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Sonority

The quality or state of being sonorous; sonorousness.

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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;…

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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…

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Timbre 76% connected

See 1st Timber.

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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.

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Sonorous 74% connected

Giving sound when struck; resonant; as, sonorous metals.

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Sonorous 74% connected

Giving sound when struck; resonant; as, sonorous metals.

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Plangency 92% connected

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

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Resonance 92% connected

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

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Ringing 92% connected

of Ring

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Vibrancy 92% connected

The state of being vibrant; resonance.

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Imagery noun · 78% connection

the ability to form mental images of things or events; "he could still hear her in his imagination"

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Imagination noun · 78% connection

the ability to form mental images of things or events; "he could still hear her in his imagination"

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Imaging noun · 78% connection

the ability to form mental images of things or events; "he could still hear her in his imagination"

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Mental imagery noun · 78% connection

the ability to form mental images of things or events; "he could still hear her in his imagination"

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Ambiguity noun · 78% connection

unclearness by virtue of having more than one meaning

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Characterisation noun · 78% connection

a graphic or vivid verbal description; "too often the narrative was interrupted by long word pictures"; "the author gives a depressing…

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Characterization noun · 78% connection

a graphic or vivid verbal description; "too often the narrative was interrupted by long word pictures"; "the author gives a depressing…

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Choice of words noun · 78% connection

the manner in which something is expressed in words; "use concise military verbiage" - G.S.Patton

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Climate noun · 78% connection

the prevailing psychological state; "the climate of opinion"; "the national mood had changed radically since the last election"

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Construction noun · 78% connection

a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts; "the structure consisted of a series of arches"; "she wore her hair i…

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Delineation noun · 78% connection

a graphic or vivid verbal description; "too often the narrative was interrupted by long word pictures"; "the author gives a depressing…

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Depiction noun · 78% connection

a graphic or vivid verbal description; "too often the narrative was interrupted by long word pictures"; "the author gives a depressing…

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Diction noun · 78% connection

the manner in which something is expressed in words; "use concise military verbiage" - G.S.Patton

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Equivocalness noun · 78% connection

unclearness by virtue of having more than one meaning

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Focalisation noun · 78% connection

the act of bringing into focus

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Focalization noun · 78% connection

the act of bringing into focus

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Focusing noun · 78% connection

the act of bringing into focus

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Irony noun · 78% connection

incongruity between what might be expected and what actually occurs; "the irony of Ireland's copying the nation she most hated"

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Bronze adjective · 78% connection

An alloy of copper and tin, to which small proportions of other metals, especially zinc, are sometimes added. It is hard and sonorous,…

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Chink verb · 78% connection

To make a slight, sharp, metallic sound, as by the collision of little pieces of money, or other small sonorous bodies.

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Clank noun · 78% connection

A sharp, brief, ringing sound, made by a collision of metallic or other sonorous bodies; -- usually expressing a duller or less resoun…

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Clink verb · 78% connection

To cause to give out a slight, sharp, tinkling, sound, as by striking metallic or other sonorous bodies together.

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Deep-mouthed adjective · 78% connection

Having a loud and sonorous voice.

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Harmonical adjective · 78% connection

Relating to harmony, -- as melodic relates to melody; harmonious; esp., relating to the accessory sounds or overtones which accompany…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sonorous, sonorousness.
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Intonate verb · 78% connection

To modulate the voice in a musical, sonorous, and measured manner, as in reading the liturgy; to intone.

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Intone verb · 78% connection

To utter a prolonged tone or a deep, protracted sound; to speak or recite in a measured, sonorous manner; to intonate.

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Laughter verb · 78% connection

A movement (usually involuntary) of the muscles of the face, particularly of the lips, with a peculiar expression of the eyes, indicat…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sonorous, sonorousness.
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Mouth verb · 78% connection

To utter with a voice affectedly big or swelling; to speak in a strained or unnaturally sonorous manner.

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Node noun · 78% connection

One of the fixed points of a sonorous string, when it vibrates by aliquot parts, and produces the harmonic tones; nodal line or point.

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Phoneidoscope noun · 78% connection

An instrument for studying the motions of sounding bodies by optical means. It consists of a tube across the end of which is stretched…

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