Now updated for CSW19. New words, if any, and new inflections of existing words, are shown in red.
| arf | a barking sound. |
| baa | to bleat as a sheep. |
| bark | the outer covering of a tree; (verb) to make a sound like a dog |
| barklike | like a dog's bark |
| bay | a wide semicircular indentation of a coastline; (verb) to bark or howl. |
| behowl | (Shakesp.) to howl at. |
| bellow | to shout in a deep voice. |
| bellower | one who bellows. |
| birdcall | the call of a bird. |
| birdsong | the song of birds. |
| blat | to cry like a sheep. |
| bleat | to utter the cry of a sheep. |
| bombilate | to buzz, drone. |
| bombilation | a buzzing or droning sound. |
| bombinate | to buzz, drone. |
| bombination | a buzzing or droning sound. |
| bowwow | a dog; (verb) to make a noise like a dog. |
| bray | to cry like a donkey. |
| cackle | to make the sound of a hen. |
| cackler | one who cackles. |
| caterwaul | to make a harsh cry. |
| caterwauler | one who caterwauls. |
| caw | the cry of a crow; (verb) to cry as a crow. |
| cheep | to chirp. |
| chelp | (Dial.) to squeak, yelp. |
| cherup | to chirp. |
| chirk | (Scots) cheerful (verb) to chirp or squeak |
| chirl | (Scots) to emit a low sound, to warble. |
| chirm | to cry out, chirp. |
| chirp | the sharp thin sound of certain birds and insects (verb) to utter a short, shrill sound |
| chirr | to chirp like a cricket or grasshopper. |
| chirre | to chirp like a cricket or grasshopper. |
| chirrup | a chirping sound (verb) to chirp |
| chirruper | one who chirrups. |
| churr | to coo. |
| cluck | the sound a hen makes (verb) to make the sound of a hen |
| cockcrowing | the crowing of a cock. |
| coo | to make a sound like a dove. |
| cooer | one that coos. |
| cooingly | (Adv.) COOING, making a cooing sound. |
| croakily | (Adv.) CROAKY, like a croak. |
| croakiness | the state of being croaky. |
| croaky | like a croak. |
| curr | to make a purring sound. |
| droningly | (Adv.) DRONING. |
| fuff | to spit like a cat. |
| gaggle | a flock of geese on water; (verb) to cackle. |
| gnar | to snarl or growl. |
| gnarr | to snarl or growl. |
| growl | a deep harsh sound (verb) to utter a deep, harsh sound |
| growliness | the state of being growly. |
| growlingly | (Adv.) GROWLING. |
| growly | making a growling noise. |
| grumph | (Scots) a grunt (verb) to grunt |
| grunt | a sound made by a pig; (verb) to utter a deep, guttural sound. |
| gruntingly | (Adv.) GRUNTING. |
| gurl | (Scots) a growl (verb) to growl |
| heehaw | to make a sound like a donkey. |
| hinny | to neigh, whinny. |
| hiss | a sibilant sound (verb) to make a sibilant sound |
| hissingly | (Adv.) HISSING, making a hiss. |
| hizz | (Shakesp.) to hiss. |
| hoofbeat | the sound of a horse's hooves. |
| hoot | the note of an owl (verb) to make a sound like an owl |
| hooty | sounding like the cry of an owl. |
| hout | the note of an owl; (verb) to make a sound like an owl. |
| howlingly | (Adv.) HOWLING, making a howl. |
| hum | a low murmur as of bees; (verb) to make a humming sound. |
| kaw | to caw. |
| knar | a knot on a tree (verb) to snarl or growl |
| latrant | snarling, complaining. |
| latration | the act of yelping or barking. |
| lobtail | of a whale, to slap its tail against the surface of the water. |
| looning | the cry of the loon, a northern diving bird. |
| low | not high (noun) that which is low; (verb) to make the noise of cattle |
| maa | to bleat as a goat. |
| meou | to make a sound like a cat. |
| meow | to make a sound like a cat. |
| mew | of a cat, to make a high pitched cry. |
