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2007-08-24 18:38:29 · 9 answers · asked by jellybuub! 1 in Science & Mathematics Other - Science

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The longest word in any of the major English language dictionaries is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis,
a 45-letter word which refers to a lung disease contracted from the inhalation of very fine Silicon dioxide particles specifically from a volcano.

2007-08-24 19:30:26 · answer #1 · answered by foxy_cute 4 · 0 0

The longest non-technical English word is antidisestablishmentarianism.

2007-08-24 18:49:43 · answer #2 · answered by PaulCyp 7 · 1 0

antidisestablishmentarianism is the longest word in English.

there is a welsh village in anglesea with a massive name - Llanfair PG for short

2007-08-25 00:15:15 · answer #3 · answered by rosie recipe 7 · 0 0

antidisestablishmentarianism

refers to the opponents of a movement to change the Church's status in England in the 19th century

2007-08-28 02:22:05 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

The longest word I know of is:
LLANFAIRPWLLGWYNGYLLGOGERYCHWYRNDROBWLLLLANTYSYLIOGOGOGOCH
This is the name of a village in Wales and the name means:
St. Mary's (Church) by the white aspen over the Whirlpool and St. Tysilio's (Church) by the red cave.

2007-08-24 18:58:52 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

the world's longest word is:
ACETYL­SERYL­TYROSYL­SERYL­ISO­LEUCYL­THREONY-
L­SERYL­PROLYL­SERYL­GLUTAMINYL-
­PHENYL­ALANYL­VALYL­PHENYL­ALANYL­LEUCYL-
­SERYL­SERYL­VALYL­TRYPTOPHYL­ALANYL­AS-
PARTYL­PROLYL­ISOLEUCYL­GLUTAMYL­LEUCYL­LEUCY-
L­ASPARAGINYL­VALYL­CYSTEINYL­THREONYL­SERYL-
­SERYL­LEUCYL­GLYCYL­ASPARAGINYL­GLUTAMINYL-
­PHENYL­ALANYL­GLUTAMINYL-
­THREONYL­GLUTAMINYL­GLUTAMINYL­ALANY-
L­ARGINYL­THREONYL­THREONYL­GLUTAMINY-
L­VALYL­GLUTAMINYL­GLUTAMINYL­PHENYL­ALANYL-
­SERYL­GLUTAMINYL­VALYL­TRYPTOPHYL­LYSYL­PROLY-
L­PHENYL­ALANYL­PROLYL­GLUTAMINYL­SERYL-
­THREONYL­VALYL­ARGINYL­PHENYL­ALANYL-
­PROLYL­GLYCYL­ASPARTYL­VALYL­TYROSYL­LY-
SYL­VALYL­TYROSYL­ARGINYL­TYROSYL­AS-
PARAGINYL­ALANYL­VALYL­LEUCYL­AS-
PARTYL­PROLYL­LEUCYL­ISOLEUCYL-
­THREONYL­ALANYL­LEUCYL­LEUCYL­GLYCYL-
­THREONYL­PHENYL­ALANYL­ASPARTYL-
­THREONYL­ARGINYL­ASPARAGINY-
L­ARGINYL­ISOLEUCYL­ISOLEUCYL­GLUTAMYL-
­VALYL­GLUTAMYL­ASPARAGINYL­GLUTAMINYL-
­GLUTAMINYL­SERYL­PROLYL­THREONYL-
­THREONYL­ALANYL­GLUTAMYL­THREONYL-
­LEUCYL­ASPARTYL­ALANYL­THREONYL­ARGINY-
L­ARGINYL­VALYL­ASPARTYL­ASPARTYL­ALANYL-
­THREONYL­VALYL­ALANYL­ISOLEUCYL­ARGINYL-
­SERYL­ALANYL­ASPARAGINYL­ISOLEUCYL­AS-
PARAGINYL­LEUCYL­VALYL­ASPARAGINYL-
­GLUTAMYL­LEUCYL­VALYL­ARGINYL­GLYCYL-
­THREONYL­GLYCYL­LEUCYL­TYROSYL­ASPARAGINYL-
­GLUTAMINYL­ASPARAGINYL­THREONYL­PHENYL­ALANYL-
­GLUTAMYL­SERYL­METHIONYL­SERYL­GLYCYL­LEUCYL-
­VALYL­TRYPTOPHYL­THREONYL­SERYL­ALANYL-
­PROLYL­ALANYL­SERINE

this is a 1 185 letter long word which is a Tobacco Mosaic Virus, Dahlemense Strain.

long huh?

