souffle

• POS: Adjective, Noun
• HYPHEN: souf=fle

CIDE DICTIONARY

souffle, n. [F.].

 A murmuring or blowing sound; as, the uterine souffle heard over the pregnant uterus.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

souffle, n. Med. a low murmur heard in the auscultation of various organs etc.

Etymology

F f. souffler blow f. L sufflare

THESAURUS

souffle

airy, beaten, blebby, blistered, blistering, blistery, boiled eggs, breakers, bubbling, bubbly, burbling, burbly, carbonated, chiffon, coddled eggs, collar, deviled eggs, downy, dropped eggs, ebullient, effervescent, eggs, ethereal, feathery, fizzy, fluffy, foam, foamy, fried eggs, froth, frothy, gossamery, head, imponderous, lather, leger, light, light as air, lighter than vanity, meringue, mousse, offscum, omelet, poached eggs, puff, puffed, scrambled eggs, scud, scum, sea foam, shirred eggs, soapsuds, souffleed, sparkling, spindrift, spoondrift, spray, spume, spumescent, stinging, stuffed eggs, suds, surf, unheavy, vesicant, vesicated, vesicatory, vesicular, volatile, weightless, whipped, white water, yeasty