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Sea Laces :: Sea laces () A kind of seaweed (Chorda Filum) having blackish cordlike fronds, often many feet long..

Arpeggio :: Arpeggio (n.) The production of the tones of a chord in rapid succession, as in playing the harp, and not simultaneously; a strain thus played..

Clavecin :: Clavecin (n.) The harpsichord.

Chord :: Chord (n.) The string of a musical instrument.

Urochorda :: Urochorda (n. pl.) Same as Tunicata.

Polychord :: Polychord (a.) Having many strings.

Decachordon :: Decachordon (n.) Something consisting of ten parts.

Notochordal :: Notochordal (a.) Of or pertaining to the notochord; having a notochord.

Inversion :: Inversion (n.) Said of a chord, when one of its notes, other than its root, is made the bass..

Prochordal :: Prochordal (a.) Situated in front of the notochord; -- applied especially to parts of the cartilaginous rudiments in the base of the skull.

Chord :: Chord (v. t.) To provide with musical chords or strings; to string; to tune.

Rheochord :: Rheochord (n.) A metallic wire used for regulating the resistance of a circuit, or varying the strength of an electric current, by inserting a greater or less length of it in the circuit..

Neurochord :: Neurochord (a.) Alt. of Neurochorda.

Urocord :: Urocord (n.) See Urochord.

Keynote :: Keynote (n.) The tonic or first tone of the scale in which a piece or passage is written; the fundamental tone of the chord, to which all the modulations of the piece are referred; -- called also key tone..

Anticipation :: Anticipation (n.) The commencing of one or more tones of a chord with or during the chord preceding, forming a momentary discord..

Parachordal :: Parachordal (a.) Situated on either side of the notochord; -- applied especially to the cartilaginous rudiments of the skull on each side of the anterior part of the notochord.

Leptocardia :: Leptocardia (n. pl.) The lowest class of Vertebrata, including only the Amphioxus. The heart is represented only by a simple pulsating vessel. The blood is colorless; the brain, renal organs, and limbs are wanting, and the backbone is represented only by a simple, unsegmented notochord. See Amphioxus..

Subnuvolar :: Subnotochordal (a.) Situated on the ventral side of the notochord; as, the subnotochordal rod..

Chording :: Chording (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Chor.

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