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grimm's law
the statement of the regular pattern of consonant correspondences presumed to represent changes from Proto-Indo-European to Germanic, according to which voiced aspirated stops became voiced obstruents, voiced unaspirated stops became unvoiced stops, and unvoiced stops became unvoiced fricatives: first formulated in 1820–22 by Jakob Grimm, though the facts had been noted earlier by Rasmus Rask. -
diapason
either of two stops (open and stopped diapason) usually found throughout the compass of a pipe organ that give it its characteristic tone colour -
aspiration
Someone's aspirations are their desire to achieve things. -
barnstorm
When people such as politicians or performers barnstorm, they travel around the country making speeches or giving shows. -
biathlon
a contest in which skiers with rifles shoot at four targets along a 20-kilometre (12.5-mile) cross-country course -
black tea
tea withered and fermented before being dried by heating