downpick
downstrike
fidicinal
twang
chord
pluck
downpicking
lutherie
violin family
stringed instrument
bow
mandolin-banjo
mute
pizzicato
banjo
flageolet
pick
luthiery
tailpiece
flattop
fingerpick
dulcimer
chordophone
bowing
string
tiorbino
wrest
clavier
Klavier
table
tune up
keyboard instrument
pegbox
bisbigliando
instrumentally
bowed
variation
strum
thrum
machine head
fret
viola
guitar
growl
attune
ethno-organology
bowed stringed instrument
hair
screed
instrumental music
spiccato
twanger
balalaika
touch
frog
electric harp
modulin
viol
igil
monochord
martellato
harp
jitterbug
pinking iron
ribibe
sound hole
autoharp
bolombatto
digital
play
instrumentlike
tootle
fingerpicking
fingerboard
saddle
octavate
colour
damper block
fiddle
violin
volute
coloration
detuner
automatophone
color
colouration
nyckelharpa
fidicinal
bowed
martellato
instrumentlike
pizzicato
instrumentally
downpicking
lutherie
violin family
stringed instrument
mandolin-banjo
mute
banjo
flageolet
luthiery
tailpiece
flattop
dulcimer
chordophone
bowing
string
tiorbino
wrest
clavier
Klavier
table
keyboard instrument
downstrike
pegbox
bisbigliando
variation
strum
machine head
viola
guitar
ethno-organology
bowed stringed instrument
screed
instrumental music
spiccato
twanger
balalaika
touch
frog
electric harp
modulin
viol
igil
monochord
harp
jitterbug
pinking iron
ribibe
sound hole
autoharp
bolombatto
digital
fingerpicking
fingerboard
saddle
colour
damper block
fiddle
violin
volute
coloration
detuner
automatophone
color
colouration
nyckelharpa
downpick
downstrike
twang
chord
pluck
bow
pick
fingerpick
tune up
strum
thrum
fret
growl
attune
hair
harp
play
tootle
octavate
verb
- To play a stringed instrument with a downward plucking motion.
- To move downward in a stiking motion.
- To go in a downward direction.
- To arc to ground in a downstrike.
- To dismay, reject, demote, or render lowly.
- To strike from above.
- To point (finish a joint) by pressing mortar in at the bottom.
- To strike down; to knock down, kill, or cripple.
noun
- A downward plucking motion on a stringed instrument.
- A variety of various devices that operates primarily by a downward striking action.
- A line that is drawn with a downward stroke.
- A blow by a hand or weapon that occurs with a downward striking motion.
- A type of manual typewriter that causes the letters to print on the downstroke of the keys and retract as the key rises.
- A bolt of lightning that touches ground.
- A (usually unintended) branch of current that arcs downward to ground.
- A downstroke; a downward movement that terminates in striking something.
adv
adj
verb
- To play a stringed musical instrument by plucking and snapping.
- To produce or cause to produce a sharp vibrating sound, like a tense string pulled and suddenly let go.
- To have a nasal sound.
- To have a trace of a regional or foreign accent.
noun
- An annoying or stupid person, recalcitrant.
- The sound quality that appears in the human voice when the epilaryngeal tube is narrowed.
- A particular sharp vibrating sound characteristic of electric guitars.
- A trace of a regional or foreign accent in someone's voice.
- The sharp, quick sound of a vibrating tight string, for example, of a bow or a musical instrument.
- A sharp, disagreeable taste or flavor.
verb
- To gently play a single string, e.g. on a guitar, violin etc.
- To play a string instrument pizzicato.
- To take or remove (someone) quickly from a particular place or situation.
- To pull something sharply; to pull something out
- To pull or twitch sharply.
- To remove feathers from a bird.
- Of a glacier: to transport individual pieces of bedrock by means of gradual erosion through freezing and thawing.
noun
verb
- To play music on (a stringed) instrument using a bow.
