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 |
|---|---|
| shotman | shot-man, a shot-firer |
| shotsman | shots-man, a marksman |
| shotstar | shot-star, the jelly alga nostoc |
| shotweld | shot-weld |
| shovelweed | shovel-weed, shepherd's purse |
| showbird | show-bird |
| showoffishness | show-offishness |
| showshop | show-shop |
| shreadhead | shread-head, a jerkin-head roof |
| shrewstruck | shrew-struck, bewitched by a shrew |
| shriekproof | shriek-proof |
| shrinkhead | shrink-head, a foundry riser |
| shuckpen | shuck-pen, a pen for corn shucks |
| shufflecap | shuffle-cap, an old coin game |
| shuntwinding | shunt-winding |
| shuteyes | shut-eyes |
| shuttleheaded | shuttle-headed, giddy |
| sickhearted | sick-hearted |
| sicknessproof | sickness-proof |
| sidecheck | side-check, a harness strap |
| sidecutters | side-cutters, pliers |
| sidehold | side-hold |
| sideshake | side-shake, lateral play in a bearing |
| sidesway | side-sway |
| sidewash | side-wash |
| sidewipe | side-wipe, to sideswipe |
| sidewiper | side-wiper |
| siestaland | siesta-land |
| silkflower | silk-flower, the silk tree Albizia |
| silkworker | silk-worker |
| silverbiddy | silver-biddy, a fish of the genus Gerres |
| silverboom | silver-boom, the South African silver tree |
| silverrod | silver-rod, the white goldenrod |
| silvertop | silver-top, a grass |
| silverwing | silver-wing |
| singfest | sing-fest |
| singingfish | singing-fish, the midshipman fish |
| singingfishes | singing-fishes |
| singlebar | single-bar, of a whiffletree |
| singleprecision | single-precision |
| singlestep | single-step |
| sinkboat | sink-boat, a sunken duck-shooting boat |
| sinkhead | sink-head, the riser on a casting |
| sinkstone | sink-stone, a stone sink or a sinker |
| sinproof | sin-proof |
| sinuatedentate | sinuate-dentate |
| sixtypenny | sixty-penny, a nail size |
| skaitbird | skait-bird, a name for the skua |
| skeanockle | skean-ockle, a dagger hidden under the armpit |
| skewerwood | skewer-wood, the spindle tree |
| skidlid | skid-lid, slang for a crash helmet |
| skilletfish | skillet-fish, a clingfish |
| skilletfishes | skillet-fishes |
| skinball | skin-ball, a ball made of skin |
| skindive | skin-dive |
| skindiver | skin-diver |
| skindiving | skin-diving |
| skinworm | skin-worm |
| skipbrain | skip-brain |
| skipdent | skip-dent, a weave with dents left empty |
| skipkennel | skip-kennel, a footman or lackey |
| skiptail | skip-tail |
| skipway | skip-way, the track for a mine skip |
| skiverwood | skiver-wood, the spindle tree |
| skullfish | skull-fish, whalers' term for an older whale |
| skunkbill | skunk-bill, a local name for the surf scoter |
| skunktop | skunk-top, a local name for the surf scoter |
| skycoach | sky-coach, a cheap-fare airliner |
| skylook | sky-look, the look of the sky |
| skylounge | sky-lounge |
| skypipe | sky-pipe |
| skyriding | sky-riding, travelling through the air |
| skyscrape | sky-scrape, to reach as high as the sky |
| skystone | sky-stone, a meteorite |
| slabline | slab-line, a rope hauling up a sail's foot |
| slabman | slab-man, a workman handling slabs |
| slabwood | slab-wood, the outer slabs off a sawn log |
| slackminded | slack-minded |
| slackmindedness | slack-mindedness |
| slackwitted | slack-witted |
| slackwittedness | slack-wittedness |
| slanderproof | slander-proof |
| slapdab | slap-dab, straight and all at once |
| slatemaker | slate-maker |
| slatemaking | slate-making |
| slateyard | slate-yard |
| slaughteryard | slaughter-yard |
| slaveland | slave-land |
| slavepen | slave-pen, an enclosure for holding slaves |
| sleepcoat | sleep-coat, a nightshirt |
| sleepland | sleep-land, the realm of sleep |
| sleepproof | sleep-proof |
| sleeveband | sleeve-band |
| sleevefish | sleeve-fish, the squid |
| sleuthdog | sleuth-dog, a bloodhound |
| slibbersauce | slibber-sauce, a nasty medicinal mess |
| slickpaper | slick-paper, glossy magazine stock |
| slidefilm | slide-film, a filmstrip |
| slidehead | slide-head, the head of a machine slide |
| slideknot | slide-knot, a slipknot |
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