The consecutive letters IE can be pronounced in different ways in English. There’s “siege” (long E), “lie” (long I) and “friend” (short E), for example. In what eight-letter word for something that can be bought in most department stores are the consecutive letters IE pronounced with a “long A” sound (as in “acorn”)?

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