#400. Fragrance. -- N. fragrance

• • aroma

  • redolence

  • perfume

  • bouquet

  • essence

  • scent

  • sweet smell

  • aromatic perfume

  • aloes wood

  • bay rum;

  • horehound[ISA:plant@mint]

  • mint

  • muskrat

  • essential oil

  • incense

  • musk

  • frankincense

  • pastille

  • myrrh

  • perfumes

  • attar

  • bergamot

  • balm

  • civet

  • potpourri

  • pulvil|

  • nosegay

  • sachet

  • smelling bottle

  • vinaigrette

  • toilet water

  • lotion

  • after-shave lotion;

  • perfumer

  • pinene

  • V. be fragrant

  • have a perfume

  • smell sweet

  • scent[render fragrant]

  • perfume

  • embalm

  • Adj. fragrant

  • aromatic

  • redolent

  • spicy

  • savory

  • balmy

  • scented

  • sweet-smelling

  • sweet-scented

  • perfumed

  • thuriferous;

  • fragrant as a rose

  • ambrosial

  • bad

  • bad odor

  • stench

  • stink

  • foul odor

  • malodor

  • mustiness

  • rancidity;

  • foulness

  • stoat

  • polecat

  • skunk

  • fungus

  • garlic

  • stinkpot;

  • peccary

  • acridity

  • V. have a bad smell

  • smell

  • stink

  • stink in the nostrils

  • stink

  • like a polecat

  • smell strong

  • smell offensively

  • Adj. fetid

  • strong-smelling

  • high

  • bad

  • strong

  • fulsome

  • offensive

  • noisome

  • rank

  • rancid

  • tainted

  • musty

  • fusty

  • olidous|

  • smelling

  • stinking

  • putrid

  • suffocating

  • mephitic

#401a. Acridity -- N. acridity

• • astringency

  • bite

  • [acrid substances] tear gas

  • smoke

  • acrid fumes

  • Adj. acrid

  • biting

  • astringent

  • sharp

  • harsh

  • bitter

  • (5) Sound

  • (i) SOUND IN GENERAL

#402. Sound. -- N. sound

• • noise

  • strain

  • accent

  • twang

  • intonation

  • tone

  • cadence

  • sonorousness

  • audibility

  • resonance

  • voice

  • aspirate

  • rough breathing

  • [Science

  • of sound] acoustics

  • phonics

  • phonetics

  • phonology

  • V. produce sound

  • sound

  • make a noise

  • give out sound

  • emit sound;

  • resound

  • Adj. sounding

  • sonorous

  • resonant

  • audible

  • distinct

  • stertorous

  • phonetic

  • phonic

  • Phr. "a thousand trills and quivering sounds" [Addison]

  • forensis

  • strepitus[Lat]

#403. Silence. -- N. silence

• • stillness

  • peace

  • hush

  • lull

  • muteness

  • solemn silence

  • awful silence

  • dead silence

  • deathlike silence

  • V. be silent

  • hold one's tongue

  • render silent

  • silence

  • still

  • hush

  • stifle

  • muffle

  • stop;

  • muzzle

  • put to silence

  • Adj. silent

  • still

  • stilly

  • noiseless

  • soundless

  • hushed

  • mute

  • soft

  • solemn

  • awful

  • deathlike

  • silent as the grave

  • inaudible

  • (faint) 405

  • Adv. silently

  • sub silentio[Lat]

  • quiet! be silent! be still! shut up![rude]

  • tace[It]!