- To become bent or curved.
- To defer (to something).
- To give a direction, indication, or command to by bowing.
- To make something bend or curve.
- To exercise powerful or controlling influence over; to bend, figuratively; to turn; to incline.
- To debut.
- To bend oneself as a gesture of respect or deference.
noun
- Any instrument consisting of an elastic rod, with ends connected by a string, employed for giving reciprocating motion to a drill, or for preparing and arranging hair, fur, etc., used by hatters.
- The part of a key that is not inserted into the lock and that is used to turn the key.
- The U-shaped piece which goes around the neck of an ox and fastens it to the yoke.
- A curved bend in a rod or planar surface, or in a linear formation such as a river (see oxbow).
- A crude sort of quadrant formerly used for taking the sun's altitude at sea.
- Two pieces of wood which form the arched forward part of a saddletree.
- A type of knot with two loops, used to tie together two cords such as shoelaces or apron strings, and frequently used as decoration, such as in gift-wrapping.
- Anything bent or curved, such as a rainbow.
- The front of a boat or ship.
- A weapon made of a curved piece of wood or other flexible material whose ends are connected by a string, used for shooting arrows.
- Either of the arms of a pair of spectacles, running from the side of the lens to behind the wearer's ear.
- The rower that sits in the seat closest to the bow of the boat.
- A stringed instrument (chordophone), consisting of a stick with a single taut cord stretched between the ends, most often played by plucking.
- A rod with horsehair (or an artificial substitute) stretched between the ends, used for playing various stringed musical instruments.
- A gesture, usually showing respect, made by inclining the head or bending forward at the waist; a reverence
noun
- An object for dulling the sound of an instrument, especially a brass instrument, or damper for pianoforte; a sordine.
- An electronic switch or control that mutes the sound.
- A person who does not have the power of speech.
- A hired mourner at a funeral; an undertaker's assistant.
- A mute swan.
- The faeces of a hawk or falcon.
verb
adj
noun
- A stringed musical instrument (chordophone), usually with a round body, a membrane-like soundboard and a fretted neck, played by plucking or strumming the strings.
- Any of various similar musical instruments, such as the Tuvan doshpuluur, with a membrane-like soundboard.
- A cul-de-sac with a round end.
- An object shaped like a banjo, especially a frying pan or a shovel.
- A miner's round-nosed shovel.
verb
verb
- To pluck the individual strings of a musical instrument or to play such an instrument.
- To recognise the type of ball being bowled by a bowler by studying the position of the hand and arm as the ball is released.
- To take up; especially, to gather from here and there; to collect; to bring together.
- To grasp and pull with the fingers or fingernails.
- To steal; to pilfer.
- To screen.
- To decide upon, from a set of options; to select.
- To harvest a fruit or vegetable for consumption by removing it from the plant to which it is attached; to harvest an entire plant by removing it from the ground.
- To pull apart or away, especially with the fingers; to pluck.
- To open (a lock) with a wire, lock pick, etc.
- To eat slowly, sparingly, or by morsels; to nibble.
- To remove something from somewhere with a pointed instrument, with the fingers, or with the teeth.
- To seek (a fight or quarrel) where the opportunity arises.
- To separate or open by means of a sharp point or points.
- To do anything fastidiously or carefully, or by attending to small things; to select something with care.
- To intercept a pass from the offense as a defensive player.
noun
- Pasture; feed, for animals.
- A tool used for strumming the strings of a guitar; a plectrum.
- A screen.
- A tool used for digging; a pickaxe.
- The blow that drives the shuttle, used in calculating the speed of a loom (in picks per minute); hence, in describing the fineness of a fabric, a weft thread.
- A comb with long widely spaced teeth, for use with tightly curled hair.
- A pickoff.
- A pointed hammer used for dressing millstones.
- That which would be picked or chosen first; the best.
- An offensive tactic in which a player stands so as to block a defender from reaching a teammate.
