Diagonal-letter words.

Diagonal-letter words. The letters AKMNVWXYZ are the only ones containing diagonal lines.Here are some of the longer words with runs of these letters (notincluding variants using--s.--ness, -ed, -ing, -ly, etc.). 5 in a row akvavit Amman ananke awayness awkward axman bananabanyan Boltzmann bonanza Brazzaville brinkmanship Canaan caravan CaymanChinaman cinnamyl cockamamie Cyanamid didynamy drayman enzymatic flyawayHavana haymaker Hazzan hogmanay holidaymaker hootenanny junkman Kamaainakatakana kayak lawmaker lawman layman linkman linkmanNounpl -men a presenter of a television or radio programme consisting of a number of items broadcast from different locationsNoun 1. Mahayana mamma mammalmammary mammate mammy manakin manmade manna manward man��ward?adv. & adj.Of, at, or toward humankind.manwards adv. Mayan Maynardmazzard nanny navvy nonnaval Panama pavanne paxwax pizzazz Pollyannarazzmatazz Rockaway runaway sannyasi sannyasiIn Hinduism, one who renounces all ties with family and society and pursues spiritual liberation. Sannyasis are a class of sadhu that do not live in communities, instead leading a mendicant, itinerant life. Santayana skyman skywave skywaysnazzy stowaway Sunnyvale swanky tanaka Tananarive Tanzania taxmanthrowaway tokamak towaway tramway trunkway twanky unawakenedunmanageable unmanned unmannerliness vanward wakanda walkaway walkawayswayward Wyman zanza 6 in a row anyway breakaway funnyman highwayman Highwayman,the loves an innkeeper’s daughter, who vainly tries to save him from capture. [Br. Poetry: Noyes “The Highwayman” ]See : Highwaymen jazzman Kankakeelayaway Manama manana mannan manzanita Panamanian railwayman savannahTammany vanman zanana za��na��na?n.Variant of zenana. 7 in a row zyzzyva zyz��zy��va?n.Any of various tropical American weevils of the genus Zyzzyva, often destructive to plants.[New Latin Zyzzyva, genus name, probably from Zyzza, 8 in a row Nakayama Here is a collection of words that consist exclusively of diagonalletters: Amman anna anyway away awny axman azan kaka kana kava kayakma'am mama mamma mammy mana Manama manana Mann manna mannan Manxmany mawn Maya mazy myna Nakayama nana nanny navy navy vanman wank wanywavy waxy Wyman Wynn yank yawn zanana zany zanza zyzzyva The longest words without any diagonal letters include: bioelectricities bloodthirstiest butterscotches clothespressescoproprietorships corruptibilities depressibilities destructibilitiesdistributorship electrologists electrophoresis electrosurgeriesflibbertigibbet fluoroscopists forethoughtful herpetologistsheterostructure horticulturists illegibilities irreducibilitiesirreproducible osteosclerosis perfectibilities pressoreceptorprofessorships proprietorships proprietresses pseudohistoricreducibilities repressibilities scrupulosities spectroscopistsstereospecific stereospecific/ster��eo��spe��cif��ic/ (ster?e-o-spe-sif��ik) exhibiting marked specificity for one of several stereoisomers of a substrate or reactant; said of enzymes or of synthetic organic reactions. subdirectories supersecrecies superstructuressupersuccessful susceptibilities troubleshooters ERIC IVERSON Eagan, Minnesota