alveolar

alveolar has 4 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 8.

Definitions

• a.. Of, pertaining to, or resembling, alveoli or little cells, sacs, or sockets.
• n.. a consonant articulated with the tip of the tongue near the gum ridge
• a.. pertaining to the tiny air sacs of the lungs
• a.. pertaining to the sockets of the teeth or that part of the upper jaw; "alveolar processes"