- A choice; ability to choose.
- A tool for unlocking a lock without the original key; a lock pick, picklock.
- A good defensive play by an infielder.
- An interception.
- An anchor.
- That which is picked in, as with a pointed pencil, to correct an unevenness in a picture.
noun
- An element, often triangular, to which the strings of a violin, guitar, etc. are attached at the lower end of an instrument.
- An appendage or appendix.
- A short joist between a header and a wall.
- The part of a telescope containing the adjusting device for the eyepiece, etc.
- The part of a lock that transmits motion from the hub to the latch bolt.
noun
- A type of stringed instrument, most often an acoustic guitar, with a flat top (as opposed to an archtop), with strings held in place with pins, and with a complex system of bracing struts on the top.
- An aircraft carrier.
- A short haircut in which the hair is brushed straight up then cut flat across the top.
noun
- A stringed instrument.
- The stringed instruments as a section of an orchestra, especially those played by a bow, or the persons playing those instruments.
- A length of nylon or other material on the head of a racquet.
- The members of a sports team or squad regarded as most likely to achieve success. (Perhaps metaphorical as the "strings" that hold the squad together.) Often first string, second string etc.
- In various games and competitions, a certain number of turns at play, of rounds, etc.
- An ordered sequence of text characters stored consecutively in memory and capable of being processed as a single entity.
- The main object of study in string theory, a branch of theoretical physics.
- The conditions and limitations in a contract collectively.
- An inside range of ceiling planks, corresponding to the sheer strake on the outside and bolted to it.
- Part of the game of billiards, where the order of the play is determined by testing who can get a ball closest to the bottom rail by shooting it onto the end rail.
- A segment of wire (typically made of plastic or metal) or other material used as vibrating element on a musical instrument.
- A series of items or events.
- The buttons strung on a wire by which the score is kept.
- A thread or cord on which a number of objects or parts are strung or arranged in close and orderly succession; hence, a line or series of things arranged on a thread, or as if so arranged.
- A column of drill pipe that transmits drilling fluid (via the mud pumps) and torque (via the kelly drive or top drive) to the drill bit.
- A strip, as of leather, by which the covers of a book are held together.
- A thread
- The tough fibrous substance that unites the valves of the pericarp of leguminous plants.
- A long, thin and flexible structure made from threads twisted together.
- A cohesive substance taking the form of a string.
- The line from behind and over which the cue ball must be played after being out of play, as by being pocketed or knocked off the table; also called the string line.
- A drove of horses, or a group of racehorses kept by one owner or at one stable.
- Such a structure considered as a substance.
- A small, filamentous ramification of a metallic vein.
- Cannabis or marijuana.
- The points made in a game of billiards.
- A stringcourse.
- Synonym of stable (“group of prostitutes managed by one pimp”)
verb
- To form into a string or strings, as a substance which is stretched, or people who are moving along, etc.
- To drive the ball against the end of the table and back, in order to determine which player is to open the game.
- To deliberately state that a certain bird is present when it is not; to knowingly mislead other birders about the occurrence of a bird, especially a rarity; to misidentify a common bird as a rare species.
- To put strings on (something).
- To put (items) on a string.
noun
- The top of a stringed instrument, particularly a member of the violin family: the side of the instrument against which the strings vibrate.
- A visual representation of a classification of teams or individuals based on their success over a predetermined period.
- One half of a backgammon board, which is divided into the inner and outer table.
- A matrix or grid of data arranged in rows and columns.
- The lineup of players at a given table.
- A flat tray which can be used as a table.
- A lookup table, most often a set of vectors.
- An item of furniture with a flat top surface raised above the ground, usually on one or more legs.
- The board or table-like furniture on which a game is played, such as snooker, billiards, or draughts.
- A group of players meeting regularly to play a campaign.
- A supply of food or entertainment.
- A group of people at a table, for example for a meal or game.
- The flat topmost facet of a cut diamond.
