a. (Physics) Pertaining to, or causing the production of, sound by means of the actinic, or ultraviolet, rays; as, actinophonic phenomena. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

adj. 1. of or pertaining to an allophone. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Antiphonal. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Without voice; voiceless; nonvocal; incapable of all but whispered speech. [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 ]

{ ‖ } n. [ NL. aphonia, Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; voiceless; 'a priv. + &unr_; voice: cf. F. aphonie. ] (Med.) Loss of voice or vocal utterance. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖‖‖ } n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. 'a priv. + &unr_; a tube. ] (Zool.) A group of bivalve mollusks destitute of siphons, as the oyster; the asiphonate mollusks. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being autochthonal. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Aboriginal; indigenous; native. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , a. Harsh-sounding. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or relating to cataphonics; catacoustic. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. cata + phonic: cf. F. cataphonique. ] (Physics) That branch of acoustics which treats of reflected sounds; catacoustics. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; in or under the earth, fr. &unr_;, &unr_;, earth. ] Designating, or pertaining to, gods or spirits of the underworld; esp., relating to the underworld gods of the Greeks, whose worship is widely considered as more primitive in form than that of the Olympian gods. The characteristics of chthonian worship are propitiatory and magical rites and generalized or euphemistic names of the deities, which are supposed to have been primarily ghosts.
Syn. -- chthonic, lower, nether. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, the earth. ] Pertaining to the earth; earthy; as, chthonic religions. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ The ] chthonic character of the wife of Zeus. Max Müller. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Belonging to, or obtained from, cinchona. Mayne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Cinchona. ] (Chem.) One of the quinine group of alkaloids, found especially in red cinchona bark. It is a white crystalline substance, C19H22N2O, with a bitter taste and qualities similar to, but weaker than, quinine; -- sometimes called also cinchonidia. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Cinchona: cf. F. cinchonine. ] (Chem.) One of the quinine group of alkaloids isomeric with and resembling cinchonidine; -- called also cinchonia. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Cinchona. ] (Med.) A condition produced by the excessive or long-continued use of quinine, and marked by deafness, roaring in the ears, vertigo, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To produce cinchonism in; to poison with quinine or with cinchona. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. colophonite. So named from its resemblance to the color of colophony. ] (Min.) A coarsely granular variety of garnet. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;, fr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_; a crooked piece of wood, a sort of pillory, fr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_; bent, stooping. ] A punishment sometimes used by the ancients, consisting in the besmearing of the criminal with honey, and exposing him to insects. It is still in use among some Oriental nations. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , a. [ Gr. dia` through + &unr_; sound, tone. ] Diacoustic. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The doctrine of refracted sound; diacoustics. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖ } n. [ NL. dysphonia, Gr. &unr_;; dys- ill, hard + &unr_; sound, voice: cf. F. dysphonie. ] (Med.) A difficulty in producing vocal sounds; enfeebled or depraved voice. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Belonging to, or resembling, egophony. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Euphony. ] (Mus.) An instrument in which are combined the characteristic tones of the organ and various other instruments. [ R. ]

{ } a. Pertaining to, or exhibiting, euphony; agreeable in sound; pleasing to the ear; euphonious; as, a euphonic expression; euphonical orthography. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Euphony. ] (Mus.) A kind of upright piano. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pleasing or sweet in sound; euphonic; smooth-sounding. Hallam. -- Eu*pho"ni*ous*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

n. An agreeable combination of sounds; euphony. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ NL. See Euphony. ] (Mus.) A bass instrument of the saxhorn family. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To make euphonic. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. a. Able to communicate in the French language; -- used especially of those whose native language is French.
Syn. -- French-speaking. [ PJC ]

{ } a. [ L. Gnatho, name of a parasite in the “Eunuchus” of Terence, Gr. &unr_;; hence, a parasite in general. ] Flattering; deceitful. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Gr. &unr_;; &unr_; the same + &unr_; sound, tone: cf. F. homophone. ] 1. (Mus.) (a) Originally, sounding alike; of the same pitch; unisonous; monodic. (b) Now used for plain harmony, note against note, as opposed to polyphonic harmony, in which the several parts move independently, each with its own melody. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Expressing the same sound by a different combination of letters; as, bay and bey. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. See Honeyed. [ 1913 Webster ]

A kind of pillow lace, remarkable for the beauty of its figures; -- so called because chiefly made in Honiton, England. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. A genus of evergreen shrubs and small trees of North and Central America and Asia. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Named after Bernard McMahon. ] (Bot.) The Oregon grape, a species of barberry (Berberis Aquifolium), often cultivated for its hollylike foliage. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to a microphone; serving to intensify weak sounds. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ See Microphone. ] The science which treats of the means of increasing the intensity of low or weak sounds, or of the microphone. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Mono- + Gr. &unr_; a voice. ] 1. (Mus.) Single-voiced; having but one part; as, a monophonic composition; -- opposed to polyphonic. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Of or relating to a system for recording and reproducing sound, which has only one sound channel; also called monaural or mono. It contrasts with stereophonic (or stereo), quadraphonic, or surround-sound, which have two or more channels, and can thus reproduce the effect of the sound coming from more than one direction. [ PJC ]

a. [ Gr. fwnh` sound: cf. F. phonique. ] Of or pertaining to sound; of the nature of sound; acoustic. Tyndall. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. Same as Phonetics. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A method of teaching reading and spelling to beginning students, emphasizing the sound values of individual letters and syllables, and the relationship between pronunciation and spelling. Contrasted to whole language method and sentence method. [ PJC ]

a. [ Phosphoric + sulphonic. ] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, certain derivatives of phosphorous acid containing a hydrocarbon radical with the phosphorus directly bonded to a carbon, and analogous to the sulphonic acids; as, methanephosphonic acid, CH3.PO.(OH)2. [ 1913 Webster + PJC ]

n. [ Phosphorus + ammonium. ] (Chem.) The hypothetical radical PH4, analogous to ammonium, and regarded as the nucleus of certain derivatives of phosphine. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to photophone. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_;; poly`s many + &unr_; sound: cf. F. polyphone. ] 1. Having a multiplicity of sounds. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Characterized by polyphony; as, Assyrian polyphonic characters. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Mus.) Consisting of several tone series, or melodic parts, progressing simultaneously according to the laws of counterpoint; contrapuntal; as, a polyphonic composition; -- opposed to homophonic, or monodic. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Polyphony. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A proficient in the art of multiplying sounds; a ventriloquist. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Mus.) A master of polyphony; a contrapuntist. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pyro- + Gr. &unr_; linen. ] (Med.) A kind of empyreumatic oil produced by the combustion of textures of hemp, linen, or cotton in a copper vessel, -- formerly used as a remedial agent. Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ]