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Deaf-mute :: Deaf-mute (n.) A person who is deaf and dumb; one who, through deprivation or defect of hearing, has either failed the acquire the power of speech, or has lost it..

Obmutescence :: Obmutescence (n.) A becoming dumb; loss of speech.

Soft :: Soft (superl.) Applied to a palatal, a sibilant, or a dental consonant (as g in gem, c in cent, etc.) as distinguished from a guttural mute (as g in go, c in cone, etc.); -- opposed to hard..

Mute :: Mute (n.) One who, from deafness, either congenital or from early life, is unable to use articulate language; a deaf-mute..

Mute :: Mute (n.) A letter which represents no sound; a silent letter; also, a close articulation; an element of speech formed by a position of the mouth organs which stops the passage of the breath; as, p, b, d, k, t..

Tenuis :: Tenuis (n.) One of the three surd mutes /, /, /; -- so called in relation to their respective middle letters, or medials, /, /, /, and their aspirates, /, /, /. The term is also applied to the corresponding letters and articulate elements in other languages..

Liquid :: Liquid (n.) A letter which has a smooth, flowing sound, or which flows smoothly after a mute; as, l and r, in bla, bra. M and n also are called liquids..

Transform :: Transform (v. t.) To change into another substance; to transmute; as, the alchemists sought to transform lead into gold..

Moot-hill :: Moot-hill (n.) A hill of meeting or council; an elevated place in the open air where public assemblies or courts were held by the Saxons; -- called, in Scotland, mute-hill..

Mute :: Mute (n.) The dung of birds.

Permuter :: Permuter (n.) One who permutes.

Inconvertible :: Inconvertible (a.) Not convertible; not capable of being transmuted, changed into, or exchanged for, something else; as, one metal is inconvertible into another; bank notes are sometimes inconvertible into specie..

Dummy :: Dummy (a.) Silent; mute; noiseless; as a dummy engine.

Silence :: Silence (n.) Forbearance from, or absence of, speech; taciturnity; muteness..

Transmuted :: Transmuted (imp. & p. p.) of Transmut.

Permute :: Permute (v. t.) To interchange; to transfer reciprocally.

Pantomime :: Pantomime (a.) Representing only in mute actions; pantomimic; as, a pantomime dance..

Mute :: Mute (v. t.) To cast off; to molt.

Dumbly :: Dumbly (adv.) In silence; mutely.

Transmuter :: Transmuter (n.) One who transmutes.

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