subtone
undertone
deepen
semi-acoustic
heterotonic
Meeussen's rule
tonelike
-phone
pianissimo
tone
piano
tonologically
flat
multitone
toning
replicate
tonetic
pierce
low-pitched
sharp
shrill
toned
juxtaposition
low
inflection
tonally
downstep
drop
aurally
tonus
mumble
bass
murmurous
lowing
intertone
accent
duotone
expression
sonology
floating tone
creak
upstep
soundlike
phonoabsorption
chirpingly
swish
intone
ping
downdrift
apicodental
tonal
sonic
unison
nonechoic
contour tone
tinkly
nonsound
octavate
ring
quaver
noise
acoustically
dynamic
fundamental
assibilate
sound reproduction
harmonic
deep
acousto-
audio-
quiet
squush
voice
soft
bisonant
subdued
muted
hushed
fizzing
gruff
xenophone
midtone
plink
passing tone
soundy
whisper
panning
phonocamptic
stress
double
mutter
semi-acoustic
heterotonic
tonelike
flat
multitone
tonetic
low-pitched
sharp
shrill
toned
low
murmurous
bass
intertone
duotone
soundlike
tonal
sonic
nonechoic
tinkly
dynamic
deep
quiet
bisonant
subdued
muted
hushed
gruff
soft
soundy
phonocamptic
double
tonologically
tonally
aurally
chirpingly
acoustically
subtone
undertone
pianissimo
piano
toning
replicate
juxtaposition
inflection
downstep
tonus
mumble
bass
lowing
accent
expression
sonology
floating tone
upstep
phonoabsorption
swish
ping
downdrift
apicodental
unison
contour tone
nonsound
ring
quaver
noise
fundamental
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harmonic
squush
voice
soft
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xenophone
midtone
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panning
stress
deepen
tone
pierce
drop
creak
intone
flat
upstep
octavate
ping
assibilate
whisper
mutter
noun
- An auditory tone of low pitch or volume.
- A pale colour, or one seen underneath another colour.
- A low state of the physical faculties.
- An implicit message perceived subtly alongside, but not detracting noticeably from, the explicit message conveyed in or by a book, film, verbal dialogue or similar (contrast with overtone); an undercurrent.
verb
verb
- To make lower in tone
- To become lower in tone
- To make deep or deeper
- To make more sound or heavy.
- To make darker or more intense; to darken
- To become deeper
- To become more intimate.
- To become darker or more intense
- To become more thorough or extensive.
- To make more thorough or extensive.
- To become more sound or heavy.
- To make more intimate.
- To make more poignant or affecting; to increase in degree
verb
- change the color or tone of
- utter monotonously and repetitively and rhythmically
- vary the pitch of one's speech
- change to a color image
- give a healthy elasticity to
noun
- the quality of a person's voice
- (linguistics) a pitch or change in pitch of the voice that serves to distinguish words in tonal languages
- (music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound)
- the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people
- a quality of a given color that differs slightly from another color
- a notation representing the pitch and duration of a musical sound
- a steady sound without overtones
- the elastic tension of living muscles, arteries, etc. that facilitate response to stimuli
- a musical interval of two semitones
- the quality of something (an act or a piece of writing) that reveals the attitudes and presuppositions of the author
adj
- lacking contrast or shading between tones
- (of a musical note) lowered in pitch by one chromatic semitone
adj
- having a surface without slope, tilt in which no part is higher or lower than another
- having a relatively broad surface in relation to depth or thickness
- not modified or restricted by reservations
- stretched out and lying at full length along the ground
- flattened laterally along the whole length (e.g., certain leafstalks or flatfishes)
- lacking taste or flavor or tang
- lacking stimulating characteristics; uninteresting
- having lost effervescence
- sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch
- horizontally level
- lacking the expected range or depth; not designed to give an illusion or depth
- not reflecting light; not glossy
- commercially inactive
adv
noun
- a level tract of land
- a shallow box in which seedlings are started
- a musical notation indicating one half step lower than the note named
- freight car without permanent sides or roof
- a deflated pneumatic tire
- scenery consisting of a wooden frame covered with painted canvas; part of a stage setting
- a suite of rooms usually on one floor of an apartment house
noun
adj
- having or emitting a high-pitched and sharp tone or tones
- (of something seen or heard) clearly defined
- ending in a sharp point
- having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions
- marked by practical hardheaded intelligence
- harsh
- dangerously steep
- very sudden and in great amount or degree
- quick and forceful
adj
- keenly and painfully felt; as if caused by a sharp edge or point
- having or made by a thin edge or sharp point; suitable for cutting or piercing
- (of a musical note) raised in pitch by one chromatic semitone
adv
noun
noun
- Two or more contrasting sounds, colours, styles etc. placed together for stylistic effect.
