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Osteophone :: Osteophone (n.) An instrument for transmission of auditory vibrations through the bones of the head, so as to be appreciated as sounds by persons deaf from causes other than those affecting the nervous apparatus of hearing..

Hoop :: Hoop (v. i.) To utter a loud cry, or a sound imitative of the word, by way of call or pursuit; to shout..

Conserve :: Conserve (v. t.) To keep in a safe or sound state; to save; to preserve; to protect.

Echoscope :: Echoscope (n.) An instrument for intensifying sounds produced by percussion of the thorax.

Decay :: Decay (n.) Gradual failure of health, strength, soundness, prosperity, or of any species of excellence or perfection; tendency toward dissolution or extinction; corruption; rottenness; decline; deterioration; as, the decay of the body; the decay of virtue; the decay of the Roman empire; a castle in decay..

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

Palatize :: Palatize (v. t.) To modify, as the tones of the voice, by means of the palate; as, to palatize a letter or sound..

Noise :: Noise (v. i.) To sound; to make a noise.

Mid :: Mid (superl.) Made with a somewhat elevated position of some certain part of the tongue, in relation to the palate; midway between the high and the low; -- said of certain vowel sounds; as, a (ale), / (/ll), / (/ld). See Guide to Pronunciation, // 10, 11..

Rounding :: Rounding (n.) Modifying a speech sound by contraction of the lip opening; labializing; labialization. See Guide to Pronunciation, / 11..

Phonotypy :: Phonotypy (n.) A method of phonetic printing of the English language, as devised by Mr. Pitman, in which nearly all the ordinary letters and many new forms are employed in order to indicate each elementary sound by a separate character..

Implodent :: Implodent (n.) An implosive sound.

Macron :: Macron (n.) A short, straight, horizontal mark [-], placed over vowels to denote that they are to be pronounced with a long sound; as, a, in dame; /, in s/am, etc..

Phonography :: Phonography (n.) A description of the laws of the human voice, or sounds uttered by the organs of speech..

Whistle :: Whistle (v. i.) To make a kind of musical sound, or series of sounds, by forcing the breath through a small orifice formed by contracting the lips; also, to emit a similar sound, or series of notes, from the mouth or beak, as birds..

Sound :: Sound (v. t.) To signify; to import; to denote.

Cribbing :: Cribbing (n.) A vicious habit of a horse; crib-biting. The horse lays hold of the crib or manger with his teeth and draws air into the stomach with a grunting sound.

Heterographic :: Heterographic (a.) Employing the same letters to represent different sounds in different words or syllables; -- said of methods of spelling; as, the ordinary English orthography is heterographic..

Write :: Write (v. i.) To form characters, letters, or figures, as representative of sounds or ideas; to express words and sentences by written signs..

Lightning :: Lightning (n.) A discharge of atmospheric electricity, accompanied by a vivid flash of light, commonly from one cloud to another, sometimes from a cloud to the earth. The sound produced by the electricity in passing rapidly through the atmosphere constitutes thunder..

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