Long Words

Complete Listing of All Phobias

Have you ever wondered what the longest words in the entire world are?
Well, I have found them (in order of length):

Sesquipedalian (14 Letters)
Pronunciation: (ses"kwi-pi-dA'lE-un, -dAl'yun)
—adj. Also,ses•quip•e•dal
Pronunciation: (ses-kwip'i-dl)
1. Given to using long words.
2. (of a word) Containing many syllables.
—n.
A sesquipedalian word.

Triskaidekaphobia (17 Letters)
Fear of the number 13

Logizomechanophobia (19 Letters)
Fear of Computers

Paraskavedekatriaphobia (23 Letters)
Fear of Friday the 13th

Ethylenediaminetetraacetate (27 Letters)
Main Entry: eth·yl·ene·di·amine·tetra·ac·e·tate
Pronunciation: "eth-&-"lEn-"dI-&-"mEn-"te-tr&-'as-&-"tAt, -dI-"am-&n-
Function: noun
: a salt of EDTA

Antidisestablishmentarianism (28 Letters)
Pronunciation: (an"tE-dis"u-stab"lish-mun-târ'E-u-niz"um, an"tI-)
—n.
Opposition to the withdrawal of state support or recognition from an established
church, esp. the Anglican Church in 19th-century England.

Honorificabilitudinitatibus (28 Letters)
Honorableness.
Which appears in Shakespeare's Love's Labour's Lost, and which has been cited as [dubious] evidence that Francis Bacon wrote Shakespeare's plays.
The word first appeared in English in 1599, and in 1721 was listed by Bailey's Dictionary as the longest word in English.
It was used by Shakespeare in Love's Labor's Lost (Costard; Act V, Scene I):
"O, they have lived long on the alms-basket of words.
I marvel thy master hath not eaten thee for a word;
for thou art not so long by the head as
honorificabilitudinitatibus: thou art easier
swallowed than a flap-dragon."

Floccinaucinihilipilification (29 Letters)
Pronunciation: (flok"su-nô"su-nI"hil-u-pil"u-fi-kA'shun)
—n.
Rare.The estimation of something as valueless (encountered mainly as an example of one
of the longest words in the English language).

Trinitrophenylmethylnitramine (29 Letters)
Pronunciation: (trI-nI'trO-fen'l-meth'ul-nI"tru-mEn', -nI-tram'in, -fEn'-)
—n. Chemical Name for: C7H5N5O8
tetryl.

Orthochlorobenzylmalononitrile (30 Letters)
Nothing like a shot of the original tear-gas to get you going in the morning.
Not to be confused with pepper spray.

Hyperdiafragmakontravibrasjoner (31 letters)
It's a Norwegian word

Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious (34 Letters)
Pronunciation: (sOO"pur-kal"u-fraj"u-lis"tik-ek"spE-al"i-dO'shus)
—adj.
Used as a nonsense word by children to express approval or to represent the longest word in English.

Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia (36 letters)
Fear of long words

Hepaticocholangiocholecystenterostomies (37 Letters)
A surgical creation of a connection between the gall bladder and a hepatic duct and between the intestine and the gall bladder.
This is the longest word in Gould's Medical Dictionary.

Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis (45 Letters)
Pronunciation: (nOO'mu-nO-ul"tru-mI"kru-skop"ik-sil'i-kO"vol-kA"nO-kO"nE-O'sis, nyOO'-)
—n.
An obscure term ostensibly referring to a lung disease caused by silica dust, sometimes cited as one of the longest words in the English language.

Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch (58 Letters)
The longest town in the United Kingdom is in Wales.
Usually referred to as Lannfair PG.

Schiffahrtswitwenrentenfondssachverwaltungsabteilungsleiterbürotürknopf (71 letters)
German, meaning: sailor widow pension fund book keeping department's head's office door knob

Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiw en uaitnatahu (84 Letters)
This is the name of a hill in New Zealand.

Bababadalgharaghtakamminarronnkonnbronntonnerronntuvarrhounawnskawntoohoohoordenenthurnuk (92 Letters)
This is a lake in Southern Europe

too long to underline
Methionylglutaminylarginyltyrosylglutamylserylleucylphenylalanylalanylglutaminylleucylly
sylglutamylarginyllysyglutamylgycylalanylphenylalanylvalylprolylphenylalanylvalylthreonylle
ucylglycylaspartylprolylglycyllisoleucylglutamylglutaminylserylleucyllysylisoleucylaspartyl
threonylleucylisoleucylglutamylalanylglycylalanylaspartylalanylleucylglutamylleucylglycylis
oleucylprolylphenylalanylserylaspartylprolylleucylalanylaspartylglycylprolylthreonylisoleuc
ylglutaminylasparaginylalanylthreonylleucylarginylalanylphenylalanylalanylalanylglycylvalyl
threonylprolylalanylglutaminylcysteinylphenylalanylglutamylmethionylleucylalanylleucylisole
ucylarginylglutaminyllysylhistidylprolylthreonylisoleucylprolylisoleucylglycylleucylleucylm
ethionyltyrosylalanylasparaginylleucylvalylphenylalanylasparaginyllysylglycylisoleucylaspar
tylglutamylphenylalanyltyrosylalanylglutaminylcysteinylglutamyllysylvalylglycylvalylasparty
lsrylvalylleucylvalylalanylaspartylvalylprolylvalylglutaminylglutamylserylalanylprolylpheny
lalanylarginylglutaminylalanylalanylleucylarginylhistidylasparaginylvalylalanylprolylisoleu
cylphenylalanylisoleucylcysteinylprolylprolylaspartylalanylaspartylaspartylaspartylleucylle
ucylarginylglutaminylisoleucylalanylseryltyrosylglycylarginylglycyltyrosylthreonyltyrosylle
ucylleucylserylarginylalanylglycylvalylthreonylglycylalanylglutamylasparaginylarginylalanyl
alanylleucylleucyllysylglutamyltyrosylasparaginylalanylalanylprolylprolylleucylglutaminylgl
ycylphenylalanylglysylisoleucylserylalanylprolylaspartylglutaminylvalyllysylalanylalanyliso
leucylaspartylalanylglycylalanylalanylglycylalanylisoleucylserylglycylserylalanylisoleucylv
alyllysylisoleucylisoleucylglutamylglutaminylhistidylasparaginylisoleucylglutamylprolylglut
amyllysylmethionylleucylalanylalanylleucyllysylvalylphenylalanylvalylglutaminylprolylmethio
nyllysylalanylalanylthreonylarginylserine (1,919 Letters)

Also known as C1289H2051N343O375S8 (21 Letters)
Chemical name for the "Tryptophan Synthetase" protein
This is now known as the official longest word on the planet Earth.