All we know is the smallest word in English is "a".
Have we ever taken the effort to know which is the longest word in English. It's really long and it contains more than 1000 words. Ok... for all those who have not heard of it no need to take the effort to browse for it. Here it is...
It is the name of a chemical molecule. As the molecule gets bigger the name gets bigger . This 1185-letter "word" is the chemical name for "Coat Protein, Tobacco Mosaic Virus, Dahlemense Strain". It is supposedly the longest word in the English language.
acetylseryltyrosylserylisoleucylthreonylserylprolylserylglutaminyl-
phenylalanylvalylphenylalanylleucylserylserylvalyltryptophylalanyl-
aspartylprolylisoleucylglutamylleucylleucylasparaginylvalylcysteinyl-
threonylserylserylleucylglycylasparaginylglutaminylphenylalanyl-
glutaminylthreonylglutaminylglutaminylalanylarginylthreonylthreonyl-
glutaminylvalylglutaminylglutaminylphenylalanylserylglutaminylvalyl-
tryptophyllysylprolylphenylalanylprolylglutaminylserylthreonylvalyl-
arginylphenylalanylprolylglycylaspartylvalyltyrosyllysylvalyltyrosyl-
arginyltyrosylasparaginylalanylvalylleucylaspartylprolylleucylisoleucyl-
threonylalanylleucylleucylglycylthreonylphenylalanylaspartylthreonyl-
arginylasparaginylarginylisoleucylisoleucylglutamylvalylglutamyl-
asparaginylglutaminylglutaminylserylprolylthreonylthreonylalanylglutamyl-
threonylleucylaspartylalanylthreonylarginylarginylvalylaspartylaspartyl-
alanylthreonylvalylalanylisoleucylarginylserylalanylasparaginylisoleucyl-
asparaginylleucylvalylasparaginylglutamylleucylvalylarginylglycyl-
threonylglycylleucyltyrosylasparaginylglutaminylasparaginylthreonyl-
phenylalanylglutamylserylmethionylserylglycylleucylvalyltryptophyl-
threonylserylalanylprolylalanylserine
The letter combination yl appears in the word 166 times.
4 comments:
5:20 PM
Can't believe its that big... how will they mention it each time ?
3:28 PM
dey baadu ooala oakatha... u know the longest word in english is "Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis"
6:52 PM
Refer to wikipedia please....
8:05 PM
ada paavigala...indha spellinga kandupuduchavanaleye thiruppi solla mudiyadhe?
Yaendhan ippadi ellam word kandupidakaranungalo?
Idhellam nee engendu kandupidichu podare?
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