longest word in dictionary

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'Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch'

PeteL

ckavitha,

or if place names arnt allowed

antidisestablishmentarianism

ckavitha,

The official answer is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis

ckavitha,
The above is not in the Oxford english dictionary but supercalifragilisticexpialidocious is

Good Try PeteLong.

go on you might succeed.

kavitha

Pete has it for the English dictionary.
pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis, which has 45 letters and which is a disease of the lungs caused by inhaling very fine irritant particles.

Technical terms
The technical term for "Tobacco Mosaic Virus, Dahlemense Stain" is the current official longest word:

Acetyl­seryl­tyrosyl­seryl­isoleucyl­threonyl­seryl­prolyl­seryl­glutaminyl­phenyl­alanyl­valyl­phenyl­alanyl­leucyl­seryl­seryl­valyl­tryptophyl­alanyl­aspartyl­prolyl­isoleucyl­glutamyl­leucyl­leucyl­asparaginyl­valyl­cysteinyl­threonyl­seryl­seryl­leucyl­glycyl­asparaginyl­glutaminyl­phenyl­alanyl­glutaminyl­threonyl­glutaminyl­glutaminyl­alanyl­arginyl­threonyl­threonyl­glutaminyl­valyl­glutaminyl­glutaminyl­phenyl­alanyl­seryl­glutaminyl­valyl­tryptophyl­lysyl­prolyl­phenyl­alanyl­proly­lglutaminyl­seryl­threonyl­valyl­arginyl­phenyl­alanyl­prolyl­glycyl­aspartyl­valyl­tyrosyl­lysyl­valyl­tyrosyl­arginyl­tyrosyl­asparaginyl­alanyl­valyl­leucyl­aspartyl­prolyl­leucyl­isoleucyl­threonyl­alanyl­leucyl­leucyl­glycyl­threonyl­phenyl­alanyl­aspartyl­threonyl­arginyl­asparaginyl­arginyl­isoleucyl­isoleucyl­glutamyl­valyl­glutamyl­asparaginyl­glutaminyl­glutaminyl­seryl­prolyl­threonyl­threonyl­alanyl­glutamyl­threonyl­leucyl­aspartyl­alanyl­threonyl­arginyl­arginyl­valyl­aspartyl­aspartyl­alanyl­threonyl­valyl­alanyl­isoleucyl­arginyl­seryl­alanyl­asparaginyl­isoleucyl­asparaginyl­leucyl­valyl­asparaginyl­glutamyl­leucyl­valyl­arginyl­glycyl­threonyl­glycyl­leucyl­tyrosyl­asparaginyl­glutaminyl­asparaginyl­threonyl­phenyl­alanyl­glutamyl­seryl­methionyl­seryl­glycyl­leucyl­valyl­tryptophyl­threonyl­seryl­alanyl­prolyl­alanyl­serine

Or there is Another word, a scientific name for tryptophan synthetase, which is made up of 267 amino acids, has appeared written down a number of times and has 1,909 letters.

There is some debate as to whether or not a place name is a legitimate word. Without entering that debate, let it be noted that the longest officially recognized place name in an English-speaking country is
Taumatawhakatang­ihangakoauauot­amateaturipukaka­pikimaunga­horonuku­pokaiwhenuak­itanatahu (85 letters)
which is a hill in New Zealand.

Hi ckavitha,

Infinity

Tim Cottee MCSD, MCDBA, CPIM
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Experts-Exchange Advisory Board Member

TimCottee is somewhat close the answer.

wishing success,
kavitha

Then infinite or forever or never perhaps.

mile

In that case

eternity
forever

longest

Or, if you want the longest word contained in "English Dictionary"

you can have

CORINTHIANISE
CONSTRAINEDLY
ORIENTALISING
LICHENISATION
REGIONALISTIC
HYGIENISATION

All at 13 letters
(I can't find any longer)

Or....

The longest word in English Dictionary is

Dictionary (10 letters)

The other one is
English (7 letters)

The word is SMILES as it has a MILE between first character and the last character.

Hope you had fun finding it,
bye,
kavitha

longest word in the chambers dictionary is- pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis
longest isogram is dermatoglyphics

http://www.bryson.demon.co.uk/chambers.html

other words r  :-
pithecanthropus

hippopotomonstrosesquipedalian

Damn - looks like I'll have to re-read my collection of lolly stick jokes.

Damn all the Ultra long words i have known have been previously mentioned:(.

here r some very long words :-

honorificabilitudinitatibus

antidisestablishmentarianism

floccinaucinihilipilification

dictionary

Sorry MM, didn't notice you said that above. sesquipedalian is a foot and a half long and means 'long word' if that helps.

forever

doh, didn't see the answer

http://wordways.com/biggest.htm

smiles (there is a mile between the first and the last letter)

Squeezy -  ckavitha has already given us the answer above (obviously couldn't wait for us to figure it out)

What about "beleaguer" then? That has, between "be" and "r", a league (3.456 miles).
"Sparsely" has 5/6 of a parsec between "s" and "ly".

