pneumonoult ramicroscopicsilicov olcanoconiosis, is the longest word. Tricked me!
2007-03-31 17:39:49
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answered by RiverGirl 7
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Llanfairpwllgwyngyll - 20 (longest place name; Welsh)
humuhumunukunukuapuaa - 21
dihydroxyphenylalanine - 22
hexamethylenetetramine - 22
pseudomonocotyledonous - 22
honorificabilitudinity - 22
interdenominationalism - 22
gynotikolobomassophile - 22
bathysiderodromophobia - 22
dichlorodifluoromethane - 23
polytetrafluoroethylene - 23
quasihemidemisemiquaver - 23
inanthropomorphisability - 24
sphragidonychargokometes - 24 (Ancient Greek)
pseudorhombicuboctahedron - 25
honorificabilitudintatibus - 26 (longest in Shakespeare)
antidisestablishmentarianism - 28
tetramethyldiamidobenzhydrols - 29
floccinaucinihilipilification - 29 (longest in OED 1st ed.)
hippopotomonstrosesquipedalian - 30 (Mrs Byrne's Dict.)
dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane - 31 (longest in Macquarie Dict.)
praetertranssubstantionalistically - 34 (M McShane)
supercalifragilisticexpialidocious - 34
necropurogeohydrocheirocoscinomancy - 35 (Thomas Tomkis)
cholangiocholecystocholedochectomies - 36 (Mrs Byrne's Dict.)
hepaticocholangiocholecystenterostomies - 39 (Gould's Medical Dict.)
osteoarch?matosplanchnochondroneuromuelous- 42 (TL Peacock)
pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanokoniosis - 45 (longest in OED 2nd ed. & Websters)
antipericatametaanaparcircumvolutiorectumgustpoops - 50 (Rabelais)
aequeosalinocalcalinoceraceoaluminosocupreovitriolic - 52 (Mrs Byrne's Dict.; chem)
osseocarnisanguineoviscericartilagninonervomedullary - 52 (TL Peacock)
bababadalgharaghtakamminarronnkonnbronntonnerronntuonnthunntrovarr hounawnskawntoohoohoordenenthurnuk - 100 (James Joyce)
orniscopytheobibliopsychocrystarroscioaerogenethliometeoroaustrohier oanthropoichthyopyrosiderochpnomyoalectryoophiobotanopegohydrorhabdo crithoaleuroalphitohalomolybdoclerobeloaxinocoscinodactyliogeolithop essopsephocatoptrotephraoneirochiroonychodactyloarithstichooxogelosc ogastrogyrocerobletono?noscapulinaniac
- 310 (not a real word - see appendix 2)
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- 1,185 (chem. in Mrs Byrne's Dict. See appendix 2)
methionylglutaminylarginyltyrosylglutamylserylleucylphenylalanylalan ylglutaminylleucyllysylglutamylarginyllysylglutamylglycylalanylpheny lalanylvalylprolylphenylalanylyalylthreonylleucylglycylaspartylproly lglycylisoleucylglutamylglutaminylserylleucyllysylisoleucylaspartylt hreonylleucylisoleucylglutamylalanylglycylalanylaspartylalanylleucyl glutamylleucylglycylisoleucylprolylphenylalanylserylaspartylprolylle ucylalanylaspartylglycylprolylthreonylisoleucylglutaminylasparaginyl alanylthreonylleucylarginylalanylphenylalanylalanylalanylglycylvalyl threonylprolylalanylglutaminylcysteinylphenylalanylglutamylmethionyl leucyalanylleucylisoleucylarginylglutaminyllysylhistidylprolylthreon ylisoleucylprolylisoleucylglycylleucylleucylmethionyltyrosylalanylas paraginylleucylvalylphenylalanylasparaginyllysylglycylisoleucylaspar tylglutamylphenylalanyltyrosylalanylglutaminylcysteinylglutamyllysyl valylglycylvalylaspartylserylvalylleucylvalylalanylaspartylvalylprol ylvalylglutaminylglutamylserylalanylprolylphenylalanylarginylglutami nylalanylalanylleucylarginylhistidylasparaginylvalylalanylprolylisol eucylphenylalanylisoleucylcysteinylprolylprolylaspartylalanylasparty laspartylaspartylleucylleucylarginylglutaminylisoleucylalanylserylty rosylglycylarginylglycyltyrosylthreonyltyrosylleucylleucylserylargin ylalanylglycylvalylthreonylglycylalanylglutamylasparaginylarginylala nylalanylleucylprolylleucylasparaginylhistidylleucylvalylalanyllysyl leucyllysylglutamyltyrosylasparaginylalanylalanylprolylprolylleucylg lutaminylglycylphenylalanylglycylisoleucylserylalanylprolylaspartylg lutaminylvalyllysylalanylalanylisoleucylaspartylalanylglycylalanylal anylglycylalanylisoleucylserylglycylserylalanylisoleucylvalyllysylis oleucylisoleucylglutamylglutaminylhistidylasparaginylisoleucylglutam ylprolylglutamyllysylmethionylleucylalanylalanylleucyllysylvalylphen ylalanylvalylglutaminylprolylmethionyllysylalanylalanylthreonylargin ylserine
- 1,913 (chem. in Mrs Byrne's Dict. See appendix 2)
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Appendix 1
The longest headwords from the Macquarie Dictionary second edition
dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane - 31
antidisestablishmentarianism - 28
antidisestablishmentarian - 25
dichlorodifluoromethane - 23
polytetrafluoroethylene - 23
dihydroxyphenylalanine - 22
hexamethylenetetramine - 22
overcommercialisation - 21
disestablishmentarian - 21
audiomagnetotellurics - 21
electroencephalograph - 21
overindustrialisation - 21
trichloronitromethane - 21
hydrodesulphurisation - 21 (1st ed. - respelled with 'f' in 2nd ed.)
uncharacteristically - 20
counterdemonstration - 20
electroencephalogram - 20
hydrodesulfurisation - 20 (2nd ed. spelling)
Llanfairpwllgwyngyll - 20 (Welsh place name)
magnetohydrodynamics - 20
microminiaturisation - 20
tetrahydrocannabinol - 20
tetraiodofluorescein - 20
antinationalisation - 19
self-dissatisfaction - 19
unconscientiousness - 19
unselfconsciousness - 19
2007-03-31 17:41:02
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answered by Anonymous
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There is none longer than: 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.
2007-03-31 17:43:35
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answered by jabegall 3
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Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg, MA
(45 letters) It's a town in Massachusetts!
2007-03-31 17:44:00
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answered by Anonymous
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you know that nobody will beat you because that is the longest word in the english language. don't be a tease
2007-03-31 17:42:14
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answer #5
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answered by Anonymous
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Wow 26 letters in one word!
Yup for example- 999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999
999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999?
Hahah! See i beat u! In numerals term?
2007-03-31 17:44:29
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answered by Anonymous
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Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateapokaiwhenuakitanatahu
A hill in southern New Zealand!
2007-03-31 17:42:36
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answered by Bogut_Fan 3
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Since you listed the longest one in the dictionary, I guess you'll probably be keeping those 10 points.
You know what they say. "Why use a big word when you can use a diminutive one."
2007-03-31 17:40:20
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answered by Scotch Tape 5
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pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis is the longest word in any English dictionary in print I believe.
2007-03-31 17:42:13
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answered by Eisbär 7
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I often misspell 3 letter words
2007-03-31 17:41:25
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answered by done 4
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