Just for fun, what's the longest word in English?
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The longest word in English is Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconios -It is a lung disease caused by inhalation of very fine silicate or quartz dust.
- Robert PickacardRobert Pickacard Certified English Teacher / Professional Magician
When I was at school the longest word was the name of a train station in Wales. No one can pronounce it!
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- HoumanShI'm English and Persian teacher. I also have studied IT engineering and I'm a graphic designer.
as Miss. Jillian Apetolee said
Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis
Methionylthreonylthreonyglutaminylarginyl isoleucine It is a protein found in human muscle.
It seems to me that not all native speakers know this word. ))))))
Pneumonoultramucroscopicsilicovolcanoconios
The longest word in any of the major English language dictionaries is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis (45 letters), a word that refers to a lung disease contracted from the inhalation of very fine silica particles.
Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis.