A list of 33 words by sionnach.
- crabcake appears on 5 other lists
- student appears on 19 other lists
- definitive appears on 21 other lists
- coughing appears on 3 other lists
- understudy appears on 8 other lists
- afghan appears on 10 other lists
- rijksmuseum appears on 1 other list
- calmness appears on 2 other lists
- canopy appears on 37 other lists
- pop quiz appears on just this list
- tuvalu appears on 1 other list
- hijinks appears on 34 other lists
- gymnopaedic appears on 1 other list
- panoply appears on 152 other lists
- zabaglione appears on 17 other lists
- dabchick appears on 18 other lists
- film noir appears on 9 other lists
- star-studded appears on just this list
- analyzable appears on 1 other list
- ecdemic appears on 3 other lists
- ghillie appears on 3 other lists
- ghi appears on 2 other lists
- labcoat appears on just this list
- somnolent appears on 92 other lists
- tomnoddy appears on 1 other list
- monopoly appears on 22 other lists
- menopause appears on 5 other lists
- sizable appears on 3 other lists
- narghile appears on 11 other lists
- stuffed appears on 7 other lists
- arcdegree appears on just this list
- laughingstock appears on 4 other lists
- dunghill appears on 4 other lists
kalayzich abcee
abcoulomb
Sep 7, 2012
Drogulus A couple more phobias have four consecutive letters: gymnophobia and apotemnophobia Sep 7, 2012
fbharjo cremnophobia , thamnophile, overstuff & understudy have four consecutive letters Sep 7, 2012
fbharjo deft: defy: Respighi: larghissimo: toughie: Kortrijk: almner: rhamnose: hymnody: belemnoid: cremnophobia: thamnophile: limnology: anopsy: monoplane: inoperable; rhinoplasty: xenopus: unopen: cornerstone: cloudburst: airstream: hairstyle: headfirst: erst: overstay: superstore Sep 7, 2012
ruzuzu I adore you, sionnach. This list is great! Sep 7, 2012
mollusque How about hydroxyzine? Sep 1, 2008
mollusque How about abcoulomb and arcdegree? Mar 27, 2008
brianbackman I'll use this for a "pop quiz" with my high school "students." Aug 11, 2007
sionnach kelemenopy
A sequential straight line through the middle of everything, leading nowhere.
Do not seek this word, gentle reader, in your dictionary of choice. It will not be there. This is a recent example of what Walter Skeat called ghost words. It was coined by John Ciardi, the American poet, in A Browser’s Dictionary in 1980. The genesis of his creation was the sequence klmnop from the centre of the alphabet, with ten letters before and ten after it, which Mr Ciardi described as “a strictly sequential irrelevance�?.
http://www.worldwidewords.org/weirdwords/ww-kel1.htm
Feb 18, 2007
oroboros "a sequence thru the middle of everything, leading nowhere" check it out. Feb 17, 2007
reesetee Nope? Noplace? Defenestrate? Feb 16, 2007
oroboros stupid;stun;stub;stuck;stud;stuff...geez, there are undoubtedly more but...oh yeah, stultify;defy; ok, enuff... Feb 16, 2007
sionnach hijinks! Of course - great word for this list. Thanks. Feb 16, 2007
chained_bear hijinks? Your "rijksmuseum" made me think of it. Feb 16, 2007
reesetee Great list--just thinking about it hurts my head! Feb 16, 2007
sionnach Thanks! I was thinking of making one for 4 consecutive letters, but it would be really, really short. Perhaps one could include a genetically altered salmon. Feb 16, 2007
chained_bear cool list! Feb 15, 2007