Methionylthreonylthreonylglutaminylarginyl...isoleucine | 189,819 | Chemical name of titin, the largest known protein | Technical; not in dictionary; disputed whether it is a word |
Methionylglutaminylarginyltyrosylglutamyl...serine | 1,909 | Longest published word[1] | Technical |
Lopadotemachoselachogaleokranioleipsano...pterygon | 183 | Longest word coined by a major author,[2] the longest word ever to appear in literature.[3] | Coined; not in dictionary; Ancient Greek transliteration |
Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis | 45 | Longest word in a major dictionary[4] | Technical; coined to be the longest word |
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious | 34 | Famous for being created for the Mary Poppins film and musical | Coined |
Pseudopseudohypoparathyroidism | 30 | Longest non-coined word in a major dictionary[5] | Technical |
Floccinaucinihilipilification | 29 | Longest unchallenged nontechnical word | Coined |
Antidisestablishmentarianism | 28 | Longest non-coined and nontechnical word[6] | |
Honorificabilitudinitatibus | 27 | Longest word in Shakespeare's works; longest word in the English language featuring alternating consonants and vowels.[7] | Latin |
Wednesday, June 11, 2014
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