Music: alternatives and connections

The state or quality of being active; nimbleness; agility; vigorous action or operation; energy; active force; as, an increasing variety of human act…

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Penal retribution; punishment for crime or offense; the suffering in person or property which is annexed by law or judicial decision to the commissio…

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The act of punishing.

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

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The fluid which we breathe, and which surrounds the earth; the atmosphere. It is invisible, inodorous, insipid, transparent, compressible, elastic, a…

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A musical response; also, antiphonal chanting or signing.

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An artistic dance performed as a theatrical entertainment, or an interlude, by a number of persons, usually women. Sometimes, a scene accompanied by…

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A chime of bells diatonically tuned, played by clockwork or by finger keys.

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A liquid measure formerly used in France and Great Britain, varying from half a pint to a wine quart.

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A band of singers and dancers.

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The act or art of composing, or forming a whole or integral, by placing together and uniting different things, parts, or ingredients.

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The just adaptation of parts to each other, in any system or combination of things, or in things, or things intended to form a connected whole; such…

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A thundering; thunder.

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Flax; linen.

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A sweet or agreeable succession of sounds.

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A species of poem of a mournful character, in which a single mourner expresses lamentation; a song for one voice.

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A work; specif. (Mus.), a musical composition.

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An opening or aperture; a recess; a recess; a chamber.

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The act of percussing, or striking one body against another; forcible collision, esp. such as gives a sound or report.

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A fragment or part of anything separated from the whole, in any manner, as by cutting, splitting, breaking, or tearing; a part; a portion; as, a piec…

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A direction to violinists to pluck the string with the finger, instead of using the bow. (Abrev. pizz.)

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Multiplicity of sounds, as in the reverberations of an echo.

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An introductory performance, preceding and preparing for the principal matter; a preliminary part, movement, strain, etc.; especially (Mus.), a strai…

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To hold back; to restrain; to keep within prescribed bounds; to curb; to govern.

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A recitation or song of a rhapsodist; a portion of an epic poem adapted for recitation, or usually recited, at one time; hence, a division of the Ili…

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The act of cutting, or separation by cutting; as, the section of bodies.

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Race; stock; generation; descent; family.

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The act of subdividing, or separating a part into smaller parts.

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The act of syncopating; the contraction of a word by taking one or more letters or syllables from the middle; syncope.

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A sound; a note; a tone.

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Of or pertaining to the voice or speech; having voice; endowed with utterance; full of voice, or voices.

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of Whistle

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Alt. of Euphonical

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Alt. of Euphonical

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Pertaining to, or exhibiting, euphony; agreeable in sound; pleasing to the ear; euphonious; as, a euphonic expression; euphonical orthography.

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Pertaining to, or exhibiting, euphony; agreeable in sound; pleasing to the ear; euphonious; as, a euphonic expression; euphonical orthography.

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

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

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Euphonious.

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Euphonious.

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One who plays upon an instrument of music, as distinguished from a vocalist.

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One who plays upon an instrument of music, as distinguished from a vocalist.

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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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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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One skilled in the art or science of music; esp., a skilled singer, or performer on a musical instrument.

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One skilled in the art or science of music; esp., a skilled singer, or performer on a musical instrument.

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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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The science which relates to the prevention, cure, or alleviation of disease.

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