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What are some exceptional words containing doubled and repeated letters, etc.?

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Problem

 What are some exceptional words containing doubled and repeated letters, etc.?
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  longest internal palindrome  (SENSUOUSNES)S (11)
  longest internal tautonym 
   M(ETHYLETHYL)PYRIDINE 
   longest repeated prefix  (MICROMICRO)FARAD (10)
  most consecutive doubled letters  BOOKKEEPER (3)
  most repeated letters in a word  POSSESSIONLESSNESSES (9,S)
  longest n-cadences (2-cadence = alternating monotony)  
   HUMUHUMUNUKUNUKUAPUAA (2x8) EFFERVESCENCE (3x5) STRESSLESSNESS (4x4)
   NONCONTAMINATION (5x4)