2007-04-20 20:44:43 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
The longest word in any of the major English language dictionaries is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis, a 45-letter word that refers to a lung disease contracted from the inhalation of fine silica dust. Research has discovered that this word was originally intended as a hoax. It has since been used in a close approximation of its originally intended meaning, lending at least some degree of validity to its claim.
2007-04-24 20:07:06 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
LopadoÂteÂmachoÂseÂlachoÂgaleoÂkranioÂleipsanoÂdrimhypoÂtrimmatoÂsilphioÂparaoÂmelitoÂkatakechymenoÂkichlepikossyphoÂphattoÂperisteralektryonopÂtekephallioÂkigklopeleiolÂagoiosiraioÂbaphetraganopÂterygon.
a word of 183 letters that describes a dish by stringing together its ingredients
2007-04-21 03:54:07 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
semihemidemisemiquaver..Well, I'm not sure this is the longest, but I knew it when my music teacher told me about it.
it means 128 notes in a bar, quaver is 8 notes in a bar in the musical score...So,playing semihemidemisemiquaver needs a very fast speed, something to that of flight of the bumblebee..or faster=)
2007-04-21 03:59:17 · answer #3 · answered by Utopia 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis, a 45-letter word that refers to a lung disease contracted from the inhalation of fine silica dust
2007-04-21 03:53:58 · answer #4 · answered by Ace 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Smiles. There is a mile between the first and last letter.
2007-04-21 03:47:59 · answer #5 · answered by alwaysmoose 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
"aequeosalinocalcalinocer-
aceoaluminosocupre-
ovitriolic " 52 letters
2007-04-21 04:06:04 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
pneumonoultramicroscopic-
silicovolcanoconiosis
2007-04-21 03:54:09 · answer #7 · answered by cutiepie 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
pneumonoultramicroscopic-
silicovolcanoconiosis
2007-04-21 03:48:10 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
pneumonoultramicroscopic-
silicovolcanoconiosis
2007-04-21 03:47:55 · answer #9 · answered by Mickey Mouse Spears 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
iwishiknewtheanswerbutidontsorryihopeyoufindtheanswer
2007-04-24 14:43:09 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