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S: (n) palatal (a semivowel produced with the tongue near the palate (like the initial sound in the English word `yeast'))

S: (n) phone, speech sound, sound ((phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language)

S: (n) phoneme ((linguistics) one of a small set of speech sounds that are distinguished by the speakers of a particular language)
S: (n) vowel, vowel sound (a speech sound made with the vocal tract open)
S: (n) semivowel, glide (a vowellike sound that serves as a consonant)
S: (n) consonant (a speech sound that is not a vowel)
S: (n) orinasal phone, orinasal (a speech sound produced with both the oral and nasal passages open (as French nasal vowels))
S: (n) sonant, voiced sound (a speech sound accompanied by sound from the vocal cords)

S: (n) slide, glide, coast (the act of moving smoothly along a surface while remaining in contact with it) "his slide didn't stop until the bottom of the hill"; "the children lined up for a coast down the snowy slope"
S: (n) glide, gliding, sailplaning, soaring, sailing (the activity of flying a glider)