·adj Furnished with lips; as, a labial organ pipe.
II. Labial ·noun An organ pipe that is furnished with lips; a flue pipe.
III. Labial ·adj Of or pertaining to the lips or labia; as, labial veins.
IV. Labial ·noun One of the scales which border the mouth of a fish or reptile.
V. Labial ·adj Articulated, as a consonant, mainly by the lips, as b, p, m, w.
VI. Labial ·adj Of or pertaining to the labium; as, the labial palpi of insects. ·see Labium.
VII. Labial ·noun A letter or character representing an articulation or sound formed or uttered chiefly with the lips, as b, p, w.
VIII. Labial ·adj Modified, as a vowel, by contraction of the lip opening, as / (f/d), / (/ld), ·etc., and as eu and u in French, and o, u in German. ·see Guide to Pronunciation, // 11, 178.