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 |
|---|---|
| oatland | oat-land |
| oatseed | oat-seed |
| oddlegs | odd-legs, odd-leg calipers |
| odiumproof | odium-proof |
| offbreak | off-break, a cricket delivery |
| offcolour | off-colour |
| offenseproof | offense-proof |
| offgrade | off-grade |
| offlicence | off-licence |
| offlook | off-look, outward appearance |
| offpay | off-pay |
| offtype | off-type |
| oilberry | oil-berry |
| oilcamp | oil-camp |
| oilcamps | oil-camps |
| oilcase | oil-case |
| oilfired | oil-fired |
| oilheating | oil-heating |
| oilhole | oil-hole |
| oilholes | oil-holes |
| oilmongery | oil-mongery |
| oilstock | oil-stock |
| oldhearted | old-hearted |
| oldwench | old-wench (a triggerfish) |
| oliverman | oliver-man (tilt-hammer worker) |
| olivermen | oliver-men |
| oliversmith | oliver-smith |
| olivinefels | olivine-fels (an olivine rock) |
| onehearted | one-hearted |
| onesigned | one-signed |
| onionpeel | onion-peel |
| onmarch | on-march, an advance |
| openairish | open-airish |
| openairness | open-airness |
| openbeak | open-beak (the openbill stork) |
| openchain | open-chain (chemistry) |
| opencircuit | open-circuit |
| opencut | open-cut (mining) |
| openendedness | open-endedness |
| openhead | open-head |
| openmouthedness | open-mouthedness |
| opiateproof | opiate-proof |
| orangebird | orange-bird (a Jamaican honeycreeper) |
| orangeleaf | orange-leaf |
| oreman | ore-man (a miner working ore) |
| outrageproof | outrage-proof |
| ovateconical | ovate-conical |
| ovatoacuminate | ovato-acuminate |
| ovatoconical | ovato-conical |
| ovatocordate | ovato-cordate |
| ovatocylindraceous | ovato-cylindraceous |
| ovatodeltoid | ovato-deltoid |
| ovatoellipsoidal | ovato-ellipsoidal |
| ovatoglobose | ovato-globose |
| ovatolanceolate | ovato-lanceolate |
| ovatooblong | ovato-oblong |
| ovatoorbicular | ovato-orbicular |
| ovatopyriform | ovato-pyriform |
| ovatoquadrangular | ovato-quadrangular |
| ovatorotundate | ovato-rotundate |
| ovatoserrate | ovato-serrate |
| ovatotriangular | ovato-triangular |
| ovendry | oven-dry |
| ovenman | oven-man |
| ovenmen | oven-men |
| ovenpeel | oven-peel, baker's shovel |
| ovensman | ovens-man, a pottery kiln worker |
| owlhead | owl-head |
| oxberries | ox-berries |
| oxberry | ox-berry, the bryony berry |
| oxbiter | ox-biter, the ox-gadfly |
| oxboy | ox-boy, a driver of oxen |
| oxbrake | ox-brake |
| oxcheek | ox-cheek |
| oxharrow | ox-harrow |
| oxheal | ox-heal, a hellebore |
| oxhouse | ox-house |
| oxman | ox-man, an ox-driver |
| oxreim | ox-reim, an ox-hide thong |
| oxwort | ox-wort, a plant name |
| oysterbird | oyster-bird, the oystercatcher |
| oystergreen | oyster-green, a green seaweed |
| oysterhouse | oyster-house |
| oysterroot | oyster-root, salsify |
| oysterseed | oyster-seed, young oysters or spat |
| oysterwife | oyster-wife |
| packall | pack-all, a holdall |
| packbuilder | pack-builder |
| packplane | pack-plane |
| packwall | pack-wall, a mine wall of waste rock |
| packwaller | pack-waller, a builder of pack-walls |
| padcloth | pad-cloth, a saddle cloth |
| paddockride | paddock-ride, Scots frog-spawn |
| paddockstone | paddock-stone, the toadstone |
| paddockstool | paddock-stool, a toadstool |
| paddybird | paddy-bird, the pond heron |
| paddywatch | paddy-watch, a short dog-watch |
| padpiece | pad-piece, part of a pad saddle |
| padtree | pad-tree, the frame of a pad saddle |
| pagesize | page-size |
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