(of a consonant) Central: produced when air flows across the center of the mouth over the tongue.
Of or pertaining to the media and/or the areas of the wing next to it.
Pertaining to the inside; closer to the median plane of the body or the midline of an organ.
(of a speech sound) In the middle of a word.
Closer to the addressee.
Of or pertaining to a mean or average.
Pertaining to the middle layer of a blood vessel, to its tunica media.
One or more letters that occur in the middle of a word.
Any of various things that occur in the middle.
Formed (as a vowel) by a close position of some part of the tongue in relation to the palate; or (according to Bell) by a tense condition of the pharynx; distinguished from wide.
Having a small margin or degree.
Parsimonious; niggardly; covetous; selfish.
Having a small width; not wide; having opposite edges or sides that are close, especially by comparison to length or depth.
Restrictive; without flexibility or latitude.
Of little extent; very limited; circumscribed.
Scrutinizing in detail; close; accurate; exact.
A narrow passage, especially a contracted part of a stream, lake, or sea; a strait connecting two bodies of water.
To contract the size of, as a stocking, by taking two stitches into one.
To reduce in width or extent; to contract.
To convert to a data type that cannot hold as many distinct values.
To partially lower one's eyelids in a way usually taken to suggest a defensive, aggressive or penetrating look.
To get narrower.