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Drawl

To utter in a slow, lengthened tone.

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Accent 76% connected

A superior force of voice or of articulative effort upon some particular syllable of a word or a phrase, distinguishing it from the others.

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Articulate 76% connected

Expressed in articles or in separate items or particulars.

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Enounce 76% connected

To announce; to declare; to state, as a proposition or argument.

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Enunciate 76% connected

To make a formal statement of; to announce; to proclaim; to declare, as a truth.

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Pronounce 76% connected

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…

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Say 76% connected

Saw.

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A unknown · 78% connection

The name of the sixth tone in the model major scale (that in C), or the first tone of the minor scale, which is named after it the sca…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: utter, slow, lengthened, tone.
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Adagio a. & adv. · 78% connection

Slow; slowly, leisurely, and gracefully. When repeated, adagio, adagio, it directs the movement to be very slow.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: utter, slow, lengthened, tone.
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Addition noun · 78% connection

A dot at the right side of a note as an indication that its sound is to be lengthened one half.

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Appoggiatura noun · 78% connection

A passing tone preceding an essential tone, and borrowing the time it occupies from that; a short auxiliary or grace note one degree a…

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Break verb · 78% connection

To fail in musical quality; as, a singer's voice breaks when it is strained beyond its compass and a tone or note is not completed, bu…

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Canting adjective · 78% connection

Speaking in a whining tone of voice; using technical or religious terms affectedly; affectedly pious; as, a canting rogue; a canting t…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: utter, slow, lengthened, tone.
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Coronated adjective · 78% connection

Having the coronal feathers lengthened or otherwise distinguished; -- said of birds.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: utter, slow, lengthened, tone.
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Crest noun · 78% connection

A tuft, or other excrescence or natural ornament, growing on an animal's head; the comb of a cock; the swelling on the head of a serpe…

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D unknown · 78% connection

The nominal of the second tone in the model major scale (that in C), or of the fourth tone in the relative minor scale of C (that in A…

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E unknown · 78% connection

E is the third tone of the model diatonic scale. E/ (E flat) is a tone which is intermediate between D and E.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: utter, slow, lengthened, tone.
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Elongation noun · 78% connection

The act of lengthening, or the state of being lengthened; protraction; extension.

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F verb · 78% connection

The name of the fourth tone of the model scale, or scale of C. F sharp (F /) is a tone intermediate between F and G.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: utter, slow, lengthened, tone.
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Flat verb · 78% connection

To depress in tone, as a musical note; especially, to lower in pitch by half a tone.

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G unknown · 78% connection

G is the name of the fifth tone of the natural or model scale; -- called also sol by the Italians and French. It was also originally u…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: utter, slow, lengthened, tone.
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Gonophore noun · 78% connection

A lengthened receptacle, bearing the stamens and carpels in a conspicuous manner.

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Great superl. · 78% connection

Long continued; lengthened in duration; prolonged in time; as, a great while; a great interval.

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Keynote noun · 78% connection

The tonic or first tone of the scale in which a piece or passage is written; the fundamental tone of the chord, to which all the modul…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: utter, slow, lengthened, tone.
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Lento a. & adv. · 78% connection

Slow; in slow time; slowly; -- rarely written lente.

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