1. What is the longest English word that can be formed using the letters A to M?

2. What is the longest English word that can be formed using the letters N to Z?

Notes:

(a) It is not necessary to use all the letters within the specified range. A given letter can occur more than once within a word.

(b) Words involving proper nouns, acronyms or abbreviations is not permissible.

(c) None of the generated words can be hyphenated. For example, words like A-bomb, X-Ray etc. are not allowed.

I find both the hyphenation controversy and the de vs. dee controversy engrossing.  Just to keep it going a little longer, I note the following definition, courtesy http://mooncalf.org/library/misc/vsfashion.html

Posted by Steve Herman on 2012-03-06 15:35:50