Guest Posted June 16, 2009 Report Share Posted June 16, 2009 Using the atomic symbols/letters of the periodic table of the elements, can you construct a 13-letter word? Just so you don't have to strain and stare at table like I'd been doing all day in my classes, here's a handy, broken-down guide... AL AR AS AG AU AT AC AM B BE BR BA BI BH BK C CL CA CR CO CU CD CS CE CM CF DB DY EU ER ES F FE FR FM GA GE GD H HE HF HG HS HO I IN IR K KR LI LA LU LR MG MN MO MT MD N NE NA NI NB ND NP NO O OS P PD PT PB PO PR PM PA PU RB RU RH RE RN RA RF S SI SC SE SR SN SB SG SM TI TC TE TA TL TB TM TH U V W XE Y YB ZN ZR As an example, a 12-letter word I came up with is "necrophiliac" - NE CR O P HI LI AC See what the longest word you can come up with is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 CaptainEd Posted June 16, 2009 Report Share Posted June 16, 2009 If you'd like to go further and make an entire crossword puzzle (a Yoruichi-san enigmatic crossword), you can use the Excel spreadsheet in my CaptainEd Current versions, in my sig. Look for "Enigmatic Crossword", you'll find two different useful spreadsheets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Prof. Templeton Posted June 16, 2009 Report Share Posted June 16, 2009 You can find alot of long ones. Most of them end in ...nesses Here's a real longy nonrepresentationalisms (23) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted June 16, 2009 Report Share Posted June 16, 2009 I read some where there are 26811 of them and 56407 ways to write them. hypothalamicohypophyseal (24) the longest one i can think of... thermodynamical oh and blasphemousness. You can also combine Florine Uranium Carbon and Potassium to form a word that would surely get you booted off the forum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted June 16, 2009 Report Share Posted June 16, 2009 Damnit, you Molybdenum Thorium Erbium Florine Uranium Carbon Potassium Erbium Sulphur are always a step ahead of me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted June 16, 2009 Report Share Posted June 16, 2009 (edited) If all the letters but 'Q'and 'J' are in the periodic table, most words can be created...like 'antidisestablishmentarianism' Right? nevermind...must use the whole symbol name, not just letters included in the symbol... Edited June 16, 2009 by shawnd1223 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted June 16, 2009 Report Share Posted June 16, 2009 (edited) C H Ir O Pr Ac Ti Ce Edited June 16, 2009 by Romulus064 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted June 16, 2009 Report Share Posted June 16, 2009 Another two 13-letter words I got were: In Te Rn At I O N Al Po N Ti F I Ca Ti O N Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted June 17, 2009 Report Share Posted June 17, 2009 (edited) C-H-AR-AC-T-ER-I-S-TI-C-S or Characteristics OsTeNTaTiOUSNeSS if that's even a real word... Edited June 17, 2009 by Tiger Fan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted June 17, 2009 Report Share Posted June 17, 2009 OsTeNTaTiOUSNeSS if that's even a real word...C-H-AR-AC-T-ER-I-S-TI-C-S or Characteristics It's a real word. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted June 17, 2009 Report Share Posted June 17, 2009 U N CO ND I TI O N AL that is if you can use N twice... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Using the atomic symbols/letters of the periodic table of the elements, can you construct a 13-letter word?
Just so you don't have to strain and stare at table like I'd been doing all day in my classes, here's a handy, broken-down guide...
AL AR AS AG AU AT AC AM
B BE BR BA BI BH BK
C CL CA CR CO CU CD CS CE CM CF
DB DY
EU ER ES
F FE FR FM
GA GE GD
H HE HF HG HS HO
I IN IR
K KR
LI LA LU LR
MG MN MO MT MD
N NE NA NI NB ND NP NO
O OS
P PD PT PB PO PR PM PA PU
RB RU RH RE RN RA RF
S SI SC SE SR SN SB SG SM
TI TC TE TA TL TB TM TH
U
V
W
XE
Y YB
ZN ZR
As an example, a 12-letter word I came up with is "necrophiliac" - NE CR O P HI LI AC
See what the longest word you can come up with is.
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