continuant
noun
con·tin·u·ant kən-ˈtin-yü-ənt 
1
: something that continues or serves as a continuation
2
: a speech sound (such as a fricative or vowel) that is produced without a complete closure of the breath passage compare stop
continuant adjective
Word History
Etymology
continue + -ant entry 1
First Known Use
1861, in the meaning defined at sense 1
- dictums
- dicty-
- Dictynidae
- dictyo-
- dictyogen
- dictyogenous
- Dictyonema
- Dictyonina
- dictyonine
- dictyopherae
- dictyopheras
- Dictyophora
- dictyopterae
- dictyopteras
- Dictyosiphon
- dictyosiphonaceous
- Dictyosiphonales
- dictyosome
- dictyosomes
- dictyospermum scale
- dictyospore
- dictyosporous
- dictyostele
- dictyosteles
- Dictyota