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Euphony

A pleasing or sweet sound; an easy, smooth enunciation of sounds; a pronunciation of letters and syllables which is pleasing to the ear.

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Sound 76% connected

The air bladder of a fish; as, cod sounds are an esteemed article of food.

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Musical 74% connected

Of or pertaining to music; having the qualities of music; or the power of producing music; devoted to music; melodious; harmonious; as, musical propo…

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Musical 74% connected

Of or pertaining to music; having the qualities of music; or the power of producing music; devoted to music; melodious; harmonious; as, musical propo…

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Music 92% connected

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…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Aphthong noun · 78% connection

A letter, or a combination of letters, employed in spelling a word, but in the pronunciation having no sound.

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Articulate verb · 78% connection

To form, as the elementary sounds; to utter in distinct syllables or words; to enunciate; as, to articulate letters or language.

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Azymous adjective · 78% connection

Unleavened; unfermented. B () is the second letter of the English alphabet. (See Guide to Pronunciation, // 196, 220.) It is etymologi…

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Bittersweet adjective · 78% connection

Sweet and then bitter or bitter and then sweet; esp. sweet with a bitter after taste; hence (Fig.), pleasant but painful.

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Cacophony noun · 78% connection

An uncouth or disagreable sound of words, owing to the concurrence of harsh letters or syllables.

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Colloquial adjective · 78% connection

characteristic of informal spoken language or conversation; "wrote her letters in a colloquial style"; "the broken syntax and casual e…

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Conversational adjective · 78% connection

characteristic of informal spoken language or conversation; "wrote her letters in a colloquial style"; "the broken syntax and casual e…

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Easy verb · 78% connection

Not causing, or attended with, pain or disquiet, or much exertion; affording ease or rest; as, an easy carriage; a ship having an easy…

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Enunciation noun · 78% connection

Mode of utterance or pronunciation, especially as regards fullness and distinctness or articulation; as, to speak with a clear or impr…

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Euphonious adjective · 78% connection

Pleasing or sweet in sound; euphonic; smooth-sounding.

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Glide noun · 78% connection

A transitional sound in speech which is produced by the changing of the mouth organs from one definite position to another, and with g…

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Gyve verb · 78% connection

To fetter; to shackle; to chain. H () the eighth letter of the English alphabet, is classed among the consonants, and is formed with t…

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Heterographic adjective · 78% connection

Employing the same letters to represent different sounds in different words or syllables; -- said of methods of spelling; as, the ordi…

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Itacism noun · 78% connection

Pronunciation of / (eta) as the modern Greeks pronounce it, that is, like e in the English word be. This was the pronunciation advocat…

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Lallation noun · 78% connection

An imperfect enunciation of the letter r, in which it sounds like l.

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Lambdacism noun · 78% connection

A defect in pronunciation of the letter l when doubled, which consists in giving it a sound as if followed by y, similar to that of th…

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Long superl. · 78% connection

Prolonged, or relatively more prolonged, in utterance; -- said of vowels and syllables. See Short, a., 13, and Guide to Pronunciation,…

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Orthoepy noun · 78% connection

The art of uttering words correctly; a correct pronunciation of words; also, mode of pronunciation.

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