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

veˈlarize or veˈlarise transitive verb

To pronounce (a non-velar sound) with the back of the tongue brought close to the soft palate, esp through the influences of a vowel sound

veˈlarized or veˈlarised adjective

• recency
• recense
• recensed
• recenses
• recensing
• recension
• recensions
• recent
• recenter
• recentest
• recently
• recentness
• recentnesses
• recentre
• recentred
• recentres
• recentring
• recept
• receptacle
• receptacles
• receptacula
• receptacular
• receptaculum
• receptibilities
• receptibility