1. a composite of a larger term, created by using only the first letter of the most important words in that term bells 2. a skilled musical or theatrical performer acronym 3. an instrument for measuring air pressure cuisine 4. a deep bass voice that extends to c below bass staff basso profundo 5. percussion instruments consisting of metal bars or tubes artiste 6. manner of preparing food barometer 7. a concave brass plate that produces a brilliant clashing tone vertebrate 8. an animal having a spinal column in contradistinction to an invertebrate, an animal that does not have a spinal column cymbal