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What is the longest English word?
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What is the longest English word? The longest words in Oxford Dictionaries Online are: - opposition to the disestablishment of the Church of England - 28 letters - the estimation of something as worthless - 29 letters - a supposed lung disease - 45 lettersYou're unlikely to come across these words in
use: they're generally just provided as answers to questions about the longest words in the English language. In terms of
size, however, the longest word to be found in Britain is the Welsh place name Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch. For obvious reasons, it's usually
to Llanfair PG.The 20-volume historical Oxford English Dictionary includes other very long words, most of which are highly technical. These include:otorhinolaryngological - 22 lettersimmunoelectrophoretically - 25 letterspsychophysicotherapeutics - 25 lettersthyroparathyroidectomized - 25 letterspneumoencephalographically - 26 lettersradioimmunoelectrophoresis - 26 letterspsychoneuroendocrinological - 27 lettershepaticocholangiogastrostomy - 28 lettersspectrophotofluorometrically - 28 letterspseudopseudohypoparathyroidism - 30 lettersPeople sometimes ask whether a
string can be considered as the longest English word, given that they can run to many thousands of letters. The answer is no: they're regarded as
names rather than genuine words in the sense of meaningful items of . The same is true of the formal names of . These can be almost
in length (for example, aminoheptafluorocyclotetraphosphonitrile, (40 letters) and many contain , Roman and Greek letters, and other symbols, as well as ordinary letters. We don't tend to regard these terms as
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AcronymDefinitionCCopyright (usually written (C))C100 (Roman numeral)CAverage gradeCCell ( science)CTransport (US military aircraft designation for transport aircraft since 1962)CBattery SizeCCelsius/Centigradecsymbol for the speed of light (in a vacuum, 299,792,458 meters per second)CClickCCum (Latin: With, often seen with a bar over the c)CSeeCCompanyCControlCCenter (basketball)CCenter (football)CCompleteCCurrent (action code)CCollegeCCaseCCostCCategory (abstract algebra)CColorCCloseCClearCClub (class airfare)CChicagoCCommonCIndividual (IRB)CSeaCCorrectCCanadianCCenturyCC Programming LanguageCCombined (DoD)CCorporateCCentre (Canada Post road designation)CClubs (playing cards)CCookieCCableCCorporationCCharacterCCaughtCCupCChiefCCommitteeCChapterCCompliance (Network World)CChemicalCCharlotte, NC (mint mark on coinage )CCharlieCEconomy Class (Air Freight)CAir Post (philatelic catalog prefix for non-ground stamps)CCorner (welded joint type)CConnect (ITU-T)CCycleCCastleCConstantCPrince Edward Island (Canada Post designation)CConfidentialCCircuitCCatholicCChairmanCCentCCongressCCollector ( electronics)CCarbonCCandleCCalmCCombinations (probability)CConsumption (economics)CCliff (Stores 100 code)CCircaCConservativeCCommonwealthCContainer (SDH)CCloudyCColon (currency of Costa Rica and El Salvador)CCork (Irish car registration)CCairo (Egyptian automobile license plate)CCubicCCodexCCalorieCCompute(r)CCoughCCaratCCatcher (baseball)CConduitCCocaineCCanceledCCyanCAffirmative (logging abbreviation)CClerical (for ACG duties)CClock Mode (aviation)CCircumferenceCCountessCCoefficientCCessna (civilian aircraft)CCorrelationsCChromosome (as in banding)CCurieCClockwiseCConstant of Integration (calculus)CCarbone (French: Carbon)CComptrollerCConsonant (speech)CCitigroup (stock symbol)CCitiGroup, Inc. (NYSE symbol)CAscorbic Acid (vitamin)CCoverage factorCConsecoCCircling (approach and landing charts)CC Major (music)CCapacitanceCExposure Concentration (environment)CCentimeterCCranial NerveCCysteine (amino acid)CCedi (currency of Ghana)CCourt of Chancery (UK)CSet of Complex Numbers (mathematics)CCoulombCCentavoCCentimeCConvectiveCCeiling Limit (weather reports)CContraltoCCentum (relating to an Indo-European language pronunciation)CCool Breeze (rapper)CCenti (abbreviation of abbreviation for 1/100)CCentral Standard Time (as used in time groups)CCytosinecCenterpartiet (Swedish political party)CCaesarianCNicaraguan Cordoba (national currency)CCervical Vertebra (prefix, as in C-1, C-2)CCycloplegicCCongius (Latin: Colt)CC Programming Language Source Code (file name extension)CFresnel Cosine IntegralCFederal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (designates original point of circulation of a dollar bill)Ccreeping line pattern (US DoD)CMusical pitch/noteCUndenominated US Stamp (20 cents, introduced 1 Nov 1981)
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