2. noun. a consonant articulated with the tip of the tongue near the gum ridge

   Synonyms: dental

3. adjective. pertaining to the tiny air sacs of the lungs
4. adjective. pertaining to the sockets of the teeth or that part of the upper jaw

   "alveolar processes"

Synonyms

dental

Common word forms

alveolars, alveolarly

Words from these letters

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