Reversable words.
Jan Merolant
Carl G. heeft geschreven in bericht <7bhdq5$i0n$1...@camel29.mindspring.com>...
>The recent post that asked for help in finding a pair of words where each
>was the other spelled backwards, and where both were animals, prompted me
to
>post this list of reversible words. Perhaps you can help me increase the
>length of the list by adding words that I missed.
>
>Carl G.
Carl, I have taken your list and added it to my list.
I separated the semordnilaps from the palindromes.
What we need is a English word list in text format
so we can do a search on it for reversals. I haven't
found such a list with (200.000) words. I have one
in Dutch, but that wont do much good here. If you
know of such a list or a smaller one on the Net, I
would like you to post the address.
moc.t...@tnalorem.naj reversed.
LIST OF SEMORDNILAP WORDS (reversals)
-------------------------------------------------
8.
desserts - stressed
redrawer - rewarder
rewarder - redrawer
stressed - desserts
7.
deliver - reviled
redroot - to-order
reknits - stinker
reliver - reviler
reviled - deliver
reviler - reliver
stinker - reknits
to-order - redroot
6.
denier - reined
Dennis - sinned
dialer - relaid
diaper - repaid
drawer - reward
Kramer - remark
reccos - soccer
redips - spider
redraw - warder
reined - denier
relaid - dialer
remark - Kramer
rennet - tenner
repaid - diaper
reward - drawer
sinned - Dennis
sloops - spools
soccer - reccos
spider - redips
spools - sloops
tenner - rennet
warder - redraw
5.
ailed – delia
damon - nomad
debut - tubed
decal - laced
deeps - speed
delia - ailed
demon - nomad
denim - mined
depot - toped
devil - lived
dinar - ranid
keels - sleek
knits - stink
laced - decal
laced - decal
lager - regal
laner - renal
leper - repel
lever - revel
lived - devil
loops - spool
loots - stool
meter - retem
mined - denim
nomad - damon
pacer - recap
parts - strap
parts - strap
peels - sleep
pools - sloop
ranid - dinar
recap - pacer
regal - lager
remit - timer
renal - laner
repel - leper
repot - toper
retem - meter
revel - lever
sleek - keels
sleep - peels
sloop - pools
smart - trams
speed - deeps
spirt - trips
spool - loops
spots - stops
stink - knits
stool - loots
stops - spots
strap - parts
straw - warts
timer - remit
toped - depot
toper - repot
trams - smart
trips - spirt
tubed - debut
warts - straw
4.
able - Elba
abut - tuba
adad - dada
ados - soda
ages - Sega
ajar - raja
Amor - Roma
anal - Lana
ante - Etna
avid - diva
bard - drab
bats - stab
bird - drib
bonk - knob
brag - garb
buns - snub
burg - grub
buts - stub
cram - Marc
dada - adad
dart - trad
deem - meed
deep - peed
deer - reed
dial - laid
diam - maid
diva - avid
doom - mood
door - rood
drab - bard
draw - ward
dray - yard
drib - bird
dual - laud
Edam - made
edit - tide
Elba - able
emir - rime
emit - time
ergo - ogre
Eros - sore
etas - sate
Etna - ante
Eton - note
ever - reve
evil - live
flog - golf
flow - wolf
gals - slag
garb - brag
gats - stag
gnar - rang
gnat - tang
gnaw - wang
golf - flog
grub - burg
gulp - plug
gums - smug
guns - snug
hoop - pooh
keep - peek
knob - bonk
laid - dial
Lana - anal
laud - dual
leer - reel
liar - rail
lien - neil
lion - noil
live - evil
loop - pool
loot - tool
made - Edam
maid - diam
maps - spam
Marc - cram
mart - tram
maws - swam
meed - deem
meet - teem
mets - stem
mood - doom
moor - room
navy - Yvan
neil - lien
news - Swen
noil - lion
note - Eton
nuts - stun
Oder - redo
ogre - ergo
pals - slap
pans - snap
part - trap
paws – swap
peed - deep
peek - keep
pees - seep
pets - step
piks - skip
plug - gulp
pols - stop
pooh - hoop
pool - loop
pots - stop
rail - liar
raja - ajar
rang - gnar
rats - star
redo - Oder
reed - deer
reel - leer
reve - ever
rime - emir
Roma - Amor
rood - door
room - moor
sate - etas
seep - pees
sega - ages
skip - piks
slag - gals
slap - pals
smug - gums
smut - tums
snap - pans
snot - tons
snub - buns
snug - guns
soda - ados
sore - Eros
spam - maps
spat - taps
spay - yaps
spit - tips
spot - tops
stab - bats
stag - gats
star - rats
stem - mets
step - pets
stew - wets
stop - pols
stub - buts
stun - nuts
swam - maws
swap - paws
sway - yaws
swen - news
tang - gnat
taps - spat
teem - meet
tide - edit
time - emit
tips - spit
tons - snot
tool - loot
tops - spot
tort - trot
trad - dart
tram - mart
trap - part
trot - tort
tuba - abut
tums - smut
wang - gnaw
ward - draw
wets - stew
wets - stew
wolf - flow
yaps - spay
yard - dray
yaws - sway
Yvan - navy
3.
