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— English words —

• retroflex adj. Bent or curved backwards.
• retroflex adj. (Phonetics) Of pronunciation in which the tip of the tongue is raised and bent backwards, so that the…
• retroflex adj. (Phonetics) Of pronunciation in which the tip of the tongue approaches or touches the back of the alveolar ridge.
• retroflex adj. (Phonetics) Of pronunciation in which the blade of the tongue approaches or touches the back of the alveolar ridge.
• retroflex adj. (Phonetics, general sense) Of any of the aforementioned pronunciations.
• retroflex n. (Phonetics) A consonant pronounced with the underside of the tongue approaching or touching the palate.
• retroflex n. (Phonetics) A consonant pronounced with the tip of the tongue approaching or touching the back of the alveolar ridge.
• retroflex n. (Phonetics) A consonant pronounced with the blade of the tongue approaching or touching the back of…
• retroflex n. (Phonetics, general sense) Any of the aforementioned consonants.

— In Dutch —

• retroflex n. (Taalkunde) een medeklinkerklank die gevormd wordt door de…
• retroflex bijv. (Taalkunde) met de tong naar achter gebogen zodat het…

33 English words from 9 English definitions

aforementioned alveolar alveolar␣ridge and any approaches approaching back backwards bent blade consonant consonants curved general palate Phonetics pronounced pronunciation pronunciations raised ridge sense so␣that that the tip tongue touches touching underside which with

6 English words from 2 foreign definitions

die door een het met tong

7 foreign words from 2 foreign definitions

achter gebogen gevormd naar Taalkunde wordt zodat

8 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

retroflexed retroflexes retroflexion retroflexive retroflex␣hook retroflexions retroflex␣hooks retroflexively

One prefix (New word found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

nonretroflex

11 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

ETR FLE flex lex Lex ret Ret. retro retro- ROFL TRO

19 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

elf ELF for FOR for- fort Fort for't forte Forte forté LFO ort ORT RTÉ Rte. ter TER ter-

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