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The longest word in any of the major English language dictionaries is a 45-letter word , which is :
((Pneumonoultramicrosco
picsilicovolcanoconiosis))
It is a factitious word alleged to mean 'a lung disease caused by the inhalation of very fine silica dust usually found in volcanoes
However, the longest word in an English language publication in a serious context that does not exisits in a dictionary is a 1185-letter "word", which is the chemical name for "Coat Protein, Tobacco Mosaic Virus, Dahlemense Strain". It is supposedly the longest word in the English language.
The term was published in the American Chemical Society's Chemical Abstracts in 1972, and is considered by some to be the longest real word. It does hold the record for the longest word published in an English language publication in a serious context - that is, for some reason other than to publish a very long word.
In its complete form, the 1185-letter word, it cannot be written here but it looks the following form:
((acetylseryltyrosylserylisole...
phenylalanylvalylphenylalanyll...
aspartylprolylisoleucylglutamy...
threonylserylserylleucylglycyl...
glutaminylthreonylglutaminylgl...
glutaminylvalylglutaminylgluta...
tryptophyllysylprolylphenylala...
arginylphenylalanylprolylglycy...
arginyltyrosylasparaginylalany...
threonylalanylleucylleucylglyc...
arginylasparaginylarginylisole...
asparaginylglutaminylglutaminy...
threonylleucylaspartylalanylth...
alanylthreonylvalylalanylisole...
asparaginylleucylvalylasparagi...
threonylglycylleucyltyrosylasp...
phenylalanylglutamylserylmethi...
threonylserylalanylprolylalany...
Oh, I thought it was-
supercalifragilisticexpealadoc...
Huh.
the word you mentioned as a longest word is still the longest one up to present.
supercalafradulisticexpalidoci...
Well, I would say Antidisestamlishmentarianism, but yours has it beat by 2 letters. I have never heard of yours, what does it mean?
Why did everyone trunkcat Supercalifragilisticexpialidoc... It actually is longer than pneumonoultramicroscopicsilico by 4 letters.
Antidisestamlishmentarianism - 28 letters
pneumonoultramicroscopicsilico - 30 letters
Supercalifragilisticexpialidoc... - 34 letters
OOOOOOOOOOO it shortens for you! Sorry, did not realize. It is still longer.
Same word, a total of 30 letters. The be all, end all in scrabble.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/longest_wor...
read carefully ,count carefully ..
"pneumonoultramicroscopic-
silicovolcanoconiosis"
45 letters all
try this;
http://www.fun-with-words.com/word_longe...
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