97

VOWEL PATTERNS IN THE OED

SUSAN THORPE Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire, England [email protected]

In most words, the arrangement of the five major vowels A, E, I, 0 and U, irrespective of the consonants, does not follow any particular pattern. In some words, however, vowels do exhibit specific patterns. We have met words with the five vowels in alphabetical order (WW98037, 98115 , 99262, 2002314 and 2004054) and in reverse alphabetical order (2001313 and 2002316). Old MacDonald ' s EIEIO words, such as PERIHELION , have al so appeared in Word Ways (86221 and 87024). Words exhibiting other special vowel patterns appear to have been largely overlooked. These include word s with tautonymic vowel patterns (123123 etc.), palindromic vowel patterns (12321 etc.) and consecutive doubled vowel pattern (112233). Examples of words exhibiting these, and other, vowel patterns are given below. No extraneous vowels are allowed. My selections are confined to examples containing at least three of the five major vowels. The letter Y is treated as a consonant. Palindromes and tautonyms are excluded. I have searched for examp les with vowel patterns ranging from 5 vowels to 8 vowels. An example is given for each of the different vowel permutations (perms) wherever possible. In view of the fact that the material for this article is taken from a single source - the Oxford English Dictionary, Second Edition - I admit both words and phrases. Here is a summary of the results: Type of vowel pattern Tautonymic Palindromic

etler gue, riled lI'as

Doubled Progressive Miami

No. of vowels 6 8 5 6 7 8 6 6 5

Possi ble patterns I 7 I I 7 7 I 2 I

Possible perms 60 480 60 60 480 480 60 120 60

Perms for which an example was found 5I 27 60 46 103 13 28 62 • 60 •

• •

•

s.

TAUTONYM IC VOWEL PATTERNS

1926 that

6-vowel pattern 123123 (examples found for 51 of the 60 perms) This is the only tautonymic pattern that can be made from a group of 6 vowels which includes 3 different vowels.

98 There are 12 vowel trigrams beginning with each of th e 5 vow els, exc luding trigram s with a repeated vowel. In the ca e of the vowel A, these are aei, aeo, aeu, aie, aio, aiu, aoe, aoi , aou, aue, aui, auo, Thus there is a total of 12 x 5 (vowels) = 60 perm o f th e vo w el pattern 1231 23, Note that the 6 vowels occur as a group in the word ZOUAOUA * (ouaoua), ,

,

aelael , , aleale aoeaoe aueaue

AMERICAN-ENGLISH ALLITERATIVE CARMOESALOE ACQUEYNTAUNCE

aeoaeo , , alOalo , , aOlaol , , aUlaUI

WHALE-OF-A-FELLOW ARIOLATION MACROPINACOID CAURIMAURI

aeuaeu , , alu alu aouaou auoa uo

CALENDULACEUM ANTIQUARI 12M TALCOQUA RTZOUS

1.3-!1This is, 4diffi ~

,

,

ealeal , , elaela eoaeoa euaeua ,

HERACLITEANISM SEPTICAEMIA SEOFANTEO~AN

eaoeao , , elOelo , , eOleol , , eUleU I ,

,

,

laelae , , lealea , , loaloa , , lualua oaeoae oeaoea , , olao la ouaoua

INAPPRECIABLE INTERPARIETAL VIOLATIONAL INMUTATIUA OBLANCEOLATE OERANG-OETAN COMBINATORIAL ZOUAOUA· U ADEQUATE SUBTERAQUEAN

