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 |
|---|---|
| starstroke | star-stroke, harm from sidereal influence |
| starworm | star-worm, a worm with star-shaped markings |
| statequake | state-quake, an upheaval of the state |
| statesboy | states-boy, a young statesman or yeoman's son |
| stationman | station-man, a hand on an Australian station |
| statuecraft | statue-craft, the art of statuary |
| stayship | stay-ship, the remora, fabled to hold ships back |
| steamcar | steam-car |
| steamtightness | steam-tightness, being proof against steam |
| steelhearted | steel-hearted |
| steelmake | steel-make, the making of steel |
| steelproof | steel-proof, proof against steel |
| steepdown | steep-down, precipitous, as in Othello |
| steepgrass | steep-grass, the butterwort, used to curdle milk |
| steepletop | steeple-top, the top of a steeple |
| steepweed | steep-weed, the butterwort |
| steepwort | steep-wort, the butterwort |
| stemform | stem-form, the form of a tree stem |
| stentmaster | stent-master, a Scots assessor of taxes |
| stepdancing | step-dancing |
| stephead | step-head, the head of a step or mast step |
| stepup | step-up |
| stepups | step-ups |
| sternknee | stern-knee, a knee timber at a ship's stern |
| sternworks | stern-works, the structures at a ship's stern |
| stewhouse | stew-house, a bathhouse or brothel |
| stickboat | stick-boat, a boat carrying sticks or timber |
| stickfast | stick-fast, as in the stick-fast flea |
| stickleaf | stick-leaf, the mentzelia |
| sticktail | stick-tail, the ruddy duck |
| stiffneck | stiff-neck, an obstinate person |
| stiffneckedly | stiff-neckedly, stubbornly |
| stiffrump | stiff-rump, an obstinate person |
| stileman | stile-man, one who keeps or tends a stile |
| stilemen | stile-men |
| stingtail | sting-tail, the stingray |
| stinkberries | stink-berries |
| stinkberry | stink-berry |
| stinkyfoot | stinky-foot, a rank-smelling plant |
| stitchwhile | stitch-while, the time taken by one stitch |
| stobball | stob-ball, an old game played with ball and club |
| stockbow | stock-bow, a crossbow mounted on a stock |
| stockfather | stock-father, a progenitor or sire |
| stockhouse | stock-house, a storehouse |
| stockjobbery | stock-jobbery |
| stockmaker | stock-maker, a maker of gun stocks |
| stockmaking | stock-making |
| stockowner | stock-owner |
| stockriding | stock-riding, riding after cattle in Australia |
| stockstone | stock-stone, a block of stone forming a base |
| stockwright | stock-wright, a maker of gun stocks |
| stonebass | stone-bass, the wreckfish Polyprion |
| stonebiter | stone-biter, the wolffish Anarhichas |
| stoneblindness | stone-blindness, total blindness |
| stonedamp | stone-damp, dust laden air in a mine |
| stonehand | stone-hand, the printer working at the imposing stone |
| stonemint | stone-mint, the dittany Cunila origanoides |
| stoneput | stone-put, the contest of putting the stone |
| stonesmith | stone-smith, a stonecutter |
| stonyheartedly | stony-heartedly |
| stoopgallant | stoop-gallant, what humbles the proud |
| stopback | stop-back, a backstop or detent |
| stopdice | stop-dice, a kind of false dice |
| stophound | stop-hound, a hound used to head off game |
| stopship | stop-ship, the remora, fabled to hold ships back |
| stopwater | stop-water, a plug in a boat's scarf joint |
| storemaster | store-master, a Scottish stock farmer |
| stormbelt | storm-belt, a zone of frequent storms |
| stormtight | storm-tight, proof against storms |
| stoutwood | stout-wood, tough or stout timber |
| stovebrush | stove-brush, a brush for blacking stoves |
| stoveman | stove-man, a workman tending a stove or kiln |
| stovemen | stove-men, plural of stove-man |
| stowball | stow-ball, an old game resembling golf |
| stowbordman | stowbord-man, a miner who packs waste in a stowboard |
| stowbordmen | stowbord-men, plural of stowbord-man |
| stownet | stow-net, a large net fixed in a tideway |
| stowwood | stow-wood, dunnage for stowing casks |
| straddleback | straddle-back, astride |
| straddlebug | straddle-bug, a long legged beetle |
| straightabout | straight-about, right round, facing about |
| straightedged | straight-edged, having a straight edge |
| straightedging | straight-edging, working with a straightedge |
| straighttail | straight-tail, one with an unforked tail |
| strainerman | strainer-man, a workman tending a strainer |
| strainermen | strainer-men, plural of strainer-man |
| strainslip | strain-slip, as in strain-slip cleavage |
| straitlacing | strait-lacing, tight lacing of stays |
| straitsman | straits-man, a trader or sealer of the straits |
| straitsmen | straits-men, plural of straits-man |
| straitwork | strait-work, mining in narrow headings |
| strangletare | strangle-tare, the dodder that chokes vetches |
| straphead | strap-head, the strapped head of a connecting rod |
| strawbill | straw-bill, a fictitious bill of exchange |
| strawbreadth | straw-breadth, the width of a straw |
| strawmote | straw-mote, a single straw, a trifle |
| strawstacker | straw-stacker, a machine for stacking straw |
| strawwalker | straw-walker, the straw shaker of a thresher |
| strawwork | straw-work, articles plaited of straw |
| strawyard | straw-yard, a yard where cattle feed on straw |
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