ok so there is this dude in one of my classes and he won the spelling bee so everyone in the class has to come up with a word for him to spell......so ya i need a hard to spell fairly unknown word.... can anyone tell me one?
2007-03-05 15:41:13 · 8 answers · asked by tropicaltwist782 5 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
Coccidioidomycosis. A granuloma.
2007-03-05 16:00:32 · answer #1 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Here are a few. Get ready, because one of these is a doozy.
hematopoiesis
mnemonic
pneumonoultramicroscopicsilico- (continued on next line)
volcanoc(k)oniosis
The above is one word. It is so long that Yahoo lopped off the end of it. So I had to continue it on the next line. This is an actual lung disease, similar to black lung disease, I believe. It is variously spelled with either a "c" or a "k" at the position where the parentheses are located. It is allegedly the longest word found in the English dictionary (45 letters).
pococurante
pusillanimous
That's enough to get you started.
By the way, the word antidisestablishmentarianism (this is the correct spelling) represents a reactionary movement in 19th century Great Britain I believe, by those opposed to others who wanted to disestablish state churches throughout the British Isles. Hence, those opposed to the movement to disestablish were called antidisestablishmentarians and their reaction antidisestablishmentarianism.
2007-03-05 16:08:46 · answer #2 · answered by MathBioMajor 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The following words are not really 'unknown' words but they do tend to stump some people.
privilege
supersede
sacrilege
auxiliary
pursuit
occurrence
counterfeit
quandary
subpoena (pronounced 'suppeena')
resuscitate
chrysanthemum
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2007-03-05 17:10:18 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cruciverbalist- a designer or aficionado of crossword puzzles.
Zenzizenzizenzic- The eighth power of a number.
2007-03-05 15:47:09 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia
fear of long words
2007-03-05 15:50:56 · answer #5 · answered by aaaaaaa 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
accommodate
largitional ( related to a gift or gratuity)
legislatorial (having power to make laws)
martyrs (sacrifices life)
obsolescent (not used often)
obliviscence (forgetting)
pilchard (fish)
pursuer (one who pursues)
These are good and are often spelled wrong.
2007-03-05 15:59:09 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Antidisestablishmentaerinism....
Something about churches, I think.
2007-03-05 15:57:30 · answer #7 · answered by fleshflayer 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
dghaisa: it's a kind of skirt, as I recall... pronounced "dye-sa"
2007-03-05 15:47:30 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