2007-08-24 19:57:33 · answer #6 · answered by Tsuki Takano 2 · 0 0

pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis

2007-08-25 01:07:45 · answer #7 · answered by jayvee_1018 2 · 0 0

smiles
s...mile....s

2007-08-25 00:44:01 · answer #8 · answered by aphro 2 · 0 0

ACETYL­SERYL­TYROSYL­SERYL­ISO­LEUCYL­THREONYL­SERYL­PROLYL­SERYL­GLUTAMINYL­PHENYL­ALANYL­VALYL­PHENYL­ALANYL­LEUCYL­SERYL­SERYL­VALYL­TRYPTOPHYL­ALANYL­ASPARTYL­PROLYL­ISOLEUCYL­GLUTAMYL­LEUCYL­LEUCYL­ASPARAGINYL­VALYL­CYSTEINYL­THREONYL­SERYL­SERYL­LEUCYL­GLYCYL­ASPARAGINYL­GLUTAMINYL­PHENYL­ALANYL­GLUTAMINYL­THREONYL­GLUTAMINYL­GLUTAMINYL­ALANYL­ARGINYL­THREONYL­THREONYL­GLUTAMINYL­VALYL­GLUTAMINYL­GLUTAMINYL­PHENYL­ALANYL­SERYL­GLUTAMINYL­VALYL­TRYPTOPHYL­LYSYL­PROLYL­PHENYL­ALANYL­PROLYL­GLUTAMINYL­SERYL­THREONYL­VALYL­ARGINYL­PHENYL­ALANYL­PROLYL­GLYCYL­ASPARTYL­VALYL­TYROSYL­LYSYL­VALYL­TYROSYL­ARGINYL­TYROSYL­ASPARAGINYL­ALANYL­VALYL­LEUCYL­ASPARTYL­PROLYL­LEUCYL­ISOLEUCYL­THREONYL­ALANYL­LEUCYL­LEUCYL­GLYCYL­THREONYL­PHENYL­ALANYL­ASPARTYL­THREONYL­ARGINYL­ASPARAGINYL­ARGINYL­ISOLEUCYL­ISOLEUCYL­GLUTAMYL­VALYL­GLUTAMYL­ASPARAGINYL­GLUTAMINYL­GLUTAMINYL­SERYL­PROLYL­THREONYL­THREONYL­ALANYL­GLUTAMYL­THREONYL­LEUCYL­ASPARTYL­ALANYL­THREONYL­ARGINYL­ARGINYL­VALYL­ASPARTYL­ASPARTYL­ALANYL­THREONYL­VALYL­ALANYL­ISOLEUCYL­ARGINYL­SERYL­ALANYL­ASPARAGINYL­ISOLEUCYL­ASPARAGINYL­LEUCYL­VALYL­ASPARAGINYL­GLUTAMYL­LEUCYL­VALYL­ARGINYL­GLYCYL­THREONYL­GLYCYL­LEUCYL­TYROSYL­ASPARAGINYL­GLUTAMINYL­ASPARAGINYL­THREONYL­PHENYL­ALANYL­GLUTAMYL­SERYL­METHIONYL­SERYL­GLYCYL­LEUCYL­VALYL­TRYPTOPHYL­THREONYL­SERYL­ALANYL­PROLYL­ALANYL­SERINE = tobacco mosaic virus

2007-08-24 19:01:09 · answer #9 · answered by lvchic_702 4 · 0 1

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