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That is, if we were to take a look at all languages in the world and throughout history, what would the longest word be? Is it:

"methionylglutaminylarginyltyrosylglutamylserylleucylphenylalanylalanylglutaminylleucyllysylglutamylarginyllysylglutamylglycylalanylphenylalanylvalylprolylphenylalanylyalylthreonylleucylglycylaspartylprolylglycylisoleucylglutamylglutaminylserylleucyllysylisoleucylaspartylthreonylleucylisoleucylglutamylalanylglycylalanylaspartylalanylleucylglutamylleucylglycylisoleucylprolylphenylalanylserylaspartylprolylleucylalanylaspartylglycylprolylthreonylisoleucylglutaminylasparaginylalanylthreonylleucylarginylalanylphenylalanylalanylalanylglycylvalylthreonylprolylalanylglutaminylcysteinylphenylalanylglutamylmethionylleucyalanylleucylisoleucylarginylglutaminyllysylhistidylprolylthreon ylisoleucylprolylisoleucylglycylleucylleucylmethionyltyrosylalanylas paraginylleucylvalylphenylalanylasparaginyllysylglycylisoleuc..."?
see:
http://www.webspinning.com.au/home/lam

2006-11-03 09:12:58 · 16 answers · asked by Michael F 3 in Education & Reference Words & Wordplay

16 answers

45 letter : PNEUMONO­ULTRA­MICRO­SCOPIC­SILICO­VOLCANO­CONIOSIS (also spelled PNEUMONO­ULTRA­MICRO­SCOPIC­SILICO­VOLCANO­KONIOSIS) = a lung disease caused by breathing in particles of siliceous volcanic dust.
This is the longest word in any English dictionary. However, it was coined by Everett Smith, the President of The National Puzzlers' League, in 1935 purely for the purpose of inventing a new "longest word". The Oxford English Dictionary described the word as factitious. Nevertheless it also appears in the Webster's, Random House, and Chambers dictionaries.

Two chemical terms (3,641 and 1,913 letters long) have appeared in the Guinness Book of World Records. They were withdrawn because they have never been used by chemists, and there is no theoretical limit to the length of possible legitimate chemical terms. A DNA molecule could have a name of over 1,000,000,000 letters if it was written out in full.
(1,185) 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.

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2006-11-03 09:28:53 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 5 0

Methionylthreonylthreonyl...isoleucine 189,819 Longest word ever Some professional dictionary writers regard generic names of chemical compounds as verbal formulae rather than as English words Lopado...pterygon 183 Longest word coined by a major author[1] Coined; not in a major dictionary; and a transliteration of a Greek word. Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateapo... 85 Longest officially recognized place name[2] Place name; not in a major dictionary Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoc... 45 Longest word in a major dictionary[3] Technical; coined to be the longest word Pseudopseudohypoparathyroidism 30 Longest non-coined word in a major dictionary[4] Technical Floccinaucinihilipilification 29 Longest nontechnical word Coined Antidisestablishmentarianism 28 Longest non-coined and nontechnical word Honorificabilitudinitatibus 27 Longest word in Shakespeare's works

2016-03-28 05:55:24 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0 0

Chloroflorocarbons

2006-11-03 09:15:16 · answer #3 · answered by GFAD 2 · 0 1

s-2 diisopropylaminethylmethlphosphonothiolate. I memorized this word when I was like 9 years old. It is a very dangerous nerve gas.

2006-11-03 09:18:20 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0 1

I don't know, the longest one I know is
hysterosalpingo-oophorectomy
but I'm sure there's longer, for example chemical's names

2006-11-03 09:26:50 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0 1

Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis

2006-11-03 09:22:07 · answer #6 · answered by Random Person 4 · 1 1

In 2nd grade it was taught as SMILES because there is a MILE between the first and last letters.

2006-11-03 09:16:48 · answer #7 · answered by Rich Z 7 · 1 2

Smiles...it has a mile between the S'...

2006-11-03 09:15:24 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1 2

smile

2006-11-03 09:44:56 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

p n e u m o n o u l t r a m i c r o s c o p i c s i l i c o v o l c a n o c o n i o s i s !!!!!!!

2006-11-03 14:40:13 · answer #10 · answered by DoodleGirl 3 · 1 0

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