Acrophony :: Acrophony (n.) The use of a picture symbol of an object to represent phonetically the initial sound of the name of the object.

Aegophony :: Aegophony (n.) Same as Egophony.

Alphonsine :: Alphonsine (a.) Of or relating to Alphonso X., the Wise, King of Castile (1252-1284)..

Antiphon :: Antiphon (n.) A musical response; alternate singing or chanting. See Antiphony, and Antiphone..

Antiphon :: Antiphon (n.) A verse said before and after the psalms.

Antiphonal :: Antiphonal (a.) Of or pertaining to antiphony, or alternate singing; sung alternately by a divided choir or opposite choirs..

Antiphonal :: Antiphonal (n.) A book of antiphons or anthems.

Antiphonary :: Antiphonary (n.) A book containing a collection of antiphons; the book in which the antiphons of the breviary, with their musical notes, are contained..

Antiphone :: Antiphone (n.) The response which one side of the choir makes to the other in a chant; alternate chanting or signing.

Antiphoner :: Antiphoner (n.) A book of antiphons.

Antiphonic :: Antiphonic (a.) Antiphonal.

Antiphonies :: Antiphonies (pl. ) of Antiphon.

Antiphony :: Antiphony (n.) A musical response; also, antiphonal chanting or signing..

Antiphony :: Antiphony (n.) An anthem or psalm sung alternately by a choir or congregation divided into two parts. Also figuratively.

Antistrophon :: Antistrophon (n.) An argument retorted on an opponent.

Aphonia :: Aphonia (n.) Alt. of Aphon.

Aphonic :: Aphonic (a.) Alt. of Aphonou.

Aphonous :: Aphonous (a.) Without voice; voiceless; nonvocal.

Aphony :: Aphony (n.) Loss of voice or vocal utterance.

Asiphonata :: Asiphonata (n. pl.) Alt. of Asiphonid.

Asiphonate :: Asiphonate (a.) Destitute of a siphon or breathing tube; -- said of many bivalve shells.

Asiphonate :: Asiphonate (n.) An asiphonate mollusk.

Asiphonea :: Asiphonea (n. pl.) Alt. of Asiphonid.

Asiphonida :: Asiphonida (n. pl.) A group of bivalve mollusks destitute of siphons, as the oyster; the asiphonate mollusks..

Audiphone :: Audiphone (n.) An instrument which, placed against the teeth, conveys sound to the auditory nerve and enables the deaf to hear more or less distinctly; a dentiphone..

Autophony :: Autophony (n.) An auscultatory process, which consists in noting the tone of the observer's own voice, while he speaks, holding his head close to the patient's chest..

Baryphony :: Baryphony (n.) Difficulty of speech.

Bellerophon :: Bellerophon (n.) A genus of fossil univalve shells, believed to belong to the Heteropoda, peculiar to the Paleozoic age..

Bronchophony :: Bronchophony (n.) A modification of the voice sounds, by which they are intensified and heightened in pitch; -- observed in auscultation of the chest in certain cases of intro-thoracic disease..

Cacophonic :: Cacophonic (a.) Alt. of Cacophoniou.

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