Pneumonoultramicroscopic silicovolcanoconiosis is a long word that was created as a joke to be one of the longest words in the English language. It is not a legitimate medical condition.
It has another L, the actual word "volcano" in it. The reason you see it spaced or hyphenated is that the word is too long (45 letters) to display in the question and answers boxes properly. When this happens, all you see are the "..." after the maximum letters. It is (minus the hyphen) "pneumonoultramicroscopic-silicovolcanoconiosis."
Pneumonoultramicroscopic silicovolcanoconiosis. That is one word it just wouldn't let me put it together for some reason.
The simple answer is "silicosis." However, there is a 45-letter word created to apply specifically to volcanic silicosis. It is "Pneumonoultramicroscopic-silicovolcanoconiosis" (no hyphen).
A lung disease caused by breathing in particles of siliceous volcanic dust.
The longest word in English language is pneumonoultramicroscopic silicovolcanoconiosis.(I split the word because it won't show up properly when I write it without breaking it up) It is the name of a lung disease. It is known as pneumonia in short.
It refers to a specific type of lung disease (silicosis) caused by inhalation of volcanic silica dust. This is a rare but actual disease for which this name is never used. The 45-letter word was coined by the "National Puzzlers' League" on February 23, 1935, with the intent to be the longest word in the English dictionary. However, although it appears in several, including the OED (Oxford), it is often listed as "factitious" or "spurious." *The word does not have a hyphen, but one must be added anywhere on WikiAnswers because of word length limitations.
The word was "pneumonoultramicroscopic-silicovolcaniosis", created in 1935 to be the longest English word (45 letters). It partly succeeded. The Oxford English dictionary included it but labeled it "factitious" or not a valid word. The dust-created lung disease was already described as simply "silicosis".
The longest word in English language is pneumonoultramicroscopic silicovolcanoconiosis.(I split the word because it won't show up properly when I write it without breaking it up) It is the name of a lung disease. It is known as pneumonia in short.
Pneumonoultramicroscopic-silicovolcanoconiosis (no hyphen)is pronounced "new-MOH-noh-ULL-truh-MY-krow-skah-pik-SILL-ih-koh-voll-KAY-noh-COH-nee-oh-sis"or "new-MAH-noh-ULL-truh-MY-krow-skah-pik-SILL-ih-koh-voll-KAY-noh-COH-nee-oh-sis".*The UK version would include a "voll-KAH-noh" or "VOLL-kah-noh" pronunciation of "volcano".
There are several long words from whose letters large numbers of smaller words can be formed.One of these is antidisestablishmentarianism. (about 4650 words).But if we allow "created" words, supercalifragilisticexpialidocious creates over 9300 smaller words out of its 35 letters.With 45 letters, the word pneumonoultramicroscopic-silicovolcaniosis (no hyphen)might be expected to have even more. However, it actually has one fewer different letter (ACEILMNOPRSTUV) than the Mary Poppins word (ACDEFGILOPRSTUX) and just one E. The total is just over 10,000 words.
Pneumonoultramicroscopic-silicovolcanoconiosis (no hyphen)is pronounced "new-MOH-noh-ULL-truh-MY-krow-skah-pik-SILL-ih-koh-voll-KAY-noh-COH-nee-oh-sis"or "new-MAH-noh-ULL-truh-MY-krow-skah-pik-SILL-ih-koh-voll-KAY-noh-COH-nee-oh-sis".*The UK version would include a "voll-KAH-noh" or "VOLL-kah-noh" pronunciation of "volcano".
The longest English word is 189,819 letters, and it is the chemical name of the largest known protein. The usual name for it is simply "titin." (see the related link)A most famous word coined by a major author is:Lopadotemachoselachogaleokranioleipsa-nodrimhypotrimmatosilphioparaomelitokat-akechymenokichlepikossyphophattoperiste-ralektryonoptekephalliok-igklopeleiolagoiosiraioba-phetraganopterygon(dashes in between because this page cannot handle very long words).That's a mouthful, isn't it?One that is more easily pronounced was coined in 1935 and appears in several dictionaries (although considered as factitious):pneumonoultramicroscopic-silicovolcanoconiosis...which is a disease more commonly called silicosis.You can find its pronunciation at the site below.