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1. honorificabilitudinitatibus 這個字是由27個字母組成的。
出現在大文豪莎士比亞的劇本「空愛一場」 ﹝Love's Labour's Lost﹞裏，意思是「不勝光榮」。

2. antidisestablishmentarianism 這個字是由28個字母組成的。
根據范克和華格若爾斯編的「英語新標準辭」 裡面的解釋，這個字的意思是「反對教會與國家分開學說」。它曾被英國首 相格來斯頓﹝William Ewart Gladstone，1809-1898﹞引述過一次。

3. floccinaucinihilipipification 這個字是由29個字母組成的。
「牛津英文辭典」裡就有這個字，意思是「把 某事的價值加以抹殺的行為或習慣」。

4. supercalifragilisticexpiadocious 　　這個字是由34個字母組成的。
出現在一部名叫Mary Poppins的電影裡，意思 是「好」。

5. hepaticocholecystostcholecystntenterostomy 這個字是由40個字母組成的。
出現在高德編的「醫學辭典」裏，為一個外 科術語，亦即在膽囊與膽管之間或腸子與膽囊之間接人工管子的手術。

6. pneumonoultramicyoscpicailicovolcanoconiosis 這個字是由45個字母組成的。
出現在韋氏辭典第八版的版本中意思是「吸入 矽酸鹽細末或石英岩灰而形成的肺塵埃沉著病」。礦工特別容易得這種病。

7. Antipericatametaanaparcircumvolutiorectumgustpoops of the Coprofied 這個字是由50個字母組成的。
有個圖書館的書架上，陳列著法國作家拉伯 雷著的「葛甘塔和潘特古」故事系列。其中有一本，書名就是這個長長的英文字。

8. osseocaynisanguineoviscericartilagininervomedullary 這個字是由51個字母組成的。
它是人體構造一術語，曾出現在英國作家皮考克﹝Thomas Love Peacock,1785-1866﹞那本名叫Headlong Hall的小說中。

9. aequeosalinocalcalinoceraceoaluminosocupreovitriolie 這個字是由52個字母組成的。
它是英國醫學作者愛德華‧史特羅哲﹝Dr. Edward Strother，1675-1737﹞創造的字，專用來形容英格蘭格洛斯特夏布 瑞斯陀這個地方的礦泉水成分。

10.bababadalgharaghtakamminarronnkonnbronntonnerronntuonnthunntrovarrhounawnskawn
toohoohoordenenthurnuk 這個字是由100個字母組成的。
就出現在愛爾蘭作家喬埃斯﹝James Joyce,1882-1942﹞作品Finnegans Wake的扉頁，象徵雷鳴，代表亞當和夏娃的墮落。

11.lopadotemachoselachogaleokranioleipsanodrimhypotrimmatosilphioparaomelitokatakechy
menokichlepikossyphophattoperisteralektryonoptekephalliokigklopeleiolagoiosiraiosiraiobaph
etraganopterygon 這個字是由182個字母組成的。
它是從希臘字英譯過來的英文字，源出自希臘喜劇作家亞里斯多芬尼斯﹝Aristophanes,448?-385?﹞的劇本The Ecclesiazusae中。它是指由剩餘的菜和牛肉函煮而成的辣味食物。

12. 1913個字母，“色氨酸合成蛋白質”（一種含有267種氨基酸?）的化學名： methionylglutaminylarginyltyrosylglutamylserylleucylphenylalanylalanylglutaminy
lleucyllysylglutamylarginyllysylglutamylglycylalanylphenylalanylvalylprolyphenyla
lanylvalythreonylleucylglycylaspartylprolylglycylisoleucylglutamylglutaminylseryll
eucyllysylisoleucylaspartylthreonylleucylisoleucylglutamylalanylglycylalanylaspart
hlalanylleucylglutamylleucylglycylisoleucylprolylphenylalanylserylaspartylprolylleu
cylalanylaspartylglycylprolylthreonylisoleucylglutaminylaspfraginylalanylthreonyll
eucylarfinylalanylphenylalanylalanylalanylglycylvalythreonylprolylalanylglutaminy
lcysteinylphenylalanylglutamylmethionylleucylalanylleuoylisoleucylarginylglutamin
yllysyhistidylprolylthreonylisoleucylprolylisoleucylglycylleucylmethionyltyrosylalan
ylasparaginylleucylvalylphenylalanylasparaginyllysyglycylisoleucylaspartylglutamy
lphenylalanylthrosylalanylglutaminylcysteinylglutamyllysylvalylglycylvalylasparty
lserylvalylleucylvalylalnylaspartylvalylprolylvalylglutaminylglutamylserylalanylpr
olylphenylalanylarginylglutaminylalanylalanylleucylarginylhistidylasparaginyvalyla
lanylprolylisoleucylprolylisoleucylphenylalanylisoleucylphenylalanylisoleucylcystei
nylprolylprolylaspartylalanylaspartylaspartylaspartylleucylleucylarginylglutaminy
lisoleucylalanylseryltyrosylglycylarginylglycyltyrosylthreonyltyrosylleucylleucylse
rylarginylalanylglycylvalylthreonylglycylalanylglutamylasparainylarginylalanylalan
ylleucylprolylleucylasparaginylhistidylleucylvalylalanyllysylleucyllysylglutamyltyro
sylasparaginylalanylalanylprolylprolylleucylglutaminylglgycylphenylalanylglycylisol
eucylserylalanylprolylaspartylglutaminylvalyllysylalanylalanylisoleucylaspartylalan
ylglycylalanylalanylglycylalanylisoleucylserylglycylserylalanylisoleucylvalyllysylisoi
eucylisoleucylglutamylglutaminylhistidylasparaginylisoleucylglutamylprolylglutamy
llysylmethionylleucylalanylalanylleucyllysylvalylphenylalanylcalylglutaminylprolylm
ethionlysylalanylalanylthreonylarginylserine


