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Pitch :: Pitch (n.) The relative acuteness or gravity of a tone, determined by the number of vibrations which produce it; the place of any tone upon a scale of high and low..

Octave :: Octave (n.) The eighth tone in the scale; the interval between one and eight of the scale, or any interval of equal length; an interval of five tones and two semitones..

Alburn :: Alburn (n.) The bleak, a small European fish having scales of a peculiarly silvery color which are used in making artificial pearls..

Dome :: Dome (n.) A cupola formed on a large scale.

Raise :: Raise (v. t.) To elevate in degree according to some scale; as, to raise the pitch of the voice; to raise the temperature of a room..

Alt :: Alt (a. & n.) The higher part of the scale. See Alto.

Counterscale :: Counterscale (n.) Counterbalance; balance, as of one scale against another..

Beneath :: Beneath (prep.) Lower in rank, dignity, or excellence than; as, brutes are beneath man; man is beneath angels in the scale of beings. Hence: Unworthy of; unbecoming..

Naked :: Naked (a.) Without pubescence; as, a naked leaf or stem; bare, or not covered by the customary parts, as a flower without a perianth, a stem without leaves, seeds without a pericarp, buds without bud scales..

Do :: Do (n.) A syllable attached to the first tone of the major diatonic scale for the purpose of solmization, or solfeggio. It is the first of the seven syllables used by the Italians as manes of musical tones, and replaced, for the sake of euphony, the syllable Ut, applied to the note C. In England and America the same syllables are used by mane as a scale pattern, while the tones in respect to absolute pitch are named from the first seven letters of the alphabet..

Cycloganoidei :: Cycloganoidei (n. pl.) An order of ganoid fishes, having cycloid scales. The bowfin (Amia calva) is a living example..

Volute :: Volute (n.) A spiral scroll which forms the chief feature of the Ionic capital, and which, on a much smaller scale, is a feature in the Corinthian and Composite capitals. See Illust. of Capital, also Helix, and Stale..

Fish :: Fish (n.) An oviparous, vertebrate animal usually having fins and a covering scales or plates. It breathes by means of gills, and lives almost entirely in the water. See Pisces..

Laminate :: Laminate (a.) Consisting of, or covered with, laminae, or thin plates, scales, or layers, one over another; laminated..

E-la :: E-la (n.) Originally, the highest note in the scale of Guido; hence, proverbially, any extravagant saying..

Pityriasis :: Pityriasis (n.) A superficial affection of the skin, characterized by irregular patches of thin scales which are shed in branlike particles..

Mixolydian Mode :: Mixolydian mode () The seventh ecclesiastical mode, whose scale commences on G..

Scaling :: Scaling (a.) Adapted for removing scales, as from a fish; as, a scaling knife; adapted for removing scale, as from the interior of a steam boiler; as, a scaling hammer, bar, etc..

Ottrelite :: Ottrelite (n.) A micaceous mineral occurring in small scales. It is characteristic of certain crystalline schists.

Infralabial :: Infralabial (a.) Below the lower lip; -- said of certain scales of reptiles and fishes.

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