Palindromes



Palindromes

A palindrome is a word or sentence that reads the same forward as it does backward. The words ‘A’ and ‘I’ are perhaps the simplest palindromes. The word ‘Refer’ and the name ‘Malayalam’ are more interesting and illustrative palindromes.

Palindromes are a type of palingram called letter palingrams. A palingram is a sentence in which the letters, syllables, or words read the same backward as they do forward. The sentence, ‘‘I was, was I ?’’ is a word palingram, because the words can be placed in reverse order and still read the same. The sentence, ‘‘I did, did I ?’’ is not only a word palingram, but a letter palingram (Or palindrome) as well.

List of Palindrome

Palindrome Words Meaning or Used in Sentance
aa

lava having a rough surface (pron. a’a’)

ee

an extinct Hawaiian bird (pron. e’e’)

mm

used to express satisfaction

oo

a rare Hawaiian bird (pronounced "oh-oh"); also a Scottish word for "wool"

aba

a fabric woven of the hair of camels or goats

aga

title for a civil or military leader, especially in Turkey

aha

used to express surprise, pleasure or triumph

ala

a wing or winglike structure or part

ama

a housemaid, especially a wet nurse, in India and the Far East

ana

a collection of various materials that reflect the character of a person or place, e.g. "early 1900’s Americana"

Ara

a star constellation; a genus of macaws

ava

a species of Macropiper (M. methysticum), the long pepper, from the root of which an intoxicating beverage is made by the Polynesians

awa

away (Official Scrabble Players Dictionary)

bib

a piece of cloth or plastic secured under the chin and worn, especially by small children, to protect the clothing while eating

bob

to float on the surface of water

Bob

shortened form of Robert, a boy’s name

BRB

short expression/abbreviation of "be right back"

bub

used as a term of familiar address, especially for a man or boy ('See you around, bub.’)

dad

father

did

past tense of the verb "do"

dud

something that doesn't work or succeed

DVD

abbreviation for "Digital Versatile Disc"

eke

to obtain by great effort

eme

a distinctive unit of linguistic structure

ere

before (archaic or poetic)

eve

the period immediately preceding a certain event

Eve

a girl’s name

ewe

a female sheep (ovine)

eye

the usual organ of sight

gag

something forced into or put over the mouth to prevent speaking or crying out; the act or an instance of gagging or choking

gig

a music event; also, a light two-wheeled carriage

gog

roof, covering

hah

a variation of "Ha!"

heh

used to express contempt; part of a snigger ("heh-heh")

huh

used to express interrogation, surprise, contempt or indifference

LOL

Expression for "Laugh out loud"

mem

the 13th letter of the Hebrew and Arabic alphabets

mim

demure

mom

mother (American)

mum

mother (British); a reference to silence (usually with "keep"; British)

nan

a variation of "nanny"

non

a prefix meaning "not" or "against"

nun

a clergywoman who practices celibacy; the 14th letter of the Hebrew and Arabic alphabets

oho

used to express surprise, comprehension, or mock astonishment

omo

prefix; shoulder: omohyoid; also, a brand of washing powder sometimes used as the generic term for all washing powder

oxo

oxime

pap

a food made with warm milk and crumbled bread

pep

energy and high spirits

pip

a seed; also, to get the better of

pop

a cola; also, to burst

pup

the young of any of various mammals

sis

shortened form of "sister"

sos

plural of "so", the fifth tone of the diatonic scale in music

SOS

a distress message

tat

tattoo / tasteless or shoddy clothes, jewellery, or ornaments

tet

the ninth letter of the Hebrew alphabet

tit

a small bird (British); a breast (slang)

tot

a small child; a small quantity of liquid

tut

used to express annoyance, impatience or mild reproof ("Tut, tut, child!")

vav

the sixth letter of the Hebrew alphabet

waw

the sixth letter of the Arabic alphabet

wow

used to express amazement

yay

used to express happiness/delight

zuz

a Palestinian coin

zzz

the sound of snoring

acca

see

adda

a type of lizard; a river in Italy

affa

"A weight used on the Guinea coast, equal to an ounce"

anna

an Indian coin

Beeb

an informal name for the BBC

boob

a blunder; a breast

deed

various common meanings

esse

existence or essence

goog

an egg (Australian slang)

immi

a Swiss unit of volume

keek

to peep

kook

a crazy person

ma'am

a contraction of madam

naan

a type of Indian bread

noon

midday

otto

variant of attar, an essential oil

peep

various common meanings

poop

a raised deck at the stern of a ship; various other meanings

sees

third-person present tense of ‘to see’

toot

the sound made by a horn or whistle

alala

a type of Hawaiian crow

alula

a structure forming part of a bird’s wing

arara

a type of Australian cockatoo; also a Brazilian macaw

civic

relating to a city

debed

to remove someone from a bed

deked

past tense of "to deke", meaning to deceive

deled

past tense of "to dele", meaning to delete (a passage of text)

dered

past tense of "to dere", an archaic word meaning to harm

dewed

past tense of "to dew", meaning to cover with dew

dexed

past tense of "to dex", meaning to drink robotussin

Hamah

variant of Hama, a city in Syria

Igigi

a class of Sumerian gods

irori

traditional Japanese sunken fireplace

kaiak

variant of kayak

Kanak

a native of New Caledonia; also, short for Kanakaole i.e. Hawaiian surname

kayak

a light Inuit canoe

Kazak

a member of a people inhabiting the central Asian republic of Kazakhstan; their language

kelek

a type of raft used in the Middle East

level

various common meanings

Liril

a cosmetic soap popular in India

madam

a polite form of address for a woman

minim

a musical note having half the duration of a full note

put-up

deceitful, as in a put-up job

radar

a method of detecting objects using radio waves

refer

various common meanings

rotor

something that rotates

sagas

plural of saga, a long narrative story

salas

plural of sala, a big hall or reception room

semes

plural of seme, a linguistic element

seres

plural of sere, a series of stages of ecological development

sexes

plural of sex

shahs

plural of shah, a former name for the king of Iran

Sinis

variant of siris (q.v.)

