(language) communication by word of mouth
<noun.communication>   freq. cnt.: 14 freq. cnt.: 7 freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 2

language

oral communication

speech

speech communication

spoken communication

spoken language

voice communication

sample sentences

"his speech was garbled"
"he uttered harsh language"
"he recorded the spoken language of the streets"

a computerized system for answering and routing telephone calls; telephone messages can be recorded and stored and relayed
<noun.communication>

voice mail

voicemail

an inner voice that judges your behavior
<noun.motive>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

small voice

voice of conscience

wee small voice

the voice on an unseen commentator in a film of television program
<noun.communication>

voice over

a part written for a singer
<noun.communication>

voice part

produced with vibration of the vocal cords
<adj.all>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

soft

sonant

voiced

sample sentences

"a frequently voiced opinion"
"voiced consonants such as `b' and `g' and `z'"

a speech sound accompanied by sound from the vocal cords
<noun.communication>

sonant

voiced sound

being without sound through injury or illness and thus incapable of all but whispered speech
<adj.all>

aphonic

voiceless

uttered without voice
<adj.all>

breathed

voiceless

sample sentences

"could hardly hear her breathed plea, `Help me'"
"voiceless whispers"

deprived of the rights of citizenship especially the right to vote
<adj.all>

disenfranchised

disfranchised

voiceless

voteless

sample sentences

"labor was voiceless"
"disenfrenchised masses took to the streets"

produced without vibration of the vocal cords
<adj.all>

hard

surd

unvoiced

voiceless

sample sentences

"unvoiced consonants such as `p' and `k' and `s'"

a consonant produced without sound from the vocal cords
<noun.communication>

surd

voiceless consonant

having no voice in the management or control of affairs
<noun.attribute>

voicelessness

sample sentences

"the voicelessness of those who live in situations of hopelessness"

speaking softly without vibration of the vocal cords
<noun.communication>   freq. cnt.: 6 freq. cnt.: 6

susurration

voicelessness

whisper

whispering

a disorder of the vocal organs that results in the loss of voice
<noun.state>

aphonia

voicelessness

a computerized system for answering and routing telephone calls; telephone messages can be recorded and stored and relayed
<noun.communication>

voice mail

voicemail

biometric identification by electronically recording and graphically representing a person's voice
<noun.communication>

voiceprint

sample sentences

"voiceprints are uniquely characteristic of individual speakers"

a speaker who voices an opinion
<noun.person>

voicer

someone who regulates the tone of organ pipes
<noun.person>

voicer

the act of adjusting an organ pipe (or wind instrument) so that it conforms to the standards of tone and pitch and color
<noun.act>

voicing

lacking any legal or binding force
<adj.all>   freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

null

void

sample sentences

"null and void"

containing nothing
<adj.all>

void

sample sentences

"the earth was without form, and void"

an empty area or space
<noun.shape>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

emptiness

vacancy

vacuum

void

sample sentences

"the huge desert voids"
"the emptiness of outer space"
"without their support he'll be ruling in a vacuum"

the state of nonexistence
<noun.state>

nihility

nothingness

nullity

void

excrete or discharge from the body
<verb.body>

empty

evacuate

void

take away the legal force of or render ineffective
<verb.change>

invalidate

vitiate

void

sample sentences

"invalidate a contract"

clear (a room, house, place) of occupants or empty or clear (a place or receptacle) of something
<verb.change>

void

sample sentences

"The chemist voided the glass bottle"
"The concert hall was voided of the audience"

declare invalid
<verb.social>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

annul

avoid

invalidate

nullify

quash

void

sample sentences

"The contract was annulled"
"void a plea"

capable of being rescinded or voided
<adj.all>

rescindable

voidable

sample sentences

"the judgment was rescindable"
"voidable contracts"

the act of removing the contents of something
<noun.act>   freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2

emptying

evacuation

voidance

a hamper that holds dirty clothes to be washed or wet clothes to be dried
<noun.artifact>

clothes basket

clothes hamper

laundry basket

voider

a piece of chain mail covering a place unprotected by armor plate
<noun.artifact>

gusset

voider

a person who defecates
<noun.person>

defecator

shitter

voider

an official who can invalidate or nullify
<noun.person>

invalidator

nullifier

voider

sample sentences

"my bank check was voided and I wanted to know who the invalidator was"

the bodily process of discharging waste matter
<noun.process>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

elimination

evacuation

excreting

excretion

voiding

a light semitransparent fabric
<noun.artifact>

voile

an organ stop producing a gentle tremolo effect
<noun.artifact>

voix celeste

vox angelica

puff paste shell filled with a savory meat mixture usually with a sauce
<noun.food>

vol-au-vent

the flesh of a chicken used for food
<noun.food>   freq. cnt.: 16 freq. cnt.: 16

chicken

poulet

volaille

with wings extended in a flying position
<adj.all>   (ip)

volant

relating to the palm of the hand or the sole of the foot
<adj.pert>

palmar

volar

sample sentences

"the volar surface"
"the palmar muscle"

a building where birds are kept
<noun.artifact>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

aviary

bird sanctuary

volary

evaporating readily at normal temperatures and pressures
<adj.all>   freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2

volatile

sample sentences

"volatile oils"
"volatile solvents"

tending to vary often or widely
<adj.all>

volatile

sample sentences

"volatile stocks"
"volatile emotions"

marked by erratic changeableness in affections or attachments
<adj.all>

fickle

volatile

sample sentences

"fickle friends"
"a flirt's volatile affections"

liable to lead to sudden change or violence
<adj.all>   freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 3

explosive

volatile

sample sentences

"an explosive issue"
"a volatile situation with troops and rioters eager for a confrontation"

a volatile substance; a substance that changes readily from solid or liquid to a vapor
<noun.substance>

volatile

sample sentences

"it was heated to evaporate the volatiles"