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The longest one-syllable word in the English language is 'screeched.' 'Dreamt' is the only English word that ends in the letters 'mt'.
The dot over the letter ‘i’ is called a tittle.
The word “set” has more definitions than any other word in the English language.
'Underground' is the only word in the English language that begins and ends with the letters 'und.'
There are only four words in the English language which end in'-dous' tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
The longest word in the English language, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis.
The only other word with the same amount of letters is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconioses, its plural.
The longest place-name still in use is Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapiki maungahoronukupokaiwenuakitanatahu, a New Zealand hill.
Los Angeles’s full name is 'El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles de Porciuncula' and can be abbreviated to 3.63% of its size, 'L.A.'
There is a seven letter word in the English language that contains ten words without rearranging any of its letters, 'therein' the, there, he, in, rein, her, here, ere, therein, herein.
The letters KGB stand for Komitet Gosudarstvennoy Bezopasnosti.
The name for Oz in the 'Wizard of Oz' was thought up when the creator, Frank Baum, looked at his filing cabinet and saw A-N, and O-Z, hence 'Oz.'
‘Stewardesses’ is the longest word that is typed with only the left hand.
To 'testify' was based on men in the Roman court swearing to a statement made by swearing on their testicles.
The combination 'ough' can be pronounced in nine different ways.The following sentence contains them all 'A rough-coated, dough-faced, thoughtful ploughman strode through the streets of Scarborough; after falling into a slough, he coughed and hiccoughed.'
The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is uncopyrightable.
Facetious and abstemious contain all the vowels in the correct order
The word 'Checkmate' in chess comes from the Persian phrase 'Shah Mat,' which means 'the king is dead'.
The dot over the letter ‘i’ is called a tittle.
The word “set” has more definitions than any other word in the English language.
'Underground' is the only word in the English language that begins and ends with the letters 'und.'
There are only four words in the English language which end in'-dous' tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
The longest word in the English language, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis.
The only other word with the same amount of letters is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconioses, its plural.
The longest place-name still in use is Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapiki maungahoronukupokaiwenuakitanatahu, a New Zealand hill.
Los Angeles’s full name is 'El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles de Porciuncula' and can be abbreviated to 3.63% of its size, 'L.A.'
There is a seven letter word in the English language that contains ten words without rearranging any of its letters, 'therein' the, there, he, in, rein, her, here, ere, therein, herein.
The letters KGB stand for Komitet Gosudarstvennoy Bezopasnosti.
The name for Oz in the 'Wizard of Oz' was thought up when the creator, Frank Baum, looked at his filing cabinet and saw A-N, and O-Z, hence 'Oz.'
‘Stewardesses’ is the longest word that is typed with only the left hand.
To 'testify' was based on men in the Roman court swearing to a statement made by swearing on their testicles.
The combination 'ough' can be pronounced in nine different ways.The following sentence contains them all 'A rough-coated, dough-faced, thoughtful ploughman strode through the streets of Scarborough; after falling into a slough, he coughed and hiccoughed.'
The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is uncopyrightable.
Facetious and abstemious contain all the vowels in the correct order
The word 'Checkmate' in chess comes from the Persian phrase 'Shah Mat,' which means 'the king is dead'.
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