Error Words
We're sure about this one.
A hyphenated word run together into one string.
This is the biggest single error in the list, more than twice the size of typos. knockemdown is knock-em-down, allround is all-round, filmmake is film-make.
Nobody who wrote the dictionary got these wrong. The hyphen was removed when the word list was cut down to letters only.
4,861 words · sorted A to Z · each with a line on why it is here
Matches the word itself, not the note beside it. Case does not matter.
| Word, sorted Z to A | With the hyphen back |
|---|---|
| deepwaterman | deep-waterman, deep-sea sailor |
| deepwatermen | deep-watermen |
| deerdog | deer-dog |
| deerdrive | deer-drive |
| deerhair | deer-hair, a sedge (Scirpus caespitosus) |
| deerherd | deer-herd |
| deerkill | deer-kill |
| deerstand | deer-stand |
| demonland | demon-land, the land of demons |
| dentatoangulate | dentato-angulate, botany, toothed and angled |
| dentatocostate | dentato-costate, botany, toothed and ribbed |
| dentatocrenate | dentato-crenate, botany, toothed and crenate |
| dentatoserrate | dentato-serrate, botany, toothed and serrate |
| dentatosetaceous | dentato-setaceous, toothed with bristly teeth |
| dentatosinuate | dentato-sinuate, botany, toothed and sinuate |
| dermoosseous | dermo-osseous, of skin and bone |
| dermoossification | dermo-ossification, bone formation in the skin |
| devilbird | devil-bird |
| devilman | devil-man |
| devilmonger | devil-monger |
| dewbeam | dew-beam |
| dewcup | dew-cup, lady's mantle |
| dewdamp | dew-damp |
| dewlight | dew-light |
| dewrot | dew-rot, to ret flax by dew |
| deyhouse | dey-house, a dairy |
| deywoman | dey-woman, a dairymaid |
| diamondbacked | diamond-backed |
| diceboard | dice-board |
| dicecup | dice-cup |
| diceman | dice-man, a dice player |
| diceplay | dice-play |
| dickeybird | dickey-bird |
| dickybird | dicky-bird |
| diecase | die-case (Monotype matrix case) |
| dillyman | dilly-man, driver of a dilly |
| dillymen | dilly-men, drivers of a dilly |
| dimberdamber | dimber-damber, cant for a master thief |
| dinglebird | dingle-bird, a dell-haunting bird |
| dingledangle | dingle-dangle, hanging loose |
| dipneedle | dip-needle, magnetic inclination needle |
| dipware | dip-ware, slip-dipped pottery |
| dirtplate | dirt-plate |
| dishcross | dish-cross, cross-shaped stand for a dish |
| dishwiping | dish-wiping |
| dispersedelement | dispersed-element |
| ditchbank | ditch-bank |
| ditchbur | ditch-bur, the cocklebur |
| ditchdown | ditch-down |
| dividivis | divi-divis, tanning pods |
| dockhead | dock-head |
| dockhouse | dock-house |
| doebird | doe-bird, the Eskimo curlew |
| dogbite | dog-bite |
| dogblow | dog-blow |
| dogboat | dog-boat |
| dogbush | dog-bush |
| dogfoot | dog-foot |
| dogmouth | dog-mouth |
| dogplate | dog-plate |
| dogstone | dog-stone, an orchid |
| dogstones | dog-stones, orchid tubers |
| dogtie | dog-tie |
| dogtrick | dog-trick |
| dogwinkle | dog-winkle, a marine snail |
| dolefish | dole-fish, fish taken as a share |
| dolittle | do-little, an idler |
| dollarleaf | dollar-leaf, a plant |
| dollfaced | doll-faced |
| dollfish | doll-fish |
| dollyway | dolly-way, a mine tramway |
| donought | do-nought, an idler |
| doombook | doom-book, Anglo-Saxon law code |
| doorbrand | door-brand, a door bar |
| doorhawk | door-hawk, the nightjar |
| doorhead | door-head, the lintel |
| doorkeep | door-keep |
| doorpiece | door-piece |
| dopaoxidase | dopa-oxidase, the enzyme |
| dopebook | dope-book, book of racing tips |
| dopperbird | dopper-bird, a diving bird |
| dorrbeetle | dorr-beetle, the dung beetle |
| dossman | doss-man, one who lodges in a doss-house |
| dossmen | doss-men, plural of doss-man |
| doubledamn | double-damn |
| doublegear | double-gear |
| doublehatching | double-hatching, crossed engraving lines |
| doubleheartedness | double-heartedness, duplicity |
| doublehorned | double-horned |
| doublehung | double-hung, of a sash window |
| doubleleaf | double-leaf |
| doublelunged | double-lunged |
| doubleprecision | double-precision |
| doubletone | double-tone, printed in two tones |
| doublewidth | double-width |
| doughbellies | dough-bellies, plural of dough-belly |
| doughfeet | dough-feet, plural of dough-foot |
| doughfoot | dough-foot, US Army slang for an infantryman |
| doughfoots | dough-foots, plural of dough-foot |
| doughhead | dough-head, a stupid person |
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