age - ega
and - dna
are - era
ate - eta
bad - dab
bag - gab
bat - tab
bed - deb
big - gib
bin - nib
bog - gob
buc - cub
bun - nub
but - tub
cod - doc
cub - buc
dab - bad
dam - mad
deb - bed
den - ned
dig - gid
dim - mid
dir - rid
dna - and
doc - cod
dog - God
doh - hod
don - nod
dum - mud
eel - lee
ega - age
era - are
eta - ate
fig - gif
fir - rif
gab - bag
gar - rag
gas - sag
gat - tag
gel - leg
gem - Meg
gib - big
gid - dig
gif - fig
gob - bog
God - dog
got - tog
gut - tug
hod - doh
kay - yak
lap - pal
lee - eel
leg - gel
mad - dam
man - nam
map - Pam
mar - ram
mat - Tam
may - yam
Meg - gem
mid - dim
mit - Tim
mud - dum
nam - man
nap - pan
ned - den
net - ten
new - wen
nib - bin
nip - pin
nit - tin
nod - don
not - ton
now - won
nub - bun
nut - tun
oat - tao
pal - lap
Pam - map
pan - nap
Pat - tap
per - rep
pin - nip
pit - tip
pot - top
put - tup
rag - gar
rat - tar
ram - mar
raw - war
Ray - yar
rep - per
rid - dir
rif - fir
rot - tor
sag - gas
saw - was
tab - bat
tag - gat
Tam - mat
tao - oat
tap - Pat
tar - rat
ten - net
Tim - mit
tin - nit
tip - pit
tog - got
ton - not
top - pot
tor - rot
tub - but
tug - gut
tun - nut
tup - put
war - raw
was - saw
way - yaw
won - now
yak - kay
yam - may
yar - Ray
yaw - way
2.
al - la
am - ma
an - na
eh - he
em - me
he - eh
ho - oh
is - si
la - al
ma - am
me - em
na - an
no - on
oh - ho
on - no
si - is
PALINDROME WORDS
-----------------------------------
kinnikinnik (a kind of tobacco)
evitative
malayalam (a language of India)
redivider
rotavator (tradename)
deified
racecar
repaper
reviver
rotator
hallah
hannah
redder
anana (botanical name)
igigi
level
ma'am
madam
minim
radar
refer
sagas
sexes
siris
tebet
tevet
civic
abba (pop group)
anna
beeb
boob
deed
kook
noon
peep
poop
sees
toot
ada
aka (ford)
bob
dad
did
dud
eve
ewe
eye
gag
gig
mam
mem
mom
mum
mym
non
nun
pap
pip
pop
pup
sis
sus
tat
tit
TNT
tot
UUU (unununium element)
wow
Jan Merolant
Carl G. heeft geschreven in bericht <7bhdq5$i0n$1...@camel29.mindspring.com>...
>The recent post that asked for help in finding a pair of words where each
>was the other spelled backwards, and where both were animals, prompted me
to
>post this list of reversible words. Perhaps you can help me increase the
>length of the list by adding words that I missed.
>
>Carl G.
Question:
If finding words that use exactly the same letters is called an anagram,
what would you call finding words that use the same letters but in variable
quantities? Say, the letters "BO" will make boob, bob, boo etc.
Is there a name for this, and if not, what would be a good name?
Jan
Ian MacDonald
<jan.me...@smallhand.com> writes
>
>
>
>Question:
>
>If finding words that use exactly the same letters is called an anagram,
>what would you call finding words that use the same letters but in variable
>quantities? Say, the letters "BO" will make boob, bob, boo etc.
>
>Is there a name for this, and if not, what would be a good name?
>
>Jan
>
Jan, I don't know if there is a word, but how about a 'synogram' ?
--
Ian MacDonald
Carl G.
Ian MacDonald wrote in message <4tAReaAV...@abank.demon.co.uk>...
