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Rant :: Rant (n.) High-sounding language, without importance or dignity of thought; boisterous, empty declamation; bombast; as, the rant of fanatics..

Unison :: Unison (n.) Sounding alone.

Sound :: Sound (v. i.) To ascertain the depth of water with a sounding line or other device.

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

Phoneidoscope :: Phoneidoscope (n.) An instrument for studying the motions of sounding bodies by optical means. It consists of a tube across the end of which is stretched a film of soap solution thin enough to give colored bands, the form and position of which are affected by sonorous vibrations..

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..

Tubby :: Tubby (a.) Resembling a tub; specifically sounding dull and without resonance, like a tub; wanting elasticity or freedom of sound; as, a tubby violin..

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..

Sea-green :: Sea-green (a.) Of a beautiful bluish green color, like sea water on soundings..

Thunderous :: Thunderous (a.) Making a noise like thunder; sounding loud and deep; sonorous.

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 /..

Halsening :: Halsening (a.) Sounding harshly in the throat; inharmonious; rough.

Sounding :: Sounding (n.) The act of one who, or that which, sounds (in any of the senses of the several verbs)..

Sonorous :: Sonorous (a.) Impressive in sound; high-sounding.

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..

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

Bombast :: Bombast (n.) Fig.: High-sounding words; an inflated style; language above the dignity of the occasion; fustian.

Soundage :: Soundage (n.) Dues for soundings.

Mark :: Mark (n.) One of the bits of leather or colored bunting which are placed upon a sounding line at intervals of from two to five fathoms. The unmarked fathoms are called deeps..

Stepped :: Stentorophonic (a.) Speaking or sounding very loud; stentorian.

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