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2006-08-23 01:42:40 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
The shortest word containing all five vowels exactly once is the six-letter EUNOIA, meaning alertness of mind an will (and also the title of a book by Canadian poet Christian Bok). However, it is not included in any major English dictionary. There are several seven-letter words containing all the vowels, including SEQUOIA, EULOGIA, MIAOUED, ADOULIE, EUCOSIA, EUNOMIA, EUTOPIA, MOINEAU, and DOULEIA. The relatively common French word OISEAU (meaning bird) contains all five vowels, once each.
The shortest word with the five vowels occurring in alphabetical order is AERIOUS (airy), which has seven letters. The longest such word is PHRAGELLIORHYNCHUS (a protozoan) with 18 letters. There are two seven-letter words in Portuguese that contain the five vowels in alphabetical order: ACEITOU and ALEIJOU.
2006-08-23 01:50:08 · answer #1 · answered by iqqy_aiwa 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Facetious
2006-08-23 08:49:22 · answer #2 · answered by Duende71 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Earwig
2006-08-23 08:44:52 · answer #3 · answered by 98ta 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
education
2006-08-23 09:26:59 · answer #4 · answered by priyanka m 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
facetiously, abstemiously (in alpha-order too!)
2006-08-23 11:22:21 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
facetiously
2006-08-23 08:49:03 · answer #6 · answered by tjmaxx17 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
sequoia
2006-08-25 18:30:45 · answer #7 · answered by Ox Cimarron 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
AERIOUS
2006-08-23 08:46:28 · answer #8 · answered by sueflower 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
abstemious
abstemiously
abstentious
acheilous
acheirous
acleistous
affectious
aleikoum
anemious
annelidous
arsenious
arteriosus
arterious
bacterious
caesious
facetious
facetiously
fracedinous
majestious
parecious
pareciously
placentious
tragedious
2006-08-23 08:49:21 · answer #9 · answered by midtownhazard 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