# 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:** 15\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2006, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gimme-english-words-with-3-or-more-vowels-running-consecutively/374832/61 "2006-10-04T00:30:00Z")
can **oea** ble [Cite](http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?va=canoer) ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2006, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gimme-english-words-with-3-or-more-vowels-running-consecutively/374832/62 "2006-10-04T00:35:59Z")
f **oie** gras [Cite](http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/foie%20gras) ---
**Author:** ![BarnOwl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e95f7d/32.png) [@BarnOwl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BarnOwl)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2006, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gimme-english-words-with-3-or-more-vowels-running-consecutively/374832/63 "2006-10-04T00:59:09Z")
[QUOTE=twickster] Just to be difficult – many times there’s a “no-proper-nouns” rule in wordplay and letter manipulation. [/QUOTE] But it wasn’t so qualified in the OP. My OP. 😃😃😃 ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2006, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gimme-english-words-with-3-or-more-vowels-running-consecutively/374832/64 "2006-10-04T01:27:07Z")
y **eae** d (as in “yeaed or nayed”) [Example of use.](http://72.14.209.104/search?q=cache:CxdnxsLWHEwJ:www.coffeereview.com/allreviews.cfm%3Fcupdate%3D%257Bts%2520%271998-04-01%252000:00:00%27%257D+yeaed+nayed&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=1) y **eai** ng (as in “yeaing or naying”) [Instances](http://www.streetdirectory.com/travel_guide/10373/women/boycotting_women.html) of [use](http://www.lib.rochester.edu/camelot/hovymerl.htm). ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2006, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gimme-english-words-with-3-or-more-vowels-running-consecutively/374832/65 "2006-10-04T12:34:46Z")
s **aue** rkraut ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2006, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gimme-english-words-with-3-or-more-vowels-running-consecutively/374832/66 "2006-10-04T12:39:43Z")
Sioux. Queue. ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2006, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gimme-english-words-with-3-or-more-vowels-running-consecutively/374832/67 "2006-10-04T12:43:58Z")
I had my dog dewormed and defl **eae** d. [Example of use](http://www.petfinder.org/shelters/ON51.html) Tomorrow, I am defl **eai** ng my cat. [Example of use.](http://www.capeannanimalaid.com/newsite/adoptinfo.htm) ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2006, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gimme-english-words-with-3-or-more-vowels-running-consecutively/374832/68 "2006-10-04T12:51:58Z")
Tenness **eea** n ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2006, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gimme-english-words-with-3-or-more-vowels-running-consecutively/374832/69 "2006-10-04T20:48:02Z")
Now up to 63 of the 125 three-vowel combos with my latest **bolded** additions: aaa aae – baaed aai – baaing aao aau aea – panacaea aee aei aeo – archaeology aeu – **Weyerhaeuser/** (forest products company) aia – **Praia** (capital of the nation of Cape Verde) aie – gaiety aii – Hawaiian aio – aioli aiu aoa – **Quaoar** (also works for _uao_) aoe aoi – Taoism aoo aou – miaouing aua – Kauai aue – sauerkraut aui – Maui auo auu eaa eae – yeaed eai – yeaing eao eau – beautiful eea – Tennesseean eee – créée (French word meaning created) eei – seeing eeo eeu eia – onomatopoeia eie – eii eio eiu eoa – archaeoaeolotropic eoe eoi – geoids eoo eou – beauteous eua eue – queue eui euo – euouae euu iaa iae iai iao – miaouing iau iea iee iei ieo ieu – lieu iia – Hawaiian iie iii iio iiu ioa – Ohioan ioe – mustachioed ioi ioo iou – curious iua iue – Niue (Pacific island) iui iuo iuu oaa oae – archaeoaeolotropic oai – moai oao oau oea – canoeable oee oei – onomatopoeia oeo oeu – manoeuvre oia – sequoia oie – foie gras oii oio oiu ooa – wooable ooe – shampooed ooi – booing ooo oou oua – euouae oue – moue oui – miaouing ouo ouu uaa – Quaalude uae – euouae uai – quail uao – **Quaoar** ([Kuiper Belt object)](http://www.gps.caltech.edu/~chad/quaoar/) uau – luau uea – squeal uee – squeegee uei – queueing ueo – aqueous ueu – queue uia – huia uie – quiet uii uio – obsequious uiu uoa uoe uoi – sequoia uoo uou – superfluous uua uue – Uuencode uui uuo uuu ---
**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2006, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gimme-english-words-with-3-or-more-vowels-running-consecutively/374832/70 "2006-10-04T22:33:25Z")
[Piet Mondr **iaa** n](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piet_Mondrian) ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2006, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gimme-english-words-with-3-or-more-vowels-running-consecutively/374832/71 "2006-10-05T03:34:06Z")
On my trip to Hawaii, I got l **eie** d as soon as I stepped off the plane! No? How about this one: My dog is Shar-p **eie** sque. Or maybe: No, I.M. Pei didn’t design that building, but it is P **eie** sque. ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2006, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gimme-english-words-with-3-or-more-vowels-running-consecutively/374832/72 "2006-10-05T03:47:25Z")
> [@](#): > > Does thinking for the whole crew always mean some horrible Hitlarian, M **aoe** an, Stalinian, Bushian end? [Cite](http://www.amazon.com/Contingency-Irony-Solidarity-Richard-Rorty/dp/customer-reviews/0521367816). ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2006, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gimme-english-words-with-3-or-more-vowels-running-consecutively/374832/73 "2006-10-05T04:04:33Z")
Well sure, you’re a Capricorn, but that was very L **eoe** sque behavior. ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2006, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gimme-english-words-with-3-or-more-vowels-running-consecutively/374832/74 "2006-10-05T11:35:05Z")
I’m not a newbie, but I have a newb **iei** sh question. ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2006, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gimme-english-words-with-3-or-more-vowels-running-consecutively/374832/75 "2006-10-05T22:55:18Z")
Oh, hell, let’s knock out a few more. it will takes some (more) stretches: Leaky’s office was littered with his Olduv **aia** n finds. It wasn’t a Kia, but it was K **iae** sque, with many K **iai** sh design features. That building has some P **eii** sh design features. I don’t know what was in that Hawaiian dish, but it had a p **oii** sh taste. The island had a Rapa N **uii** sh atmosphere. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gimme-english-words-with-3-or-more-vowels-running-consecutively/374832.md?page=3)