mute
chime
capotasto
electronic instrument
electronic musical instrument
laryngostroboscope
harmonica
instrumentlike
tiorbino
machine head
hurdy gurdy
wheel fiddle
humstrum
hurdy-gurdy
detuner
abatsons
string
keyboard instrument
trigger
Klavier
clavier
subwoofer
zither
pink
brasslike
zithern
cither
brassy
pseudophone
pin
polyacoustic
sound hole
sounding board
phonometer
leaper
horn
fretless
stringed instrument
mandocello
clonewheel organ
clavichord
wrest
membranophone
tasto
tracer
drum
ocarina
effects unit
twanger
siren
double
rattle
dotara
strickle
drum machine
clavicylinder
electrocautery
ff-hole
instrument
reedy
orchestrion
pad
tremulant
wheezy
lamellophone
aeolian attachment
musical instrument
compressor
implement
mandola
electrobasograph
fret
daxophone
mellotron
microinstrument
string instrument
f-hole
soundboard
panharmonicon
pick
plectron
plectrum
d-hole
idioglot
tweedle
electric
pachymeter
labrosone
harp
c-hole
hammer-on
coordinome
theremin
tune up
tootle
instrumentlike
brasslike
brassy
fretless
double
reedy
wheezy
electric
mute
chime
capotasto
electronic instrument
electronic musical instrument
laryngostroboscope
harmonica
tiorbino
machine head
hurdy gurdy
wheel fiddle
humstrum
hurdy-gurdy
detuner
abatsons
string
keyboard instrument
trigger
Klavier
clavier
subwoofer
zither
zithern
cither
pseudophone
pin
polyacoustic
sound hole
sounding board
phonometer
leaper
horn
stringed instrument
mandocello
clonewheel organ
clavichord
wrest
membranophone
tasto
tracer
drum
ocarina
effects unit
twanger
siren
rattle
dotara
strickle
drum machine
clavicylinder
electrocautery
ff-hole
instrument
orchestrion
pad
tremulant
lamellophone
aeolian attachment
musical instrument
compressor
implement
mandola
electrobasograph
fret
daxophone
mellotron
microinstrument
string instrument
f-hole
soundboard
fretless
panharmonicon
pick
plectron
plectrum
d-hole
idioglot
tweedle
pachymeter
labrosone
harp
c-hole
hammer-on
coordinome
theremin
pink
tune up
tootle
noun
- The sound of such an instrument or device.
- A small hammer or other device used to strike a bell.
- An individual ringing component of such a set.
- A musical instrument producing a sound when struck, similar to a bell (e.g. a tubular metal bar) or actually a bell. Often used in the plural to refer to the set: the chimes.
- A small bell or other ringing or tone-making device as a component of some other device.
verb
noun
- A musical instrument, consisting of a series of hemispherical glasses which, by touching the edges with the dampened finger, give forth the tones.
- A toy instrument of strips of glass or metal hung on two tapes, and struck with hammers.
- A musical wind instrument with a series of holes for the player to blow into, each hole producing a different note
noun
- A stringed instrument.
- 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.
- The stringed instruments as a section of an orchestra, especially those played by a bow, or the persons playing those instruments.
- 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
- A device that manually lengthens (or sometimes shortens) the slide or tubing of a brass instrument, allowing the pitch range to be altered while playing.
- An electronic transducer allowing a drum, cymbal, etc. to control an electronic drum unit or similar device.
- An event, experience or other stimulus that initiates a traumatic memory or a strong reaction in a person.
- An SQL procedure that may be initiated when a record is inserted, updated or deleted; typically used to maintain referential integrity.
- A concept or image that upsets somebody by sparking a negative emotional response.
- A similar device used to activate any mechanism.
- An event that initiates others, or incites a response.
- A pulse in an electronic circuit that initiates some component.
- A text string that, when received by a player, will cause the player to execute a certain command.
- A finger-operated lever used to fire a gun.
verb
verb
- Of a musical instrument, to sound a very high-pitched, short note.
- To become pink in color, to redden.
- Of a motor car, to emit a high "pinking" noise, usually as a result of ill-set ignition timing for the fuel used (in a spark ignition engine).
- To turn (a topaz or other gemstone) pink by the application of heat.
- To decorate a piece of clothing or fabric by adding holes or by scalloping the fringe.
- To turn (something) pink.
- To prick with a sword.
- To wound by irony, criticism, or ridicule.
noun
- The common minnow, Phoxinus phoxinus.
- Hunting pink; scarlet, as worn by hunters.
- A young Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar, before it becomes a smolt; a parr.
- One of the colour balls used in snooker, coloured pink, with a value of 6 points.
- An unlettered and uncultured, but relatively prosperous, member of the middle classes; compare Babbitt, bourgeoisie.
- Any of various lake pigments or dyes in yellow, yellowish green, or brown shades made with plant coloring and a metallic oxide base.
- Any of various flowers in the genus Dianthus, sometimes called carnations.
- The colour of this flower, between red and white; pale red.
- The vagina or vulva.
adj
noun
- A peg in musical instruments for increasing or relaxing the tension of the strings.
