2007-02-17 19:00:21 · 5 answers · asked by revilo thgink 3 in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia
well, i don't know if its in the dictionary, but it is the longest word in the English language. don't ask me to remember it all, but it has over 950 letters, and its the scientific name for a certain protein
2007-02-18 04:44:42 · answer #1 · answered by smartbomb314 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
if you just want long words, the usual response is antidisestablishmentarianism, and this can be found in most dictionaries.
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.
2007-02-18 04:33:53 · answer #2 · answered by charmed_meghan 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis
Its supposedly the longest word in a dictionary, an artificial word said to mean a lung disease caused by the inhalation of silica dust
2007-02-18 02:02:24 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis
2007-02-17 19:07:06 · answer #4 · answered by wanna_be_md 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
pneumonoÂultraÂmicroÂscopicÂsilicoÂvolcanoÂconiosis (45 letters)
2007-02-18 01:29:36 · answer #5 · answered by Colleen Ann 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