22. (Phonetics & Phonology) phonetics of, regarding, or denoting a vowel whose articulation is produced by raising the again of your tongue to the smooth palate or even the blade in the direction of the tricky palate, for instance for the ee in English see or oo in English moon. https://share.evernote.com/note/4c031b73-6420-d120-860b-99d7705194c7