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Timbre

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Color 76% connected

A property depending on the relations of light to the eye, by which individual and specific differences in the hues and tints of objects are apprehen…

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Coloration 76% connected

The act or art of coloring; the state of being colored.

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Colour 76% connected

See Color.

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Harmonic 76% connected

Alt. of Harmonical

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Nasality 76% connected

The quality or state of being nasal.

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Plangency 76% connected

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

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Register 76% connected

A written account or entry; an official or formal enumeration, description, or record; a memorial record; a list or roll; a schedule.

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Resonance 76% connected

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

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Ringing 76% connected

of Ring

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Shrillness 76% connected

The quality or state of being shrill.

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Sonority 76% connected

The quality or state of being sonorous; sonorousness.

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Vibrancy 76% connected

The state of being vibrant; resonance.

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Quality 92% 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 92% 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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Tone 92% 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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