  • Phr. one might hear a feather drop

  • one might hear a pin drop

  • so

  • quiet you could hear a pin drop

  • grosse Seelen dulden still [German]

  • le

  • le silence est

  • "silence more

  • musical than any song" [C. G. Rossetti]

  • tacent satis laudant[Latin];

  • better to be silent and thought a fool than to speak up and remove all

  • doubt

#404. Loudness.-- N. loudness

• • power

  • loud noise

  • din

  • blare

  • clang

  • clangor

  • clatter

  • noise

  • roar

  • uproar

  • racket

  • hubbub

  • fracas

  • trumpet blast

  • flourish of

  • trumpets

  • fanfare

  • peal

  • swell

  • blast

  • boom;

  • bang (explosion) 40

  • resonance

  • vociferation

  • hullabaloo

  • lungs

  • Stentor

  • artillery

  • cannon

  • thunder

  • V. be loud

  • peal

  • swell

  • clang

  • boom

  • thunder

  • blare

  • fulminate

  • roar

  • resound

  • shout

  • bellow

  • rend the air

  • rend the skies

  • fill the air

  • din in the ear

  • ring in

  • the ear

  • thunder in the ear

  • pierce the ears

  • split the ears

  • rend the

  • ears

  • split the head

  • deafen

  • stun

  • make

  • one's windows shake

  • rattle the windows

  • awaken the echoes

  • startle the

  • echoes

  • wake the dead

  • Adj. loud

  • sonorous

  • high-sounding

  • big-sounding

  • deep

  • full

  • powerful

  • noisy

  • blatant

  • clangorous

  • thundering

  • deafening

  • trumpet-tongued

  • ear-splitting

  • ear-rending

  • ear-

  • deafening

  • piercing

  • obstreperous

  • rackety

  • uproarious

  • enough to wake the

  • dead

  • enough to wake seven sleepers

  • shrill

  • stentorophonic|

  • Adv. loudly

  • at the top of one's voice

  • at the top of

  • one's lungs

  • lustily

  • in full cry

  • Phr. the air rings with

  • "the deep dread-bolted thunder" [Lear]

#405. Faintness. -- N. faintness

• • faint sound

  • whisper

  • breath

  • undertone

  • murmur

  • hum

  • susurration

  • tinkle;

  • "still small voice."

  • hoarseness

  • V. whisper

  • breathe

  • murmur

  • purl

  • hum

  • gurgle

  • ripple

  • babble

  • flow;

  • tinkle

  • mutter

  • steal on the ear

  • melt in the air

  • float on the air

  • Adj. inaudible

  • scarcely audible

  • just audible

  • low

  • dull

  • stifled

  • muffled

  • hoarse

  • husky

  • gentle

  • soft

  • faint

  • floating

  • purling

  • flowing

  • v

  • whispered

  • liquid

  • soothing

  • dulcet

  • Adv. in a whisper

  • with bated breath

  • sotto voce[Lat]

  • between the

  • teeth

  • aside

  • piano

  • pianissimo

  • out of earshot

  • inaudibly

  • (ii) SPECIFIC SOUNDS

#406. [Sudden and violent sounds.] Snap. -- N. snap

• • rapping

  • decrepitation

  • crepitation

  • report

  • thud

  • burst

  • explosion

  • blast

  • boom

  • discharge

  • detonation

  • firing

  • salvo

  • volley

  • squib

  • cracker

  • firecracker

  • cherry bomb

  • M80

  • gun

  • cap

  • cap gun

  • popgun

  • implosion

  • bomb burst

  • atomic explosion

  • nuclear explosion (arms) 727

  • [explosive substances] gunpowder

  • dynamite

  • gun cotton

  • nitroglycerine

  • nitrocellulose

  • plastic explosive

  • plastique

  • TNT

  • cordite

  • trinitrotoluene

  • picric acid

  • picrates

  • mercury fulminate (arms) 727

  • whack

  • wham

  • pow

  • V. rap

  • snap

  • tap

  • knock

  • ping

  • click

  • clash

  • crack

  • crackle

  • crash;

  • pop

  • slam

  • bang

  • blast

  • boom

  • clap

  • clang

  • clack

  • whack

  • wham;

  • burst on the ear

  • crepitate

  • rump

  • blow up

  • blow

  • detonate

  • Adj. rapping

  • Int. kaboom! whamo! Heewhack! pow!