英文中最長的英文字還不是如上述所說的，而是一個由3,600個字母組成 的字。它是一個化學名詞，為一含有500個氨基酸的化學物質。 內容如下
Methionylglutaminylarginyltyrosylglutamylserylleucylphenylalanylalanylglutaminyl
leucyllysylglutamylarginyllysyglutamylgycylalanylphenylalanylvalylprolylphenylala
nylvalylthreonylleucylglycylaspartylprolylglycyllisoleucylglutamylglutaminylserylleu
cyllysylisoleucylaspartylthreonylleucylisoleucylglutamylalanylglycylalanylaspartylal
anylleucylglutamylleucylglycylisoleucylprolylphenylalanylserylaspartylprolylleucylal
anylaspartylglycylprolylthreonylisoleucylglutaminylasparaginylalanylthreonylleucyl
arginylalanylphenylalanylalanylalanylglycylvalylthreonylprolylalanylglutaminylcyste
inylphenylalanylglutamylmethionylleucylalanylleucylisoleucylarginylglutaminyllysyl
histidylprolylthreonylisoleucylprolylisoleucylglycylleucylleucylmethionyltyrosylalany
lasparaginylleucylvalylphenylalanylasparaginyllysylglycylisoleucylaspartylglutamylp
henylalanyltyrosylalanylglutaminylcysteinylglutamyllysylvalylglycylvalylaspartylsry
lvalylleucylvalylalanylaspartylvalylprolylvalylglutaminylglutamylserylalanylprolylph
enylalanylarginylglutaminylalanylalanylleucylarginylhistidylasparaginylvalylalanylpr
olylisoleucylphenylalanylisoleucylcysteinylprolylprolylaspartylalanylaspartylasparty
laspartylleucylleucylarginylglutaminylisoleucylalanylseryltyrosylglycylarginylglycylt
yrosylthreonyltyrosylleucylleucylserylarginylalanylglycylvalylthreonylglycylalanylgl
utamylasparaginylarginylalanylalanylleucylleucyllysylglutamyltyrosylasparaginylala
nylalanylprolylprolylleucylglutaminylglycylphenylalanylglysylisoleucylserylalanylpro
lylaspartylglutaminylvalyllysylalanylalanylisoleucylaspartylalanylglycylalanylalanylg
lycylalanylisoleucylserylglycylserylalanylisoleucylvalyllysylisoleucylisoleucylglutamyl
glutaminylhistidylasparaginylisoleucylglutamylprolylglutamyllysylmethionylleucylala
nylalanylleucyllysylvalylphenylalanylvalylglutaminylprolylmethionyllysylalanylalany
lthreonylarginyglutamyltyrosylasparaginylalanylalanylprolylprolylleucylglutaminylgl
ycylphenylalanylglysylisoleucylserylalanylprolylaspartylglutaminylvalyllysylalanylal
anylisoleucylaspartylalanylglycylalanylalanylglycylalanylisoleucylserylglycylserylalan
ylisoleucylvalyllysylisoleucylisoleucylglutamylglutaminylhistidylasparaginylisoleucylg
lutamylprolylglutamyllysylmethionylleucylalanylalanylleucyllysylvalylphenylalanylva
lylgl utaminylprolylmethionyllysylalanylalanylthreonylarginylserine.