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RHYTHMS : RHYTHMS Can you find any peculiarity for this word
It is the longest English word without the normal vowels, a. e, i, o, u. : It is the longest English word without the normal vowels, a. e, i, o, u.
Excluding derivatives there are only two words in English that end with -shion. : Excluding derivatives there are only two words in English that end with -shion.
They are :- : They are :- CUSHION
FASHION
“THEREIN” : “THEREIN” Can you find any speciality for this seven-letter word
12 words can be formed from this word using consecutive letters . : 12 words can be formed from this word using consecutive letters . The, he, her, er, here, I, there, ere, rein, re, in, and herein.
There is only one common word in English that has 5 vowels in a row.Do you know? : There is only one common word in English that has 5 vowels in a row.Do you know?
QUEUEING : QUEUEING
The longest commonly used word in English with all the letters in the alphabetical order : The longest commonly used word in English with all the letters in the alphabetical order
ALMOST : ALMOST
“ One thousand” contains the letter ‘A’ : “ One thousand” contains the letter ‘A’ None of the words from one to Nine hundred and ninety nine has an A
Find two words having all the vowels in the reverse order : Find two words having all the vowels in the reverse order SUBCONTINENTAL
UNCOMPLIMENTARY
Asthma Isthmi : Asthma Isthmi Can you see any peculiarity for this word.
These are the only six-letter words that begin and end with same vowel and there is no other vowel in between : These are the only six-letter words that begin and end with same vowel and there is no other vowel in between
The longest English word is a 45 letter- word : The longest English word is a 45 letter- word It is the name of a disease
“pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis” : “pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis”
A superlatively long word of 27 letters having 13 vowels : A superlatively long word of 27 letters having 13 vowels It alternates consonants and vowels
HONORIFICABILITUDINITATIBUS : HONORIFICABILITUDINITATIBUS
Some more examples : Some more examples Antidisestablishmentarianism
Electrophotomicrographically
DefenselessnessRespectlessness : DefenselessnessRespectlessness Two fifteen- letter words with only one of the vowels
Bookkeeper : Bookkeeper It is the only word that has three consecutive doubled letters.
UNDERGROUND and UNDERFUND : UNDERGROUND and UNDERFUND Are the only words in English that begin
and end with the letters “und”.
Tongue Twisters : Tongue Twisters There are many but this may be the toughest
The sixth sick sheik’s sixth sheep’s sick
More sentences : More sentences She sells seashells on the seashore.
How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?
This snail is stale, its tail is stale and this is a stale tale.
Round the rugged rock the ragged rascal ran.
Palindromes : Palindromes Are words , phrases, verses or sentences that read the same forward and backward.
Madam, I’m Adam : Madam, I’m Adam May be the first palindrome with which Adam introduced himself to the new lady he found in the garden of Eden.
The longest common single-word palindromes are : The longest common single-word palindromes are Deified
Racecar
Repaper
Reviver
rotator
There are many sentences which are palindromes : There are many sentences which are palindromes Able was I ere I saw Elba.
A man, a plan, a canal, Panama
Red rum, sir, is murder.
Live not on evil, madam, live not on evil.
Was it a rat I saw.
Rats live on no evil star.
Gateman sees name tag.
Angry and hungry : Angry and hungry are the only words in English ending in “-gry”.