PNEUMONOULTRAMICROSCOPICSILICOVOLCANOCONIOSIS

Word-lovers, logologists and others interested in words know that PNEUMONOULTRAMICROSCOPICSILICOVOLCANOCONIOSIS is generaly regarded as the longest word in the dictionary , at 45 letters

Laminating Lepidoptera for Educational Use

Excerpt: A convenient method of teaching farmers, 4-H members and students to recognize various species of Lepidoptera is now being used in Michigan with wide success. In the process, insect wings are mounted on cardboard and sealed between layers of clear plastic. The resulting laminations have several advantages over pin-mounted Lepidoptera, and are admirably suited for any use that requires constant handling. The finished mounts are impervious to museum pests, are dust-proof, may be cleaned with ease, and are easily stored in a loose-leaf binder. The plastic is flexible, thus danger of damage from bending is slight

Multiple Elements in Single Words

What\u27s the shortest word from which the names of 2 chemical elements can be spelled out

Criticise A Name (Otherwise: Transposing American Cities)

A large listing of transposals for the names of all US cities with populations over 100.000

Reverse Trigrams and Tetragrams

A list of words that contain sets of trigrams and tetragrams but the letters are in reverse alphabetical order. For example, instead of ABC, the order is CBA

The Periodic Table\u27s 150th Anniversary

Word play using the names of the elements

Lamprotine

A discussion on the word Lamprotine

Baltimore

A list of various transdeletions using the word Baltimore

Words with Element Symbols

Finding words that contain the symbols of the chemical elements

Straight Lines and Curves

Depending on the font used, some letters are composed of only straight lines while others have both curvy and straight. Using Calibri font, the author has searched for the longest words composed entirely of only straight or only curvy letters