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How do you spell pneumonoultramicroscopic-silicovocanoconiosis?
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."
What is the longest medical word in the English language?
Pneumonoultramicroscopic silicovolcanoconiosis. That is one word it just wouldn't let me put it together for some reason.
What is the name of the lung disease caused from inhaling volcanic smoke?
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).
What does pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolca mean?
A lung disease caused by breathing in particles of siliceous volcanic dust.
What is the longest English word for 2007?
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.
What is the meaning of the word pneumonoultramicroscopic-silicovolcanoconiosis?
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.
What new long word was created from the word volcanoes?
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".
What is the longest word in English with only one vowel?
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.
How do you pronounce the longest word in English?
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".
What word can you make the most words out of?
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.
How do pronounce the longest word in English?
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".
What is the longest word and its pronunciation?
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.
