Source : WordNet®

nonsyllabic
     adj 1: not forming a syllable or the nucleus of a syllable;
            consisting of a consonant sound accompanied in the
            same syllable by a vowel sound or consisting of a
            vowel sound dominated by other vowel sounds in a
            syllable (as the second vowel in a falling diphthong);
            "the nonsyllabic `n' in `botany' when it is pronounced
            `botny'"; "the nonsyllabic `i' in `oi'" [syn: {unsyllabic}]
            [ant: {syllabic}]
     2: of liquids and nasals [syn: {consonantal}, {nonvocalic}]
        [ant: {vocalic}]