,

oa loa l , , oe loel , , o leole o ueoue ,

uaeuae ueauea , , ulaula uoauoa

,

laolao , , leoleo , , 10elOe , , luelue ,

eaueau , , elUelU eoueou euoeuo

MERCAPTOETHANOL SEMI-CONNECTION CERCOPITIIECOID SESQUI-JESUIT

,

ualual , , ueluel , , uleule uoeuoe

,

DIANOIALOGY TITlIE-PROPR IETOR I OTENISCOPE DIURETIQUE

13Ul au ieuieu , , IOUIOU , , IUOIUO

VOCATIONALISM POTENTIOMETRIC TONS ILLECTOMIES COURTEOUSNESS

oauoau oeuoeu , , OIUOIU , , OUI OUI

uaouao ULTRA-RITUALISM IIUDDERIN-DUDDERIN ueoueo , , CURLIE- WURLI E UIOUI O , , UOI UOI

TREASURE-VAULT MEI-KUEI-LU ENCOUMBEROUS I'LEURO-PNEUMONY INAUSPICAT-US IMPECUNIEUX IMPOSTU RIOUS

TO GET UPON THE KUFF ONTRI BUTOR I-US SOUJ I-MOUJ I

repet: , aloe

there ',

au __

eal

L_:.

UNDI SOLUTION P-D-GLUCO IDURON IC

8-vowel patterns With 8 vowels, there are 7 different tautony mic pattern s w hich can be made which include 3 different vowels, 6 of the 7 patterns exhibit 3 di fferent vowe ls, th e oth er 4 different owel , The are: 11231123 (60 perms), 12131213 (60), 1223 1223 (60), 123 11 231 (60), 1232 1232 (60), 12331233 (60) and 12341234 (120), T hi s makes a to tal o f 480 elig ible 8-vo wel tauton mi permutations, Examples cover ing all 7 pattern s, were found for 27 of these:

11231123 (3 ,

of the 60 per ms) , eealeeal GENERATIVE-SEMANTIC , ' OOleOOle TOOTS IE-WOOTSIE uuaouuao UUALTO-UUAHSO

12231223 ••

••

allealle , , eOOleOOI , , 100elOoe • • •• ulleulle

(4 of the 60 perm s) ANILINE CHR YSANILINE ECOLOGIC-ECONOMIC PHILOSOPHER'S PHILOSOPHER QUININE-PURIFIER

12131 213 (1 ,

,

eoe leoel

12311 231

o f th e 60 penns) TilE Ol'IIER IDE OF THE HI L

(4 of the 60 p rm ) , , aleaal ea AI TEALNAN-G ILL N eaueeaue LEAUET -NAUNTE oeuooeuo TO REl URN TO ONE' MUTTON , , UI OUUIOU FU RIOU - URI U

• • •

99

th a aue, ~ote

12321232 (4 aeoeaeoe

12331233

of the 60 perms)

aiooaioo SALPINGO-OVARIOTOMY

SNAKE-LOCKED ANEMONE

•

TO APPEAL TO CAESAR

oeaeoeae

TO BE A PERSON 'S EASE

12341234 (9

•

lOeelOee MIOCENE-PLIOCENE

euoueuou PSEUDOTUBERCULOUS oaeaoaea

(2 of the 60 perms)

of the 120 penns)

This is the only tautonymic pattern which can be made from a group of

8

vowels which includes

4 different vowels. There are 24 vowel tetragrams beginning with each of the repeated vowel. In the case of the letter

A,

5

vowels, excluding tetragrams with a

these are aeio, aeiu, aeoi, aeou, aeui, aeuo, aieo, aieu,

aioe, aiou, aiue, aiuo, aoei, aoeu, aoie, aoiu, aoue, aoui, auei, aueo, auie, auio, auoe, auoi. Thus there is a total of24 x •

•

•

•

5 (vowels) =

120 perm s of the vowel pattern 12341234.

aUleaule ACQUIETAUNCIES ealOealo THE ARMPIT OF THE NATION

•

•

eaoleaol TETRAPLOID-HEXAPLOID

•

•

eualeual SECULAR INEQUALITY

iauoiauo TRIANGULO-TRIANGULOS oeaioeai TO GET A T1-IING ON THE BRAINoiaeoiae TO BID A PERSON MISCHANCE ou ieouie ROULlE-I'OULIE uaoeuaoe JUXTAGLOMERULAR COMPLEX

PALINDROMIC VOWEL PATTERNS 5-vowel pattern

12321

(60 of the 60 perms)

