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 |
|---|---|
| scalewing | scale-wing, a lepidopteran |
| scalewort | scale-wort, a scaly-leaved plant |
| scalplock | scalp-lock, the tuft left on a shaved head |
| scalytail | scaly-tail, the African scaly-tailed squirrel |
| scammonyroot | scammony-root, the purgative root |
| scapewheel | scape-wheel, the escape wheel of a clock |
| scarletseed | scarlet-seed, a plant with scarlet seeds |
| scatteraway | scatter-away |
| scattersite | scatter-site, of dispersed public housing |
| schoolmasterlike | schoolmaster-like |
| scientificogeographical | scientifico-geographical |
| scientificohistorical | scientifico-historical |
| scientificophilosophical | scientifico-philosophical |
| scientificopoetic | scientifico-poetic |
| scientificoreligious | scientifico-religious |
| scientificoromantic | scientifico-romantic |
| scimitarpod | scimitar-pod, a curved-podded plant |
| scimiterpod | scimiter-pod, a curved-podded plant |
| scissorbird | scissor-bird, the swallow-tailed flycatcher |
| scissorsbird | scissors-bird, the swallow-tailed flycatcher |
| scoffingstock | scoffing-stock, an object of scoffing |
| scornproof | scorn-proof |
| scorpionwort | scorpion-wort, a plant (Ornithopus) |
| scourfish | scour-fish, the scabbardfish |
| scourfishes | scour-fishes |
| scourway | scour-way, a channel worn by scouring water |
| scourweed | scour-weed, the horsetail |
| scourwort | scour-wort, soapwort |
| scowlproof | scowl-proof |
| scrapepenny | scrape-penny, a miser |
| scrapworks | scrap-works |
| scratchcarding | scratch-carding, brushing with a wire card |
| scratchcat | scratch-cat, a scratching or spiteful person |
| screamproof | scream-proof |
| screechbird | screech-bird, the fieldfare |
| screwbarrel | screw-barrel |
| screwpod | screw-pod, a spiral-podded mesquite |
| screwpropeller | screw-propeller |
| screwship | screw-ship, a screw-driven steamer |
| screwstock | screw-stock, a die-stock for cutting screws |
| scrofularoot | scrofula-root, the figwort |
| scrofulaweed | scrofula-weed, the rattlesnake plantain |
| scrublike | scrub-like |
| scumproof | scum-proof |
| scurvyweed | scurvy-weed, scurvy grass |
| scuttleman | scuttle-man |
| seaborderer | sea-borderer, a dweller on the coast |
| seacross | sea-cross |
| seafighter | sea-fighter |
| seaflower | sea-flower, a sea anemone |
| sealevel | sea-level |
| sealflower | seal-flower, the bleeding heart |
| seambiter | seam-biter |
| seamrend | seam-rend, a rip along a seam |
| seapost | sea-post, mail service carried at sea |
| searoving | sea-roving |
| seastroke | sea-stroke, the blow of a wave |
| seatstone | seat-stone, the underclay of a coal seam |
| secondrater | second-rater |
| secondsighted | second-sighted |
| secondsightedness | second-sightedness |
| seedball | seed-ball |
| seedbird | seed-bird, the wagtail, seen at seed time |
| seedgall | seed-gall |
| seedleaf | seed-leaf, a cotyledon |
| seepproof | seep-proof |
| selfeffacing | self-effacing |
| selfhypnotization | self-hypnotization |
| selfmovement | self-movement |
| selfpreservatory | self-preservatory |
| selfpropelling | self-propelling |
| selfrestrained | self-restrained |
| selfsaid | self-said, the very same said |
| selfseekingness | self-seekingness |
| selfsufficiency | self-sufficiency |
| selfsustainingly | self-sustainingly |
| sempstrywork | sempstry-work, seamstress work |
| sentinellike | sentinel-like |
| sergeantfish | sergeant-fish, the cobia |
| sergeantfishes | sergeant-fishes, plural of sergeant-fish |
| serieswound | series-wound, of an electrical winding |
| sermonproof | sermon-proof, not to be moved by preaching |
| serumdiagnosis | serum-diagnosis, diagnosis by serum test |
| servotab | servo-tab, an aeronautical control tab |
| sethead | set-head, the formed head of a rivet |
| settergrass | setter-grass, the bear's-foot hellebore |
| settos | set-tos, plural of set-to, a bout or scuffle |
| shacklebone | shackle-bone, the wrist |
| shadetail | shade-tail, a squirrel (Sciurus) |
| shadowfoot | shadow-foot, one of the fabled Skiapodes |
| shaftfoot | shaft-foot, the bottom of a shaft |
| shagpate | shag-pate, a shaggy head or its owner |
| shagrag | shag-rag, a ragged or disreputable fellow |
| shagtail | shag-tail |
| shakescene | shake-scene, a ranting actor |
| shaleman | shale-man, a shale miner |
| shallowbrain | shallow-brain |
| shallowbrained | shallow-brained |
| shallowpated | shallow-pated |
| shameface | shame-face, a bashful person |
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