2007-03-15 23:56:11 · 7 answers · asked by Yarra 3 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
"Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilico-volcanoconiosis" is the longest word in non-technical English dictionaries, but according to the Oxford English Dictionary, it is a fictitious word created just to claim the title of longest.
The answer really depends on what qualifies as a "word."
For example, chemical names can be thousands of letters long. If you wrote out the name of a DNA molecule, it would be over 1,000,000,000 letters.
2007-03-16 00:08:11 · answer #1 · answered by llosier9 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The longest word in English language is 'SMILES' because there is a mile between the first & the last letters.!!
2007-03-16 07:35:57 · answer #2 · answered by easyrecognition 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Antidisestablishmentarianism
28 letters long, longest word in the english vocabulary.
Definition: Opposition to the withdrawal of state support or recognition from an established church, esp. the Anglican Church in 19th-century England.
Oh and this is just an edit for people using answers in regards to medical diseases, they are not actually valid considering they are conjunctions of many words put in one to describe what it is.
2007-03-16 07:03:47 · answer #3 · answered by Remember The 300 Spartans 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the longest word in the english language is
pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis containing 30 letter word referring to lung disease cause by breathinh in fine silica dust!
2007-03-16 07:10:02 · answer #4 · answered by caloko 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lopadotemachoselacho
galeokranioleipsanodrim
hypotrimmatosilphio
paraomelitokatakechym
enokichlepikossypho
phattoperisteralektryonop
tekephalliokigklopeleio
lagoiosiraiobaphe
traganopterygon,
a word of 183 letters that describes a dish by stringing together its ingredients.
2007-03-16 13:04:17 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
pneumonoÂultraÂmicroÂscopicÂsilicoÂvolcanoÂconiosis
45 letters long
2007-03-16 07:06:10 · answer #6 · answered by J84 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ohmygoodnessididnot knowthat
2007-03-16 09:03:45 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