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palate
  1. (anatomy) The roof of the mouth; the uraniscus.
  2. The sense of taste.
  3. (figuratively) relish; taste; liking (from the mistaken notion that the palate is the organ of taste)
  4. (figuratively) Mental relish; intellectual taste.
  5. (botany) A projection in the throat of such flowers as the snapdragon.
  6. Synonyms:
  7. Examples:
    1. “He uses his refined palate and comprehensive knowledge to select the perfect vintage for every meal.”
      “The wine's palate of fresh hay and apples is capped by a subtle nuttiness.”
      “In those days, the wine industry was in its infancy and Australians had not yet developed a palate for fine wines.”
palatine
  1. A Roman soldier.
  2. A Roman or Byzantine official.
  3. A feudal lord (a count palatine or Pfalzgraf) or a bishop possessing palatine powers.
  4. A resident of a palatinate.
  5. The highest dignitary in the former Kingdom of Hungary after the king.
palatalization
  1. (phonology) The state or quality of being palatalized, of pronouncing a sound with the tongue against the palate of the mouth that normally is not.
  2. (phonology) An instance of pronunciation in which a sound is palatalized.
  3. Examples:
    1. “The phenomenon of palatalization is the single most important phonetic phenomenon of the Modern Greek language.”
      “Investigation of the social distribution of palatalization shows that women's speeches reflect frequent and advanced palatalization, while men's do not.”
      “This palatalization of sk was general in Scotland as well as in England, and such words in sk must be regarded as Scand.”
palatability
  1. (uncountable) The condition of being palatable
  2. (countable) The extent to which something is palatable
  3. Synonyms:
  4. Examples:
    1. “When weeds become established in the sward grass grows much slower and the overall digestibility and palatability is reduced.”
      “For example, marinating chicken in chicken-flavored bouillon may increase the palatability of the meat.”
      “Additionally, they are practically spoil-proof, though adhering to best-before dates will guarantee maximum palatability.”
palatograph
  1. A palate myograph; an instrument used to record the movements of the soft palate during speech or respiration.
palatopterygoquadrate
  1. A certain jaw bone in reptiles and fish, consisting of fused palatine, pterygoid and quadrate bones.
palatovelar
  1. (phonetics) A velar sound articulated further in the mouth at the area of soft palate; a palatized velar
palatalisation
  1. Alternative spelling of palatalization
palatogenesis
  1. The formation of the palate (roof of the mouth)
palatine
  1. (anatomy) One of a pair of bones behind the palate.
palatableness
palatal
  1. (phonetics) A palatal consonant.
palatic
  1. A palatal.
palatopterygoquadrates
palatalisations
  1. plural of palatalisation
palatalizations
  1. plural of palatalization
  2. Examples:
    1. “As a result of the first and the second Slavic palatalizations, velars alternate with dentals and palatals.”
      “All dialects have in common an additional line of palatalizations, which is uncommon for a Germanic language.”
      “Various palatalizations occurred during the historical development of the Romance languages.”
palatabilities
palatographs
  1. plural of palatograph
palatovelars
  1. plural of palatovelar
palatines
  1. plural of palatine
  2. Examples:
    1. “Her palatines supply an additional row of teeth and the pterygoids almost complete the roof of the palate.”
      “The palatines lie between the suborbital fenestrae, with the anterior palatine processes forming a short V-shaped wedge.”
      “These paleognath birds are characterized by large, fenestrated maxillo-palatines that do not articulate with the vomer, and short palatines that do articulate with the vomer.”
palatals
  1. plural of palatal
  2. Examples:
    1. “The problem with this is that these languages display palatals in the vicinity of both front and back vowels, and even before other consonants.”
      “Serbian has a fairly extensive set of palatals and three sets of affricates.”
      “As a result of the first and the second Slavic palatalizations, velars alternate with dentals and palatals.”
palatics
  1. plural of palatic
palates
  1. plural of palate
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “A newcomer on the scene, at least to American palates, is tempranillo, the hearty Spanish grape that goes into Riojas.”
      “Color palates will be updated to display a wider array of colors for items like lipstick and nail polish.”
      “The Dijon mustard was the predominant taste from the panini and, while its pungent taste is not for all palates, I found it agreeable.”
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