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The longest one-syllable word in teh English language is 'screeched'.
'Dream' is the only English word that ends in the letters 'mt'.
The symbol of the 'pound key (#)' is called an octothorpe.
The dot over the letter 'i' is called a title.
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 ending in 'dous'. They are tremendous, horrendous, stupendous and hazardous.
The longest word in the English language, according to the Oxford English Dictionary is 'pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosesl'.
The longest place name : Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupoka-iwenuakit natahu', a New Zealand Hill.
Los Angeles's full name is EI Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reinade los Angeles de Porciuncula and can be abbreviated to 3.363% of its size, L.A.
A pregnant goldfish is called a twit.
There is a seven-letter word in the English language that contains ten words without rearranging any of its letters. It is 'therein'. The words are the, there, h, in, rein, her, ere, therein and herein.