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Furnished with lips; as, a labial organ pipe. Articulated, as a consonant, mainly by the lips, as b, p, m, w. Modified, as a vowel, by contraction of the lip opening, as oo , o , etc., and as eu and u in French, and ö, ü in German. See Guide

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Furnished with lips; as, a labial organ pipe. Articulated, as a consonant, mainly by the lips, as b, p, m, w. Modified, as a vowel, by contraction of the lip opening, as oo , o , etc., and as eu and u in French, and ö, ü in German. See Guide to Pronunciation, (more info) 1. Of or pertaining to the lips or labia; as, labial veins.

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  • OPENNESS
    The quality or state of being open.
  • FURNISHMENT
    The act of furnishing, or of supplying furniture; also, furniture. Daniel.
  • MODIFICATION
    The act of modifying, or the state of being modified; a modified form or condition; state as modified; a change; as, the modification of an opinion, or of a machine; the various modifications of light. Bentley.
  • ORGANICALNESS
    The quality or state of being organic.
  • ARTICULATOR
    One who, or that which, articulates; as: One who enunciates distinctly. One who prepares and mounts skeletons. An instrument to cure stammering.
  • ORGANOLOGY
    1. The science of organs or of anything considered as an organic structure. The science of style, as an organ of thought, of style in relation to the ideas and feelings, might be called the organology of style. De Quincey. 2. That branch of biology
  • ORGANDIE; ORGANDY
    A kind of transparent light muslin.
  • ORGANOGRAPHIST
    One versed in organography.
  • ORGANOGRAPHY
    A description of the organs of animals or plants.
  • VOWELIZE
    To give the quality, sound, or office of a vowel to.
  • ORGAN
    A natural part or structure in an animal or a plant, capable of performing some special action , which is essential to the life or well-being of the whole; as, the heart, lungs, etc., are organs of animals; the root, stem, foliage, etc., are organs
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    The act of Germanizing. M. Arnold.
  • OPEN SEA
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    1. After the manner, or in the form, of a joint. 2. Article by article; in distinct particulars; in detail; definitely. Paley. I had articulately set down in writing our points. Fuller. 3. With distinct utterance of the separate sounds.
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    1. The act of organizing; the act of arranging in a systematic way for use or action; as, the organization of an army, or of a deliberative body. "The first organization of the general government." Pickering. 2. The state of being organized; also,
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    A book of directions and information for travelers, tourists, etc.
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    The tribal history of organs, -- a branch of morphophyly. Haeckel.
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    Articulation, usually that kind of articulation which admits of free motion in the joint; diarthrosis. Coxe.
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    Inorganic. Locke.
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    Leaning toward, in a moral sense; inclined; disposed; prone; as, women propense to holiness. Hooker. -- Pro*pense"ly, adv. -- Pro*pense"ness, n.
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