2006-09-24 21:18:16 · 24 answers · asked by ssmaran 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
Longest
PNEUMONO ULTRA MICRO SCOPIC SILICO VOLCANO CONIOSIS
2nd longest
HEPA TICO CHOLANGIO CHOLECYSTEN TEROSTOMIES
2006-09-24 21:24:15 · answer #1 · answered by Ash 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends on what you consider to be "in English"...words like "antidisestablishmentarianism" aren't really in common usage, and they're mostly made of up neo-Latin and neo-Greek affixes. Also, there are scientific terms that are even longer that those, but they're mainly known by their abbreviations. In a study down in 1964, the longest of the most frequent 1,000 words in telephone conversation was "administration."
2006-09-25 03:52:26 · answer #2 · answered by Mekamorph 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Antidisestablishmentarianism
2006-09-24 21:29:49 · answer #3 · answered by Sixth Sense 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Antidisestablishmentarianism.
2006-09-24 21:21:08 · answer #4 · answered by Liz H 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
pneumonoÂultra microÂscopicÂsilico volcanoÂconiosis
(yahoo miffs the word up without spaces)
Longest 1 syllable words:
broughams
craunched
quarreled
schlepped
scratched
scraughed
screeched
scrinched
scritched
scrooched
scrounged
scrunched
sprainged
spreathed
squelched
straights
strengths
stretched
throughed
thrutched
Longest words you can type with just 1 hand:
Left:
aftercataracts
tesseradecades
tetrastearates
Right:
hypophyllium
phyllophyllin
(MANY more)
2006-09-24 21:50:12 · answer #5 · answered by raven7night 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ash is all wrong - they are individual words non-hyphenated. Floozy and ready have it right ... Floccinaucinihilipilification - it means 'the act or habit of estimating as worthless'.
2006-09-24 22:32:12 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Smiles, because there's a mile between the S's
2006-09-25 01:48:06 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Smile... There is a "mile" between the first and last letter!
To ixlinhr:
Kudos to you!
Yes, it's obviously missing the last letter, "s", because I did say "MILE" BETWEEN THE FIRST and LAST letter... I didn't say there is a "mil".
waaaaaaaaaaaahhhh! That's what I get for not getting enough sleep! :-(
2006-09-24 21:23:45 · answer #8 · answered by Just Me 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hope some one will answer to this good question and let us wait for some more time
2006-09-24 21:40:49 · answer #9 · answered by king 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try "MethionylÂthreonylÂthreonylÂ. . . isoleucine" (189,819 letters), a chemical also known as Titin.
2006-09-27 13:33:20 · answer #10 · answered by The Doctor 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