#407. [Repeated and protracted sounds.] Roll. -- N. roll

• • drumming

  • rumbling

  • tattoo

  • drumroll

  • dingdong

  • whirr

  • ratatat

  • ratatat-

  • tat

  • rubadub

  • pitapat

  • quaver

  • clutter

  • racket

  • cuckoo;

  • repetition

  • peal of bells

  • devil's tattoo

  • reverberation

  • [sound of railroad train rolling on rails] clickety-clack

  • hum

  • purr

  • [animals that hum] hummingbird

  • [animals that purr] cat

  • kitten (animal sounds) 412

  • V. roll

  • drum

  • rumble

  • rattle

  • clatter

  • patter

  • clack;

  • hum

  • trill

  • shake

  • chime

  • peal

  • toll

  • tick

  • beat

  • drum in the ear

  • din in the ear

  • Adj. rolling

  • monotonous

  • like a bee in a

  • bottle

  • <-- resonance here covers 3 sound qualities

  • echo

  • low note

  • and ringing

  • They should be separated. The physical science meanings must also be

  • listed separately -->

#408. Resonance. -- N. resonance

• • ring

  • ringing

  • tintinabulation

  • reflexion[Brit]

  • reflection

  • reverberation

  • echo

  • reecho

  • zap

  • zot[coll.]

  • buzz (hiss) 409

  • low note

  • base note

  • bass note

  • flat note

  • grave note

  • deep note;

  • bass

  • basso

  • basso profondo[It]

  • baritone

  • contralto

  • [device to cause resonance] echo chamber

  • resonator

  • [ringing in the ears] tinnitus[Med]

  • [devices which make a resonating sound] bell

  • doorbell

  • buzzer

  • gong

  • cymbals (musical instruments) 417

  • [physical resonance] sympathetic vibrations

  • natural frequency

  • coupled vibration frequency

  • overtone

  • resonating cavity

  • sounding board

  • tuning fork

  • [electrical resonance] tuning

  • squelch

  • frequency selection;

  • resonator

  • resonator circuit

  • radio

  • [chemical resonance] resonant structure

  • aromaticity

  • alternating

  • double bonds

  • non-bonded resonance

  • pi clouds

  • unsaturation

  • double bond

  • (valence) @2.3.2.2

  • V. resound

  • reverberate

  • reecho

  • resonate

  • ring

  • jingle

  • chink

  • clink

  • tinkle

  • chime

  • gurgle

  • goggle

  • echo

  • ring in the ear

  • Adj. resounding

  • resonant

  • reverberant

  • tinnient|

  • tintinnabulary

  • sonorous

  • booming

  • deep-toned

  • deep-sounding

  • deep-mouthed

  • vibrant

  • hollow

  • sepulchral

  • gruff

  • Phr. "sweet bells jangled

  • out of time and harsh" [Hamlet]

  • echoing

  • down the mountain and through the dell

  • thump

  • dead sound;

  • muffled drums

  • cracked bell

  • damper

  • silencer

  • V. sound dead

  • stop the sound

  • damp the sound

  • deaden the sound

  • deaden the reverberations

  • dampen the reverberations

  • dead

  • dampened

  • muffled

  • <-- "sibilation" includes hissing and buzzing -->

#409. [Hissing sounds.] Sibilation. -- N. sibilance

• • sibilation

  • zip;

  • hiss

  • sternutation

  • high note

  • [animals that hiss] goose

  • serpent

  • snake (animal sounds) 412

  • [animals that buzz] insect

  • bug

  • bee

  • mosquito

  • wasp

  • fly

  • [inanimate things that hiss] tea kettle

  • pressure cooker

  • air valve

  • pressure release valve

  • safety valve

  • tires

  • air escaping from tires

  • punctured tire

  • escaping steam

  • steam

  • steam radiator

  • steam release valve

  • V. hiss

  • buzz

  • whiz

  • rustle

  • fizz

  • fizzle

  • wheeze

  • whistle

  • snuffle;

  • squash

  • sneeze

  • sizzle

  • swish

  • Adj. sibilant

  • hissing

  • wheezy

#410. [Harsh sounds.] Stridor. -- N. creak

• • creaking

  • discord

  • stridor

  • roughness

  • sharpness

  • cacophony;

