organ
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(noun) sound is produced by means of pipes arranged in sets supplied with air from a bellows and controlled from a large complex musical keyboard |
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Synonyms: pipe organ |
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Related Words: wind, wind instrument |
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(noun) a fully differentiated structural and functional unit in an animal that is specialized for some particular function |
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Related Words: anlage, body part, cell organ, clapper, contractile organ, crystalline lens, ctene, effector, end organ, erectile organ, external organ, foot, gland, glossa, internal organ, invertebrate foot, lens, lingua, organelle, ovipositor, primordium, receptor, reproductive organ, secretory organ, sense organ, sensory receptor, sex organ, speech organ, stinger, sucker, tongue, vital organ, vitals, wing |
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(noun) a periodical that is published by a special interest group; "the organ of the communist party" |
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Related Words: house organ, periodical |
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(noun) a government agency or instrument devoted to the performance of some specific function; "The Census Bureau is an organ of the Commerce Department" |
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Related Words: agency, authority, bureau, government agency, office |
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(noun) air is forced through free reeds by bellows |
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Synonyms: harmonium, reed organ |
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Related Words: free-reed instrument |
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(noun) (music) an electronic simulation of a pipe organ |
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Synonyms: Hammond organ, electric organ, electronic organ |
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Related Words: electronic instrument |
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