MikeLin.ca » Data http://www.mikelin.ca/blog The Blog Lives Wed, 06 Oct 2010 18:04:24 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.2 Dermatoglyphics http://www.mikelin.ca/blog/2006/11/dermatoglyphics/ http://www.mikelin.ca/blog/2006/11/dermatoglyphics/#comments Wed, 15 Nov 2006 19:57:45 +0000 Mike Lin http://192.168.126.128/blog/?p=63 Did you know the longest word in the English language that does not repeat a letter is ‘dermatoglyphics’?

It is also has the most distinct letters at 15, and is defined as:

The patterns of ridges on the inner surface of the hands and feet.

Huh. I’ve been playing with my word database some more.

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