2007-10-12 03:02:26 · 7 answers · asked by rakesh r 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
amylglutaminylserylleucyllysylisoleucylaspartylthreonylleucylisoleucylglut-
amylalanylglycylalanylaspartylalanylleucylglutamylleucylglycylglycylisoleu-
cylprolylphenylalanylserylaspartylprolylleucelalanylaspartyglycylprolythreo-
nylisoleucylglutamiylasparaginylalanylthreonylleucylarginylalanylphenylalan-
ylalanylglycylvalyltheonylprolylalanylglutaminylcysteinylphenylalanygllutam-
ylmethionylleucyalanylleucylisoleucylarginylglutaminyllysylhistidylprolylthre-
onylisoleucylpriIylisoleucylglycylleucylleucylmethionyltyrosylalanylasparag-
inylleucylvalyphenylalanylasparaginyllysylgyycylisoleucylaspartylglutamylph-
enylalanyltyrosylalanylgutaminyllcysteinylglutamyllysylvalylglycylavlylaspart-
ylserylvalylleucylvalylalanylaspartylvalyprolylvalylglutaminylglutamyllserylal-
anyprolyphenylalanylarginylglutaminylalanylalanylleucylarginylhistidylaspara-
ginylvaylalanylprolylisoleucylphenylalanylisoleucylcysteinylprolylprolylaspart-
ylalanylaspartylaspartylaspartylleucylleucylarginyglutaminylisoleucylalanyyls-
eryltyrosylglycylarginylglycyltyrosylthreonyltyrosylleucylleucylserylarginylal-
anylglycylvalythreonylglycylalanylglutamylasparaginylarginylanylalanylleucyl-
prolylleucylaspaaginylhistidylleucylvaylalanyllysylleucyllysylglutamyltyrosyla-
saraginylglycylphenylalanylglycylisoleucylalanylprolylaspartylglutaminylvalyl-
lysylalanylalanylisoleucylaspartylalanylalanyglycylalanylalanyglycylalanylisol-
eucylserylglycyserylalanylisoleucylbalyllsylisoleucylisoleucylglutamyyylgluta-
minylhistidylasparaginylisoleucylglutamylprolyglutamyllysylmethionylleucyla-
lanylalanylleucyllysylvalylphenylalabylvalylglutaminlylprolylmethionyllysylala-
nylalanylthreonylarginylserine
2007-10-16 03:13:00 · answer #1 · answered by thenetsurfer 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The longest word is the name of a protein and it has 1185 letters!
acetylseryltyrosylserylisoleucylthreonylserylprolylserylglutaminyl-phenylalanylvalylphenylalanylleucylserylseryl
valyltryptophylalanyl-aspartylprolylisoleucylglutamylleucylleucylasparaginylvalylcysteinyl-threonylserylserylleucylglycy
lasparaginylglutaminylphenylalanyl-glutaminylthreonylglutaminylglutaminylalanylarginylthreonylthreonyl-glutaminylvalylglutaminylglutaminylphenylalanylserylglutaminylvalyl-tryptophyll
ysylprolylphenylalanylprolylglutaminylserylthreonylvalyl-arginylphenylalanylprolylglycylaspartylvalyltyrosyllysylvalyltyrosyl-arginyltyrosylasp
araginylalanylvalylleucylaspartylprolylleucylisoleucyl-threonylalanylleucylleucylglycylthreonylphenylalanylaspartylthreonyl-arginylasparaginylarginyl
isoleucylisoleucylglutamylvalylglutamyl-asparaginylglutaminylglutaminylserylprolylthreonylthreonylalanylglutamyl-threonylleucylaspartylalanylthreonyl
arginylarginylvalylaspartylaspartyl-alanylthreonylvalylalanylisoleucylarginylserylalanylasparaginylisoleucyl-asparaginylleucylvalylasparaginylglutamylleucylvalylarginyl
glycyl-threonylglycylleucyltyrosylasparaginylglutaminylasparaginylthreonyl-phenylalanylglutamyl
serylmethionylserylglycylleucylalyltryptophyl-threonylserylalanylprolylalanylserine
The longest word in English depends upon the definition of what constitutes an English word. English allows new words to be formed by construction; long words are coined; place names may be considered words; technical terms may be arbitrarily long. Length can be in terms of orthography and number of written letters or phonology and the number of phonemes.
Word Length Pros Cons
Methionylthreonylthreonyl...isoleucine 189,819 letters Longest full chemical name of a protein[1] Technical; not in a major dictionary
Lopado...pterygon 183 letters Longest word coined by a major author[2] Coined; not in a major dictionary
Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateapokaiwhenuakitanatahu 85 letters Longest officially recognized place name[3] Place name; not in a major dictionary
Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis 45 letters Longest word in a major dictionary[4] Technical; coined to be the longest word
Pseudopseudohypoparathyroidism 30 letters Longest non-coined word in a major dictionary Technical
Floccinaucinihilipilification 29 letters Longest nontechnical word
2007-10-12 10:32:05 · answer #2 · answered by hickcrazy1 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilico-
volcanoconiosis (too long to fit in one line)
An obscure term ostensibly referring to a lung disease caused by silica dust, sometimes cited as one of the longest words in the English language.
2007-10-12 10:18:01 · answer #3 · answered by Huh, Wait What? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
smile because it has a mile in it.
2007-10-12 10:06:36 · answer #4 · answered by george 2 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
antidisestablishmentarianism
2007-10-12 10:12:06 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
long
2007-10-12 10:09:38 · answer #6 · answered by ishwaryaice 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
it is Floccinaucinihilipilification
2007-10-12 10:10:48 · answer #7 · answered by abel z 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