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Article written by: bio_man on Oct 28, 2018



Title: Nine longest words in the English language
Written by: bio_man on Oct 28, 2018

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdmXu-B1zoQ

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.



Comments:

Now I'm considering a Part 2 version :D

Written by: bio_man on Nov 2, 2018
I have hippopotomonstrosesquipedalio phobiaphobia (fear of the word hippopotomonstrosesquipedalio phobia)

Written by: Ethan Meh on Oct 31, 2018