Definition of sound

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Sound (superl.) Whole; unbroken; unharmed; free from flaw, defect, or decay; perfect of the kind; as, sound timber; sound fruit; a sound tooth; a sound ship..

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Triphthongal :: Triphthongal (a.) Of or pertaining to a triphthong; consisting of three vowel sounds pronounced together in a single syllable.
Suicide :: Suicide (adv.) The act of taking one's own life voluntary and intentionally; self-murder; specifically (Law), the felonious killing of one's self; the deliberate and intentional destruction of one's own life by a person of years of discretion and of sound mind..
Gabble :: Gabble (n.) Inarticulate sounds rapidly uttered; as of fowls.
Tumid :: Tumid (a.) Swelling in sound or sense; pompous; puffy; inflated; bombastic; falsely sublime; turgid; as, a tumid expression; a tumid style..
Articulate :: Articulate (a.) Distinctly uttered; spoken so as to be intelligible; characterized by division into words and syllables; as, articulate speech, sounds, words..
Judicious :: Judicious (a.) Directed or governed by sound judgment; having sound judgment; wise; prudent; sagacious; discreet.
Drumbeat :: Drumbeat (n.) The sound of a beaten drum; drum music.
Weal :: Weal (adv.) A sound, healthy, or prosperous state of a person or thing; prosperity; happiness; welfare..
Katydid :: Katydid (n.) A large, green, arboreal, orthopterous insect (Cyrtophyllus concavus) of the family Locustidae, common in the United States. The males have stridulating organs at the bases of the front wings. During the summer and autumn, in the evening, the males make a peculiar, loud, shrill sound, resembling the combination Katy-did, whence the name..
Resonance :: Resonance (n.) The act of resounding; the quality or state of being resonant.
Smacking :: Smacking (a.) Making a sharp, brisk sound; hence, brisk; as, a smacking breeze..
Monochord :: Monochord (n.) An instrument for experimenting upon the mathematical relations of musical sounds. It consists of a single string stretched between two bridges, one or both of which are movable, and which stand upon a graduated rule for the purpose of readily changing and measuring the length of the part of the string between them..
Sifflement :: Sifflement (n.) The act of whistling or hissing; a whistling sound; sibilation.
Low :: Low (superl.) Not loud; as, a low voice; a low sound..
Pipe :: Pipe (n.) The key or sound of the voice.
Decay :: Decay (v. i.) To pass gradually from a sound, prosperous, or perfect state, to one of imperfection, adversity, or dissolution; to waste away; to decline; to fail; to become weak, corrupt, or disintegrated; to rot; to perish; as, a tree decays; fortunes decay; hopes decay..
Palaeotype :: Palaeotype (n.) A system of representing all spoken sounds by means of the printing types in common use.
Vocal :: Vocal (a.) Of or pertaining to a vowel or voice sound; also, /poken with tone, intonation, and resonance; sonant; sonorous; -- said of certain articulate sounds..
Diacritical :: Diacritical (a.) That separates or distinguishes; -- applied to points or marks used to distinguish letters of similar form, or different sounds of the same letter, as, a, /, a, /, /, etc..
Elevate :: Elevate (v. t.) To raise to a higher pitch, or to a greater degree of loudness; -- said of sounds; as, to elevate the voice..
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