Words starting with phon
4 letter words starting with phon
- phon — a unit for measuring the apparent loudness of a sound, equal in number for a given sound to the intensity in decibels of a sound having a frequency of 1000 cycles per second when, in the judgment of a group of listeners, the two sounds are of equal loudness.
5 letter words starting with phon
- phon- — phono-
- phone — a speech sound: There are three phonetically different “t” phones in an utterance of “titillate,” and two in an utterance of “tattletale.”.
- phono — phonograph.
- phony — not real or genuine; fake; counterfeit: a phony diamond.
- phone bill — an account or bill for the charges for a telephone and line and for calls made from it
6 letter words starting with phon
- phonal — a speech sound: There are three phonetically different “t” phones in an utterance of “titillate,” and two in an utterance of “tattletale.”.
- phoner — a person making a telephone call
- phoney — not real or genuine; fake; counterfeit: a phony diamond.
- phonic — of or relating to speech sounds.
- phono- — indicating a sound or voice
7 letter words starting with phon
- phonate — to articulate speech sounds, esp to cause the vocal cords to vibrate in the execution of a voiced speech sound
- phoneme — any of a small set of units, usually about 20 to 60 in number, and different for each language, considered to be the basic distinctive units of speech sound by which morphemes, words, and sentences are represented. They are arrived at for any given language by determining which differences in sound function to indicate a difference in meaning, so that in English the difference in sound and meaning between pit and bit is taken to indicate the existence of different labial phonemes, while the difference in sound between the unaspirated p of spun and the aspirated p of pun, since it is never the only distinguishing feature between two different words, is not taken as ground for setting up two different p phonemes in English. Compare distinctive feature (def 1).
- phonics — a method of teaching reading and spelling based upon the phonetic interpretation of ordinary spelling.
- phonied — not real or genuine; fake; counterfeit: a phony diamond.
- phonies — not real or genuine; fake; counterfeit: a phony diamond.
8 letter words starting with phon
- phonecam — a digital camera incorporated in a mobile phone
- phonemes — any of a small set of units, usually about 20 to 60 in number, and different for each language, considered to be the basic distinctive units of speech sound by which morphemes, words, and sentences are represented. They are arrived at for any given language by determining which differences in sound function to indicate a difference in meaning, so that in English the difference in sound and meaning between pit and bit is taken to indicate the existence of different labial phonemes, while the difference in sound between the unaspirated p of spun and the aspirated p of pun, since it is never the only distinguishing feature between two different words, is not taken as ground for setting up two different p phonemes in English. Compare distinctive feature (def 1).
- phonemic — of or relating to phonemes: a phonemic system.
- phonetic — Also, phonetical. of or relating to speech sounds, their production, or their transcription in written symbols.
- phoniest — not real or genuine; fake; counterfeit: a phony diamond.
9 letter words starting with phon
- phonathon — a campaign to solicit funds or support in which volunteers make phone calls to prospective donors or supporters.
- phonation — rapid, periodic opening and closing of the glottis through separation and apposition of the vocal cords that, accompanied by breath under lung pressure, constitutes a source of vocal sound.
- phonatory — rapid, periodic opening and closing of the glottis through separation and apposition of the vocal cords that, accompanied by breath under lung pressure, constitutes a source of vocal sound.
- phonecard — calling card (def 3).
- phonemics — the study of phonemes and phonemic systems.
10 letter words starting with phon
- phone-jack — to steal the mobile phone from (a person)
- phonematic — phonemic.
- phonetical — Also, phonetical. of or relating to speech sounds, their production, or their transcription in written symbols.
- phonically — of or relating to speech sounds.
- phonograph — any sound-reproducing machine using records in the form of cylinders or discs.
11 letter words starting with phon
- phonematics — phonemics.
- phonemicize — to transcribe into phonemic symbols.
- phonetastic — (communications) A CTI product from Callware. Phonetastic employs if-then rules and customer records to tell those receiving calls who is calling (based on ANI and DNIS) and to determine how the call should be routed, e.g. to a certain sales representative or to the general sales department; receive high-priority treatment; receive a fax-back, etc.
- phonetician — a specialist in phonetics or in some aspect of phonetics.
- phoneticism — a phonetic scheme of writing
12 letter words starting with phon
- phonasthenia — difficult or abnormal voice production; vocal weakness.
- phonemically — of or relating to phonemes: a phonemic system.
- phonesthemic — (of a speech sound) shared by a set of echoic or symbolic words, as the sn- of sneer, snarl, snatch, snide, snitch, snoop, etc.
- phonetically — Also, phonetical. of or relating to speech sounds, their production, or their transcription in written symbols.
- phonocamptic — possessing the property of reflecting sound or producing an echo
13 letter words starting with phon
- phonautograph — a piece of equipment that records sound visually by detecting the sound waves and indicating them on a graph
- phone-tapping — Phone-tapping is the activity of listening secretly to someone's phone conversations using special electronic equipment. In most cases phone-tapping is illegal.
- phonendoscope — an instrument that amplifies small sounds, esp within the human body
- phonocamptics — the branch of acoustics dealing with echoes
- phonoreceptor — a receptor stimulated by sound waves.
14 letter words starting with phon
- phonochemistry — the branch of chemistry concerned with the chemical effects of sound and ultrasonic waves
- phonoreception — the physiological perception of sound.
15 letter words starting with phon
- phonautographic — relating to a phonautograph or a piece of equipment that records sound visually by detecting the sound waves and indicating them on a graph
- phonemicization — a grouping of phonemes
- phoneticization — the representation of speech in writing using a system in which individual symbols reflect speech sounds in a regular manner
- phonocardiogram — the graphic record produced by a phonocardiograph.
- phonogramically — in a phonogramic manner
16 letter words starting with phon
- phonocardiograph — an instrument for graphically recording the sound of the heartbeat.
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