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Softenz

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Aug 20, 2000, 10:11:10 PM8/20/00
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There are two words in the english language that have all the vowels in
reverse order, what are they?

Cheers
Rats

P.S.
I don't know either one of them!!! ;-)


Lloyd Flynn

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Aug 21, 2000, 3:00:00 AM8/21/00
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sequioa maybe
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Paul H

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Aug 25, 2000, 3:00:00 AM8/25/00
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I think the puzzle should require that the word contains the vowels in
reverse order AND NO OTHER VOWELS, which then gives (I think) only two
solutions:

uncomplimentary
subcontinental

Paul H.

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>"Softenz" <sof...@softenz.co.uk> wrote:
>
>>There are two words in the english language that have all the vowels in
>>reverse order, what are they?
>

>I didn't find any that included "y", but I found these for "u-o-i-e-a". The
>last three are reasonably recognizable words:
>
>aquifoliaceae
>australopithecinae
>euphorbiaceae
>lemuroidea
>molluscoidea
>neuropteroidea
>ophiuroidea
>quodlibetarian
>quodlibetarian
>quodlibetarians
>quodlibetarians
>quodlibetical
>sipunculoidea
>subcontinental
>uncomplimentary
>unnoticeable
>
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Dr J D Collins

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Aug 26, 2000, 3:00:00 AM8/26/00
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"Softenz" <sof...@softenz.co.uk> wrote in message
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> There are two words in the english language that have all the vowels
in
> reverse order, what are they?
>
My list gives

buoninsegna
dumortiera
duoliteral OED2
juloidea
muroidea W3
muscoidea W3
pulmonifera W3
quodlibeta
quodlibetal OED2
quodlibetary OED2
subcontinental W3, COD & OED2
subhyoidean
uncomplimentary W3, COD & OED2
uncontinental
unnoticeably W3, COD & OED2
unoccidental
unoriental OED2

I am not sure which are the 2 you are after. There are 3 in the
Concise Oxford Dictionary (COD), 7 in OED2 and 6 in Websters Third
(W3)

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John Collins

azharmuh...@gmail.com

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Mar 9, 2016, 4:51:59 AM3/9/16
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name those 2 words

azharmuh...@gmail.com

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Mar 9, 2016, 4:57:46 AM3/9/16
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On Wednesday, March 9, 2016 at 1:51:59 AM UTC-8, azharmuh...@gmail.com wrote:
> name those 2 words

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