TEd,

Io is the word of which I was thinking too. In addition to everything you mentioned, it is also one of Jupiter’s moons.


Wordwind,

The challenge was to find more than one. Nevertheless, I think together you and TEd have achieved that goal. Your aa-oozing, blue satin sea, golden volcano ribbon is in the mail. (Allow 6 – 10 weeks for delivery. Prize may be subject to tax.)

TEd, what would you like?


dxb

Since all the pronunciations I’ve found for ai show it to be a one syllable word, I don’t think we can accept it.


Has anyone come up with a one-syllable word with more than nine letters?