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 |
|---|---|
| pledgeshop | pledge-shop, a pawnshop |
| plicatocontorted | plicato-contorted |
| plicatocristate | plicato-cristate |
| plicatolacunose | plicato-lacunose |
| plicatolobate | plicato-lobate |
| plicatopapillose | plicato-papillose |
| plicatoundulate | plicato-undulate |
| ploughfish | plough-fish |
| ploughfoot | plough-foot |
| ploughjogger | plough-jogger, a ploughman |
| ploughline | plough-line |
| ploughmell | plough-mell, mallet carried with the plough |
| ploughshoe | plough-shoe |
| ploughstilt | plough-stilt, a plough handle |
| plowfish | plow-fish |
| plowfoot | plow-foot |
| plowgang | plow-gang, a plough team or its land |
| plowgraith | plow-graith, plough gear |
| plowjogger | plow-jogger, a ploughman |
| plowlight | plow-light |
| plowline | plow-line |
| plowmaker | plow-maker |
| plowmaking | plow-making |
| plowmell | plow-mell, mallet carried with the plough |
| plowshoe | plow-shoe |
| plowstilt | plow-stilt, a plough handle |
| plugdrawer | plug-drawer |
| plugman | plug-man, workman at a hydrant or plug |
| plugmen | plug-men |
| plugtray | plug-tray |
| plugtree | plug-tree |
| plumemaker | plume-maker |
| plumemaking | plume-making |
| plumeopicean | plumeo-picean, feathery pitch-black |
| plunderproof | plunder-proof |
| poalike | Poa-like, resembling meadow-grass |
| pocketcase | pocket-case, case of pocket instruments |
| pockhouse | pock-house, a smallpox hospital |
| pointmaking | point-making, the making of lace points |
| poisonbush | poison-bush |
| poisonmaker | poison-maker |
| poisonproof | poison-proof |
| polderboy | polder-boy |
| polderman | polder-man, one who works a polder |
| poleburn | pole-burn |
| polejumper | pole-jumper |
| polesaw | pole-saw |
| polesetter | pole-setter |
| pollyfish | polly-fish, a parrot-fish |
| pollyfishes | polly-fishes |
| pondbush | pond-bush |
| pondgrass | pond-grass |
| pontvolant | pont-volant, a flying bridge |
| ponycart | pony-cart |
| poohpoohist | pooh-poohist |
| poolroot | pool-root |
| poolwort | pool-wort |
| poorweed | poor-weed |
| popeholy | pope-holy, hypocritically pious |
| poppethead | poppet-head |
| poppyfish | poppy-fish |
| poppyfishes | poppy-fishes |
| porkeater | pork-eater |
| porteacid | porte-acid, a holder for applying acid |
| porteligature | porte-ligature |
| porthook | port-hook |
| portligature | port-ligature |
| portmanmote | portman-mote, the assembly of portmen |
| postbook | post-book, a register kept at a post |
| postyard | post-yard |
| potcrook | pot-crook, hook for hanging a pot |
| poteye | pot-eye |
| potgut | pot-gut, a paunch or pot-belly |
| potleg | pot-leg, leg of a cooking pot |
| potshoot | pot-shoot, to shoot for the pot |
| potshooter | pot-shooter, one who shoots for food |
| potwhisky | pot-whisky, whisky from a pot still |
| potwort | pot-wort, a potherb |
| poultryproof | poultry-proof |
| poundbreach | pound-breach, breaking open a cattle pound |
| pourpiece | pour-piece |
| povertyweed | poverty-weed, a plant of dry ground |
| poybird | poy-bird, the New Zealand tui |
| prairiecraft | prairie-craft |
| prairieweed | prairie-weed |
| praiseproof | praise-proof |
| prayermaker | prayer-maker |
| prayermaking | prayer-making |
| prettyface | pretty-face, a Californian brodiaea |
| pricefixing | price-fixing |
| prickfoot | prick-foot |
| pricklyback | prickly-back, the stickleback |
| prickproof | prick-proof |
| prickseam | prick-seam, a saddler's stitched seam |
| prickshot | prick-shot, a bowshot at the mark |
| prickspur | prick-spur, a single-pointed spur |
| pricktimber | prick-timber, the spindle-tree |
| priestfish | priest-fish, a Californian rockfish |
| priestfishes | priest-fishes |
| primegilt | prime-gilt, primage paid a ship's master |
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