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Sagacity :: Sagacity (n.) The quality of being sagacious; quickness or acuteness of sense perceptions; keenness of discernment or penetration with soundness of judgment; shrewdness.

Resonance :: Resonance (n.) The act of resounding; the quality or state of being resonant.

Rattle :: Rattle (n.) Any organ of an animal having a structure adapted to produce a rattling sound.

Accent :: Accent (n.) A mark or character used in writing, and serving to regulate the pronunciation; esp.: (a) a mark to indicate the nature and place of the spoken accent; (b) a mark to indicate the quality of sound of the vowel marked; as, the French accents..

Pipe :: Pipe (n.) A wind instrument of music, consisting of a tube or tubes of straw, reed, wood, or metal; any tube which produces musical sounds; as, a shepherd's pipe; the pipe of an organ..

Interference :: Interference (n.) The mutual influence, under certain conditions, of two streams of light, or series of pulsations of sound, or, generally, two waves or vibrations of any kind, producing certain characteristic phenomena, as colored fringes, dark bands, or darkness, in the case of light, silence or increased intensity in sounds; neutralization or superposition of waves generally..

Moan :: Moan (v. i.) To emit a sound like moan; -- said of things inanimate; as, the wind moans..

Discord :: Discord (v. i.) Union of musical sounds which strikes the ear harshly or disagreeably, owing to the incommensurability of the vibrations which they produce; want of musical concord or harmony; a chord demanding resolution into a concord..

Tetrachord :: Tetrachord (n.) A scale series of four sounds, of which the extremes, or first and last, constituted a fourth. These extremes were immutable; the two middle sounds were changeable..

Phonography :: Phonography (n.) A representation of sounds by distinctive characters; commonly, a system of shorthand writing invented by Isaac Pitman, or a modification of his system, much used by reporters..

Diverberation :: Diverberation (n.) A sounding through.

Toot :: Toot (v. t.) To cause to sound, as a horn, the note being modified at the beginning and end as if by pronouncing the letter t; to blow; to sound..

Romic :: Romic (n.) A method of notation for all spoken sounds, proposed by Mr. Sweet; -- so called because it is based on the common Roman-letter alphabet. It is like the palaeotype of Mr. Ellis in the general plan, but simpler..

Injudicious :: Injudicious (a.) Not judicious; wanting in sound judgment; undiscerning; indiscreet; unwise; as, an injudicious adviser..

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

Oxytone :: Oxytone (n.) An acute sound.

Deafen :: Deafen (v. t.) To make deaf; to deprive of the power of hearing; to render incapable of perceiving sounds distinctly.

Tintinnabulation :: Tintinnabulation (n.) A tinkling sound, as of a bell or bells..

Bark :: Bark (n.) The short, loud, explosive sound uttered by a dog; a similar sound made by some other animals..

Dissonant :: Dissonant (a.) Sounding harshly; discordant; unharmonious.

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