I have often wondered if there is a standard name for different types of
word play. For example, what do they call verses where the number of
letters in each word form the digits of a numerical constant? Does anyone
know where there is a list of the standard names used for different types of
words and word play (i.e., a word play glossary)? The following is a short
list of some of the words that should belong in such a glossary. I didn't
create this list using any logical approach, I just added words as they
popped into my head. I am sure that I left several common terms out, so
perhaps someone can help me extend the list.
acrostic
additive
adjective
adverb
alliteration
anagram
anecdote
antonym
assonance
ballad
burlesque
chain
charade
chronogram
cipher
clerihew
cliche
cockney
code
conjunction
conundrum
cryptogram
cumulative verse
cut
definition
dialect
double-entendre
double-speak
echo
emblematic verse
epigram
epitaph
equivoque
euphemism
fable
figured verse
gag
haiku
headline
hidden words
higgledy-piggledies
hink-pink
homonym
homophone
interminable
isosceles words
jape
jargon
jingle
joke
juxtaposition
laddergram
lampoon
lipogram
limerick
macaronic
malapropism
metaphor
monosyllabic verse
nonsense
noun
onomatopoeia
oxymoron
palindrome
parody
patchwork verse
phrase
pidgin
pig Latin
platitude
poem
portmanteau
preposition
prose
proverb
pun
pyramid
quip
rebus
repartee
rhyme
riddle
satire
semordnilap
simile
slang
song
sonnet
square
stinky pinky
story
Spoonerism
synonym
Tom Swifty
tongue-twister
transmutation
Trojan horse
univocalic
verb
verse
witticism
word square
Jan Merolant
Ian MacDonald heeft geschreven in bericht
<4tAReaAV...@abank.demon.co.uk>...
>In article <7bjnq7$m7q$1...@news.worldonline.nl>, Jan Merolant
><jan.me...@smallhand.com> writes
>>
>
>>
>>
>>Question:
>>
>>If finding words that use exactly the same letters is called an anagram,
>>what would you call finding words that use the same letters but in
variable
>>quantities? Say, the letters "BO" will make boob, bob, boo etc.
>>
>>Is there a name for this, and if not, what would be a good name?
>>
>>Jan
>>
>Jan, I don't know if there is a word, but how about a 'synogram' ?
Sounds good.
I have looked up "ana" and "syn" to get a clue. In Greek I believe
it means; up, back, again. "Syn" means; with, together with.
So synogram will do fine.
We could get puzzles like:
Find all words you can find of the synogram LATER
later
latter
taller
lateral
alert
alter
alterer
elater
rattle
rattler
relate
relater
Jan
>
>--
>Ian MacDonald
>
Jan Merolant
Carl G. heeft geschreven in bericht <7bhdq5$i0n$1...@camel29.mindspring.com>...
>The recent post that asked for help in finding a pair of words where each
>was the other spelled backwards, and where both were animals, prompted me
to
>post this list of reversible words. Perhaps you can help me increase the
>length of the list by adding words that I missed.
>
>Carl G.
Some more to add to list...
Yay (Tai language)
waw
pep
ofo (Siouan language)
oto (member of the Siouan)
ala
ana
ara
stria - airts
strop - ports
Jan
Alessandro
<7bjnq7$m7q$1...@news.worldonline.nl>...
>
> Carl G. heeft geschreven in bericht
<7bhdq5$i0n$1...@camel29.mindspring.com>...
> >The recent post that asked for help in finding a pair of words where
each
> >was the other spelled backwards, and where both were animals, prompted
me
> to
> >post this list of reversible words. Perhaps you can help me increase
the
> >length of the list by adding words that I missed.
> >
> >Carl G.
>
>
>
> If finding words that use exactly the same letters is called an anagram,
> what would you call finding words that use the same letters but in
variable
> quantities? Say, the letters "BO" will make boob, bob, boo etc.
>
> Is there a name for this, and if not, what would be a good name?
>
> Jan
cSe I'm an italian e4r [read: Since (S in ce) ... foreigner (4 in er)]
lacking English knowledge, I'm not the most indicated person who could say
whether an English name exist or not [I didn't write 'exists' since I'm
using the subjunctive (hope this is right)]. I know that in Italy we do not
have such a term. However, I have few proposals.
Root Short
--------------------------------------
echo anagram echogram
mumble anagram mumblegram
babble anagram babblegram
stammer anagram stammergram
ana repeated gram anaregram
multi anagram multigram
anagram plurality plurigram
randomly repeated gram randogram
--
Alessandro
Jan Merolant
Carl G. heeft geschreven in bericht <7bk2em$7ja$1...@camel25.mindspring.com>...
>
>Ian MacDonald wrote in message <4tAReaAV...@abank.demon.co.uk>...
