labial

labial is a 6-letter English word with 11 senses as adjective and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Of or pertaining to the lips or labia; as, labial veins. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 11 · 11 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Of or pertaining to the lips or labia; as, labial veins.
2. adjective. Furnished with lips; as, a labial organ pipe.
3. adjective. Articulated, as a consonant, mainly by the lips, as b, p, m, w.
4. adjective. Modified, as a vowel, by contraction of the lip opening, as / (f/d), / (/ld), etc., and as eu and u in French, and o, u in German. See Guide to Pronunciation, // 11, 178.
5. adjective. Of or pertaining to the labium; as, the labial palpi of insects. See Labium.
6. noun. A letter or character representing an articulation or sound formed or uttered chiefly with the lips, as b, p, w.
7. noun. An organ pipe that is furnished with lips; a flue pipe.
8. noun. One of the scales which border the mouth of a fish or reptile.
9. noun. a consonant whose articulation involves movement of the lips
10. adjective. relating to or near the female labium
11. adjective. of or relating to the lips of the mouth

    "labial stops"

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in labial:

abilla

Common word forms

labials, labially, labialise, labiality, labialize

Words from these letters

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