2007-09-07 01:26:48 · 17 answers · asked by crawndawford1 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia
Perpetuity (9)
Etiquette (9)
Tweeter (7)
Pirouette (9)
Potpourri (9)
Repertoire (10)
Were the longest words I could think off the top of my head. I shall get back to you if anymore come pop into my brain!
Good question
EDIT!: It's quite amusing that typewriter is one of the long ones!
Perpetuity (10) is the only other ten that I can think of!
2007-09-07 01:40:50 · answer #1 · answered by Spawnee 5 · 4⤊ 0⤋
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.) hepaticocholangiocholecystenterostomie... - 39 (Gould's Medical Dict.) osteoarch?matosplanchnochondroneuromue... 42 (TL Peacock) pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanok... - 45 (longest in OED 2nd ed. & Websters) antipericatametaanaparcircumvolutiorec... - 50 (Rabelais) aequeosalinocalcalinoceraceoaluminosoc... - 52 (Mrs Byrne's Dict.; chem) osseocarnisanguineoviscericartilagnino... - 52 (TL Peacock) bababadalgharaghtakamminarronnkonnbron... hounawnskawntoohoohoordenenthurnuk - 100 (James Joyce) orniscopytheobibliopsychocrystarroscio... oanthropoichthyopyrosiderochpnomyoalectr... crithoaleuroalphitohalomolybdoclerobeloa... essopsephocatoptrotephraoneirochiroonych... ogastrogyrocerobletono?noscapulinaniac - 310 (not a real word - see appendix 2)
2016-04-03 08:34:12 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Typewriter - all along the top row of the keyboard
2007-09-07 01:32:31 · answer #3 · answered by Liggy Lee 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
not sure, each row is different in length, so i say check the top/longest row. i do know that the longest word that can be typed with only the left hand is stewardess.
2007-09-07 04:13:57 · answer #4 · answered by Liberal & Proud! 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Typewriter, i learnt this in college many years ago.
2007-09-07 03:09:43 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i have read the answers but im gonna have a go on my own>>> here i go.....
rewriter, wirewriter, prettyer,poo, writer, quieter,requiet oh damn and balst!! i give up typewriter
2007-09-07 11:48:00 · answer #6 · answered by bemusedconfused 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
typewriter? I did actually know that, but people pipped me to it. Darn.
:p
2007-09-07 01:36:42 · answer #7 · answered by viv 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
there `s an even longer one on the bottom row.
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bees lol
2007-09-07 11:04:21 · answer #8 · answered by HaSiCiT Bust A Tie A1 TieBusters 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Qwertyuiop.
I'm just not sure what it means or what language it's in.
2007-09-07 03:04:48 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
qwertyuiop should be made a word as it's so good!
2007-09-07 11:07:44 · answer #10 · answered by helen p 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