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Are there any more words, other than facetious and abstemious that use every vowel and in alphabetical order?

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
Posted By: AnnaStrophic Weekly Themes - 02/17/01 10:51 PM
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.

Posted By: tsuwm Re: Weekly Themes - 02/17/01 11:27 PM
well, boys and girls, the pressure is really on now... [femtoseconds pass]...
http://wordsmith.org/board/showflat.pl?Cat=&Board=words&Number=14174

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.

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