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 Posted: Thu Nov 15, 2007 5:27 pm Post subject: A to Z game AGAIN |
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The Doctor
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Lets think of the biggest words there are for each one. I call:
Antidisestablishmentarianism
Definition:
The opposition to the withdrawal of state support or recognition from an established church, esp. the Anglican Church in 19th-century England.
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| Chemboy |
| Posted: Wed Nov 21, 2007 4:51 pm Post subject: |
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best one I can think of...
bioluminescense
"The production of light by a living organism" (that's my own definition, I'm too lazy to look up the real one.)
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| scientstphilosophertheist |
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Cosmologically
Causing ruin or destruction - answers.com
Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane
DDT: a type of poison (banned in many countries including the US, I think). -me
Do Chemicals count?
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| 425 Chaotic Requisition |
| Posted: Thu Nov 22, 2007 4:33 am Post subject: |
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The Doctor
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HHHHHHeeeeeeey you stole two letters! You're worse than Jeremy! 
Plus,
Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane isn't actually a word.
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| Feifer |
| Posted: Thu Nov 22, 2007 10:07 am Post subject: |
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I think DDT should count, besides I want to move on to E
Electroencephalograph
: an apparatus for detecting and recording brain waves |
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| Chemboy |
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| svwillmer wrote: |
Plus,
Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane isn't actually a word. |
And how isn't it, exactly?
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| 425 Chaotic Requisition |
| Posted: Fri Nov 23, 2007 5:31 am Post subject: |
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The Doctor
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| Chemboy wrote: |
| svwillmer wrote: |
Plus,
Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane isn't actually a word. |
And how isn't it, exactly? |
The 'word' that spt has wrote is actually a word that has subdivions, it has this '-' symbol in it. Look on Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane
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| DDT (from its trivial name, Dichloro-Diphenyl-Trichloroethane) is one of the best known synthetic pesticides. It was originally synthesized in 1874... |
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| Chemboy |
| Posted: Fri Nov 23, 2007 9:18 pm Post subject: |
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| svwillmer wrote: |
| The 'word' that spt has wrote is actually a word that has subdivions, it has this '-' symbol in it. |
I'm going to be picky and point out that the exact definition of what a word is isn't very well defined, and one can argue that dichloro-diphenyl-trichloroethane is just a word with dashes in it. 
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| Chemboy wrote: |
| svwillmer wrote: |
| The 'word' that spt has wrote is actually a word that has subdivions, it has this '-' symbol in it. |
I'm going to be picky and point out that the exact definition of what a word is isn't very well defined, and one can argue that dichloro-diphenyl-trichloroethane is just a word with dashes in it. |
Hmm. Go on then 
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Apparently F is rather difficult. I know I can't think of one off the top of my head... there's like...'femtometer,' but that's not really long...
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| Oh, come on, everyone knows it's floccinaucinihilipilification. |
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| Oh, come on, everyone knows it's floccinaucinihilipilification. |
ah, yes. I have heard that.
G - "Gnathostomata" A superclass of vertebrates that all have jaws.
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I like Shakespeare 
Honorificabilitudinitatibus
From medival latin it can be translated to: "the state of being able to achieve honours."
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| Feifer |
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I don't think this is a real word, but it should count anyways for being funny.
Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia - Fear of long words. |
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The King Saud University is organizing a free weekly contest, with the purpose to spread the knowledge world-wide – anyone can participate in it!
This week question is:
Ofakker (Think) in Arabic, a word embody the first Arabic letters of the words (Biology, Chemistry, Physics, and Mathematics), it's part of the logo of one of the knowledge centers in King Saud University … what is the name of that Center?
I found the answer by searching the King Saud University website, which is: The Excellence Center of Science and Mathematics Education
And the link for that answer is: http://ecsme.ksu.edu.sa/main/index.php?action=page&id=1 |
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