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Sounding-board :: Sounding-board (n.) A thin board which propagates the sound in a piano, in a violin, and in some other musical instruments..

Sonant :: Sonant (a.) Of or pertaining to sound; sounding.

Cacophonious :: Cacophonious (a.) Harsh-sounding.

High-sounding :: High-sounding (a.) Pompous; noisy; ostentatious; as, high-sounding words or titles..

Sounding :: Sounding (a.) Making or emitting sound; hence, sonorous; as, sounding words..

Swashway :: Swashing (a.) Resounding; crushing.

Bombastical :: Bombastical (a.) Characterized by bombast; high-sounding; inflated.

Rhotacism :: Rhotacism (n.) An oversounding, or a misuse, of the letter r; specifically (Phylol.), the tendency, exhibited in the Indo-European languages, to change s to r, as wese to were..

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

Equisonance :: Equisonance (n.) An equal sounding; the consonance of the unison and its octaves.

Gong :: Gong (n.) An instrument, first used in the East, made of an alloy of copper and tin, shaped like a disk with upturned rim, and producing, when struck, a harsh and resounding noise..

Resonance :: Resonance (n.) A prolongation or increase of any sound, either by reflection, as in a cavern or apartment the walls of which are not distant enough to return a distinct echo, or by the production of vibrations in other bodies, as a sounding-board, or the bodies of musical instruments..

Fathom :: Fathom (v. t.) The measure by a sounding line; especially, to sound the depth of; to penetrate, measure, and comprehend; to get to the bottom of..

Iotacism :: Iotacism (n.) The frequent use of the sound of iota (that of English e in be), as among the modern Greeks; also, confusion from sounding /, /, /, /, //, etc., like /..

Fathom :: Fathom (n.) A measure of length, containing six feet; the space to which a man can extend his arms; -- used chiefly in measuring cables, cordage, and the depth of navigable water by soundings..

Voiceful :: Voiceful (a.) Having a voice or vocal quality; having a loud voice or many voices; vocal; sounding.

Breastband :: Breastband (n.) A band for the breast. Specifically: (Naut.) A band of canvas, or a rope, fastened at both ends to the rigging, to support the man who heaves the lead in sounding..

Unison :: Unison (n.) Sounding alone.

Resounding :: Resounding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Resoun.

Abatvoix :: Abatvoix (n.) The sounding-board over a pulpit or rostrum.

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