Word Meanings - OTACOUSTIC - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Assisting the sense of hearing; as, an otacoustic instrument.

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• ASSISTANTLY
  In a manner to give aid.
• SENSE
  A faculty, possessed by animals, of perceiving external objects by means of impressions made upon certain organs (sensory or sense organs) of the body, or of perceiving changes in the condition of the body; as, the senses of sight, smell, hearing,
• HEARTWOOD
  The hard, central part of the trunk of a tree, consisting of the old and matured wood, and usually differing in color from the outer layers. It is technically known as duramen, and distinguished from the softer sapwood or alburnum.
• HEART
  A hollow, muscular organ, which, by contracting rhythmically, keeps up the circulation of the blood. Why does my blood thus muster to my heart! Shak. Note: In adult mammals and birds, the heart is four-chambered, the right auricle and ventricle
• HEARSECLOTH
  A cloth for covering a coffin when on a bier; a pall. Bp. Sanderson.
• INSTRUMENTAL
  Pertaining to, made by, or prepared for, an instrument, esp. a musical instrument; as, instrumental music, distinguished from vocal music. "He defended the use of instrumental music in public worship." Macaulay. Sweet voices mix'd with instrumental
• ASSISTANCE
  1. The act of assisting; help; aid; furtherance; succor; support. Without the assistance of a mortal hand. Shak. 2. An assistant or helper; a body of helpers. Wat Tyler killed by valiant Walworth, the lord mayor of London, and his assistance,
• ASSIST
  To give support to in some undertaking or effort, or in time of distress; to help; to aid; to succor. Assist me, knight. I am undone! Shak. Syn. -- To help; aid; second; back; support; relieve; succor; befriend; sustain; favor. See Help.
• HEARTBROKEN
  Overcome by crushing sorrow; deeply grieved.
• HEARTGRIEF
  Heartache; sorrow. Milton.
• HEARTEN
  1. To encourage; to animate; to incite or stimulate the courage of; to embolden. Hearten those that fight in your defense. Shak. 2. To restore fertility or strength to, as to land.
• HEARTDEEP
  Rooted in the heart. Herbert.
• ASSISTER
  An assistant; a helper.
• HEARTENER
  One who, or that which, heartens, animates, or stirs up. W. Browne.
• HEAR
  hora, D. hooren, OHG. h, G. hören, Icel. heyra, Sw: höra, Dan. hore, 1. To perceive by the ear; to apprehend or take cognizance of by the ear; as, to hear sounds; to hear a voice; to hear one call. Lay thine ear close to the ground, and list
• HEARTSWELLING
  Rankling in, or swelling, the heart. "Heartswelling hate." Spenser.
• HEART-ROBBING
  1. Depriving of thought; ecstatic. "Heart-robbing gladness." Spenser. 2. Stealing the heart or affections; winning.
• OTACOUSTIC
  Assisting the sense of hearing; as, an otacoustic instrument.
• ASSISTLESS
  Without aid or help. Pope.
• HEART'S-EASE
  A species of violet ; -- called also pansy. (more info) 1. Ease of heart; peace or tranquillity of mind or feeling. Shak.
• HOLLOW-HEARTED
  Insincere; deceitful; not sound and true; having a cavity or decayed spot within. Syn. -- Faithless; dishonest; false; treacherous.
• INSENSE
  To make to understand; to instruct. Halliwell.
• WHITE-HEART
  A somewhat heart-shaped cherry with a whitish skin.
• SWEETHEART
  A lover of mistress.
• THEARCHY
  Government by God; divine sovereignty; theocracy.
• GREAT-HEARTED
  1. High-spirited; fearless. Clarendon. 2. Generous; magnanimous; noble.
• SHEAR
  To produce a change of shape in by a shear. See Shear, n., 4. (more info) shave, AS. sceran, scieran, scyran; akin to D. & G. scheren, Icel. 1. To cut, clip, or sever anything from with shears or a like instrument; as, to shear sheep; to shear
• PIGEON-HEARTED
  Timid; easily frightened; chicken-hearted. Beau. & Fl.
• DISHEARTENMENT
  Discouragement; dejection; depression of spirits.
• KIND-HEARTED
  Having kindness of nature; sympathetic; characterized by a humane disposition; as, a kind-hearted landlord. To thy self at least kind-hearted prove. Shak.