This 1185-letter "word" is the chemical name for "Coat Protein, Tobacco Mosaic Virus, Dahlemense Strain". It is supposedly the longest word in the English language.
The term was published in the American Chemical Society's Chemical Abstracts in 1972, and is considered by some to be the longest real word. It does hold the record for the longest word published in an English language publication in a serious context — that is, for some reason other than to publish a very long word.
In its complete form, the 1185-letter word is:
acetylseryltyrosylserylisoleucylthreonylserylprolylserylglutaminyl-
phenylalanylvalylphenylalanylleucylserylserylvalyltryptophylalanyl-
aspartylprolylisoleucylglutamylleucylleucylasparaginylvalylcysteinyl-
threonylserylserylleucylglycylasparaginylglutaminylphenylalanyl-
glutaminylthreonylglutaminylglutaminylalanylarginylthreonylthreonyl-
glutaminylvalylglutaminylglutaminylphenylalanylserylglutaminylvalyl-
tryptophyllysylprolylphenylalanylprolylglutaminylserylthreonylvalyl-
arginylphenylalanylprolylglycylaspartylvalyltyrosyllysylvalyltyrosyl-
arginyltyrosylasparaginylalanylvalylleucylaspartylprolylleucylisoleucyl-
threonylalanylleucylleucylglycylthreonylphenylalanylaspartylthreonyl-
arginylasparaginylarginylisoleucylisoleucylglutamylvalylglutamyl-
asparaginylglutaminylglutaminylserylprolylthreonylthreonylalanylglutamyl-
threonylleucylaspartylalanylthreonylarginylarginylvalylaspartylaspartyl-
alanylthreonylvalylalanylisoleucylarginylserylalanylasparaginylisoleucyl-
asparaginylleucylvalylasparaginylglutamylleucylvalylarginylglycyl-
threonylglycylleucyltyrosylasparaginylglutaminylasparaginylthreonyl-
phenylalanylglutamylserylmethionylserylglycylleucylvalyltryptophyl-
threonylserylalanylprolylalanylserine
The letter combination yl appears in the word 166 times.
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2007-09-08 04:15:30
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answered by mcznoa23 1
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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. Research has discovered that this word was originally a hoax. It has since been used in a close approximation of its originally intended meaning, lending at least some degree of validity to its claim.
The Oxford English Dictionary contains pseudopseudohypoparathyroidism (30 letters).
2007-09-08 11:32:54
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answered by angel 2
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52 letters; aequeosalinocalcalinoceraceoaluminosocupreovitriolic. It's not in the dictionary, but it is the longest word in the English language.
2007-09-08 11:16:49
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answered by JanuaryHarris 3
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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. Research has discovered that this word was originally a hoax. It has since been used in a close approximation of its originally intended meaning, lending at least some degree of validity to its claim.
2007-09-08 11:30:45
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answered by Anonymous
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i can't spell it,.. but it's the song from Mary Poppins, and it really was in the dictionary,.. at least at one point it was
supercalafragelisticexpialadocious
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Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateapokaiwhenuakitanatahu
This Maori mouthful translates into English as "the place where Tamatea, the man with the big knees, who slid, climbed and swallowed mountains, known as 'landeater,' played his flute to his loved one." I consider this a lean short-story, however, and have serious reservations about giving New Zealand the gold since local history has it that the parts about the knees and climbing mountains were recently added just to pull ahead of Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwyll-llantysiliogogogoch.
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2007-09-08 11:05:29
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answered by hailey 4
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is the longest word according to some. Some say that it is 'ultraantidisestablishmentarianism'.
2007-09-08 11:40:55
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answered by Anonymous
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Diction
2007-09-08 11:10:39
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answered by Scozbo 5
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communicationalaty is longest word
2007-09-08 11:30:36
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answered by sssgopinath 2
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antidisestablishmentarianism
anti-dis-establish-ment-arian-ism
supercalifragilisticexpealidocious is a term coined by a song, it has no real meaning except that it was famous
2007-09-08 11:07:35
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answered by Phradoe B 4
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no its a 26 letter word...n its a verb...
i cant spell it...
but its kind of an action...
thats al i know
2007-09-08 18:55:17
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answered by dead_adi_walking 6
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