strident /strīˈdənt/

1. (of a voice) loud and grating
2. Urgent, commanding attention

strīˈdence or strīˈdency noun

strīˈdently adverb

strīˈdor noun

1. A harsh shrill sound
2. A harsh whistling sound of obstructed breathing (medicine)

stridūlant /stridˈ/ adjective

1. Stridulating
2. Relating to stridor

stridˈulantly adverb

stridˈūlate intransitive verb

To make a chirping or scraping sound, like a grasshopper

stridūlāˈtion noun

The act of stridulating

stridˈūlātor noun

1. An insect that makes a sound by scraping
2. The organ it uses

stridˈūlatory adjective

stridˈūlous adjective

• refractures
• refrain
• refrained
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• reframe
• reframed
• reframes
• reframing
• refrangibilies
• refrangibility
• refrangible
• refrangibleness
• refrangiblenesses
• refreeze
• refreezes
• refreezing
• refresh
• refreshed
• refreshen
• refreshened
• refreshener
• refresheners
• refreshening
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