  • acute note

  • high note

  • soprano

  • treble

  • tenor

  • alto

  • falsetto

  • penny

  • trumpet

  • voce di testa[It]

  • V. creak

  • grate

  • jar

  • burr

  • pipe

  • twang

  • jangle

  • clank

  • clink

  • scream

  • yelp

  • buzz

  • set the teeth on edge

  • pierce the ears

  • split the ears

  • split the head

  • offend the ear

  • grate upon the ear

  • jar

  • upon the ear

  • Adj. creaking

  • harsh

  • coarse

  • hoarse

  • horrisonous|

  • rough

  • gruff

  • sepulchral

  • hollow

  • sharp

  • high

  • acute

  • shrill

  • trumpet-toned

  • piercing

  • ear-piercing

  • high-pitched

  • high-toned

  • cracked

  • discordant

  • cacophonous

#411. Cry. -- N. cry

• • voice

  • hubbub

  • bark

  • (animal) 412

  • vociferation

  • outcry

  • hullabaloo

  • chorus

  • clamor

  • hue and cry

  • plaint;

  • lungs

  • stentor

  • V. cry

  • roar

  • shout

  • bawl

  • brawl

  • halloo

  • halloa

  • hoop

  • whoop

  • yell

  • bellow

  • howl

  • scream

  • screech

  • shriek

  • shrill

  • squeak

  • squeal

  • squall

  • whine

  • pule

  • pipe

  • cheer

  • hoot

  • grumble

  • moan

  • groan

  • snore

  • snort

  • grunt

  • vociferate

  • raise up the voice

  • lift up the voice

  • call out

  • sing out

  • cry out

  • exclaim

  • rend the air

  • thunder at the top of one's voice

  • shout at

  • the top of one's voice

  • shout at the pitch of one's breath

  • thunder at the

  • pitch of one's breath

  • s'_gosiller

  • strain the throat

  • strain the voice

  • strain the lungs

  • give a cry

  • Adj. crying

  • clamorous

  • vociferous

  • stentorian

  • open-mouthed

#412. [Animal sounds.] Ululation. -- N. cry

• • crying

  • bowwow

  • ululation

  • belling

  • wood-note;

  • insect cry

  • fritiniancy|

  • drone

  • screech owl

  • cuckoo

  • wailing (lamentation) 839

  • V. cry

  • roar

  • bellow

  • blare

  • growl

  • snarl

  • [specific animal sounds] bark [dog

  • seal]

  • bow-wow

  • yelp [dog]

  • bay

  • bay at the moon [dog

  • wolf]

  • yap

  • yip

  • yipe

  • growl

  • yarr|

  • yawl

  • snarl

  • howl [dog

  • wolf]

  • grunt

  • snort [pig

  • hog

  • swine

  • horse];

  • squeak [swine

  • mouse]

  • neigh

  • whinny [horse]

  • bray [donkey

  • mule

  • hinny

  • ass]

  • mew

  • mewl [kitten]

  • meow [cat]

  • purr [cat]

  • caterwaul

  • pule [cats];

  • bleat [lamb]

  • low

  • moo [cow

  • cattle]

  • croak

  • peep

  • coo [dove

  • pigeon]

  • gobble [turkeys]

  • quack [duck]

  • honk

  • gaggle

  • crow

  • caw

  • squawk

  • screech

  • [crow]

  • cackle

  • cluck

  • clack [hen

  • rooster

  • poultry]

  • chuck

  • chuckle

  • hoot

  • hoo [owl]

  • chirp

  • cheep

  • chirrup

  • twitter

  • cuckoo

  • warble

  • trill

  • tweet

  • pipe

  • whistle [small

  • birds]

  • hum [insects

  • hummingbird]

  • buzz [flying insects

  • bugs]

  • hiss

  • [snakes

  • geese]

  • ratatat [woodpecker]