- A piece of jewellery that is attached to clothing with a pin.
- The spot at the exact centre of the target, originally a literal pin that fastened the target in place.
- A cylinder often of wood or metal used to fasten or as a bearing between two parts.
- A simple accessory that can be attached to clothing with a pin or fastener, often round and bearing a design, logo or message, and used for decoration, identification or to show political affiliation, etc.
- Any of the individual connecting elements of a multipole electrical connector.
- The flagstick: the flag-bearing pole which marks the location of a hole
- A thing of small value; a trifle.
- A size of brewery cask, equal to half a firkin, or eighth of a barrel.
- A pinball machine.
- One of a row of pegs in the side of an ancient drinking cup to mark how much each person should drink.
- The spot at the exact centre of the house (the target area)
- A short shaft, sometimes forming a bolt, a part of which serves as a journal.
- The victory condition of holding the opponent's shoulders on the wrestling mat for a prescribed period of time.
- A needle without an eye (usually) made of drawn-out steel wire with one end sharpened and the other flattened or rounded into a head, used for fastening.
- Either a scenario in which moving a lesser piece to escape from attack would expose a more valuable piece to being taken instead, or one where moving a piece is impossible as it would place the king in check.
- The tenon of a dovetail joint.
- A small cylindrical object which blocks the rotation of a pin-tumbler lock when the incorrect key is inserted.
- A small nail with a head and a sharp point.
- A slender object specially designed for use in a specific game or sport, such as skittles or bowling.
- A leg.
verb
- To attach (an icon, application, message etc.) to another item so that it persists.
- To cause an analog gauge to reach the stop pin at the high end of the range.
- To enclose; to confine; to pen; to pound.
- To fix (an array in memory, a security certificate, etc.) so that it cannot be modified.
- To cause (a piece) to be in a pin.
- To pin down (someone).
- To fasten or attach (something) with a pin.
noun
- A thin board that forms part of the resonating chamber of a musical instrument and serves to reinforce its sound
- Any device or means used to spread an idea or point of view
- A person, or group, whose reactions to a new idea or proposal serve to assess its acceptability
- A structure that reflects sound towards the intended listeners
noun
- A kind of hooked instrument for untwisting old cordage.
- Synonym of jumper (“person who attempts suicide by jumping from a height”)
- One who leaps.
- A person whose birthday falls on 29 February, and thus only occurs in leap years.
- A piece, like the knight, which moves a fixed distance, and ignores pieces in the way.
noun
- An instrument resembling a musical horn and used to signal others.
- An object whose shape resembles a horn, such as cornucopia, the point of an anvil, or a vessel for gunpowder or liquid.
- An antler.
- The outer end of a crosstree; also, one of the projections forming the jaws of a gaff, boom, etc.
- A curved projection on the fore part of a plane.
- The high pommel of a saddle; also, either of the projections on a lady's saddle for supporting the leg.
- A sound signaling the expiration of time.
- A conical device used to direct waves.
- An erection of the penis.
- A hard growth of keratin that protrudes from the top of the head of certain animals, usually paired.
- Any similar real or imaginary growth or projection such as the elongated tusk of a narwhal, the eyestalk of a snail, the pointed growth on the nose of a rhinoceros, or the hornlike projection on the head of a demon or similar.
- A diacritical mark that may be attached to the top right corner of the letters o and u when writing in Vietnamese, thus forming ơ and ư.
- In naval mine warfare, a projection from the mine shell of some contact mines which, when broken or bent by contact, causes the mine to fire.
- A telephone.
- One of the projections at the four corners of the Jewish altar of burnt offering.
- Generally, any brass wind instrument.
- An incurved, tapering and pointed appendage found in the flowers of the milkweed (Asclepias).
- The hard substance from which animals' horns are made, sometimes used by man as a material for making various objects.
- A loud alarm, especially one on a motor vehicle.
- Any of several musical wind instruments.
- The Ionic volute.
- A peninsula or crescent-shaped tract of land.
verb
noun
- A percussive musical instrument spanned with a thin covering on at least one end for striking, forming an acoustic chamber; a membranophone.
- A drumfish (family Sciaenidae).
- Any similar hollow, cylindrical object.
- A tip; a piece of information.
- Any of the cylindrical blocks that make up the shaft of a pillar.
- A barrel or large cylindrical container for liquid transport and storage.
- Synonym of construction barrel
- The encircling wall that supports a dome or cupola.
- A person's home; a house or other building, especially when insalubrious; a tavern, a brothel.
- A drumstick (of chicken, turkey, etc).
- A social gathering or assembly held in the evening.
verb
- To beat with a rapid succession of strokes.
- To throb, as the heart.
- To go about, as a drummer does, to gather recruits, to draw or secure partisans, customers, etc.; used with for.
- Of various animals, to make a vocalisation or mechanical sound that resembles drumming.
- To beat a drum.
- To drill or review in an attempt to establish memorization.
noun
- An instrument for demonstrating the laws of beats and combination tones.
