There are three words in the English language that I know of with a triple letter, not including words with hyphens or apostrophies, nor place names. What are they?
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There are actually quite a lot: freeest, governessship, duchessship, godessship, etc. And here's an interesting one I found: LAPAROHYSTEROSALPINGOOOPHORECTOMY.
Find me the definition of that!
If you go to the website http://www.fun-with-words.com/word_consecutive_letters.html
there is a list.
I found the definition of LAPAROHYSTEROSALPINGOOOPHORECTOMY.
It means the removal of the female reproductive organs. Had I known I might not have posted it.
Jan 11 2005, 12:39 AM
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Cool, the only ones I knew were Headmistressship, Goddessship, and seeer.
The Oxford English Dictionary has a triple E in SEEER (with a diaeresis over the third "e") as a rare spelling for "one who sees or beholds," the spelling designed to avoid the negative connotations that attach to a seer.