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 |
|---|---|
| phospho | phospho-, combining form of phosphorus |
| photoalgraphy | photo-algraphy, printing from aluminium |
| photoaquatint | photo-aquatint |
| photoflight | photo-flight, aerial photographic sortie |
| photointaglio | photo-intaglio |
| phrasemake | phrase-make |
| physicooptics | physico-optics |
| physiologicoanatomic | physiologico-anatomic |
| phytooecology | phyto-oecology, plant ecology |
| pianokoto | piano-koto, a hybrid instrument |
| piceoferruginous | piceo-ferruginous, pitchy rust-colored |
| piceotestaceous | piceo-testaceous, pitchy brick-colored |
| pickout | pick-out |
| pickpole | pick-pole, a logger's pole |
| pickshaft | pick-shaft, handle of a pick |
| picksmith | pick-smith, maker of picks |
| piecemaker | piece-maker, a pieceworker |
| piemarker | pie-marker, the velvetleaf Abutilon |
| piepan | pie-pan |
| pieprint | pie-print, mark stamped on a pie |
| pierdrop | pier-drop |
| pigbelly | pig-belly |
| pigeonheartedness | pigeon-heartedness |
| pigeonpox | pigeon-pox, a fowl disease |
| pigeontail | pigeon-tail |
| pigflower | pig-flower, a plant |
| pigmew | pig-mew, a pigsty |
| pignet | pig-net, net for catching swine |
| pigsconce | pig-sconce, a blockhead |
| pikeblenny | pike-blenny, a fish of Chaenopsis |
| pikemonger | pike-monger, dealer in pike |
| pileweed | pile-weed, a plant used for piles |
| pillowmade | pillow-made, of pillow lace |
| pillowwork | pillow-work, pillow lace |
| pimpleproof | pimple-proof |
| pinbrain | pin-brain, a dolt |
| pinbush | pin-bush |
| pincerweed | pincer-weed, a plant |
| pinchbelly | pinch-belly, a niggard |
| pinchbottle | pinch-bottle |
| pinchbug | pinch-bug, the stag-beetle |
| pinchbugs | pinch-bugs, stag-beetles |
| pinchcrust | pinch-crust, a miser |
| pincpinc | pinc-pinc, an African fantail warbler |
| pinebank | pine-bank |
| pinkberry | pink-berry, a plant |
| pinkwood | pink-wood, a rosy timber |
| pinkwort | pink-wort, a plant |
| pinlock | pin-lock |
| pinpillow | pin-pillow, a pincushion |
| pinproof | pin-proof |
| pinrowed | pin-rowed |
| pinwing | pin-wing, the pinion of a wing |
| pinwork | pin-work, a lace stitch |
| pippinface | pippin-face, a round rosy face |
| pistolproof | pistol-proof |
| pistonhead | piston-head |
| pitbird | pit-bird, a bird trained to fight in a pit |
| pitcherman | pitcher-man, maker or seller of pitchers |
| pitchfield | pitch-field |
| pitchhole | pitch-hole, a rut or hollow in a road |
| pitchpike | pitch-pike, a pike-shaped pitching tool |
| pitchpot | pitch-pot, pot for melting pitch |
| pitfold | pit-fold, a pitfall or trap |
| pithole | pit-hole, a pockmark or grave |
| pithwork | pith-work, articles made of pith |
| pitmaker | pit-maker |
| pitmaking | pit-making |
| pitmark | pit-mark, a pock-mark |
| pitside | pit-side, the top of a mine shaft |
| pitwood | pit-wood, timber for mine props |
| pityproof | pity-proof |
| plagueproof | plague-proof |
| plainback | plain-back, a plain-backed fabric |
| plainbacks | plain-backs |
| plainsoled | plain-soled |
| plaintail | plain-tail |
| plankbuilt | plank-built |
| planksheer | plank-sheer, the covering board of a ship |
| planocylindric | plano-cylindric, flat on one side, cylindric on the other |
| planohorizontal | plano-horizontal |
| planomiller | plano-miller, a planing milling machine |
| planoorbicular | plano-orbicular |
| planorotund | plano-rotund |
| planosubulate | plano-subulate, flat and awl-shaped |
| plasterbill | plaster-bill |
| plateworker | plate-worker |
| platterface | platter-face, a broad flat face |
| playcraftsman | play-craftsman, a playwright |
| playfolk | play-folk, actors |
| playman | play-man, an actor |
| playmare | play-mare, a mummers' hobby-horse |
| playmonger | play-monger, a dealer in plays |
| playmongering | play-mongering |
| playwoman | play-woman, an actress |
| playwomen | play-women |
| pleaproof | plea-proof |
| pleasureman | pleasure-man |
| pleasureproof | pleasure-proof |
| pledgeholder | pledge-holder |
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