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Soniferous :: Soniferous (a.) Sounding; producing sound; conveying sound.

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

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..

Altisonant :: Altisonant (a.) High-sounding; lofty or pompous.

Clank :: Clank (n.) A sharp, brief, ringing sound, made by a collision of metallic or other sonorous bodies; -- usually expressing a duller or less resounding sound than clang, and a deeper and stronger sound than clink..

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

Homophonous :: Homophonous (a.) Originally, sounding alike; of the same pitch; unisonous; monodic..

Phonoscope :: Phonoscope (n.) An instrument for producing luminous figures by the vibrations of sounding bodies.

Slide :: Slide (n.) An apparatus in the trumpet and trombone by which the sounding tube is lengthened and shortened so as to produce the tones between the fundamental and its harmonics.

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

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

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..

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

Hydrography :: Hydrography (n.) That branch of surveying which embraces the determination of the contour of the bottom of a harbor or other sheet of water, the depth of soundings, the position of channels and shoals, with the construction of charts exhibiting these particulars..

Bellow :: Bellow (n.) A loud resounding outcry or noise, as of an enraged bull; a roar..

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..

Whack :: Whack (n.) A smart resounding blow.

Sounding :: Sounding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Soun.

Intonation :: Intonation (n.) The act of sounding the tones of the musical scale.

Deep-sea :: Deep-sea (a.) Of or pertaining to the deeper parts of the sea; as, a deep-sea line (i. e., a line to take soundings at a great depth); deep-sea lead; deep-sea soundings, explorations, etc..

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