Like Flickr, but without the photos.

mute

(n): a deaf person who is unable to speak

( more... )

(n): a person with a severe auditory impairment

(n): a device used to soften the tone of a musical instrument

(n): a device for amplifying or transmitting sound

(adj): expressed without speech

(adj): vs. articulate), unarticulate -- (without or deprived of the use of speech or words

(adj): unable to speak because of hereditary deafness

(adj): vs. articulate), unarticulate -- (without or deprived of the use of speech or words

(v): deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping

(v): make (images or sounds) soft or softer

[ add tags/pos | image search | comment feed ]

Leave a comment, citation, or private note

about 1 year ago reesetee said:

It's true! It's like reading a foreign encyclopaedia.

about 1 year ago uselessness said:

British spelling never ceases to amaeze me.

about 1 year ago chained_bear said:

Acc. to OED: Chiefly falconry. The action or an act of muting. Also concr. (in sing. and pl.): bird dung. (Muting being said of a hawk, "to expel faeces."

See also mutess.

Register or login to leave a comment.

first listed by:

Kaichi (2219 words)

appears in these lists:

Beautiful Music, by Kaichi

Guitarist's Glossary, by Kaichi

kingrat47's Words, by kingrat47

Violins, by annabethblue

SarahPants5's Words, by SarahPants5

trombrarian's Words, by trombrarian

I love, love, love, by kaparual

Specific Excrement, by chained_bear

Nullologue, by Nullologue

Words of seduction, by bibliobabe

Pedantic distinctions, by Shevek

Words in which "u" is pronounced "yu", by pterodactyl

ChortleGiggleSnort, by CabbageeEnFrancais

Bird Wirds: Adjectives, by reesetee

Login:	Your login identifies you publicly, and can't contain spaces or punctuation.
Email:
Password:	Password must be at least 5 characters long.
Password again: