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Fife

A small shrill pipe, resembling the piccolo flute, used chiefly to accompany the drum in military music.

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Flute 76% connected

A musical wind instrument, consisting of a hollow cylinder or pipe, with holes along its length, stopped by the fingers or by keys which are opened b…

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Armed forces noun · 78% connection

the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, shrill, pipe, resembling, piccolo.
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Armed services noun · 78% connection

the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, shrill, pipe, resembling, piccolo.
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Auletic adjective · 78% connection

Of or pertaining to a pipe (flute) or piper.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, shrill, pipe, resembling, piccolo.
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Chanter noun · 78% connection

The flute or finger pipe in a bagpipe. See Bagpipe.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, shrill, pipe, resembling, piccolo.
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Chime noun · 78% connection

A set of bells musically tuned to each other; specif., in the pl., the music performed on such a set of bells by hand, or produced by…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, shrill, pipe, resembling, piccolo.
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Dirge adjective · 78% connection

A piece of music of a mournful character, to accompany funeral rites; a funeral hymn.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, shrill, pipe, resembling, piccolo.
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Drum verb · 78% connection

(With up) To assemble by, or as by, beat of drum; to collect; to gather or draw by solicitation; as, to drum up recruits; to drum up c…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, shrill, pipe, resembling, piccolo.
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Drumbeat noun · 78% connection

The sound of a beaten drum; drum music.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, shrill, pipe, resembling, piccolo.
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Flageolet noun · 78% connection

A small wooden pipe, having six or more holes, and a mouthpiece inserted at one end. It produces a shrill sound, softer than of the pi…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, shrill, pipe, resembling, piccolo.
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Flute a bec unknown · 78% connection

A beak flute, an older form of the flute, played with a mouthpiece resembling a beak, and held like a flageolet.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, shrill, pipe, resembling, piccolo.
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March noun · 78% connection

A piece of music designed or fitted to accompany and guide the movement of troops; a piece of music in the march form.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, shrill, pipe, resembling, piccolo.
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Militarism noun · 78% connection

A military state or condition; reliance on military force in administering government; a military system.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, shrill, pipe, resembling, piccolo.
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Military adjective · 78% connection

Of or pertaining to soldiers, to arms, or to war; belonging to, engaged in, or appropriate to, the affairs of war; as, a military para…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, shrill, pipe, resembling, piccolo.
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Military machine noun · 78% connection

the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, shrill, pipe, resembling, piccolo.
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Militia noun · 78% connection

In the widest sense, the whole military force of a nation, including both those engaged in military service as a business, and those c…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, shrill, pipe, resembling, piccolo.
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Musical adjective · 78% connection

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

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, shrill, pipe, resembling, piccolo.
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Overblow verb · 78% connection

To force so much wind into a pipe that it produces an overtone, or a note higher than the natural note; thus, the upper octaves of a f…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, shrill, pipe, resembling, piccolo.
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Piccolo noun · 78% connection

A small, shrill flute, the pitch of which is an octave higher than the ordinary flute; an octave flute.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, shrill, pipe, resembling, piccolo.
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