Long ass word of the day #7

Yeomanette: Old term for a female yeoman in the American naval reserve.

Yttriferous: Bearing yttrium.

Zemmiphobia: Fear of the great mole rat.

Zalambdodont: Having molar teeth with V-shaped ridges.

Zeusophobia: Fear of God or gods.

Zenzizenzizenzic: Eighth power of a number.

Zeugmatography: Imaging using nuclear magnetic resonance to study soft tissue.

Zalambdodont: Having molar teeth with V-shaped ridges.

Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis: a lung disease caused by breathing in particles of siliceous volcanic dust.

Antidisestablishmentarianism: a political position that originated in 19th-century Britain in opposition to proposals for the disestablishment of the Church of England, that is, to remove the Anglican Church's status as the state church of England, Ireland and Wales. The word was used by William Gladstone in 1838 in his Church and State, though he changed his position with age, leading to the Irish Church Act 1869 under his administration.

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