Related Words for grating

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WordSyllablesCategories
raspy
/x
Adjective, Adjective
rasping
/x
Adjective, Noun
rough
/
Noun, Noun
gravelly
/xx
Noun, Adjective
gravel
/x
Adjective, Noun
irritating
/xxx
Adjective
grinding
/x
Noun
slicing
/x
Verb
coarsely
/x
Adjective
hollow
/x
Noun
whining
/x
Verb
caustic
/x
Noun
abrasive
x/x
Noun
sneering
/x
Verb
vibrating
/xx
Noun
mincing
/x
Noun
peeling
/x
Verb
refracting
x/x
Adjective
shrieking
/x
Noun
rattling
/x
Noun
beam
/
Noun
annoying
x/x
Adjective
cladding
/x
Noun
hearing
/x
Noun
jarring
/x
Noun
modulated
/xxx
Adjective
sawing
/x
Noun
oscillating
/xxx
Adjective
ridged
/
Adjective
protruding
x/x
Verb
warped
/
Adjective
obnoxious
x/x
Adjective
slit
/
Noun
chopping
/x
Noun
wailing
/x
Noun
scattering
/xx
Noun
repetitive
x/xx
Adjective
crackling
/x
Noun
repetitious
xx/x
Adjective
distracting
x/x
Adjective
resonating
/xxx
Noun
diffraction
x/x
Noun
cracking
/x
Noun
ragged
/x
Adjective
keening
/x
Noun
screaming
/x
Verb
noisy
/x
Adjective
piercing
/x
Noun
scratchy
/x
Adjective
sharp
/
Adjective
tinny
/x
Noun
blatant
/x
Adjective
piping
/x
Noun
grizzly
/x
Noun
groaning
/x
Verb
sibilant
/xx
Noun
loud
/
Adjective
grunting
/x
Verb
splitting
/x
Noun
laryngeal
x/xx
Adjective
crisp
/
Noun
percussive
x/x
Adjective
grave
/
Noun
soft
/
Adjective
shearing
/x
Noun
ringing
/x
Noun
cutthroat
/x
Noun
bristling
/xx
Noun
chirped
/
Adjective, Verb
blazed
/
Adjective, Verb
arrayed
x/
Adjective
prism
/x
Noun
rending
/x
Noun
holographic
xx/x
Adjective
monochromator
xxxxx
Noun
nutmeg
/x
Noun
lobes
/
Verb
spectrograph
/xx
Noun
disperses
x/x
Verb
sinusoidal
/xxx
Adjective
concave
x/
Adjective
noises
/x
Verb
clanging
/x
Noun
hinges
/x
Noun
sine
/
Adjective
collimator
x/xx
Noun
reflectivity
x//xx
Noun
coupler
/x
Noun
confessional
x/xx
Noun
waveguide
//
Noun
grooves
/
Noun
periodicity
xx/xxx
Noun
ellipsoidal
x/xx
Adjective
luminance
/xx
Noun
rulings
/x
Noun
transmittance
x/x
Noun
tilted
/x
Adjective
lamellar
x/x
Adjective
toroidal
//x
Adjective
keel
/
Noun
etched
/
Adjective
tunable
/xx
Adjective
replica
/xx
Noun
resonator
/xxx
Noun
spectrometer
x/xx
Noun
drifting
/x
Verb
absorption
x/x
Noun
bars
/
Noun
cavity
/xx
Noun
cleat
/
Noun, Verb
coil
/
Noun, Verb
creaking
/x
Noun
crisscrossed
/x
Adjective
cylinder
/xx
Noun, Verb
detector
x/x
Noun
diffuser
x/x
Noun
dispersive
x/x
Adjective
echelon
/xx
Noun, Adjective, Verb
electrode
x/x
Noun
feedback
/x
Noun, Verb
gate
/
Noun, Verb
grid
/
Noun, Verb
grille
/
Noun
harsh
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
imaging
/xx
Noun
infrared
xx/
Adjective, Name
interferometric
xx/x/x
Adjective
magnet
/x
Noun
modulation
xx/x
Noun
narrowband
/xx
Adjective
network
/x
Noun, Verb
nozzle
/x
Noun
optical
/xx
Adjective, Noun
photoelectric
xxx/x
Adjective
probe
/
Noun, Verb
pulleys
/x
Noun
rack
/
Noun, Verb
radiator
/xxx
Noun
rectangular
x/xx
Adjective
scanning
/x
Noun
scraping
/x
Noun
screen
/
Noun, Verb
sounding
/x
Noun, Adjective
trellis
/x
Noun, Verb
vane
/
Noun
wooden
/x
Adjective, Noun
pidgin
/x
Noun
butt
/
Noun, Verb
blow
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
dicky
/x
Name, Adjective
sfa
x
Name
gloss
/
Noun, Verb
fall
/
Verb, Noun
die
/
Verb, Noun