peak nucleus
Phonetics (now rare )
noun
A vowel which forms the nucleus of the peak of a syllable.
Origin
1960s.
- superiorate
- superior conjunction
- superior court
- superioress
- superiority
- superiority complex
- Superior, Lake
- superiorly
- superior maxilla
- superior mediastinum
- superior meridian
- superiorness
- superior planet
- superiorship
- superior slope
- superius
- superjacent
- superjection
- superjet
- super-jumbo
- superkingdom
- superlabial
- superlapsarian
- superlaryngeal
- superlation