what is the biggest (real) word you know?

antidisestablishmentarinism

i would check the spelling if i weren't lazy

oh yeah, and

supercalifragilisticexpialidocious

if that isnt a real word, it should be

holy crap. antidisastablishmentarianism was mine too.

supercalifragilisticexpialidocious is longer!

does anyone know if there is a bigger word than that? I'd like to know that

supercalifragilisticexpialidocious is longer!

i've heard that it isn't a real word but im not sure on that one.

Whoever told you that was a liar.

i've heard it from many people though. are there any words longer than that?

PNEUMONOULTRAMICROSCOPICSILICOVOLCANOCONIOSIS (45 letters; a lung disease caused by breathing in certain particles) is the longest word in any English-language dictionary. (It is also spelled -koniosis.)


ANTIDISESTABLISHMENTARIANISM (28 letters) may be the best-known long word. The word means "the belief which opposes removing the tie between church and state."

nice

There's an amino acid whose name is thousands (I think) of letters long. I'll find it.

I was close on the "amino acid" part.

Tryptophan synthetase A protein, an enzyme that has 267 amino acids, and makes a record of 1,909 letters. The chemical notation is <NoBR>C<Sub>1289</Sub> H<Sub>2051</Sub>N<Sub>343</Sub>O<Sub>375</Sub>S<Sub>8</Sub>.</NoBR> As ya can see, it's very big. It's name is . . . :

methionylglutaminylarginyltyrosylglutamylserylleuc ylphenylalanylalanyl-
glutaminylleucyllysylglutamylarginyllysylglutamylg lycylalanylphenylalanyl-
valylprolylphenylalanylvalylthreonylleucylglycylas partylprolylglycyl-
isoleucylglutamylglutaminylserylleucyllysylisoleuc ylaspartylthreonylleucyl-
isoleucylglutamylalanylglycylalanylaspartylalanyll eucylglutamylleucyl-
glycylisoleucylprolylphenylalanylserylaspartylprol ylleucylalanylaspartyl-
glycylprolylthreonylisoleucylglutaminylasparaginyl alanylthreonylleucyl-
arginylalanylphenylalanylalanylalanylglycylvalylth reonylprolylalanyl-
glutaminylcysteinylphenylalanylglutamylmethionylle ucylalanylleucyl-
isoleucylarginylglutaminyllysylhistidylprolylthreo nylisoleucylprolyl-
isoleucylglycylleucylleucylmethionyltyrosylalanyla sparaginylleucylvalyl-
phenylalanylasparaginyllysylglycylisoleucylasparty lglutamylphenylalanyl-
tyrosylalanylglutaminylcysteinylglutamyllysylvalyl glycylvalylaspartylseryl-
valylleucylvalylalanylaspartylvalylprolylvalylglut aminylglutamylseryl-
alanylprolylphenylalanylarginylglutaminylalanylala nylleucylarginylhistidyl-
asparaginylvalylalanylprolylisoleucylphenylalanyli soleucylcysteinylprolyl-
prolylaspartylalanylaspartylaspartylaspartylleucyl leucylarginylglutaminyl-
isoleucylalanylseryltyrosylglycylarginylglycyltyro sylthreonyltyrosylleucyl-
leucylserylarginylalanylglycylvalylthreonylglycyla lanylglutamylasparaginyl-
arginylalanylalanylleucylprolylleucylasparaginylhi stidylleucylvalylalanyl-
lysylleucyllysylglutamyltyrosylasparaginylalanylal anylprolylprolylleucyl-
glutaminylglycylphenylalanylglycylisoleucylserylal anylprolylaspartyl-
glutaminylvalyllysylalanylalanylisoleucylaspartyla lanylglycylalanylalanyl-
glycylalanylisoleucylserylglycylserylalanylisoleuc ylvalyllysylisoleucyl-
isoleucylglutamylglutaminylhistidylasparaginylisol eucylglutamylprolyl-
glutamyllysylmethionylleucylalanylalanylleucyllysy lvalylphenylalanylvalyl-
glutaminylprolylmethionyllysylalanylalanylthreonyl arginylserine.

