Post a 12 letter word.

[Jara sang]

ARCHITECTURE

[rug]

1. nomenclature

[Deja Q]

2. SUPERDEDUPER

[jobycom]

3. nononononono

absolutelyno

[GoddessOfGuinness]

46. Isn't that an Ann Coulter word?

:puke:

[Mutley]

4. Rationalized.

[billyskank]

33. Superlatives

:hi:

[Mutley]

43. Amelioration.

:hi:

[oberliner]

5. ossification

[oberliner]

6. irregardless

[SOteric]

7. That's not a word.

[oberliner]

12. a non-standard word

Dictionaries all label it as non-standard and note that the preferred word in Standard English is regardless.

[SOteric]

20. You say that like you think it makes it somehow legitimate.

Dictionaries don't consider 'regardless' the preferred word. The consider it the word 'irregardless' is mistakenly trying to emulate.

[billyskank]

34. I wouldn't respect any dictionary that included that 'word'

[SOteric]

8. indemnifying

[SOteric]

9. concatenated

[Xipe Totec]

10. Dodecahedron n/t

[Deja Q]

30. How dare you take this seriously!

:rofl:

A 12 letter word describing a 10 sided object... :cool:

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

11. Compressible

[Catchawave]

13. choreography

[KamaAina]

14. Ho'oponopono

the Native Hawaiian method of conflict resolution.

Note that the 'okina counts as a letter, bringing the total to 12; it represents a "glottal stop", roughly equivalent to the sound native East Coasters put into words like "Tren-in" (the capital of NJ) or "New Bri-in" (the city near Hartford where Stanley tools were made before the era of outsourcing).

[GoddessOfGuinness]

22. I'd like to learn Hawaiian...

It would be a great excuse to visit, and maybe catch a glimpse of an iiwi. :)

[KamaAina]

28. That's i'iwi to you

although older texts tended to omit the 'okina when it fell between two similar vowels, as its presence is implied.

In the meantime, why not holoholo (journey) through the links here:

http://www.webgerman.com/languages/hawaiian.htm

E ola mau ka 'olelo Hawai'i!

[GoddessOfGuinness]

39. Thank you for the link!

I love the depth of the language, the symbolism behind the words and phrases.

I'll enjoy studying this! :hi:

[Jara sang]

31. I've held an I'iwi in my hand.

I did a workshop at Hakalau Nat'l Wildlife Refuge. We were 'mist netting" birds then taking blood samples and measurements. The woman I was working with was doing a study of I'iwi. I like the Akepa as well.


Akepa

[GoddessOfGuinness]

40. How wonderful!

How did you get involved in it? Do you live there?
Here's an i'iwi pic:

[Jara sang]

44. Yes, I live on the Big Island.

I've seen these too.


Apapane


Amakihi


Palila


Elepaio

[GoddessOfGuinness]

45. I read that many of the birds there have beaks that evolved

to take nectar from and pollinate specific flowers.

It must be amazing to live there!

[Jara sang]

47. The 'honey creepers'

Yeah, it's the Lobelia(pictured above with the Amakihi) to which they adapted. The honeycreepers are a real study of what is called 'adaptive radiation' in evolution. They all pretty much adapted from one species of finch which arrived long, long ago. The endemic Hawaiian birds live up above about 3000 feet because of avain malaria introduced through the misquito which was introduced on the ships which started visiting Hawaiian waters in the 1770s.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

48. I had no idea....

Has West Nile has hit the population?

[lumberjack_jeff]

15. nonsensical, uh... (one, two, three...) -y

[KamaAina]

16. Hispanically

:evilgrin:

[Crabby Appleton]

17. Intracranial - nt

[NNadir]

18. Praseodymium and Protactinium.

These are elements number 59 and 91 in the periodic table.

[Crabby Appleton]

19. inadmissible

[Dinger]

21. entertaining (nt)

[GoddessOfGuinness]

23. moonstricken

[Tikki]

24. dehumidifier.....n/t

[Random_Australian]

25. No.

[samplegirl]

26. Rightousness

[billyskank]

41. That's righteousness

/pedant :D

[Crabby Appleton]

27. navigational

[crim son]

29. demonstrative.

coordination.

[graywarrior]

32. waterfowling

Quack

[wovenpaint]

35. loquaciousness

a great word! loquacious...I added the "ness" to make it legal.:D

[catbert836]

36. Chatoyancies

Objects having a changeable luster.

[Arkham House]

37. urbanization

[Onlooker]

38. motherfucker

[Throd]

42. Cuzidonwanna

As in

Evelyn, why didn't you eat your vegetables? "Cuzidonwanna"

[deadparrot]

49. Encyclopedia. nt

[Ghost in the Machine]

50. comprehended

[NMMNG]

51. STEWARDESSES

Not only 12 letters, but also the longest word that is typed entirely with the left hand.

[GaYellowDawg]

52. Disingenuous

..

[Fox Mulder]

53. SKUTTERUDITE

Chemistry: CoAs3, Cobalt Arsenide

Skutterudite is used as a minor ore of cobalt and nickel (contrains trace amounts of Ni).

Edit to add: Skutterudite is my favorite mineral because the name itself is funny to say.

[wildhorses]

54. carbohydrate

[book lady]

55. INTOXICATION

[ForrestGump]

56. Mailbag