What word is the longest in English?

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Pioussoul  #318633  Tue, 23 Jan 07 03:15 AM
The longest word in English is ________.
  
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Anonymous  #320973  Sun, 28 Jan 07 02:57 PM

the longest word in English is the word 'SMILES'

bcoz there is a mile between two S.Smile [:)]

  
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Anonymous  #321791  Tue, 30 Jan 07 04:09 AM
smiles
  
Flygonwings  #323436  Sat, 03 Feb 07 03:34 AM
I think smiles
  
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Black_Rose  #323581  Sat, 03 Feb 07 01:51 PM

The longest word in English is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcano-coniosis, (45 letters) meaning 'a lung disease caused by the inhalation of very fine silica dust'. Smile [:)]

Look it up if you don't believe me!

  
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Westlake  #323594  Sat, 03 Feb 07 02:33 PM
if you have learned university biology, you will find there never can be a longest word in English, let me give you an example:
methionylglutaminylarginyltyrosylglutamylserylleucylphenylalanylalanyl-

glutaminylleucyllysylglutamylarginyllysylglutamylglycylalanylphenylalanylvalyl-

prolyphenylalanylvalythreonylleucylglycylaspartylprolylglycylisoleucyl-

glutamylglutaminylserylleucyllysylisoleucylaspartylthreonylleucylisoleucyl-

glutamylalanylglycylalanylasparthlalanylleucylglutamylleucylglycylisoleucylprolyl-

phenylalanylserylaspartylprolylleucylalanylaspartylglycylprolylthreonylisoleucyl-

glutaminylaspfraginylalanylthreonylleucylarfinylalanylphenylalanylalanylalanyl-

glycylvalythreonylprolylalanylglutaminylcysteinylphenylalanylglutamylmethionylleu-

cylalanylleuoylisoleucylarginylglutaminyllysyhistidylprolylthreonylisoleucylprolyli-

soleucylglycylleucylmethionyltyrosylalanylasparaginylleucylvalylphenylalany-

lasparaginyllysyglycylisoleucylaspartylglutamylphenylalanylthrosylalanyl-

glutaminylcysteinylglutamyllysylvalylglycylvalylaspartylserylvalylleucylval-

ylalnylaspartylvalylprolylvalylglutaminylglutamylserylalanylprolylphenylalanylarginyl-

glutaminylalanylalanylleucylarginylhistidylasparaginyvalylalanylprolylisoleucyl-

prolylisoleucylphenylalanylisoleucylphenylalanylisoleucylcysteinylprolylproly-

laspartylalanylaspartylaspartylaspartylleucylleucylarginylglutaminylisoleucy-

lalanylseryltyrosylglycylarginylglycyltyrosylthreonyltyrosylleucylleucylsery-

larginylalanylglycylvalylthreonylglycylalanylglutamylasparainylarginylalanylalanylleucyl-

prolylleucylasparaginylhistidylleucylvalylalanyllysylleucyllysylglutamyltyrosylasparaginy-

lalanylalanylprolylprolylleucylglutaminylglgycylphenylalanylglycylisoleucylserylalanylproly-

laspartylglutaminylvalyllysylalanylalanylisoleucylaspartylalanylglycylalanylalanylgly-


cylalanylisoleucylserylglycylserylalanylisoleucylvalyllysylisoieucylisoleucylglutamyl-


glutaminylhistidylasparaginylisoleucylglutamylprolylglutamyllysylmethionylleucylalaalanylleucyllysylvalylphenylalanylcalylglutaminylprolylmethionlysylalanylalanylthreony

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Black_Rose  #324344  Sun, 04 Feb 07 10:41 PM
Westlake! Oh damn, that kind of blows mine out of the window then!! SSSSOOO LLLLOOOONNNGGGG!!! I got mine from the guinness book of world records, but it must not include all of the really long medical terms, I guess! I'll go with 'smiles' instead then. hehe. Smile [:)]
  
Mithunbarik  #325894  Thu, 08 Feb 07 03:48 AM
 Black_Rose wrote:

The longest word in English is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcano-coniosis, (45 letters) meaning 'a lung disease caused by the inhalation of very fine silica dust'. Smile [:)]

Look it up if you don't believe me!

I think this is the correct answer unless you are considering those long organic chemistry names!!

  
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