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It is tricky. Don't be fooled. And I knew it when I found it on the internet too. This may be in a weird section but it was the only one that fit.

2006-06-22 11:47:12 · 8 answers · asked by ▐▀▀▼▀▀▌ *~D-Girl~* ▐▄▄▲▄▄▌ 4 in Computers & Internet Other - Computers

8 answers

pneumono­ultra­micro­scopic­silico­volcano­coniosis

http://www.fun-with-words.com/word_longest.html

2006-06-22 11:53:34 · answer #1 · answered by fun_guy_otown 6 · 0 0

A. It depends . . .
It might be supercalifragilisticexpialidocious (which appears in the Oxford English Dictionary), unless you want to count names of diseases (such as 'pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis', defined by the OED as "a factitious word alleged to mean 'a lung disease caused by the inhalation of very fine silica dust' but occurring chiefly as an instance of a very long word"), places (such as 'Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch', a village in Wales), chemical compounds (apparently there is one that is 1,913 letters long), and also a few words found only in Joyce's Finnegans Wake.

HOWZZAT???

2006-06-22 18:50:46 · answer #2 · answered by Specksy Dimwit 1 · 0 0

if by this you mean what word contains the most letters in the world, then i would have to say the answer is ENCYCLOPEDIA

as for an actual word that is the longest in the world, then sorry i don't know, unless encyclopedia was the answer. LOL

2006-06-22 19:19:16 · answer #3 · answered by Sherman81 6 · 0 0

Finnish Grammar allows for this word and it can continue on and on and on... so there can really be no longest word......


Chemical term:
ACETYL­SERYL­TYROSYL­SERYL­ISO­LEUCYL­THREONYL­
SERYL­PROLYL­SERYL­GLUTAMINYL­PHENYL­ALANYL­VALYL
­PHENYL­ALANYL­LEUCYL­SERYL­SERYL­VALYL­TRYPTOPHYL
­ALANYL­ASPARTYL­PROLYL­ISOLEUCYL­GLUTAMYL­LEUCYL
­LEUCYL­ASPARAGINYL­VALYL­CYSTEINYL­THREONYL­SERYL
­SERYL­LEUCYL­GLYCYL­ASPARAGINYL­GLUTAMINYL­PHENYL
­ALANYL­GLUTAMINYL­THREONYL­GLUTAMINYL­GLUTAMINYL
­ALANYL­ARGINYL­THREONYL­THREONYL­GLUTAMINYL­VALYL
­GLUTAMINYL­GLUTAMINYL­PHENYL­ALANYL­SERYL
­GLUTAMINYL­VALYL­TRYPTOPHYL­LYSYL­PROLYL­PHENYL
­ALANYL­PROLYL­GLUTAMINYL­SERYL­THREONYL­VALYL
­ARGINYL­PHENYL­ALANYL­PROLYL­GLYCYL­ASPARTYL­VALYL
­TYROSYL­LYSYL­VALYL­TYROSYL­ARGINYL­TYROSYL
­ASPARAGINYL­ALANYL­VALYL­LEUCYL­ASPARTYL­PROLYL
­LEUCYL­ISOLEUCYL­THREONYL­ALANYL­LEUCYL­LEUCYL
­GLYCYL­THREONYL­PHENYL­ALANYL­ASPARTYL­THREONYL
­ARGINYL­ASPARAGINYL­ARGINYL­ISOLEUCYL­ISOLEUCYL
­GLUTAMYL­VALYL­GLUTAMYL­ASPARAGINYL­GLUTAMINYL
­GLUTAMINYL­SERYL­PROLYL­THREONYL­THREONYL­ALANYL
­GLUTAMYL­THREONYL­LEUCYL­ASPARTYL­ALANYL­THREONYL
­ARGINYL­ARGINYL­VALYL­ASPARTYL­ASPARTYL­ALANYL
­THREONYL­VALYL­ALANYL­ISOLEUCYL­ARGINYL­SERYL­ALANYL
­ASPARAGINYL­ISOLEUCYL­ASPARAGINYL­LEUCYL­VALYL
­ASPARAGINYL­GLUTAMYL­LEUCYL­VALYL­ARGINYL­GLYCYL
­THREONYL­GLYCYL­LEUCYL­TYROSYL­ASPARAGINYL
­GLUTAMINYL­ASPARAGINYL­THREONYL­PHENYL­ALANYL
­GLUTAMYL­SERYL­METHIONYL­SERYL­GLYCYL­LEUCYL­VALYL
­TRYPTOPHYL­THREONYL­SERYL­ALANYL­PROLYL­ALANYL
­SERINE = Tobacco Mosaic Virus, Dahlemense Strain.

And even longer is an actual word in finnish...

