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The use of a picture symbol of an object to represent phonetically the initial sound of the name of the object.

A sound consisting of, or characterized by, a breath like the sound of h; the breathing h or a character representing such a sound; an…

Capable of resisting the force of a bullet.

The thin edge or ridge left by a tool in cutting or shaping metal, as in turning, engraving, pressing, etc.; also, the rough neck left…

A thing not directly aimed at; something which is a secondary object of regard; an object by the way, etc.; as in on or upon the bye,…

The diameter of round or cylindrical body, as of a bullet or column.

To make a sudden, sharp noise, or a succesion of such noises, as by striking an object, or by collision of parts; to rattle; to click.

The act of striking together; a striking together, as of two hard bodies; a violent meeting, as of railroad trains; a clashing.

A solid of the form described by the revolution of a right-angled triangle about one of the sides adjacent to the right angle; -- call…

A visible sign of an idea; an object, or the figure of an object, symbolizing and suggesting another object, or an idea, by natural ap…

A general name for organ stops in which the sound is caused by wind passing through a flue or fissure and striking an edge above; -- i…

To rub or touch lightly the surface of (a thing) in passing; as, the bullet grazed the wall.

The figure or picture of any object formed at the focus of a lens or mirror, by rays of light from the several points of the object sy…

To give, cause, or produce by striking, or as if by striking; to apply forcibly; to lay or impose; to send; to cause to bear, feel, or…

Not transitive; not passing over to an object; expressing an action or state that is limited to the agent or subject, or, in other wor…

The stoke of a bell tolled at a funeral or at the death of a person; a death signal; a passing bell; hence, figuratively, a warning of…

any one of five points in the plane of a system of two large astronomical bodies orbiting each other, as the Earth-moon system, where…

To come to a rest; to stop and remain; as, the bullet lodged in the bark of a tree.