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Screaming :: Screaming (a.) Having the nature of a scream; like a scream; shrill; sharp.

Screak :: Screak (v.) To utter suddenly a sharp, shrill sound; to screech; to creak, as a door or wheel..

Stridulation :: Stridulation (n.) The act of making shrill sounds or musical notes by rubbing together certain hard parts, as is done by the males of many insects, especially by Orthoptera, such as crickets, grasshoppers, and locusts..

Squawk :: Squawk (v. i.) To utter a shrill, abrupt scream; to squeak harshly..

Argute :: Argute (a.) Sharp; shrill.

Lituus :: Lituus (n.) An instrument of martial music; a kind of trumpet of a somewhat curved form and shrill note.

Oxyphony :: Oxyphony (n.) Acuteness or shrillness of voice.

Shirl :: Shirl (a.) Shrill.

Shriek :: Shriek (v. i.) To utter a loud, sharp, shrill sound or cry, as do some birds and beasts; to scream, as in a sudden fright, in horror or anguish..

Piping :: Piping (v.) Emitting a high, shrill sound..

Piping :: Piping (n.) The act of playing on a pipe; the shrill noted of birds, etc..

Whistle :: Whistle (v. i.) To sound shrill, or like a pipe; to make a sharp, shrill sound; as, a bullet whistles through the air..

Whistle :: Whistle (v. i.) The shrill sound made by wind passing among trees or through crevices, or that made by bullet, or the like, passing rapidly through the air; the shrill noise (much used as a signal, etc.) made by steam or gas escaping through a small orifice, or impinging against the edge of a metallic bell or cup..

Shriek :: Shriek (n.) A sharp, shrill outcry or scream; a shrill wild cry such as is caused by sudden or extreme terror, pain, or the like..

Piccolo :: Piccolo (n.) A small, shrill flute, the pitch of which is an octave higher than the ordinary flute; an octave flute..

Squeal :: Squeal (v. i.) To cry with a sharp, shrill, prolonged sound, as certain animals do, indicating want, displeasure, or pain..

Shrill-gorged :: Shrill-gorged (a.) Having a throat which produces a shrill note.

Clary :: Clary (v. i.) To make a loud or shrill noise.

Shrillness :: Shrillness (n.) The quality or state of being shrill.

Fife :: Fife (n.) A small shrill pipe, resembling the piccolo flute, used chiefly to accompany the drum in military music..

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