retroflex

verbs

bend or turn backward
replicate, retroflex
is derived from
retroflection
is derived from
retroflexion
articulate (a consonant) with the tongue curled back against the palate
"Indian accents can be characterized by the fact that speakers retroflex their consonants"
retroflex
is derived from
retroflexion
is a type of (narrower)
speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way
"She pronounces French words in a funny way"; "I cannot say `zip wire'"; "Can the child sound out this complicated word?"
articulate, enounce, enunciate, pronounce, say, sound out

adjectives

bent or curved backward
retroflex, retroflexed
pronounced with the tip of the tongue turned back toward the hard palate
cacuminal, retroflex