bas·soon 
(bə-sn, bă-)
(bə-sn, bă-)n.
A low-pitched woodwind instrument with a double reed, having a long wooden body attached to a U-shaped lateral tube that leads to the mouthpiece. The range of this instrument is typically two octaves lower than that of the oboe.
[French basson, from Italian bassone, augmentative of basso, bass; see BASSO.]
bas·soonist n.
bassoon- brachy-
- brachycephalic
- brachycephalism
- brachycephalous
- brachycephaly
- brachydactylia
- brachydactylic
- brachydactylous
- brachydactyly
- brachylogy
- brachypterism
- brachypterous
- brachytherapy
- brachyuran
- brachyurous
- bracing
- bracingly
- braciola
- braciole
- bracken
- bracket
- bracket creep
- bracket fungus
- brackish
- brackishness