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 |
|---|---|
| mechanicointellectual | mechanico-intellectual |
| medicinemonger | medicine-monger |
| medicomechanic | medico-mechanic |
| medicomechanical | medico-mechanical |
| medicophysical | medico-physical |
| medicophysics | medico-physics |
| medicopsychology | medico-psychology |
| medicostatistic | medico-statistic |
| medicotopographic | medico-topographic |
| medicozoologic | medico-zoologic |
| meekhearted | meek-hearted |
| meekheartedness | meek-heartedness |
| meethelper | meet-helper, a fitting helper |
| melonmonger | melon-monger |
| mercyproof | mercy-proof |
| meritmongering | merit-mongering |
| meritmongery | merit-mongery |
| merrytrotter | merry-trotter, a see-saw |
| merrywing | merry-wing, the goldeneye duck |
| metestick | mete-stick, a measuring rod |
| metregram | metre-gram, unit of work |
| miamia | mia-mia, Australian Aboriginal hut |
| microbeproof | microbe-proof |
| middleclass | middle-class |
| middlehand | middle-hand, second player at cards |
| middleland | middle-land, inland country |
| middlesail | middle-sail |
| middlesplitter | middle-splitter, a row-splitting plow |
| midicoat | midi-coat |
| mightyhearted | mighty-hearted |
| mildhearted | mild-hearted |
| milkgrass | milk-grass, a milky-juiced plant |
| milkwagon | milk-wagon |
| millcake | mill-cake, pressed gunpowder cake |
| milldoll | mill-doll, beating hemp in a bridewell |
| millken | mill-ken, thieves' cant for a housebreaker |
| millstock | mill-stock, the frame of a mill |
| milltail | mill-tail, the tailrace of a mill |
| miltsick | milt-sick, diseased in the spleen |
| miminypiminy | miminy-piminy, affectedly nice |
| mimmouthed | mim-mouthed, prim in speech |
| mimmouthedness | mim-mouthedness |
| mindsickness | mind-sickness |
| minkfish | mink-fish |
| minsteryard | minster-yard |
| mintmaker | mint-maker, a coiner |
| mintmaking | mint-making, coining |
| mintweed | mint-weed, a mint-like plant |
| miresnipe | mire-snipe, the common snipe |
| miterflower | miter-flower |
| mitergate | miter-gate (canal lock gate) |
| mitreflower | mitre-flower |
| mizzenmastman | mizzenmast-man |
| moathill | moat-hill, a motte |
| mockground | mock-ground |
| mohnseed | mohn-seed, poppy seed |
| mollycosset | molly-cosset, to pamper |
| moneyflower | money-flower |
| moneygetting | money-getting |
| moneygrub | money-grub |
| moneymake | money-make |
| moneysaving | money-saving |
| monkbird | monk-bird |
| monkeytail | monkey-tail |
| monkflower | monk-flower |
| monkmonger | monk-monger |
| moonbill | moon-bill |
| mooncreeper | moon-creeper |
| moondrop | moon-drop |
| moonhead | moon-head |
| moonpenny | moon-penny, the oxeye daisy |
| moonshade | moon-shade |
| moontide | moon-tide |
| moonway | moon-way |
| moorflower | moor-flower |
| moorpunky | moor-punky, an Indian state barge |
| moortetter | moor-tetter |
| moosebush | moose-bush, the moosewood |
| mooseflower | moose-flower, the trillium |
| moosemilk | moose-milk |
| moosetongue | moose-tongue |
| mootstead | moot-stead, place of assembly |
| mopheaded | mop-headed |
| morassweed | morass-weed |
| mormonweed | mormon-weed |
| morrowmass | morrow-mass |
| morrowspeech | morrow-speech |
| mortarware | mortar-ware |
| mortbell | mort-bell, the passing bell |
| mosquitobill | mosquito-bill (Dodecatheon) |
| mosshead | moss-head |
| mosshorn | moss-horn, an old longhorn steer |
| mosstroopery | moss-troopery |
| mosstrooping | moss-trooping |
| mosswort | moss-wort |
| mothergate | mother-gate, main road of a coal mine |
| mothworm | moth-worm, a moth larva |
| motorship | motor-ship |
| motorships | motor-ships |
| mousebane | mouse-bane, a poison for mice |
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