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  2. Longest word in English - Wikipedia

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    The Oxford English Dictionary contains pseudopseudohypoparathyroidism (30 letters). Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary does not contain antidisestablishmentarianism (28 letters), as the editors found no widespread, sustained usage of the word in its original meaning. The longest word in that dictionary is electroencephalographically (27 ...

  3. List of dictionaries by number of words - Wikipedia

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    [1] [2] In compiling a dictionary, a lexicographer decides whether the evidence of use is sufficient to justify an entry in the dictionary. This decision is not the same as determining whether the word exists. [citation needed] The green background means a given dictionary is the largest in a given language.

  4. Longest words - Wikipedia

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    The 45-letter word pneumono­ultra­microscopic­silico­volcano­coni­osis is the longest English word that appears in a major dictionary. [ 38 ] [ 39 ] Originally coined to become a candidate for the longest word in English, the term eventually developed some independent use in medicine. [ 40 ]

  5. List of largest books by page count - Wikipedia

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    Webster's New International Dictionary (second edition) 3,210 [24] 14 x 23 x 30 (5.52 x 9.24 x 12) A dictionary of the English language. Editors claim for there to be more than 600,000 entries. [citation needed] Webster's Third New International Dictionary: 2,816 [25] 8 x 24 x 32 (3.24 x 9.48 x 12.84) A dictionary of the English language.

  6. 10 things in the universe so huge they'll blow your mind - AOL

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    S5 0014+813 -- It may have the most boring name ever, but this is the largest black hole ever discovered. With a mass of 2 octillion kilograms, it's a 147 billion miles in diameter. Every year is ...

  7. Jaekelopterus - Wikipedia

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    Jaekelopterus is the largest known eurypterid and the largest known arthropod to have ever existed. This was determined based on a chelicera (claw) from the Emsian Klerf Formation of Willwerath, Germany , that measures 36.4 centimetres (14.3 in) long, but is missing a quarter of its length, suggesting that the full chelicera would have been 45. ...

  8. 10 of the Most Expensive Items Ever Sold on eBay

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    From baseball cards to entire towns, here are 10 of the most expensive things ever sold on eBay. Burgess Yachts. 1. Gigayacht. Sold for: $168 million.

  9. Giant salamander: Scientists believe this newly discovered ...

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    The biggest of those species is the South China giant salamander. The newly named amphibians, usually found in China's Pearl River system , can grow as large as six feet in length .