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Can you think of any perfectly recognisible & understandable words in the English language, that have each of the vowels in reverse alphabetical order (UOIEA)?

Asked by ucme (50047points) December 15th, 2010

Fun with words & also a little educational if you like…just a little mind. There aren’t many legitimate examples, so this should prove to be a tricky excercise. Unless of course you cheat & utilise your search engine! Try & use your little grey cells though, initially at least. Good luck!

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picante's avatar

duopixelar (I think I made that up)

tapestryofregret's avatar

Autoimmune is the best i could do… :[

ucme's avatar

Okay, there are apparently only four words which “qualify” so to speak. One of which is subcontinental. The remaining three I will give others a chance at for now. Although it looks as if no one wants to play :¬)

tapestryofregret's avatar

put me outta my misery please >_<

Blueroses's avatar

uncomplimentary!!

ucme's avatar

@tapestryofregret I’ve PM’d the others to you. @Blueroses Got one, you have the other two. Keep them safely under lock & key!

whitenoise's avatar

uncollinear as in having no collinearity?

flutherother's avatar

unproprietary

Kayak8's avatar

(Hi) Duoliteral

ucme's avatar

Unoriental & Unnoticeably complete the picture. Thanks all :¬)

meiosis's avatar

What’s the only word with the vowels appearing in the correct order and once only?

ucme's avatar

@meiosis Longest : Phragelliorhynchus – Shortest : Aerious.

meiosis's avatar

@ucme Neither of those are in oxforddictionaries.com, though Fun with Words has them. I was thinking of Facetious

dxs's avatar

Sequoia. so close!

dxs's avatar

quotiental?

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