5 weird words…

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Crazy but true, trying to memorise…

Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis

Longest word (45 letters), a lung disease.

Pseudopseudohypoparathyroidism

An inherited medical disorder (30 letters)

Syzygy

The only word with 3 Ys, a rare astronomical alignment of 3 celestial bodies in a straight line – the earth, sun and moon.

Tmesis

The sole word to begin with TMis the insertion of 1 or more words between words that make up a compound phrase, as in “what-so-ever” (inserted in the middle of whatever).

Hydroxyzine

Only word with a X, Y and Z, in consecutive order. Hydroxyzine is a medicine.

 

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