Longest Word(s)
Lol, just came to me to look up the longest word ever...
The Longest word contains 45 letters:
PNEUMONOULTRAMICROSCOPICSILICOVOLCANOCONIOSIS
Meaning: a lung disease caused by breathing in particles of siliceous volcanic dust.
and also...
The Longest name of a place containing 85 letters:
TAUMATAWHAKATANGIHANGAKOAUAUOTAMATEATURIPUKAKAPIKI_MAUNGAHORONUKUPOKAIWHENUAKITANATAHU[\B]
Meaning: A hill in New Zealand. This Maori name was in general use, but is now generally abbreviated to Taumata. The name means: the summit of the hill, where Tamatea, who is known as the land eater, slid down, climbed up and swallowed mountains, played on his nose flute to his loved one.
and this one was just plain funny!...
The Longest chemical Term containing....1185 letters!!
[B]ACETYLSERYLTYROSYLSERYLISOLEUCYLTHREONYLSERYLPROLYL_SERYLGLUTAMINYLPHENYLALANYLVALYLPHENYLALANYLL
EUCYLSERYLSERYL_VALYLTRYPTOPHYLALANYLASPARTYLPROLYLISOLEUCYLGLUTAMYLLEUCYL_LEUCYLASPARAGINYLVALYLCYS
TEINYLTHREONYLSERYLSERYLLEUCYLGLYCYL_ASPARAGINYLGLUTAMINYLPHENYLALANYLGLUTAMINYLTHREONYLGLUTAMINYL_G
LUTAMINYLALANYLARGINYLTHREONYLTHREONYLGLUTAMINYLVALYL_GLUTAMINYLGLUTAMINYLPHENYLALANYLSERYLGLUTAMINY
LVALYL_TRYPTOPHYLLYSYLPROLYLPHENYLALANYLPROLYLGLUTAMINYLSERYL_THREONYLVALYLARGINYLPHENYLALANYLPROLYL
GLYCYLASPARTYLVALYL_TYROSYLLYSYLVALYLTYROSYLARGINYLTYROSYLASPARAGINYLALANYLVALYL_LEUCYLASPARTYLPROLY
LLEUCYLISOLEUCYLTHREONYLALANYLLEUCYL_LEUCYLGLYCYLTHREONYLPHENYLALANYLASPARTYLTHREONYLARGINYL_ASPARAG
INYLARGINYLISOLEUCYLISOLEUCYLGLUTAMYLVALYLGLUTAMYL_ASPARAGINYLGLUTAMINYLGLUTAMINYLSERYLPROLYLTHREONY
LTHREONYL_ALANYLGLUTAMYLTHREONYLLEUCYLASPARTYLALANYLTHREONYLARGINYL_ARGINYLVALYLASPARTYLASPARTYLALAN
YLTHREONYLVALYLALANYL_ISOLEUCYLARGINYLSERYLALANYLASPARAGINYLISOLEUCYLASPARAGINYL_LEUCYLVALYLASPARAGI
NYLGLUTAMYLLEUCYLVALYLARGINYLGLYCYL_THREONYLGLYCYLLEUCYLTYROSYLASPARAGINYLGLUTAMINYLASPARAGINYL_THRE
ONYLPHENYLALANYLGLUTAMYLSERYLMETHIONYLSERYLGLYCYLLEUCYL_VALYLTRYPTOPHYLTHREONYLSERYLALANYLPROLYLALAN
YLSERINE
Meaning: Tobacco Mosaic Virus, Dahlemense Strain
(this I thought was interesting)
A DNA molecule could have a name of over 1,000,000,000 letters if it was written out in full.
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