Word Meanings - CONTRAFAGETTO - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The double bassoon, an octave deeper than the bassoon.

Related words: (words related to CONTRAFAGETTO)

• DOUBLEGANGER
  An apparition or double of a living person; a doppelgänger. Either you are Hereward, or you are his doubleganger. C. Kingsley.
• DOUBLE
  Having the petals in a flower considerably increased beyond the natural number, usually as the result of cultivation and the expense of the stamens, or stamens and pistils. The white water lily and some other plants have their blossoms naturally
• DOUBLE-SHADE
  To double the natural darkness of . Milton.
• DOUBLE-LOCK
  To lock with two bolts; to fasten with double security. Tatler.
• DOUBLE DEALER
  One who practices double dealing; a deceitful, trickish person. L'Estrange.
• DOUBLEHEARTED
  Having a false heart; deceitful; treacherous. Sandys.
• DOUBLETHREADED
  Having two screw threads instead of one; -- said of a screw in which the pitch is equal to twice the distance between the centers of adjacent threads. (more info) 1. Consisting of two threads twisted together; using two threads.
• DOUBLE-BARRELED; DOUBLE-BARRELLED
  Having two barrels; -- applied to a gun.
• DOUBLE-ACTING
  Acting or operating in two directions or with both motions; producing a twofold result; as, a double-acting engine or pump.
• DOUBLE-SURFACED
  Having two surfaces; -- said specif. of aëroplane wings or aërocurves which are covered on both sides with fabric, etc., thus completely inclosing their frames.
• DOUBLET
  A word or words unintentionally doubled or set up a second time. 3. A close-fitting garment for men, covering the body from the neck to the waist or a little below. It was worn in Western Europe from the 15th to the 17th century. (more info) 1.
• DOUBLENESS
  1. The state of being double or doubled. 2. Duplicity; insincerity. Chaucer.
• DOUBLE-TONGUING
  A peculiar action of the tongue by flute players in articulating staccato notes; also, the rapid repetition of notes in cornet playing.
• DOUBLE DEALING
  False or deceitful dealing. See Double dealing, under Dealing. Shak.
• DOUBLETREE
  The bar, or crosspiece, of a carriage, to which the singletrees are attached.
• DOUBLE-ENTENDRE
  A word or expression admitting of a double interpretation, one of which is often obscure or indelicate. (more info) This is a barbarous compound of French words. The true French
• DOUBLE-RIPPER
  A kind of coasting sled, made of two sleds fastened together with a board, one before the other.
• BASSOON
  A wind instrument of the double reed kind, furnished with holes, which are stopped by the fingers, and by keys, as in flutes. It forms the natural bass to the oboe, clarinet, etc. Note: Its compass comprehends three octaves. For convenience
• DOUBLE-TONGUED
  Making contrary declarations on the same subject; deceitful. Likewise must the deacons be grave, not double-tongued. 1 Tim. iii.
• DOUBLE-HEADED
  Having two heads; bicipital. Double-headed rail , a rail whose flanges are duplicates, so that when one is worn the other may be turned uppermost.
• WOLLASTON'S DOUBLET
  A magnifying glass consisting of two plano-convex lenses. It is designed to correct spherical aberration and chromatic dispersion.
• UNDOUBLE
  To unfold, or render single.
• SUBOCTAVE; SUBOCTUPLE
  Containing one part of eight; having the ratio of one to eight. Bp. Wilkins.