based on custom rather than documentation; "an unwritten law"; "rites...so ancient that they well might have had their unwritten origins in Aurignacian times"- J.L.T.C.Spence
articulate (a consonant) with the tongue curled back against the palate; "Indian accents can be characterized by the fact that speakers retroflex their consonants"
lacking in light; not bright or harsh; "a dim light beside the bed"; "subdued lights and soft music"
lacking clarity or distinctness; "a dim figure in the distance"; "only a faint recollection"; "shadowy figures in the gloom"; "saw a vague outline of a building through the fog"; "a few wispy memories of childhood"
make dim or lusterless; "Time had dimmed the silver"
become dim or lusterless; "the lights dimmed and the curtain rose"
switch (a car's headlights) from a higher to a lower beam
used of vowels or syllables; pronounced with little or no stress; "a syllable that ends in a short vowel is a light syllable"; "a weak stress on the second syllable"
characterized by or producing sound of great volume or intensity; "a group of loud children"; "loud thunder"; "her voice was too loud"; "loud trombones"
a frictionless continuant that is not a nasal consonant (especially `l' and `r')
the state in which a substance exhibits a characteristic readiness to flow with little or no tendency to disperse and relatively high incompressibility
a substance in the fluid state of matter having no fixed shape but a fixed volume
a substance that is liquid at room temperature and pressure
clear and bright; "the liquid air of a spring morning"; "eyes shining with a liquid luster"; "limpid blue eyes"
smooth and flowing in quality; entirely free of harshness; "the liquid song of a robin"
existing as or having characteristics of a liquid; especially tending to flow; "water and milk and blood are liquid substances"
filled or brimming with tears; "swimming eyes"; "sorrow made the eyes of many grow liquid"
pleasant in manner or behavior; "I didn`t enjoy it and probably wasn't a pleasant person to be around"
affording pleasure; being in harmony with your taste or likings; "a pleasant person to be around"; "we had a pleasant evening together"; "a pleasant scene"; "pleasant sensations"
belonging to or on or near the back or upper surface of an animal or organ or part; "the dorsal fin is the vertical fin on the back of a fish and certain marine mammals"
bearing a stress or accent; "an iambic foot consists of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable as in `delay'"
suffering severe physical strain or distress; "he dropped out of the race, clearly distressed and having difficulty breathing"; "the victim was in a bad way and needed immediate attention"