*L* I think andyalder has it figured out even though ckavitha gave the answer he/she had in mind.  Way to go andy!
tsk, tsk, ckavitha.  Not enough time to let expert answer here! So where does this get closed and points awarded?

i just posted the question to have fun. I felt there would be no more answers and posted the answer for the question.

However I feel all those who had spent time in finding the word in dictionaries and responding to the question, deserve the points. Can we take a consensus among ourselves and the person who with higher vote will get points?

My vote is for andyalder.

bye,
kavitha

My vote is for MusicMan :)

Give it to the to person who got the longest word? seeing as you poseted the real answer, But Musicmans post above is very funny and deserves some points :^)

PetEL

I will wait for the experts answer for another 48 hrs.

Wishing Happiness,
kavitha

actually blobajob was the closest before the answer was given!

Comment from blobajob  Date: 08/22/2003 02:55AM PDT  
<mile>  

smiles is the longest word, because there's a mile between the first letter and the last.

Damn, just noticed djsqueeze got there before me with smiles.

The longest word probably in common usage is

electro-encephalographicalistically

I think Bob Everard has it with Beleauger, but when your 8 year old kid tyells you this old childrens joke don't go telling them its beleauger rather than smiles or they'll burst into tears.

floccinaucinihilipilification


It means "the estimation of something as worthless."

words longer than or equal to 'SMILE'


BESMILE
BESMILED
BESMILES
CAMOMILE
CAMOMILES
CHAMOMILE
CHAMOMILES
FACSIMILE
FACSIMILES
HOMILETIC
HOMILETICAL
HOMILETICS
MILE
MILEAGE
MILEAGES
MILEPOST
MILEPOSTS
MILER
MILERS
MILES
MILESIMO
MILESIMOS
MILESTONE
MILESTONES
OUTSMILE
OUTSMILED
OUTSMILES
SEMILETHAL
SEMILETHALS
SIMILE
SIMILES
SMILE
SMILED
SMILELESS
SMILER
SMILERS
SMILES
SMILEY


So SEMILETHAL and HOMILETICAL are longest, going by the criteria of 'MILE' embedded in the word.. with few extra characters more than 'SMILE'.
btw SMILELESS is longer than SMILE

"SMILELESS" ...  It also makes the face look "LONG"

Here are my sesquipedalian answers....

What is the longest word in English dictionary?
supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
antidisestablishmentarianism
pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis - defined by the OED as "a factitious word alleged to mean 'a lung disease caused by the inhalation of very fine silica dust'
Floccinaucinihilipilification
Noun: The habit or custom of judging or pronouncing as worthless or of no value.
 
What is the longest place name ?
Krungthepmahanakonbowornratanakosinmahintarayudyayamahadiloponoparatanarajthaniburiromudomrajniwesmahasatarnamornpimarnavatarsatitsakattiyavisanukamphrasit - Guinness Book of Records, the name of Bangkok (Krungthep) in Thai

Or

Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateapokaiwhenuakitanatahu - This Maori mouthful translates into English as "the place where Tamatea, the man with the big knees, who slid, climbed and swallowed mountains, known as 'landeater,' played his flute to his loved one." I consider this a lean short-story, however, and have serious reservations about giving New Zealand the gold, especially without photographic evidence. But you may count it if you like.

OR

Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch - Wales
 
What is the longest technical term ?

(1,185) ACETYL­SERYL­TYROSYL­SERYL­ISO­LEUCYL­THREONYL­SERYL­PROLYL­SERYL­GLUTAMINYL­PHENYL­ALANYL­VALYL­PHENYL­ALANYL­LEUCYL­SERYL­SERYL­VALYL­TRYPTOPHYL­ALANYL­ASPARTYL­PROLYL­ISOLEUCYL­GLUTAMYL­LEUCYL­LEUCYL­ASPARAGINYL­VALYL­CYSTEINYL­THREONYL­SERYL­SERYL­LEUCYL­GLYCYL­ASPARAGINYL­GLUTAMINYL­PHENYL­ALANYL­GLUTAMINYL­THREONYL­GLUTAMINYL­GLUTAMINYL­ALANYL­ARGINYL­THREONYL­THREONYL­GLUTAMINYL­VALYL­GLUTAMINYL­GLUTAMINYL­PHENYL­ALANYL­SERYL­GLUTAMINYL­VALYL­TRYPTOPHYL­LYSYL­PROLYL­PHENYL­ALANYL­PROLYL­GLUTAMINYL­SERYL­THREONYL­VALYL­ARGINYL­PHENYL­ALANYL­PROLYL­GLYCYL­ASPARTYL­VALYL­TYROSYL­LYSYL­VALYL­TYROSYL­ARGINYL­TYROSYL­ASPARAGINYL­ALANYL­VALYL­LEUCYL­ASPARTYL­PROLYL­LEUCYL­ISOLEUCYL­THREONYL­ALANYL­LEUCYL­LEUCYL­GLYCYL­THREONYL­PHENYL­ALANYL­ASPARTYL­THREONYL­ARGINYL­ASPARAGINYL­ARGINYL­ISOLEUCYL­ISOLEUCYL­GLUTAMYL­VALYL­GLUTAMYL­ASPARAGINYL­GLUTAMINYL­GLUTAMINYL­SERYL­PROLYL­THREONYL­THREONYL­ALANYL­GLUTAMYL­THREONYL­LEUCYL­ASPARTYL­ALANYL­THREONYL­ARGINYL­ARGINYL­VALYL­ASPARTYL­ASPARTYL­ALANYL­THREONYL­VALYL­ALANYL­ISOLEUCYL­ARGINYL­SERYL­ALANYL­ASPARAGINYL­ISOLEUCYL­ASPARAGINYL­LEUCYL­VALYL­ASPARAGINYL­GLUTAMYL­LEUCYL­VALYL­ARGINYL­GLYCYL­THREONYL­GLYCYL­LEUCYL­TYROSYL­ASPARAGINYL­GLUTAMINYL­ASPARAGINYL­THREONYL­PHENYL­ALANYL­GLUTAMYL­SERYL­METHIONYL­SERYL­GLYCYL­LEUCYL­VALYL­TRYPTOPHYL­THREONYL­SERYL­ALANYL­PROLYL­ALANYL­SERINE = 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.
 



