ingressive

  1. Adjective.  going or directed inward, entering.
  2. Adjective.  open to entry or examination.
  3. Adjective.  (phonetics, of a speech sound) Uttered by drawing air inward through the mouth or nose.
  4. Adjective.  (geology) descriptive of a source or channel through which water enters or once entered an area.
  5. Noun.  (phonetics) A speech sound in which the air stream is created by drawing air in through the mouth or nose.

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