Definition of sound

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Sound (n.) Any elongated instrument or probe, usually metallic, by which cavities of the body are sounded or explored, especially the bladder for stone, or the urethra for a stricture..

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Multisonous :: Multisonous (a.) Having many sounds, or sounding much..
Pue :: Pue (v. i.) To make a low whistling sound; to chirp, as birds..
Twang :: Twang (v. t.) To make to sound, as by pulling a tense string and letting it go suddenly..
Opeidoscope :: Opeidoscope (n.) An instrument, consisting of a tube having one end open and the other end covered with a thin flexible membrance to the center of which is attached a small mirror. It is used for exhibiting upon a screen, by means of rays reflected from the mirror, the vibratory motions caused by sounds produced at the open end of the tube, as by speaking or singing into it..
Polyphone :: Polyphone (n.) A character or vocal sign representing more than one sound, as read, which is pronounced red..
Hem :: Hem (v. i.) To make the sound expressed by the word hem; hence, to hesitate in speaking..
Jangle :: Jangle (n.) Discordant sound; wrangling.
Syllable :: Syllable (n.) An elementary sound, or a combination of elementary sounds, uttered together, or with a single effort or impulse of the voice, and constituting a word or a part of a word. In other terms, it is a vowel or a diphtong, either by itself or flanked by one or more consonants, the whole produced by a single impulse or utterance. One of the liquids, l, m, n, may fill the place of a vowel in a syllable. Adjoining syllables in a word or phrase need not to be marked off by a pause, but only
Sob :: Sob (n.) Any sorrowful cry or sound.
Validity :: Validity (n.) The quality or state of being valid; strength; force; especially, power to convince; justness; soundness; as, the validity of an argument or proof; the validity of an objection..
Drumbeat :: Drumbeat (n.) The sound of a beaten drum; drum music.
Fathomless :: Fathomless (a.) Incapable of being fathomed; immeasurable; that can not be sounded.
Catacoustic :: Catacoustic (n.) That part of acoustics which treats of reflected sounds or echoes See Acoustics.
F :: F () F is the sixth letter of the English alphabet, and a nonvocal consonant. Its form and sound are from the Latin. The Latin borrowed the form from the Greek digamma /, which probably had the value of English w consonant. The form and value of Greek letter came from the Phoenician, the ultimate source being probably Egyptian. Etymologically f is most closely related to p, k, v, and b; as in E. five, Gr. pe`nte; E. wolf, L. lupus, Gr. ly`kos; E. fox, vixen ; fragile, break; fruit, brook, v. t.;
Sneeze :: Sneeze (n.) A sudden and violent ejection of air with an audible sound, chiefly through the nose..
Sonorous :: Sonorous (a.) Sonant; vibrant; hence, of sounds produced in a cavity, deep-toned; as, sonorous rhonchi..
Jug :: "Jug (v. i.) To utter a sound resembling this word, as certain birds do, especially the nightingale..
Fizz :: Fizz (v. i.) To make a hissing sound, as a burning fuse..
Eutrophy :: Eutrophy (n.) Healthy nutrition; soundless as regards the nutritive functions.
Blow :: Blow (v. i.) To sound on being blown into, as a trumpet..
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