The longest word in the English language is 'pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis'
which describes a lung disease caused by breathing in particles of volcanic
matter or a similar fine dust
"Rhythm" is the longest English word without a vowel.
In the U.S. there are 18 doctors called Dr. Doctor, and one called Dr. Surgeon.
There is also a dermatologist named Dr. Rash, a psychiatrist called Dr. Couch
and an anesthesiologist named Dr. Gass.
The world's longest-named lake has 45 letters (Lake
Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg).
The only word in the English language that has 4 sets of double letters in a row
is balloonneer
The only words with all the vowels listed in order are facetiously and
abstemiously.
There are no words in the dictionary that rhyme with: orange, purple, silver and month
Floccinaucinihilipilification, the declaration of an item being useless, is the
longest non-medical term in the English language
Goddessship is the only word in the English language with a triple letter
There are only 12 letters in the Hawaiian alphabet.
In Chinese, the words 'crisis' and 'opportunity' are the same.
Q is the only letter in the alphabet that does not appear in the name of any of the U.S. states..
The word "checkmate" in chess comes from the Persian phrase "Shah Mat," which means, "The King Is Dead."
The only 15-letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is uncopyrightable.
"I am." is the shortest sentence in the English language.
Silver doesn't rhyme with anything in the dictionary
"Brunet" means "gay" in Brazil.
The words "assassination" and "bump" were invented by Shakespeare.
Duffel bags are named after a town of Duffel, Belgium, where they were first made.
"Lunula" is the tip of the finger and toenail that is white. It is called this this (referring to the moon) because the end of the nail is rounded like the moon.
The word Sneeze in Old English is 'fneosan'
The derivation of the word trivia comes from the Latin "tri-" + "via", which means three streets. This is because in ancient times, at an intersection of three streets in Rome, they would have a type of kiosk where ancillary information was listed. You might be interested in it, you might not, hence they were bits of "trivia."
And there was a Roman goddess, Trivia, who was goddess of the crossroads
The longest one-syllable word in the English language is "screeched
"Eleven plus two" is an anagram of "twelve plus one"
The word electricity derives from the Greek word "elektron" meaning amber
The dot over the letter 'i' is called a tittle.
315
entries in Webster's 1996 Dictionary were misspelled.The original name for the
butterfly was 'flutterby'!
The only words with all the vowels listed in order are facetiously and abstemiously.
Goddessship is the only word in the English language with a triple letter
DNA stands for deoxyribonucleic Acid. 75% of the O.J. Simpson jury did not know that.The longest English word
that can be typed using only the top row of a typewriter is
"typewriter."
"Kemo Sabe" means "soggy shrub" in Navajo.
Race Car is a palindrome
