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Smrteepnts2  +  120263 Fri, 22 Jul 05 06:39 AM
i think the longest word in the english dictionary is.....

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Anonymous, 4 yr 109 days ago

The Guinness Book of Records, in its 1992 and subsequent editions, declared the "longest real word" in the English language to be floccinaucinihilipilification at 29 letters. Defined as the act of estimating as worthless... Yes [Y] Wilted Flower [W]

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Anonymous, 4 yr 63 days ago

i think its pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis at 45 letters

 

its a disease of the lungs that origionates from certain rock particles being inhaled

Anonymous, 4 yr 61 days ago
 Anonymous wrote:

i think its pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis at 45 letters

 

its a disease of the lungs that origionates from certain rock particles being inhaled

From Wikipedia:

The word pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis, also spelled pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanokoniosis, is defined as "a lung disease caused by the inhalation of very fine silica or quartz dust." At 45 letters, it is certainly the longest word ever to appear in a non-technical dictionary of English, the Oxford English Dictionary. However, there are strong indications that the word was coined by puzzler Everett Smith in 1935 as a hypothetical long word that could result from the protraction of medical terms. The actual name of the disease is pneumoconiosis, which is 14 letters long.

/bwb.

Zorknumber  +  135376 Fri, 09 Sep 05 03:29 AM
Actually ive found that the longest word is made up of over 207,000 letters. It represents the name for mitochondrial disease. Of cource im not going to post it due to the fact that it is so long, plus it is really hard to find someone that posts a word that long. Anyways, for

kyyhkyslakkahillotaatelipalmusunnuntaikävelykatujuhlakoristehedelmäkaramellimassatuotevalvontalaitteisto-
testauslaboratoriokäyttökertatulitikkuviinapiilohomokaasulasersädehoitokotikaljakimblemestaruussarjakuva-
ristikkokilpajuoksuhiekka-aavikkoluonto-ohjelmauusintavaalikokousedustusmeno-paluuruuhkabussivuoropysäköinti-
sakkolihakoukkuselkänahkavyöruusukasvimaamunajuustomaitorasvaimunestepinta-alahuulipunakampelaverkkomahalasku-
harjoituskrapula-aamukampapellavaöljykriisiapukeinolonkkalepolomarusketusrajatietoteollisuuskiinteistömarkkinointi-
diplomi-insinööriopiskelijaperinnemaisema-arkkitehtikilta-aktiivihiiliteräsbetonivalurautaristisiitoshärkä-
pizzamaustevoipaperiroskapostimerkkisavusaunavastaprotestimarssivapautusliikevaihtoväliarvojoukkopakomatkaopas-
koirakantakorttitaikatalvisotakunniajäsenetupuolikuivarehuvilja-aittakorpisuomaastohiihtoputkitiivistesilikoni-rintataskuvaraslähtöliukumiinakenttäkeitinvesihanasaariryhmätyömyyrävuosikurssikirjapainopistetulotukivarsikenkä-
kauppaopistoupseerikerhohuonepalveluammattikoulupoikatyttöenergiatalousaluelaajennustarvehierarkiakaavio-
suunnittelupäätöspäivävientisulkuporttiteoriapohjakuntourheiluruutuässäpariluistelutyylituomaripelimies-
voimisteluvideokulmakarvakuonokoppalakkipäämääräalennustilataksimittarimatopurkkikeittoastiakaappipakastin-
yhdistelmälukkoseppähenkilötunnussanaleikkikalupakkipussieläinkoeponnistuslautakuntalakitekstiseikkailuleiri-
telttakangaspuujalkasienipiirakkareseptivihkopakkausmuovikuularuiskumaalaustarvikevarastohyllymetrilakuavain-
naulakkovartiopäällikkötasogeometriavirhevaihtosähkökazoopillihousupukupellehyppylankakeräkaaliaivovuotosuoja-
vaatekappalemyyntitykkilavatanssiaskelmoottoripyöräkoppisiemenperunapalstajakoviivaintegraalioperaattori-
algebraoppilaitoskompleksilukusuoraveto-oikeusmurhaasevarikkopilttuu

the ppl that made it said it wasnt supposedf to actually mean anything, but it still qualifies for a word b/c there are no repeated words, its grammatically correct, and it has a meaning, even if it is long. Plus the Finnish language strings words together to form a new one, much like german.
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Anonymous, 4 yr 20 days ago