This is the only palindromic vowel pattern which can be made from a group of

5

vowels which

includes 3 different vowels. •

aelea WHALEFISHERMAN aeoea CATEGOREAL •

•

alom ABIOTICALLY aouoa PARLOUR-ORGAN •

ealae DETAINABLE •

•

elole LEXICONIZE

•

•

alula LATITUDINAL aueua HARQUEBUSAR eaoae REALLOCATE •

•

elule EXTINGUISHED

aeuea CAERULEAN aoeoa ABOVE-BOARD

•

•

alela GALILEIAN •

aOloa ADOPTIONAL

•

aUlua MANUSCRIPTURAL auoua SCAPULO-ULNAR eauae EARTHQUAKE eoaoe REFORMADOES •

•

•

elale

BESTIALIZE

•

eOlOe DEOXYRIBOSE

Ie 3

eouoe DEXTRO-GLUCOSE euaue RECURVATURE

eUlUe SESQUIDUPLE

euoue CREDULOUSNESS

'hey

•

•

•

•

•

•

•

•

60),

laeal

BILATERALISM

•

•

laoal DIAGONALITY

laual INFATUATING

leael

•

•

•

•

lOaOI DIPLOHAI'LONTIC

•

•

l oeo l RHINOCEROID

•

•

•

•

•

•

leoel DISEMBOWELLING leuel SINECURESHIP •

•

IOUOI IROQUOIS oaeao CONCATENATOR •

oeleo PRO-EPIMERON •

•

OIUIO CONSTITUTION uaeau QUARREAUS •

ueleu UNBELIEFFUL •

•

UlOIU LUBRITORIUM

luaul INCUNABULIST •

oalao CONTAMINATOR

lueul LlQUEURING

IUOUI CIRCUMLOCU ITY

oauao SOMNAMBULATOR oeaeo DODECAHEDRON •

•

oeueo TOPSEYTURVEYDOM olalo COGITATION o uauo POQUAUHOCK

MISCELLANEITY

•

•

o lelo LONGISECTION •

oueuoTROUSER-BUTION OUIUO LOCUS IN QUO

•

ualau QUADRIDACTYLUS uaoau ULTRAMONTANUS' ueaeu UN PEACEFUL ueoeu UNREMORSEFUL u oaou UROPHANOUS

•

•

ulalu QU INARIUS uoeou UNPROSPEROUS

•

•

ulelu UILELlUGH •

UOIOU UNCONSCIOUS

100

J!J3U

6-vowel pattern

123321

(46 of the 60 perms) This is the only palindromic pattern which can be made from a group of 6 vowels which includes 3 different vowels. ote that the pattern exhibits a central doubled vowel, as is the case with all palindromic vowel patterns having an even number of vowels. •

aiae313 e3eleat • ele()el iaiel31 oeolJ((lJ

•

aellea • • aleela aoeeoa aueeua

WHAT'S TH E BIG IDEA? PALINGENETICALLY CALL OVERTI IE COALS v ALUE·NEUTRAL

aeooea • • aloola •• aOlloa •• aUllua

ALVEOLO·DENTAL ABIOLOGICAL TRANSPOS ITIONAL ALUM INIUM BRASS

aeuuea • • aluula aoulloa auooua

/.. 3:.! TAMBOUR CUPBOARD

aeeQm •

lOOUOOI ••

ea llae • • elaale eoaaoe euaaue •

•

laee31 • • leaael • • loaaol • • lUaaUl oaeeao oeaaeo • • olaalo ouaauo

DECLASSIFIABLE EPIGRAMMATIZE ECOCATASTROPHE EQUAL VALUE DISAGREEABLISM THIRD SHEAF AND TEIND MICROANATOMIST VISUAL ACUITY ORANGE·BERGAMOT TO BE AWARE OF COMING·ATTRACTIONS TO PUT A SHAM UPON

