Tip: I'm not looking for the most letters!
2006-09-14 04:52:00 · 20 answers · asked by sammi 6 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
S-mile-s
2006-09-14 04:55:03 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
Smiles
cause there is a mile between the last and the first letter
(this is actually a joke)
OR
beleaguered
(league is longer than a mile)
OR
But actually, the longest word accepted is:
Pneumonoultramicroscop...
icsilicovolcanoconiosis
The forty-five letters word the name of a special silicosis caused by ultra-microscopic particles of siliceous volcanic dust! (I went crazy typing it!)
Just remembered
OR
The post office. it has the most letters =)
2006-09-14 18:41:35 · answer #2 · answered by tombraider 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
smiles... there's a mile between the two s's
But if you really want to know it's a 45 letter word:
Pneumonoultramicroscopic-
silicovolcanoconiosis
(it's not hyphonated, the post wasn't showing the full word!!!)
which is "a lung disease caused by the inhalation of very fine silica dust, mostly found in volcanos".
say that 10 times fast...
2006-09-14 06:44:11 · answer #3 · answered by Tamarinda Alexia 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The longest word ever in English language was written by Shakespeare in one of his plays. It is:
Llanfaitpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch
I know it sounds really weird! But it was/is the longest word ever in English language.
2006-09-14 05:20:45 · answer #4 · answered by doglover 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I reckon it's "antidisestablishmentarianism". The other long words I've seen here are related to chemistry and other sciences but this one predates the others.
Meaning: "opposition to the withdrawal of state support or recognition from an established church, esp. the Anglican Church in 19th-century England."
2006-09-14 09:20:28 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
otorhinolaryngological (22 letters),
immunoelectrophoretically (25 letters),
psychophysicotherapeutics (25 letters),
thyroparathyroidectomized (25 letters),
pneumoencephalographically (26 letters),
radioimmunoelectrophoresis (26 letters),
psychoneuroendocrinological (27 letters)
hepaticocholangiogastrostomy (28 letters),
spectrophotofluorometrically (28 letters),
pseudopseudohypoparathyroidism (30 letters).
2006-09-14 05:31:09 · answer #6 · answered by blah blah 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Antidisestablishmentarianism
2006-09-14 05:02:52 · answer #7 · answered by Linda S 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
smiles, as there is a mile in between the first and last letters!
2006-09-14 08:44:02 · answer #8 · answered by addick 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The longest official word ever (1,913 letters) is the term for the formula C1289H2051N343O375S8
Methionylglutaminylarginyltyrosylglutamylserylleucylphenyl-
alanylalanylglutaminylleucyllysylglutamylarginyllysyglutamyl-
gycylalanylphenylalanylvalylprolylphenylalanylvalylthreonyl-
leucylglycylaspartylprolylglycyllisoleucylglutamylglutaminyl-
serylleucyllysylisoleucylaspartylthreonylleucylisoleucyl-
glutamylalanylglycylalanylaspartylalanylleucylglutamylleucyl-
glycylisoleucylprolylphenylalanylserylaspartylprolylleucyl-
alanylaspartylglycylprolylthreonylisoleucylglutaminylasparaginyl-
alanylthreonylleucylarginylalanylphenylalanylalanylalanyl-
glycylvalylthreonylprolylalanylglutaminylcysteinylphenylalanyl-
glutamylmethionylleucylalanylleucylisoleucylarginylglutaminyl-
lysylhistidylprolylthreonylisoleucylprolylisoleucylglycylleucyl-
leucylmethionyltyrosylalanylasparaginylleucylvalylphenylalanyl-
asparaginyllysylglycylisoleucylaspartylglutamylphenylalanyl-
tyrosylalanylglutaminylcysteinylglutamyllysylvalylglycylvalyl-
aspartylsrylvalylleucylvalylalanylaspartylvalylprolylvalyl-
glutaminylglutamylserylalanylprolylphenylalanylarginylglutaminyl-
alanylalanylleucylarginylhistidylasparaginylvalylalanyl-
prolylisoleucylphenylalanylisoleucylcysteinylprolylprolylaspartyl-
alanylaspartylaspartylaspartylleucylleucylarginylglutaminyl-
isoleucylalanylseryltyrosylglycylarginylglycyltyrosylthreonyl-
tyrosylleucylleucylserylarginylalanylglycylvalylthreonylglycyl-
alanylglutamylasparaginylarginylalanylalanylleucylleucyllysyl-
glutamyltyrosylasparaginylalanylalanylprolylprolylleucylglutaminyl-
glycylphenylalanylglysylisoleucylserylalanylprolylaspartylglutaminylvalyllysylalanylalanylisoleucylaspartylalanylglycylalanylalanyl
glycylalanylisoleucylserylglycylserylalanylisoleucylvalyllysylisoleucylisoleucylglutamylglutaminylhistidylasparaginylisoleucylglutamyl
prolylglutamyllysylmethionylleucylalanylalanylleucyllysylvalylphenylalanylvalylglutaminylprolylmethionyllysylalanylalanylthreonylarginylserine.
Absolutely true.
2006-09-14 05:48:28 · answer #9 · answered by whoever 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Floccinaucinihilipilification is the biggest word found in the dictionary.
Just for your knowledge-
1. Effervescence is the only word which has five 'e's.
2. Education is the only word with all the idioms in it.
2006-09-14 05:12:31 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Supercalifragilisticexpialodocious
2006-09-14 04:59:41 · answer #11 · answered by Michael N 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