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 |
|---|---|
| fillmass | fill-mass, massecuite in sugar refining |
| filmmake | film-make, to make films |
| finbone | fin-bone, a supporting ray of a fin |
| finchbacked | finch-backed, of cattle with a striped back |
| finebent | fine-bent, a bent grass, Agrostis |
| finecomb | fine-comb, to comb through finely |
| finestill | fine-still, to distil spirits from molasses |
| finestiller | fine-stiller, one who fine-stills |
| fingerberry | finger-berry |
| fingerfish | finger-fish, a starfish |
| fingerfishes | finger-fishes |
| fingerflower | finger-flower, the foxglove |
| fingerhook | finger-hook |
| fingerleaf | finger-leaf |
| fingerparted | finger-parted, digitate |
| fingerspin | finger-spin, in cricket |
| fingerstone | finger-stone, a belemnite |
| finspot | fin-spot |
| fireboot | fire-boot, wood allowed a tenant for fuel |
| fireburn | fire-burn |
| firecoat | fire-coat |
| fireflirt | fire-flirt, dialect name for the redstart |
| fireflower | fire-flower, the fireweed |
| fireplough | fire-plough, a fire-making implement |
| fireplow | fire-plow, a fire-making implement |
| fireshaft | fire-shaft |
| firespout | fire-spout |
| firetower | fire-tower, a lookout tower |
| firmland | firm-land, terra firma, the mainland |
| fisheater | fish-eater |
| fishfall | fish-fall |
| fishgrass | fish-grass, an aquatic plant |
| fishhold | fish-hold, a boat's hold for fish |
| fishpotter | fish-potter, one who fishes with pots |
| fishweed | fish-weed |
| fishwood | fish-wood, a West Indian tree |
| fishyard | fish-yard, a fish weir or enclosure |
| fivebar | five-bar, as a five-bar gate |
| fizzwater | fizz-water, soda water |
| flagboat | flag-boat, a boat marking a course |
| flagleaf | flag-leaf |
| flameholder | flame-holder |
| flannelflower | flannel-flower |
| flannelleaf | flannel-leaf (mullein) |
| flannelleaves | flannel-leaves |
| flapdock | flap-dock (foxglove) |
| flapmouthed | flap-mouthed |
| flareboard | flare-board |
| flashtester | flash-tester |
| flatbottom | flat-bottom |
| flathat | flat-hat |
| flatman | flat-man, one working a barge |
| flatmen | flat-men |
| flattercap | flatter-cap, a flatterer |
| flatterdock | flatter-dock (butterbur) |
| flatwash | flat-wash |
| flatwashes | flat-washes |
| flatway | flat-way, flatwise |
| flawflower | flaw-flower |
| flaxbird | flax-bird |
| flaxboard | flax-board |
| flaxdrop | flax-drop |
| flaxtail | flax-tail (cattail) |
| flaxwench | flax-wench |
| flaxwife | flax-wife |
| flaxwoman | flax-woman |
| flayflint | flay-flint, a skinflint |
| fleabiting | flea-biting |
| fleabug | flea-bug |
| fleabugs | flea-bugs |
| fleadock | flea-dock (butterbur) |
| fleaseed | flea-seed (psyllium) |
| fleawood | flea-wood |
| fleetwing | fleet-wing |
| fleshbrush | flesh-brush |
| flickerproof | flicker-proof |
| flighthead | flight-head |
| flightshot | flight-shot, a bowshot's distance |
| flingdust | fling-dust, a streetwalker |
| flipjack | flip-jack, a pancake |
| flitchplate | flitch-plate |
| flitfold | flit-fold, a movable sheepfold |
| floatman | float-man |
| floatmen | float-men |
| floatsman | floats-man, a raftsman |
| floatsmen | floats-men |
| flockbed | flock-bed |
| flockman | flock-man, a shepherd |
| flogmaster | flog-master |
| floodcock | flood-cock, a flooding valve |
| floodwood | flood-wood, driftwood |
| floorshift | floor-shift |
| floorshifts | floor-shifts |
| floorthrough | floor-through, a full-floor flat |
| flossflower | floss-flower (Ageratum) |
| flowerfence | flower-fence (Poinciana) |
| flowerwork | flower-work |
| flueman | flue-man |
| fluemen | flue-men |
| fluidmeter | fluid-meter |
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