According to the Oxford English Dictionary the longest word in the language is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis, with 45 letters. |
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In previous Word Ways issues, zzxjoanw, Torpenhow Hill and pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis have been shown to be spurious. |
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Personally, I think it's pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis. |
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They may be very large, like pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis, a 45-letter hippopotomonstrosesquipedalian word for black lung disease. |
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One word that almost beat him, though, is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis which means a form of pneumoconiosis caused by very fine silicate or quartz dust. |
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Well-known for its extreme length, 45 letters, is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis This is the longest solidly-spelled word in the dictionary. |
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It's either pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis, or a bad cough. |
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The longest word in the Oxford English Dictionary is the 45-letter pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis, which refers to a form of lung disease. |
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Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis is the longest word in the English language, according to the Oxford English Dictionary. |
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