uaeeau ueaaeu SUPERVACANEUS • • ulaalu FUNDILABARIUS uoaaou

eaooae • • eloole •• eOlloe • • eUllue •

•

laooal • • leooel • • lOeeOl • • lueeul ••

oallao •• oelleo • • oleelo olleeuo ••

uallau •• uelleu • • uleelu uoeeou

REACCOMMODATE CHEIROLOG IES DECOMMISSIONED PLEURITIQUE

eauuae • • eluule eouuoe euooue •

•

DISACCOMMODA TING IDEO PHONETICS ISOELECTRONIC CLlQUE·SECURING

lauual • • leUllel • • 10UUOI • • 1lI001l1

NON·PARTICIPATORY BRONZE·WING PIG EON NON· INTERVENTION TOLUENESULFONYL

oallllao oelllleo • • OlUlIlO • • OUIIUO

QUALIFICATUM JUSTE MILI EU GUINEESIUM

uaooau ueooeu • • UIOOIU •• UOIIOU

REACCUMULATE SEMI·LUXURIES

1.31'.' •

PSEUDOLOG UE INAUGURATING

IMMUNOGLOBULIN

•

•

UI3Ull

01 I

UNBEHOOVEFULL UNICORN OMNIBU UNSOLI ITOUS

1123211

•

•

eelolee P RFE TIONIZ 'ME T

COMPOSITE I UGH S liOOL

•

•

The majority of the examples which exhibit 5- and 6-vowel palindromic patterns (above) are either solid words or hyphenated words. On the other hand, a greater proportion of the example exhibiting 7(+) vowel palindromic patterns (below) are either hyphenated words or phra e . Thi is because of both the increased number of vowels, and the increased number of con onant required to accommodate the vowels. With 7 vowels, there are 7 different palindromic patterns which can be made which in Iude 3 different vowels. As in the case of7-vowel tautonymic patterns, 6 of the 7 patterns II e 3 diffi r nt vowels, the other uses 4 different vowels. They are: 112321 1 (60 perms) 1213121 (60), 1223 21 (60), 1231321 (60), 1232321 (60), 1233321 (60), 1234321 (120). Example were found for 10 of the 480 7-vowel palindromic perms.

DETERMINATIVENE

•

•

U3J.lJ! _

7-vowel patterns

(7 ofthe 60 perms) • aaeleaa BANDARSERIBEGAWAN • • • eealaee WHEEL-CHAIR ATHLETE eelalee eeoaoee ELECTRO·DYNAMOMETER • • ooaeaoo SON OF A SEA-COOK oOleloo

•

u

101

1213121 (13 •

•

alaeala

udes :hall

•

eaeleae •

•

eleoele •

•

60 perms)

PARLIAMENTARIAN

auaoaua ANNUALOFANNUAL

WEATHER-WISEACRE

eaeoeae

REGIMENT OF THE LINE

•

•

of the

lalelal

INTRACLlTELLlANI

oeouoeo ONE OUT OF THE BOX

1223221 (4 )

aeeoeea eaaoaae •

•

IOOUOOI

of the

•

aleaeta •

•

ealelae

•

eleuele •

•

•

•

lalolal

VENICE TURPENTINE

eoeaeoe THE ONE AND THE OTHER

ISA TIN BROMISATIN

•

•

eaeueae

OloaOIO

•

•

•

•

IUIOIUI

ILLUSION-DISTURBING

GOCCIOLATOIO

perms) ••

•

•

METACARPO-PHALANGES ellOlle

RELlGIOSITIES

VIGOROUS-LOOKING of the

60 perm s)

