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Sat 06/20/09 08:02 PM
What is the shortest English word containing all 5 vowels in any order?

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Sat 06/20/09 08:03 PM
Ouch ma brain hurts tryin to figure that one outohwell

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Sat 06/20/09 08:15 PM
naaaa..im good...lol

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Sat 06/20/09 08:18 PM
i don't know, but i bet it doesn't rhyme with orange.

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Sat 06/20/09 08:18 PM
Edited by IndigoIllusions on Sat 06/20/09 08:22 PM
Eunoia...means alertness of mind and will.


Google...it's a beautiful thing. :tongue:

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Sat 06/20/09 08:38 PM

Eunoia...means alertness of mind and will.


Google...it's a beautiful thing. :tongue:


rofl rofl rofl rofl rofl rofl rofl

Hey, at least I get to learn a new word for today!!!

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Sat 06/20/09 08:41 PM
Ooooooooooooooooh, Encarta did not have this word!! Shame on them!!! :angry: Well, Encarta is going away, on MSN at least.

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Sat 06/20/09 09:17 PM
Ummmm.....sequioa? no meaning

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Euouae (a type of cadence in mediæval music) contains six vowel letters in a row. It is a pseudo-word, however, formed from the vowels of the last six syllables of the "Gloria Patri" doxology: "seculorum. Amen". It is also often spelt evovae.[1] Kauaiian (of the Hawaiian island of Kauai) contains six consecutive vowels, and is sometimes used; however, Kauaian, with five vowels, is considered the standard form, per the Merriam-Webster's Geographical Dictionary.

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Sat 06/20/09 09:21 PM
Found the meaning of Sequioa

Sequoia, a genus of coniferous trees, comprising the species Sequoia sempervirens (the redwood) and Sequoia-dendron giganteum (the giant sequoia), thought to be named for Sequoyah, the Cherokee Indian blacksmith and silversmith who invented the Cherokee alphabet about 1809. Both species average 275 feet in height, with trunks from 15 to 35 feet in diameter. Sequoias are the largest of all American forest trees, with the tallest redwoods attaining heights of more than 350 feet and the giant sequoia generally containing the largest total volume of wood. The redwood is found in the Pacific Coast region, from California to Oregon; the giant sequoia grows wild only on the western slope of the Sierra Nevada in California, generally between five thousand and seven thousand feet in elevation, where it finds a mix of mild temperatures and adequate rainfall. Sequoia wood is soft, light, and of a reddish color that darkens on exposure. Once believed to be the world's oldest living things—some are more than three thousand years old—sequoias have very thick bark that makes them highly resistant to insects, fire, and fungi. They have a very shallow root system, however, and rely on a straight trunk and well-balanced limbs to stay upright; most fall to their death.

Sequoias probably first became known to the white man in 1833, when Captain Joseph Walker's expedition sighted them. A. T. Dowd is credited with discovering the Calaveras grove in 1852. In less than a decade, loggers began extensive cutting of the sequoia, and cutting continued into the twentieth century, although on a lesser scale. The Sequoia National Park in the Sierra Nevada was established on 25 September 1890 to protect the groves of giant sequoia. The General Sherman tree in the park is 272 feet high and one of the oldest living things in the world; another famous tree had a hole bored through its trunk, allowing automobiles to drive through.


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Sat 06/20/09 09:30 PM
Edited by ASK69 on Sat 06/20/09 09:34 PM

What is the shortest English word containing all 5 vowels in any order?



The shortest English word with the five vowels in any order is "AIOUEA". (genus of plant in family Lauraceae).spock

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"EUNOIA". It comes from the Greek word εύνοια which means well mind or beautiful thinking. It is a rarely used medical term referring to a state of normal mental health.slaphead