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 |
|---|---|
| loghead | log-head, a blockhead |
| logheaded | log-headed |
| logship | log-ship, the chip of the log |
| loinguard | loin-guard |
| lomentlike | loment-like |
| longfelt | long-felt |
| longjaws | long-jaws |
| longleg | long-leg |
| longlick | long-lick, molasses |
| longlinerman | longliner-man, a longline fisherman |
| longlinermen | longliner-men |
| longmouthed | long-mouthed |
| longpod | long-pod |
| longroot | long-root |
| longrun | long-run |
| longsleever | long-sleever, Australian tall beer glass |
| longway | long-way |
| longwork | long-work |
| longwort | long-wort |
| loosemouthed | loose-mouthed |
| lopheavy | lop-heavy, top-heavy |
| lotewood | lote-wood, wood of the lote tree |
| loudspeak | loud-speak |
| loudspeaking | loud-speaking |
| loupcervier | loup-cervier, the lynx |
| loupcerviers | loup-cerviers |
| louverwork | louver-work |
| loveflower | love-flower |
| lovelass | love-lass, a sweetheart |
| loveman | love-man, the plant cleavers |
| lovepot | love-pot, a toper |
| loveproof | love-proof |
| lovevine | love-vine, dodder |
| lovevines | love-vines |
| lowwood | low-wood, underwood or coppice |
| lubbercock | lubber-cock, a turkey-cock |
| lumpman | lump-man, docker paid by the lump |
| lumpmen | lump-men |
| lunchhook | lunch-hook, slang for hand or finger |
| lungflower | lung-flower, the marsh gentian |
| lurchline | lurch-line |
| lyreflower | lyre-flower, the bleeding heart |
| machinemonger | machine-monger |
| magnetodynamo | magneto-dynamo |
| magnetofluidmechanic | magneto-fluid-mechanic |
| magnetofluidmechanics | magneto-fluid-mechanics |
| magnetogenerator | magneto-generator |
| magnetomachine | magneto-machine |
| magnetooptically | magneto-optically |
| magnetophonograph | magneto-phonograph |
| magnetoprinter | magneto-printer |
| magnetotelegraph | magneto-telegraph |
| magnetotelephonic | magneto-telephonic |
| magnetotransmitter | magneto-transmitter |
| maidenweed | maiden-weed, feverfew |
| mailguard | mail-guard, guard of a mail coach |
| maintopsail | main-topsail |
| maizebird | maize-bird, the bobolink |
| malariaproof | malaria-proof |
| malaxerman | malaxer-man, workman at a malaxer |
| malaxermen | malaxer-men |
| maliceproof | malice-proof |
| manesheet | mane-sheet, cloth covering a horse's mane |
| manfish | man-fish, a merman |
| mankilling | man-killing |
| manweed | man-weed |
| manyberry | many-berry |
| mapland | map-land |
| maplebush | maple-bush |
| mapleface | maple-face |
| marblehearted | marble-hearted |
| markshot | mark-shot |
| marlinsucker | marlin-sucker, the remora |
| marriageproof | marriage-proof |
| marshalman | marshal-man |
| marshflower | marsh-flower |
| marshlocks | marsh-locks, the marsh cinquefoil |
| marshmen | marsh-men |
| marybud | mary-bud, the marigold |
| mashman | mash-man, brewery mash worker |
| mashmen | mash-men |
| maskflower | mask-flower, Alonsoa |
| masterlily | master-lily |
| masterproof | master-proof |
| matemilk | maté-milk |
| matreed | mat-reed |
| mawbound | maw-bound, constipated, of cattle |
| mayfowl | may-fowl, the whimbrel |
| maywings | may-wings, the fringed polygala |
| maywort | may-wort |
| meadowbur | meadow-bur |
| meadsman | meads-man, one who works the meadows |
| mealberry | meal-berry, the bearberry |
| mealmouth | meal-mouth |
| mealmouthed | meal-mouthed |
| mealproof | meal-proof |
| mearstone | mear-stone, a boundary stone |
| measlesproof | measles-proof |
| measuringworm | measuring-worm, the inchworm |
| meatbird | meat-bird, the Canada jay |
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