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    What is the longest word in the English vocabulary?

    +1  Views: 1318 Answers: 4 Posted: 14 years ago

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    Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis (in case you're wondering, it means: a factitious word alleged to mean 'a lung disease caused by the inhalation of very fine silica dust, causing inflammation in the lungs.
    Ms Sinclair

    Wow. I guess you win. Never heard that one before. This is the largest word in the dictionary.
    supercalifragilisticexpealidocius
    Actually, I've found one that's longer than any of these but there's no way I am going to type it here because it has 189,810 letters. Suffice it to say, it is the chemical name for titin, the largest known protein.
    hector5559

    Tintin was Ruberts brears dog,
    antidisestablishmentarianism
    gary

    not any more. I heard the new one but don't know it the one on top is correct.


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