  • Adj. crying

  • blatant

  • deep-mouthed

  • full-mouthed

  • Adv. in full cry

  • (iii) MUSICAL SOUNDS

#413. Melody. Concord. -- N. melody

• • rhythm

  • measure

  • rhyme

  • pitch

  • timbre

  • intonation

  • tone

  • scale

  • gamut

  • diapason

  • enharmonic

  • key

  • clef

  • chords

  • modulation

  • temperament

  • syncope

  • syncopation

  • preparation

  • suspension

  • resolution

  • staff

  • stave

  • line

  • space

  • brace

  • bar

  • rest

  • note

  • musical note

  • notes of a scale

  • sharp

  • flat

  • natural

  • high note

  • low note

  • interval

  • semitone

  • second

  • third

  • fourth

  • breve

  • semibreve[Mus]

  • minim

  • crotchet

  • quaver

  • semiquaver

  • demisemiquaver

  • hemidemisemiquaver

  • sustained note

  • drone

  • burden

  • tonic

  • key note

  • leading note

  • fundamental note

  • dominant

  • octave

  • major key

  • minor key

  • major scale

  • minor scale

  • major

  • mode

  • minor mode

  • passage

  • phrase

  • concord

  • harmony

  • unison

  • chime

  • homophony

  • euphony

  • tonality

  • consonance

  • consent

  • part

  • [Science of harmony] harmony

  • harmonics

  • thorough-bass

  • fundamental-

  • bass

  • counterpoint

  • piece of music

  • composer

  • contrapuntist

  • (musician) 416

  • V. be harmonious

  • harmonize

  • chime

  • transpose

  • put in tune

  • tune

  • accord

  • string

  • Adj. harmonious

  • in concord

  • in tune

  • in

  • concert

  • isotonic

  • assonant

  • consonant

  • measured

  • rhythmical

  • chromatic

  • melodious

  • musical

  • tuneful

  • tunable

  • sweet

  • dulcet

  • mellow

  • mellifluous

  • soft

  • clear

  • clear as a bell

  • silvery;

  • euphonious

  • euphonic

  • symphonious

  • enchanting

  • (pleasure-giving) 8

  • fine-toned

  • full-toned

  • silver-toned

  • Adv. harmoniously

  • in harmony

  • as one

  • Phr. "the hidden soul of harmony" [Milton]

#414. Discord. -- N. discord

• • discordance

  • dissonance

  • cacophony

  • want of harmony

  • caterwauling

  • harshness

  • sounds]

  • Dutch concert

  • cat's concert

  • marrowbones and cleavers

  • V. be discordant

  • jar

  • Adj. discordant

  • dissonant

  • out of tune

  • tuneless;

  • unmusical

  • unmelodious

  • inharmonious

  • singsong

  • cacophonous

  • harsh

  • jarring

#415. Music. -- N. music

• • concert

  • strain

  • tune

  • air

  • melody

  • aria

  • work

  • number

  • opus

  • sonata

  • rondo

  • pastorale

  • fantasia

  • concerto

  • overture

  • symphony

  • variations

  • cadenza

  • cadence

  • fugue

  • canon

  • quodlibet

  • serenade

  • notturno [Italian]

  • dithyramb

  • opera

  • operetta

  • oratorio;

  • composition

  • movement

  • stave

  • toccata

  • Vorspiel

  • [German]

  • instrumental music

  • full score

  • minstrelsy

  • tweedledum and tweedledee

  • band

  • orchestra

  • potpourri

  • capriccio

  • vocal music

  • chaunt

  • chant

  • psalm

  • psalmody

  • hymn;

  • song

  • canticle

  • cantata

  • bravura

  • lay

  • ballad

  • ditty

  • carol

  • pastoral

  • recitative

  • Lydian measures

  • slow music

  • slow movement

  • adagio

  • minuet;

  • siren strains

  • soft music

  • lullaby

  • dump

  • dirge

  • martial music

  • march

  • dance music

  • waltz

  • solo

  • duet

  • duo

  • trio

  • quartet

  • part

  • song

  • descant

  • glee

  • madrigal

  • catch

  • round

  • chorus

  • chorale;

  • antiphony

  • accompaniment

  • second

  • bass

  • score;

