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Which is the shortest word which has all the five vowels in alphabetical order?
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What is the shortest word with all five vowels?
Facetious, at nine letters long, might be the shortest word that contains all five vowels in alphabetical order.Suoidea, seven letters long, is the shortest word in the English language that contains all five main vowels in reverse alphabetical order.Other words with this property are the ten letter words duoliteral and unoriental, the fourteen letter word subcontinental, and the fifteen letter words neuroepithelial and uncomplimentary.actually it is aerious, meaning "airy"
What is special about the words abstemious and facetious?
All vowels (and y) in their correct order.
What is unusual about the words subcontinental and uncomplimentary?
The words Subcontinental and Uncomplimentary each contain one occurrence of each of the five vowels in reverse alphabetical order.
What words contain all 5 vowels?
Here are a some words that contain each vowel once:sequoiafacetiousabstemiouseducationWords containing all vowels plus "y" are:abstemiouslyfacetiouslyInterestingly, only facetious and abstemiouscontain each of the vowels in alphabetical order. The word uncomplimentary contains one of each vowel in reverse order.There are quite a few more:adventitiousauthenticationauthoritiesauthorizeautomobileevacuationfavourite (UK)gourmandizemisbehaviour (UK)miscellaneousmultimillionaireoutlandishnessoutpatientpandemoniumprecariousprecautionregulationrevolutionaryremunerationtambourinetourmalineunobjectionableThe shortest word containing all five vowels without repetition is the word "eunoia" (meaning good health, or the rapport a speaker has with an audience).
Is there an English word containing all five vowels in order?
Yes. 'Facetious' and 'Abstemious' are two of them.
What 5 letter word has all 5 vowels with no consonant in it?
"Eunoia" is the shortest word I found with all five vowels in it. And one consonant, regrettably. You may wish to consult with a Scrabble dictionary, they may have some esoteric semi-words that might serve.
The vowels in humid are?
The vowels are 'u' & ' i'. The five vowels in the English language are 'a,e,i,o,u.'.
What are the five vowels of the alphabet?
The five vowels of the alphabet are A, E, I, O, and U.
What are the 5 consonants?
There are five vowels, not five consonants.
Word with 5 vowels?
Can it only consist of vowels? Many words have 5 vowels. Queueing has five in a row.
What 11-letter word has five a's but no other vowels in it?
What 11-letter word has five a's but no other vowels in it?
What is so unique about the word facetious?
It's the only English word that uses all vowels of the alphebet in the order they come... A E I O U Wrong! It's one of two common words (there are also a couple of scientific terms) that share this property. The other is ABSTEMIOUS