ANTI-EVANGELICAL HEXACTINELLIDAE

•

•

alOaOla eaueuae

VAGINO-ABDOMINAL

•

•

aOlalOa •

•

•

eoaeaoe SECONDARY SPERMATOCYTES euaeaue REGULARLY-FEATURED eUlelue •

•

lOeleOI

PHILO-PERISTERONIC

oaeoeao TO SAVE ONE'S BACON •

•

•

•

olaoalo ulaualu

OPTICAL ROTATION

•

•

alelela •

•

ealalae

of the

60

ANTIPESTILENTIAL HEATING APPLIANCE

•

olelelo •

•

uatalau •

•

•

UlalalU

MORPHINE INJECTION QUADRIFASCIATUS

of the

60

eall\ae

lples This

laeeeal

lanlS

Ide 3 erenl

3221 . 103

•

•

PENTACRINITIDAE

•

oleoelo

•

•

•

alOIOla

•

•

HOLINESS CONVENTION OIUOUIO

TO GIVE THE REINS TO

ualllau

QUADRIDIGITATUS

1234321 (32

•

•

•

•

•

•

etalale

•

•

oeleleo

DE-ITALlANIZE

•

•

•

OlUlUIO •

•

ueleleu

BRONZE-WINGED PIGEONOlatalO

HOSPITALIZATION

CONTINUITY STUDIO BUTTERFLIES IN THE TUMMY

•

•

aleeela

of the

120

...

oalllao

...

UOlllOU

•

•

•

ANTIPREDETERMINANTS alOOOla

eaoooae MEGAZOOSPORANGE •

•

elOOOle

RADIOCOLLOIDAL FREIGHT LOCOMOTIVE

VIDENSKAPS-AKADEMI PROBABILIFICATOR Y

oeaaaeo TO STEAM A LABEL OFF

SUPPOSITITIOUSLY

perms)

This is the only palindromic pattern which can be made from a group of

4

CONTINUOUS IMPOST

TRAGICO-HISTORICAL

eaoaoae MELANOCHALCOGRAI'HER

PRIVATE SECRETARYSHIP leaaael

oleeelo

.. .

•

•

oaeeeao TO MAKE DEFEAT OF •

•

FLOATING COLLIMATOR oeaoaeo TO EVAPORATE TO

perms)

aeoooea AL VEOLO-CONDYLEAN

) art

oalolao

FULMINATING PLATINUM

1233321 (14

.. .

•

•

VISUAL DISPLA Y UNIT

euououe SENSUOUSLY -MOULDED

oaeaeao TO HAVE A HEAD FOR •

luaiaul

perms)

eauauae DESAUAUNTAGE •

•

EXPULSIVE VIRTUE

PURlS NATURALIBUS

1232321 (15 •

•

•

ASSOCIATIONAL ELIZABETHAN IZE

PREMATUREPUBARCHE elaeale •

•

TREACLE-BUTTER-CAKE

GRACE BEFORE MEALS

1231321 (18 •

60

•

ELAEOCERA TE

7 vowels

which includes

different vowels . •

•

aelolea •

•

aleoela •

•

ealolae

ARYEPIGLOTTIDEAN ANTITHEORETICAL METANTIMONIATE

eauouae BEAT-UP OF QUARTERS •

•

elOaOle

PETTICOATBODICE

•

aeolOea •

•

alOeOla •

•

ealUlae •

•

elaoale •

•

eOlalOe

AT THE POINT OF DEATH aeouoea AS GREYHOUND OF LEASH ANISOMETROPIA REAR-ILLUMINATE MEDIAL MORAINE EXORCIZACIONES

•

•

aUIOlua •

eauluae •

•

elauale •

eualaue

AUDIO-VISUAL BEAUTIFULLY-MADE SEMI-NATURALIZED NEURAMINSAURE

102 •

•

eUlalue • • leuouel • • louauol oeauaeo • • OIeaelO uaeoeau uoeaeou

ENUNTIATIUE VNPITEUOUSNESSIS WITHOUT AUTHORITY POMERANCHUK TRAJECTORY TO GIVE A WEIGHT TO SQUARE OF PEGASUS UNCONSENTANEOUS

