velum /vēˈləm, vāˈ or wāˈlŭm/

1. An integument or membrane
2. The membrane joining the rim of a young toadstool with the stalk
3. The pendulous soft palate
4. A ciliated disc, a locomotor organ in some molluscan larvae
5. An in-turned rim in jellyfishes

vēˈlar adjective

1. Of the velum
2. Produced by the back of the tongue brought close to, or in contact with, the soft palate (phonetics)

A velar consonant, back consonant

velarˈic adjective

Relating to a velar

velāˈrium (L /vā-läˈri-ŭm/) noun (pl velāˈria)

1. An awning over an auditorium
2. In Scyphozoa, the thin marginal region of the umbrella

velarīzāˈtion or velarīsāˈtion noun

• high school
• high schools
• high seas
• high season
• high-seasoned
• high seasons
• high-set
• high sheriff
• high shoe
• high shoes
• high-sighted
• high sign
• high signs
• high societies
• high society
• high-souled
• high-sounding
• high spec
• high-speed
• high-speed steel
• high-spirited
• high spirits
• high spot
• high-stepper
• high-steppers