- The nearness of objects with little or no delimiter.
- An absence of linking elements in a group of words that are listed together.
- An absence of operators in an expression.
- The close placement of two ideas to imply a link that may not exist.
- The extra emphasis given to a comparison when the contrasted objects are close together.
verb
adj
- used of sounds and voices; low in pitch or frequency
- less than normal in degree or intensity or amount
- being at or having a relatively small elevation or upward extension
noun
- an air mass of lower pressure; often brings precipitation
- a low level or position or degree
- the lowest forward gear ratio in the gear box of a motor vehicle; used to start a car moving
verb
adv
adj
noun
- A change in pitch or tone of voice.
- Change in the form of a word (morphologic change) to express different grammatical categories.
- Diffraction.
- Any form produced by such an instance of a change, such as the principal parts for any given stem: any of the declined or conjugated forms that constitute its declension or conjugation.
- An affix representing such an instance.
- A turning away from a straight course.
- A change in curvature from concave to convex or from convex to concave.
- An instance of such change.
verb
- To lower (a sound, a voice, etc.) in pitch or volume.
- To dispose or get rid of (something); to lose, to remove.
- To let (something) fall; to allow (something) to fall (either by releasing hold of, or losing one's grip on).
- To reduce; to make smaller.
- To come to an end (by not being kept up); to lapse, to stop.
- To fall behind or to the rear of a group of people, etc., as a result of not keeping up with those at the front.
- To make (someone or something) fall to the ground from a blow, gunshot, etc.; to bring down, to shoot down.
- To pass or use (counterfeit cheques, money, etc.).
- To quickly lower or take down (one's trousers), especially in public.
- Of the testicles: to hang further away from the body and begin producing sperm due to puberty.
- To cook (food, especially fast food), particularly by lowering into hot oil to deep-fry, or by grilling.
- Of an animal (usually a sheep): to give birth to (young); of a bird: to lay (an egg).
- To impart (something).
- To cease concerning oneself over (someone or something); to have nothing more to do with (a discussion, subject, etc.).
- To perform (rap music).
- Usually followed by by, in, or into: of a person: to visit someone or somewhere informally or without a prior appointment.
- Of a programme, software, a music album or song, etc.: to enter public distribution.
- To play (a portion of music) in the manner of a disc jockey.
- Of a liquid: to fall in drops or droplets.
- To drop out of the betting.
- To collapse in exhaustion or injury; also, to fall dead, or to fall in death.
- To fall or sink quickly or suddenly to the ground.
- Of a voice: to lower in timbre, often due to puberty.
- To fall (straight down) under the influence of gravity, like a drop of liquid.
- Of a song or sound: to lower in key, pitch, tempo, or other quality.
- To move to a lower position; to allow to hang downwards; to lower.
- To let (a letter, etc.) fall into a postbox; hence, to send (a letter, email, or other message) in an offhand manner.
- To drip (a liquid) in drops or small amounts.
- To set down (someone or something) from a vehicle; to stop and deliver or deposit (someone or something); to drop off.
- To cease to include (something), as if on a list; to dismiss, to eject, to expel.
