Ingressive

Acceptable For Game Play - US & UK word lists

This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Of, relating to, or involving ingress.
  • adj. Grammar Inchoative.
  • adj. Linguistics Of or being a speech sound produced with an inhalation of breath.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. going or directed inward, entering
  • adj. open to entry or examination
  • adj. Uttered by drawing air inward through the mouth or nose.
  • adj. descriptive of a source or channel through which water enters or once entered an area.
  • n. A speech sound in which the air stream is created by drawing air in through the mouth or nose.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Entering; denoting entering on or beginning.
  • Antonym
    egressive