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nonvelar

nonvelar adjective: not velar.

Adjective

nonvelar (not comparable)

  1. Not velar.

Forms of nonvelar

alternative formnon-velar

Origin of nonvelar

From non- + velar.

Questions about nonvelar

What does nonvelar mean?
Nonvelar means not velar.
What part of speech is nonvelar?
Nonvelar is an adjective.

Words near nonvelar in the dictionary

  1. nonvegetarians
  2. nonvegetated
  3. nonvegetative
  4. nonveggie
  5. nonvehicular
  6. nonvelar
  7. nonvelarized
  8. nonvenal
  9. nonvendible
  10. nonvendor
  11. nonvendors

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