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Mystikal_roze Posted 22 years ago
Grammar

The longest English word

Methionylglutaminylarginyltyrosylglutamylserylleucylphen-
ylalanylalanylglutaminylleucyllysylglutamylarginyllysylgluta-
mylglysylalanylphenylalanylvalylprolylphenylalanylyalylthre-
onylleucylglcycylaspartylprolylglicylisoleucyglutamylgluta-
minlserylleucyllysylisoleucylaspartylthreonylleucylisoleu-
cylglutamylalanylglyclyalanylaspartylalanylleucyglutamylle-
ucylgluycylisoleucylproluylphenylalanyserylaspartyprolylleu-
celalanylaspartylglycylprolylthreonylisolleucyglutaminylaspa-
raginylalanythreonylleucylarginylalanylphenylalanylalanylal-
anylglycylvalylthreonylprolylalanylglutaminylcysteinylphen-
ylalanylglglutamylmethionylleucyalanylleucylisoleucylarginyl-
glutaminyllysylhistidylprolyuthreonylisoleucylprolylisoleuc-
ylglycylleucylleucylmethionyltyrosylalanylasbaraginylleucyl-
valylphenylalanylsparaginyyllysylglycylisoleucylaspartylglut-
amylphenylalanylyltyrosylalanylglutaminylcysteinylglutamyll-
ysylvalylglycylvalylspartylserylvalylleucylvallalanylaspart-
ylvalylprolylvalvlglutaminylglutamylserylalanylprolylpheny-
lalalrginylglutaminylalanylalanylleucylarginylhistidylasp-
araginylvalylalalprolylisoleucylphenylalanylisoleucylcystei-
nylprolyprolylaspartylalanylaspartylaspartyspartyleucylle-
ucylarginylglutaminylisoleucylalanylseryltyroslglycylargin-
ylglycyltyrosylthreonyltyrosylleucylleucylserylarginlalanyl-
glycylvalylthreonylglycylalanylglutamylasparaginylarginyla-
nylalanylleucylprolylleucylaspaaginylhistidylleucylvalylalan-
yllysylleucyllysylglutamyltyrosylasparagimylalanylalanypro-
lylprolylleucylglutaminylglycylphenlalanylglycylisoleyucyls-
erylalanylprolylaspartylglutaminylvalyllysylalanylalanylisol-
eucylalspartylalanylglycylalanylalanylglycylalanylasoleucylse-
rylglycylserylalanylisoleucylbalyllysylisoleucylisoleucylgluta-
mylglutaminylhistidylasparaginylisoleucylglutamylpronylglu-0
tamyllysylmethionylluecylalanylalanyoeucyllysylvalylpheny-
lalanylvalylglutamilylprolylmethionyllysylalanylalanylthreo-
nylarginylserine.

I think this is the longest word in the world!!
  

Top answer

This has been debated before, I don't remember if it was in this forum or elsewhere, so I will reply once again. If you consider any protein's name in this - I'm sorry for the word - ridiculously expanded form to be an actual word, then there deifinitely exist bigger proteins (and thus words) than the one mentioned above. However, nobody ever uses this kind of name for proteins, and as I've never seen this name form in any kind of literature (and as I am studying the subject I can speak with a fair amount of certainty), I'm seriously doubting how valid it is to call such contraptions 'words'.

  • This has been debated before, I don't remember if it was in this forum or elsewhere, so I will reply once again.
  • If you consider any protein's name in this - I'm sorry for the word - ridiculously expanded form to be an actual word, then there deifinitely exist bigger proteins (and thus words) than the one mentioned above.
  • However, nobody ever uses this kind of name for proteins, and as I've never seen this name form in any kind of literature (and as I am studying the subject I can speak with a fair amount of certainty), I'm seriously doubting how valid it is to call such contraptions 'words'.
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This has been debated before, I don't remember if it was in this forum or elsewhere, so I will reply once again.

If you consider any protein's name in this - I'm sorry for the word - ridiculously expanded form to be an actual word, then there deifinitely exist bigger proteins (and thus words) than the one mentioned above.
However, nobody ever uses this kind of name for proteins, an
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..and you could always add another aminoacid in the sequence..
creating an even longer word! Emotion: crying
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hi my name is erin and I am 12 years old (but 1 month away from being 13![<:o)])the real longest word in the world is PNEUMONO­ULTRA­MICRO­SCOPIC­SILICO­VOLCANO­CONIOSIS

meaning:

a lung disease caused by breathing in particles of siliceous volcanic dus
This is the longest word in any English dictionary. However, it was coined by Everett Smith, the President of The Nati
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HELLO!

I think, it's not the longest word in the world.

Please, tell me, what does it mean?

Your Sincerely:Alexander Boyanov, Bulgaria
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that is nt the longest word. the longest is 182 letters, and its greek!
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What about the longest one syllable word?  With a sense of irony, I propose "stretched."
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hi friends

i would like to know whtz the longest word in english without vowels. the word i know is RHYTHM. any one who knows a longer word is welcome to reply.
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i think it is symphysy.I have no clue what it means though!
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I think the longest word is SMILES.

Because there's a mile between the first letter and the last one. Emotion: wink
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Are you sure that that is a real word?

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