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thalassography

[thal-uh-sog-ruh-fee]

thal·as·sog·ra·phy

[thal-uh-sog-ruh-fee]
noun
oceanography, especially that branch dealing with smaller bodies of water, as bays, sounds, and gulfs.

Origin:
1885–90; thalasso- + -graphy

thal·as·sog·ra·pher, noun
tha·las·so·graph·ic [thuh-las-uh-graf-ik] , tha·las·so·graph·i·cal, adjective
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Thalassography has a plethora of syllables.
So is dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane. Does it mean:
(used as a nonsense word by children to express approval or to represent the longest word in English.)
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.
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