- A musical instrument, one of the few aerophones in the percussion section of the symphony orchestra (patented as Acme Siren in 1895).
- An astrophysical event that can be used for calculating cosmic distances.
- A dangerously seductive woman.
- A member of a genus of aquatic salamanders of the family Sirenidae, commonly used for all species subsumed under the family of Sirenidae.
- A member of an order of mammals of Sirenia.
- One of a group of nymphs who lured mariners to their death on the rocks.
- One who sings sweetly and charms.
- Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Hestina.
- A device, either mechanical or electronic, that makes a piercingly loud sound as an alarm or signal, or the sound from such a device (first recorded 1879).
adj
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.
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.
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.
noun
- A musical instrument that makes a rattling sound.
- The set of rings at the end of a rattlesnake's tail which produce a rattling sound.
- A rough noise produced in the throat by air passing through obstructed airways; croup; a death rattle.
- A rapid succession of percussive sounds, as made by loose objects shaking or vibrating against one another.
- A noisy, senseless talker; a jabberer.
- A baby’s toy designed to make sound when shaken, usually containing loose grains or pellets in a hollow container.
- Any of various plants of the genera Rhinanthus and Pedicularis, whose seeds produce a rattling noise in the wind.
verb
noun
- A device used to produce music.
- A legal document, such as a contract, deed, trust, mortgage, power, indenture, or will.
- A means or agency for achieving an effect.
- A tool, implement used for manipulation or measurement.
- A person used as a mere tool for achieving a goal.
- A measuring or displaying device.
verb
noun
- A synthesizer instrument sound used for sustained background sounds.
- An electrical extension cord with a multi-port socket on one end: "trip cord"
- The mostly hairless flesh located on the bottom of an animal's foot or paw.
- A small house, apartment, or mobile home occupied by a single person; such as a bachelor, playboy, etc.
- Any cushion-like part of the human body, especially the ends of the fingers.
- A panel or strip of material designed to be sensitive to pressure or touch.
- A random key (originally written on a disposable pad) of the same length as the plaintext.
- A footpath, particularly one unformed or unmaintained; a road or track.
- A floating leaf of a water lily or similar plant.
- A soft cover for a batsman's leg that protects it from damage when hit by the ball.
- A soft, or small, cushion.
- The effect produced by sustained lower reed notes in a musical piece, most common in blues music.
- A flat surface or area from which a helicopter or other aircraft may land or be launched.
- A prison cell.
- A type of wickerwork basket, especially as used as a measure of fish or other goods.
- An easy-paced horse; a padnag.
- A cushion-like thickening of the skin on the under side of the toes of animals.
- A toad.
- A flattened mass of anything soft, to sit or lie on.
- A kind of cushion for writing upon, or for blotting, especially one formed of many flat sheets of writing paper; now especially such a block of paper sheets as used to write on.
- A soft bag or cushion to relieve pressure, support a part, etc.
- A cushion used as a saddle without a tree or frame.
- A bed.
- A stuffed guard or protection, especially one worn on the legs of horses to prevent bruising.
- The sound of soft footsteps, or a similar noise made by an animal etc.
- The amount by which a signal has been reduced.
- A piece of timber fixed on a beam to fit the curve of the deck.
verb
- To imbue uniformly with a mordant.
- To furnish with a pad or padding.
- To wear a path by walking.
- To stuff.
- To deliberately play the ball with the leg pad instead of the bat.
- To travel on foot.
- To travel along (a road, path etc.).
- To increase the size of, especially by adding undesirable filler.
- To walk softly, quietly or steadily, especially without shoes.
intj
noun
- A device that reduces the dynamic range of an audio signal.
- An instrument for compressing an artery (especially the femoral artery) or other part.
- A device that produces pressure, such as a gas compressor that produces pressurized gas.
- A muscle that compresses certain parts.
- A program or algorithm for compressing data.
- An apparatus for confining or flattening between glass plates an object to be examined with the microscope; a compressorium.
- A machine for compressing gases, especially an air compressor.
noun
- 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 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.
- 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
- 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 fit frets on to (a musical instrument).
- 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
- a small thin device (of metal or plastic or ivory) used to pluck a stringed instrument
- the person or thing chosen or selected
- the quantity of a crop that is harvested
- the best people or things in a group
- the yarn woven across the warp yarn in weaving
- a thin sharp implement used for removing unwanted material
- a heavy iron tool with a wooden handle and a curved head that is pointed on both ends
- a basketball maneuver; obstructing an opponent with one's body
- the act of choosing or selecting
verb
- select carefully from a group
- look for and gather
- harass with constant criticism
- provoke
- remove in small bits
- remove unwanted substances from, such as feathers or pits
- pilfer or rob
- pay for something
- pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion
- attack with or as if with a pickaxe of ice or rocky ground, for example
- hit lightly with a picking motion
- eat intermittently; take small bites of
noun
- A musical instrument consisting of a body and a curved neck, strung with strings of varying length that are stroked or plucked with the fingers and are vertical to the soundboard when viewed from the end of the body
- Any instrument of the same musicological type.
- A grain sieve.
- A harmonica.
verb
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