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Hoarse :: Hoarse (superl.) Having a harsh, rough, grating voice or sound, as when affected with a cold; making a rough, harsh cry or sound; as, the hoarse raven..

Pronounce :: Pronounce (v. t.) To utter articulately; to speak out or distinctly; to utter, as words or syllables; to speak with the proper sound and accent as, adults rarely learn to pronounce a foreign language correctly..

Phonetics :: Phonetics (n.) The doctrine or science of sounds; especially those of the human voice; phonology.

Diacritical :: Diacritical (a.) That separates or distinguishes; -- applied to points or marks used to distinguish letters of similar form, or different sounds of the same letter, as, a, /, a, /, /, etc..

Ear :: Ear (n.) The sense of hearing; the perception of sounds; the power of discriminating between different tones; as, a nice ear for music; -- in the singular only..

Stylus :: Stylus (n.) The needle-like device used to cut the grooves which record the sound on the original disc during recording of a phonograph record.

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

Undulation :: Undulation (n.) The act of undulating; a waving motion or vibration; as, the undulations of a fluid, of water, or of air; the undulations of sound..

Wholeness :: Wholeness (n.) The quality or state of being whole, entire, or sound; entireness; totality; completeness..

Clang :: Clang (n.) A loud, ringing sound, like that made by metallic substances when clanged or struck together..

Pure :: Pure (superl.) Of a single, simple sound or tone; -- said of some vowels and the unaspirated consonants..

Beat :: Beat (v. i.) To make a sound when struck; as, the drums beat..

Labial :: Labial (n.) A letter or character representing an articulation or sound formed or uttered chiefly with the lips, as b, p, w..

Noise :: Noise (v. i.) To sound; to make a noise.

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..

Piping :: Piping (v.) Emitting a high, shrill sound..

Phonautograph :: Phonautograph (n.) An instrument by means of which a sound can be made to produce a visible trace or record of itself. It consists essentially of a resonant vessel, usually of paraboloidal form, closed at one end by a flexible membrane. A stylus attached to some point of the membrane records the movements of the latter, as it vibrates, upon a moving cylinder or plate..

Sonorous :: Sonorous (a.) Loud-sounding; giving a clear or loud sound; as, a sonorous voice..

Unvoweled :: Unvoweled (a.) Having no vowel sounds or signs.

Jingle :: "Jingle (v. i.) To sound with a fine, sharp, rattling, clinking, or tinkling sound; as, sleigh bells jingle..

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