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Posted by bio_man   Oct 28, 2018    9185 views

Want to better your vocabulary? Try pronouncing these words on your own, then attempt to use at least one in your next conversation!

Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilic ovolcanoconiosis – 45 letters

  • A lung disease caused by breathing in volcanic dust.

Supercalifragilisticexpialido cious – 34 letters

  • Meaning "wonderful", from song of this title in the movie Mary Poppins. 

Floccinaucinihilipilification – 29 letters

  • Meaning "the action or habit of estimating as worthless".

Trinitrophenylmethylnitramine – 29 letters

  • A chemical compound used as a detonator in shells.

Antidisestablishmentarianism – 28 letters

  • Meaning "opposition to the disestablishment of the Church of England".

Electroencephalographically – 27 letters

  • Relating to brain waves.

Microspectrophotometrically – 27 letters

  • Relating to the measurement of light waves.

Immunoelectrophoretically – 25 letters

  • Relating to measurement of immunoglobulin.

Spectroheliokinematograph – 25 letters

  • A 1930s' device for monitoring and filming solar activity.

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