What is it called when a word is spelled the same way forwards and backwards like racecar?
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a palindrome\n\nAnd my personal favorite:\nGo hang a salami,\nI'm a lasagna hog.
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If you're looking for a single-word palindrome, try:\nhttp://members.aol.com/gulfhigh2/words5.html\n\nTwo of those which stood out to me from that site were: detartrated and Malayalam (an Asian language).\n\nAnd here's an even better site:\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palindromic_words
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Each one is a palindrome; sounds and spells identically in reverse order i.e. from right to left.
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It is called a palindrome:\n\n"A palindrome is a word, phrase, number or other sequence of units that has the property of reading the same in either direction (the adjustment of punctuation and spaces between words is generally permitted). The word "palindrome" was coined from Greek roots Greek πάλιν (palin) "back" and δρóμος (dromos) "way, direction" by English writer Ben Jonson in the 1600s. Composing literature in palindromes is an example of constrained writing."\n\nCheck the second site below for many examples. Also, third link shows longest palindromes around.
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it is called a palindrome.\n\nBob\nMom\nDad\nRacecar\nKayak\nPop\nPep\nPeep\n\nthe list goes on!
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palindrome\nA palindrome is a word, phrase, number or other sequence of units (such as a strand of DNA) that has the property of reading the same in either direction (the adjustment of punctuation and spaces between words is generally permitted). The word "palindrome" comes from the Greek πάλιν (palin) "back" and δρóμος (dromos) "way, direction". Composing literature in palindromes is an example of constrained writing.
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"Desserts is stressed spelled backwards."\nsemordnilaps are words that when read from the right spell another word ahah quite simple actually
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They are palindromes. Examples would be: Madam and kayak. Sentances can also be palindromic. A good one is about Napoleon who was imprisoned on the island of Elba: 'Able was I, ere I saw elba '. There's a good website at:\nwww.palindromelist.com
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There's no such word:\n\nhttp://search.yahoo.com/search?fr=ush-sbc-edu&p=automologist
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L O N D O N.... \nLET ME SPELL IT BACKWARDS FOR YOU\n\nN O D N O L
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These are called aglets.\n\nIt's an excellent crossword puzzle word.
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Bona corrupta.\n\n(Word order is reversed from the English)
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It's called a palindrome.
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O MY GOSH!!! RACECAR!!! Hey what's \n\n"rats live on no evil star" spelled backwards? HA
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It's called a palindrome. : )\nP.S. this is interesting... an ambigram can be read upside down and right side up. An example is ipod! . Tilt your head upside down and see what I mean... Hope this helps!
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BALS spelled backwards
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Looks like they're called homographs ... \n\nBut here's a site with a complete explanation and a big ol' list of words! \nhttp://www.magickeys.com/books/riddles/words.html