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 |
|---|---|
| primrosetide | primrose-tide, the primrose season |
| primrosetime | primrose-time |
| princecraft | prince-craft, the statecraft of princes |
| printline | print-line, a line of printed type |
| prisonbreak | prison-break |
| prodproof | prod-proof |
| profitproof | profit-proof |
| profitsharing | profit-sharing |
| propmistress | prop-mistress |
| propmistresses | prop-mistresses |
| propwood | prop-wood, timber used for props |
| publicheartedness | public-heartedness |
| puckermouth | pucker-mouth |
| puddingberry | pudding-berry, the dwarf cornel |
| puddinghead | pudding-head, a dolt |
| puddingheaded | pudding-headed |
| puddinghouse | pudding-house |
| puddingwife | pudding-wife, a Caribbean wrasse |
| puddingwives | pudding-wives |
| puddleball | puddle-ball, ball of puddled iron |
| puddlebar | puddle-bar, bar of puddled iron |
| puffwig | puff-wig |
| pugman | pug-man, a workman at a pug mill |
| pullboat | pull-boat, a logging winch boat |
| pulldevil | pull-devil |
| pulldrive | pull-drive |
| pullshovel | pull-shovel, a backhoe excavator |
| pulpstone | pulp-stone, grindstone for wood pulp |
| pumphandle | pump-handle |
| pumpwell | pump-well |
| pumpwright | pump-wright, a maker of pumps |
| punishmentproof | punishment-proof |
| punproof | pun-proof |
| puntout | punt-out, a kick out from goal |
| puppethead | puppet-head |
| puppyfish | puppy-fish |
| puppysnatch | puppy-snatch |
| purlhouse | purl-house, where purl beer is sold |
| purlman | purl-man, a seller of purl on the Thames |
| purplelip | purple-lip |
| putons | put-ons |
| puttyblower | putty-blower, a toy tube for shooting putty |
| puttyhead | putty-head |
| puttyhearted | putty-hearted |
| puttywork | putty-work |
| puzzleman | puzzle-man |
| puzzlepate | puzzle-pate, a muddle-headed person |
| puzzlepated | puzzle-pated |
| puzzlepatedness | puzzle-patedness |
| pygmyweed | pygmy-weed, a crassula |
| quabird | qua-bird, the night heron |
| quadmeter | quad-meter |
| quailhead | quail-head |
| qualmproof | qualm-proof |
| quantummechanical | quantum-mechanical |
| quarrelproof | quarrel-proof |
| quartermasterlike | quartermaster-like |
| quarternight | quarter-night |
| quarterspace | quarter-space, a stair landing |
| quarterstetch | quarter-stetch, a ploughing strip |
| quatertenses | quater-tenses, the Ember days |
| quaverymavery | quavery-mavery, hesitating |
| queanlike | quean-like |
| quibbleproof | quibble-proof |
| quickenbeam | quicken-beam, the rowan tree |
| quickfoot | quick-foot |
| quickhearted | quick-hearted |
| quintelement | quint-element, the fifth element |
| quitterbone | quitter-bone, tumour on a horse's coronet |
| rabbithearted | rabbit-hearted |
| rabbitmouth | rabbit-mouth, harelip |
| rabblelike | rabble-like |
| rabbleproof | rabble-proof |
| racebrood | race-brood |
| raceline | race-line |
| raceplate | race-plate, a machine part |
| rackbone | rack-bone, a vertebra |
| racketproof | racket-proof |
| rackman | rack-man |
| racknumber | rack-number |
| rackproof | rack-proof |
| rackrentable | rack-rentable |
| rackway | rack-way |
| radiatopatent | radiato-patent, spreading radially |
| radiatoporose | radiato-porose, radially pitted |
| radiatoporous | radiato-porous, with radiating pores |
| radiatostriate | radiato-striate, radially streaked |
| radiatosulcate | radiato-sulcate, radially furrowed |
| radiorays | radio-rays |
| radiumproof | radium-proof |
| raffman | raff-man, a dealer in raff or lumber |
| rageproof | rage-proof |
| railriding | rail-riding |
| rainbowweed | rainbow-weed, purple loosestrife |
| rainfowl | rain-fowl, the green woodpecker |
| raiseman | raise-man, a miner working a raise |
| rallymaster | rally-master |
| ramforce | ram-force, the striking force of a ship's ram |
| ramhead | ram-head |
| ramosopalmate | ramoso-palmate |
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