I am trying to find a word meaning a substance with all the letters "HIJKLMNO" in it

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Request for Question Clarification by rainbow-ga on 30 Nov 2003 12:15 PST

Hi shermie,

Is this word is made up of *only* those letters or those letters plus others?
Any other details will help. Thanks.
rainbow~

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Request for Question Clarification by omnivorous-ga on 30 Nov 2003 12:44 PST

Shermie --

Are you sure that this word isn't really a "cryptic crossword"?  

The answer for H2O would be "water."  See this Australian Broadcast Corp. site:
ABC
"Lingua Franca -- Word Games" (Nov. 10, 2003)
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/arts/ling/stories/s964083.htm

Best regards,

Omnivorous-GA

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Request for Question Clarification by rainbow-ga on 30 Nov 2003 13:09 PST

Hi shermie,

If this *is* a cryptic puzzle, H2O, like omnivorous said, is the correct answer. 

HIJKLMNO = H to O = H2O, which is a substance

Regards,
rainbow~

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Clarification of Question by shermie-ga on 30 Nov 2003 14:02 PST

Thank you everyone for such quick answers- I thoroughly re-read the
way the question was stated in the "Parade" Sunday magazine in my
newspaper, and it said, quote, "What substance do the letters HIJKLMNO
represent?"  NOW I see that the word "represent" was mjisleading to
me!!- I think those of you who answered "H2O are absolutely right!!-
THANKS!- Shermie

Since we seem to have nailed it, I'll post it as an answer:

This "cryptic crossword" is for H2O.  The subsstance is "water."  See
this Australian Broadcast Corp. site:
ABC
"Lingua Franca -- Word Games" (Nov. 10, 2003)
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/arts/ling/stories/s964083.htm

Google search strategy:
HIJKLMNO + word

Best regards,

Omnivorous-GA