cactus wren
(cactus wren)
Princeton's WordNet
large harsh-voiced American wren of arid regions of the United States southwest and Mexico
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grimm's law
(ɪm)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a statement of the regular pattern of consonant correspondences presumed to represent changes from Proto-Indo-European to Germanic, according to which voiced aspirated stops became voiced obstruents, voiced unaspirated stops became voiceless stops, and voiceless stops became voiceless fricatives: first formulated 1820–22 by Jakob Grimm.
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eth
(ɛð)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a letter in the form of a crossed d, written đ or ð, used in Old English writing to represent both voiced and unvoiced th and in modern Icelandic and in phonetic alphabets to represent voiced
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verner's law
(ˈvɜr nər, ˈvɛər-)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a statement of the regularity behind some apparent exceptions in the Germanic languages to Grimm's law, namely, that Proto-Germanic voiceless fricatives became voiced when occurring between voiced sounds if the immediately preceding vowel was not accented in Proto-Indo-European: formulated 1875 by Karl Verner.
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acerb
Webster Dictionary
sour, bitter, and harsh to the taste, as unripe fruit; sharp and harsh
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jar
Webster Dictionary
a rattling, tremulous vibration or shock; a shake; a harsh sound; a discord; as, the jar of a train; the jar of harsh sounds
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lisp
(lisp)
Princeton's WordNet
a speech defect that involves pronouncing `s' like voiceless `th' and `z' like voiced `th'
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monophonic
Webster Dictionary
single-voiced; having but one part; as, a monophonic composition; -- opposed to polyphonic
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grating
Webster Dictionary
that grates; making a harsh sound; harsh
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bray
Webster Dictionary
the harsh cry of an ass; also, any harsh, grating, or discordant sound
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unutterable
Webster Dictionary
not utterable; incapable of being spoken or voiced; inexpressible; ineffable; unspeakable; as, unutterable anguish
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dictum
(obiter dictum, dictum)
Princeton's WordNet
an opinion voiced by a judge on a point of law not directly bearing on the case in question and therefore not binding
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obiter dictum
(obiter dictum, dictum)
Princeton's WordNet
an opinion voiced by a judge on a point of law not directly bearing on the case in question and therefore not binding
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grate
Webster Dictionary
to rub roughly or harshly, as one body against another, causing a harsh sound; as, to grate the teeth; to produce (a harsh sound) by rubbing
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resonance
(resonance)
Princeton's WordNet
the quality imparted to voiced speech sounds by the action of the resonating chambers of the throat and mouth and nasal cavities
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sonant
(ˈsoʊ nənt)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
voiced
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hoarse
Webster Dictionary
having a harsh, rough, grating voice or sound, as when affected with a cold; making a rough, harsh cry or sound; as, the hoarse raven
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unvoiced
(ʌnˈvɔɪst)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
not voiced; not uttered:
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sonant
(ˈsoʊ nənt)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a voiced speech sound.
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media
(ˌi)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a voiced stop, esp. in ancient Greek.
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blare
Webster Dictionary
the harsh noise of a trumpet; a loud and somewhat harsh noise, like the blast of a trumpet; a roar or bellowing
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lift
(ɪft)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
to make audible or louder, as the voice or something voiced.
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virago
(ɪˈrɑ goʊ, -ˈreɪ-)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a loud-voiced, ill-tempered, scolding woman; shrew.
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polyphonic
(ˌpɒl iˈfɒn ɪk)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
having more than one phonetic value, as the letter s, pronounced as voiced (z) in nose and voiceless (s) in
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vocal
Webster Dictionary
consisting of, or characterized by, voice, or tone produced in the larynx, which may be modified, either by resonance, as in the case of the vowels, or by obstructive action, as in certain consonants, such as v, l, etc., or by both, as in the nasals m, n, ng; sonant; intonated; voiced. See Voice, and Vowel, also Guide to Pronunciation, // 199-202
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devoice
(ˈvɔɪs)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
to pronounce (an ordinarily voiced speech sound) without or with reduced vibration of the vocal cords.
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limpkin
(ˈlɪmp kɪn)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a large, loud-voiced wading bird, Aramus guarauna, of warmer regions of the New World.
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resonant
(ˈrɛz ə nənt)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a speech sound produced without occlusion or audible friction, as a vowel or one of the voiced consonants or semivowels (m, n, ng, l, r, y, w) in English.
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sonorant
(əˈnɔr ənt, -ˈnoʊr-, soʊ-)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a voiced speech sound, as a vowel, semivowel, liquid, or nasal, characterized by relatively free passage of air through a channel.
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resonance
(ˈrɛz ə nəns)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a characteristic quality of a particular voiced speech sound imparted by the distribution of amplitudes among the cavities of the head, chest, and throat.
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