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obscure
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verb (obscures, obscuring, obscured)
  1. (transitive) To darken, make faint etc.
  2. (transitive) To hide, put out of sight etc.
    • "I realized that the purpose of writing is to inflate weak ideas, poor reasoning, and inhibit clarity." Bill Watterson, Homicidal Psycho Jungle Cat page 62
adjective
  1. Dark, faint or indistinct
    • "I found myself in an wood . ." Dante, Inferno,1,1-2
      1. hidden, out of sight or inconspicuous
obstruent
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noun (plural: obstruents)
  1. (phonetics) a consonant sound formed by obstructing the airway, causing turbulence; the generic term of plosive, fricative and affricate
occlusion
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noun
  1. The process of occluding, or something that occludes.
  1. (medicine) Anything that obstructs or closes a vessel or canal.
  2. (context, medicine, dentistry) The alignment of the teeth when upper and lower jaws are brought together.
  3. (meteorology) An occluded front.
  4. (linguistics) A closure within the vocal tract that produces an oral stop or nasal stop.
  5. (physics) The absorption of a gas or liquid by a substance such as a metal.
  6. (computing) The blocking of the view of part of an image by another.
occlusive
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noun
  1. (linguistics) a plosive consonant
adjective
  1. that tends to occlude
onset
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noun
  1. A rushing or setting upon; an attack; an assault; a storming; especially, the assault of an army. --w:John Milton, Milton.
The and retire Of both your armies. --Shak.
Who on that day the word of gave. --w:Wordsworth, Wordsworth
  1. (obsolete) A setting about; a beginning --Shak.
There is surely no greater wisdom than well to time the beginnings and onsets of things. --w:List_of_people_named_Bacon, Bacon.
  1. (obsolete) Anything set on, or added, as an ornament or as a useful appendage. --w:Samuel_Johnson, Johnson.
verb (onsets, onsetting, onset)
  1. (obsolete) To assault; to set upon.
  2. (obsolete) To set about; to begin. --w:Carew, Carew.
Oral
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noun
  1. A male given name, ultimately derived from Aurelius
orthoepy
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noun
  1. The correct pronunciation of words.
  2. The study of correct pronunciation.
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