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 |
|---|---|
| flukewort | fluke-wort |
| flusherman | flusher-man, a sewer flusher |
| flushermen | flusher-men |
| flushgate | flush-gate |
| flutebird | flute-bird |
| fluxroot | flux-root (Asclepias tuberosa) |
| fluxweed | flux-weed |
| flybrush | fly-brush |
| flycaster | fly-caster |
| flyeater | fly-eater |
| flyflower | fly-flower |
| flytail | fly-tail |
| flywinch | fly-winch |
| flywort | fly-wort |
| fogeater | fog-eater, a fogbow |
| fogscoffer | fog-scoffer, nautical name for a fogbow |
| foldcourse | fold-course, right of sheep pasture |
| foldskirt | fold-skirt |
| folksay | folk-say, oral folklore |
| follyproof | folly-proof |
| foolhead | fool-head |
| foolmonger | fool-monger |
| footback | foot-back, on foot |
| footbeat | foot-beat |
| footblower | foot-blower |
| footfeed | foot-feed, accelerator pedal |
| footgrip | foot-grip |
| footlining | foot-lining |
| footlock | foot-lock, tuft above a horse's hoof |
| footpick | foot-pick |
| footrill | foot-rill, a mine drift |
| footscald | foot-scald, a foot disorder |
| footscraper | foot-scraper |
| footsores | foot-sores |
| footstock | foot-stock, a lathe part |
| footweary | foot-weary |
| forceput | force-put, a compulsion |
| forconceit | fore-conceit, the preconceived idea |
| forebitt | fore-bitt, the forecastle bitts |
| forebitter | fore-bitter, a sailors' song |
| foreboard | fore-board |
| foreboot | fore-boot of a coach |
| forebow | fore-bow of a saddle |
| forebowels | fore-bowels |
| forebowline | fore-bowline |
| forebows | fore-bows |
| forebroads | fore-broads |
| foreburton | fore-burton, a ship's tackle |
| forebush | fore-bush |
| forecastlehead | forecastle-head |
| forecatharping | fore-catharping |
| forksmith | fork-smith, a maker of forks |
| formnail | form-nail, nail used in setting a form |
| fortunetell | fortune-tell |
| fortyfive | forty-five |
| fortyfives | forty-fives, the card game |
| foulminded | foul-minded |
| foulmouthedly | foul-mouthedly |
| fourbagger | four-bagger, baseball home run |
| fourstrand | four-strand |
| fowlfoot | fowl-foot, a plant name |
| foxchop | fox-chop |
| foxfeet | fox-feet, plural of fox-foot |
| foxfinger | fox-finger, a foxglove-like plant |
| foxtongue | fox-tongue, a plant name |
| foxwood | fox-wood, decayed luminous wood |
| fraidycat | fraidy-cat |
| frankfold | frank-fold, the right of folding sheep |
| frankhearted | frank-hearted |
| frankheartedly | frank-heartedly |
| frankheartness | frank-heartness, frankness of heart |
| freakpot | freak-pot, a streaked or variegated pot |
| freckleproof | freckle-proof |
| freechurchism | free-churchism |
| freeloving | free-loving |
| freelovism | free-lovism |
| freesilverism | free-silverism |
| freesilverite | free-silverite, advocate of free silver |
| freethink | free-think |
| freightliner | freight-liner, a container train |
| freshhearted | fresh-hearted |
| fringeflower | fringe-flower |
| fringefoot | fringe-foot |
| fringetail | fringe-tail |
| frithwork | frith-work, wattling, hurdle-work |
| frockmaker | frock-maker |
| frogface | frog-face |
| frogflower | frog-flower, a plant name |
| frogfoot | frog-foot, a plant name |
| frogleaf | frog-leaf, a pondweed |
| frogleg | frog-leg |
| frognose | frog-nose |
| frogtongue | frog-tongue |
| frogwort | frog-wort |
| frontpiece | front-piece |
| frostflower | frost-flower |
| frostroot | frost-root, the fleabane Erigeron |
| frozenhearted | frozen-hearted |
| fruitstalk | fruit-stalk |
| fruittime | fruit-time |
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