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Phonocamptic :: Phonocamptic (a.) Reflecting sound.

Bom :: Bom (n.) A large American serpent, so called from the sound it makes..

K :: K () the eleventh letter of the English alphabet, is nonvocal consonant. The form and sound of the letter K are from the Latin, which used the letter but little except in the early period of the language. It came into the Latin from the Greek, which received it from a Phoenician source, the ultimate origin probably being Egyptian. Etymologically K is most nearly related to c, g, h (which see)..

Swell :: Swell (v. i.) To increase in size or extent by any addition; to increase in volume or force; as, a river swells, and overflows its banks; sounds swell or diminish..

Beat :: Beat (v. i.) To sound with more or less rapid alternations of greater and less intensity, so as to produce a pulsating effect; -- said of instruments, tones, or vibrations, not perfectly in unison..

Addition :: Addition (n.) A dot at the right side of a note as an indication that its sound is to be lengthened one half.

Umlaut :: Umlaut (n.) The euphonic modification of a root vowel sound by the influence of a, u, or especially i, in the syllable which formerly followed..

Humming :: Humming (n.) A sound like that made by bees; a low, murmuring sound; a hum..

Dentilabial :: Dentilabial (n.) A dentilabial sound or letter.

Microphonics :: Microphonics (n.) The science which treats of the means of increasing the intensity of low or weak sounds, or of the microphone..

Smack :: Smack (v. t.) To open, as the lips, with an inarticulate sound made by a quick compression and separation of the parts of the mouth; to make a noise with, as the lips, by separating them in the act of kissing or after tasting..

Ironsmith :: Ironsmith (n.) An East Indian barbet (Megalaima faber), inhabiting the Island of Hainan. The name alludes to its note, which resembles the sounds made by a smith..

N :: N () the fourteenth letter of English alphabet, is a vocal consonent, and, in allusion to its mode of formation, is called the dentinasal or linguanasal consonent. Its commoner sound is that heard in ran, done; but when immediately followed in the same word by the sound of g hard or k (as in single, sink, conquer), it usually represents the same sound as the digraph ng in sing, bring, etc. This is a simple but related sound, and is called the gutturo-nasal consonent. See Guide to Pronunciation,

Whack :: Whack (n.) A smart resounding blow.

Tautophony :: Tautophony (n.) Repetition of the same sound.

Sound-board :: Sound-board (n.) A sounding-board.

Base :: Base (a.) Deep or grave in sound; as, the base tone of a violin..

Music :: Music (n.) The science and the art of tones, or musical sounds, i. e., sounds of higher or lower pitch, begotten of uniform and synchronous vibrations, as of a string at various degrees of tension; the science of harmonical tones which treats of the principles of harmony, or the properties, dependences, and relations of tones to each other; the art of combining tones in a manner to please the ear..

Heptachord :: Heptachord (n.) A system of seven sounds.

Crow :: Crow (v. i.) To make the shrill sound characteristic of a cock, either in joy, gayety, or defiance..

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