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This is the Conversation Forum for The Longest Word << That's all well and good... Amount of "Y"s >> Subject: Actually... Posted Jul 9, 2001 by beeline   Posting 1 That chemical is called Tryptophan Synthetase. There is actually a longer chemical name with over 3,600 letters in its long form - it's the full name for NADP Specific Glutamate Hydrogenase. Guinness Book of Records, 1988, I think. Go on - you know you want to type it in... Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: Actually... Posted Feb 3, 2002 by ZiGGY^ This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 2 God bless mechanically derived words Subject: Actually... Posted Apr 8, 2004 by Liaira This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 3 Hi. If anyone could get me the FULL word, I would be very happy, because i have a problem, and i have memorized other words, and i am looking for longer ones. The longest one i can say and spell i lopadotemachoselachogaleokranioleipsanodrimhypotrimmatosylphioparaomelitokatakechymenokichlepikossyphophattoparasteralektryanoptekephalliokigklopeliolegoisseraiobaphetragaopterygon. Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: Actually... Posted Jun 29, 2004 by Alex 'Tufty' Ashman [!] This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 4 I'm quite happy being able to say and spell Pseudopseudohypoparathyroidism and Antidisestablishmentarianism. I wouldn't try to remember anything longer than that unless I was being paid to do so... Conversation list Most of the content on h2g2 is created by h2g2's Researchers, who are members of the public. The views expressed are theirs and unless specifically stated are not those of the BBC. The BBC is not responsible for the content of any external sites referenced. In the event that you consider anything on this page to be in breach of the site's House Rules, please click on the relevant button to alert our Moderation Team. Conversation list

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