(phonetics) in Sanskrit phonology, consonants made with the throat; the dorsal (/k, g, ŋ/) consonants

(traditional Chinese phonology) a guttural onset consonant, any of the group of consonants represented by the Middle Chinese pronunciation the following (母 (literally “mother”) means "base sound"; the character before it is the one that bears the onset consonant): 影母 (/ʔ/), 曉母 (/x/), 匣母 (/ɦ/) and 喻母 (/j/)

agonized crying out in the midst of tragedy

阿鼻叫喚: agonizing cries;  pandemonium;  two of Buddhism's hells

The red thread of fate, believed to bind soulmates.

the grass is always greener on the other side

(medicine) avian flu, bird flu, avian influenza

Alternative spelling of 鵞鳥

Alternative spelling of 雌鳥 (“female bird”)

meadowlark