  • drone

  • composer

  • musician

  • V. compose

  • perform

  • attune

  • Adj. musical

  • instrumental

  • vocal

  • choral

  • lyric

  • operatic

  • harmonious

  • Wagnerian

  • Adv. adagio

  • largo

  • larghetto

  • andante

  • alla

  • moderato

  • allegro

  • allegretto;

  • presto

  • con

  • brio

  • scherzo

  • legato

  • staccato

  • crescendo

  • diminuendo

  • obbligato;

  • pizzicato

  • Phr. "in notes by distance made more sweet" [Collins]

  • "like the

  • faint exquisite music of a dream" [Moore]

  • "music arose with its

  • voluptuous swell" [Byron]

  • "music is the universal language of mankind"

  • [Longfellow]

  • "music's golden tongue" [Keats]

  • "the speech of angels"

  • [Carlyle]

  • "will sing the savageness out of a bear" [Othello]

  • music hath

  • charms to soothe the savage beast

#416. Musician. [Performance of Music.] -- N. musician

• • artiste

  • performer

  • player

  • minstrel

  • bard

  • [specific types of musicians] accompanist

  • accordionist

  • instrumentalist

  • organist

  • pianist

  • violinist

  • flautist

  • harper

  • fiddler

  • trumpeter

  • piper

  • drummer

  • catgut scraper

  • band

  • orchestral waits

  • vocalist

  • melodist

  • singer

  • warbler

  • songster

  • songstress

  • choir

  • quire

  • chorister

  • chorus

  • chorus singer

  • liedertafel[Ger]

  • nightingale

  • thrush

  • siren

  • bulbul

  • mavis

  • Pierides;

  • sacred nine

  • Orpheus

  • the Muses Erato

  • Euterpe

  • Terpsichore;

  • tuneful nine

  • tuneful quire

  • composer

  • performance

  • execution

  • touch

  • expression

  • V. play

  • pipe

  • strike up

  • sweep the chords

  • tweedle

  • fiddle

  • strike

  • the lyre

  • beat the drum

  • blow the horn

  • sound the horn

  • wind the horn;

  • doodle

  • grind the organ

  • touch the guitar

  • thrum

  • strum

  • beat time

  • execute

  • perform

  • accompany

  • sing a second

  • play a second

  • compose

  • set to music

  • arrange

  • sing

  • chaunt

  • chant

  • hum

  • warble

  • carol

  • chirp

  • chirrup

  • lilt

  • purl

  • quaver

  • trill

  • shake

  • twitter

  • whistle

  • intone

  • have an ear for music

  • have a musical ear

  • have a correct ear

  • Adj. playing

  • musical

  • Adv. adagio

  • andante

#417. Musical Instruments. -- N. musical instruments

• • band

  • string-

  • band

  • brass-band

  • orchestra

  • harp

  • lyre

  • lute

  • mandolin

  • guitar;

  • zither

  • bandura

  • banjo

  • viol

  • violin

  • fiddle

  • kit

  • viola

  • viola di

  • gamba[It]

  • tenor

  • cremona

  • violoncello

  • bass

  • bass viol

  • base viol;

  • double base

  • *psaltery;

  • bow

  • piano

  • pianoforte

  • harpsichord

  • clavichord

  • clavier

  • spinet

  • virginals

  • dulcimer

  • hurdy-gurdy

  • Eolian harp

  • organ[Wind instruments]

  • harmonium

  • American

  • barrel organ

  • hand organ

  • accordion

  • concertina

  • humming top

  • flute

  • fife

  • piccolo

  • flageolet

  • clarinet

  • basset

  • horn

  • oboe

  • hautboy

  • corno

  • bassoon

  • double bassoon

  • serpent

  • bass

  • clarinet

  • bagpipes

  • union pipes

  • musette

  • ocarina

  • Pandean pipes

  • reed

  • instrument

  • pipe

  • pitch-pipe

  • whistle

  • catcall

  • horn

  • bugle

  • cornet

  • cornet-a-pistons

  • cornopean|

  • clarion

  • trumpet

  • trombone

  • French horn

  • saxophone

  • sax [informal]

  • saxhorn

  • sackbut

  • euphonium

  • bombardon

  • [Vibrating surfaces] cymbal

  • bell

  • gong

  • tambour|!

