A rest from Word Association

[Andrew MacLean]

It's pretty easy:

Over - numerous - ness - es

Overnumerousnesses, eighteen letters long, is the longest English word that consists of only letters that lack ascenders, descenders, and dots in lower case. Overnervousnesses is seventeen letters. Sixteen letter words with this property include curvaceousnesses and overnumerousness. Fifteen letter words with this property include erroneousnesses, nonconcurrences, overnervousness, and verrucosenesses.

don't you love it!

[Eddie S]

To quote Ronnie Barker "thats easy for you to say"

[Steven Williams]

AEGILOPS

Well done Emma

According to the Quiz master the correct answer was "almost" which I thought was too short and is shorter than your word.

Couldnt find AEGILOPS in my Collins english dictionary though!

What does it mean or is it the name of something

You learn something new everyday

[Andrew MacLean]

Aegilops is a genus of plant, generally known as Goat grasses belonging to the family Poaceae. There are about 23 species and numerous sub species in the family og grasses.

Encyclopedia Brtitanica says

"... genus of grasses (order Cyperales) that has become an agricultural contaminant. Members of the genus grow with wheat, mature at the same time, and, unless care is taken, are harvested along with it. One Aegilops species was an ancestor of bread wheat. Its origin was in southeastern Turkey, northern Iraq, and western Iran."