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davisj3608  +  22716 Wed, 18 Feb 04 04:28 AM
Geeked [8-|] I'm doing a project, and I felt like finding a realy long word or 2 to do it on. I found

Methionylglutaminylarginyltyrosylglutamylserylleucylphenylalanylalanylglutaminylleucyllysyl-
glutamylarginyllysylglutaylglysylalanylphenylalanylvalylprolylphenylalanylyalylthreonylleucyl-
glcycylaspartylprolylglicylisoleucyglutamylglutaminlserylleucyllysylisoleucylaspartylthreonylle-
ucylisoleucylglutamylalanylglyclyalanylaspartylalanylleucyglutamylleucylgluycylisoleucylprolu-
ylphenylalanyserylaspartyprolylleucelalanylaspartylglycylprolylthreonylisolleucyglutaminylas-
paraginylalanythreonylleucylarginylalanylphenylalanylalanylalanylglycylvalylthreonylprolylala-
nylglutaminylcysteinylphenylalanylglglutamylmethionylleucyalanylleucylisoleucylarginylgluta-
minyllysylhistidylprolyuthreonylisoleucylprolylisoleucylglycylleucylleucylmethionyltyrosylalany-
lasbaraginylleucylvalylphenylalanylsparaginyyllysylglycylisoleucylaspartylglutamylphenylalan-
ylyltyrosylalanylglutaminylcysteinylglutamyllysylvalylglycylvalylspartylserylvalylleucylvallala-
nylaspartylvalylprolylvalvlglutaminylglutamylserylalanylprolylphenylalalrginylglutaminylalany-
lalanylleucylarginylhistidylasparaginylvalylalalprolylisoleucylphenylalanylisoleucylcysteinylpro-
lyprolylaspartylalanylaspartylaspartyspartyleucylleucylarginylglutaminylisoleucylalanylserylty-
roslglycylarginylglycyltyrosylthreonyltyrosylleucylleucylserylarginlalanylglycylvalylthreonylgl-
ycylalanylglutamylasparaginylarginylanylalanylleucylprolylleucylaspaaginylhistidylleucylvalyla-
lanyllysylleucyllysylglutamyltyrosylasparagimylalanylalanyprolylprolylleucylglutaminylglycylp-
henlalanylglycylisoleyucylserylalanylprolylaspartylglutaminylvalyllysylalanylalanylisoleucylals-
partylalanylglycylalanylalanylglycylalanylasoleucylserylglycylserylalanylisoleucylbalyllysylisol-
eucylisoleucylglutamylglutaminylhistidylasparaginylisoleucylglutamylpronylglutamyllysylmeth-
ionylluecylalanylalanyoeucyllysylvalylphenylalanylvalylglutamilylprolylmethionyllysylalanylal-
anylthreonylarginylserine

which has already been said and is an ensyme name at 1909 letters, and I found

Acetylseryltyrosylserylisoleucylthreonylserylprolylserylglutaminylphenylalanylvalylphenylala-
nylleucylserylserylvalyltryptophylalanylaspartylprolylisoleucylglutamylleucylleucylasparaginyl-
valylcysteinylthreonylserylserylleucylglycylasparaginylglutaminylphenylalanylglutaminylthreo-
nyllutaminylglutaminylalanylarginylthreonylthreonylglutaminylvalylglutaminylglutaminylpheny-
lalanylserylglutaminylvalyltryptophyllysylprolylphenylalanylprolylglutaminylserylthreonylvalyl-
arginylphenylalanylprolylglycylaspartylvalyltyrosyllysylvalyltyrosylarginyltyrosylasparaginyla-
lanylalylleucylaspartylprolylleucylisoleucylthreonylalanylleucylleucylglycylthreonylphenylalan-
ylaspartylthreonylarginylasparaginylarginylisoleucylisoleucylglutamylvalglutamylasparaginylg-
lutaminylglutaminylserylprolylthreonylthreonylalanylglutamylthreonylleucylaspartylalanylthre-
onylarginylarginylvalylaspartylaspartylalanylthreonylvalylalanylisoleucylarginylserylalanylasp-
araginylisoleucylasparaginylleucylvalylasparaginylglutamylleucylvalylarginylglycylthreonylgly-
cylleucyltyrosylasparaginylglutaminylasparaginylthreonylphenylalanylglutamylserylmethionyl-
serylglycylleucylvalyltryptophylthreonylserylalanylprolylalanylserine

which means Tobacco Mosaic Virus, Dahlemense Strain, at 1185 letters. Party!!! [<:o)]
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deepa, 5 yr 278 days ago
ehh? no protein sequences please!
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Guest, 5 yr 278 days ago
thats not the longest word...i did research...this is the longest word:

