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Scientific words and names can become extremely long very easily, but here is an example of the longest name for an enzyme which has been cited in multiple scientific journals:

methionylglutaminylarginyltyr osylglutamylserylleucylphenyl al
anylalanylglutaminylleucyllys ylglutamylarginyllysylglutamy lg
lycylalanylphenylalanylvalylp rolylphenylalanylvalylthreony ll
eucylglycylaspartylprolylglyc ylisoleucylglutamylglutaminyl se
rylleucyllysylisoleucylaspart ylthreonylleucylisoleucylglut am
ylalanylglycylalanylaspartyla lanylleucylglutamylleucylglyc yl
isoleucylprolylphenylalanylse rylaspartylprolylleucylalanyl as
partylglycylprolylthreonyliso leucylglutaminylasparaginylal an
ylthreonylleucylarginylalanyl phenylalanylalanylalanylglycy lv
alylthreonylprolylalanylgluta minylcysteinylphenylalanylglu ta
mylmethionylleucylalanylleucy lisoleucylarginylglutaminylly sy
lhistidylprolylthreonylisoleu cylprolylisoleucylglycylleucy ll
eucylmethionyltyrosylalanylas paraginylleucylvalylphenylala ny
lasparaginyllysylglycylisoleu cylaspartylglutamylphenylalan yl
tyrosylalanylglutaminylcystei nylglutamyllysylvalylglycylva ly
laspartylserylvalylleucylvaly lalanylaspartylvalylprolylval yl
glutaminylglutamylserylalanyl prolylphenylalanylarginylglut am
inylalanylalanylleucylarginyl histidylasparaginylvalylalany lp
rolylisoleucylphenylalanyliso leucylcysteinylprolylprolylas pa
rtylalanylaspartylaspartylasp artylleucylleucylarginylgluta mi
nylisoleucylalanylseryltyrosy lglycylarginylglycyltyrosylth re
onyltyrosylleucylleucylseryla rginylalanylglycylvalylthreon yl
glycylalanylglutamylasparagin ylarginylalanylalanylleucylpr ol
ylleucylasparaginylhistidylle ucylvalylalanyllysylleucyllys yl
glutamyltyrosylasparaginylala nylalanylprolylprolylleucylgl ut
aminylglycylphenylalanylglycy lisoleucylserylalanylprolylas pa
rtylglutaminylvalyllysylalany lalanylisoleucylaspartylalany lg
lycylalanylalanylglycylalanyl isoleucylserylglycylserylalan yl
isoleucylvalyllysylisoleucyli soleucylglutamylglutaminylhis ti
dylasparaginylisoleucylglutam ylprolylglutamyllysylmethiony ll
eucylalanylalanylleucyllysylv alylphenylalanylvalylglutamin yl
prolylmethionyllysylalanylala nylthreonylarginylserine

This is the expanded name for a tryptophan compound made up of 267 amino acids described with the following chemical composition: C1289H2051N343O375S8
Site: (Hopefully will entertain you for 5 minutes)
http://everything2.com/title/Longest+names



Nope, amino acids.
I'd thought you'd get the joke. You have disgraced your honor.