antidisestablishmentarianism
2006-08-16 02:45:25 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis
45 letters long ! :)
2006-08-16 02:52:30 · answer #1 · answered by efor1124 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Longest disease is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanokoniosis, 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.
The longest town in the United Kingdom is in Wales. It is:
Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch
However, the longest official word ever (1,913 letters) is the term for the formula C1289H2051N343O375S8
And it is spelled:
Methionylglutaminylarginyltyrosylglutamylserylleucylphenylalanylalanylglutaminylleucyllysylgl
utamylarginyllysyglutamylgycylalanylphenylalanylvalylprolylphenylalanylvalylthreonylleucylgl
ycylaspartylprolylglycyllisoleucylglutamylglutaminylserylleucyllysylisoleucylaspartylthreonylleu
cylisoleucylglutamylalanylglycylalanylaspartylalanylleucylglutamylleucylglycylisoleucylprolylph
enylalanylserylaspartylprolylleucylalanylaspartylglycylprolylthreonylisoleucylglutaminylaspara
ginylalanylthreonylleucylarginylalanylphenylalanylalanylalanylglycylvalylthreonylprolylalanylgl
utaminylcysteinylphenylalanylglutamylmethionylleucylalanylleucylisoleucylarginylglutaminyllys
ylhistidylprolylthreonylisoleucylprolylisoleucylglycylleucylleucylmethionyltyrosylalanlylasparagi
nylleucylvalylphenylalanylasparaginyllysylglycylisoleucylaspartylglutamylphenylalanyltyrosylal
anylglutaminylcysteinylglutamyllysylvalylglycylvalylaspartylsrylvalylleucylvalylalanylaspartylv
alylprolylvalylglutaminylglutamylserylalanylprolylphenylalanylarginylglutaminylalanylalanylleu
cylarginylhistidylasparaginylvalylalanylprolylisoleucylphenylalanylisoleucylcysteinylprolylprolyl
aspartylalanylaspartylaspartylaspartylleucylleucylarginylglutaminylisoleucylalanylseryltyrosylg
lycylarginylglycyltyrosylthreonyltyrosylleucylleucylserylarginylalanylglycylvalylthreonylglycylal
anylglutamylasparaginylarginylalanylalanylleucylleucyllysylglutamyltyrosylasparaginylalanylal
anylprolylprolylleucylglutaminylglycylphenylalanylglysylisoleucylserylalanylprolylaspartylgluta
minylvalyllysylalanylalanylisoleucylaspartylalanylglycylalanylalanylglycylalanylisoleucylserylgl
ycylserylalanylisoleucylvalyllysylisoleucylisoleucylglutamylglutaminylhistidylasparaginylisoleuc
ylglutamylprolylglutamyllysylmethionylleucylalanylalanylleucyllysylvalylphenylalanylvalylgluta
minylprolylmethionyllysylalanylalanylthreonylarginylserine
The longest word in the English dictionary is Pneumonoultramicroscopicslilcovolcanokoniosis
2006-08-16 02:58:05 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have also been told that antidisestablishmentarianism is the longest. For those who don't know:
antidisestablishmentarianism: A political philosophy opposed to the separation of church and state, esp. opponents in 19th century England against separating the Anglican church from the state.
2006-08-16 02:54:16 · answer #3 · answered by jthompson010 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The longest word in the dictionary is "Smiles."
I mean, there's a mile between the Ss.
2006-08-16 03:46:45 · answer #4 · answered by Rev Kev 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
That's the one.
2006-08-16 02:52:55 · answer #5 · answered by sugarbabe180 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My former teacher told me it was pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis. (45 letters)
I looked it up. apparently it IS the longest word.
PNEUMONOULTRAMICROSCOPICSILICOVOLCANOCONIOSIS
2006-08-16 02:54:02 · answer #6 · answered by ATWolf 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
super-cala-fraga-listic-expe-alla-dotious
2006-08-16 02:51:05 · answer #7 · answered by yankee gal 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
that's it
2006-08-19 10:25:27 · answer #8 · answered by nikkinat 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no idea.
2006-08-16 02:50:46 · answer #9 · answered by silentlove 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