| mewl | to cry feebly, as a kitten. |
| mewler | one that mewls. |
| miaou | to make a sound like a cat. |
| miaow | to make a sound like a cat. |
| miaul | to make a sound like a cat. |
| moo | of cattle, to low. |
| murmuration | murmuring. |
| neigh | the sound a horse makes; (verb) to make the sound of a horse. |
| nicher | (Scots) to neigh. |
| nicker | (Scots) to neigh. |
| oink | imitating the noise of a pig; (noun) the noise made by a pig; (verb) to make a noise like a pig. |
| outbark | to surpass in barking. |
| outbleat | to surpass in bleating. |
| outhowl | to surpass in howling. |
| outroar | (Shakesp.) to exceed in roaring. |
| outyelp | to surpass in yelping. |
| pitter | to make a sound like a grasshopper. |
| pule | to pipe; to whimper or whine. |
| puly | given to puling, whiny. |
| pur | (Obs.) to make a sound like a cat. |
| purr | the sound a cat makes; (verb) to utter a low, vibrant sound. |
| purringly | (Adv.) PURRING, making a sound like a cat. |
| quack | the cry of a duck (verb) to utter the characteristic cry of a duck |
| quacker | one who quacks. |
| quacky | given to quacking. |
| rebellow | (Spenser) to bellow in return. |
| ribbit | the sound made by a frog. |
| roarer | one who roars. |
| roin | (Spenser) to growl, roar. |
| rore | (Shakesp.) a roar, tumult. |
| royne | (Spenser) to growl, roar. |
| scraich | (Scots) a screech; (verb) to screech, shriek. |
| scraigh | (Scots) a screech; (verb) to screech, shriek. |
| scrauch | (Scots) a raucous squawk; (verb) to make a raucous squawk. |
| scraugh | (Scots) a raucous squawk; (verb) to make this sound. |
| screecher | one who screeches. |
| scritch | to utter a harsh shrill cry. |
| snar | (Spenser) to snarl. |
| snarfle | to snarl. |
| snarl | a growling sound (verb) to growl viciously |
| snarlingly | (Adv.) SNARLING. |
| squawk | a harsh cry (verb) to utter a harsh cry |
| squeakily | (Adv.) SQUEAKY, making a squeak. |
| squeakiness | the state of being squeaky. |
| squeaky | making a squeak. |
| stridor | (Lat.) a harsh shrill sound. |
| stridulant | stridulating. |
| stridulantly | (Adv.) STRIDULANT, stridulating. |
| stridulate | to make a chirping or scraping sound, like a grasshopper. |
| stridulation | the shrill sound produced by crickets and other insects. |
| stridulatory | of or like stridulation. |
| stridulous | squeaky. |
| stridulously | (Adv.) STRIDULOUS, squeaky. |
| subsong | a bird's undersong. |
| troat | to bellow like a roaring buck. |
| tweet | to make a sound like a bird. |
| a succession of chirping sounds (verb) to utter a succession of chirping sounds | |
| twitterer | one who twitters. |
| twitteringly | (Adv.) TWITTERING. |
| twittery | given to twittering. |
| ululation | a howling. |
| waff | (Dial.) to bark. |
| warble | to sing with melodic embellishments. |
| warblingly | (Adv.) WARBLING. |
| waugh | to bark. |
| waul | to cry like a cat. |
| wawl | to cry like a cat. |
| whicker | to neigh; to bleat. |
| whimperer | one who whimpers. |
| whoof | to make a deep snorting sound. |
| whoot | (Obs.) to make a sound like an owl. |
| woof | thread for a weft (verb) to bark |
| wrawl | (Spenser) of a cat, to caterwaul. |
| yap | a sharp bark (verb) to bark sharply or constantly |
| yappingly | (Adv.) YAPPING. |
| yelp | to utter a sharp, shrill cry. |
| yelper | one who yelps. |
| yicker | of an animal, to utter sharp cries. |
| yikker | of an animal, to utter sharp cries. |
| yip | to give a short, sudden cry. |
| yirr | to snarl. |
| yowl | to howl, esp of a wolf. |
| yowler | one who yowls. |