i'm trying to expand my vocabulary...
2006-09-27 12:17:39 · 30 answers · asked by poetic_lala 5 in Education & Reference ➔ Other - Education
My favorite is serendipity.
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2006-09-27 12:22:25 · answer #1 · answered by Serendipity 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Antidisestablishmentarianism- with 23 letters, is commonly regarded as the longest accepted word in the English language.
2006-09-27 19:20:17 · answer #2 · answered by lopie6 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Transmogrification
2006-09-27 19:18:50 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Gargantuan
2006-09-27 19:19:06 · answer #4 · answered by crownvic64 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Plausible
2006-09-27 19:18:42 · answer #5 · answered by experiMENTAL bunny 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Antidisestablishmentarism...learned that from the nuns in elementary school.
Here's another: pyrophosphomevalonic...acid..okay its two words but the first is a biggies. Its from my Biochemistry in medical school. It is a molecule that is formed from synthesis of cholesterol from mevalonic acid pathway.
So how's that!
2006-09-27 19:23:21 · answer #6 · answered by Greanwitch 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
corollary
KOR-uh-lair-ee (noun)
1 : a deduction from a proposition already proved true
2 : something that naturally follows : result
3 : something that incidentally or naturally accompanies or parallels
Example sentence:
As a corollary of the factory shutdown, a number of people are struggling financially.
2006-09-27 19:49:42 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Huge
2006-09-27 19:18:31 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
transmogrification - change in appearance.
After her new hair color the plain looking model transmogrified into a stunner for the "after picture" in the cosmetics ad.
2006-09-27 19:19:24 · answer #9 · answered by Rich Z 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
pneumonoultramicroscopicsili-
covolcanokoniosis
It's a miner's lung disease acquired by inhaling
fine particles of silica dust. (45 letters)
2006-09-27 19:56:10 · answer #10 · answered by steiner1745 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