nasal

nasal is a 5-letter English word with 11 senses as adjective and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Of or pertaining to the nose. Face value is 5 in Scrabble and 7 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 5 · Words With Friends 7 · 11 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Of or pertaining to the nose.
2. adjective. 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.
3. noun. An elementary sound which is uttered through the nose, or through both the nose and the mouth simultaneously.
4. noun. A medicine that operates through the nose; an errhine.
5. noun. Part of a helmet projecting to protect the nose; a nose guard.
6. noun. One of the nasal bones.
7. noun. A plate, or scale, on the nose of a fish, etc.
8. noun. an elongated rectangular bone that forms the bridge of the nose
9. noun. a consonant produced through the nose with the mouth closed
10. adjective. sounding as if the nose were pinched

    "a whining nasal voice"

    Synonyms: adenoidal, pinched

11. adjective. of or in or relating to the nose

    "nasal passages"

    Synonyms: rhinal

Synonyms

adenoidal, pinched, rhinal

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in nasal:

alans, anlas, lanas, lansa, nalas

Common word forms

nasals, nasally, nasalise, nasality, nasalize

Words from these letters

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