Nonsyllabic

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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  nonsyllabic
       adj 1: not forming a syllable or the nucleus of a syllable;
              consisting of a consonant sound accompanied in the
              same syllable by a vowel sound or consisting of a
              vowel sound dominated by other vowel sounds in a
              syllable (as the second vowel in a falling diphthong);


              "the nonsyllabic `n' in `botany' when it is pronounced
              `botny'"; "the nonsyllabic `i' in `oi'" [syn: {unsyllabic}]
              [ant: {syllabic}]
       2: of liquids and nasals [syn: {consonantal}, {nonvocalic}]
          [ant: {vocalic}]