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Guest,
5 yr 265 days ago
lol um antidisestablishmentarinism ISN'T the laongest word appearently
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Wed, 03 Mar 04 06:38 PM
In 1963 we were required to learn the spelling of the two largest words THEN found in the english dictionary. The longest was antidisestablishmentarianism. The next longest began with an M. It could be found in any "every-day" dictionary, and was a non-medical/non-scientific term. Anybody have any idea what it could have been? My memory fails me on this one. :D
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Guest,
5 yr 261 days ago
i really liked what u said about smile
it really does make sense!
awesome thinkin
here's a word you need to look up!
SYZYGY
have fun!
(it iz a real word no joke)
it iz the name of my friendz band
Guest,
5 yr 252 days ago
that is not the longest word in the english language. the following word was one that i came across on a website. it is the name of a protein. the word is:
methionylglutaminylarginyltyrosylglutamylserylleucylphenylalanyla lanylglutaminylleucyllysylglutamylarginyllysylglutamylglycylalany lphenylalanylvalylprolylphenylalanylvalylthreonylleucylglycylaspa rtylprolylglycylisoleucylglutamylglutaminylserylleucyllysylisoleu cylaspartylthreonylleucylisoleucylglutamylalanylglycylalanylaspar tylalanylleucylglutamylleucylglycylisoleucylprolylphenylalanylser ylaspartylprolylleucylalanylaspartylglycylprolylthreonylisoleucylglutaminylaspfraginylalanylthreonylleucylarginylalanylpheny lalanylalanylalanylglycylvalylthreonylprolylalanylglutaminylcyste inylphenylalanylglutamylmethionylleucylalanylleucylisoleucylargin ylglutaminyllysylhistidylprolylthreonylisoleucylprolylisoleucylgl ycylleucylleucylmethionyltyrosylalanylasparaginylleucylvalylpheny lalanylasparaginyllysylglycylisoleucylaspartylglutamylphenylalany ltyrosylalanylglutaminylcysteinylglutamyllysylvalylglycylva lylaspartylserylvalylleucylvalylalanylaspartylvalylprolylvalylglu taminylglutamylserylalanylprolylphenylalanylarginylglutaminylalan ylalanylleucylarginylhistidylasparaginylvalylalanylprolylisoleucy lphenylalanylisoleucylcysteinylprolylprolylaspartylalanylaspartyl aspartylaspartylleucylleucylarginylglutaminylisoleucylalanylseryl tyrosylglycylarginylglycyltyrosylthreonyltyrosylleucylleucylseryl arginylalanylglycylvalylthreonylglycylalanylglutamylasparag inylarginylalanylalanylleucylprolylleucylasparaginylhistidylleucylvalylalanyllysylleucyllysylglutamyltyrosylasparaginylalanylalany lprolylprolylleucylglutaminylglycylphenylalanylglycylisoleucylser ylalanylprolylaspartylglutaminylvalyllysylalanylalanylisoleucylas partylalanylglycylalanylalanylglycylalanylisoleucylserylglycylser ylalanylisoleucylvalyllysylisoleucylisoleucylglutamylglutaminylhi stidylasparaginylisoleucylglutamylprolylglutamyllysylmethio nylleucylalanylalanylleucyllysylvalylphenylalanylvalylglutaminylp rolylmethion yllysylalanylalanylthreonylarginylserine.
this word is 1,913 letters long. enjoy
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chris
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Sun, 14 Mar 04 06:37 PM
Thank you guest, however you are the 15th or so person to give this answer. Please read threads before posting in the future.
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Guest,
5 yr 249 days ago
The longest word in history is.....
Ornicopythebibliopsychocrystarroscioaerogenethleometeoroaustrohieroanthropoichthyopyrosiderochpnomyoalectryoophiobotanopegohydrorhabdocrithoaleurophitohalomolybdoclerobeloaxinacoscinodactylogeolithopessppsephocatoptrotephraonierochiroonychodactyloarithstichooxogeloscogastrogyrocerobletonooenoscapulinaniac
--- Medieval scribes this word to refer to "A deluted human who practices divinationor forecasting by means of phenomena, interpreting of acts, orother manifestations related to the following animate or inatimateobjects and appearences:birds, oracled, Bible, ghosts, crystal gazing, shadows, air appearences, birth stars, meteors, sacrificial appearences, entrails of humans and fishes, fire, red-hot iron, altar smoke, mice, grain picking by rooster, snakes, herbs, fountains, water, wands, dough, meal, barley, salt, lead, dice, arrows, hatchet balance, sieve, ring suspension, random dots, precious stones pebbles pebble heaps, mirrors, ash writing, dreams, palmistry, nail rays, finger rings, numbers, book passages, name letterings, laughing manners, vintriloquisim, circle walking, wax, susceptibility to hidden springs, wine, and shoulder blades.
Guest,
5 yr 246 days ago
th longest word is Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis and it has 45 letters
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Tue, 23 Mar 04 12:20 AM
The Longest word in the english language is
pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis
The longest word in the world is
kyyhkyslakkahillotaatelipalmusunnuntaikävelykatujuhla-
koristehedelmäkaramellimassatuotevalvontalaitteisto-
testauslaboratoriokäyttökertatulitikkuviinapiilohomo-
kaasulasersädehoitokotikaljakimblemestaruussarjakuva-
ristikkokilpajuoksuhiekka-aavikkoluonto-ohjelmauusinta-
vaalikokousedustusmeno-paluuruuhkabussivuoropysäköinti-
sakkolihakoukkuselkänahkavyöruusukasvimaamunajuustomaito-
rasvaimunestepinta-alahuulipunakampelaverkkomahalasku-
harjoitustyöaamukampapellavaöljykriisiapukeinolonkkalepo-
lomarusketusrajatietoteollisuuskiinteistömarkkinointi-
diplomi-insinööriopiskelijaperinnemaisema-arkkitehti-
kilta-aktiivihiiliteräsbetonivalurautaristisiitoshärkä-
pizzamaustevoipaperiroskapostimerkkisavusaunavastaprotesti-
marssivapautusliikevaihtoväliarvojoukkopakomatkaopas-
koirakantakorttitaikatalvisotakunniajäsenetupuolikuiva-
rehuvilja-aittakorpisuomaastohiihtoputkitiivistesilikoni-
rintataskuvaraslähtöliukumiinakenttäkeitinvesihanasaari-
ryhmätyömyyrävuosikurssikirjapainopistetulotukivarsikenkä-
kauppaopistoupseerikerhohuonepalveluammattikoulupoika-
tyttöenergiatalousaluelaajennustarvehierarkiakaavio-
suunnittelupäätöspäivävientisulkuporttiteoriapohjakunto-
urheiluruutuässäpariluistelutyylituomaripelimies-
voimisteluvideokulmakarvakuonokoppalakkipäämääräalennus-
tilataksimittarimatopurkkikeittoastiakaappipakastin-
yhdistelmälukkoseppähenkilötunnussanaleikkikalupakkipussi-
eläinkoeponnistuslautakuntalakitekstiseikkailuleiri-
telttakangaspuujalkasienipiirakkareseptivihkopakkaus-
muovikuularuiskumaalaustarvikevarastohyllymetrilakuavain-
naulakkovartiopäällikkötasogeometriavirhevaihtosähkökazoo-
pillihousupukupellehyppylankakeräkaaliaivovuotosuoja-
vaatekappalemyyntitykkilavatanssiaskelmoottoripyörä-
koppisiemenperunapalstajakoviivaintegraalioperaattori-
algebraoppilaitoskompleksilukusuoraveto-oikeusmurha-
asevarikkopilttuu
This word has exactly 1783 letters.
WOW...it is in Finnish, I have no idea what it means though.
You can use it for stuff like this
# Test your spell checker for bugs.
# Impress your friends by reciting it from memory.
# Use it for teaching purposes. It makes an excellent exercise for the course "Really, really advanced Finnish".
# If you hate Finnish, you can use it as an example of how horrible the language is.
Search for the hidden triple compound words.
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Guest,
5 yr 242 days ago
well those are words that u will have no clue wat it means...how about, for a decently lengthy word, hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia? only 36 letters, and it means "fear of long words"...hehehe
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