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Microcoustic :: Microcoustic (a.) Pertaining, or suited, to the audition of small sounds; fitted to assist hearing..

Strike :: Strike (v. i.) To sound by percussion, with blows, or as with blows; to be struck; as, the clock strikes..

Creak :: Creak (v. t.) To produce a creaking sound with.

Music :: Music (n.) The science and the art of tones, or musical sounds, i. e., sounds of higher or lower pitch, begotten of uniform and synchronous vibrations, as of a string at various degrees of tension; the science of harmonical tones which treats of the principles of harmony, or the properties, dependences, and relations of tones to each other; the art of combining tones in a manner to please the ear..

Ripple :: Ripple (v. i.) To make a sound as of water running gently over a rough bottom, or the breaking of ripples on the shore..

Fathom :: Fathom (v. t.) The measure by a sounding line; especially, to sound the depth of; to penetrate, measure, and comprehend; to get to the bottom of..

Explosive :: Explosive (n.) A sound produced by an explosive impulse of the breath; (Phonetics) one of consonants p, b, t, d, k, g, which are sounded with a sort of explosive power of voice. [See Guide to Pronunciation, Ã 155-7, 184.].

Insincere :: Insincere (a.) Disappointing; imperfect; unsound.

Uniphonous :: Uniphonous (a.) Having but one sound, as the drum..

Acoustic :: Acoustic (a.) Pertaining to the sense of hearing, the organs of hearing, or the science of sounds; auditory..

Twang :: Twang (v. t.) To make to sound, as by pulling a tense string and letting it go suddenly..

Short :: Short (adv.) Not prolonged, or relatively less prolonged, in utterance; -- opposed to long, and applied to vowels or to syllables. In English, the long and short of the same letter are not, in most cases, the long and short of the same sound; thus, the i in ill is the short sound, not of i in isle, but of ee in eel, and the e in pet is the short sound of a in pate, etc. See Quantity, and Guide to Pronunciation, //22, 30..

Obtuse :: Obtuse (superl.) Dull; deadened; as, obtuse sound..

Sounding :: Sounding (n.) measurement by sounding; also, the depth so ascertained..

Shrilly :: Shrilly (adv.) In a shrill manner; acutely; with a sharp sound or voice.

Skirl :: Skirl (n.) A shrill cry or sound.

Equisonance :: Equisonance (n.) An equal sounding; the consonance of the unison and its octaves.

Formal :: Formal (a.) Sound; normal.

Ring :: Ring (v. t.) To cause to sound, especially by striking, as a metallic body; as, to ring a bell..

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

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