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Word :: Word (n.) The spoken sign of a conception or an idea; an articulate or vocal sound, or a combination of articulate and vocal sounds, uttered by the human voice, and by custom expressing an idea or ideas; a single component part of human speech or language; a constituent part of a sentence; a term; a vocable..

Hem :: Hem (v. i.) To make the sound expressed by the word hem; hence, to hesitate in speaking..

Drone :: Drone (v. i.) That which gives out a grave or monotonous tone or dull sound; as: (a) A drum. [Obs.] Halliwell. (b) The part of the bagpipe containing the two lowest tubes, which always sound the key note and the fifth..

Sound :: Sound (superl.) Firm; strong; safe.

Twitter :: Twitter (v. i.) To make the sound of a half-suppressed laugh; to titter; to giggle.

Aspirate :: Aspirate (n.) A sound consisting of, or characterized by, a breath like the sound of h; the breathing h or a character representing such a sound; an aspirated sound..

Phonautograph :: Phonautograph (n.) An instrument by means of which a sound can be made to produce a visible trace or record of itself. It consists essentially of a resonant vessel, usually of paraboloidal form, closed at one end by a flexible membrane. A stylus attached to some point of the membrane records the movements of the latter, as it vibrates, upon a moving cylinder or plate..

Singingly :: Singingly (adv.) With sounds like singing; with a kind of tune; in a singing tone.

Silent :: Silent (a.) Not pronounced; having no sound; quiescent; as, e is silent in fable..

Luny :: Luny (a.) Crazy; mentally unsound.

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..

Scrape :: Scrape (n.) The act of scraping; also, the effect of scraping, as a scratch, or a harsh sound; as, a noisy scrape on the floor; a scrape of a pen..

Semisoun :: Semisoun (n.) A half sound; a low tone.

Blast :: Blast (n.) The sound made by blowing a wind instrument; strictly, the sound produces at one breath..

Jangle :: Jangle (n.) Discordant sound; wrangling.

Slide :: Slide (n.) A sound which, by a gradual change in the position of the vocal organs, passes imperceptibly into another sound..

Groan :: Groan (v. i.) To give forth a low, moaning sound in breathing; to utter a groan, as in pain, in sorrow, or in derision; to moan..

Crack :: Crack (v. t.) To cause to sound suddenly and sharply; to snap; as, to crack a whip..

Lagoon :: Lagoon (n.) A shallow sound, channel, pond, or lake, especially one into which the sea flows; as, the lagoons of Venice..

Pop :: Pop (n.) A small, sharp, quick explosive sound or report; as, to go off with a pop..

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