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 |
|---|---|
| bedway | bed-way |
| bedways | bed-ways |
| beeflower | bee-flower |
| beennut | been-nut (ben nut, Moringa) |
| beerbibber | beer-bibber |
| beetlestock | beetle-stock (mallet handle) |
| beetlestone | beetle-stone (septarium) |
| beeway | bee-way |
| beewinged | bee-winged (having beeswing) |
| beggarlice | beggar-lice (Hackelia) |
| behindsight | behind-sight (hindsight) |
| belderroot | belder-root |
| bellbinder | bell-binder (bindweed) |
| bellbine | bell-bine (bindweed) |
| bellbottle | bell-bottle (bluebell) |
| bellmaster | bell-master (carillonneur) |
| bellrags | bell-rags |
| belltail | bell-tail |
| belltopper | bell-topper (top hat) |
| bellweed | bell-weed (knapweed) |
| bellyfish | belly-fish |
| bellyland | belly-land |
| bellyman | belly-man |
| bellypiece | belly-piece |
| bellypinch | belly-pinch |
| bennetweed | bennet-weed (herb bennet) |
| berrybush | berry-bush |
| betanaphthol | beta-naphthol |
| bethflower | beth-flower (trillium) |
| betweenmaid | between-maid |
| bhaktimarga | bhakti-marga, the path of devotion |
| billbeetle | bill-beetle (a weevil) |
| billbroking | bill-broking |
| billheading | bill-heading |
| bindweb | bind-web (neuroglia) |
| birchman | birch-man |
| birdberry | bird-berry |
| birdclapper | bird-clapper (bird-scaring rattle) |
| birdcraft | bird-craft |
| birdland | bird-land |
| birdnester | bird-nester |
| birdstone | bird-stone (prehistoric bird-shaped stone) |
| birdwitted | bird-witted |
| biscuitmaker | biscuit-maker |
| biscuitmaking | biscuit-making |
| bishopbird | bishop-bird (a weaver finch) |
| bishopstool | bishop-stool, a bishop's see |
| bitstalk | bit-stalk, the stock of a boring bit |
| bitstone | bit-stone, flint chips used in kilns |
| bitterblain | bitter-blain, a West Indian plant |
| bitterbur | bitter-bur |
| bitterender | bitter-ender |
| bitterhead | bitter-head |
| bitterhearted | bitter-hearted |
| bitterheartedness | bitter-heartedness |
| bitterworm | bitter-worm (a gentian-like plant) |
| blackbeetle | black-beetle (the cockroach) |
| blackbelly | black-belly |
| blackbine | black-bine (black bryony) |
| blackbreast | black-breast (a shore bird) |
| blackbush | black-bush |
| blackcod | black-cod (the sablefish) |
| blackfigured | black-figured (Greek vase style) |
| blackfire | black-fire (a tobacco disease) |
| blackfisher | black-fisher, a night salmon poacher |
| blackheartedly | black-heartedly |
| blacknob | black-nob, a non-union workman |
| blackpatch | black-patch |
| blackplate | black-plate, uncoated sheet iron |
| blackpot | black-pot, a beer mug |
| blackprint | black-print (cf. blueprint) |
| blackrag | black-rag, a dark shaly stone |
| blackstick | black-stick |
| blacktongue | black-tongue, a disease of dogs |
| blacktree | black-tree |
| blackwort | black-wort, comfrey |
| bladderseed | bladder-seed (Physospermum) |
| bladderweed | bladder-weed, bladderwort |
| blankminded | blank-minded |
| blankmindedness | blank-mindedness |
| blastman | blast-man, a blast-furnace workman |
| blastplate | blast-plate |
| bleacherman | bleacher-man |
| bleachground | bleach-ground, a bleaching field |
| bleachyard | bleach-yard |
| blearyeyedness | bleary-eyedness |
| blendcorn | blend-corn, mixed grain |
| blendwater | blend-water, a cattle disease |
| blindball | blind-ball, the puffball fungus |
| blindfast | blind-fast, fastened out of sight |
| blindstorey | blind-storey (triforium) |
| blindweed | blind-weed, a plant name |
| blisterweed | blister-weed, the crowfoot |
| blisterwort | blister-wort, the pilewort |
| blithebread | blithe-bread, bread at a birth feast |
| blithemeat | blithe-meat, a feast at a birth |
| blockaderunning | blockade-running |
| blockline | block-line |
| blockman | block-man (railway signalman) |
| bloodalley | blood-alley (streaked glass marble) |
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