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 |
|---|---|
| mousehound | mouse-hound, the weasel |
| mousemill | mouse-mill (electrical device) |
| mouseweb | mouse-web, a cobweb |
| mouthroot | mouth-root, goldthread (Coptis) |
| mowland | mow-land, land to be mown |
| mowstead | mow-stead, place of a hay-mow |
| muckhole | muck-hole |
| muckman | muck-man, one who carts muck |
| muckweed | muck-weed, goosefoot |
| muddybrained | muddy-brained |
| muddybreast | muddy-breast |
| muddyheaded | muddy-headed |
| mudfat | mud-fat, exceedingly fat |
| mudspringer | mud-springer |
| mudtrack | mud-track |
| mudweed | mud-weed (Limosella) |
| muffleman | muffle-man, worker at a muffle furnace |
| mufflemen | muffle-men |
| mulefoot | mule-foot, solid-hoofed hog |
| mulefooted | mule-footed |
| mulewort | mule-wort, the mule fern |
| mumhouse | mum-house, alehouse selling mum |
| mushheaded | mush-headed |
| mushheadedness | mush-headedness |
| musquashroot | musquash-root, water hemlock |
| musquashweed | musquash-weed |
| mustermaster | muster-master |
| muttonheadedness | mutton-headedness |
| mythland | myth-land |
| nabcheat | nab-cheat, thieves' cant for a hat |
| nagman | nag-man, dealer in or rider of nags |
| nagnag | nag-nag, persistent nagging |
| nailbin | nail-bin, box or bin for nails |
| nailsickness | nail-sickness, decay of a ship's nails |
| nanawood | nana-wood, a tropical timber tree |
| napecrest | nape-crest, crest on the nape |
| narrowhearted | narrow-hearted |
| narrowheartedness | narrow-heartedness |
| nasoorbital | naso-orbital |
| natchbone | natch-bone, the aitchbone of beef |
| nauseaproof | nausea-proof |
| nearsight | near-sight, short-sightedness |
| neckstock | neck-stock, a stiff neckcloth |
| needlebill | needle-bill, a needle-billed bird |
| needlemonger | needle-monger, a seller of needles |
| neighborstained | neighbor-stained (Shakespeare) |
| nerveproof | nerve-proof |
| netbraider | net-braider, one who braids nets |
| netherstone | nether-stone, the lower millstone |
| netmonger | net-monger, a seller of nets |
| nettlebird | nettle-bird, the whitethroat |
| nettlefire | nettle-fire, nettle rash |
| nettlefish | nettle-fish, a stinging jellyfish |
| nettlefoot | nettle-foot |
| nettlemonger | nettle-monger, a dealer in nettles |
| newlight | New-Light, member of a religious party |
| nickelbloom | nickel-bloom, the mineral annabergite |
| nickeltype | nickel-type, a nickel-faced printing plate |
| nickieben | Nickie-ben, Scots name for the Devil |
| nickpot | nick-pot, a tapster giving short measure |
| niggergoose | nigger-goose, US dialect name for the cormorant |
| nighhand | nigh-hand, close by, nearly |
| nightflit | night-flit, a moonlight removal |
| nightriding | night-riding |
| nightshine | night-shine, nocturnal glow |
| nightstock | night-stock, the night-scented stock |
| nightwake | night-wake, a nocturnal vigil |
| nightwalk | night-walk |
| nimblebrained | nimble-brained |
| nimblewit | nimble-wit |
| ninepegs | nine-pegs, a game like ninepins |
| ninetyknot | ninety-knot, name for knotgrass |
| niterbush | niter-bush, the shrub Nitraria |
| nobleheartedly | noble-heartedly |
| nobleheartedness | noble-heartedness |
| noddlebone | noddle-bone, bone of the head |
| noghead | nog-head, a blockhead |
| nogheaded | nog-headed, blockheaded |
| nonplacet | non-placet (Latin, a negative vote) |
| nonplantowning | non-plant-owning |
| nonselfregarding | non-self-regarding |
| nonsexlinked | non-sex-linked |
| noonlit | noon-lit |
| northcountryman | north-countryman |
| northlight | north-light, a north-facing skylight |
| nosegaylike | nosegay-like |
| noseherb | nose-herb, a sweet-smelling herb |
| noseover | nose-over, an aircraft tipping on its nose |
| nosepinch | nose-pinch, a clip worn on the nose |
| nostrummongership | nostrum-mongership |
| nostrummongery | nostrum-mongery |
| noteman | note-man, one who takes notes |
| novelmongering | novel-mongering |
| nutseed | nut-seed |
| oakberry | oak-berry |
| oaktongue | oak-tongue |
| oarcock | oar-cock |
| oatbin | oat-bin |
| oatear | oat-ear |
| oathay | oat-hay |
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