•

•

eUiolUe • • loaeaol •

EQUIPOISURE IRON·HAEMATOXYLIN

•

CONICAL REFRACTION NOISE SUPPRESS ION QUERIMONIEUX SUBORDINACIOUN

OlaealO • • OleuelO • • uelOleu • • UOIaIOU

•

euolOue DEUOTIOUNE • • lOa uao l INDO·AUSTRALOID •

•

olaualo oueaeuo • • uloaolu • • uOlelOu

COGITABUNDATION TO PUT THE CHANGE UPON FUSION PLASMODIUM UNCONSCIENTIOUS

3 of the above 7-vowel patterns include one or more doubled vowels (1 1232 1 I , 122322 1 and 1233321). The first 2 of these produce markedly fewer exam ples than any of the other patterns. 8-vowel patterns With 8 vowels, there are 7 palindromic patterns (the same number as with 7 vowels - above) which include 3 different vowels. They are: 11233211 (60), 12133121 (60), 12233221 (60), 12311321 (60), 12322321 (60), 12333321 (60), 12344321 (120). As with the 6-letter vowel pattern 123321, all 7 patterns incorporate at least one doubled vowe l. With the increased number of vowels, and the presence of at least one doubled vowel, we wou ld not expect to find so many examples. This proved to be true. Examp les, covering 6 of the 7 patterns, were found for just 13 of the 480 perms.

11233211 (I of the 60 perms) •

•

eaeooeae

12233221 (2 of the 60 perms)

..

llooee

ooaJ«

ooee uUllee

such as '

YOII 1I1.~

LEA VE·LOOKERAGE

12311321 (3 of the 60 perms)

..

eoollooe YELLOW-CONIDIOSI'ORED •• • • olleello POSITIVE PRESCRIPTION

12322321 (2 of the 60 perms) ••

iiaaee

12133121 (I of the 60 perms)

eelOOlee RECEPTION·COMMITTEE

•

aaeeu .. aaJlUU .. eeaall .. eellaa

•

•

ealeelae euaeeaue • • olaooa lo

NEGATI VE·RESISTANCE NEUTRAL TEMPERATURE ROBING ACCOMMODATION

a

III

•

1U1OO~

•

12333321

•

olallalo FORISFAMILIATION • •• • OIUIlUIO OMNIBUS·INSTITUTIONS

None found

12344321 (4 of the 60 perms) This is the only palindromic pattern which can be made from a group of 8 vowels which includes 4 different vowels. •

•

aloeeOla RADIO·TELEPHONICALL Y • • leauuael INTERNAL JUGULAR VEIN

•

•

OIaeealO • • olauualo

HOSPIT AL·SEGREGA TION OlL·ACCUMULATION

DOUBLED VOWEL PATTERNS The vowels in some words occur in like-pair order. Where there is a total of 6 vowel that in lude 3 different vowels, the vowel pattern is 112233. My favourite, REPEATAB ILITY (e aaii , obviously aware of its vowel pattern. There are 12 perms of 112233 beginning with each of the five vowel , making 60 p rm in all. Examples were found for 28 of these. The perms in which the succes ive like-pair of , I are in vowel alphabetical, or reverse alphabetical, order are underlined.

III -"

C

103 ••

ANAESTHETIZING

aaeell ••

aalluu ••

eeaall ••

M

••

1I00ee • •

IS.

eeaaoo

REHEARSAL ROOM

eeaauu PEPPER-AND-SALT FUNDUS

•

••

lIeeaa

LAPAROTOMIZING

••

eeooll

TELEVISION SHOW

••

CHLOROMANGANESE

ooaall ••

PHOTO-ELECTRICITY

oouuee

COLOUR SUPPLEMENT

••

uUllee

nany ;t I]

REPEATABILITY

ooeell

uuaaee

ove) (60), )wel nber

aaooll

ELECTROTONICITY

••

PRIVILEGED ALTAR

lIeeoo

WINNIE THE POOH

HOLOPARAS ITIC

ooeeaa MOOSE-HEAD PLANT

IDIOPHONEME

ooaaee

and

••

THALAMOCOELE

PRINCIPAL CHALLENGE

lIaaee

MALADMINISTERED

aaooee

SWEET-WILLIAM CATCHFL Y eelloo

• •

aallee

PALAEETHNOLOGY

PARASITIC FUNGUS

•

eellaa

PON

aaeeoo

••

oOllaa ••

uuaall

UNGUARANTEED

••

HONORIFICATA

oOllee

HONORIFICENCE

MUTUAL AfFINITY

uueeaa RUKUT-BEEJ-DANA

UNSUFFICIENCE

Readers might like to extend the

OED

search to examples with

4

different like-pairs of vowels

such as TELEVISION BROADCAST (eeiiooaa) and MALA YO-PORTUGUESE (aaoouuee).

