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    What is the longest word in the English language dictionary?

    Question #6030. Asked by Tralala. (Sep 15 00 9:29 AM)


    hummerh3

    Here are some long words:
    antidisestablishmentarianism (28 letters)
    floccinaucinihilipilification (29 letters)
    antidisestablishmentarianistic (30 letters)
    osteosarchaematosplanchnochondroneuromuelous (44 letters)
    pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis (45 letters)
    pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconioses (45 letters)
    osseocarnisanguineoviscericartilaginonervomedullary (51 letters)
    aequeosalinocalcalinoceraceoaluminosocupreovitriolic (52 letters)
    Reference: http://www.askoxford.com/
    There is also: Methionylglutaminylarginyltyrosylglutamylserylleucylphen-
    ylalanylalanylglutaminylleucyllysylglutamylarginyllysylgluta-
    mylglysylalanylphenylalanylvalylprolylphenylalanylyalylthre-
    onylleucylglcycylaspartylprolylglicylisoleucyglutamylgluta-
    minlserylleucyllysylisoleucylaspartylthreonylleucylisoleu-
    cylglutamylalanylglyclyalanylaspartylalanylleucyglutamylle-
    ucylgluycylisoleucylproluylphenylalanyserylaspartyprolylleu-celalanylaspartylglycylprolylthreonylisolleucyglutaminylaspa-
    raginylalanythreonylleucylarginylalanylphenylalanylalanylal-
    anylglycylvalylthreonylprolylalanylglutaminylcysteinylphen-
    ylalanylglglutamylmethionylleucyalanylleucylisoleucylarginyl-
    glutaminyllysylhistidylprolyuthreonylisoleucylprolylisoleuc-
    ylglycylleucylleucylmethionyltyrosylalanylasbaraginylleucyl-
    valylphenylalanylsparaginyyllysylglycylisoleucylaspartylglut-
    amylphenylalanylyltyrosylalanylglutaminylcysteinylglutamyll-
    ysylvalylglycylvalylspartylserylvalylleucylvallalanylaspart-
    ylvalylprolylvalvlglutaminylglutamylserylalanylprolylpheny-
    lalalrginylglutaminylalanylalanylleucylarginylhistidylasp-
    araginylvalylalalprolylisoleucylphenylalanylisoleucylcystei-
    nylprolyprolylaspartylalanylaspartylaspartyspartyleucylle-
    ucylarginylglutaminylisoleucylalanylseryltyroslglycylargin-
    ylglycyltyrosylthreonyltyrosylleucylleucylserylarginlalanyl-
    glycylvalylthreonylglycylalanylglutamylasparaginylarginyla-
    nylalanylleucylprolylleucylaspaaginylhistidylleucylvalylalan-
    yllysylleucyllysylglutamyltyrosylasparagimylalanylalanypro-
    lylprolylleucylglutaminylglycylphenlalanylglycylisoleyucyls-
    erylalanylprolylaspartylglutaminylvalyllysylalanylalanylisol-
    eucylalspartylalanylglycylalanylalanylglycylalanylasoleucylse-
    rylglycylserylalanylisoleucylbalyllysylisoleucylisoleucylgluta-
    mylglutaminylhistidylasparaginylisoleucylglutamylpronylglu-0
    tamyllysylmethionylluecylalanylalanyoeucyllysylvalylpheny-
    lalanylvalylglutamilylprolylmethionyllysylalanylalanylthreo-
    nylarginylserine

    Feb 14 04, 4:36 PM
    Saiqa

    ACETYL­SERYL­TYROSYL­SERYL­ISO­LEUCYL­THREONYL­SERYL­PROLYL­SERYL­GLUTAMINYL­PHENYL­ALANYL­VALYL­PHENYL­ALANYL­LEUCYL­SERYL­SERYL­VALYL­TRYPTOPHYL­ALANYL­ASPARTYL­PROLYL­ISOLEUCYL­GLUTAMYL­LEUCYL­LEUCYL­ASPARAGINYL­VALYL­CYSTEINYL­THREONYL­SERYL­SERYL­LEUCYL­GLYCYL­ASPARAGINYL­GLUTAMINYL­PHENYL­ALANYL­GLUTAMINYL­THREONYL­GLUTAMINYL­GLUTAMINYL­ALANYL­ARGINYL­THREONYL­THREONYL­GLUTAMINYL­VALYL­GLUTAMINYL­GLUTAMINYL­PHENYL­ALANYL­SERYL­GLUTAMINYL­VALYL­TRYPTOPHYL­LYSYL­PROLYL­PHENYL­ALANYL­PROLYL­GLUTAMINYL­SERYL­THREONYL­VALYL­ARGINYL­PHENYL­ALANYL­PROLYL­GLYCYL­ASPARTYL­VALYL­TYROSYL­LYSYL­VALYL­TYROSYL­ARGINYL­TYROSYL­ASPARAGINYL­ALANYL­VALYL­LEUCYL­ASPARTYL­PROLYL­LEUCYL­ISOLEUCYL­THREONYL­ALANYL­LEUCYL­LEUCYL­GLYCYL­THREONYL­PHENYL­ALANYL­ASPARTYL­THREONYL­ARGINYL­ASPARAGINYL­ARGINYL­ISOLEUCYL­ISOLEUCYL­GLUTAMYL­VALYL­GLUTAMYL­ASPARAGINYL­GLUTAMINYL­GLUTAMINYL­SERYL­PROLYL­THREONYL­THREONYL­ALANYL­GLUTAMYL­THREONYL­LEUCYL­ASPARTYL­ALANYL­THREONYL­ARGINYL­ARGINYL­VALYL­ASPARTYL­ASPARTYL­ALANYL­THREONYL­VALYL­ALANYL­ISOLEUCYL­ARGINYL­SERYL­ALANYL­ASPARAGINYL­ISOLEUCYL­ASPARAGINYL­LEUCYL­VALYL­ASPARAGINYL­GLUTAMYL­LEUCYL­VALYL­ARGINYL­GLYCYL­THREONYL­GLYCYL­LEUCYL­TYROSYL­ASPARAGINYL­GLUTAMINYL­ASPARAGINYL­THREONYL­PHENYL­ALANYL­GLUTAMYL­SERYL­METHIONYL­SERYL­GLYCYL­LEUCYL­VALYL­TRYPTOPHYL­THREONYL­SERYL­ALANYL­PROLYL­ALANYL­SERINE

    This word has appeared in the American Chemical Society's Chemical Abstracts and is thus considered by some to be the longest real word.

    It has 1185 letters in it.

    http://www.fun-with-words.com/word_longest.html

    Jan 24 07, 9:25 PM


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