The word 'doctor' contains two syllables -- doc-tor. Then there's 'pottery', which contains three (pott-er-y) and 'God', which contains just one. If you still don't know what syllables are, exactly, ...

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This quiz is designed to test your knowledge of some of the longest, twistiest, brain-teasing words in the English language. Some terms come from science, some from philosophy, and others from the ...