kyyhkyslakkahillotaatelipalmusunnuntaikävelykatujuhla-
koristehedelmäkaramellimassatuotevalvontalaitteisto-
testauslaboratoriokäyttökertatulitikkuviinapiilohomo-
kaasulasersädehoitokotikaljakimblemestaruussarjakuva-
ristikkokilpajuoksuhiekka-aavikkoluonto-ohjelmauusinta-
vaalikokousedustusmeno-paluuruuhkabussivuoropysäköinti-
sakkolihakoukkuselkänahkavyöruusukasvimaamunajuustomaito-
rasvaimunestepinta-alahuulipunakampelaverkkomahalasku-
harjoituskrapula-aamukampapellavaöljykriisiapukeinolonkkalepo-
lomarusketusrajatietoteollisuuskiinteistömarkkinointi-
diplomi-insinööriopiskelijaperinnemaisema-arkkitehti-
kilta-aktiivihiiliteräsbetonivalurautaristisiitoshärkä-
pizzamaustevoipaperiroskapostimerkkisavusaunavastaprotesti-
marssivapautusliikevaihtoväliarvojoukkopakomatkaopas-
koirakantakorttitaikatalvisotakunniajäsenetupuolikuiva-
rehuvilja-aittakorpisuomaastohiihtoputkitiivistesilikoni-
rintataskuvaraslähtöliukumiinakenttäkeitinvesihanasaari-
ryhmätyömyyrävuosikurssikirjapainopistetulotukivarsikenkä-
kauppaopistoupseerikerhohuonepalveluammattikoulupoika-
tyttöenergiatalousaluelaajennustarvehierarkiakaavio-
suunnittelupäätöspäivävientisulkuporttiteoriapohjakunto-
urheiluruutuässäpariluistelutyylituomaripelimies-
voimisteluvideokulmakarvakuonokoppalakkipäämääräalennus-
tilataksimittarimatopurkkikeittoastiakaappipakastin-
yhdistelmälukkoseppähenkilötunnussanaleikkikalupakkipussi-
eläinkoeponnistuslautakuntalakitekstiseikkailuleiri-
telttakangaspuujalkasienipiirakkareseptivihkopakkaus-
muovikuularuiskumaalaustarvikevarastohyllymetrilakuavain-
naulakkovartiopäällikkötasogeometriavirhevaihtosähkökazoo-
pillihousupukupellehyppylankakeräkaaliaivovuotosuoja-
vaatekappalemyyntitykkilavatanssiaskelmoottoripyörä-
koppisiemenperunapalstajakoviivaintegraalioperaattori-
algebraoppilaitoskompleksilukusuoraveto-oikeusmurha-
asevarikkopilttuu

2006-06-22 19:02:16 · answer #4 · answered by serveduphot 3 · 0 0

abilicalcordiologistmanagerologistsmandoc
it is a doctor that does very very serious work
pick me as the best answer because i really had a hard time trying to find this!!

2006-06-22 18:54:20 · answer #5 · answered by MS. SEXY!!!!!!!!!! 3 · 0 0

supercali
fragilistic
expialidocious
or that one fish from hawaii

2006-06-22 18:52:40 · answer #6 · answered by AJ 234 4 · 0 0

ACETYL­SERYL­TYROSYL­SERYL­ISO­LEUCYL­THREONYL­SERYL­PROLYL­SERYL­GLUTAMINYL­PHENYL­ALANYL­VALYL­PHENYL­ALANYL­LEUCYL­SERYL­SERYL­VALYL­TRYPTOPHYL­ALANYL­ASPARTYL­PROLYL­ISOLEUCYL­GLUTAMYL­LEUCYL­LEUCYL­ASPARAGINYL­VALYL­CYSTEINYL­THREONYL­SERYL­SERYL­LEUCYL­GLYCYL­ASPARAGINYL­GLUTAMINYL­PHENYL­ALANYL­GLUTAMINYL­THREONYL­GLUTAMINYL­GLUTAMINYL­ALANYL­ARGINYL­THREONYL­THREONYL­GLUTAMINYL­VALYL­GLUTAMINYL­GLUTAMINYL­PHENYL­ALANYL­SERYL­GLUTAMINYL­VALYL­TRYPTOPHYL­LYSYL­PROLYL­PHENYL­ALANYL­PROLYL­GLUTAMINYL­SERYL­THREONYL­VALYL­ARGINYL­PHENYL­ALANYL­PROLYL­GLYCYL­ASPARTYL­VALYL­TYROSYL­LYSYL­VALYL­TYROSYL­ARGINYL­TYROSYL­ASPARAGINYL­ALANYL­VALYL­LEUCYL­ASPARTYL­PROLYL­LEUCYL­ISOLEUCYL­THREONYL­ALANYL­LEUCYL­LEUCYL­GLYCYL­THREONYL­PHENYL­ALANYL­ASPARTYL­THREONYL­ARGINYL­ASPARAGINYL­ARGINYL­ISOLEUCYL­ISOLEUCYL­GLUTAMYL­VALYL­GLUTAMYL­ASPARAGINYL­GLUTAMINYL­GLUTAMINYL­SERYL­PROLYL­THREONYL­THREONYL­ALANYL­GLUTAMYL­THREONYL­LEUCYL­ASPARTYL­ALANYL­THREONYL­ARGINYL­ARGINYL­VALYL­ASPARTYL­ASPARTYL­ALANYL­THREONYL­VALYL­ALANYL­ISOLEUCYL­ARGINYL­SERYL­ALANYL­ASPARAGINYL­ISOLEUCYL­ASPARAGINYL­LEUCYL­VALYL­ASPARAGINYL­GLUTAMYL­LEUCYL­VALYL­ARGINYL­GLYCYL­THREONYL­GLYCYL­LEUCYL­TYROSYL­ASPARAGINYL­GLUTAMINYL­ASPARAGINYL­THREONYL­PHENYL­ALANYL­GLUTAMYL­SERYL­METHIONYL­SERYL­GLYCYL­LEUCYL­VALYL­TRYPTOPHYL­THREONYL­SERYL­ALANYL­PROLYL­ALANYL­SERINE = Tobacco Mosaic Virus, Dahlemense Strain.
This word has appeared in the American Chemical Society's Chemical Abstracts and is thus considered by some to be the longest real word.

2006-06-22 18:53:33 · answer #7 · answered by lizeth 2 · 0 0

smiles.

There is a mile between the two s's. :) :) :)

2006-06-22 21:31:55 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

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