DIPHTHONGISE

diphthongize, diphthongise

(verb) change from a simple vowel to a diphthong; “This vowel diphthongized in Germanic”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Verb

diphthongise (third-person singular simple present diphthongises, present participle diphthongising, simple past and past participle diphthongised)

Alternative spelling of diphthongize

Source: Wiktionary



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HEMLOCK

(noun) poisonous drug derived from an Eurasian plant of the genus Conium; “Socrates refused to flee and died by drinking hemlock”


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According to Guinness World Records, the largest collection of coffee pots belongs to Robert Dahl (Germany) and consists of 27,390 coffee pots as of 2 November 2012, in Rövershagen, Germany.

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