Methionylglutaminy...serine.

According to the Guinness Book of World Records, 18th edition, it is the longest chemical word for C1289H2051N343O375S8.

The full name is:

methionylglutaminylarginyltyrosylglutamylserylleucylphenylalanylalanyl- glutaminylleucyllysylglutamylarginyllysylglutamylglycylalanylphenylalanyl- valylprolylphenylalanylvalylthreonylleucylglycylaspartylprolylglycyl- isoleucylglutamylglutaminylserylleucyllysylisoleucylaspartylthreonylleucyl- isoleucylglutamylalanylglycylalanylaspartylalanylleucylglutamylleucyl- glycylisoleucylprolylphenylalanylserylaspartylprolylleucylalanylaspartyl- glycylprolylthreonylisoleucylglutaminylasparaginylalanylthreonylleucyl- arginylalanylphenylalanylalanylalanylglycylvalylthreonylprolylalanyl- glutaminylcysteinylphenylalanylglutamylmethionylleucylalanylleucyl-
isoleucylarginylglutaminyllysylhistidylprolylthreonylisoleucylprolyl- isoleucylglycylleucylleucylmethionyltyrosylalanylasparaginylleucylvalyl- phenylalanylasparaginyllysylglycylisoleucylaspartylglutamylphenylalanyl- tyrosylalanylglutaminylcysteinylglutamyllysylvalylglycylvalylaspartylseryl- valylleucylvalylalanylaspartylvalylprolylvalylglutaminylglutamylseryl- alanylprolylphenylalanylarginylglutaminylalanylalanylleucylarginylhistidyl- asparaginylvalylalanylprolylisoleucylphenylalanylisoleucylcysteinylprolyl- prolylaspartylalanylaspartylaspartylaspartylleucylleucylarginylglutaminyl- isoleucylalanylseryltyrosylglycylarginylglycyltyrosylthreonyltyrosylleucyl- leucylserylarginylalanylglycylvalylthreonylglycylalanylglutamylasparaginyl- arginylalanylalanylleucylprolylleucylasparaginylhistidylleucylvalylalanyl- lysylleucyllysylglutamyltyrosylasparaginylalanylalanylprolylprolylleucyl- glutaminylglycylphenylalanylglycylisoleucylserylalanylprolylaspartyl- glutaminylvalyllysylalanylalanylisoleucylaspartylalanylglycylalanylalanyl- glycylalanylisoleucylserylglycylserylalanylisoleucylvalyllysylisoleucyl- isoleucylglutamylglutaminylhistidylasparaginylisoleucylglutamylprolyl- glutamyllysylmethionylleucylalanylalanylleucyllysylvalylphenylalanylvalyl- glutaminylprolylmethionyllysylalanylalanylthreonylarginylserine

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Who's your daddy...

What is the longest word in the dictionary?
Ans: Elastic ( Coz in can be strectched! )
Get it?

What is the longest word in 'English dictionary'?


That's easy.

DICTIONARY

Or solidarity
or sardonistic
or sidelining

or several other anagrams...

You either choose to include science and medicine or not. If you don't there may actually be a longest word. If you do no matter what anyone tells you.. methion.. etc any of those are not the longest words for one reason only and that is that there is a rule in science that states that a polyamine (a substance made of more than one amine) can be named by stringing together each of its amines meaning that you can create words that are infinitely long just by starting with a chain and adding meaningless amines to the end thereby lengthening the name. Im sure you can see where that would pose a problem for finding the one "longest" word.

And what's the longest PRONOUNCEABLE word in the English Dictionary. Wow, that does narrow it down a bit! :)