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In response to http://ken-jennings.com/blog/?p=374:

Old McDonald words are English words that have only five vowels–E I E I O–in that order. Can you name three such words? (There are many more than three, but I think the cutoff for common words is right around three.)


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There were 13 matches for the string e.*i.*e.*i.*o.* (filtered by the string /[ ]/) in all grammatical categories.
deliberation
delineation
experimentation
predilection
reconsideration
refrigeration
regimentation
reiteration
sedimentation
semiprecious
semiprofessional
three-dimensional
well-intentioned
1 to 13
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<input ... >Â
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<input ... >Â
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<input ... >All (36.037)<input ... >Conjunctions (48)<input ... >Prepositions (100)
<input ... >Adjectives (8.573)<input ... >Expressions (440)<input ... >Pronouns (87)
<input ... >Adverbs (2.662)<input ... >Nouns (23.337)<input ... >Verbs (7.983)


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Date: 2007-03-21 05:12 pm (UTC)
From: (Anonymous)
"Only five vowels."

Date: 2007-03-21 07:42 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] ximinez
e[!aeiou]*i[!aeiou]*e[!aeiou]*i[!aeiou]*o[!aeiou]*

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