glottic chink

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• speech — /speech/, n. 1. the faculty or power of speaking; oral communication; ability to express one s thoughts and emotions by speech sounds and gesture: Losing her speech made her feel isolated from humanity. 2. the act of speaking: He expresses… …   Universalium

• glottis —   n. chink like space between the vocal cords.    ♦ glottal, a.    ♦ glottal stop, closure and sudden explosive opening of glottis; sound thus caused (as t in Lowland Scots).    ♦ glottic,    ♦ glottidean, a.    ♦ glottochronology n. Philology,… …   Dictionary of difficult words