  • tambourine

  • drum

  • tom-tom

  • tabor

  • side drum

  • kettle drum

  • timpani

  • castanet

  • bones

  • musical glasses

  • musical

  • stones

  • harmonica

  • sounding-board

  • rattle

  • tam-tam

  • [Vibrating bars] reed

  • tuning fork

  • triangle

  • Jew's harp

  • musical box

  • xylophone

  • mute

  • (iv) PERCEPTION OF SOUND

#418. [Sense of sound.] Hearing. -- N. hearing

• • audition

  • auscultation

  • eavesdropping

  • audibility

  • acute ear

  • nice ear

  • delicate ear

  • quick ear

  • sharp ear

  • correct ear

  • musical ear

  • ear for music

  • ear

  • auricle

  • lug

  • acoustic organs

  • auditory apparatus

  • eardrum

  • tympanum

  • tympanic membrane

  • [devices to aid human hearing by amplifying sound] ear trumpet

  • speaking trumpet

  • hearing aid

  • stethoscope

  • [distance within which direct hearing is possible] earshot

  • hearing

  • distance

  • hearing

  • hearing range

  • sound

  • carrying distance

  • [devices for talking beyond hearing distance] telephone[exlist]

  • phone

  • telephone booth

  • intercom

  • house phone

  • radiotelephone

  • radiophone

  • wireless

  • wireless telephone

  • mobile telephone

  • car radio

  • police radio

  • two-way radio

  • walkie-talkie[military]

  • handie-talkie

  • citizen's band

  • CB

  • amateur radio

  • ham radio

  • short-wave radio

  • police band

  • ship-to-shore

  • radio

  • airplane radio

  • control tower communication

  • (communication) 525

  • 5

  • 5

  •  

  • electronic devices (POINFO @.2.2.3.1.3.5.3)

  • [devices for recording and reproducing recorded sound] phonograph

  • gramophone

  • megaphone

  • [device to convert sound to electrical signals] microphone,directional

  • microphone

  • mike

  • hand mike

  • lapel microphone

  • [devices to convert recorded sound to electronic signals] phonograph

  • needle

  • stylus

  • diamond stylus

  • pickup

  • reading head (electronic devices)

  • hearer

  • auditor

  • listener

  • eavesdropper

  • listener-in

  • auditory

  • audience

  • [science of hearing] otology

  • otorhinolaryngology

  • [physicians specializing in hearing] otologist

  • otorhinolaryngologist

  • V. hear

  • overhear

  • hark

  • harken

  • list

  • listen

  • pay attention

  • take

  • heed

  • give an ear

  • lend an ear

  • bend an ear

  • catch

  • catch a sound

  • prick up

  • one's ears

  • give ear

  • give a hearing

  • give audience to

  • hang upon the lips of

  • be all ears

  • listen with both ears

  • become audible

  • meet the ear

  • fall upon the ear

  • catch the ear

  • reach the ear

  • be heard

  • ring in the ear

  • Adj. hearing

  • auditory

  • auricular

  • acoustic

  • phonic

  • Adv. arrectis auribus[Lat]

  • Int. hark

  • hark ye! hear! list

  • listen! O yes! Oyez!

  • listen up [coll.]

  • listen here! hear ye! attention! achtung [German]

#419. Deafness. -- N. deafness

• • hardness of hearing

  • surdity|;

  • inaudibility

  • V. be deaf

  • have no ear

  • shut one's ears

  • stop one's ears

  • close one's ears

  • turn a deaf ear to

  • render deaf

  • stun

  • deafen

  • Adj. deaf

  • surd

  • hard of hearing

  • dull of hearing;

  • deaf-mute

  • stunned

  • deafened

  • stone deaf

  • deaf as a post

  • deaf as an

  • adder

  • deaf as a beetle

  • inaudible

  • out of hearing

  • Phr. hear no evil

  • (6) Light

  • (i) LIGHT IN GENERAL