2007-12-13 06:30:32 · 21 answers · asked by Peter 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
The longest word is actually a scientific name for something =|
Its 189,819 letters.
The second is Lopadotemachoselachogaleokranioleipsanodrimhypotrimmatosilphio-
paraomelitokatakechymenokichlepikossyphophattoperisteralektryon-
optekephalliokinklopeleiolagoiosiraiobaphetraganopterygon
with 183 letters, but that is also not in a major dictionary.
Longest word in a major dictionary is Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis
it has 45 letters.
2007-12-13 06:42:38 · answer #1 · answered by Dan 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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 silica particles specifically from a volcano.
2007-12-13 14:41:11 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
The longest word is:
Fuckinghellwhereisthenearestbogiamdyingforashit.
2007-12-13 17:17:47 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Miles
2007-12-13 14:38:22 · answer #4 · answered by Mala_bosanka 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Longest. It means that it is longer than anything else in a particular category.
2007-12-13 15:56:32 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Pseudopseudohypoparathyroidism
Definition
Pseudopseudohypoparathyroidism (30 letters) is an inherited disorder that closely simulates the symptoms, but not the consequences of pseudohypoparathyroidism, thus it has mild or no manifestations of hypoparathyroidism or tetanic convulsions.
2007-12-13 14:40:09 · answer #6 · answered by redcan76 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Supercalorfragalisticespiala docious
2007-12-13 14:45:34 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
simile. cos it's got a mile between the beginning and the end plus two letters.
2007-12-13 14:43:31 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
* Methionylglutaminylarginytyrosylglutamylserylleucylphenylalanylalanylglutaminyll-eucyllysylglut
amylarginyllysylglutamylglycylalanylphenylalanyvalylprolylphenylalanyl-valythreonylleucylglycylaspartylproly
glycylisoleucylglutamylglutaminylserylleucyllysyl-isoleucylaspartylthreonylleucylisoleucylglutamylalanylglyc
ylalanylaspartylalanylleucy-lglutamylleucylglycylglycylisoleucylprolylphenylalanylserylaspartylprolylleucelalanyla-spartyglycylprolythreonylisoleucylg
lutamiylasparaginylalanylthreonylleucylarginylala-
nylphenylalanylalanylglycylvalyltheonylprolylalanylglutaminylcysteinylphenylalanygll-utamyl
methionylleucyalanylleucylisoleucylarginylglutaminyllysylhistidylprolylthreonyl-isoleucylpriIylis
oleucylglycylleucylleucylmethionyltyrosylalanylasparaginylleucylvalyp-henylalanylasparaginyllysy
lgyycylisoleucylaspartylglutamylphenylalanyltyrosylalanyl-gutaminyllcysteinylglutamyllysylvalylglycylavlylaspa
rtylserylvalylleucylvalylalanylasp-artylvalyprolylvalylglutaminylglutamyllserylalanyprolyphenylalanylarginylglutaminyl
al-anylalanylleucylarginylhistidylasparaginylvaylalanylprolylisoleucylphenylalanylisoleu-cylcysteinylprolylprolylaspartylala
nylaspartylaspartylaspartylleucylleucylarginyglutam-inylisoleucylalanyylseryltyrosylglycylarginylglycyltyrosylthreonyltyrosylleu
cylleucylser-ylarginylalanylglycylvalythreonylglycylalanylglutamylasparaginylarginylanylalanylleu-cylprolylleucylaspaaginylhistidy
lleucylvaylalanyllysylleucyllysylglutamyltyrosylasarag-inylglycylphenylalanylglycylisoleucylalanylprolylaspartylglutaminylvalyllysylala
nylala-nylisoleucylaspartylalanylalanyglycylalanylalanyglycylalanylisoleucylserylglycyseryla-lanylisoleucylbalyllsylisoleucylisoleucylglut
myyylglutaminylhistidylasparaginylisole-ucylglutamylprolyglutamyllysylmethionylleucylalanylalanylleucyllysylvalylphenylalaby-lvalylglutaminlylp
rolylmethionyllysylalanylalanylthreonylarginylserine - "Scientific name for Trypthophan synthetase (that is a protien with 267 amino acids) (1 909 letters)
2007-12-13 14:40:29 · answer #9 · answered by Riku. 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'll go with language
2007-12-13 14:36:17 · answer #10 · answered by maybe! 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