Across
- 4. the space inside the nose
- 5. a distinctive mode of pronunciation of a language, especially one associated with a particular nation, locality, or social class.
- 7. a continuing sound, especially of a person's voice, that is unchanging in pitch and without intonation.
- 8. the way in which a word is pronounced.
- 9. a dome-shaped muscular partition separating the thorax from the abdomen in mammals. It plays a major role in breathing, as its contraction increases the volume of the thorax and so inflates the lungs.
- 15. about the best use of your main breathing muscle
- 16. the quality of a sound governed by the rate of vibrations producing it; the degree of highness or lowness of a tone.
- 17. the fleshy muscular organ in the mouth of a mammal, used for tasting, licking, swallowing, and (in humans) articulating speech
- 18. the modulation of intonation or pitch in the voice.
- 21. the act of pronouncing words or parts of words clearly
- 22. an estimate or forecast of a future situation or trend based on a study of present ones.
- 23. a book forming part of a work or series
Down
- 1. the sound quality of a person's voice.
- 2. the formation of clear and distinct sounds in speech.
- 3. either of the two fleshy parts which form the upper and lower edges of the opening of the mouth.
- 6. the process of taking air into and expelling it from the lungs
- 10. the natural way you hold your body
- 11. a particular form of a language which is peculiar to a specific region or social group.
- 12. little fleshy hanging ball in the back of your throat
- 13. the capacity to produce sounds that can be used to fulfil any or multiple functions
- 14. hollow muscular organ forming an air passage to the lungs and holding the vocal cords in humans and other mammals; the voice box
- 19. a flap of cartilage at the root of the tongue, which is depressed during swallowing to cover the opening of the windpipe.
- 20. the choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing.
