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I love words!  Here are some of my favorites.  Some of these I love for how they sound and others for what they mean.  (Then some just because they're more than a few syllables ;))


Chelate, polydentate, polyprotic, oculomotor, parietal, inferotemporal, distal, nucleosynthesis, pusillanimity, fusillade, enfilade, malapropism, manichean, chthonian, ananian, mendacity, hegemony, aegean, discretionary, totipotent, torana, gestalt, alacrity, frabjous, recalcitrant, ululation, fastidious, umbrage, docosahexaenoic acid, stupa, ionic, doric, antebellum, amphora, dodecahedron, tesseract, ewer, tropopause, nunatak, katabatic, satyagraha.


(Psst. I didn't get started on the math terms too.  Abelian, ... etc.)


Japanese words are especially interesting because of how they relate the vowels with the consonants.


Su zu ki

To yo ta

sa yo na ra

mi tsu bi shi  (I >think< "ts" is one consonant)


See the pattern?  Fascinating!


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