loud-voiced

  • 21Stentor — In Greek mythology, Stentor (Στεντωρ) was a Herald of the Greek forces during the Trojan War. His name has given rise to the adjective , meaning loud voiced, for which he was famous. Homer said his voice was as powerful as fifty voices of other… …

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  • 22Asia — /ay zheuh, ay sheuh/, n. a continent bounded by Europe and the Arctic, Pacific, and Indian oceans. 2,896,700,000; ab. 16,000,000 sq. mi. (41,440,000 sq. km). * * * I Largest continent on Earth. It is bounded by the Arctic Ocean, the Pacific Ocean …

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  • 23South America — South American. a continent in the S part of the Western Hemisphere. 271,000,000; ab. 6,900,000 sq. mi. (17,871,000 sq. km). * * * Continent, Western Hemisphere. The world s fourth largest continent, it is bounded by the Caribbean Sea to the… …

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  • 24virago — /vi rah goh, ray /, n., pl. viragoes, viragos. 1. a loud voiced, ill tempered, scolding woman; shrew. 2. Archaic. a woman of strength or spirit. [bef. 1000; ME, OE < L virago, equiv. to vir man + ago suffix expressing association of some kind,&#8230; …

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  • 25megaphone — (n.) 1878, coined (perhaps by Thomas Edison, who invented it) from Gk. megas great (see MEGA (Cf. mega )) + phone voice (see FAME (Cf. fame) (n.)). Related: Megaphonic. In Greek, megalophonia meant grandiloquence, megalophonos loud voiced …

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  • 26sonant — so·nant || səʊnÉ™nt adj. spoken out loud, voiced …

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  • 27limpkin — limp•kin [[t]ˈlɪmp kɪn[/t]] n. orn a large, loud voiced wading bird, Aramus guarauna, of warmer regions of the New World • Etymology: 1870–75, amer.; appar. limp I+ kin, from its jerky walk …

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  • 28virago — vi•ra•go [[t]vɪˈrɑ goʊ, ˈreɪ [/t]] n. pl. goes, gos 1) sex a loud voiced, ill tempered, scolding woman; shrew 2) sex archaic a woman of strength or spirit • Etymology: bef. 1000; ME, OE &LT; L virāgō=vir man + āgō suffix expressing association of …

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  • 29bullfrog — /ˈbʊlfrɒg/ (say boolfrog) noun any of various large, loud voiced frogs, as the Australian marsh frog, Limnodynastes dorsalis, or the American Rana catesbeiana …

  • 30limpkin — /ˈlɪmpkən/ (say limpkuhn) noun a large, loud voiced, wading bird, Aramus guarauna, sole member of the family Aramidae, of south eastern Georgia and Florida, the West Indies, and Central and South America. {limp1 + kin; named from its awkward&#8230; …