Longest Word In The World?

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Is this the longest word in the world? :shrug:> Please, don't ask me what it means...
aequeosalinocalcalinoceraceoaluminosocupreovitriolic...
Wow eh?

Reiku :m:
 
NORDÖSTERSJÖKUSTARTILLERIFLYGSPANINGSSIMULATORANLÄGG-
NINGSMATERIELUNDERHÅLLSUPPFÖLJNINGSSYSTEMDISKUSSIONS-
INLÄGGSFÖRBEREDELSEARBETEN

Supposedly, this is Swedish for "preparatory work on the contribution to the discussion on the maintaining system of support of the material of the aviation survey simulator device within the north-east part of the coast artillery of the Baltic"
 
Aequeosalinocalcalinoceraceoaluminosocupreovitriolic, describing the spa waters at Bath, England, is attributed to Dr Edward Strother (1675-1737). The word is composed of the following elements:

* Aequeo: equal (Latin, aequo)
* Salino: containing salt (Latin, salinus)
* Calcalino: calcium (Latin, calx)
* Ceraceo: waxy (Latin, cera)
* Aluminoso: alumina (Latin)
* Cupreo: from "copper"
* Vitriolic: resembling vitriol
 
The IUPAC nomenclature for organic chemical compounds is open-ended, giving rise to such words as Methionylthreonylthreonyl…isoleucine (189819 letters).
I couldn't find the full word though, which is probably for the best :)
 
Enmos said:
Aequeosalinocalcalinoceraceoaluminosocupreovitriolic, describing the spa waters at Bath, England, is attributed to Dr Edward Strother (1675-1737). The word is composed of the following elements:

* Aequeo: equal (Latin, aequo)
* Salino: containing salt (Latin, salinus)
* Calcalino: calcium (Latin, calx)
* Ceraceo: waxy (Latin, cera)
* Aluminoso: alumina (Latin)
* Cupreo: from "copper"
* Vitriolic: resembling vitriol
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Are you absolutely certain about the first one? I thought that was based on the same root word but meant "water."
 
I'm sure there's another thread on this somewhere...

Anyhoo - longest word, if you include scientific words, is "Methionylthreonylthreonyl...isoleucine", it's 189,819 letters long - and I'm sure you could probably get longer ones - as they're mostly descriptions of proteins.
 
But so does ETERNITY, and ENDLESS. :eek:

So we have joint winners!! \o/
 
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