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Lash :: Lash (n.) The thong or braided cord of a whip, with which the blow is given..

Diphthongize :: Diphthongize (v. t. & i.) To change into a diphthong, as by affixing another vowel to a simple vowel..

Tonic :: Tonic (a.) Of or relating to tones or sounds; specifically (Phon.), applied to, or distingshing, a speech sound made with tone unmixed and undimmed by obstruction, such sounds, namely, the vowels and diphthongs, being so called by Dr. James Rush (1833) from their forming the purest and most plastic material of intonation..

Phthongometer :: Phthongometer (n.) An instrument for measuring vocal sounds.

Blue :: Blue (superl.) Suited to produce low spirits; gloomy in prospect; as, thongs looked blue..

Souchong :: Souchong (n.) A kind of black tea of a fine quality.

Diphthong :: Diphthong (n.) A coalition or union of two vowel sounds pronounced in one syllable; as, ou in out, oi in noise; -- called a proper diphthong..

Diphthongation :: Diphthongation (n.) See Diphthongization.

Monophthong :: Monophthong (n.) A combination of two written vowels pronounced as one; a digraph.

Soochong :: Soochong (n.) Same as Souchong.

Thong :: Thong (n.) A strap of leather; especially, one used for fastening anything..

Triphthong :: Triphthong (n.) A combination of three vowel sounds in a single syllable, forming a simple or compound sound; also, a union of three vowel characters, representing together a single sound; a trigraph; as, eye, -ieu in adieu, -eau in beau, are examples of triphthongs..

Lime :: Lime (n.) A thong by which a dog is led; a leash.

Glide :: Glide (n.) A transitional sound in speech which is produced by the changing of the mouth organs from one definite position to another, and with gradual change in the most frequent cases; as in passing from the begining to the end of a regular diphthong, or from vowel to consonant or consonant to vowel in a syllable, or from one component to the other of a double or diphthongal consonant (see Guide to Pronunciation, // 19, 161, 162). Also (by Bell and others), the vanish (or brief final element)

Lasso :: Lasso (n.) A rope or long thong of leather with, a running noose, used for catching horses, cattle, etc..

Lingel :: Lingel (n.) A little tongue or thong of leather; a lacing for belts.

Quirt :: Quirt (n.) A rawhide whip plaited with two thongs of buffalo hide.

Oe :: Oe () a diphthong, employed in the Latin language, and thence in the English language, as the representative of the Greek diphthong oi. In many words in common use, e alone stands instead of /. Classicists prefer to write the diphthong oe separate in Latin words..

Ream :: Ream (v. t.) To stretch out; to draw out into thongs, threads, or filaments..

Diphthongal :: Diphthongal (a.) Relating or belonging to a diphthong; having the nature of a diphthong.

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