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 |
|---|---|
| evilproof | evil-proof |
| evilsayer | evil-sayer |
| evilspeaker | evil-speaker |
| evilspeaking | evil-speaking |
| evilwishing | evil-wishing |
| ewelease | ewe-lease, a sheep pasture |
| excessman | excess-man, one given to excess |
| excessmen | excess-men, plural of excess-man |
| exdividend | ex-dividend |
| exmeridian | ex-meridian (altitude) |
| extraboldface | extra-boldface (type) |
| eyebalm | eye-balm, the goldenseal |
| eyeberry | eye-berry, a berry-bearing plant name |
| eyebridled | eye-bridled, blinkered |
| eyedot | eye-dot, an eyelike spot |
| eyelight | eye-light, light by which one sees |
| eyeroot | eye-root, the goldenseal |
| eyeseed | eye-seed, a seed used to clear the eye |
| eyewaiter | eye-waiter, a servant who works only when watched |
| eyewort | eye-wort, the eyebright |
| fablemongering | fable-mongering |
| facebar | face-bar, a crossbar over the face |
| facebread | face-bread, the shewbread |
| faceharden | face-harden (metallurgy) |
| facemaker | face-maker, one who makes grimaces |
| facemark | face-mark, a mark cut in the face |
| fadmongery | fad-mongery |
| fadridden | fad-ridden |
| fairgrass | fair-grass, a plant name |
| fairkeeper | fair-keeper, one who manages a fair |
| fairstead | fair-stead, place where a fair is held |
| falconbill | falcon-bill, a hook-billed bird |
| fancysick | fancy-sick, love-sick |
| fanhouse | fan-house, building for a ventilating fan |
| fanman | fan-man, one who tends a mine fan |
| fargood | far-good, a remote or distant good |
| farhand | far-hand, the off or far side |
| farhands | far-hands |
| farmhold | farm-hold, a farm holding |
| farreachingly | far-reachingly |
| farset | far-set, placed at a distance |
| farstepped | far-stepped, having gone far |
| fashionmonging | fashion-monging, dealing in fashions |
| fastwalk | fast-walk, a rapid walking pace |
| fatbird | fat-bird, a name for the oilbird |
| fatbirds | fat-birds |
| fatbrained | fat-brained, dull, stupid |
| fatcake | fat-cake, a cake made with fat |
| fathearted | fat-hearted, dull of heart |
| fauxbourdon | faux-bourdon (music) |
| fearbabe | fear-babe, a bugbear |
| featherbird | feather-bird, a bird name |
| feathercut | feather-cut, a layered haircut |
| featherman | feather-man, a dealer in feathers |
| feathertop | feather-top, a plumed top or grass |
| featherway | feather-way, groove for a feather (joinery) |
| featherwing | feather-wing, a feathered wing |
| feeblebrained | feeble-brained |
| feeblehearted | feeble-hearted |
| feebleheartedly | feeble-heartedly |
| feebleheartedness | feeble-heartedness |
| feedhead | feed-head, riser on a casting mould |
| fellingbird | felling-bird, local name for a bird |
| fellowheirship | fellow-heirship, joint heirship |
| felonsetter | felon-setter, informer against felons |
| felonsetting | felon-setting, informing against felons |
| felonweed | felon-weed, plant used for whitlows |
| fenbank | fen-bank, embankment of a fen |
| fenceplay | fence-play, swordplay |
| ferngale | fern-gale, the sweet gale shrub |
| ferngrower | fern-grower |
| fernleaf | fern-leaf |
| fernsick | fern-sick, of land overrun by ferns |
| fernwort | fern-wort, a fern |
| ferryway | ferry-way, a ferry route |
| fetichlike | fetich-like |
| fetichmonger | fetich-monger, dealer in fetishes |
| fetishmonger | fetish-monger, dealer in fetishes |
| feudovassalism | feudo-vassalism |
| feverberry | fever-berry, a buckthorn |
| fevercup | fever-cup |
| fevergum | fever-gum, a eucalyptus |
| fevertrap | fever-trap, an unhealthy place |
| fevertwig | fever-twig, bittersweet |
| fevertwitch | fever-twitch, bittersweet |
| fiberware | fiber-ware, vulcanized fibre goods |
| fibreware | fibre-ware, vulcanized fibre goods |
| ficklehearted | fickle-hearted |
| fiddlebrained | fiddle-brained, foolish |
| fiddlecome | fiddle-come, trifling, whimsical |
| fiddlefaced | fiddle-faced, long-faced |
| fiddlerfish | fiddler-fish, the angel shark |
| fiddlerfishes | fiddler-fishes |
| fieldbird | field-bird, a game bird of the fields |
| fieldfight | field-fight, a battle in the open |
| fiercehearted | fierce-hearted |
| fiftypenny | fifty-penny, a nail size |
| figboy | fig-boy |
| figshell | fig-shell, a gastropod of the genus Ficus |
| figworm | fig-worm |
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