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rise
rise above
rise to
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rishi
risible
rising
rising damp
rising diphthong
rising rhythm
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rising diphthong
ris·ing diph·thong (plural ris·ing diph·thongs)


noun 
Definition:
 
diphthong with second sound stressed: a diphthong in which the second of two sounds has more stress or sonority than the first
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