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Enable (Words with friends)
SOWPODS (Collins Scrabble Words)
OTCWL2014 (NASPA Word List 2014)
TWL06 (NASPA List 2006)
SOWPODS (Collins Scrabble Words)
OTCWL2014 (NASPA Word List 2014)
TWL06 (NASPA List 2006)
"Fortis" Definition
noun
A fortis consonant.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
adjective
Articulated with relatively strong pressure of the airstream below the glottis, as in English (p) and (t) compared with (b) and (d).
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
Produced with relatively great articulatory tenseness and strong expiration .
Source: Merriam-Webster
(of a consonant, in particular a voiceless consonant) strongly articulated, especially more so than another consonant articulated in the same place.
Source: Oxford Dictionary