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 |