bas·soon 
(bə-sn, bă-)
(bə-sn, bă-)n.
A low-pitched woodwind instrument with a double reed, having a long wooden body attached to a U-shaped lateral tube that leads to the mouthpiece. The range of this instrument is typically two octaves lower than that of the oboe.
[French basson, from Italian bassone, augmentative of basso, bass; see BASSO.]
bas·soonist n.
bassoon- militantly
- militaria
- militarily
- militarism
- militarist
- militaristic
- militaristically
- militarization
- militarize
- military
- military attaché
- military-industrial complex
- military intelligence
- military law
- military police
- military science
- militate
- milites gloriosi
- militia
- militiaman
- milium
- milk
- milk adder
- milk-and-water
- milk chocolate