phon, -er, -or, -ian, -ist

a person who writes news stories for a newspaper, magazine, etc. or who tells people the news on radio or television

• colonist
• predecessor
• reporter
• cacophony

a device into which people speak or sing in to record their voices or make them sound louder

• microphone
• saxophone
• phonics
• homophone

a person who had a job or position before someone else; something that comes before something

• governor
• predecessor
• colonist
• cacophony

a long piece of music that is usually in four large, separate sections and is performed by an orchestra or band

• saxophone
• cacophony
• symphony
• homophone

an elected executive, head of a state in the U.S.

• governor

• physician

• colonist

• predecessor

a method of teaching people to read and pronounce words by learning the sounds of letters, letter groups, and syllables

• reporter
• cacophony
• homophone
• phonics

a physician specializing in the diagnosis and treatment of allergies

• allergist
• physician
• predecessor
• phonics

a musical instrument that has a curved metal tube and is played by blowing into a mouthpiece and pressing keys with your fingers

• phonics
• cacophony
• microphone
• saxophone

harsh sound, bad noise

• phonics
• microphone
• homophone
• cacophony

a person who lives in a colony; a person who helps to create a colony

• colonist
• governor
• predecessor
• cacophony