Monday 29 September 2008

Words with repeated letters

The following table lists words that repeat the given letter many times. The number of repetitions is shown in brackets.

a  taramasalata (6) – a fish roe paste

b  bibble-babble (6) – babble

c  pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis (6) – a famously long word for a respiratory disease

e  ethylenediaminetetraacetate (7) – a chemical compound, used as a drug

e  degenerescence (6) – decay

g  Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch (7) – a famously long Welsh placename

i  floccinaucinihilipilification (9) – a famously long word meaning "the action of estimating as worthless"

i  indivisibilities (7) – a supposed plural of indivisibility

i indivisibility (6) – the state of being indivisible

l  Llullaillaco (6) – a mountain in the Andes

n  nonannouncement (6) – absence of an announcement

o  pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis (9) – a famously long word for a respiratory disease

o  Chrononhotonthologos (7) – the name of a play by English writer Henry Carey

o  odontonosology (6) – dentistry

r  strawberry-raspberry (6) – a Japanese plant

s  possessionlessness (8) – the state of being without possessions

s  senselessness (6) – lack of sense

t  tittle-tattle (6) – gossip

u  humuhumunukunukuapua?a (9) – a Hawaiian fish

z  zenzizenzizenzic (6) – the eighth power or exponent of a number

See full article at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_words_with_uncommon_properties

No comments: