Word Meanings - LABIALIZE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

To modify by contraction of the lip opening.

Related words: (words related to LABIALIZE)

• MODIFY
  1. To change somewhat the form or qualities of; to alter somewhat; as, to modify a contrivance adapted to some mechanical purpose; to modify the terms of a contract. 2. To limit or reduce in extent or degree; to moderate; to qualify; to lower.
• OPENNESS
  The quality or state of being open.
• OPEN SEA
  A sea open to all nations. See Mare clausum.
• OPEN
  1. Free of access; not shut up; not closed; affording unobstructed ingress or egress; not impeding or preventing passage; not locked up or covered over; -- applied to passageways; as, an open door, window, road, etc.; also, to inclosed structures
• OPEN-MOUTHED
  Having the mouth open; gaping; hence, greedy; clamorous. L'Estrange.
• CONTRACTION
  The process of shortening an operation. 3. The act of incurring or becoming subject to, as liabilities, obligation, debts, etc.; the process of becoming subject to; as, the contraction of a disease. 4. Something contracted or abbreviated, as a word
• OPENLY
  1. In an open manner; publicly; not in private; without secrecy. How grossly and openly do many of us contradict the precepts of the gospel by our ungodliness! Tillotson. 2. Without reserve or disguise; plainly; evidently. My love . . . shall show
• OPEN-HEARTH STEEL
  See OPEN
• OPENER
  One who, or that which, opens. "True opener of my eyes." Milton.
• OPENWORK
  A quarry; an open cut. Raymond. (more info) 1. Anything so constructed or manufactured (in needlework, carpentry, metal work, etc.) as to show openings through its substance; work that is perforated or pierced.
• OPEN DOOR
  Open or free admission to all; hospitable welcome; free opportunity. She of the open soul and open door, With room about her hearth for all mankind. Lowell. In modern diplomacy, opportunity for political and commercial intercourse open to all upon
• OPEN-HEARTED
  Candid; frank; generous. Dryden. -- O"pen-heart`ed*ly, adv. -- O"pen-heart`ed*ness, n. Walton.
• OPENBILL
  A bird of the genus Anastomus, allied to the stork; -- so called because the two parts of the bill touch only at the base and tip. One species inhabits India, another Africa. Called also open- beak. See Illust. , under Beak.
• OPEN VERDICT
  A verdict on a preliminary investigation, finding the fact of a crime but not stating the criminal, or finding the fact of a violent death without disclosing the cause.
• OPEN-AIR
  Taking place in the open air; outdoor; as, an open-air game or meeting.
• OPEN-HANDED
  Generous; liberal; munificent. -- O"pen-hand`ed*ness, n. J. S. Mill.
• OPEN-EYED
  With eyes widely open; watchful; vigilant. Shak.
• OPEN-HEADED
  Bareheaded.
• OPENING
  1. The act or process of opening; a beginning; commencement; first appearance; as, the opening of a speech. The opening of your glory was like that of light. Dryden. 2. A place which is open; a breach; an aperture; a gap; cleft, or hole. We saw
• PROPENE
  See PROPYLENE
• PROPENSE
  Leaning toward, in a moral sense; inclined; disposed; prone; as, women propense to holiness. Hooker. -- Pro*pense"ly, adv. -- Pro*pense"ness, n.
• SCOLOPENDRINE
  Like or pertaining to the Scolopendra.
• TWOPENNY
  Of the value of twopence.
• PROPENSION
  The quality or state of being propense; propensity. M. Arnold. Your full consent Gave wings to my propension. Shak.
• COPENHAGEN
  A sweetened hot drink of spirit and beaten eggs. 2. A children's game in which one player is inclosed by a circle of others holding a rope.
• REOPEN
  To open again.
• SCOLOPENDRA
  A genus of venomous myriapods including the centipeds. See Centiped. 2. A sea fish. Spenser.
• SLOPENESS
  State of being slope. Sir H. Wotton.
• REMODIFY
  To modify again or anew; to reshape.
• WOPEN
  Wept. Chaucer.
• EYE OPENER
  That which makes the eyes open, as startling news or occurrence, or , a drink of liquor, esp. the first one in the morning.