sonants

All the cop-sonants which he did not manage to pronounce seemed like harsh utterances of which his gentle lips were incapable.

Swann's Way 2003

( "Veda of verses"; from ric, or before sonants rig, "laudatory stanza") is the oldest and most important of these collections.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 15: Tournely-Zwirner 1840-1916 1913

All the cop-sonants which he did not manage to pronounce seemed like harsh utterances of which his gentle lips were incapable.

Swann's Way Marcel Proust 1896

Average length of first 3 Length of last sonants. sonant.

Harvard Psychological Studies, Volume 1 Containing Sixteen Experimental Investigations from the Harvard Psychological Laboratory. Various 1889

Often the appearance under the microscope is very striking; the sonants of the feet, both accented and unaccented, increase to the special accent and then decrease in a regular crescendo -- diminuendo form.

Harvard Psychological Studies, Volume 1 Containing Sixteen Experimental Investigations from the Harvard Psychological Laboratory. Various 1889

In verses marked 's' the last sonant is shorter than the average of the preceding sonants.

Harvard Psychological Studies, Volume 1 Containing Sixteen Experimental Investigations from the Harvard Psychological Laboratory. Various 1889