>>In article <7bjnq7$m7q$1...@news.worldonline.nl>, Jan Merolant
>><jan.me...@smallhand.com> writes
>>>
>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>If finding words that use exactly the same letters is called an anagram,
>>>what would you call finding words that use the same letters but in
>variable
>>>quantities? Say, the letters "BO" will make boob, bob, boo etc.
>>>
>>>Is there a name for this, and if not, what would be a good name?
>>>
>>>Jan
>>>
>>
I added some other to the list including
the new one.. :-)
***synograms***
abecedarius
Alcaic verse
blank verse
charades
concrete poetry
consequences
crosswords
dithyramb
doublets
elegy
enigma's
epic poem
hangman
hinky pinky's
keyword
lapsus linguae
letter bank
letter games
lewis carroll games
lipograms
lyric poem
pangrams
puns
quinze
rebuses
RnR's
rondeau
rondel
scrabble
sonnet
syzygy's
tanka
terza rima
tricycle
trigrams
trigrams twist
twenty questions
vers libre
versicle
word origami
wordfan
Jan
Jan Merolant
Alessandro heeft geschreven in bericht
<01be65ac$c2cf5320$0100007f@default>...
>Jan Merolant <jan.me...@smallhand.com> scritto nell'articolo
><7bjnq7$m7q$1...@news.worldonline.nl>...
>>
>> >The recent post that asked for help in finding a pair of words where
>each
>> >was the other spelled backwards, and where both were animals, prompted
>me
>> to
>> >post this list of reversible words. Perhaps you can help me increase
>the
>> >length of the list by adding words that I missed.
>> >
>> >Carl G.
>>
>>
>>
>> If finding words that use exactly the same letters is called an anagram,
>> what would you call finding words that use the same letters but in
>variable
>> quantities? Say, the letters "BO" will make boob, bob, boo etc.
>>
>> Is there a name for this, and if not, what would be a good name?
>>
>> Jan
>
>lacking English knowledge, I'm not the most indicated person who could say
>whether an English name exist or not [I didn't write 'exists' since I'm
>using the subjunctive (hope this is right)]. I know that in Italy we do not
>have such a term. However, I have few proposals.
>
> Root Short
>--------------------------------------
>echo anagram echogram
>mumble anagram mumblegram
>babble anagram babblegram
>stammer anagram stammergram
>ana repeated gram anaregram
>multi anagram multigram
>anagram plurality plurigram
>randomly repeated gram randogram
>
That are a lot of grams Al...
From the ones you propose, I like best
Anaregram. It sounds familiar just like
Ian's synogram. Anaregram has an
Italian ring to it which has nothing to
do with the topic but I liked to mention
it anyway. Is anare Italian?
Jan
>--
>Alessandro
Alessandro
<jan.me...@smallhand.com> wrote: > > Alessandro heeft geschreven in
bericht > <01be65ac$c2cf5320$0100007f@default>... I'm using my dejanews
account. Anyone knows how to set fixed width fonts? I snipped most of the
text. > > > > > Root Short > >-------------------------------------- >
>echo anagram echogram > >mumble anagram mumblegram > >babble anagram
babblegram > >stammer anagram stammergram > >ana repeated gram anaregram >
>multi anagram multigram > >anagram plurality plurigram > >randomly
repeated gram randogram > > > > That are a lot of grams Al... > From the
ones you propose, I like best > Anaregram. It sounds familiar just like >
Ian's synogram. Anaregram has an > Italian ring to it which has nothing to >
do with the topic but I liked to mention > it anyway. Is anare Italian? > >
would be allowed to construct verbs from nouns (e.g.: to table, to keyboard,
etc.) then, 'anare' could be the result of: ano --> anus anare --> to anus
But anagramming 'anare' produces a word which is both English and Italian:
ARENA. With this post I also refer to another post of Jan's in the same
thread which I partly quote below: > Sounds good. > I have looked up "ana"
and "syn" to get a clue. In Greek I believe > it means; up, back, again.
at my dictionary too and I discovered that, besides the meanings that Jan
found, _ana_ also means 'invert', 'move around' which is in fact what in
anagram it is used as. Therefore, strictly speaking, 'ana' ought to remain in
our new term. I understand however that something like 'anasynogram' or
'synanagram' would neither look nice nor sound good. Ian's synogram is fine
for me too. Alessandro
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Paul J H
Alessandro wrote in message <01be65ac$c2cf5320$0100007f@default>...
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>echo anagram echogram
>mumble anagram mumblegram
>babble anagram babblegram
>stammer anagram stammergram
>ana repeated gram anaregram
>multi anagram multigram
>anagram plurality plurigram
>randomly repeated gram randogram
>
>Alessandro
I quite like manygram
Paul J H