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Sea-green :: Sea-green (a.) Of a beautiful bluish green color, like sea water on soundings..

Bombastical :: Bombastical (a.) Characterized by bombast; high-sounding; inflated.

Multisonous :: Multisonous (a.) Having many sounds, or sounding much..

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..

Rant :: Rant (n.) High-sounding language, without importance or dignity of thought; boisterous, empty declamation; bombast; as, the rant of fanatics..

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

Phonoscope :: Phonoscope (n.) An instrument for observing or exhibiting the motions or properties of sounding bodies; especially, an apparatus invented by Konig for testing the quality of musical strings..

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..

Tubby :: Tubby (a.) Resembling a tub; specifically sounding dull and without resonance, like a tub; wanting elasticity or freedom of sound; as, a tubby violin..

Abatvoix :: Abatvoix (n.) The sounding-board over a pulpit or rostrum.

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

Blatant :: Blatant (a.) Bellowing, as a calf; bawling; brawling; clamoring; disagreeably clamorous; sounding loudly and harshly..

Mark :: Mark (n.) One of the bits of leather or colored bunting which are placed upon a sounding line at intervals of from two to five fathoms. The unmarked fathoms are called deeps..

Fluctisonous :: Fluctisonous (a.) Sounding like waves.

Sounding :: Sounding (n.) Any place or part of the ocean, or other water, where a sounding line will reach the bottom; -- usually in the plural..

Rhotacism :: Rhotacism (n.) An oversounding, or a misuse, of the letter r; specifically (Phylol.), the tendency, exhibited in the Indo-European languages, to change s to r, as wese to were..

Arming :: Arming (n.) A piece of tallow placed in a cavity at the lower end of a sounding lead, to bring up the sand, shells, etc., of the sea bottom..

Cacophonious :: Cacophonious (a.) Harsh-sounding.

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

Horrisonous :: Horrisonous (a.) Sounding dreadfully; uttering a terrible sound.

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