siris

a type of tree; (with cap.) a figure in Greek mythology

solos

plural of solo

stats

contraction of statistics

stets

third-person present tense of "to stet", meaning to indicate that a passage of text should remain unchanged

stots

third-person present tense of "to stot", meaning to leap or bounce

sulus

plural of sulu, a type of sarong

Susus

plural of Susu, a member of a West African people

tenet

a belief or principle

Wakaw

A town and a lake in Saskatchewan, Canada.

Xanax

Pfizer's trade name for alprazolam, a benzodiazepene used to treat panic disorder

degged

past tense of to deg, meaning to water a plant

denned

past tense of to den, meaning to live in a den

hallah

a variant of challah, a special Jewish braided bread eaten on Sabbath and Jewish holidays

mallam

in West Africa, a learned man

marram

a type of grass

pip-pip

an old-fashioned British word for good-bye

pull-up or pullup

an exercise in which one pulls oneself up by the arms

redder

more red

renner

an archaic variant of runner

revver

someone or something that revs (an engine)

selles

plural of selle, an archaic word for a saddle

sesses

plural or third-person present tense of sess

succus

any of various liquids excreted by animals or plants

terret

a metal ring on a harness, through which the reins pass

tut-tut

a disapproving sound; to make such a soun

Adinida

a suborder of planktonic organisms

deified

past tense of "to deify", meaning to consider as a god

eGarage

a digital content creator and publisher

hadedah

a type of S. African grey ibis

murdrum

in old English law, a secret killing

Nauruan

the language spoken in Nauru and a person from Nauru is called a Nauruan

peeweep

a type of bird, often understood to be a lapwing

racecar

a racing car

reifier

someone who reifies (considers an abstract concept to be real)

repaper

to cover again with paper

reviver

someone or something that revives or restores

rotator

a thing that rotates

seities

plural of seity, the essence of an individual

sememes

plural of sememe, the interpretation given to a morpheme (a language unit)

Senones

an ancient people who lived in part of what is now France

soosoos

plural of soosoo, a type of dolphin

Aoxomoxoa

A 1969 album by the Grateful Dead.

Malayalam

A Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala.

deleveled

past tense and past participle of "delevel", to demote or be demoted to a lower level.

evitative

a grammatical case indicating fear or aversion.

redivider

someone or something that redivides (tied for longest "real" palindrome that is not a proper noun and that appears in English dictionaries).

releveler

(American spelling) someone or something that levels again

Rotavator

a type of machine for breaking up soil

aibohphobia

a joke word meaning "fear of palindromes", deliberately constructed so as to be one

detartrated

past tense of “to detartrate”, a chemical term meaning to remove tartrates

kinnikinnik

variant (or common misspelling) of kinnikinnick, a Native American smoking mixture

tattarrattat

the longest palindrome in the Oxford English Dictionary

List of Proper names Palindromes

Palindrome Words Meaning or Used in Sentance
Abba

a title given to a bishop in various Middle Eastern and African Christian churches; also a Swedish pop group, usually written "ABBA"

Ada

a female name

Aeaea

a place in Greek mythology

Aiaia

variant of Aeaea (see above)

Akasaka

an area of Tokyo

Akka

a town in Israel; also various other meanings

Amma

mother, especially in a spiritual sense

Anna

a female name

Anona

a genus of plants

Ardra

a Hindu goddess

Arará

an ethnic group in Cuba

Atta

a genus of ants

Ava

a female name

Aviva

a female name

Capac

a town in Michigan

Ele’ele

in Polynesian mythology, the name of the first woman

Eleele

a Hawaiian town

Eve

in the Bible, the first woman

Eye

a village in Suffolk, England

Hagigah

a tractate in the Mishnah

halalah

a variation of halala, a monetary unit of Saudi Arabia

Hamamah

a town in Saudi Arabia

Hannah

a female given name

hararah

a town in Egypt

Glenelg

any of a number of towns around the world

Malayalam

a language spoken in Kerala, India

Kodok

a town in the Sudan

Krk

a Croatian island and town

Laval

a city in Quebec, and a town in France. Also a French surname

Markram

a surname

Nan

a female name

Natan

The Hebrew and German form of the name "Nathan"

Navan

the administrative capital of the County Meath, Ireland

Nen

a surname in the English language

Noyon

a town in France

Ogopogo

a supposed lake monster that resides in Okanagan Lake, British Columbia.

Oruro

a city and a department in Bolivia

Otto

a male name, and also a surname in English

OXO

a British brand of stock cubes and kitchenware

Qaanaaq

a town in Greenland

Serres

a town in Greece; any of various other places

SIXAXIS

the name of the official PlayStation 3 controller

Tacocat

a signature card from The Oatmeal's Exploding Kittens card game

Tebet

the fourth month of the Jewish civil year

Tevet

variant of Tebet (q.v.)

Tumut

a town in New South Wales

Xanax

the brand name of Alprazolam, an anti-anxiety drug (a trademark)

xenex

the sword wielded by Xenophon

Zerimar Ramirez

a person's name

Zerorez

registered trademark for a carpet cleaning system