faucal

2 definitions found

faucal - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Faucal \Fau"cal\, a. [L. fauces throat.]
     Pertaining to the fauces, or opening of the throat; faucial;
     esp., (Phon.) produced in the fauces, as certain deep
     guttural sounds found in the Semitic and some other
     languages.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           Ayin is the most difficult of the faucals. --I. Taylor
                                                    (The
                                                    Alphabet).
     [1913 Webster]

faucal - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  faucal
      adj 1: of or relating to the fauces