2006-09-11 05:04:25 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
I believe the following 20-letter word fits the bill:
CHRONONHOTONTHOLOGOS
see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrononhotonthologos
If that word is dismissed as a nonsense word, I believe the next choice would be STRENTGTHLESSNESS -- at 16 letters.
("Strengthlessness" is a legitimate word, but I do not believe it can be used as a plural. It's not the equivalent of "weaknesses" but of "powerlessness". While you can count each specific weakness, "powerlessness" and "strengthlessness" are abstract, not concrete, count-nouns. Thus I do not believe you will find any actual USES of "strengthlessnesses". In that case, the word has been manufactured for the sake of this question!)
2006-09-11 06:12:14 · answer #1 · answered by bruhaha 7 · 3⤊ 2⤋
Strengthlessnesses, eighteen letters long, is the longest word in the English language with only one vowel repeated
2006-09-11 12:16:00 · answer #2 · answered by MARY L 5 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Strengthlessnesses, eighteen letters long, is the longest word in the English language with only one vowel repeated. A seventeen letter word with this property is defenselessnesses. A sixteen letter word with this property is strengthlessness. A fifteen letter word with this property is defenselessness. A fourteen letter word with this property is degenerescence. Thirteen letter words with this property are degenerescent, disinhibiting, effervescence, handcraftsman, kinnikinnicks, philistinisms, primitivistic, retelemetered, and whipstitching.
2006-09-14 09:33:14 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
A 20 letter word with only one repeated vowel "O":-
CHRONONHOTONTHOLOGOS
see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/chrononhoto...
If that word is dismissed as a nonsense word, I believe the next choice would be STRENTGTHLESSNESS -- at 16 letters.
"Strengthlessness" is a legitimate word, but I do not believe it can be used as a plural. It's not the equivalent of "weaknesses" but of "powerlessness". While you can count each specific weakness, "powerlessness" and "strengthlessness" are abstract, count-nouns & not concrete. Am I right?
2006-09-11 13:28:18 · answer #4 · answered by jannat1812 2 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Strengthlessnesses
2006-09-11 15:12:54 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
to the extent of my own knowledge and on the spur of the moment ---DIVISIBILITY (12)
2006-09-11 12:16:10 · answer #6 · answered by jazideol 3 · 0⤊ 3⤋
thats difficult question
2006-09-14 09:23:15 · answer #7 · answered by light feather 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
CHRONONHOTONTHOLOGOS
2006-09-12 11:43:14 · answer #8 · answered by Gaurav 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
CHRONONHOTONTHOLOGOS
2006-09-12 09:06:19 · answer #9 · answered by policeyarlagadda 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋
excrement?
2006-09-11 12:10:39 · answer #10 · answered by banjuja58 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