# Gimme English words with 3 or more vowels running consecutively **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 1, 2006, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gimme-english-words-with-3-or-more-vowels-running-consecutively/374832 "2006-10-01T14:38:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![BarnOwl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e95f7d/32.png) [@BarnOwl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BarnOwl)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2006, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gimme-english-words-with-3-or-more-vowels-running-consecutively/374832/1 "2006-10-01T14:38:07Z")
Here’s an example: mustach **ioe** d. Show me what you’ve got. πŸ˜ƒπŸ˜ƒπŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2006, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gimme-english-words-with-3-or-more-vowels-running-consecutively/374832/2 "2006-10-01T14:42:17Z")
b **eau** tiful ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2006, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gimme-english-words-with-3-or-more-vowels-running-consecutively/374832/3 "2006-10-01T14:45:46Z")
All kinds of stuff with Q’s – queue, squeal, quiet, etc. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2006, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gimme-english-words-with-3-or-more-vowels-running-consecutively/374832/4 "2006-10-01T14:52:24Z")
Arch **aeo** logy. ---
**Author:** ![SylverOne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@SylverOne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SylverOne)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2006, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gimme-english-words-with-3-or-more-vowels-running-consecutively/374832/5 "2006-10-01T14:55:19Z")
Cur **iou** s ---
**Author:** ![Mindfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindfield/32/19759_2.png) [@Mindfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mindfield)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2006, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gimme-english-words-with-3-or-more-vowels-running-consecutively/374832/6 "2006-10-01T15:05:59Z")
M **oue**. Lots of **iou** words (Curious, as noted, spurious, furious, injurious, rebelious, etc.) ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2006, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gimme-english-words-with-3-or-more-vowels-running-consecutively/374832/7 "2006-10-01T15:30:38Z")
Make it four, and it’s a lot harder. Onomatopoeia Daniel ---
**Author:** ![pool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pool/32/4152_2.png) [@pool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pool)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2006, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gimme-english-words-with-3-or-more-vowels-running-consecutively/374832/8 "2006-10-01T15:54:55Z")
superfluous ---
**Author:** ![aclubs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e68b1a/32.png) [@aclubs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aclubs)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2006, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gimme-english-words-with-3-or-more-vowels-running-consecutively/374832/9 "2006-10-01T15:58:18Z")
Panacaea ---
**Author:** ![Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/96bed5/32.png) [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patty_O_Furniture)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2006, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gimme-english-words-with-3-or-more-vowels-running-consecutively/374832/10 "2006-10-01T16:02:26Z")
Queueing ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2006, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gimme-english-words-with-3-or-more-vowels-running-consecutively/374832/11 "2006-10-01T16:09:31Z")
Paean. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2006, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gimme-english-words-with-3-or-more-vowels-running-consecutively/374832/12 "2006-10-01T16:10:19Z")
Manoeuvre ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2006, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gimme-english-words-with-3-or-more-vowels-running-consecutively/374832/13 "2006-10-01T16:33:00Z")
[QUOTE=Left Hand of Dorkness] Make it four, and it’s a lot harder. Onomatopoeia Daniel [/QUOTE] Sequoia ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2006, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gimme-english-words-with-3-or-more-vowels-running-consecutively/374832/14 "2006-10-01T16:40:23Z")
Old MacDonald had a farm … eieio ---
**Author:** ![Chez\_Guevara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/aeb1de/32.png) [@Chez\_Guevara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chez_Guevara)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2006, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gimme-english-words-with-3-or-more-vowels-running-consecutively/374832/15 "2006-10-01T16:53:20Z")
From an [SD Classic](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a3_237.html): _miaouing_ (5) and, somewhat mischievously, _archaeoaeolotropic_ (6) ---
**Author:** ![cruel\_butterfly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5daacb/32.png) [@cruel\_butterfly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cruel_butterfly)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2006, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gimme-english-words-with-3-or-more-vowels-running-consecutively/374832/16 "2006-10-01T17:20:37Z")
contin **uou** s ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Jones](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/96bed5/32.png) [@Cat\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Jones)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2006, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gimme-english-words-with-3-or-more-vowels-running-consecutively/374832/17 "2006-10-01T17:45:17Z")
b **eau** t **eou** s Interesting how many of the words are of Greco-Latin origin (often via French) - bunch of smoothies compared to the consonants of the Germans πŸ˜‰ ---
**Author:** ![LilyoftheValley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/54ee81/32.png) [@LilyoftheValley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LilyoftheValley)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2006, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gimme-english-words-with-3-or-more-vowels-running-consecutively/374832/18 "2006-10-01T17:48:50Z")
[QUOTE=pool] superfluous [/QUOTE] [QUOTE=cruel butterfly] continuous [/QUOTE] …in a similar vein, innoc **uou** s. ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2006, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gimme-english-words-with-3-or-more-vowels-running-consecutively/374832/19 "2006-10-01T19:35:05Z")
Pooed. I pooed on the carpet. ---
**Author:** ![BarnOwl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e95f7d/32.png) [@BarnOwl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BarnOwl)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2006, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gimme-english-words-with-3-or-more-vowels-running-consecutively/374832/20 "2006-10-01T19:38:51Z")
Excellent so far. **Chez Guevara** , could you explain archaeoaeolotropic β€” mischievously or not. πŸ˜ƒπŸ˜ƒπŸ˜ƒ [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gimme-english-words-with-3-or-more-vowels-running-consecutively/374832.md?page=2)