- To (unexpectedly) lose (a competition, game, etc.).
- To fail to write, or (especially) to pronounce (a syllable, letter, etc.).
- To fall into a particular condition or state.
- To tune (a guitar string, etc.) to a lower note.
- To present the user with a more basic interface.
- To release (a programme, software, a music album or song, etc.) to the public.
- To lose, spend, or otherwise part with (money).
- To score (a goal) by means of a drop kick.
- To mention (something) casually or incidentally, usually in conversation.
- To enter a more basic interface.
- To decrease, diminish, or lessen in condition, degree, value, etc.
- Especially in drop acid: to swallow (a drug, particularly LSD).
- Of a fielder: to fail to dismiss (a batsman) by accidentally dropping a batted ball that had initially been caught.
- To cancel or cease to participate in (a scheduled course, event, or project).
noun
- A dropped pass.
- The distance that a person drops when being executed by hanging.
- The vertical length of a hanging curtain.
- A small quantity of liquid, just large enough to hold its own round shape through surface tension, especially one that falls from a source of liquid.
- Only used in get the drop on, have the drop on An advantage.
- The distance below a cliff or other high position through which someone or something could fall; hence, a steep slope.
- A very small quantity of liquid, or (by extension) of anything.
- The amount of money that a gambler exchanges for chips in a casino.
- Usually preceded by the: alcoholic spirits in general.
- A trapdoor (“hinged platform”) on a gallows; a gallows itself.
- A point in a song, usually electronic music such as dubstep, house, trace, or trap, where there is a very noticeable and pleasing change in bass, tempo, and/or overall tone; a climax, a highlight.
- An ornament resembling a pendant; a gutta.
- The cover mounted on a swivel over a keyhole that rests over the keyhole when not in use to keep out debris, but is swiveled out of the way before inserting the key.
- A fruit which has fallen off a tree, etc., or has been knocked off accidentally, rather than picked.
- Of women's clothes: the difference between the bust circumference and hip circumference.
- A mechanism for lowering something, such as a machine for lowering heavy weights on to a ship's deck, or a device for temporarily lowering a gas jet, etc.
- A place where items or supplies may be left for others to collect, whether openly (as with a mail drop), or secretly or illegally (as in crime or espionage); a drop-off point.
- The distance of the axis of a shaft below the base of a hanger.
- An instance of making a delivery of people, supplies, or things, especially by parachute out of an aircraft (an airdrop), but also by truck, etc.
- A dose of liquid medicine in the form of a drop (sense 1).
- A decline in degree, quality, quantity, or rate.
- A single measure of whisky.
- A curtain which falls in front of a theatrical stage; also, a section of (cloth) scenery lowered on to the stage like a curtain.
- An item made available for the player to pick up from the remains of a defeated enemy.
- A release (of music, a video game, etc).
- Often preceded by a defining word: a small, round piece of hard candy, such as a lemon drop; a lozenge.
- Of men's clothes: the difference between the chest circumference and waist circumference.
- Usually preceded by the: relegation from one division to a lower one.
- A liquid medicine that is intended to be administered in drops (sense 1).
- A small amount of an alcoholic beverage.
- An act of moving downwards under the force of gravity; a descent, a fall.
- The depth of a (square) sail (generally applied to the courses only); the vertical dimension of a sail.
- Preceded by the: execution by hanging.
noun
noun
- A low spectrum of sound tones.
- The clef sign that indicates that the pitch of the notes is below middle C; a bass clef.
- The perch; any of various marine and freshwater fish resembling the perch, all within the order of Perciformes.
- One who sings in the bass range.
- An instrument that plays in the bass range, in particular a double bass, bass guitar, electric bass or bass synthesiser.
- A section of musical group that produces low-pitched sound, lower than the baritone and tenor.
- Fibers from other plants, especially palm trees
- The fibrous inner bark of the linden or lime tree, used for making mats.
