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Falter :: Falter (v. i.) Hesitation; trembling; feebleness; an uncertain or broken sound; as, a slight falter in her voice..

Fricative :: Fricative (a.) Produced by the friction or rustling of the breath, intonated or unintonated, through a narrow opening between two of the mouth organs; uttered through a close approach, but not with a complete closure, of the organs of articulation, and hence capable of being continued or prolonged; -- said of certain consonantal sounds, as f, v, s, z, etc..

Electrophone :: Electrophone (n.) An instrument for producing sound by means of electric currents.

Roll :: Roll (v.) A heavy, reverberatory sound; as, the roll of cannon, or of thunder..

Nasal :: Nasal (n.) An elementary sound which is uttered through the nose, or through both the nose and the mouth simultaneously..

Babble :: Babble (v. i.) To utter words indistinctly or unintelligibly; to utter inarticulate sounds; as a child babbles.

Short :: Short (n.) A short sound, syllable, or vowel..

Auscultation :: Auscultation (n.) An examination by listening either directly with the ear (immediate auscultation) applied to parts of the body, as the abdomen; or with the stethoscope (mediate auscultation), in order to distinguish sounds recognized as a sign of health or of disease..

Light :: Light (superl.) Not quite sound or normal; somewhat impaired or deranged; dizzy; giddy.

Weak :: Weak (v. i.) Lacking force of utterance or sound; not sonorous; low; small; feeble; faint.

Snuffle :: Snuffle (n.) The act of snuffing; a sound made by the air passing through the nose when obstructed.

Gobble :: Gobble (v. t.) To utter (a sound) like a turkey cock.

Jingle :: "Jingle (v. t.) To cause to give a sharp metallic sound as a little bell, or as coins shaken together; to tinkle..

Symphony :: Symphony (n.) A consonance or harmony of sounds, agreeable to the ear, whether the sounds are vocal or instrumental, or both..

Deaf :: Deaf (a.) Wanting the sense of hearing, either wholly or in part; unable to perceive sounds; hard of hearing; as, a deaf man..

Soundage :: Soundage (n.) Dues for soundings.

Swish :: Swish (v. t.) To flourish, so as to make the sound swish..

F :: F () F is the sixth letter of the English alphabet, and a nonvocal consonant. Its form and sound are from the Latin. The Latin borrowed the form from the Greek digamma /, which probably had the value of English w consonant. The form and value of Greek letter came from the Phoenician, the ultimate source being probably Egyptian. Etymologically f is most closely related to p, k, v, and b; as in E. five, Gr. pe`nte; E. wolf, L. lupus, Gr. ly`kos; E. fox, vixen ; fragile, break; fruit, brook, v. t.;

Toot :: Toot (v. t.) To cause to sound, as a horn, the note being modified at the beginning and end as if by pronouncing the letter t; to blow; to sound..

Hum :: Hum (v. i.) To make a low, prolonged sound, like that of a bee in flight; to drone; to murmur; to buzz; as, a top hums..

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