methionylglutaminylarginyltyrosylglutamylserylleuc ylphenylalanylalanylglutaminylleucyllysylglutamyla rginyllysylglutamylglycylalanylphenylalanylvalylpr olylphenylalanylvalylthreonylleucylglycylaspartylp rolylglycylisoleucylglutamylglutaminylserylleucyll ysylisoleucylaspartylthreonylleucylisoleucylglutam ylalanylglycylalanylaspartylalanylleucylglutamylle ucylglycylisoleucylprolylphenylalanylserylaspartyl prolylleucylalanylaspartylglycylprolylthreonylisol eucylglutaminylasparaginylalanylthreonylleucylargi nylalanylphenylalanylalanylalanylglycylvalylthreon ylprolylalanylglutaminylcysteinylphenylalanylgluta mylmethionylleucylalanylleucylisoleucylarginylglut aminyllysylhistidylprolylthreonylisoleucylprolylis oleucylglycylleucylleucylmethionyltyrosylalanylasp araginylleucylvalylphenylalanylasparaginyllysylgly cylisoleucylaspartylglutamylphenylalanyltyrosylala nylglutaminylcysteinylglutamyllysylvalylglycylvaly laspartylserylvalylleucylvalylalanylaspartylvalylp rolylvalylglutaminylglutamylserylalanylprolylpheny lalanylarginylglutaminyalanylalanylleucylarginylhi stidylasparaginylvalylalanylprolylisoleucylphenyla lanylisoleucylcysteinylprolylprolylaspartylalanyla spartylaspartylaspartylleucylleucylarginylglutamin ylisoleucylalanylseryltyrosylglycylarginylglycylty rosylthreonyltyrosylleucylleucylserylarginylalanyl glycylvalylthreonylglycylalanylglutamylasparaginyl arginylalanylalanylleucylprolylleucylasparaginylhi stidylleucylvalylalanyllysylleucyllysylglutamyltyr osylasparaginylalanylalanylprolylprolylleucylgluta minylglycylphenylalanylglycylisoleucylserylalanylp rolylaspartylglutaminylvalyllysylalanylalanylisole ucylaspartylalanylglycylalanylalanylglycylalanylis oleucylserylglycylserylalanylisoleucylvalyllysylis oleucylisoleucylglutamylglutaminylhistidylasparagi nylisoleucylglutamylprolylglutamyllysylmethionylle ucylalanylalanylleucyllysylvalylphenylalanylvalylg lutaminylprolylmethionyllysylalanylalanylthreonyla rginylserine eh? long word!

pseudoantidisestablishmentaniranism

but do you now that word, can you recite it on the spot, after all this is the longest word you know

Googleplex :D there is a thread about this already :rolleyes:

infinite

but it can be infinitely long or infinitely short, it is not ceartinly the longest

ANTI*DIS*ESTABLISH*MENT*ARIAN*ISM

IS the biggest word i have found

stick a pseudo prefix on there and ya got mine

"Donaudampfschiffartskapitänsgesellschaftsvereinsha usfensterrahmen" would be the longest word I know, but I can surely come up with some longer ones, the German language is quite flexible in chaining words together. (That's why words like that cannot be found in a dictionary)

And it is written together, but the forum software has put a space in it... still one word, just to clarify that.

Those are all "put-together" words full of prefixes and sufixes and combining forms. Try:

"The United States was never intended to be an eleemosynary institution."

So, put together words are still words... whatever, I am not going to search for long words now, all words are just combined pre- and suffixes or, respectively, phonemes.

all words are just combined pre- and suffixes
Exactly. The long words that Athel and Fafnir posted are really just 200 some words strung together.

The longest REAL word in the Oxford English dictionary is floccipaucinihililipilification (29 letters) It means " The action of estimating as worthless" First used in 1741.

There are some mistakes,it should be written like this: floccinaucinihilipilification

I could'nt find my specs :D

dreamwalker: the enormous german word you posted, is that about the river boat shipping captain's second mate on the river Donau or something like that? I think out german teacher taught us something like that. but im not sure. :m:

Yeah, something like that, I only made it up the moment I posted it, as I said, depending on the language, it is very easy to make long words that actually carry an understandable meaning for people from that language group.

