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Voiceless :: Voiceless (a.) Not sounded with voice; as, a voiceless consonant; surd..

Piping :: Piping (v.) Emitting a high, shrill sound..

Cacophony :: Cacophony (n.) An uncouth or disagreable sound of words, owing to the concurrence of harsh letters or syllables..

Equisonant :: Equisonant (a.) Of the same or like sound.

Hear :: Hear (v. i.) To have the sense or faculty of perceiving sound.

Implosion :: Implosion (n.) A sudden compression of the air in the mouth, simultaneously with and affecting the sound made by the closure of the organs in uttering p, t, or k, at the end of a syllable (see Guide to Pronunciation, //159, 189); also, a similar compression made by an upward thrust of the larynx without any accompanying explosive action, as in the peculiar sound of b, d, and g, heard in Southern Germany..

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)..

Fricative :: Fricative (n.) A fricative consonant letter or sound. See Guide to Pronunciation, // 197-206, etc..

Lambdacism :: Lambdacism (n.) The use of the sound of l for that of r in pronunciation; lallation; as, Amelican for American..

Wheeze :: Wheeze (n.) A piping or whistling sound caused by difficult respiration.

Blatant :: Blatant (a.) Bellowing, as a calf; bawling; brawling; clamoring; disagreeably clamorous; sounding loudly and harshly..

Soundable :: Soundable (a.) Capable of being sounded.

Swough :: Swough (n.) A sound; a groan; a moan; a sough.

Trust :: Trust (n.) Assured resting of the mind on the integrity, veracity, justice, friendship, or other sound principle, of another person; confidence; reliance; reliance..

Semivocal :: Semivocal (a.) Of or pertaining to a semivowel; half cocal; imperfectly sounding.

Phonoscope :: Phonoscope (n.) An instrument for observing or exhibiting the motions or properties of sounding bodies; especially, an apparatus invented by Konig for testing the quality of musical strings..

Acuteness :: Acuteness (n.) Shrillness; high pitch; -- said of sounds.

Sequestrum :: Sequestrum (n.) A portion of dead bone which becomes separated from the sound portion, as in necrosis..

Rant :: Rant (v. i.) To rave in violent, high-sounding, or extravagant language, without dignity of thought; to be noisy, boisterous, and bombastic in talk or declamation; as, a ranting preacher..

Strike :: Strike (v. t.) To cause to sound by one or more beats; to indicate or notify by audible strokes; as, the clock strikes twelve; the drums strike up a march..

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