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Unsonable :: Unsonable (a.) Incapable of being sounded.

Dentilingual :: Dentilingual (n.) A dentilingual sound or letter.

Phonolite :: Phonolite (n.) A compact, feldspathic, igneous rock containing nephelite, hauynite, etc. Thin slabs give a ringing sound when struck; -- called also clinkstone..

Phonograph :: Phonograph (n.) An instrument for the mechanical registration and reproduction of audible sounds, as articulate speech, etc. It consists of a rotating cylinder or disk covered with some material easily indented, as tinfoil, wax, paraffin, etc., above which is a thin plate carrying a stylus. As the plate vibrates under the influence of a sound, the stylus makes minute indentations or undulations in the soft material, and these, when the cylinder or disk is again turned, set the plate in vibration

Drummer :: Drummer (n.) A fish that makes a sound when caugh.

X :: X () X, the twenty-fourth letter of the English alphabet, has three sounds; a compound nonvocal sound (that of ks), as in wax; a compound vocal sound (that of gz), as in example; and, at the beginning of a word, a simple vocal sound (that of z), as in xanthic. See Guide to Pronunciation, // 217, 270, 271..

Anacamptics :: Anacamptics (n.) The science of reflected sounds.

Tinnient :: Tinnient (a.) Emitting a clear sound.

Bum :: Bum (v. i.,) To make murmuring or humming sound..

Digraph :: Digraph (n.) Two signs or characters combined to express a single articulated sound; as ea in head, or th in bath..

Starch :: Starch (n.) A widely diffused vegetable substance found especially in seeds, bulbs, and tubers, and extracted (as from potatoes, corn, rice, etc.) as a white, glistening, granular or powdery substance, without taste or smell, and giving a very peculiar creaking sound when rubbed between the fingers. It is used as a food, in the production of commercial grape sugar, for stiffening linen in laundries, in making paste, etc..

Pur :: Pur (n.) The low, murmuring sound made by a cat to express contentment or pleasure..

Depth :: Depth (n.) Lowness; as, depth of sound..

Deathwatch :: Deathwatch (n.) A small beetle (Anobium tessellatum and other allied species). By forcibly striking its head against woodwork it makes a ticking sound, which is a call of the sexes to each other, but has been imagined by superstitious people to presage death..

Flatten :: Flatten (a.) To lower the pitch of; to cause to sound less sharp; to let fall from the pitch.

Unisonance :: Unisonance (n.) Accordance of sounds; unison.

Slumber :: Slumber (n.) Sleep; especially, light sleep; sleep that is not deep or sound; repose..

Pugging :: Pugging (v. t.) Mortar or the like, laid between the joists under the boards of a floor, or within a partition, to deaden sound; -- in the United States usually called deafening..

Health :: Health (n.) The state of being hale, sound, or whole, in body, mind, or soul; especially, the state of being free from physical disease or pain..

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..

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