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Subtonic :: Subtonic (a.) Applied to, or distinguishing, a speech element consisting of tone, or proper vocal sound, not pure as in the vowels, but dimmed and otherwise modified by some kind of obstruction in the oral or the nasal passage, and in some cases with a mixture of breath sound; -- a term introduced by Dr. James Rush in 1833. See Guide to Pronunciation, //155, 199-202..

Wholesome :: Wholesome (superl.) Sound; healthy.

Seraphine :: Seraphine (n.) A wind instrument whose sounding parts are reeds, consisting of a thin tongue of brass playing freely through a slot in a plate. It has a case, like a piano, and is played by means of a similar keybord, the bellows being worked by the foot. The melodeon is a portable variety of this instrument..

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

Polyphony :: Polyphony (n.) Plurality of sounds and articulations expressed by the same vocal sign.

Wallop :: Wallop (v. t.) To beat soundly; to flog; to whip.

Noise :: Noise (n.) Especially, loud, confused, or senseless sound; clamor; din..

C :: C () C is the third letter of the English alphabet. It is from the Latin letter C, which in old Latin represented the sounds of k, and g (in go); its original value being the latter. In Anglo-Saxon words, or Old English before the Norman Conquest, it always has the sound of k. The Latin C was the same letter as the Greek /, /, and came from the Greek alphabet. The Greeks got it from the Ph/nicians. The English name of C is from the Latin name ce, and was derived, probably, through the French. Et

Absurdity :: Absurdity (n.) The quality of being absurd or inconsistent with obvious truth, reason, or sound judgment..

Mytacism :: Mytacism (n.) Too frequent use of the letter m, or of the sound represented by it..

Reflection :: Reflection (n.) The return of rays, beams, sound, or the like, from a surface. See Angle of reflection, below..

Twang :: Twang (n.) A harsh, quick sound, like that made by a stretched string when pulled and suddenly let go; as, the twang of a bowstring..

Lambdacism :: Lambdacism (n.) The use of the sound of l for that of r in pronunciation; lallation; as, Amelican for American..

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

Verberation :: Verberation (n.) The impulse of a body; which causes sound.

Echometer :: Echometer (n.) A graduated scale for measuring the duration of sounds, and determining their different, and the relation of their intervals..

Expiration :: Expiration (n.) That which is expired; matter breathed forth; that which is produced by breathing out, as a sound..

Cavernous :: Cavernous (a.) Having a sound caused by a cavity.

Lead :: Lead (n.) A plummet or mass of lead, used in sounding at sea..

Cry :: Cry (v. t.) To utter loudly; to call out; to shout; to sound abroad; to declare publicly.

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