SONANTS
Noun
sonants
plural of sonant
Anagrams
• santons
Source: Wiktionary
SONANT
So"nant, a. Etym: [L. sonans, -antis, p.pr. of sonare to sound. See
Sound a noise.]
1. Of or pertaining to sound; sounding.
2. (Phonetics)
Definition: Uttered, as an element of speech, with tone or proper vocal
sound, as distinguished from mere breath sound; intonated; voiced;
tonic; the opposite of nonvocal, or surd; -- sid of the vowels,
semivowels, liquids, and nasals, and particularly of the consonants
b, d, g hard, v, etc., as compared with their cognates p, t, k, f,
etc., which are called nonvocal, surd, or aspirate.
– n.
Definition: A sonant letter.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition