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nounthe upper surface of the mouth that separates the oral and nasal cavities
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- soft (of speech sounds); produced with the back of the tongue raised toward the hard palate; characterized by a hissing or hushing sound (as `s' and `sh')
- cleft a split or indentation in something (as the palate or chin)
- palatine relating to or lying near the palate
- palatine either of two irregularly shaped bones that form the back of the hard palate and helps to form the nasal cavity and the floor of the orbits
- trill the articulation of a consonant (especially the consonant `r') with a rapid flutter of the tongue against the palate or uvula
- uvula a small pendant fleshy lobe at the back of the soft palate
- obturator a prosthesis used to close an opening (as to close an opening of the hard palate in cases of cleft palate)
- os palatinum either of two irregularly shaped bones that form the back of the hard palate and helps to form the nasal cavity and the floor of the orbits
- retroflex articulate (a consonant) with the tongue curled back against the palate
- palatal relating to or lying near the palate