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2007-04-15 12:48:01 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference Trivia

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Hippopotomonstrosesquipp-
-edaliaphobia....
...fear of long words.
Isn't that a kick!

2007-04-15 13:03:16 · answer #1 · answered by Ashley 4 · 1 2

the longest word in english is PNEUMONOULTRAMICROSCOPIC - SILICOVOLCANOCONIOSIS, without the hyphen, which is a disease cause by inhaling silica dust.

But the longest word ever in any language is the Greek word
Lopadotemachoselachogaleo - kranioleipsanodrimhypotrim-
matosilphioparaomelitokata- keckechymenokichlepikossy-
phophattoperisteralektryonop - tekephalliokigklopeleiolaoio-
siraibaphetraganopterygon.

again without any of the hyphens. This is actually a word created by a Greek comedic playwright Aristophanes where he simply added all the ingredients together to form a word, in english one would simply say, "Meat Stew"

2007-04-15 19:26:17 · answer #2 · answered by Bigeasy 3 · 1 2

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.

2007-04-15 12:57:56 · answer #3 · answered by iwonder 1 · 2 2

The longest word in English is: antidisestablishmentarianism. There may be medical conditions which are longer, but technically these are usually in Latin, so don't really count.

2007-04-15 21:07:38 · answer #4 · answered by Queen of the Night 4 · 1 1

There is a word in biology that is given to mitochondrial DNA. This word is made up on 207,000 letters. The DNA is made up of 15,900 nucleotides.

2007-04-15 18:51:00 · answer #5 · answered by dkrgrand 6 · 0 2

Constantinople,apparently.

2007-04-15 12:55:31 · answer #6 · answered by LYNDA M 5 · 0 2

for some reason, it seems like everyone is looking for the longest word

the longest word that existed in the world is

Lopadotemachoselachogaleo-
kranioleipsanodrimhypotrim-
matosilphioparaomelitokata-
keckechymenokichlepikossy-
phophattoperisteralektryonop-
tekephalliokigklopeleiolaoio-
siraibaphetraganopterygon

in english translation from old greek, this word means simply,
.....................meat stew

I guarantee you won't find this word in the dictionary

2007-04-15 15:38:41 · answer #7 · answered by lucky2a2004 4 · 0 3

-for a chemical name this one has 1,185 go down to this website and it says under chemical names. its the first one. I tried putting it on but it was to long.
http://www.fun-with-words.com/word_longest.html

-for something in the english language its has 45 letters.
go to the same website.

2007-04-16 13:40:57 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0 1

smiles cuz the s is miles away from the rest of the word!! hahaha. no... the real longest word is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis. damn thats long.

2007-04-15 16:57:08 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0 2

antidisestablishmentarianism.

Or Smiles. There's a mile between the s and the other s. :)

2007-04-15 12:55:56 · answer #10 · answered by The man 7 · 1 2

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