Any word,.. no names or sentences. Just a really long word;.. has to be a REAL word :->
2007-09-26 02:26:46 · 14 answers · asked by ♥True love waits♥ 5 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
Well... pneumonoultramicroscopic silicovolcano coniosis, it's the longest word in major dictionaries. It's a 45-letter word which refers to a lung disease contracted from the inhalation of very fine silica particles specifically from a volcano. It's without the spaces, by the way, Yahoo doesn't seem to allow very long words. Haha!
2007-09-26 02:30:33 · answer #1 · answered by CalculusFreak 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The longest word in any of the major English language dictionaries is pneumonoultra microscopic silico volcanoconiosis, a 45-letter word which refers to a lung disease contracted from the inhalation of very fine silica particles specifically from a volcano.
The longest word which appears in William Shakespeare's works is the 27-letter honorificÂabilitudÂinitatibus, appearing in Love's Labour's Lost. This is arguably an English word (rather than Latin), only because it was Shakespeare who used it.
The longest word I personally can think of is "Supercalifragilisticexpiali docious". I had to put a space in this cuz Yahoo doesn't like long words.
2007-09-26 02:34:37 · answer #2 · answered by mittu90 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i work in medicine.... you really dont want to go there with me????????? .... lol
Okay ... you asked for it....
Acetylcholinesterase
bronchoesophagoastomy
duodenojejunal
gnathopalatoschisis
Osteochondromatosis
prosthodontics
Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanosconiosis
Tetrahydrogestrinone
Uvulopalatopharyngoplasty
Okay and here is the whopper....
Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanosconiosis
http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=22547
Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanosconiosis: Allegedly, "a lung disease caused by the inhalation of very fine silicate or quartz dust." The word was invented by compounding pneumo-(lung) + ultramicroscopic + silicon + volcano + coniosis, from the Greek konis (dust). In fact, pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanosconiosis means nothing. It is a factitious and fictitious word that was created as a spoof of the many long run-on terms found in medicine.
2007-09-26 04:04:13 · answer #3 · answered by pink 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Romani was close, but the actual word is:
Antidisestablishmentarianism- opposition to the withdrawal of state support or recognition from an established church, esp. the Anglican Church in 19th-century England.
2007-09-26 02:32:25 · answer #4 · answered by jurydoc 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Antidistablishmentarianism.
2007-09-26 02:30:15 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Supercalifragilisticexpidalidocious.
From "Mary Poppins".
2007-09-26 02:36:42 · answer #6 · answered by Madame Morticia 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
antidisestablishmentarianism
when I was very young I thought elephant was the biggest word in the world! lol
2007-09-26 02:31:29 · answer #7 · answered by Moonshadow Dancer 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Smiles - because it stretches over a mile!
2007-09-26 02:34:23 · answer #8 · answered by anigma 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How about "longest"
2007-09-26 02:36:56 · answer #9 · answered by Smurfette 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
onomonopaia
2007-09-26 02:30:09 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