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HTML

<table width="100%" style="table-layout:fixed;">
    <tr>
        <td>kokos</td>
        <td class="breakword" style="width:54%">
            <select name="vlist" id="vlist" class="choices">
                <option value="15">Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat.</option>
                <option>This is a test item for the dropdown</option>
            </select>
        </td>
    </tr>
</table

CSS

table {
    width:100%;
    table-layout: fixed;
}

.breakword {
-ms-word-break: break-all;
word-break: break-all;
// Non standard for webkit
     word-break: break-word;
-webkit-hyphens: auto;
-moz-hyphens: auto;
hyphens: auto;
font-size: 0.9em; font-weight: normal;
}

.choices {
    max-width: 100%
}