quattuordecillion

[kwot-oo-awr-di-sil-yuhn, kwot-yoo-]

quat·tu·or·de·cil·lion

[kwot-oo-awr-di-sil-yuhn, kwot-yoo-] noun, plural quat·tu·or·de·cil·lions, (as after a numeral) quat·tu·or·de·cil·lion, adjective
noun
1.
a cardinal number represented in the U.S. by 1 followed by 45 zeros, and in Great Britain by 1 followed by 84 zeros.
adjective
2.
amounting to one quattuordecillion in number.

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Quattuordecillion has a plethora of syllables.
So is cyclotrimethylenetrinitramine. Does it mean:
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C14H9Cl5, usually derived from chloral by reaction with chlorobenzene in the presence of fuming sulfuric acid: used as an insecticide and as a scabicide and pediculicide: agricultural use prohibited in the U.S.
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble, powerful high explosive, C3H6N6O6, used chiefly in bombs and shells.

Origin:
1900–05; < Latin quattuordec(im) fourteen (see quatorze) + -illion (as in million)

quat·tu·or·de·cil·lionth, adjective, noun
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