- Anything made from such fibers, such as a hassock, basket or thick mat.
adj
verb
noun
- A special emphasis of a tone, even in the weaker part of the measure.
- The rhythmical accent, which marks phrases and sections of a period.
- A very small gemstone set into a piece of jewellery.
- Emphasis or importance in general.
- A manner of pronunciation suggesting that the speaker is from a different region; a foreign accent.
- Emphasis laid on a part of an artistic design or composition; an emphasized detail, in particular a detail in sharp contrast to its surroundings.
- A word; a significant tone or sound.
- A mark used to represent this special emphasis.
- Stress laid on certain syllables of a verse.
- A regularly recurring stress upon the tone to mark the beginning, and, more feebly, the third part of the measure.
- Expressions in general; speech.
- A higher-pitched or stronger (louder or longer) articulation of a particular syllable of a word or phrase in order to distinguish it from the others or to emphasize it.
- Modulation of the voice in speaking; the manner of speaking or pronouncing; a peculiar or characteristic modification of the voice, expressing emotion; tone.
- A prime symbol.
- A mark or character used in writing, in order to indicate the place of the spoken accent, or to indicate the nature or quality of the vowel marked.
- A distinctive manner of producing a sign language, such as someone who does not normally use a certain sign language might have when using it.
- The distinctive manner of pronouncing a language associated with a particular region, social group, etc., whether of a native speaker or a foreign speaker; the phonetic and phonological aspects of a dialect.
verb
noun
- The tone of voice or sound in music.
- A specific blend of whisky.
- A colloquialism or idiom.
- The action of expressing thoughts, ideas, feelings, etc.
- An arrangement of symbols denoting values, operations performed on them, and grouping symbols.
- The process of translating a gene into a protein.
- A facial appearance usually associated with an emotion.
- (manufacturing) The act of pressing or squeezing out.
- A particular way of phrasing an idea.
- A piece of code in a high-level language that returns a value.
- emotional involvement or engagement in a text read aloud rendered by the voice of the reciter or the reader
noun
noun
- A phonemic tone which is not associated to a syllable and is therefore not pronounced, but may affect the articulation of neighboring tones, such as by causing downstep.
- A morpheme or element of a morpheme that contains no consonants or vowels, but only tone. It cannot be pronounced by itself, but affects the tones of neighbouring morphemes.
noun
- A high-pitched, short and somewhat sharp sound.
- An email or other message sent requesting acknowledgement.
- Latency.
- A pulse of high-pitched or ultrasonic sound whose echoes provide information about nearby objects and vessels.
- A notification.
- A packet which a remote host is expected to echo, thus indicating its presence.
- A means of highlighting a feature on the game map so that allied players can see it.
verb
- To make a high-pitched, short and somewhat sharp sound.
- To send an email or other message to someone in hopes of eliciting a response.
- To flick.
- To cause something to bounce.
- To bounce.
- To emit a signal and then listen for its echo in order to detect objects.
- To call out audibly.
- To penalize.
- To send a packet in order to determine whether a host is present, particularly by use of the ping utility.
adj
- Of or relating to tones or tonality.
- Employing differences in pitch (tones) to distinguish differences in the meaning of otherwise similar words (words which would otherwise be homophonic).
- Of or relating to the general character, mood, or trend of something.
- Employing tones that have a predictable relationship to some tonic.
noun
noun
- a characteristic sound
- a toroidal shape
- a rigid circular band of metal or wood or other material used for holding or fastening or hanging or pulling
- (chemistry) a chain of atoms in a molecule that forms a closed loop
- an association of criminals
- the sound of a bell ringing
- a platform usually marked off by ropes in which contestants box or wrestle
- jewelry consisting of a circlet of precious metal (often set with jewels) worn on the finger
- a strip of material attached to the leg of a bird to identify it (as in studies of bird migration)
verb
noun
- sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound)
- the auditory experience of sound that lacks musical quality; sound that is a disagreeable auditory experience
- electrical or acoustic activity that can disturb communication
- a loud outcry of protest or complaint
- incomprehensibility resulting from irrelevant information or meaningless facts or remarks
- the quality of lacking any predictable order or plan
verb
adj
- Having to do with the volume of sound.