My word is about the gathering hall's window of the association of german river shipping boat captains.

PNEUMONOULTRAMICROSCOPICSILICOVOLCANOCONIOSIS (45 letters; a lung disease caused by breathing in certain particles) is the longest word in any English-language dictionary. (It is also spelled -koniosis.)

Found that at http://members.aol.com/gulfhigh2/words11.html

About your word Athelwulf, I don't consider that as a word ;)

I already posted that one VictorE.

This seriously reminds me to a thread I asked some time ago, about the longest word ever known..................... what nostalgia XD

I would think that the largest word I know would be the word "infinity" for the word means it has no beginning or ending.

methionylglutaminylarginyltyrosylglutamylserylleuc ylphenylalanylalanyl-
glutaminylleucyllysylglutamylarginyllysylglutamylg lycylalanylphenylalanyl-
valylprolylphenylalanylvalylthreonylleucylglycylas partylprolylglycyl-
isoleucylglutamylglutaminylserylleucyllysylisoleuc ylaspartylthreonylleucyl-
isoleucylglutamylalanylglycylalanylaspartylalanyll eucylglutamylleucyl-
glycylisoleucylprolylphenylalanylserylaspartylprol ylleucylalanylaspartyl-
glycylprolylthreonylisoleucylglutaminylasparaginyl alanylthreonylleucyl-
arginylalanylphenylalanylalanylalanylglycylvalylth reonylprolylalanyl-
glutaminylcysteinylphenylalanylglutamylmethionylle ucylalanylleucyl-
isoleucylarginylglutaminyllysylhistidylprolylthreo nylisoleucylprolyl-
isoleucylglycylleucylleucylmethionyltyrosylalanyla sparaginylleucylvalyl-
phenylalanylasparaginyllysylglycylisoleucylasparty lglutamylphenylalanyl-
tyrosylalanylglutaminylcysteinylglutamyllysylvalyl glycylvalylaspartylseryl-
valylleucylvalylalanylaspartylvalylprolylvalylglut aminylglutamylseryl-
alanylprolylphenylalanylarginylglutaminylalanylala nylleucylarginylhistidyl-
asparaginylvalylalanylprolylisoleucylphenylalanyli soleucylcysteinylprolyl-
prolylaspartylalanylaspartylaspartylaspartylleucyl leucylarginylglutaminyl-
isoleucylalanylseryltyrosylglycylarginylglycyltyro sylthreonyltyrosylleucyl-
leucylserylarginylalanylglycylvalylthreonylglycyla lanylglutamylasparaginyl-
arginylalanylalanylleucylprolylleucylasparaginylhi stidylleucylvalylalanyl-
lysylleucyllysylglutamyltyrosylasparaginylalanylal anylprolylprolylleucyl-
glutaminylglycylphenylalanylglycylisoleucylserylal anylprolylaspartyl-
glutaminylvalyllysylalanylalanylisoleucylaspartyla lanylglycylalanylalanyl-
glycylalanylisoleucylserylglycylserylalanylisoleuc ylvalyllysylisoleucyl-
isoleucylglutamylglutaminylhistidylasparaginylisol eucylglutamylprolyl-
glutamyllysylmethionylleucylalanylalanylleucyllysy lvalylphenylalanylvalyl-
glutaminylprolylmethionyllysylalanylalanylthreonyl arginylserine.

When did I accidently enter the spanish message board? :eek:

does anyone know if there is a bigger word than that? I'd like to know that

Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovoconiosis. It is a respitory desease caused by volcanic dust. I believe that is 40 letters and I see reading this thread I missed 5.

Smiles - Starts with "s" ends with "s' and is a mile inbetween. :D

"I already posted that one VictorE. "

Yes, but you didn't post the source and therefore no prof, so I though I'll post it to show other people the site as well.

supercalifragilisticexpialidocious

if that isnt a real word, it should be
It is a real word. Many people think it is made-up but it is not. i have the Webster's Unabridged dictionary, and it is listed.

