noisomeness n : the quality of being noxious [syn: harmfulness, noxiousness] http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=noisomeness
colloquialism n : a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech
diminutive adj: indicating small size and sometimes the state or quality of being familiarly known Sample use: Never use a big word when a diminutive one will do.
pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis n: a lung disease caused by the inhalation of very fine silica dust, mostly found in volcanos Also it is a really long word made up of little tiny parts, which I guess would mean that pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicopneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosisconiosis would be a lung diesease caused by breathing in the actual word pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis
LLANFAIRPWLLGWYNGYLLGOGERYCHWYRNDROBWLLLLANTYSILIOGOGOGOCH is according to one source the longest placename in the world, with 58 letters. It is a town in North Wales meaning "St. Mary's Church in the hollow of the white hazel near to the rapid whirlpool of Llantysilio of the red cave" or "St. Mary's (Church) by the white aspen over the whirlpool, and St. Tysilio's (Church) by the red cave" in Welsh.
rictus \RIK-tuhs\, noun: 1. The gape of the mouth, as of birds. 2. A gaping grin or grimace. "I sat there with a rictus of sorrow after seeing viffer_pilot's pictures of his Prius pulvarized by a Buick."
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Danny\";p=\"104667)</div> So I said with rictus, "I know where you got that word from!"
vulpine adj. resembling, or having the qualities of, a fox. Similar usage as canine to a dog, bovine to a cow, porcine to a pig, etc.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(jimofdg\";p=\"105116)</div> Jim, is that DG IL as in Downer's Grove IL? If so, I love that suburb..lived there for many years as a child at the corner of Seeley and Chicago Avenues....just curious. Dave.
Specularia: "of, or pertaining to mirrors" (Genus of an early-spring denizen of the eastern deciduous forest)
