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| a large keyboard musical instrument with a wooden case enclosing a soundboard and metal strings, which are struck by hammers when the keys are depressed. The strings' vibration is stopped by dampers when the keys are released, and it can be regulated for length and volume by two or three pedals. |
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| a stringed musical instrument of treble pitch, played with a horsehair bow. The classical European violin was developed in the 16th century. It has four strings and a body of characteristic rounded shape, narrowed at the middle and with two f-shaped sound holes. |
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| in Western Europe, encompasses medieval cities, alpine villages and Mediterranean beaches. Paris, its capital, is famed for its fashion houses, classical art museums including the Louvre and monuments like the Eiffel Tower. |
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| done or occurring again several times in the same way. |
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| an upright pillar, typically cylindrical and made of stone or concrete, supporting an entablature, arch, or other structure or standing alone as a monument. |
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| situated in the west, or directed toward or facing the west. |
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| a brass musical instrument with a flared bell and a bright, penetrating tone. The modern instrument has the tubing looped to form a straight-sided coil, with three valves. |
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| (of a word or form) denoting more than one, or (in languages with dual number) more than two. |
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| different from one another; of different kinds or sorts. |
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| neither parallel nor at a right angle to a specified or implied line; slanting. |
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| an object or flat figure in an elongated rectangle or oval shape. |
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| block (an opening, path, road, etc.); be or get in the way of. |
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| preoccupy or fill the mind of (someone) continually, intrusively, and to a troubling extent. |
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| make (someone) legally or morally bound to an action or course of action. |
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| a view or opinion that is incorrect because it is based on faulty thinking or understanding. |
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| in a manner that is not regular or consistent. |
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| the state or quality of being humid. |
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| the state of being strikingly different from something else, typically something in juxtaposition or close association. |
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| the movement caused within a fluid by the tendency of hotter and therefore less dense material to rise, and colder, denser material to sink under the influence of gravity, which consequently results in transfer of heat. |
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| the surroundings or conditions in which a person, animal, or plant lives or operates. |
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