The longest word in English

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I believe it was in the movie "Mary Poppins" where *** Van *** sang out " supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" or

Maverick88 · Accepted Answer

No.
The longest is a word from biology that consists of about 1900 letters, though it doesn't appear in dictionaries (think why

)
There is another word that was found is one of the Shakespeare's books and consists of 45 letters. I will wonder if it appears in any dictionary as well as the first one.
There is another word that does appear in dictionaries - 27 letters, as far as I remember, though yours word is 34 letters (and doesn't appear in my dictionary)

Guest · Answer

YES, THE LAST POST WAS CORRECT.  IT'S A MEDICAL TERM AND HAS OVER 1900 LETTERS IN IT.  I ALWAY'S THOUGHT IT WAS THE SUPERCALA FRA---- OR ANTIDISISSTAPLIMENTIMTERRIAISM OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

Anonymous · Answer

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10The longest is a word from biology that consists of about 1900 letters, though it doesn't appear in dictionaries (think why15010 )12br
10There is another word that was found is one of the Shakespeare's books and consists of 45 letters. I will wonder if it appears in any dictionary as well as the first one. 12br
10There is another word that does appear in dictionaries - 27 letters, as far as I remember, though yours word is 34 letters (and doesn't appear in my dictionary)12blockquote

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Anonymous · Answer

1font00supercalifragilisticexpialidocious is not a real word,but it is jibberish a real word that is about that long is antidistestablishmentarianism, which has three less letters. 05002font010id4

WYVRN92 · Answer

The Longest word in the english langege is the the full chemical name for the protien Titin, its full chemical name contains 189,819

letters (look it up on Wikipedia if you don't belive me, don't try a dictionary, it won't be in there) here is the link to where I found it out:

Anonymous · Answer

Maverick88No.
The longest is a word from biology that consists of about 1900 letters, though it doesn't appear in dictionaries (think why )
There is another word that was found is one of the Shakespeare's books and consists of 45 letters. I will wonder if it appears in any dictionary as well as the first one.
There is another word that does appear in dictionaries - 27 letters, as far as I remember, though yours word is 34 letters (and doesn't appear in my dictionary)

Rumor has it that smiles is the longest word. Could you figure it out?

Neeraj Jain · Answer

According to Wikipedia, pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis is the longest word to appear in an English dictionary.

Anonymous · Answer

It is difficult to argue what the longest word is. It all depends on what you concider a word. There is a protein with over 189,819 letters and a medical term with 183 letters. Longest place name = 85. Coined word = 45. Non-coined = 30. Nontechnical = 29.

Hoa Thai · Answer

Hi,

Here is a funny comment (I forget where I got it from):

"The longest word in English is SMILES, a MILE between two S's."

Have a great day,

Hoa Thai

Anonymous · Answer

I think that the the longest word that has been printed full is

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That stands for a scientific name for Trypthophan synthetase

And is 1909 letters

However, there is a word that stands for deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) and is 207000 letters it was never printed.

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