Words

Facetious and abstemious are the only words that contain all the vowels in the correct order. "Adcomsubordcomphibspac" is the longest acronym. It is a Navy term standing for Administrative Command, Amphibious Forces, Pacific Fleet Subordinate Command. "Almost" is the longest commonly used word in the English language with all the letters in alphabetical order. "Flushable" toilets were in use in ancientRome. . "Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt".
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"Asthma" and "isthmi" are the only six-letter words that begin and end with a vowel and have no other vowels between. "Fortnight" is a contraction of "fourteen nights." In theUS"two weeks" is more commonly used. "Forty" is the only number which has its letters in alphabetical order. "One" is the only number with its letters in reverse alphabetical order. "Four" is the only number whose number of letters in the name equals the number. "Happy Birthday" was the first song to be performed in outer space, sung by the Apollo IX astronauts on March 8, 1969. "Rhythms" is the longest English word without the normal vowels, a, e, i, o, or u. "Second string," meaning "replacement or backup," comes from the middle ages. An archer always carried a second string in case the one on his bow broke. "Speak of the Devil" is short for "Speak of the Devil and he shall come". It was believed that if you spoke about the Devil it would attract his attention. That's why when you're talking about someone and they show up people say "Speak of the Devil." "Taxi" is spelled exactly the same in English, French, German, Swedish, Portuguese, and Dutch. . "Underground" is the only word in the English language that begins and ends with the letters "und.