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closing vowel
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  • vowel — vow|el [ˈvauəl] n [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: vouel, from Latin vocalis; VOCAL1] 1.) one of the human speech sounds that you make by letting your breath flow out without closing any part of your mouth or throat 2.) a letter of the… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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  • vowel — noun (C) 1 one of the human speech sounds that you make by letting your breath flow out without closing any part of your mouth or throat 2 a letter of the alphabet used to represent a vowel. In English the vowels are a, e, i, o, u, and sometimes… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • Open vowel — Open O pen, a. [AS. open; akin to D. open, OS. opan, G. offan, Icel. opinn, Sw. [ o]ppen, Dan. aaben, and perh. to E. up. Cf. {Up}, and {Ope}.] 1. Free of access; not shut up; not closed; affording unobstructed ingress or egress; not impeding or… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • biblical literature — Introduction       four bodies of written works: the Old Testament writings according to the Hebrew canon; intertestamental works, including the Old Testament Apocrypha; the New Testament writings; and the New Testament Apocrypha.       The Old… …   Universalium

  • Ojibwe writing systems — A sign in Sioux Lookout, Ontario, with Ojibwe syllabics. The unpointed syllabics text says ᑳᐃᔑᐊᓉᐱᓈᓂᐗᐣᐠ (Gaa izhi anwebinaaniwang the place where people repose )…but with the last ᐧ / w missing from the sign. Ojibwe is an Native American language… …   Wikipedia

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