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Drinking words includig thirst and swallowing.

Being thirsty and "drinking" words are listed in this dipso- unit.

As usual, there are other units that refer to drinking which are worth seeing, too.

The larynx acts as a derailer to divert food, drink, and air down their respective tracks. When we swallow, the larynx rises causing a piece of cartilage called the epiglottis to move up and back over the glottis, the pathway for air through the trachea.

-Neil McAleer, The Body Almanac

Excessive drinking of alcohol makes such fools of people, and people are such fools to begin with, that it's compounding a felony.

-Robert Benchley, United States humorist (1889-1945)
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