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smiles

there is a mile between the two s's

2006-09-07 23:14:45 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1 0

The longest word in any major English language dictionary is pneumono­ultra­micro­scopic­silico­volcano­coniosis, a 45-letter word supposed to refer to a lung disease

Aequeosalinocalcalinoceraceoaluminosocupreovitriolic, describing the spa waters at Bath, England, is cited in some editions of the Guinness Book of Records as the longest word in English, and is attributed to Dr Edward Strother (1675-1737). The word is composed of the following elements

The longest non-technical word is flocci­nauci­nihili­pili­fication at 29 letters. Consisting of a series of Latin words meaning "nothing" and defined as "the act of estimating something as worthless

2006-09-08 06:21:45 · answer #2 · answered by Johnny Brigz 3 · 0 0

According to the Oxford dictionary its pneumonoultramicroscopic-
-siliconovolcaniconiosis
(its a respiratory disease caused by the inhalation of dust).
But according to the Cambridge dictionary the longest word is:
Llanfairpwllgwyn-
-gyllgogerychwyrn-
-drobwllllantysiliogogogoch
(its some damned town in Wales)

2006-09-09 09:48:54 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

There are seemingly endless debates over which is the longest word in English, demonstrating that the idea of what constitutes a word is not as straightforward as it seems. English allows new words to be formed by construction; long words are frequently coined; place names may be considered words; technical terms may be very long. It is difficult to know where to draw the line. Note also that length is defined in terms of orthography and number of written letters, not phonology and the number of phonemes.

2006-09-08 08:51:52 · answer #4 · answered by Tushar 2 · 0 0

Technical word in Websters: Pneumonoultramicroscoposiliconovolcanoniasis: a disease of the lungs caused by microscopic particles from a volcanic eruption

Non Technical Word: floccinoccihilipilification: meaning nonsense

2006-09-08 06:56:44 · answer #5 · answered by aseem35 1 · 0 0

PNEUMONOULTRAMICROSCOPICSILICOVOLCANOCONIOSIS (45 letters; a lung disease caused by breathing in certain particles) is the longest word in any English-language dictionary. (It is also spelled -koniosis.)
yes I can say it..I love words and word games

2006-09-08 06:18:01 · answer #6 · answered by His 5 · 1 0

Unprosperousness

2006-09-12 03:56:21 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis which is the meaning of an obscure term ostensibly referring to a lung disease caused by silica dust,

2006-09-08 06:21:45 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

I read somewhere that ANTIDISESTABLISHMENTARIANISM is the longest word as the other words are medical or technical.

2006-09-10 12:34:49 · answer #9 · answered by jazideol 3 · 0 0

I used to know this, I could spell it too, what was it?

Pneumonoultramicroscopicslilcovolcanokoniosis

2006-09-08 06:18:52 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

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