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 |
|---|---|
| swordslipper | sword-slipper, one who furbishes swords |
| swordweed | sword-weed |
| systemproof | system-proof |
| tablehopped | table-hopped |
| tablehopping | table-hopping |
| tackproof | tack-proof |
| taclocus | tac-locus, curve geometry, locus of tacnodes |
| tacpoint | tac-point, a point of contact of two curves |
| tactinvariant | tact-invariant, algebraic condition of contact |
| taffymaker | taffy-maker |
| tailsheet | tail-sheet |
| taintworm | taint-worm |
| talecarrying | tale-carrying |
| talemaster | tale-master, a teller of tales |
| tallowman | tallow-man, a dealer in tallow |
| tallowroot | tallow-root |
| tallowweed | tallow-weed |
| tamehearted | tame-hearted |
| tameheartedness | tame-heartedness |
| tanproof | tan-proof |
| tanwood | tan-wood, bark used for tanning |
| tapamaker | tapa-maker, a maker of bark cloth |
| tapamaking | tapa-making |
| tapermaking | taper-making, candle making |
| tapestring | tape-string |
| tapwort | tap-wort, a plant name |
| tarboard | tar-board, tarred board |
| tarboy | tar-boy, shed hand who tars shearing cuts |
| tarefitch | tare-fitch, a vetch |
| tarflower | tar-flower, Bejaria racemosa |
| targetshooter | target-shooter |
| tarleather | tar-leather, tarred leather |
| tarpaulinmaker | tarpaulin-maker |
| tartarproof | tartar-proof, resisting tartar deposit |
| tarwood | tar-wood, wood yielding tar |
| tarworks | tar-works, a place where tar is made |
| taryard | tar-yard, a yard where tar is stored |
| tasselfish | tassel-fish, the Indian threadfin |
| taxiauto | taxi-auto, a motor cab |
| taxistand | taxi-stand |
| teadish | tea-dish, an old term for a teacup |
| teaman | tea-man, a tea dealer |
| teamman | team-man, one who drives a team |
| tearcat | tear-cat, a swaggering ranter |
| tearthroat | tear-throat, a ranting actor |
| teasehole | tease-hole, the stoking hole of a glass furnace |
| teaselwort | teasel-wort, a teasel-like plant |
| teataster | tea-taster |
| teatfish | teat-fish, a kind of trepang |
| teetertail | teeter-tail, the spotted sandpiper |
| teliostage | telio-stage, the teliospore stage of a rust |
| telltruth | tell-truth, one who tells the truth |
| templarlike | templar-like |
| templarlikeness | templar-likeness |
| temsebread | temse-bread, bread of sifted meal |
| temseloaf | temse-loaf, a loaf of sifted meal |
| tenchweed | tench-weed, a pondweed |
| tenderheart | tender-heart, a tender-hearted person |
| tenline | ten-line (printing, a ten-line body size) |
| tenspot | ten-spot (a ten-dollar note or a ten card) |
| tentwork | tent-work, embroidery in tent stitch |
| terrorproof | terror-proof |
| tetterworm | tetter-worm, the worm blamed for tetter |
| thatchwood | thatch-wood, wood or reed used for thatching |
| theatercraft | theater-craft, stagecraft |
| theologicoastronomical | theologico-astronomical |
| theologicomilitary | theologico-military |
| theologicomoral | theologico-moral |
| theologiconatural | theologico-natural |
| theoreticopractical | theoretico-practical |
| theorymonger | theory-monger, a peddler of theories |
| thickbrained | thick-brained, dull-witted |
| thickleaves | thick-leaves, a name for the orpine |
| thicklips | thick-lips, a name for certain fishes |
| thickwind | thick-wind, laboured breathing in a horse |
| thiefland | thief-land, country infested with thieves |
| thiefmaker | thief-maker, one who makes thieves of others |
| thiefmaking | thief-making |
| thimbleflower | thimble-flower, a name for the anemone |
| thimblewit | thimble-wit, a person of very small wit |
| thinbrained | thin-brained, feeble-minded |
| thingut | thin-gut, a lean-bellied person or beast |
| thirstproof | thirst-proof |
| thistlebird | thistle-bird, the American goldfinch |
| thistleproof | thistle-proof |
| thongman | thong-man, a maker or seller of leather thongs |
| thoracicohumeral | thoracico-humeral, of chest and upper arm |
| thornstone | thorn-stone |
| thoroughstem | thorough-stem, a name for the boneset |
| thoroughstitched | thorough-stitched, thoroughgoing, complete |
| thoughtfree | thought-free, free from care |
| thoughtfreeness | thought-freeness, freedom from care |
| thrallborn | thrall-born, born in bondage |
| thrasherman | thrasher-man, a thresher |
| threadflower | thread-flower, a plant with threadlike flowers |
| threadfoot | thread-foot, the riverweed Podostemum |
| threadway | thread-way, a narrow threadlike passage |
| threadweed | thread-weed, a threadlike seaweed |
| threedimensionality | three-dimensionality |
| threshingtime | threshing-time |
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