Thats not English

Anonymous, 4 yr 9 days ago
I have been researching and i have found the following :

ACETYL­SERYL­TYROSYL­SERYL­ISO­LEUCYL­THREONYL­SERYL­PROLYL­SERY
L­GLUTAMINYL­PHENYL­ALANYL­VALYL­PHENYL­ALANYL­LEUCYL­
SERYL­SERYL­VALYL­TRYPTOPHYL­ALANYL­ASPARTYL­PROLYL­ISOL
EUCYL­GLUTAMYL­LEUCYL­LEUCYL­ASPARAGINYL­VALYL­CYSTEINYL
­THREONYL­SERYL­SERYL­LEUCYL­GLYCYL­ASPARAGINYL­GLUTAMINY
L­PHENYL­ALANYL­GLUTAMINYL­THREONYL­GLUTAMINYL­GLUTAMINYL­
ALANYL­ARGINYL­THREONYL­THREONYL­GLUTAMINYL­VALYL­GLUTAMINY
L­GLUTAMINYL­PHENYL­ALANYL­SERYL­GLUTAMINYL­VALYL­TRYPTOPHYL
­LYSYL­PROLYL­PHENYL­ALANYL­PROLYL­GLUTAMINYL­SERYL­THREONYL­
VALYL­ARGINYL­PHENYL­ALANYL­PROLYL­GLYCYL­ASPARTYL­VALYL­TYRO
SYL­LYSYL­VALYL­TYROSYL­ARGINYL­TYROSYL­ASPARAGINYL­ALANYL­VA
LYL­LEUCYL­ASPARTYL­PROLYL­LEUCYL­ISOLEUCYL­THREONYL­ALANYL­LE
UCYL­LEUCYL­GLYCYL­THREONYL­PHENYL­ALANYL­ASPARTYL­THREONYL­A
RGINYL­ASPARAGINYL­ARGINYL­ISOLEUCYL­ISOLEUCYL­GLUTAMYL­VAL
YL­GLUTAMYL­ASPARAGINYL­GLUTAMINYL­GLUTAMINYL­SERYL­PROLY
L­THREONYL­THREONYL­ALANYL­GLUTAMYL­THREONYL­LEUCYL­AS
PARTYL­ALANYL­THREONYL­ARGINYL­ARGINYL­VALYL­ASPARTYL­A
SPARTYL­ALANYL­THREONYL­VALYL­ALANYL­ISOLEUCYL­ARGIN
YL­SERYL­ALANYL­ASPARAGINYL­ISOLEUCYL­ASPARAGINYL­LEUCYL
­VALYL­ASPARAGINYL­GLUTAMYL­LEUCYL­VALYL­ARGINYL­GLYCYL­THRE
ONYL­GLYCYL­LEUCYL­TYROSYL­ASPARAGINYL­GLUTAMINYL­ASPARAGINYL­THR
EONYL­PHENYL­ALANYL­GLUTAMYL­SERYL­METHIONYL­SERYL­GLYCYL­LEUCYL­VALY
L­TRYPTOPHYL­THREONYL­SERYL­ALANYL­PROLYL­ALANYL­SERINE

This the tabacco mosaic virus, dahlemense strain, a chemist's word, actually a word. People use it (at least the abbriviation) so it classifies as a real word. My favorite and only one to be able to spell is supercalifragilisticexpialidocious. 34 letters.

AngeL Dee, 4 yr 9 days ago

well the longest word in english is:

antidistablishmenterianism

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