worlds longest dictionary words

[master123]

(1,185) ACETYLSERYLTYROSYLSERYLISOLEUCYLTHREONYLSERYLPROLY LSERYL*GLUTAMINYLPHENYLALANYLVALYLPHENYLALANYLLEUC YLSERYLSERYLVALYL*TRYPTOPHYLALANYLASPARTYLPROLYLIS OLEUCYLGLUTAMYLLEUCYLLEUCYL*ASPARAGINYLVALYLCYSTEI NYLTHREONYLSERYLSERYLLEUCYLGLYCYL*ASPARAGINYLGLUTA MINYLPHENYLALANYLGLUTAMINYLTHREONYLGLUTAMINYL*GLUT AMINYLALANYLARGINYLTHREONYLTHREONYLGLUTAMINYLVALYL *GLUTAMINYLGLUTAMINYLPHENYLALANYLSERYLGLUTAMINYLVA LYLTRYPTOPHYL*LYSYLPROLYLPHENYLALANYLPROLYLGLUTAMI NYLSERYLTHREONYLVALYL*ARGINYLPHENYLALANYLPROLYLGLY CYLASPARTYLVALYLTYROSYLLYSYLVALYL*TYROSYLARGINYLTY ROSYLASPARAGINYLALANYLVALYLLEUCYLASPARTYL*PROLYLLE UCYLISOLEUCYLTHREONYLALANYLLEUCYLLEUCYLGLYCYLTHREO NYL*PHENYLALANYLASPARTYLTHREONYLARGINYLASPARAGINYL ARGINYLISOLEUCYL*ISOLEUCYLGLUTAMYLVALYLGLUTAMYLASP ARAGINYLGLUTAMINYLGLUTAMINYL*SERYLPROLYLTHREONYLTH REONYLALANYLGLUTAMYLTHREONYLLEUCYL*ASPARTYLALANYLT HREONYLARGINYLARGINYLVALYLASPARTYLASPARTYL*ALANYLT HREONYLVALYLALANYLISOLEUCYLARGINYLSERYLALANYLASPAR AGINYL*ISOLEUCYLASPARAGINYLLEUCYLVALYLASPARAGINYLG LUTAMYLLEUCYLVALYL*ARGINYLGLYCYLTHREONYLGLYCYLLEUC YLTYROSYLASPARAGINYLGLUTAMINYL*ASPARAGINYLTHREONYL PHENYLALANYLGLUTAMYLSERYLMETHIONYLSERYL*GLYCYLLEUC YLVALYLTRYPTOPHYLTHREONYLSERYLALANYLPROLYLALANYL*S ERINE = Tobacco Mosaic Virus, Dahlemense Strain.

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

(85) TAUMATAWHAKATANGIHANGAKOAUAUOTAMATEATURIPUKAKAPIKI MAUNGA*HORONUKUPOKAIWHENUAKITANATAHU

A hill in New Zealand. This Maori name was in general use, but is now generally abbreviated to Taumata. The name means: the summit of the hill, where Tamatea, who is known as the land eater, slid down, climbed up and swallowed mountains, played on his nose flute to his loved one.

Chemical Terms

Two chemical terms (3,641 and 1,913 letters long) have appeared in the Guinness Book of World Records. They were withdrawn because they have never been used by chemists, and there is no theoretical limit to the length of possible legitimate chemical terms. A DNA molecule could have a name of over 1,000,000,000 letters if it was written out in full.

(21) DISPROPORTIONABLENESS and (21) INCOMPREHENSIBILITIES

These are described by the 1992 Guinness Book of World Records as the longest words in common usage.

Some say SMILES is the longest word because there is a MILE between the first and last letters!

[COOLDUDE]

good post.... "

Also 'Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis' is considered to be longest word according to oxford dictionary.

It means 'a lung disease caused by the inhalation of very fine silica dust, causing inflammation in the lungs'.

[Deepoos]

j&*