{"id":2776,"date":"2022-02-04T12:06:25","date_gmt":"2022-02-04T12:06:25","guid":{"rendered":"<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-luminous-vivid-orange-color\">1. Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis (45 letters)<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n"},"modified":"2022-05-10T11:16:22","modified_gmt":"2022-05-10T11:16:22","slug":"10-longest-words-in-the-english-language","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wordscoach.com\/blog\/10-longest-words-in-the-english-language\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Longest Words in the English Language"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"words-head\" id=\"words-1790374183\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-5017566440575750\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-5017566440575750\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"3340569236\" \ndata-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-luminous-vivid-orange-color\">1. Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis (45 letters)<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An invented long word said to mean a lung disease caused by inhaling very fine ash and sand dust.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-luminous-vivid-orange-color\">2. Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia (36 letters)<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>fear of long words.<br><br>This word has four basic components changed to fit together phonologically: hippopotamus, monstrous, sesquipedalian, and phobia.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-luminous-vivid-orange-color\">3. Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious (34 letters)<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>extraordinarily good; wonderful.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-luminous-vivid-orange-color\">4. Pseudopseudohypoparathyroidism (30 letters)<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A relatively mild form of pseudohypoparathyroidism that is characterized by normal levels of calcium and phosphorus in the blood.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-luminous-vivid-orange-color\">5. Floccinaucinihilipilification (29 letters)<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The estimation of something as valueless (encountered mainly as an example of one of the longest words in the English language).<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-luminous-vivid-orange-color\">6. Antidisestablishmentarianism (28 letters)<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Opposition to the disestablishment of the Church of England.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-luminous-vivid-orange-color\">7. Honorificabilitudinitatibus (27 letters)<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Deserving of honor, capable of receiving the honor.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-luminous-vivid-orange-color\">8. Thyroparathyroidectomized (25 letters)<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Surgical removal of the thyroid and parathyroid glands.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-luminous-vivid-orange-color\">9. Dichlorodifluoromethane (23 letters)<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A colourless nonflammable gas easily liquefied by pressure.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-luminous-vivid-orange-color\">10. Incomprehensibilities (21 letters)<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The state of being impossible or extremely difficult to understand.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>10 Longest Words in the English Language &#8211; wordscoach.com. 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