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Word Meanings - BRONCHOPHONY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A modification of the voice sounds, by which they are intensified and heightened in pitch; -- observed in auscultation of the chest in certain cases of intro-thoracic disease.

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  • PITCHSTONE
    An igneous rock of semiglassy nature, having a luster like pitch.
  • PITCHERFUL
    The quantity a pitcher will hold.
  • MODIFICATION
    The act of modifying, or the state of being modified; a modified form or condition; state as modified; a change; as, the modification of an opinion, or of a machine; the various modifications of light. Bentley.
  • INTRODUCTOR
    An introducer.
  • PITCHINESS
    Blackness, as of pitch; darkness.
  • PITCHFORK
    A fork, or farming utensil, used in pitching hay, sheaves of grain, or the like.
  • OBSERVANCY
    Observance.
  • PITCHWORK
    The work of a coal miner who is paid by a share of his product.
  • DISEASEFUL
    1. Causing uneasiness. Disgraceful to the king and diseaseful to the people. Bacon. 2. Abounding with disease; producing diseases; as, a diseaseful climate.
  • INTROPRESSION
    Pressure acting within.
  • INTROSPECTION
    A view of the inside or interior; a looking inward; specifically, the act or process of self-examination, or inspection of one's own thoughts and feelings; the cognition which the mind has of its own acts and states; self-consciousness; reflection.
  • INTROSPECT
    To look into or within; to view the inside of. Bailey.
  • WHICHEVER; WHICHSOEVER
    Whether one or another; whether one or the other; which; that one which; as, whichever road you take, it will lead you to town.
  • OBSERVANTLY
    In an observant manner.
  • PITCHER
    1. One who pitches anything, as hay, quoits, a ball, etc.; specifically , the player who delivers the ball to the batsman. 2. A sort of crowbar for digging. Mortimer.
  • CHESTNUT
    The edible nut of a forest tree of Europe and America. Commonly two or more of the nuts grow in a prickly bur. 2. The tree itself, or its light, coarse-grained timber, used for ornamental work, furniture, etc. 3. A bright brown color, like that
  • INTROSPECTIONIST
    One given to the introspective method of examining the phenomena of the soul.
  • CHESTERLITE
    A variety of feldspar found in crystals in the county of Chester, Pennsylvania.
  • INTRODUCEMENT
    Introduction.
  • OBSERVANTINE
    One of a branch of the Order of Franciscans, who profess to adhere more strictly than the Conventuals to the intention of the founder, especially as to poverty; -- called also Observants.
  • HODGKIN'S DISEASE
    A morbid condition characterized by progressive anæmia and enlargement of the lymphatic glands; -- first described by Dr. Hodgkin, an English physician.
  • METATHORACIC
    Of or pertaining to the metathorax.
  • JUMPING DISEASE
    A convulsive tic similar to or identical with miryachit, observed among the woodsmen of Maine.
  • PROTHORACIC
    Of or pertaining to the prothorax.
  • ASCERTAINMENT
    The act of ascertaining; a reducing to certainty; a finding out by investigation; discovery. The positive ascertainment of its limits. Burke.
  • ASCERTAINABLE
    That may be ascertained. -- As`cer*tain"a*ble*ness, n. -- As`cer*tain"a*bly, adv.
  • INVOICE
    A written account of the particulars of merchandise shipped or sent to a purchaser, consignee, factor, etc., with the value or prices and charges annexed. Wharton. 2. The lot or set of goods as shipped or received; as, the merchant receives a large
  • QUINTROON
    The off-spring of an octoroon and a white person.
  • MISOBSERVE
    To observe inaccurately; to mistake in observing. Locke.
  • ORCHESTRAL
    Of or pertaining to an orchestra; suitable for, or performed in or by, an orchestra.
  • ORCHESTRIC
    Orchestral.
  • AUCTION PITCH
    A game of cards in which the players bid for the privilege of determining or "pitching" the trump suit. R. F. Foster.
  • WATER PITCHER
    One of a family of plants having pitcher-shaped leaves. The sidesaddle flower is the type. (more info) 1. A pitcher for water.

 

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