- A service of Holy Communion.
- A collection of arithmetic calculations arranged in a table, such as multiplications in a multiplication table.
verb
- To remove from the agenda, to postpone dealing with; to shelve (to indefinitely postpone consideration or discussion of something).
- To tabulate; to put into a table or grid.
- To put on a table.
- To make board hems in the skirts and bottoms of (sails) in order to strengthen them in the part attached to the bolt-rope.
- To put on the table of a commission or legislative assembly; to propose for formal discussion or consideration, to put on the agenda.
noun
- Any musical instrument (a chordophone) that uses a keyboard to manipulate strings which produce sound, including a piano.
- Any musical instrument that produces sound directly from the manipulation of a keyboard by the performer, including a piano and a celesta.
- Any musical instrument which features a keyboard, such as a piano, synthesizer or celesta.
noun
- A technique where material is repeated with alterations to the melody, harmony, rhythm, timbre, texture, counterpoint or orchestration; but with some invariant characteristic, e.g. a ground bass.
- Deviation from the mean orbit of a heavenly body.
- The act of varying; a partial change in the form, position, state, or qualities of a thing.
- The angular difference at the vessel between the direction of true north and magnetic north.
- A related but distinct thing.
- A line of play that differs from the original.
- The modification of a hereditary trait.
verb
- To fit frets on to (a musical instrument).
- To be anxious, to worry.
- To be agitated; to rankle; to be in violent commotion.
- To decorate or ornament, especially with an interlaced or interwoven pattern, or (architecture) with carving or relief (raised) work.
- In the form fret out: to squander, to waste.
- To press down the string behind a fret.
- To cut through with a fretsaw, to create fretwork.
- To be chafed or irritated; to be angry or vexed; to utter peevish expressions through irritation or worry.
- To be worn away; to chafe; to fray.
- To have secondary fermentation (fermentation occurring after the conversion of sugar to alcohol in beers and wine) take place.
- To chafe or irritate; to worry.
- To gnaw; to consume, to eat away.
- To form a pattern on; to variegate.
- To bind, to tie, originally with a loop or ring.
- To make rough, to agitate or disturb; to cause to ripple.
noun
- Agitation of the surface of a fluid by fermentation or some other cause; a rippling on the surface of water.
- An ornamental pattern consisting of repeated vertical and horizontal lines, often in relief.
- A fog or mist at sea, or coming inland from the sea.
- The worn sides of riverbanks, where ores or stones containing them accumulate after being washed down from higher ground, which thus indicate to miners the locality of veins of ore.
- A channel or passage created by the sea.
- One of the pieces of metal, plastic or wood across the neck of a guitar or other string instrument that marks where a finger should be positioned to depress a string as it is played.
- Agitation of the mind marked by complaint and impatience; disturbance of temper; irritation.
- Herpes; tetter (“any of various pustular skin conditions”).
- A saltire interlaced with a mascle.
- A channel, a strait; a fretum.
verb
- Of a wind instrument: to produce a low-pitched rumbling sound.
- To play a wind instrument in a way that produces a low-pitched rumbling sound.
- To utter a deep guttural sound, as an angry animal; to give forth an angry, grumbling sound.
- To send a user a message via the Growl software library.
- To express (something) by growling.
noun
verb
- To string the bow for a violin.
- To remove the hair from.
- To grow hair (where there was a bald spot).
- To cause to have or bear hair; to provide with hair
noun
- A cellular outgrowth of the epidermis, consisting of one or of several cells, whether pointed, hooked, knobbed, or stellated.
- A locking spring or other safety device in the lock of a rifle, etc., capable of being released by a slight pressure on a hair-trigger.
- A slender outgrowth from the chitinous cuticle of insects, spiders, crustaceans, and other invertebrates. Such hairs are totally unlike those of vertebrates in structure, composition, and mode of growth.
- The collection or mass of such growths growing from the skin of humans and animals, and forming a covering for a part of the head or for any part or the whole body.
- Any slender, flexible outgrowth, filament, or fiber growing or projecting from the surface of an object or organism.
- A pigmented filament of keratin which grows from a follicle on the skin of humans and other mammals.
- Any very small distance, or degree; a hairbreadth.
- Complexity; difficulty; the quality of being hairy.
noun
- A (discordant) sound or tune played on bagpipes, a fiddle, or a pipe.
- Chiefly in the plural form screeds: a large quantity.
- A speech or piece of writing which contains angry and extended criticism.
- A tool such as a long strip of wood or other material which is drawn over a wet layer of concrete, plaster, etc., to make it smooth and flat; also, a machine that achieves this effect; a screeder.
- A smooth, flat layer of concrete, plaster, or similar material, especially if acting as a base for paving stones, tiles, wooden planks, etc.
- The sound of something scratching or tearing.
- A piece of writing (such as an article, letter, or list) or a speech, especially if long.
- A tool, usually a long strip of wood or other material, placed on a floor to be covered with concrete, a wall to be plastered, etc., as a guide for producing a smooth, flat surface.
adj
verb
noun
- The style or technique with which one plays a musical instrument.
- The ability to perform a task well; aptitude.
- The children's game of tag.
- A set of changes less than the total possible on seven bells, i.e. less than 5,040.
- An act of borrowing or stealing something.
- The part of a sports field beyond the touchlines or goal-lines.
- The faculty or sense of perception by physical contact.
- A distinguishing feature or characteristic.
- A single stroke on a drawing or a picture.
- The broadest part of a plank worked top and but, or of one worked anchor-stock fashion (that is, tapered from the middle to both ends); also, the angles of the stern timbers at the counters.
- A disposal of the ball during a game, i.e. a kick or a handball.
- An act of touching, especially with the hand or finger.
- The particular or characteristic mode of action, or the resistance of the keys of an instrument to the fingers.
- A little bit; a small amount.
- A relationship of close communication or understanding.
- Form; standard of performance.
verb
- To make intimate physical contact with a person.
- To cause to be briefly in contact with something.
- To deal with in speech or writing; briefly to speak or write (on or upon something).
- To make physical contact with; to bring the hand, finger or other part of the body into contact with.
- To perform, as a tune; to play.
- To be brought, as a sail, so close to the wind that its weather leech shakes.
- To strike; to manipulate; to play on.
- To come into physical contact, or to be in physical contact.
- To come into (involuntary) contact with; to meet or intersect.
- To concern, to have to do with.
- To make physical contact with a thing.
- To lay hands on (someone suffering from scrofula) as a form of cure, as formerly practised by English and French monarchs.
- To mark or delineate with touches; to add a slight stroke to with the pencil or brush.
- To imbue or endow with a specific quality.
- To influence by impulse; to impel forcibly.
- To bring (a sail) so close to the wind that its weather leech shakes.
- To physically disturb; to interfere with, molest, or attempt to harm through contact.
- To try; to prove, as with a touchstone.
- To give royal assent to by touching it with the sceptre.
- To be on the level of; to approach in excellence or quality.
- Of a ship or its passengers: to land, to make a short stop (at).
- To physically affect in specific ways implied by context.
- To consume, or otherwise use.
- To sexually excite with the fingers; to finger or masturbate.
- To keep the ship as near (the wind) as possible.
- To affect emotionally; to bring about tender or painful feelings in.
- To mark (a file or document) as having been modified.
- To obtain money from, usually by borrowing (from a friend).
- To disturb the mental functions of; to make somewhat insane; often followed with "in the head".
- To come close to; to approach.
noun
- The part of a violin bow (or that of other similar string instruments such as the viola, cello and contrabass) located at the end held by the player, to which the horsehair is attached.
- A French person.
- Any of a class of small tailless amphibians of the order Anura that typically hop.
- A French-speaking person from Quebec.
