Vacuum is not the only English word containing a double u (i.e. uu).
There exists another non-related term with the said feature, used both in mathematics and in music.

Find it and others (there are several words, mostly derived from Latin).

continuum
continuums
duumvir
duumvirate
duumvirates
duumviri
duumvirs
menstruum
menstruums
muumuu
muumuus
residuum
residuums
squush
squushed
squushes
squushier
squushiest
squushing
squushy
triduum
triduums
ultravacuum
ultravacuums
vacuum
vacuumed
vacuuming
vacuums
weltanschauung
weltanschauungen
weltanschauungs
Anschauung
Anschauungen
Equus
Weltanschauung

from

OPEN "\words\words.txt" FOR INPUT AS #1
DO
   LINE INPUT #1, w$
   IF INSTR(w$, "uu") THEN PRINT w$
LOOP UNTIL EOF(1)

Posted by Charlie on 2013-05-31 09:54:59