Vowel-enriched
queuing -- with five vowels in a row.
offered by Jonathan Phillips (jonthegeologist@hotmail.com):
Palaeoaeolian (UK spelling, 6 consecutive vowels). Word used to describeancient wind created rock deposits.
Also
| Words with long clusters of vowels: $ grep "[aeiou]\{4\}" $t
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Words with lots of vowels but only a few
consonants: Found with commands such as: |
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adieu aerie bayou eerie eyrie gooey hooey miaou payee queue yahoo |
acequia anaemia aqueous aureate aureola aureole evacuee eyepiece eyesore nouveau pyaemia rouleau sequoia |
aetiology amoebaeic amoebaeum audacious audiotape auxiliary beauteous equipoise eukaryote ideologue leukaemia niaiserie also Louisiana Ouagadougou |
audaciously autonomasia audiovisual bourgeoisie eidouranion onomatopoeia unbeauteous |
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we might also add on
Hawaiian and Sequoia should we allow proper names.
There are also the following if we allow 'y' as a vowel:
2 bayou (n)
4 buoyancy (n)
6 buoyant (adj)
0 buoyantly (adv)
0 buyout (n)
0 employee (n)
1 gooey (adj)
0 hooey (n)
0 joyous (adj)
0 joyously (adv)
0 23177 payee (n)
0 23184 payout (n)
0 34934 voyeur (n)
0 34935 voyeuristic (adj)
There is also the nasty list here, which contains words found in a rather lengthy word list, which unfortunately, seems to contain a number of words that are not in "the dictionary."