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

• deflations
• deflator
• deflators
• deflect
• deflected
• deflecting
• deflection
• deflectional
• deflections
• deflective
• deflector
• deflectors
• deflects
• deflex
• deflexed
• deflexes
• deflexing
• deflexion
• deflexional
• deflexions
• deflexure
• deflexures
• deflorate
• deflorated
• deflorates