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MathsIsFun

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Re: Word puzzles

Hi krollo, and welcome to the forum!

Great answers ... maybe you would like to post an introduction about yourself in "Introductions": http://www.mathsisfun.com/forum/viewforum.php?id=7

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smellyellie123

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Registered: 2006-11-08

Posts: 7

Re: Word puzzles

Wow how did you get those you must be some sort of dictionary
not trying to be offensive or nothing

JaneFairfax

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Registered: 2007-02-23

Posts: 6,868

Re: Word puzzles

Mathematical terms that contain all five vowels, in any order, each vowel exactly once, include:
commutative
duodecimal
equation
numeration
permutation
perturbation (as in perturbation theory – heard of that? )
quaternion
quindecagon

In physics, there are:
antineutron
ultraviolet

And in chemistry:
bimolecular
molecularity
praseodymium
seaborgium
tautomerism
trimolecular

landof+

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Registered: 2007-03-24

Posts: 131

Re: Word puzzles

1. Eunoia, facetious
2. Vacuum, Continuum
3. Xanthic, Xenon, Xanthaphobia, Xanthaphobic, Xylophone
4. AA
5. radii, taxiing, skiing
6. twllydyngs or somethin like that
7. Zenzizenzizenzic
8. Uncycloanindess?
10. Qatariest is the only 1

Krollo :{l}

How about qalamadan?

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krollo

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Registered: 2007-05-04

Posts: 24

Re: Word puzzles

10. qalmadans

landof+

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Registered: 2007-03-24

Posts: 131

Re: Word puzzles

shouldn't be. qalamadan's plural shouldn't be with s if I remember correctly.

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