The absolute longest single word (that is real) in the English language is:
pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis.

There is a place on Anglesey called:

llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysilio gogogoch

see www.llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantys iliogogogoch.co.uk/

There is a place on Anglesey called:

llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysilio gogogoch

see www.llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantys iliogogogoch.co.uk/

But thats Welsh, not English. :confused:

Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovoconiosis. It is a respitory desease caused by volcanic dust. I believe that is 40 letters and I see reading this thread I missed 5.

Smiles - Starts with "s" ends with "s' and is a mile inbetween. :D

It is not a real word as such. Its a factitious word :m:

"I already posted that one VictorE. "

Yes, but you didn't post the source and therefore no prof, so I though I'll post it to show other people the site as well.


Ha, i bet you didnt even read the post.

what is the biggest (real) word you know?


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HOWEVER THIS IS NOT REAL....
This 310 letter word that appears in the list is not really a word at all. The word which appeared in Ripley The Omnibus Believe It Or Not, (1931). With the note that:
``THE long word of 310 letters was used as a means of demonstrating: 1. The extent to which even the English language is capable of forming enormous word monsters, and, 2. The whole field of superstitious divinatory practices which are as old as humanity. The literal translation of the long word is "A deluded human who practices divination or forecasting by means of phenomena, interpretation of acts or other manifestations related to the following animate or inanimate objects and appearances: birds, oracles, Bible, ghosts, crystal gazing, shadows, air appearances, birth stars, meteors, winds, sacrificial appearances, entrails of humans and fishes, fire, red-hot irons, altar smoke, mice, barley, salt, lead, dice, arrows, hatchet balance, sieve, ring suspension, random dots, precious stones, pebbles, pebble heaps, mirrors, ash writing, dreams, palmistry, nail rays, finger rings, numbers, book passages, name letterings, laughing manners, ventriloquism, circle walking, wax, susceptibility to hidden springs, wine and shoulder blades. Various monastic author of the Middle Ages writing on the subject of human superstition have actually used such a long word with a slightly varying sequence of items.''

what is the biggest (real) word you know?

THIS IS A LITTLE OFF THE TOPIC ...BUT I THOUGHT IT MITE MAKE AN INTERESTIN READ!
Cabbaged and fabaceae, each eight letters long, are the longest words that can be played on a musical instrument
Aegilops, eight letters long, is the longest word whose letters are arranged in alphabetical order
Spoonfeed, nine letters long, is the longest word whose letters are arranged in reverse alphabetical order
Cimicic and Cimicid, each seven letters long, are the longest words that are exclusively made up of Roman Numerals.
Nonsupports, eleven letters long, is the longest word in the English language made up of only letters in the second half of the alphabet.
Overnumerousnesses, eighteen letters long, is the longest English word that consists of only letters that lack ascenders, descenders, and dots in lower case
Honorificabilitudinitatibus, 27 letters long, is the longest English word consisting strictly of alterating consonants and vowels
Dermatoglyphics, misconjugatedly, and uncopyrightable, each fifteen letters long, are the longest English words in which no letter appears more than once
Unprosperousness, sixteen letters long, is the longest word in which each letter occurs at least twice.
The word chincherinchee is the only known English word which has one letter occurring once, two letters occurring twice, and three letters occurring three times.
Strengths, nine letters long, is the longest word in the English language with only one vowel

hey guys this is reallyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy sad u know........ me and my mate are sat here laughin at how pathetic it is :m:

PNEUMONOULTRAMICROSCOPICSILICOVOLCANOCONIOSIS (45 letters; a lung disease caused by breathing in certain particles) is the longest word in any English-language dictionary. (It is also spelled -koniosis.)


ANTIDISESTABLISHMENTARIANISM (28 letters) may be the best-known long word. The word means "the belief which opposes removing the tie between church and state."
yes my dad told me this one and i can now say it in just under 3 seconds
it is the longest word in the standard english dictionary

Googleplex :D there is a thread about this already :rolleyes:
Its spelled googolplex :m: