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hitchhiker  +  14612 Tue, 02 Dec 03 09:45 AM
We've had that one!Smile [:)]

also see: dinosm above - Good point!
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Guest, 5 yr 335 days ago
The longest word that is said to be in the english language (not technical etc) is...

Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia which means The fear Of long words (I wonder how people who are scared of long words come to terms with this?!!? lol)

an other one is

Pneumonouttramieroscopiesillicouoleanoconiosis (lung dieases)

oh and a chemical (which is in the dictionary) which is 36 letter is...

DDT (look up the full word)

---Mukil---
Guest, 5 yr 328 days ago
Y'all must have a lot of time on your hands.
Guest, 5 yr 328 days ago
I found:
methionylglutaminylarginyltyrosylglutamylserylleucylphenylalanylalanylglutaminylleucyllysyl-
glutamylarginyllysylglutamylglycylalanylphenylalanylvalylprolylphenylalanylyalylthreonylleucyl-
glycylaspartylprolylglycylisoleucylglutamylglutaminylserylleucyllysylisoleucylaspartylthreonylleu-
cylisoleucylglutamylalanylglycylalanylaspartylalanylleucylglutamylleucylglycylisoleucylprolyl-
phenylalanylserylaspartylprolylleucylalanylaspartylglycylprolylthreonylisoleucylglutaminylas-
paraginylalanylthreonylleucylarginylalanylphenylalanylalanylalanylglycylvalylthreonylprolyla-
lanylglutaminylcysteinylphenylalanylglutamylmethionylleucyalanylleucylisoleucylarginylglutam-
inyllysylhistidylprolylthreonylisoleucylprolylisoleucylglycylleucylleucylmethionyltyrosylalanylas-
paraginylleucylvalylphenylalanylasparaginyllysylglycylisoleucylaspartylglutamylphenylalanyltyro-
sylalanylglutaminylcysteinylglutamyllysylvalylglycylvalylaspartylserylvalylleucylvalylalanylas-
partylvalylprolylvalylglutaminylglutamylserylalanylprolylphenylalanylarginylglutaminylalanyla-
lanylleucylarginylhistidylasparaginylvalylalanylprolylisoleucylphenylalanylisoleucylcysteinyl-
prolylprolylaspartylalanylaspartylaspartylaspartylleucylleucylarginylglutaminylisoleucylalanyls-
eryltyrosylglycylarginylglycyltyrosylthreonyltyrosylleucylleucylserylarginylalanylglycylvalyl-
threonylglycylalanylglutamylasparaginylarginylalanylalanylleucylprolylleucylasparaginylhisti-
dylleucylvalylalanyllysylleucyllysylglutamyltyrosylasparaginylalanylalanylprolylprolylleucyl-
glutaminylglycylphenylalanylglycylisoleucylserylalanylprolylaspartylglutaminylvalyllysylalanyl-
alanylisoleucylaspartylalanylglycylalanylalanylglycylalanylisoleucylserylglycylserylalanyliso-
leucylvalyllysylisoleucylisoleucylglutamylglutaminylhistidylasparaginylisoleucylglutamylprolyl-
glutamyllysylmethionylleucylalanylalanylleucyllysylvalylphenylalanylvalylglutaminylprolyl-
methionyllysylalanylalanylthreonylarginylserine

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

Sorry,
CountryGrl
Eddie L.  +  17122 Sat, 27 Dec 03 04:58 AM
Hi, I just registered to this website. I am pretty sure I know the longest non-scientific word in the English language. It is ornicopytheobibliopsychocrystarroscioaerogenethliometeoroaustrohieroanthropoichthyopyrosi
derochpnomyoalectryoophiobotanopegohydrorhabdocrithoaleuroalphitohalomolybdoclerobeloa
xinocoscinodactyliogeolithopessopsephocatoptrotephraoneirochyroonychodactyloarithstichoox
ogeloscogastrogyrocerobletonooenoscapulinaniac, which has 310 letters. The longest word in the English language including scientific words I have never seen nor heard, but I do know that it has 207,000 and that it describes the process of a human cell.
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deepa, 5 yr 318 days ago
:-o what does it mean? i can guess that its a medical term!
Eddie L., 5 yr 318 days ago
What does what mean? The 310-letter word, or the 207,000-letter word?
deepa, 5 yr 318 days ago
hey the 310 lettered word you mentioned!
Eddie L.  +  17210 Sat, 27 Dec 03 09:09 PM
"A deluded human who practices devination or forecasting by means of phenomena, interpretation of acts, or other manifestations related to the following animate or inanimate objects and appearances:birds, oracles, Bible, ghosts, crystal gazing, shadows, air appearancesbirth stars, meteors, winds, sacrificial appearances, entrails of humans and fishes, fire, red-hot irons, 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, ventriloquism, circle walking, wax, suscetibility to hidden springs, wine, and shoulder blades"

If you compare the definition to the word, you can see its pretty much just a bunch of prefixes.Big Smile [:D]
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