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Ringing

of Ring

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Betrothal 76% connected

The act of betrothing, or the fact of being betrothed; a mutual promise, engagement, or contract for a future marriage between the persons betrothed;…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Engagement 76% connected

The act of engaging, pledging, enlisting, occupying, or entering into contest.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Quality 76% connected

The condition of being of such and such a sort as distinguished from others; nature or character relatively considered, as of goods; character; sort;…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Sound 76% connected

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

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Timber 76% connected

A certain quantity of fur skins, as of martens, ermines, sables, etc., packed between boards; being in some cases forty skins, in others one hundred…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Timbre 76% connected

See 1st Timber.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Tone 76% connected

Sound, or the character of a sound, or a sound considered as of this or that character; as, a low, high, loud, grave, acute, sweet, or harsh tone.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Troth 76% connected

Belief; faith; fidelity.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Knell 74% connected

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, or a sound in…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Knell 74% connected

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, or a sound in…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Peal 74% connected

A small salmon; a grilse; a sewin.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Peal 74% connected

A small salmon; a grilse; a sewin.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Synonym 6

Plangency 92% connected

The quality or state of being plangent; a beating sound.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Resonance 92% connected

The act of resounding; the quality or state of being resonant.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Ring 92% connected

To cause to sound, especially by striking, as a metallic body; as, to ring a bell.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Sonority 92% connected

The quality or state of being sonorous; sonorousness.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Tintinnabulation 92% connected

A tinkling sound, as of a bell or bells.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Vibrancy 92% connected

The state of being vibrant; resonance.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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