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   English words with uncommon properties

   The list of words with four vowels in a row includes aqueous, nonaqueous, subaqueous, terraqueous, Hawaiian, obsequious, onomatopoeia, pharmacopoeia, queue, queuer, miaou, sequoia, gooier, gooiest, archaeoastronomy, maieutic, giaour, plateaued, plateauing, radioautograph, radioautographic, Voodooienne, Iroquoian, Rousseauesque, Pompeiian, reliquiae, guaiacum, guaiac, homoiousian, prosopopoeia, mythopoeia, Niuean, Siouan, zoeae, Essaouiran, amongst a few others, including Nabooian (of the planet Naboo of the "Star Wars" movie series). ... The longest words whose letters are in alphabetical order include the eight-letter Aegilops (a grass genus), and the seven-letter addeems (from the archaic verb addeem, meaning to award), alloquy (an archaic or literary word for an address), beefily (in a beefy manner), billowy (like a wave or surge), dikkops (a South African bird) and gimmors (plural of gimmor, an old-fashioned word for a mechanical contrivance).
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   Word Racer

   Here, the meaning of "adjacent" includes the horizontally, vertically, and diagonally neighboring letters. Words must be at least three letters long, may include singular, plural and other derived forms separately, but may not use the same letter square more than once per word.
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   History of the word 'fuck'

   The word also carries a sacrilegious connotation to some. ... Spaceballs (1987) is one of two anomalies in that it was rated PG after the 1984 introduction of the PG-13 rating, yet it includes Dark Helmet's line, "'Out of order'?!
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   Fuck

   The word also carries a sacrilegious connotation to some. ... Spaceballs (1987) is one of two anomalies in that it was rated PG after the 1984 introduction of the PG-13 rating, yet it includes Dark Helmet's line, "'Out of order'?!
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   Glossary of language teaching terms and ideas

   • Interlanguage: The language a learner uses before mastering the foreign language; it may contain features of the first language and the target language as well as non-standard features. ... A good lesson plan describes procedures for student motivation and practice activities, and includes alternative ideas in case the lesson is not long enough or is too difficult.
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   Loanword

   Certain classes of words are more commonly borrowed than others, usually words for exotic concepts or ideas. ... Accordingly, the category ‘simple’ words also includes compounds that are transferred in unanalysed form”.
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   Liberalism worldwide

   It generally does not have the particular connotations of radicalism that the word carries in the United States, though it does not exclude them either. ... Ideas
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   Word square

   If two words could be found containing the patterns "SCENOOTL" and "HYETNNHY", this would become a complete ten-square. ... Sample word squares
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   Translation

   They have acted as bridges for conveying knowledge and ideas between cultures and civilizations. ... The term, however, normally refers to a range of specialized programs available to the translator, including translation-memory, terminology-management, concordance, and alignment programs.
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    Gender

    Learning, both of ideas and behaviours, appears to be coded in brain processes. ... Most languages include terms that are used asymmetrically in reference to men and women.

Explore the following pages on Powerset:

• English words with uncommon properties,
• Word Racer,
• History of the word 'fuck',
• Fuck,
• Glossary of language teaching terms and ideas,
• Loanword,
• Liberalism worldwide,
• Word square,
• Translation,
• Gender