Definition of sonorous

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

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Bronze :: Bronze (a.) An alloy of copper and tin, to which small proportions of other metals, especially zinc, are sometimes added. It is hard and sonorous, and is used for statues, bells, cannon, etc., the proportions of the ingredients being varied to suit the particular purposes. The varieties containing the higher proportions of tin are brittle, as in bell metal and speculum metal..
Swaged :: Swagbelly (n.) Any large tumor developed in the abdomen, and neither fluctuating nor sonorous..
Intonate :: Intonate (v. t.) To utter in a musical or sonorous manner; to chant; as, to intonate the liturgy..
Intone :: Intone (v. i.) To utter a prolonged tone or a deep, protracted sound; to speak or recite in a measured, sonorous manner; to intonate..
Silver :: Silver (n.) A soft white metallic element, sonorous, ductile, very malleable, and capable of a high degree of polish. It is found native, and also combined with sulphur, arsenic, antimony, chlorine, etc., in the minerals argentite, proustite, pyrargyrite, ceragyrite, etc. Silver is one of the noble metals, so-called, not being easily oxidized, and is used for coin, jewelry, plate, and a great variety of articles. Symbol Ag (Argentum). Atomic weight 107.7. Specific gravity 10.5..
Sounding :: Sounding (a.) Making or emitting sound; hence, sonorous; as, sounding words..
Mouth :: Mouth (v. t.) To utter with a voice affectedly big or swelling; to speak in a strained or unnaturally sonorous manner.
Sonorous :: Sonorous (a.) Giving sound when struck; resonant; as, sonorous metals..
Sonorous :: Sonorous (a.) Loud-sounding; giving a clear or loud sound; as, a sonorous voice..
Sonorous :: Sonorous (a.) Sonant; vibrant; hence, of sounds produced in a cavity, deep-toned; as, sonorous rhonchi..
Clink :: Clink (v. i.) To cause to give out a slight, sharp, tinkling, sound, as by striking metallic or other sonorous bodies together..
Laughter :: Laughter (v. i.) A movement (usually involuntary) of the muscles of the face, particularly of the lips, with a peculiar expression of the eyes, indicating merriment, satisfaction, or derision, and usually attended by a sonorous and interrupted expulsion of air from the lungs. See Laugh, v. i..
Whoop :: Whoop (v. i.) To cough or breathe with a sonorous inspiration, as in whooping cough..
Thundrous :: Thundrous (a.) Thunderous; sonorous.
Clink :: Clink (n.) A slight, sharp, tinkling sound, made by the collision of sonorous bodies..
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..
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..
Sonorous :: Sonorous (a.) Yielding sound; characterized by sound; vocal; sonant; as, the vowels are sonorous..
Harmonical :: Harmonical (a.) Relating to harmony, -- as melodic relates to melody; harmonious; esp., relating to the accessory sounds or overtones which accompany the predominant and apparent single tone of any string or sonorous body..
Vocal :: Vocal (a.) Of or pertaining to a vowel or voice sound; also, /poken with tone, intonation, and resonance; sonant; sonorous; -- said of certain articulate sounds..
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