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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread words using all the vowels in alphabetical order #19538 02/17/2001 4:47 PM Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 2 emcc stranger emcc stranger Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 2 Are there any more words, other than facetious and abstemious that use every vowel and in alphabetical order? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: words using all the vowels in alphabetical order #19539 02/17/2001 5:26 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass there are many more, not all of which (I hasten to add ;) are obscure; e.g., adventitious, sacrilegious, supercalifragilisticexpialidocious. if you further restrict them to those containing only one of each, then we can talk about obscure words (arsenious, for example). p.s. - here's one that's not so obscure, from MWCD abstentious - characterized by abstinence; self-restraining or refraining Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Weekly Themes #19540 02/17/2001 10:51 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York Welcome aBoard, emcc. I am going to put on my curmudgeon cap yet again and suggest that this topic be discussed where it belongs, in the underused Weekly Themes section. Having said that, my favorite AWAD theme was the one that featured the five vowels in reverse order... but I'll ask tsuwm to locate that bit of ancient history, since he is researcher hor concours & nonpareil. He's also pretty good at digging up stuff. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Weekly Themes #19541 02/17/2001 11:27 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass well, boys and girls, the pressure is really on now... [femtoseconds pass]... http://wordsmith.org/board/showflat.pl?Cat=&Board=words&Number=14174 Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: words using all the vowels in alphabetical order #19542 02/18/2001 9:54 PM Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 2 emcc stranger emcc stranger Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 2 Thanks, tsuwm; when I was given arsenious and abstentious, I was chagrined that I hadn't come up with them. I wonder how many more are lurking close by. 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 Website 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 View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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