falsetto
Webster Dictionary
a false or artificial voice; that voice in a man which lies above his natural voice; the male counter tenor or alto voice. See Head voice, under Voice
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vocal
Webster Dictionary
of or pertaining to the voice or speech; having voice; endowed with utterance; full of voice, or voices
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middle
(ˈmɪd l)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
of, pertaining to, or being a verb form or voice, as in Greek, in which the subject is represented as acting on or for itself, in contrast to the active voice in which the subject acts and the passive voice in which the subject is acted upon.
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introject
(introject)
Princeton's WordNet
(psychoanalysis) parental figures (and their values) that you introjected as a child; the voice of conscience is usually a parent's voice internalized
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yodel
(yodel)
Princeton's WordNet
a songlike cry in which the voice fluctuates rapidly between the normal voice and falsetto
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contralto
(ənˈtræl toʊ)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
the lowest female voice or voice part, intermediate between soprano and tenor.
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baritone
(ˈbær ɪˌtoʊn)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a male voice or voice part intermediate between tenor and bass.
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mezzo-soprano
(ˈɑ noʊ)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a voice or voice part intermediate in compass between soprano and contralto.
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inflection
(ɪnˈflɛk ʃən)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
modulation of the voice; change in pitch or tone of voice.
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soprano
(soprano)
Princeton's WordNet
the highest female voice; the voice of a boy before puberty
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voice
Webster Dictionary
sound uttered by the mouth, especially that uttered by human beings in speech or song; sound thus uttered considered as possessing some special quality or character; as, the human voice; a pleasant voice; a low voice
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breast
Webster Dictionary
the power of singing; a musical voice; -- so called, probably, from the connection of the voice with the lungs, which lie within the breast
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active
Webster Dictionary
applied to a form of the verb; -- opposed to passive. See Active voice, under Voice.
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shout
(shout)
Princeton's WordNet
utter in a loud voice; talk in a loud voice (usually denoting characteristic manner of speaking)
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stentor
Webster Dictionary
a herald, in the Iliad, who had a very loud voice; hence, any person having a powerful voice
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yodle
Webster Dictionary
to sing in a manner common among the Swiss and Tyrolese mountaineers, by suddenly changing from the head voice, or falsetto, to the chest voice, and the contrary; to warble
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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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voiced
Webster Dictionary
furnished with a voice; expressed by the voice
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break
Webster Dictionary
to fail in musical quality; as, a singer's voice breaks when it is strained beyond its compass and a tone or note is not completed, but degenerates into an unmusical sound instead. Also, to change in tone, as a boy's voice at puberty
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tone
Webster Dictionary
a whining style of speaking; a kind of mournful or artificial strain of voice; an affected speaking with a measured rhythm ahd a regular rise and fall of the voice; as, children often read with a tone
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whisper
Webster Dictionary
a low, soft, sibilant voice or utterance, which can be heard only by those near at hand; voice or utterance that employs only breath sound without tone, friction against the edges of the vocal cords and arytenoid cartilages taking the place of the vibration of the cords that produces tone; sometimes, in a limited sense, the sound produced by such friction as distinguished from breath sound made by friction against parts of the mouth. See Voice, n., 2, and Guide to Pronunciation, // 5, 153, 154
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voiceful
Webster Dictionary
having a voice or vocal quality; having a loud voice or many voices; vocal; sounding
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accent
Webster Dictionary
modulation of the voice in speaking; manner of speaking or pronouncing; peculiar or characteristic modification of the voice; tone; as, a foreign accent; a French or a German accent
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contralto
Webster Dictionary
the voice or singer performing this part; as, her voice is a contralto; she is a contralto
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register
Webster Dictionary
the compass of a voice or instrument; a specified portion of the compass of a voice, or a series of vocal tones of a given compass; as, the upper, middle, or lower register; the soprano register; the tenor register
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stentorian
(booming, stentorian)
Princeton's WordNet
used of the voice
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booming
(booming, stentorian)
Princeton's WordNet
used of the voice
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key
(key)
Princeton's WordNet
pitch of the voice
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little
(little, small)
Princeton's WordNet
(of a voice) faint
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uninflected
(uninflected)
Princeton's WordNet
(of the voice) not inflected
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