The longest one-syllable word in the English language is screeched.
Dreamt is the only English word that ends in the letters mt.
The dot over the letter ' i ' is called a tittle.
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 which end in-dous: tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
The longest word in the English language, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis.
The longest place-name still in use is Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwenuakitnatahu, a New Zealand hill.
Los Angeles' full name is El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles de Porciuncula and can be abbreviated to 3.63% 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, therein: the, there, he, in, rein, her, here, ere, therein, herein.
Stewardesses is the longest word that can be typed with only the left hand.
The combination ough can be pronounced in nine different ways. The following sentence contains them all: A rough-coated, dough-faced, thoughtful ploughman strode through the streets of Scarborough; after falling into a slough, he coughed and hiccoughed.
The only 15-letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is uncopyrightable.
Facetious and abstemious contain all the vowels in the correct order, as does arsenious, meaning containing arsenic.
The word Checkmate in chess comes from the Persian phrase Shah Mat, which means the king is dead.
