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Altisonant :: Altisonant (a.) High-sounding; lofty or pompous.

Fathom :: Fathom (n.) A measure of length, containing six feet; the space to which a man can extend his arms; -- used chiefly in measuring cables, cordage, and the depth of navigable water by soundings..

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

Brazen :: Brazen (a.) Sounding harsh and loud, like resounding brass..

Sounding :: Sounding (a.) Making or emitting sound; hence, sonorous; as, sounding words..

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..

Resonant :: Resonant (a.) Returning, or capable of returning, sound; fitted to resound; resounding; echoing back..

Dissonant :: Dissonant (a.) Sounding harshly; discordant; unharmonious.

Resonance :: Resonance (n.) The act of resounding; the quality or state of being resonant.

Voiceful :: Voiceful (a.) Having a voice or vocal quality; having a loud voice or many voices; vocal; sounding.

Sounding-board :: Sounding-board (n.) See Sound boarding, under Sound, a noise..

Hydrography :: Hydrography (n.) That branch of surveying which embraces the determination of the contour of the bottom of a harbor or other sheet of water, the depth of soundings, the position of channels and shoals, with the construction of charts exhibiting these particulars..

Intonation :: Intonation (n.) The act of sounding the tones of the musical scale.

Sonorous :: Sonorous (a.) Impressive in sound; high-sounding.

Bombast :: Bombast (a.) High-sounding; inflated; big without meaning; magniloquent; bombastic.

Sound :: Sound (v. i.) To ascertain the depth of water with a sounding line or other device.

Euphonious :: Euphonious (a.) Pleasing or sweet in sound; euphonic; smooth-sounding.

Semivocal :: Semivocal (a.) Of or pertaining to a semivowel; half cocal; imperfectly sounding.

Breastband :: Breastband (n.) A band for the breast. Specifically: (Naut.) A band of canvas, or a rope, fastened at both ends to the rigging, to support the man who heaves the lead in sounding..

Retreat :: Retreat (n.) A signal given in the army or navy, by the beat of a drum or the sounding of trumpet or bugle, at sunset (when the roll is called), or for retiring from action..

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