- Happening at runtime instead of being predetermined at compile time.
- Pertaining to dynamics, the branch of mechanics concerned with the effects of forces on the motion of objects.
- Of a verb: not stative, but fientive; indicating continued or progressive action on the part of the subject.
- Able to change and adapt.
- Powerful; energetic.
- Changing; active; in motion.
noun
- A moving force.
- A characteristic or manner of an interaction; a behavior.
- The varying loudness or volume of a song or the markings that indicate the loudness.
- A symbol in a musical score that indicates the desired level of volume.
- A verb that indicates continued or progressive action on the part of the subject.
adj
- having or denoting a low vocal or instrumental range
- marked by depth of thinking
- very distant in time or space
- intense or extreme
- strong; intense
- relatively thick from top to bottom
- extending relatively far inward
- (of darkness) densely dark
- large in quantity or size
- with head or back bent low
- of an obscure nature
- difficult to penetrate; incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding or knowledge
- exhibiting great cunning usually with secrecy
adv
noun
- the central and most intense or profound part
- a long steep-sided depression in the ocean floor
- literary term for an ocean
adj
prefix
prefix
adj
noun
- a period of calm weather
- an untroubled state; free from disturbances
- the absence of sound
- a disposition free from stress or emotion
adj
- characterized by an absence or near absence of agitation or activity
- free of noise or uproar; or making little if any sound
- (of the sun) characterized by a low level of surface phenomena, such as sunspots
adv
verb
noun
- The tone or sound emitted by an object
- Sound uttered by the mouth, especially by human beings in speech or song; sound thus uttered considered as possessing some special quality or character
- That which is communicated; message; meaning.
- Sound made through vibration of the vocal cords; sonant, or intonated, utterance; tone; — distinguished from mere breath sound as heard in whispering and voiceless consonants.
- An expressed opinion, choice, will, desire, or wish; the right or ability to make such expression or to have it considered
- A particular style or way of writing that expresses a certain tone or feeling.
- A particular way of inflecting or conjugating verbs, or a particular form of a verb, by means of which is indicated the relation of the subject of the verb to the action which the verb expresses.
- In harmony, an independent vocal or instrumental part in a piece of composition.
- A flag associated with a user on a channel, determining whether or not they can send messages to the channel.
- One who speaks; a speaker.
- The faculty or power of utterance
verb
- To assign the voice flag to a user on IRC, permitting them to send messages to the channel.
- To act as a voice actor to portray a character.
- To fit for producing the proper sounds; to regulate the tone of
- To give utterance or expression to; to utter; to publish; to announce
- To utter audibly, with tone and not just breath.
noun
adj
- Of a ferromagnetic material; a material that becomes essentially non-magnetic when an external magnetic field is removed, a material with a low magnetic coercivity. (compare hard)
- Expressing gentleness or tenderness; mild; conciliatory; courteous; kind.
- Requiring little or no effort; easy.
- Voiced; sonant; lenis.
- Voiceless.
- Gentle.
- Lacking strength or resolve; not tough, wimpy.
- Low in dissolved calcium compounds.
- Smooth and flexible; not rough, rugged, or harsh.
- Easily giving way under pressure.
- Emulated with software; not physically real.
- Not likely to cause addiction.
- Not containing alcohol.
- Weak in character; impressible.
- Not harsh or offensive to the sight; not glaring or jagged; pleasing to the eye.
- Gentle in action or motion; easy.
- Incomplete, or temporary; not a full action.
- Effeminate.
- Of a market: having more supply than demand; being a buyer's market.
- softcore.
- Palatalized.
- Not bright or intense.
- Physically or emotionally weak.
- Foolish.
- Agreeable to the senses.
- Having a slight angle from straight.
