Related Words for descant

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alto
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Noun
accompaniment
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Noun
declamation
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Noun
trilling
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Noun
choral
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Noun
tinkling
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Noun
keening
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Noun
chorus
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Noun
flute
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Noun
recital
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Noun
clarinet
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Noun
contralto
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Noun
harp
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Noun
recitative
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Noun
refrain
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Noun
chorale
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Noun
hymn
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Noun
soprano
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Noun
choir
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Noun
singing
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Noun, Verb
quavering
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Adjective
ditty
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Noun
carol
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Name
duet
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Noun
madrigal
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Noun
prattle
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Noun
canticle
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Noun
discourse
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Noun
disquisition
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Noun
monologue
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Noun
colloquy
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Noun
speaking
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Verb
lecturing
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Noun
digression
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Noun
tenor
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Noun
discussion
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Noun
pronouncement
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Noun
narration
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Noun
soliloquy
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Noun
gloss
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Noun
deliberative
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Adjective
speech
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Noun
narrative
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Noun
conveyance
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Noun
transition
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Noun
cadence
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Noun
utterance
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Noun
explication
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Noun
amorous
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Adjective
deformity
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Noun
melody
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Noun
vain
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Adjective
birds
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Noun
grave
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Adjective
sun
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Noun
join
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Verb
hear
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Verb
kind
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Noun
english
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Adjective
play
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Verb
appeared
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Verb
high
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Adjective
expediency
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Noun
recollect
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Verb
merits
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Noun
dishes
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Noun
critically
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Adverb
began
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Verb
went
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Verb
used
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Verb
ballad
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Noun, Verb
chant
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Noun, Verb
dirge
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Noun, Verb
lament
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Noun, Verb
lays
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Verb, Noun
plaint
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Noun
requiem
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Noun
reynolds
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Name
song
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Noun
tell
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Verb, Noun
tune
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Noun, Verb
expression
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Noun
milestone
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Noun, Verb
literally
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Adverb
idiomatic
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Adjective, Noun
headlines
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Noun
no
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Noun, Adverb, Adjective
sorta
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Adverb
get
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Verb, Noun
save
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Verb, Noun
collocation
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Noun
breakeven
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Verb, Noun, Adjective
anymore
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Adverb
chunk
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Noun, Verb
cluster
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Noun, Verb