peal vs uvula

peal

noun
  • A set of bells tuned to each other according to the diatonic scale. 

  • The changes rung on a set of bells; in the strict sense a full peal of at least 5040 changes. 

  • A loud sound, or a succession of loud sounds, as of bells, thunder, cannon, shouts, laughter, of a multitude, etc. 

  • A small salmon; a grilse; a sewin. 

verb
  • To resound; to echo. 

  • To assail with noise. 

  • To sound with a peal or peals. 

  • To utter or sound loudly. 

uvula

noun
  • an object so suspended inside a bell that it may hit the bell and cause it to ring; a clapper 

  • the slight elevation in the mucous membrane immediately behind the internal urethral orifice of the urinary bladder, caused by the middle lobe of the prostate 

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