English language trivia

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ENGLISH LANGUAGE TRIVIA

SCREECHED The longest one syllable word.

TREMENDOUS, HORRENDOUS, STUPENDOUS, and HAZARDOUS The only four words in the English language which end in "dous“.

DREAMT The only word that ends in”mt”.

STEWARDESSES The longest word typed with only the left hand.

I AM. GO. Are the shortest complete sentence in the English language.

UNCOPYRIGHTABLE The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter.

LETHOLOGICA This word describes the state of not being able to remember the word you want. 

TYPEWRITER The longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row of the keyboard.

RACECAR and KAYAK Words that are the same whether they are read to right or right to left.

EPITHALAMIUM A poem written to celebrate a wedding.

BALLISTICS Science that deals with the motion of projectiles.

RHYTHMS The longest English word without a normal vowel.

ULTIMATE The last thing to happen.

PENULTIMATE The next-to-last thing happen.

ANTEPENULTIMATE The third from last thing to happen.

AGLETS The plastic thing at the end of shoelaces.

PHILTRUM The two lines that connect your top lip to the bottom of your nose

KARATE Means “empty hand”
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