- Made up of nonparallel rays, tending to wrap around a subject and produce diffuse shadows.
- Quiet.
verb
- To make a low, sibilant sound.
- To speak softly, or under the breath, so as to be heard only by one near at hand; to utter words without sonant breath; to talk without that vibration in the larynx which gives sonorous, or vocal, sound.
- To speak with suspicion or timorous caution; to converse in whispers, as in secret plotting.
- To mention privately and confidentially, or in a whisper.
noun
noun
- The suprasegmental feature of a language having additional attention raised to a sound by means of of loudness and/or duration; phonological prominence phonetically achieved by means of dynamics as distinct from pitch.
- Emphasis placed on a particular point in an argument or discussion (whether spoken or written).
- A suprasegmental feature of a language having additional attention raised to a sound, word or word group by means of of loudness, duration or pitch; phonological prominence.
- distress; the act of distraining; also, the thing distrained.
- Aggression toward an organism resulting in a response in an attempt to restore previous conditions.
- Emotional pressure suffered by a human being or other animal.
- A physical, chemical, infective agent aggressing an organism.
- The internal distribution of force across a small boundary per unit area of that boundary (pressure) within a body. It causes strain or deformation and is typically symbolised by σ or τ.
- Force externally applied to a body which cause internal stress within the body.
verb
adj
- Of an instrument, sounding an octave lower.
- Folded in two; composed of two layers.
- Having two aspects; ambiguous.
- False, deceitful, or hypocritical.
- Stooping; bent over.
- Of flowers, having more than the normal number of petals.
- Of twice the quantity.
- Of time, twice as fast.
- Made up of two matching or complementary elements.
- Of a family relationship, related on both the maternal and paternal sides of a family.
- Designed for two users.
adv
noun
- The narrow outermost ring on a dartboard.
- Twice the number, amount, size, etc.
- A ghostly apparition of a living person; a doppelgänger.
- A two-base hit.
- A strike in which the object ball is struck so as to make it rebound against the cushion to an opposite pocket.
- Playing the same part on two instruments, alternately.
- A sharp turn, especially a return on one's own tracks.
- Synonym of double-quick (“fast marching pace”)
- A bet on two horses in different races in which any winnings from the first race are placed on the horse in the later race.
- A double-precision floating-point number.
- A former French coin worth one-sixth of a sou.
- A call that increases certain scoring points if the last preceding bid becomes the contract.
- A double feast.
- A redundant item for which an identical item already exists.
- A tile that has the same value (i.e., the same number of pips) on both sides.
- A person who resembles and stands in for another person, often for safety purposes
- Two competitions, usually one league and one cup, won by the same team in a single season.
- A drink with two portions of alcohol.
- A hit on this ring.
- A boat for two scullers.
- The feat of scoring twice in one game.
- The feat of winning two events in a single meet or competition.
- A copper coin worth one-eighth of a penny.
verb
- To get a two-base hit.
- To act as substitute for (another theatrical performer in a certain role, etc).
- To serve a second role or have a second purpose.
- To turn sharply, following a winding course.
- To increase by 100%, to become twice as large in size.
- To fold over so as to make two folds.
- To operate as a double agent.
- To be the double of; to exceed by twofold; to contain or be worth twice as much as.
- (often followed by together or up) To join or couple.
- To be capable of performing (upon an additional instrument).
- To play (both one part and another, in the same play, etc).
- To double down.
- To multiply by two.
- (sometimes followed by up) To clench (a fist).
- To make a call that will double certain scoring points if the preceding bid becomes the contract.
- To transmit simultaneously on the same channel as another station, either unintentionally or deliberately, causing interference.
- To multiply the strength or effect of by two.
- To duplicate (a part) either in unison or at the octave above or below it.
- To unite, as ranks or files, so as to form one from each two.
- To repeat exactly; copy.
- To sail around (a headland or other point).
- To go or march at twice the normal speed.
- To cause (a ball) to rebound from a cushion before entering the pocket.
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