Words of Incredible Length Quiz / Test | Spelling Bee

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1. One of the longest words in the English is the technical term for C1289H2051N343O375S. What are the first five letters of this word?

Answer: Methi

I would spell out the whole word for you, but since it is more than 1,800 letters long, I believe I will just tell you that it is a protein with 267 amino acids.

2. Which of the following is a lung disease caused by breathing in silica dust?

Answer: pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis

This word, consisting of 45 letters, is easy to spell once you know the many smaller parts of the word (pneu-mono-ultra-micro-scopic-silico-volcano-coniosis).

3. This word is commonly used in "Mary Poppins".

Answer: supercalifragilisticexpialidocious

Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious is a word to say when you don't know what to say. It was once a nonsense word from "Mary Poppins", but became a new word after being so popular among people when the movie came out.

4. What word is the 'estimation of a thing as worthless,' as the "A Student's Dictionary" states?

Answer: floccinaucinihilipilification

Floccinaucinihilipilification has 29 letters in it. There are certainly a lot of i's in it!

5. What is an antitransubstantiationalist?

Answer: one who rejects the validity of transubstantiation

Antitransubstantiationalist has 27 letters in it. This information comes from "A Student's Dictionary". A transubstantiationalist is one who accepts the validity of transubstantiation, so adding anti- in front makes it opposite in meaning.

6. What is the 'opposition of those who oppose the link between Church and State,' as the "A Student's Dictionary" states?

Answer: antidisestablishmentarianism

Antidisestablishmentarianism has 28 letters in it. An antidisestablishmentarian is someone who opposes those who oppose the link between Church and State, so adding -ism makes it the act of doing so.

7. How many G's does the longest word in the American English language contain? (Note: It is up for debate as to whether it's a "word" or not, because some linguists do not count scientific formulations as words, and some do. For the purpose of this question, let us assume the word is agreed upon as an actual word.)

Answer: About 60

There are actually 64. I have decided to spell the word for you. The word is
methionylglutaminylarginyltyrosylglutamylserylleucylphenylalanylalanyl - glutaminylleucyllysylglutamylarginyllysylglutamylglysylalanylphenyl -alanylvalylprolylphenylalanylyalylthreonylleucylglcycylaspartylprolyl - glicylisoleucyglutamylglutaminlserylleucyllysylisoleucylaspartyl - threonylleucylisoleuleucylproluylphenylalanyserylaspartyprolyl - leucelalanylaspartyllglycylprolylthreonylisolleucyglutaminyl - asparaginylalanythreonylleucylarginylalanylphenylalanylalanylalanyl - glycylvalylthreonylprolylalanylglutaminylcysteinylphenylalanylgl - glutamylmethionylleucyalanylleucylisoleucylarginylglutaminyllysyl - histidylprolyuthreonylisoleucylprolylisoleucylglycylleucylleucyl - methionyltyrosylalanylasbaraginylleucylvalylphenylalanylsparaginyyl - lysylglycylisoleucylaspartylglutamylphenylalanylyltyrosylalanyl - glutaminylcysteinylglutamyllysylvalylglycylvalylspartylserylvalyl - leucylvallalanylaspartylvalylprolylvalvlglutaminylglutamylserylalanyl- prolylphenylalalrginylglutaminylalanylalanylleucylarginylhistidyl - asparaginylvalylalalprolylisoleucylphenylalanylisoleucylcysteinl - prolyprolylaspartylalanylaspartylaspartyspartyleucylleucylarginyl - glutaminlisoleucylalanylseryltyroslglycylarginylglycyltyrosylthreonyl -tyrosylleucylleucylserylarginlalanylglycylvalylthreonylglycylalanyl - glutamylasparaginylarginylanylalanylleucylprolylleucylaspaaginyl - histidylleucylvalylalanyllysylleucyllysylglutamyltyrosylasparagimyl - alnylalanyprolylprlylleucylglutaminylglycylphenlalanylglycylisol - eyucylserylalanylprolylaspartylglutaminylvalyllysylalnylalanylisol - eucylalspartylalanylglycylalanylalanylglycylalanylasoleucylseryl - glycylserylalanylisoleucylbalyllysylisoleuvylisoleuvylglutamylglutamin- ylhistidylasparaginylisoleucylglutamylpronylglu-0-tamyllysylmethionyl -luevylalanylalanyoeucyllysylvalylphenylalanylvalylglutamilylprolyl - methionyllysylalanylalanylthreonylarginylserine.
The hyphens were inserted just to make it fit!

8. What word would you use to say that you are in the process of settling a quarrel?

Answer: reconciliation

The root word is reconcile, which means to settle a quarrel. Although the smallest word in this quiz, there are still 14 letters in the word. Many people take for granted normal words that are actually even longer than this, like responsibilities. It has a lot of letters, too.

9. This word is perhaps the most common word in this quiz. What plural word means duties?

Answer: responsibilities

I hope you got this one. Notice that I wanted the plural of responsibility. If you have the responsibility of taking out the trash, that is your duty.

10. Are there any x's in the spelling of the word that sounds like (flox-e-nox-e-ni-hil-i-pil-i-fik-a-shn)? [The word is "the estimation of a thing valued as worthless".] If so, how many?

Answer: No

Actually, there are no x's in floccinaucinihilipilification. It just sounds like there should be. Floccinaucinihilipilification is a word meaning the estimation of a thing as worthless.

Source: Author salami_swami

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