2006-09-27 06:25:53 · 23 answers · asked by lovekissdale 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Other - Education
here we go with a very few:
* tattarrattat – the longest palindrome in the Oxford English Dictionary, coined by James Joyce in Ulysses for a knock on the door
* aibohphobia – a joke word meaning "fear of palindromes", deliberately constructed so as to be one
* detartrated – past tense of to detartrate, a chemical term meaning to remove tartrates; alternatively an adjective indicating that tartrates have indeed been removed (this is the longest English palindrome in the Guinness Book of Records, though it is not listed in dictionaries; it is, however, encountered in some discussions of Concord grape juice [1])
* kinnikinnik – variant of kinnikinnick, a Native American smoking mixture
* retrosorter (inferred form) aptly describes a person who contrives palindromes.
* evitative – a grammatical case indicating fear or aversion
* Malayalam – a language spoken in Kerala, India
* redivider – someone or something that redivides (tied for longest 'real' palindrome that is not a proper noun & appears in English dictionaries)
* releveler – someone or something that levels again (tied for longest 'real' palindrome that is not a proper noun & appears in English dictionaries, but not a palindrome in British English)
* Rotavator – a type of machine for breaking up soil (trademark)
* redder – more red
* terret – a metal ring on a harness, through which the reins pass
2006-09-27 06:32:28 · answer #1 · answered by GoodGuy 3 · 3⤊ 1⤋
These a palindromes, a word or even sentence that reads the same forwards and backwards: madam, I'm adam. Otto. And as above.
2006-09-27 13:35:08 · answer #2 · answered by sonyack 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mom
wow
2006-09-27 13:27:51 · answer #3 · answered by Olive 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Able was I ere I saw Elba.
Able and Elba are the names of two towns, you can see one from the other.
2006-09-27 13:33:37 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There's a bunch of them like GLH & others have already indicated. My personal favorite though is very simple.
Mom.
2006-09-27 13:34:15 · answer #5 · answered by Shadow 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sexes.
Good respose Good Guy.
2006-09-27 13:38:54 · answer #6 · answered by koko3845 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
sever
2006-09-27 13:28:28 · answer #7 · answered by toff 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
pop
2006-09-27 13:28:49 · answer #8 · answered by accvining 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
RACECAR, CIVIC, DAD, ROTATOR, ROTOR, SEXES.... AND THE LIST GOES ON - p.s. THEY ARE CALLED PALINDROMES
2006-09-27 13:41:17 · answer #9 · answered by cookiesandcorn 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
level
2006-09-27 13:27:31 · answer #10 · answered by BUPPY'S MEME 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