- defector: a politician who simply switches between different political parties.
- An organ on the bottom of a horse’s hoof that assists in the circulation of blood.
- The part of a railway switch or turnout where the running-rails cross (from the resemblance to the frog in a horse’s hoof).
- An ornate fastener for clothing consisting of an oblong button (covered with netted thread), toggle, or knot, that fits through a loop.
- A type of fishing lure that resembles a frog.
- The depression in the upper face of a pressed or handmade clay brick.
- Road. Shorter, more common form of frog and toad.
- A leather or fabric loop used to attach a sword or bayonet, or its scabbard, to a waist or shoulder belt.
verb
noun
- A musical instrument for experimenting with the mathematical relations of musical sounds, consisting of a single string stretched between two bridges, one or both of which can be moved, and which stand upon a graduated rule for the purpose of changing and measuring the length of the part of the string between them.
- A stringed instrument with only one string.
verb
- play on an instrument
- participate in games or sport
- act or have an effect in a specified way or with a specific effect or outcome
- play a role or part
- be at play; be engaged in playful activity; amuse oneself in a way characteristic of children
- replay (as a melody)
- perform music on (a musical instrument)
- pretend to have certain qualities or state of mind
- move or seem to move quickly, lightly, or irregularly
- bet or wager (money)
- engage in recreational activities rather than work; occupy oneself in a diversion
- pretend to be somebody in the framework of a game or playful activity
- emit recorded sound
- perform on a certain location
- put (a card or piece) into play during a game, or act strategically as if in a card game
- engage in an activity as if it were a game rather than take it seriously
- behave in a certain way
- cause to emit recorded audio or video
- manipulate manually or in one's mind or imagination
- use to one's advantage
- consider not very seriously
- be received or accepted or interpreted in a specific way
- behave carelessly or indifferently
- cause to move or operate freely within a bounded space
- perform on a stage or theater
- be performed or presented for public viewing
- cause to happen or to occur as a consequence
- discharge or direct or be discharged or directed as if in a continuous stream
- make bets
- stake on the outcome of an issue
- shoot or hit in a particular manner
- use or move
- employ in a game or in a specific position
- contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle
- exhaust by allowing to pull on the line
noun
- a dramatic work intended for performance by actors on a stage
- a theatrical performance of a drama
- a preset plan of action in team sports
- a deliberate coordinated movement requiring dexterity and skill
- a state in which action is feasible
- utilization or exercise
- an attempt to get something
- activity by children that is guided more by imagination than by fixed rules
- (in games or plays or other performances) the time during which play proceeds
- the removal of constraints
- a weak and tremulous light
- verbal wit or mockery (often at another's expense but not to be taken seriously)
- movement or space for movement
- gay or light-hearted recreational activity for diversion or amusement
- (game) the activity of doing something in an agreed succession
- the act of playing for stakes in the hope of winning (including the payment of a price for a chance to win a prize)
- the act using a sword (or other weapon) vigorously and skillfully
noun
- A small object (traditionally made of ebony) at the bottom of a string instrument such as a cello, viola, or violin below the tailpiece on which the tailgut (“cord securing the tailpiece to the instrument”) rests.
- The part of a denture which holds the artificial teeth.
- A low point, in the shape of a saddle, between two hills.
- Synonym of saddle reef (“a saddle-shaped bedded mineral (usually gold-bearing quartz) vein occurring along the crest of an anticline or (less common) a syncline (an inverted saddle)”)
- Synonym of saddle point (“a point in the range of a smooth function, every neighbourhood of which contains points on each side of its tangent plane”)
- A cut of meat that includes both loins and part of the backbone.
- The clitellum of an earthworm (family Lumbricidae).
- In full saddle marking or saddle patch: a saddle-like marking on an animal, such as one on the back of an adult harp seal or saddleback seal (Pagophilus groenlandicus), or any of numerous such markings on a boa constrictor (Boa constrictor).
