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 |
|---|---|
| dumbheaded | dumb-headed |
| dummyweed | dummy-weed, a plant name |
| dungbeck | dung-beck, a bird name |
| dungbird | dung-bird, the skua |
| dungbred | dung-bred |
| duskingtide | dusking-tide, twilight |
| dustband | dust-band |
| dusterman | duster-man |
| dustermen | duster-men |
| dustpoint | dust-point, an old country game |
| dusttight | dust-tight |
| dustyfoot | dusty-foot, a pedlar, piepowder |
| dutymonger | duty-monger |
| dyebeck | dye-beck, a dyer's vat |
| dyeleaves | dye-leaves |
| dyemaker | dye-maker |
| dyemaking | dye-making |
| dyeware | dye-ware |
| dyeweeds | dye-weeds, dyer's weed |
| dykehopper | dyke-hopper |
| dykereeve | dyke-reeve, officer over dykes |
| earflower | ear-flower |
| earjewel | ear-jewel, an earring |
| earlduck | earl-duck, the goosander |
| earmindedness | ear-mindedness, auditory type |
| earscrew | ear-screw, a screw earring |
| eartab | ear-tab |
| eartagged | ear-tagged |
| earthenhearted | earthen-hearted |
| earthgall | earth-gall, the centaury |
| earthgrubber | earth-grubber |
| earthmaker | earth-maker |
| earthmaking | earth-making |
| earthmove | earth-move, to shift earth |
| earthsmoke | earth-smoke, the fumitory |
| eatberry | eat-berry, a plant name |
| ebbman | ebb-man, one who fishes at ebb tide |
| eddyroot | eddy-root, a plant name |
| edgeboned | edge-boned |
| edgeman | edge-man |
| edgeshot | edge-shot |
| edgeweed | edge-weed |
| eelback | eel-back |
| eelbob | eel-bob, worm bunch used to take eels |
| eelbobber | eel-bobber, one who bobs for eels |
| eelcake | eel-cake |
| eelcatcher | eel-catcher |
| eelfish | eel-fish |
| eelshop | eel-shop |
| eelware | eel-ware, tackle or weir for taking eels |
| eggberries | egg-berries |
| eggberry | egg-berry |
| eggfish | egg-fish, a goldfish variety |
| elbowboard | elbow-board, the window-sill board |
| elbowbush | elbow-bush, a shrub (Forestiera) |
| elbowpiece | elbow-piece, armor for the elbow |
| elderbrotherhood | elder-brotherhood |
| elderbrotherish | elder-brotherish |
| elderbrotherly | elder-brotherly |
| eldersisterly | elder-sisterly |
| electroaffinity | electro-affinity |
| electroamalgamation | electro-amalgamation |
| electrobath | electro-bath, the plating bath |
| electroblasting | electro-blasting |
| electrochronometer | electro-chronometer |
| electrochronometric | electro-chronometric |
| electrodentistry | electro-dentistry |
| electrodiplomatic | electro-diplomatic |
| electroengrave | electro-engrave |
| electrograving | electro-graving |
| electroharmonic | electro-harmonic |
| electroindustrial | electro-industrial |
| electroionic | electro-ionic |
| electroirrigation | electro-irrigation |
| electrometeor | electro-meteor |
| electropercussive | electro-percussive |
| electrophysicist | electro-physicist |
| electrostereotype | electro-stereotype |
| electrotest | electro-test |
| electrothermostat | electro-thermostat |
| electrothermostatic | electro-thermostatic |
| elfwife | elf-wife |
| elfwort | elf-wort, elecampane |
| embergeese | ember-geese |
| embergoose | ember-goose, the great northern diver |
| emmergoose | emmer-goose, the great northern diver |
| emptyhearted | empty-hearted |
| endball | end-ball (a team ball game) |
| endhand | end-hand |
| endjunk | end-junk (whaling, head blubber) |
| endover | end-over (as in end-over-end) |
| endpleasure | end-pleasure (Freud) |
| endseal | end-seal |
| endshake | end-shake (axial play) |
| endsweep | end-sweep |
| ethicoaesthetic | ethico-aesthetic |
| eversporting | ever-sporting |
| eveweed | eve-weed, an evening-flowering plant |
| evilhearted | evil-hearted |
| evilmouthed | evil-mouthed |
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