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Discuss Email this Feedback RSS/XML Permalink A.Word.A.Day--bilabial This week's theme: yours to discover. bilabial (by-LAY-bee-uhl) adjective Using both lips. noun A bilabial sound or consonant, for example p, b, m, where both lips touch each other, and w in which lips are rounded. [Latin bi- (two) + labial, from labium (lip), ultimately from Indo-European root leb- (lip, to lick) that's also the source of lip, labrose (having thick or large lips), and labret (an ornament worn in a pierced lip).] Today's word in Visual Thesaurus. -Anu Garg (garg AT wordsmith.org) "Bilabial sounds like mamma, papa and baba are probably the easiest for the infant mouth to master." Jack Rosenthal; From Arf to Zap; The New York Times; Jun 30, 1985. X-Bonus Religion--freedom--vengeance--what you will, A word's enough to raise mankind to kill. -Lord Byron, poet (1788-1824)

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