The Longest Word Using Chemical Symbols
IrReSPONSiBILiTiEs is the longest word that can be
spelt entirely using chemical symbols without reusing any element...
Ir - iridium
Re - rhenium
S - sulphur
P - phosphorus
O - oxygen
N - nitrogen
Si - silicon
Bi - bismuth
Li - lithium
Ti - titanium
Es – einsteinium
Post-Correction (thanks to
Mark Nandor, Upper School Math Chair, The
Wellington School, Columbus, Ohio)
The longest word that can be spelt entirely using chemical symbols without
reusing any element is:
NoNRePReSeNTaTiONaLiSmS
(there
are actually four different "spellings")
No - nobelium
N - nitrogen
Re - rhenium
P - phosphorus
Re - rhenium
Se - selenium
N - nitrogen
Ta - tantalum
Ti - titanium
O - oxygen
Na - sodium
Li - lithium
Sm - samarium
S - sulfur
The longest non-dictionary (purely scientific, not in the ENABLE dictionary)
word is:
HYPOThAlAmICoHYPoPHYSeAl (there are
actually eight different "spellings").
There is a tie for longest words that can be spelled using unique chemical
symbols:
“HYPErCoAgULaBiLiTiEs”
and
“HYPErCoNScIOUSnEsSeS”
More
such useless chemical symbol word trivia can be found at
Mark Nandor's website ...