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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread ...and pi is a really big number? #146517 08/20/2005 12:08 AM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 11,074 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 11,074 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA Yeahbut... pikers. methionylglutaminyl...alanylthreonylarginylserine (that's 1913 letters) ...you could spell that in seven letters if you really wanted to: PROTEIN. I can't recognize it, but that 270-or-so-amino-acid string probably has another (and more common) name. Globin, or albumin, or something like that. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted really long and hard to pronounce words joeyman 08/19/2005 3:49 PM Re: really long and hard to pronounce words zmjezhd 08/19/2005 4:02 PM Re: really long and hard to pronounce words tsuwm 08/19/2005 4:06 PM ...and pi is a really big number? wofahulicodoc 08/20/2005 12:08 AM Re: ...and pi is a really big number? tsuwm 08/20/2005 2:32 AM Re: ...and pi is a really big number? wofahulicodoc 08/20/2005 11:51 AM Re: ...and pi is a really big number? tsuwm 08/20/2005 11:56 AM Re: really long and hard to pronounce words TEd Remington 08/19/2005 5:11 PM Re: really long and hard to pronounce words of troy 08/19/2005 5:43 PM Re: really long and hard to pronounce words zmjezhd 08/19/2005 7:15 PM Re: really long and hard to pronounce words sjmaxq 08/22/2005 11:12 PM Re: really long and hard to pronounce words zmjezhd 08/22/2005 11:32 PM Re: really long and hard to pronounce words sjmaxq 08/22/2005 11:38 PM Re: really long and hard to pronounce words Jackie 08/20/2005 11:55 PM Re: really long and hard to pronounce words Zed 08/22/2005 10:51 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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