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consonants

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An impatient pupil who never learns anything thoroughly often disregards the rule about silent consonants.

By all the sounded consonants we have—“Inhuman Civil War;” the latter shorter, more significant, and more easily remembered.

Sometimes only the initial consonants of the words or phrases or sentences are used.

Sometimes the first and last consonants of a word are used, and sometimes two consonants in the middle of a word.

The second word should indicate by its consonants the numbers of the bones to which the attachment is made.

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On this page you'll find 16 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to consonants, such as: affricate, click, consonant, diphthong, fricative, and implosive.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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