cutaway
A men's coat with the front cut back away from the waist, as worn on formal occasions.
A diagram or model having outer layers removed so as to show the interior.
A brief shot that temporarily takes the viewer away from the principal action, especially to show a reaction, illustration etc.; an instance of moving to such a shot.
An indentation in the upper bout of a guitar's body adjacent to the neck, allowing easier access to the upper frets.
A guitar having a cutaway.
Short for cutaway bog

cutaways
plural of cutaway

cymbalo
The dulcimer.

cymbalos
plural of cymbalo

dadihu
A large, two-stringed Chinese bowed string instrument.

dahu
A legendary goat-like animal reputed to live in the mountains of France, Switzerland, and Italy.

dahus
plural of dahu

damaru
A drum having two heads opposite one another, commonly used in the Hindu and Buddhist religions.

danso
A small notched, end-blown vertical flute made of bamboo or plastic, used in Korean music.

dansos
plural of danso

dastgah
One of the basic melody types in traditional Persian music, each consisting of seven base notes and seven further variable notes used for ornamentation and modulation.

dastgahs
plural of dastgah

daxophone
An electric wooden experimental musical instrument, a kind of friction idiophone.

daxophones
plural of daxophone

decachord
An Ancient Greek musical instrument with ten strings, resembling the harp.
A musical instrument mentioned in the Psalms, having ten strings and thought to resemble a lute or psaltery.
Anything having ten parts, especially something of mystical Christian significance.
A set of ten pitches used to create a musical mode.

decachordon
Synonym of decachord.

decachordons
plural of decachordon

decachords
plural of decachord

deminution
Rare spelling of diminution.

descant
A lengthy discourse on a subject.
A counterpoint melody sung or played above the theme.

descants
plural of descant

detuner
A jet engine test cell exhaust system muffler.
A mechanical device used to simplify the tuning of a stringed instrument during performance, allowing the musician to reach notes outside the normal range of the instrument.

detuners
plural of detuner

dhantal
A percussion instrument (idiophone) of Indo-Caribbean origin, consisting of a steel rod that is struck by a horseshoe shaped beater, sounding similar to a triangle.

dhantals
plural of dhantal

dhimay
A double-headed cylindrical drum of South Asian origin.

dhimays
plural of dhimay

diapason
The musical octave.
The range or scope of something, especially of notes in a scale, or of a particular musical instrument.
A tonal grouping of the flue pipes of a pipe organ.
One of the lowest strings on an archlute, theorbo, chitarrone, or similar bass lute-family instrument, usually unfrettable.
A harmonious outpouring of sound.

diapasons
plural of diapason

diapente
The interval of the fifth or the harmonic ratio 3:2.
A composition of five ingredients.

diapentes
plural of diapente

diatessara
plural of diatessaron

diatessaron
The interval of a fourth or the harmonic ratio 4:3.
A continuous narrative arranged from the first four books of the New Testament (the canonical gospels).
An electuary compounded of four medicines.

diatessarons
plural of diatessaron

diauloi
plural of diaulos

diaulos
An Ancient Greek wind instrument composed of two pipes connected at the base and often of different lengths, played similarly to an oboe.
A peristyle round the great court of the palaestra.
A kind of Ancient Greek footrace.

dichord
A chord with two notes.
A musical instrument that has two sets of strings.
An ancient two-stringed lute.

dichords
plural of dichord

didge
didgeridoo

didgeridoo
A musical instrument, endemic to the Top End of Australia, consisting of a long hollowed-out log which, when blown into, produces a low, deep mesmerising drone with sweeping rhythms.

didgeridoos
plural of didgeridoo

didges
plural of didge

didjeridoo
Alternative spelling of didgeridoo.

didjeridoos
plural of didjeridoo

didjeridu
Alternative form of didgeridoo.

didjeridus
plural of didjeridu

diffuser
comparative form of diffuse: more diffuse

diffusers
plural of diffuser

diffusor
Alternative form of diffuser.

diffusors
plural of diffusor

digeridoo
Alternative form of didgeridoo.

digeridoos
plural of digeridoo

dignitude
Dignity, especially an overblown or false sense of dignity.

dihu
A large, bowed Chinese string instrument of the huqin family, with a large soundbox covered at one end with snakeskin.

dilruba
A bowed string instrument of Indian origin, with a goatskin soundboard, sympathetic strings and twenty frets

diminution
A lessening, decrease or reduction.
The act or process of making diminutive.
a compositional technique where the composer shortens the melody by shortening its note values.

diminutions
plural of diminution

diplae
plural of diple

diple
A mark > once used in margins to draw attention to an important passage in a text.
A traditional woodwind instrument used in Serbian, Croatian and Montenegrin music.

diples
plural of diple

discant
Alternative form of descant.

disdiapason
An interval of two octaves

disdiapasons
plural of disdiapason

diviso
An instruction that a section of the orchestra (normally the strings) should divide itself into two, each taking separate parts normally notated on the same staff; either tutti or all'unisono cancels this instruction
A passage having this mark

divisos
plural of diviso

diyingehu
A Chinese bowed string instrument that serves as the equivalent of a double bass in a modern Chinese orchestra.

dohickey
Alternative spelling of doohickey.

dohickeys
plural of dohickey

dohol
A type of percussion instrument used in Iran, Afghanistan and Kurdistan.

dolcian
Alternative form of dulcian.

dolcians
plural of dolcian

dombra
A long-necked lute found in parts of Asia and Eastern Europe.

dombras
plural of dombra

domra
A round-bodied lute of East Slavic origin with either three or four strings.

domras
plural of domra

doohickey
A thing (used in a vague way to refer to something whose name one does not know or cannot recall)

doohickeys
plural of doohickey

doohickie
Alternative spelling of doohickey.

doohickies
plural of doohicky; alternative form of doohickeys

doohickii
Alternative spelling of doohickey.

doohicky
Alternative spelling of doohickey.

doshpuluur
A long-necked plucked lute with two or three strings, of Tuvan origin, characterized by a skin head on both sides of the square wooden body.

doshpuluurs
plural of doshpuluur

dotar
Alternative form of dotara.

dotara
A stringed instrument from Bengal resembling the mandolin.

dotaras
plural of dotara

dotars
plural of dotar

doudouk
Alternative spelling of duduk.

doudouks
plural of doudouk

downpick
A downward stroke with a plectrum on a stringed instrument; downstroke.

downpicks
plural of downpick

downstrike
A bolt of lightning that touches ground.
A (usually unintended) branch of current that arcs downward to ground.
A blow by a hand or weapon that occurs with a downward striking motion.
A downward plucking motion on a stringed instrument.
A downstroke; a downward movement that terminates in striking something.
A type of manual typewriter that causes the letters to print on the downstroke of the keys and retract as the key rises.
A variety of various devices that operates primarily by a downward striking action.
A line that is drawn with a downward stroke.

dramyin
A traditional unfretted long-necked plucked lute used in the Himalayan region

dramyins
plural of dramyin

dranyen
Alternative form of dramyin.

dranyens
plural of dranyen

dreikanter
A type of pebble that has three curved faces formed by wind-blown sand.

dreikanters
plural of dreikanter

drumline
A group of percussionists in a marching band, consisting of the battery and front ensemble.

drumlines
plural of drumline

drumlinoid
A geomorphological feature that resembles a drumlin in shape.

drumset
Alternative spelling of drum set.