PROGRESSIVE VOWEL PATTERNS Vowel patterns may take the form of an increasing sequence

111223.

122333,

or a decreasing sequence

As previously, the perms in which the vowels occur in vowel alphabetical , or reverse

alphabetical, order, are underlined.

122333 (3\ •••

aeelll ••

allooo eaaooo •

laaeee leeooo •

100UUU oaaeee • •

ollaaa ueeooo uooeee

aeeooo AETEOWODON

alleee

CAITIFEHEDE

PAVILION-ROOF

aooeee BALLOON-SLEEVE

auueee

PAST-FUTURE-PERFECT

SPEAK-A-WORD ROOM PIECE OF GOODS PHILOSOPHUNCUL-US SOAP-PATENTEE UNA WAKENEDNESS MUSKEETO-BOOT CUCKOO-FEEDER

111223 (31 aaaeeo aaaooe •

eeeaal eeello •

), IS

••

I1l3ae Illeea

A V ALANCHE-THEOR Y CANADA GOOSE

ELEEMOSYNOUS' PRIMITIVE STREAK

• ••

I

all.

1II00e

l

are

oooaae

MILLIMICROMOLES •

oooeel ooolle

••

ellooo

RECIPIOMOTOR

••

eoolll

•

•

•

•

DECOMPOSIBILITY

laaooo PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY leeaaa 100aaa KINGDOM OF MANANA

100eee

INTERMETAT ARSAL IODOXYBENZENE

•

Iuueee IUUENTEE oeeaaa FOR EVER AND A DA Y • •

olleee

OXIDIGERENCE

ueeaaa PURPLE HEART AWARD ••

ulleee

QUILTING-N EEDLE

•••

UOOIII

• ••

oeelll

COFFEE-IMBIB ING

oUlIeee

TO BUNG UP THE EYES

• ••

ueelll

SQUEEZIB ILITY

• •

1I11000

SUBSCRIPTION BOOK

UNCOGNOSCIB ILITY

•

•

aaalle

CATABALLITIVE •

aaaoOl ARKANSAS TOOTHPICK •

eeeaao CREME DE CACAO ••

eeellu

EPHEMERIDIBUS

••

aaallo

LAMBDA TRANSITION

aaaoou

CATANADROMOUS

••

eeella

EXCREMENTITIAL •

eeeool

EPHEMEROMORPHIC

•

eeeuUl NEEDLE-PUNCTURING • ••

IlIaao • ••

IlIeeo • ••

IIIOOU

• ••

SICILIAN SAFFRON

IIlaau

INVISIBLE EXPORTS

IIleeu

DIMINISHED RETURN

oooeea

SOPHOMORE YEAR

• ••

INFINITARKALKUL

SILICICOLOUS •

SCHOOL BROADCASTER

oooaal HYDROXOCOBALAMIN

CORROBORREEING

oooeeu BOOK OF SEDERUNT

BOOBOISIE

•

perms)

VIRGINIAN PLATE

• ••

••

60

RE-BENEDICTION

eeeoou •

of the

SENTENCE ANALYSIS

••

••

APPREHENSIBILITY

ORIGINAL STANDARD

uaaeee

lude

60 perms)

BLIND AS A BEETLE

•

udes

of the

••

0001l1l ZOOGONIDIUM

No examples were found for perms beginning lIUU-

••

ooolla

MONOPOLITICAL

ooouue

TO THROW BOUQUETS

104 PROGRE In the vowel patterns

IV E DO U BLI

1223333

and

S HA~

GAD HALVrNG VO W E L PAITERNS

1111223,

the vowel sequences progr ess i ve ly d o uble (on e,

two, four) and halve (four, two, o n e) respectively. Examples ar e PROHIBITED DEGREES (oiieeee) and TELEMETEOROGRAPH (eeeeooa).

