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Some really long words

Postby Warmsoul/Jeanie13 » Fri Aug 26, 2011 8:50 pm

(starts with)Methionylthreonylthreonylglutaminylarginyl... (ends with) isoleucine (has 189,819 letters)
Chemical name of titin, the largest known protein
Technical; not in dictionary; disputed whether it is a word

Lopado­­temacho­­selacho­­galeo­­kranio­­leipsano­­drim­­hypo­­trimmato­­silphio­­parao­­melito­­katakechy­­meno­­kichl­­epi­­kossypho­­phatto­­perister­­alektryon­­opte­­kephallio­­kigklo­­peleio­­lagoio­­siraio­­baphe­­tragano­­pterygon (has 183 letters) is a fictional dish mentioned in Aristophanes' comedy. Longest word coined by a major author the longest word ever to appear in literature.

Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis ( has 45 letters)
s, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, "a factitious word alleged to mean 'a lung disease caused by the inhalation of very fine silica dust, causing inflammation in the lungs.[1]'" A condition meeting the word's definition is normally called silicosis.

Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious ( has 34 letters)
is an English word, with 34 letters, that was in the song with the same title in the 1964 Disney musical film Mary Poppins. The song was written by the Sherman Brothers, and sung by Julie Andrews and Dick Van Dyke. It also appears in the stage show version of Mary Poppins.

Pseudopseudohypoparathyroidism (has 30 letters)
s an inherited disorder, named for its similarity to pseudohypoparathyroidism in presentation. The term pseudopseudohypoparathyroidism is used to describe a condition where the individual has the phenotypic appearance of pseudohypoparathyroidism type 1a, but is biochemically normal. It is sometimes considered a variant of Albright hereditary osteodystrophy.

Floccinaucinihilipilification (has 29 letters)
The act or habit of describing or regarding something as unimportant.

Antidisestablishmentarianism (has 29 letters)
is a political position that originated in 19th-century Britain in opposition to proposals for the disestablishment of the Church of England, that is, to remove the Anglican Church's status as the state church of England, Ireland, and Wales.

Honorificabilitudinitatibus (has 27 letteres)
Honorificabilitudinitatibus is the dative and ablative plural of the mediæval Latin word honorificabilitudinitas, which can be translated as "the state of being able to achieve honours".

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Postby jj » Wed Sep 07, 2011 7:39 pm

i cant even...

i dont even....


WHAT!?!??!!?


hahhaha

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Postby Warmsoul/Jeanie13 » Wed Sep 07, 2011 10:21 pm

((((((((((( jj ))))))))))))

LOL. As a kid in school, Antidisestablishmentarianism was my only spelling word one week. I aced it and got a gold star! :)

Nothing like improving the mind, huh?

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