The longest and shortest word

Sunday, March 20, 2011

 The longest word

Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis - a factitious word alleged to mean 'a lung disease caused by the inhalation of very fine silica dust, causing inflammation in the lungs.

 
Eunoia-six letters long is the shortest word in the English language that contains all five main vowels.



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