A is both a letter and a word. If you don't believe me, try using a sentence.
"A boy can play in the men's league, but not the women's."
(Why wouldn't we believe you?)
The shortest 5 syllables words are all seven letters each. They are:
There is more than one. Actually there are 26. Here they are: a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j, k, l, m, n, o, p, q, r, s, t, u, v, w, x, y, z
Smiles. Two "S(s)" are mile away from each other.
"There goes the wapiti,
Hippety-hoppity!"
---Ogden Nash
it is the smallest word in the dictionary
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The word is "SMILES".
Shakespeare wrote in English and so if you want to find out what a word meant to him, check out an English dictionary. With a few exceptions, you will find the meaning there, although it may not be the main meaning of the word. Disgrace, however, has always meant disgrace: to shame someone, to cause people to lose respect for that person.
ANSWER TO RIDDLEIn the description 'unabridged dictionary' it is a tie between "unabridged" and "dictionary", both of which have 10 letters.DICTIONARY ANSWER(S) TO QUESTIONThere are many contenders for the title 'longest word.'If we restrict the answer to words found in English dictionaries, the following are often suggested:pneumono ultra microscopic silico volcano coniosis (written without the gaps. 45 letters)supercalifragilisticexpialidocious (34 letters)floccinaucinihilipilification (29 letters)antidisestablishmentarianism (28 letters)There are also other long words, including some long medical/chemical/scientific terms. But many of these are disputed as being 'words' given that they are simply lists of chemical descriptors which have been joined together to make one big word.Additionally there are long place names, which tend not to be included in dictionaries, (except in dictionaries of place names, of course!)If we were to include long words found in other languages, then our list of longest words would be much longer.For more information see Related links below.
Why is smiles the longest word. Because there is a mile between the esses!
No, it is not. Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis is.
Is, and/or In
The longest word in the English dictionary is Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis. This is a lung disease.
pseudopseudohypoparathyroidism (30 letters).The longest word in the Oxford English Dictionary is the 45 letter word pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis.According to the dictionary it is a lung disease causing inflammation of the lung from the inhalation of fine silica dust.
No, the spelling is Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis.
INDUSTRIALIZATION
The longest word in the English language with only one vowel is "strengths," containing nine letters and only one vowel, which is the letter "e."
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English is spoken in Australia, and the largest word in any English dictionary is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis. It has 45 letters and is the name of a lung disease.
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