- A block of wood with concave depressions at the top and bottom, usually fastened to one spar and shaped to receive the end of another.
- An equipment part, such as a flange, which is hollowed out to fit upon a convex surface and serve as a means of attachment or support.
- The part of a guitar which supports the strings and, in an acoustic guitar, transfers their vibrations through the bridge to the soundboard.
- Synonym of harness saddle (“the part of a harness which supports the weight of poles or shafts attaching a vehicle to a horse or other animal”)
- A cushion used as a seat in a cart or other vehicle.
- The immovable seat of a bicycle, motorcycle, or similar vehicle.
- Chiefly preceded by the: horse-riding as an activity or occupation.
- Synonym of saddle brown (“a medium brown colour, like that of saddle leather”)
- A seat for a rider, typically made of leather and raised in the front and rear, placed on the back of a horse or other animal, and secured by a strap around the animal's body.
- The lower part of the back of a domestic fowl, especially a male bird, bearing the saddle feathers or saddle hackles.
- A similar implement used to secure goods to animals; a packsaddle.
- The raised floorboard in a doorway.
- Synonym of saddle oxford or saddle shoe (“a shoe, resembling an oxford, which has a saddle (sense 11.1)”)
- A small sloped or tapered structure that helps channel surface water to drains.
- A piece of leather stitched across the instep of a shoe, usually having a different colour from the rest of the shoe.
- An anticline (“fold with strata sloping downwards on each side”); specifically, a depression located along the axial trend of such a fold.
verb
- To enter (a trained horse) into a race.
- Chiefly followed by with: to burden or encumber (someone) with some problem or responsibility.
- Chiefly followed by on or upon: to place (a burden or responsibility) or thrust (a problem) on someone.
- To cut a saddle-shaped notch in (a log or other piece of wood) so it can fit together with other such logs or pieces; also, to fit (logs or other pieces of wood) together with this method.
- To put (something) on to another thing like a saddle on an animal.
- To put a saddle on an animal.
- To put a saddle (noun sense 1) on (an animal).
- Of a person: to get into a saddle.
noun
- the timbre of a musical sound
- any material used for its color
- (physics) the characteristic of quarks that determines their role in the strong interaction
- interest and variety and intensity
- a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect
- an outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading
- the appearance of objects (or light sources) described in terms of a person's perception of their hue and lightness (or brightness) and saturation
verb
- modify or bias
- decorate with colors
- give a deceptive explanation or excuse for
- affect as in thought or feeling
- add color to
- change color, often in an undesired manner
adj
noun
verb
noun
- A scroll-shaped carving at the tuning head of a stringed musical instrument, similar to architectural volutes.
- The spirals or whorls on a gastropod's shell.
- The casing in a centrifugal pump, whose shape is somewhat similar to architectural volutes.
- The characteristic spiral curve on an Ionic capital, widely copied in other styles and in neoclassical architecture.
- Any marine gastropod of the family Volutidae.
- A spiral or scroll form.
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- the timbre of a musical sound
- a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect
- interest and variety and intensity
- an outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading
- any material used for its color
- (physics) the characteristic of quarks that determines their role in the strong interaction
- the appearance of objects (or light sources) described in terms of a person's perception of their hue and lightness (or brightness) and saturation
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English words for 'To play a stringed instrument by using all downpicks.'
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to splatter.
birdcall
crew member
passionately
playing card tax
irradiation
positive reaction
graphics device
A type of pitch
rhomb
public diplomacy
A woke person
edge of the eaves
throughout the day
notoriety.
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west bank
acupuncture
chaperon
a tonic.
jewelry box
coastal waters
appendicectomy
to console
to give someone a job.
troubles brought on by what one has written
a streamlet
bedspread
burin
To demolish
to enlighten.
reticence
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stakeholder
inheritance is autosomal dominant
very thick
crimping
lacking courage
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all sides
crimson
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purification
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