1,913 letters: methionylglutaminylarginyltyrosylglutamylserylleucylphenylalanylalany- lglutaminylleucyllysylglutamylarginyllysylglutamylglycylalanylphenylalan- ylvalylprolylphenylalanylvalylthreonylleucylglycylaspartylprolylglycylisol- eucylglutamylglutaminylserylleucyllysylisoleucylaspartylthreonylleucylis- oleucylglutamylalanylglycylalanylaspartylalanylleucylglutamylleucylglycy- lisoleucylprolylphenylalanylserylaspartylprolylleucylalanylaspartylglycyl- prolylthreonylisoleucylglutaminylaspfraginylalanylthreonylleucylarginyl- alanylphenylalanylalanylalanylglycylvalylthreonylprolylalanylglutaminyl- cysteinylphenylalanylglutamylmethionylleucylalanylleucylisoleucylarginy- lglutaminyllysylhistidylprolylthreonylisoleucylprolylisoleucylglycylleucyll- eucylmethionyltyrosylalanylasparaginylleucylvalylphenylalanylasparagin- yllysylglycylisoleucylaspartylglutamylphenylalanyltyrosylalanylglutaminyl- cysteinylglutamyllysylvalylglycylvalylaspartylserylvalylleucylvalylalanyl- aspartylvalylprolylvalylglutaminylglutamylserylalanylprolylphenylalanyl- arginylglutaminylalanylalanylleucylarginylhistidylasparaginylvalylalanyl- prolylisoleucylphenylalanylisoleucylcysteinylprolylprolylaspartylalanyla- spartylaspartylaspartylleucylleucylarginylglutaminylisoleucylalanylsery- ltyrosylglycylarginylglycyltyrosylthreonyltyrosylleucylleucylserylarginyla- lanylglycylvalylthreonylglycylalanylglutamylasparaginylarginylalanylala- nylleucylprolylleucylasparaginylhistidylleucylvalylalanyllysylleucyllysylg- lutamyltyrosylasparaginylalanylalanylprolylprolylleucylglutaminylglycy- lphenylalanylglycylisoleucylserylalanylprolylaspartylglutaminylvalyllysyl- alanylalanylisoleucylaspartylalanylglycylalanylalanylglycylalanylisoleucy- lserylglycylserylalanylisoleucylvalyllysylisoleucylisoleucylglutamylglutam- inylhistidylasparaginylisoleucylglutamylprolylglutamyllysylmethionylleu- cylalanylalanylleucyllysylvalylphenylalanylvalylglutaminylprolylmethion- yllysylalanylalanylthreonylarginylserine Because the word was so long, I had to break it up so that it would fit. It is the scientific name for Trypthophan synthetase, a protein with 267 amino acids. [Edit:] Here are some more really long words and their meanings: 1,185 letters: Acetylseryltyrosylserylisoleucylthreonylserylprolylserylglutaminylpheny- lalanylvalylphenylalnelleucylserylserylvalyotriptophylalanylaspartylprol- ylisoleucylglutamylleucyllencyllasparaginylvalylcysteinythreonylserylser- ylleucylglycllasparatinylglutaminylphenylalanylglutaminylthreonylgluta- minylglutaninylalanylarginylthrseonylthreonylglutaminylvalylglutaminyg- lutaninylphenylalanylserylghlutaminylvalyltryptophyllysylrolylphenylalay- lprolyglutaminylserylthreonylvalylarginylphunylalanylprolylglycylasparty- lvalyltyrosyllsvslvalyltyrosylargiyltyosvlasparaginylalanylvalylleusylaspa- rtylprolylleucylisoleucylthreonylalnylleucylleucylglycyltreonylphnylalanyl- aspartylthreonylarginlasparaginylarginylisoleucylislleucylglutammylvalyl- glutamylasparaginylglutaminylglutaminylsurylprolylthreonylthreonylala- nyoglutamylthreonylleucylaspartylalanylthreonylarginylarginylvalylaspa- rtylaspartylalanylthreonylvalylalanylisoleucylarginylserylalanylasparagi- nylisoleucylasparaginylleucylvallasparaginylglutamylleucylvalylarginylgl- ycylthreonylglycylleucyltyrosylasparaginylglutaminylasparaginylthreony- lphenylalanylglutamylserylmethionylserylglycylleucylvalyltryptophylthr- eonylserylalanylprolylalanylserine This is the scientific name for the Tobacco Mosaic Virus. 310 letters: Ornicopytheobiblopsychocrystarroscioaerogenethliometeoroaustrohi- eroanthropoicichthyopyrosiderochpnomyoalectryoophiobotanopegoh- ydrorhabdocrithoaleuroalphitohalomolybdoclerobeloaxinocoscinodact- yliogeolithopessopscphocatoptrotephraoeirochiroomychodactyloarith- stichooxogeloscogastrogyrocerobletonooenoscapulinaniac This is a deluded human who pracitises divination or forecasting. 182 letters: Aopadotenachoselachogaleokranioleipsanodrinhipotrimmatosilphiopa- raomelitokatakechymenokichlepikossyphophattoperisteralektrionopte- kephalliokigklopeleiolagoiosiraiovaphetraganopterygon This is the name of a 17-ingredient Greek dish. 52 letters: Aequeosalinocalcalinosetaceoaluminosocupreovitriolic This is the spa waters at Bath, England. 51 letters: Asseocarnisanguineoviscericartilaginonervomedullary This is the structure of the human body. 45 letters: Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis This is a lung disease caused by breathing in volcano ash. 39 letters: Hepaticocholangiocholecystentersotomies This is gal-bladder surgury. 34 letters: Pseudoantidisestablishmentarianism This is the false opposition to the withdrawal of state support from the church of England. 34 letters: Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious This simply means "wonderful." 28 letters: Antidisestablishmentarianism Opposition to the withdrawal of state support from the church of England.
Actually, my mom asked me how to spell "antidisestablishmentarianism," and she said it was the longest word in the English language. I looked it up for her, and proved (by over 1,500 letters) that it's not the longest word. I'll edit the first topic with some more really long words.
Actually, my mom asked me how to spell "antidisestablishmentarianism," and she said it was the longest word in the English language. I looked it up for her, and proved (by over 1,500 letters) that it's not the longest word. I'll edit the first topic with some more really long words. [/b][/quote] Oh. heh. That's pretty cool.
Hah. "The longest word in the dictionary is 'smiles' because there's a mile between the esses." Anyway, I added some more freakishly long words.
No, it's real. Thursday, my Chemistry teacher was talking about chemical compounds and how long some of the names are, and he said that the name of one chemical is over 1,900 letters long.
lol, that's cool, Will. I would never expect someone like you to post a thread like this. But it's......interesting, nonetheless.
Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwyll-llantysiliogogogoch This is the longest city name of the world, and it means "The church of St. Mary in the hollow of white hazel trees near the rapid whirlpool by St. Tysilio's of the red cave" in Welsh.
Who can say them words? Not me! Seriously, if you could say all of them words correctly I would give you $20! Well, I wouldn't really
wow...some english words have very long meanings in Turkish.. and Will, wow, they're very interesting....
Wow, that's really long! The longest Czech word is "nejneobhospodařovávatelnějšími" - 30 letters. Or "nejnevykrystalizovávatelnějšími" - 31 letters, but that's not originally Czech. (YOUR COMPUTER MAY NOT DISPLAY SOME LETTERS OF THESE WORDS!) Czech chemistry names aren't that long, it's said that Czech chemical terminology is the best in the world. For some reason I don't want to believe it (I have C's from Chemistry..)