ACETYL­SERYL­TYROSYL­SERYL­ISO­LEUCYL­THREONYL­SERYL­PROLYL­SERYL­GLUTAMINYL­PHENYL­ALANYL­VALYL­PHENYL­ALANYL­LEUCYL­SERYL­SERYL­VALYL­TRYPTOPHYL­ALANYL­ASPARTYL­PROLYL­ISOLEUCYL­GLUTAMYL­LEUCYL­LEUCYL­ASPARAGINYL­VALYL­CYSTEINYL­THREONYL­SERYL­SERYL­LEUCYL­GLYCYL­ASPARAGINYL­GLUTAMINYL­PHENYL­ALANYL­GLUTAMINYL­THREONYL­GLUTAMINYL­GLUTAMINYL­ALANYL­ARGINYL­THREONYL­THREONYL­GLUTAMINYL­VALYL­GLUTAMINYL­GLUTAMINYL­PHENYL­ALANYL­SERYL­GLUTAMINYL­VALYL­TRYPTOPHYL­LYSYL­PROLYL­PHENYL­ALANYL­PROLYL­GLUTAMINYL­SERYL­THREONYL­VALYL­ARGINYL­PHENYL­ALANYL­PROLYL­GLYCYL­ASPARTYL­VALYL­TYROSYL­LYSYL­VALYL­TYROSYL­ARGINYL­TYROSYL­ASPARAGINYL­ALANYL­VALYL­LEUCYL­ASPARTYL­PROLYL­LEUCYL­ISOLEUCYL­THREONYL­ALANYL­LEUCYL­LEUCYL­GLYCYL­THREONYL­PHENYL­ALANYL­ASPARTYL­THREONYL­ARGINYL­ASPARAGINYL­ARGINYL­ISOLEUCYL­ISOLEUCYL­GLUTAMYL­VALYL­GLUTAMYL­ASPARAGINYL­GLUTAMINYL­GLUTAMINYL­SERYL­PROLYL­THREONYL­THREONYL­ALANYL­GLUTAMYL­THREONYL­LEUCYL­ASPARTYL­ALANYL­THREONYL­ARGINYL­ARGINYL­VALYL­ASPARTYL­ASPARTYL­ALANYL­THREONYL­VALYL­ALANYL­ISOLEUCYL­ARGINYL­SERYL­ALANYL­ASPARAGINYL­ISOLEUCYL­ASPARAGINYL­LEUCYL­VALYL­ASPARAGINYL­GLUTAMYL­LEUCYL­VALYL­ARGINYL­GLYCYL­THREONYL­GLYCYL­LEUCYL­TYROSYL­ASPARAGINYL­GLUTAMINYL­ASPARAGINYL­THREONYL­PHENYL­ALANYL­GLUTAMYL­SERYL­METHIONYL­SERYL­GLYCYL­LEUCYL­VALYL­TRYPTOPHYL­THREONYL­SERYL­ALANYL­PROLYL­ALANYL­SERINE
Guest, 5 yr 277 days ago
The Longest NEW ZEALAND word is... 'Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateapokaiwhenuakitanatahu' The one you said is a NAME.. the one i just phrased is the PLACE (mountain) *noT suRe*.. but umM i heard antidisestablishmentarianism.. is not a word technically.. its more of a suffix Party!!! [<:o)]
Guest, 5 yr 277 days ago
The longest word inthe english language is deoxyribonucleicfermentationrespirationprotelometaananuclosinotissllannofaratosismetabolismstanacicwllopawanhokaysfhsift. (122 letters)

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Jimmy Slowanky
Guest, 5 yr 275 days ago
The people who told you floccinaucinihilipilification was a word are not liars. It is indeed the longest non-scientific word in the english language (longer than antidisestablishmentarianism), and means: the act of considering something to be worthless. It was formed by Etonian scholars, who searched for as many latin words meaning "nothing" or "not very much as possible" : flocci (=a v. little bit, but literally, a bit of wool), nauci (=very little), nihili (=nothing), pili (=very little); fused them together, and then added the suffix "fication" on the end, to give the sense of an action.

Also, when the primary structure of the enzyme 'tryptophan synthetase A' is written out in full, it is only the longest documented scientific word. One could write down in words the primary structures of larger proteins (such as the largest: HTS1_COCCA), and the result would be a very, very long word. One could even go one step further, and write down the systematic organic chemical formula of the largest protein (HTS1_COCCA ). The result would be a word of about 200,000 characters in length! Although, that would be quite sad.
Guest, 5 yr 275 days ago
I don't understand how people that can post words with over 1000 letters can't read :s

Why do people claim to have the longest word, eg with less than 30 letters, when there are clearly much larger words in the language.

If people are claiming that chemical formulas are the longest words...sadly, they are wrong.


Can someone please write down the largest number they can think of, multiply it by itself 999999999999999999 times, and write down, IN A WORD, that number.

I think it will be consiberably higher than any "words" posted here...

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yelodish92  +  23185 Mon, 23 Feb 04 02:33 AM
chris, the longest word in the English language is
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.


It is a Tryptophan synthetase A protein, an enzyme with 267 amino acids. it has 1,909 letters.
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Guest, 5 yr 273 days ago
'Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch'.... that's a village in Wales.. lol... idk bout you but i can't even pronounce that... but i would have to say diseases should be counted as the longest words in the english language, because apparently if their in the dictionary they're a word... when i was in sixth grade my best friend taught me the word pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis and taught me how to pronounce and say it ten times faster... it was fun... funny how i still remember the word... i brag to everton that i know the longest word in the english language and i must say it makes me feel a great deal smarter... LMAo... hey... eveything's entertaining when your young.....
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