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 |
|---|---|
| strayaway | stray-away, a beast that has strayed |
| streamhead | stream-head, the source of a stream |
| streamwort | stream-wort, a name for a water plant |
| stretchberry | stretch-berry, a local name for a wild berry |
| stretchneck | stretch-neck, the pillory |
| strifeproof | strife-proof, proof against strife |
| strikeboard | strike-board, a board for striking off a measure |
| strikeboat | strike-boat, the boat that carries the harpooner |
| stringholder | string-holder, a holder for a ball of string |
| stringman | string-man, the workman who handles the line |
| stringmen | string-men, plural of string-man |
| stringsman | strings-man, a player on stringed instruments |
| stringsmen | strings-men, plural of strings-man |
| stringwood | string-wood, a tree with fibrous bark |
| stripfilm | strip-film, photographic film in strips |
| strongarmer | strong-armer, one who uses the strong arm |
| strongbark | strong-bark, a West Indian tree, Bourreria |
| strongbrained | strong-brained, of strong mind |
| stronghead | strong-head, an obstinate person |
| stubbleberry | stubble-berry, the black nightshade |
| stubbornhearted | stubborn-hearted |
| stubrunner | stub-runner, a short runner, as of a sled |
| stubwort | stub-wort, wood sorrel, Oxalis acetosella |
| studflower | stud-flower, a plant name |
| stuffgownsman | stuff-gownsman, a barrister in a stuff gown |
| stumblebunny | stumble-bunny, a clumsy or punch drunk boxer |
| stumpsucker | stump-sucker, a crib biting horse |
| stupidheaded | stupid-headed, dull witted |
| sturdyhearted | sturdy-hearted |
| stylewort | style-wort, a plant of the Stylidiaceae |
| subjectivoidealistic | subjectivo-idealistic |
| sucklebush | suckle-bush, a name for the honeysuckle |
| sugarplate | sugar-plate, a sugar confection |
| sugarsop | sugar-sop, bread sopped in sweetened liquid |
| sulkylike | sulky-like |
| sullenhearted | sullen-hearted |
| sulphurproof | sulphur-proof |
| summerbird | summer-bird, a butterfly or summer migrant |
| summergame | summer-game, an old rustic summer pageant |
| summerhead | summer-head, the height of summer |
| summerlay | summer-lay, to leave land fallow through summer |
| summerroom | summer-room |
| sunbreaker | sun-breaker, a sunshade or brise-soleil |
| sunburnproof | sunburn-proof |
| sundayproof | Sunday-proof |
| sunnyhearted | sunny-hearted |
| sunnyheartedness | sunny-heartedness |
| sunscorch | sun-scorch, injury to plants by the sun |
| sunsmit | sun-smit, struck by the sun |
| sunsmitten | sun-smitten |
| sunsquall | sun-squall, a local name for a jellyfish |
| sunstay | sun-stay, the sun's standing still, a solstice |
| sunway | sun-way, the sun's path; with the sun |
| sunweed | sun-weed, a name for certain sun-loving plants |
| surdomute | surdo-mute, a deaf-mute |
| surebutted | sure-butted, one of the sure- compounds like sure-footed |
| surffish | surf-fish, an embiotocid shore fish |
| surffishes | surf-fishes |
| surpriseproof | surprise-proof |
| swaddlebill | swaddle-bill, the shoveler duck |
| swallowpipe | swallow-pipe, the gullet |
| swampberries | swamp-berries |
| swampberry | swamp-berry |
| swampwood | swamp-wood |
| swanflower | swan-flower, an orchid (Cycnoches) |
| swanmarker | swan-marker, official who marks swans |
| swanmarking | swan-marking, marking swans for ownership |
| swanneck | swan-neck, an S-shaped bend or fitting |
| swannecked | swan-necked |
| swannet | swan-net, a net for taking swans |
| swanweed | swan-weed, a water plant |
| swanwort | swan-wort |
| swartrutting | swart-rutting, riding as a swart-rutter |
| swashwork | swash-work, obliquely worked masonry |
| swathband | swath-band, a swaddling band |
| sweatweed | sweat-weed, the marsh mallow |
| sweepboard | sweep-board, a board used as a screed or mold |
| sweepforward | sweep-forward, forward sweep of a wing |
| sweepup | sweep-up, a sweeping up |
| sweepwashings | sweep-washings, residues washed from sweepings |
| sweeswee | swee-swee, an imitative bird name |
| sweetbells | sweet-bells, the shrub Leucothoe racemosa |
| sweetberry | sweet-berry |
| sweethearted | sweet-hearted |
| sweetheartedness | sweet-heartedness |
| sweetiewife | sweetie-wife, Scots woman who sells sweets |
| sweetmouthed | sweet-mouthed, fond of sweet things |
| swinehead | swine-head, a pig's head |
| swinehull | swine-hull, a pigsty (hull, a shed) |
| swinepoxes | swine-poxes |
| swingaround | swing-around, a swinging round or tour |
| swingdevil | swing-devil, a dialect name for the swift |
| swingdingle | swing-dingle, a logger's hauling sled |
| swingknife | swing-knife, a scutching knife for flax |
| switchkeeper | switch-keeper, a railway pointsman |
| switchtail | switch-tail, a horse with a switch tail |
| swiveleye | swivel-eye, a squinting eye |
| swiveleyed | swivel-eyed, squinting |
| swiveltail | swivel-tail |
| swordknot | sword-knot, a tassel on a sword hilt |
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