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the longest word
30 June 2009 1:12:00 PM

pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanocon... is, according to the oxford english dictionary, "a word alleged to mean 'a lung disease caused by the inhalation of volcanic ash, causing inflammation in the lungs.'"

this is the chemical name of the largest known protein. it is an astonishing 189,819 letters long. however, it is purely a technical term and though written in english, it isnt a "dictionary" term and thus the first answerer is the most correct.

methionylthreonylthreonylglutaminylala...
ylglutaminylprolylleucylglutaminylsery...
lserylthreonylalanylthreonylphenylalan...
rylglycylphenylalanylprolylvalylprolyl...
lanylarginylaspartylglycylglutaminylva...
nylleucylprolylglycylvalylglutaminylis...
ylglycylarginylalanyllysylleucylthreon...
llysylalanylasparaginylserylglycylargi...
eonylasparaginylglycylserylglycylgluta...
nylglutamylleucylleucylvalyllysylalany...
asparaginylphenylalanylvalylglutaminyl...
ylthreonylvalylarginylglutaminylglycyl...
utaminylvalylarginylvalylthreonylglycy...
lylvalyllysylphenylalanyltyrosylarginy...
cylglutaminylserylserylleucylaspartylp...
glutaminylglutamylglycylaspartylleucyl...
anylglutamylalanyltyrosylprolylglutamy...
serylvalylasparaginylalanylthreonylasp...
ylthreonylserylthreonylalanylglutamyll...
tamylglutamylglutamylvalylprolylalanyl...
eucylvalylserylthreonylalanylglutaminy...
glutaminylthreonylarginylisoleucylglut...
ylhistidylphenylalanylaspartylalanylar...
lylglutamylmethionylvalylisoleucylaspa...
nylglutaminylleucylprolylhistidyllysyl...
lprolylprolyllysylprolyllysylserylargi...
erylisoleucylalanylalanyllysylalanylgl...
ylglutaminylserylprolylserylprolylisol...
lprolylvalylarginylhistidylvalylarginy...
lylvalylarginylserylvalylserylprolylal...
onylserylprolylisoleucylarginylserylva...
thionylarginyllysylthreonylglutaminyla...
ylglycylprolylglutamylvalylprolylproly...
tamylglycyltyrosylvalylalanylserylsery...
ylarginylglutamylthreonylthreonylleucy...
minylisoleucylarginylthreonylglutamylg...
cylarginyltyrosylglycylvalylglutaminyl...
eucylserylglycylalanylalanylglycylalan...
serylalanylseryltyrosylalanylalanylglu...
lalanyllysylglutamylvalyllysylglutamin...
lanylalanylvalylalanylthreonylvalylval...
lalanylarginylvalylarginylglutamylprol...
tamylglutaminylthreonylalanylglutaminy...
eonylalanylvalylhistidylisoleucylgluta...
glutaminylvalylarginyllysylglutamylala...
threonyllysylvalylvalylvalylalanylalan...
lutaminylglutamylleucyllysylserylargin...
leucylthreonylthreonyllysylglutaminylg...
alylthreonylhistidylglutamylglutaminyl...
ylglutamyllysylthreonylphenylalanylval...
ylalanylalanyllysylalanyllysylglutamyl...
oleucylserylglutamylglutamylisoleucylt...
taminylvalylthreonylglutaminylglutamyl...
ylthreonylarginyllysylthreonylvalylval...
nylthreonylprolyllysylvalyllysylglutam...
larginylglycylarginylglutamylglycyliso...
lutamylglutaminylvalylglutaminylisoleu...
ethionylarginyllysylglutamylalanylglut...
hreonylisoleucylalanylvalylalanylthreo...
utaminylglutamylthreonylisoleucylleucy...
onylmethionylalanylthreonylarginylglut...
utaminylvalylthreonylhistidylglycyllys...
lalanylglutamylalanylvalylalanylthreon...

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