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Wide :: Wide (superl.) Made, as a vowel, with a less tense, and more open and relaxed, condition of the mouth organs; -- opposed to primary as used by Mr. Bell, and to narrow as used by Mr. Sweet. The effect, as explained by Mr. Bell, is due to the relaxation or tension of the pharynx; as explained by Mr. Sweet and others, it is due to the action of the tongue. The wide of / (/ve) is / (/ll); of a (ate) is / (/nd), etc. See Guide to Pronunciation, / 13-15..

Campaniliform :: Campaniliform (a.) Bell-shaped; campanulate; campaniform.

Bell :: Bell (v. t.) To make bell-mouthed; as, to bell a tube..

Planarida :: Planarida (n. pl.) A division of Turbellaria; the Dendrocoela.

Cadence :: Cadence (n.) A cadenza, or closing embellishment; a pause before the end of a strain, which the performer may fill with a flight of fancy..

Smew :: Smew (n.) small European merganser (Mergus albellus) which has a white crest; -- called also smee, smee duck, white merganser, and white nun..

Pot-belly :: Pot-belly (n.) A protuberant belly.

Isabella :: Isabella () Alt. of Isabella colo.

Campana :: Campana (n.) A church bell.

Belles-lettres :: Belles-lettres (n. pl.) Polite or elegant literature; the humanities; -- used somewhat vaguely for literary works in which imagination and taste are predominant.

Bellipotent :: Bellipotent (p. pr.) Mighty in war; armipotent.

Belly :: Belly (n.) The part of anything which resembles the human belly in protuberance or in cavity; the innermost part; as, the belly of a flask, muscle, sail, ship..

Bellwether :: Bellwether (n.) A wether, or sheep, which leads the flock, with a bell on his neck..

Variation :: Variation (n.) Repetition of a theme or melody with fanciful embellishments or modifications, in time, tune, or harmony, or sometimes change of key; the presentation of a musical thought in new and varied aspects, yet so that the essential features of the original shall still preserve their identity..

Bewit :: Bewit (n.) A double slip of leather by which bells are fastened to a hawk's legs.

Unke :: Unke (n.) A European aquatic toad (Bombinator igneus). Its back is dark; its belly is marked with crimson. Called also feuerkrote.

Glide :: Glide (n.) A transitional sound in speech which is produced by the changing of the mouth organs from one definite position to another, and with gradual change in the most frequent cases; as in passing from the begining to the end of a regular diphthong, or from vowel to consonant or consonant to vowel in a syllable, or from one component to the other of a double or diphthongal consonant (see Guide to Pronunciation, // 19, 161, 162). Also (by Bell and others), the vanish (or brief final element)

Bell :: Bell (n.) A hollow metallic vessel, usually shaped somewhat like a cup with a flaring mouth, containing a clapper or tongue, and giving forth a ringing sound on being struck..

Bob :: Bob (n.) A peculiar mode of ringing changes on bells.

Belfry :: Belfry (n.) A bell tower, usually attached to a church or other building, but sometimes separate; a campanile..

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