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Blow :: Blow (v. i.) To sound on being blown into, as a trumpet..

Sing :: Sing (v. i.) To utter sweet melodious sounds, as birds do..

Laryngophony :: Laryngophony (n.) The sound of the voice as heard through a stethoscope when the latter is placed upon the larynx.

Slide :: Slide (v. t.) To pass from one note to another with no perceptible cassation of sound.

Hieroglyphic :: Hieroglyphic (a.) A sacred character; a character in picture writing, as of the ancient Egyptians, Mexicans, etc. Specifically, in the plural, the picture writing of the ancient Egyptian priests. It is made up of three, or, as some say, four classes of characters: first, the hieroglyphic proper, or figurative, in which the representation of the object conveys the idea of the object itself; second, the ideographic, consisting of symbols representing ideas, not sounds, as an ostrich feather is a s

Mezza Voce :: Mezza voce () With a medium fullness of sound.

Sonorous :: Sonorous (a.) Giving sound when struck; resonant; as, sonorous metals..

Quack :: Quack (v. i.) To utter a sound like the cry of a duck.

Smacking :: Smacking (a.) Making a sharp, brisk sound; hence, brisk; as, a smacking breeze..

Charge :: Charge (v. t.) The act of rushing upon, or towards, an enemy; a sudden onset or attack, as of troops, esp. cavalry; hence, the signal for attack; as, to sound the charge..

Tremolo :: Tremolo (n.) A certain contrivance in an organ, which causes the notes to sound with rapid pulses or beats, producing a tremulous effect; -- called also tremolant, and tremulant..

Exclamation :: Exclamation (n.) A loud calling or crying out; outcry; loud or emphatic utterance; vehement vociferation; clamor; that which is cried out, as an expression of feeling; sudden expression of sound or words indicative of emotion, as in surprise, pain, grief, joy, anger, etc..

Toll :: Toll (v. t.) To cause to sound, as a bell, with strokes slowly and uniformly repeated; as, to toll the funeral bell..

Jangle :: Jangle (v. t.) To cause to sound harshly or inharmoniously; to produce discordant sounds with.

Phonogram :: Phonogram (n.) A record of sounds made by a phonograph.

S :: S () the nineteenth letter of the English alphabet, is a consonant, and is often called a sibilant, in allusion to its hissing sound. It has two principal sounds; one a mere hissing, as in sack, this; the other a vocal hissing (the same as that of z), as in is, wise. Besides these it sometimes has the sounds of sh and zh, as in sure, measure. It generally has its hissing sound at the beginning of words, but in the middle and at the end of words its sound is determined by usage. In a few words it

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..

Sonification :: Sonification (n.) The act of producing sound, as the stridulation of insects..

Labionasal :: Labionasal (n.) A labionasal sound or letter.

Chime :: Chime (n.) To make a rude correspondence of sounds; to jingle, as in rhyming..

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