Re: [FWP] 4 Consecutive Letters (generalized)

[Ilmari Karonen <iltzu@sci.fi>]

On Wed, 16 Aug 2000, Philip Newton wrote:
> Ilmari Karonen wrote:
> > None in the YAWL.  It does have 37 words with 5-letter linear 
> > sequences, all containing either "rolif" or "uroli".  The
> > shortest examples of each type are "prolific" and "urolith". 
> 
> Is that like "coprolith", just different?

http://www.dictionary.com/cgi-bin/dict.pl?term=A0091496

  urinary calculus ([non-ascii phonetic spelling omitted]) 
  n. 
         A hard mass of mineral salts in the urinary tract. Also called
         cystolith, urolith.

I'm glad I don't have any first hand experience of those, and hope I never
will.  I've heard they can be quite excruciatingly painful.

-- 
Ilmari Karonen - http://www.sci.fi/~iltzu/
"The screwdriver *is* the portable method."  -- Abigail in c.l.p.m



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