MIKE " MIAMI VOW E L PAITERN The vowel pattern

12312

ote that in th e very last word, UO IUOD*, th e 5 vowe l s occur as a g roup .

found for all 60 perm s. •

aelae ABBREVIATE •

•

alOal ARITOCRATIC aouao ANOVULATORY

reflects the letter pattern of the word M I A MI. 5-vowel exampl es w er e

aeoae AEROPLANE •

aeuae ADEQUATE

•

alUal ARTICULATING

aoeao MAGNOPERATOR •

aueau SAUCEPANFUL

aUlau RAUISAUNT

•

•

a l eal

ALLITERATING

•

aO l ao ABOMINATOR auoa u ADUOCATUS

TI\ . His ,

•

ealea DEADLIHEAD •

•

elOel HELIOCE TRIC

eaoea MECIIANOTHERAPYeaUea CENT AUREA •

•

elUel

•

•

e lael

PERIPATETIC

•

DrLlQUESCING

eoaeo IIEXOCTAIIEDRON eOleo EMBROIDERY-WORK

eoueo RFCONQUEROR

euaeu HERCULANEUM

•

•

laela DISRAELIAN

•

•

•

•

•

•

eUleu BEGUILEFUL

eu oe u PLEUROCENTRUM

laOla CITATORIAL

•

•

laUla IN rRAPLUVIAL

•

•

leOle INVENTORIES

•

•

leule INDESTRUCTII3LE

•

•

loalO DISLO ATION

•

•

l oe lo MISCONCEPTION

•

•

•

•

•

•

•

IOUIO INTRODUCTION

lUalU TRIBUTARIUS •

oaeoa POLYADENOPATHY oalOa FORMATIONAL •

oelOe CONFECTIONER •

•

OIUOI OPHIUROID uaeua QUAESTUARY •

uelUe UNCERTITUDE •

•

UIOUI URICOSURIC

I uel u VITUPERI UM

IUOIU INFUSORIUM

o auoa PIIONAUTOGRAM

oeaoe FORESHADOWED

•

•

oeuoe OVERTUTORED

o laol OBLIGATORILY

ouaou ROUNDABOUT •

ualUa UNPAR1 ICULAR

•

•

uaoua QUADROB ULARY

u eau e UNDERVALUE

•

U1aUI GU ITAR-PLUNK ING uieui UN INTERRUPTING

uoauo SUB-COADJUTOR

uoeuo LUNGO-E-UNGO

•

UOIUO UOIUOD"

***************************** As mentio ned earlier, I did n o t sea rch for patterns of l en g th g r eater th an

8

v o w e l s. Durin g m y

searches, h owever , I chanced upon these 9-vowel pa l i nd romi c examples ...

122131221

122343221 •

eaaeueaae PLEASANTNESS-UNPLEASANTNESS

aeeulUeea LAVENDER FURNITURE CREAM

123121321

123242321

•

•

ea leaelae

NEGA TI VE AFTER-IMAGE

123424321 oeaueuaeo TO BEAT UP THE QUARTERS OF

fu ' • An (Th. rbe

o leol VOCIFEROSITY OUI OU FORTU ITOUS

•

•

ea laua lae

PEAKING ACQUA INTANCF

... and even a 10-vowe l example:

1232442321 ••

••

o la leel alo

OCiAL DIFFERENTIATION

Finally, my eye was caught by the 22-letter MONA RCHI CO-A RI TO RATI tautonymic 9-vowel pattern 123123123 (oaioaioa i ). Can readers find further 9(+)-vowel pattern s in the OED?

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tripl

!

HIS -

•

o ueou BOUNTEOUS

•

ueoue UN DEVOURED

l ea l e IDEALIZE

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If I'd