velum /vēˈləm, vāˈ or wāˈlŭm/

1. An integument or membrane
2. The membrane joining the rim of a young toadstool with the stalk
3. The pendulous soft palate
4. A ciliated disc, a locomotor organ in some molluscan larvae
5. An in-turned rim in jellyfishes

vēˈlar adjective

1. Of the velum
2. Produced by the back of the tongue brought close to, or in contact with, the soft palate (phonetics)

A velar consonant, back consonant

velarˈic adjective

Relating to a velar

velāˈrium (L /vā-läˈri-ŭm/) noun (pl velāˈria)

1. An awning over an auditorium
2. In Scyphozoa, the thin marginal region of the umbrella

velarīzāˈtion or velarīsāˈtion noun

• annicuts
• annihilate
• annihilated
• annihilates
• annihilating
• annihilation
• annihilationism
• annihilation radiation
• annihilations
• annihilative
• annihilator
• annihilators
• anniversaries
• anniversary
• anno
• anno Christi
• anno Domini
• anno mundi
• Annona
• anno regni
• anno salutis
• annotatable
• annotate
• annotated
• annotates