Cacuminal

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Cacuminal \Ca*cu"mi*nal\, a. [L. cacumen, cacuminis, the top,
     point.] (Philol.)
     Pertaining to the top of the palate; cerebral; -- applied to
     certain consonants; as, cacuminal (or cerebral) letters.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  cacuminal
       adj : pronounced with the tip of the tongue turned back toward the
             hard palate [syn: {retroflex}]