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 |
|---|---|
| gyrohorizon | gyro-horizon, the artificial horizon |
| gyropigeon | gyro-pigeon, a flying shooting target |
| gyrowheel | gyro-wheel |
| hackdriver | hack-driver (cab driver) |
| hacklog | hack-log (chopping block) |
| hackthorn | hack-thorn (the hawthorn) |
| hacktree | hack-tree (the hagberry) |
| hackwood | hack-wood (wood cut for fuel) |
| hairbeard | hair-beard |
| hairhoof | hair-hoof |
| hairlace | hair-lace (band for the hair) |
| hairmeal | hair-meal |
| hairweave | hair-weave |
| hairweaver | hair-weaver |
| hairweavers | hair-weavers |
| hairychested | hairy-chested |
| haleweed | hale-weed (dial. plant-name) |
| halfblood | half-blood |
| halfheaded | half-headed |
| halfhourly | half-hourly |
| halfman | half-man |
| halfpaced | half-paced (of a stair landing) |
| hallboy | hall-boy (male servant) |
| hallroom | hall-room (hall bedroom) |
| hammerbird | hammer-bird (the umbrette) |
| hammerdress | hammer-dress (to dress stone) |
| hamperman | hamper-man |
| handarm | hand-arm |
| handbank | hand-bank |
| handbanker | hand-banker |
| handbolt | hand-bolt (a manacle) |
| handbow | hand-bow (as opposed to crossbow) |
| handflag | hand-flag |
| handgallop | hand-gallop (an easy gallop) |
| handgravure | hand-gravure |
| handgriping | hand-griping |
| handsawfish | handsaw-fish (the lancet-fish) |
| handsawfishes | handsaw-fishes |
| handscrape | hand-scrape |
| handsew | hand-sew |
| handsewed | hand-sewed |
| handsewing | hand-sewing |
| handsled | hand-sled |
| handspade | hand-spade |
| handtrap | hand-trap |
| handworm | hand-worm |
| handwrist | hand-wrist |
| handybillies | handy-billies |
| handybilly | handy-billy (small watch tackle) |
| handyframe | handy-frame |
| hangworm | hang-worm |
| hardberry | hard-berry |
| hardbought | hard-bought, dearly purchased |
| hardfist | hard-fist (a miser) |
| hardhewer | hard-hewer (a stone-hewer) |
| hardmouth | hard-mouth |
| hardsalt | hard-salt |
| hardweed | hard-weed |
| harebottle | hare-bottle |
| harebur | hare-bur (the burdock) |
| harefooted | hare-footed |
| harehearted | hare-hearted, timid |
| harenut | hare-nut (the earth-nut) |
| harpwaytuning | harp-way tuning (a lyra-viol tuning) |
| harshweed | harsh-weed |
| hartberry | hart-berry (the whortleberry) |
| harvestbug | harvest-bug (the chigger) |
| hastatolanceolate | hastato-lanceolate (botany leaf shape) |
| hastatosagittate | hastato-sagittate (botany leaf shape) |
| hatchetback | hatchet-back |
| hatchgate | hatch-gate (a wicket gate) |
| hatchminder | hatch-minder |
| haulaway | haul-away |
| hawksbeak | hawk's-beak |
| hawsepiece | hawse-piece |
| hawserwise | hawser-wise |
| hayburner | hay-burner, a horse |
| hayraker | hay-raker |
| hayshock | hay-shock, a stack of hay |
| hayweed | hay-weed |
| hazemeter | haze-meter |
| headchute | head-chute |
| headclothes | head-clothes |
| headledge | head-ledge, hatchway coaming |
| headpenny | head-penny, a poll tax |
| headrent | head-rent |
| headsaw | head-saw |
| headshaker | head-shaker |
| headsill | head-sill |
| headskin | head-skin |
| headworking | head-working |
| healthguard | health-guard |
| heartaching | heart-aching |
| heartbird | heart-bird |
| heartblock | heart-block (cardiac) |
| hearthman | hearth-man |
| hearthwarming | hearth-warming |
| heartroot | heart-root |
| heartshake | heart-shake, radial split in timber |
| heartsmitten | heart-smitten |
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