Is it possible for the letter u to come before o in a word? And what word?
2006-11-19 10:22:30 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
The simplest example is "duo". There's also a number of words with duo as a prefix:duotone, duopoly, duodenum, duologue, etc.
Vacuole is a nice one if you're into botanical sciences. Fluorine if you're into chemistry (and many words containing 'fluor', like fluoroscopy, fluorite, fluoride.)
Continuo, that's a musical term.
Muon, a subatomical particle (also tauon, and no doubt other examples in the field of particle physics).
There are plenty of "regular" English words with uous suffixes... continuous, flexuous, sinuous, tenuous, etc.
2006-11-19 11:36:17 · answer #1 · answered by joseph_strummer 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
(Almost) Everything's possible! I would look in a Collegiate or even Science dictionary to find out. Just look through the U words. Mostly, I believe that a Science dictionary would be best becuase scientific terminoligy is full of weird latin names. Your sure to find one. And if not, atleast you have just added Knowledge to your own Dictionary. The one inside of you! Hope this has helped you!
2006-11-19 18:27:44 · answer #2 · answered by Imagine, Its Contagious! 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. It is possible. For example, 'quote'.
Another interesting possiblity is words that start out with 'q' and almost always have a 'u' immediately afterwards. Look in the dictionary, 'q' always goes with 'u'.
Other u to o words...
Quota
Quo
Quod
Quorum...
etc.
2006-11-19 18:37:33 · answer #3 · answered by Shalltell 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do they have to be next to each other?
2006-11-19 18:26:01 · answer #4 · answered by Kage 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
absolutely!
vacuous for example
2006-11-20 09:29:37 · answer #5 · answered by fifi_le_pou 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