A vocal performance with no instrumental accompaniment.
In a manner of a choir with no instrumental accompaniment; literally, "in the style of the (Sistine) Chapel (in Rome)", such as a musical Mass done a cappella.
Singing solely or mainly without instrumental accompaniment.
Related to a form of purely vocal music mostly associated with American college performance groups.
A phrase or theme that recurs at the end of each verse in a folk song or ballad.
The proportion of ore and flux to fuel, in the charge of a blast furnace.
The capacity of a vessel, or the weight of cargo that she will carry.
A responsibility, onus.
The tops or heads of stream-work which lie over the stream of tin.
A fixed quantity of certain commodities.
Theme, core idea.
The drone of a bagpipe.
A cause of worry; that which is grievous, wearisome, or oppressive.
The total amount of toxins, parasites, cancer cells, plaque or similar present in an organism.
A heavy load.
To impose, as a load or burden; to lay or place as a burden (something heavy or objectionable).
To encumber with a literal or figurative burden.