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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Been done before #16079 01/18/01 11:06 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 618 Australia D doc_comfort OP addict OP doc_comfort addict D Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 618 Australia Hi folks, Just a couple of quick questions, all sparked by the link that brought me here in the first place. Words with all the vowels in alphabetical order. The one I regularly use when asked is facetious, but I'm sure there must be more. How many are there, and what are they? The big question though, words with vowels used in reverse alphabetical order. I am yet to find one, more through lack of trying than any actual lack of such a word. Can anyone help? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Been done before #16080 01/19/01 02:07 AM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 347 Melbourne, Australia M Marty enthusiast Marty enthusiast M Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 347 Melbourne, Australia Welcome Doc, This link http://home.xnet.com/~eo/word.html which I posted recently under forum Weekly Themes, thread "This week's theme: yours to discover" has this to say: The shortest word with the vowels in alphabetical order is CAESIOUS (light blue), with eight letters. Slightly longer such words are ACHEILOUS, ACHEIROUS, AEROBIOUS, ARSENIOUS, ARTERIOUS, AUTECIOUS, and FACETIOUS. Pierre Abbat says ACEITOU (Portuguese for past tense of to accept) and ALEIJOU (Portuguese for past tense of paralyze) are the shortest words he knows in any language written in the Roman alphabet which have all five vowels in order. PANCREATICODUODENOSTOMY is the longest word with all six vowels in order. whilst from http://alabanza.com/kabacoff/Inter-Links/fun/puzzles/language we get: shortest [word with] vowels in reverse order muroidea longest [word with] vowels in reverse order subcontinental Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Been done before #16081 01/19/01 03:17 PM Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,439 New England, USA W wow Carpal Tunnel wow Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,439 New England, USA Check out header "Is dentist in,huh?" in this very Q&A section. Welcome to the board Doc. Now, can you tell me about about this ache... wow Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Been done before #16082 01/19/01 03:31 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 The docile doc_c asks: Words with all the vowels in alphabetical order...How many are there, and what are they? In a language that has, at least in some possibly non-mathematical sense and theoretically, an infinite number of words, this is both an easy (there are an infinite number) and impossible (where to begin or where to end?) question to answer. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,351 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 580 guests, and 0 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 27 A C Bowden 22 LukeJavan8 2 ddrinnan 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,549 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,918 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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