| MONOPHTHONG | • monophthong n. A vowel (in the sense of a sound rather than a letter of the alphabet) that has the same sound throughout… • MONOPHTHONG n. two written vowels representing a single sound, e.g. 'oo', 'oa'. |
| DIPHTHONGING | • DIPHTHONG v. to pronounce as a diphthong. |
| MONOPHTHONGS | • monophthongs n. Plural of monophthong. • MONOPHTHONG n. two written vowels representing a single sound, e.g. 'oo', 'oa'. |
| HYPNOBIRTHING | • hypnobirthing n. The use of hypnotherapy to ease the process of childbirth. • HYPNOBIRTHING n. the use of hypnotic technique during labour by an expectant mother to reduce the pain and emotional stress of delivery. |
| MONOPHTHONGAL | • monophthongal adj. (Linguistics) Of or pertaining to a monophthong. • monophthongal adj. (Linguistics, of a vowel) Pronounced as a single vowel sound; said especially of a vowel that is also… • MONOPHTHONGAL adj. of or like a monophthong. |
| DIPHTHONGISING | • diphthongising v. Present participle of diphthongise. • DIPHTHONGISE v. to make into a diphthong, also DIPHTHONGIZE. |
| DIPHTHONGIZING | • diphthongizing v. Present participle of diphthongize. • DIPHTHONGIZE v. to make into a diphthong, also DIPHTHONGISE. |
| HYPNOBIRTHINGS | • HYPNOBIRTHING n. the use of hypnotic technique during labour by an expectant mother to reduce the pain and emotional stress of delivery. |
| MONOPHTHONGISE | • monophthongise v. Alternative spelling of monophthongize. • MONOPHTHONGISE v. to pronounce as a monophthong, also MONOPHTHONGIZE. |
| MONOPHTHONGIZE | • monophthongize v. (Transitive, linguistics) To change to a monophthong (as by removing a vowel). • monophthongize v. (Intransitive, linguistics) To become a monophthong. • MONOPHTHONGIZE v. to pronounce as a monophthong, also MONOPHTHONGISE. |
| PHOTOFINISHING | • photofinishing n. (Photography) The commercial developing and printing of photographs. • photo␣finishing n. All commercial aspects of the processing of photographs apart from simple developing and printing. • PHOTOFINISHING n. the development and printing of photographic film commercially. |
| MONOPHTHONGISED | • monophthongised v. Simple past tense and past participle of monophthongise. • MONOPHTHONGISE v. to pronounce as a monophthong, also MONOPHTHONGIZE. |
| MONOPHTHONGISES | • monophthongises v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of monophthongise. • MONOPHTHONGISE v. to pronounce as a monophthong, also MONOPHTHONGIZE. |
| MONOPHTHONGIZED | • monophthongized v. Simple past tense and past participle of monophthongize. • MONOPHTHONGIZE v. to pronounce as a monophthong, also MONOPHTHONGISE. |
| MONOPHTHONGIZES | • monophthongizes v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of monophthongize. • MONOPHTHONGIZE v. to pronounce as a monophthong, also MONOPHTHONGISE. |
| NONPHOTOGRAPHIC | • nonphotographic adj. Not photographic. • NONPHOTOGRAPHIC adj. not photographic. |
| PHOTOFINISHINGS | • PHOTOFINISHING n. the development and printing of photographic film commercially. |