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tripartition
tripe
triphenylmethane
triphibian
triphibious
triphosphate
triphosphopyridine nucleotide
triphthong
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triphthong
triph·thong [ tríf thòng, tríp thòng ] (plural triph·thongs)


noun 
Definition:
 
1. vowel sound with 3 component vowels: a vowel sound composed of three vowels forming a single syllable
2. linguistics 
Same as  trigraph
[Mid-16th century. Via French triphtongue< medieval Greek triphthongos< Greek phthongos "sound"]

triph·thon·gal [ trif thóng g'l, trip thóng g'l ] adjective
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