Which word takes 3.5 hours to say?

That's called: Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia and it's one of the longest words in the dictionary.
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What word has 3.5 hours to pronounce?

A word of warning… the “word” takes about 3.5 hours to say. The word is 189,819 letters long. It's actually the name of a giant protein called Titin. Proteins are usually named by mashing-up the names of the chemicals making them.
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What word takes 3 hours to speak?

isoleucine is the chemical name for the protein of “titin” also known as “connectin.” The largest known protein that consists of 26, 926 amino acids is made up of 189, 819 letters and can take about three hours to pronounce.
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What is the longest World word in the world that takes 3 hours to say?

Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis (45 letters)
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What is the word with 189 819 letters?

1. methionylthreonylthreonylglutaminylalanyl… isoleucine. You'll notice there's an ellipsis here, and that's because this word, in total, is 189,819 letters long, and it's the chemical name for the largest known protein, titin.
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How do you say Aequeosalinocalcalinoceraceoaluminosocupreovitriolic?

Aequeosalinocalcalinoceraceoaluminosocupreovitriolic (AYK-wee-oh-SAY-lin-noh-kal-KAL-lin-noh-suh-RAY-see-oh-uh-LOOM-in-noh-soh-KOOP-ree-yoh-vit-tree-YOLL-lik) is an adjective coined about three centuries ago to elucidate the properties of the spa waters at Bath.
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What is the longest S word?

16-letter words that start with s
  • sociolinguistics.
  • sesquicentennial.
  • sphygmomanometer.
  • semiprofessional.
  • sonoluminescence.
  • stereomicroscope.
  • sternoclavicular.
  • strongyloidiasis.
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What word contains all the 26 letters?

An English pangram is a sentence that contains all 26 letters of the English alphabet. The most well known English pangram is probably “The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog”. My favorite pangram is “Amazingly few discotheques provide jukeboxes.”
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What are the top 5 longest words?

10 Longest Words in the English Language
  • Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis (45 letters) ...
  • Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia (36 letters) ...
  • Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious (34 letters) ...
  • Pseudopseudohypoparathyroidism (30 letters) ...
  • Floccinaucinihilipilification (29 letters)
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Is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis the longest word?

Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis is the longest word entered in the most trusted English dictionaries.
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Which word takes 2 hours to say?

Seriously. It's the chemical name of Titin (or connectin), a giant protein “that functions as a molecular spring which is responsible for the passive elasticity of muscle.” If it's your thing, you can listen to a guy pronounce the whole damn word.
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What's the longest German word?

So the longest word to be found in the German dictionary is Kraftfahrzeughaftpflichtversicherung – "motor vehicle indemnity insurance". As Mark Twain said "a word so long it has a perspective".
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What is the full name of titin?

Wikipedia's says that it's "Methionylthreonylthreonylglutaminylarginyl ... isoleucine" (ellipses necessary), which is the "chemical name of titin, the largest known protein." Also, there's some dispute about whether this is really a word.
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How many letters are in pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis?

The longest word in the English dictionary however, is the 45-letter word "pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis", which refers to a lung disease.
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What is the 27th letter in the alphabet?

Total number of letters in the alphabet

Until 1835, the English Alphabet consisted of 27 letters: right after "Z" the 27th letter of the alphabet was ampersand (&). The English Alphabet (or Modern English Alphabet) today consists of 26 letters: 23 from Old English and 3 added later.
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Which word has all 5 vowels?

Eunoia, at six letters long, is the shortest word in the English language that contains all five main vowels.
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Is there A word without vowels?

Words with no vowels. Cwm and crwth do not contain the letters a, e, i, o, u, or y, the usual vowels (that is, the usual symbols that stand for vowel sounds) in English. But in those words the letter w simply serves instead, standing for the same sound that oo stands for in the words boom and booth.
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What is a 12 letter word?

12 letter words that start with B
  • babyproofing.
  • bacchanalian.
  • bachelordoms.
  • bachelorette.
  • bachelorhood.
  • bachelorisms.
  • bachelorlike.
  • backbenchers.
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What is a word with 11 letters?

Some of the most common 11 letter words include: INFORMATION: Knowledge or facts learn, especially about a certain subject. PROFESSIONS: Jobs and occupations, what people do for a living. COPYRIGHTED: Material that is protected by copyright, a legal right.
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How do you pronounce GIF?

“It's pronounced JIF, not GIF.” Just like the peanut butter. “The Oxford English Dictionary accepts both pronunciations,” Wilhite told The New York Times. “They are wrong. It is a soft 'G,' pronounced 'jif.
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