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 |
|---|---|
| thriftbox | thrift-box, a money box |
| throatboll | throat-boll, the Adam's apple |
| throatroot | throat-root, the herb avens, Geum |
| throatstrap | throat-strap, a strap under a horse's throat |
| thumbbird | thumb-bird, the wren |
| thumbrope | thumb-rope |
| thumbstring | thumb-string |
| thunderball | thunder-ball, a thunderbolt |
| thunderbearer | thunder-bearer |
| thunderbearing | thunder-bearing |
| thunderflower | thunder-flower, the red poppy |
| thunderpump | thunder-pump, the bittern |
| thundersmite | thunder-smite |
| thundersmiting | thunder-smiting |
| thundersmote | thunder-smote |
| thunderwort | thunder-wort, the houseleek |
| thwackstave | thwack-stave |
| thwartover | thwart-over, crosswise |
| thwartsaw | thwart-saw, a cross-cut saw |
| tickbean | tick-bean, a small horse bean |
| tickeater | tick-eater, the oxpecker |
| tickleproof | tickle-proof |
| tickleweed | tickle-weed, white hellebore |
| ticktick | tick-tick |
| tickweed | tick-weed, pennyroyal |
| tictactoe | tic-tac-toe |
| tictic | tic-tic |
| tictoc | tic-toc, tick-tock |
| tidecoach | tide-coach, a coach timed to the tide |
| tidehead | tide-head, the head of tidewater |
| tiderode | tide-rode, riding to the tide |
| tieboy | tie-boy |
| tiedog | tie-dog, a chained dog |
| tievine | tie-vine, a morning glory |
| tigerbird | tiger-bird |
| tigerflower | tiger-flower, Tigridia |
| tigerfoot | tiger-foot, a tropical morning glory |
| tigerhearted | tiger-hearted |
| tileroot | tile-root |
| tileseed | tile-seed |
| tilesherd | tile-sherd, a fragment of tile |
| tiltboard | tilt-board, a seesaw |
| tilthead | tilt-head |
| tiltup | tilt-up |
| timbertuned | timber-tuned |
| timberwood | timber-wood |
| timwhisky | tim-whisky, a light carriage |
| tinegrass | tine-grass, a vetch |
| tinetare | tine-tare, a vetch |
| tineweed | tine-weed, the vetch or tare |
| tinglass | tin-glass, bismuth |
| tingletangle | tingle-tangle, a low music hall |
| tingtang | ting-tang, a small bell |
| tinhouse | tin-house |
| tinstuff | tin-stuff, tin ore |
| tiphead | tip-head, the end of a tipping bank |
| tipproof | tip-proof |
| tiptail | tip-tail |
| tiptilt | tip-tilt |
| tipup | tip-up, the spotted sandpiper |
| tirehouse | tire-house, a theatre dressing room |
| tiremaid | tire-maid, a lady's dressing maid |
| tireroom | tire-room, a dressing room |
| tiresomeweed | tiresome-weed |
| titfish | tit-fish, a trepang |
| tithebook | tithe-book |
| titheright | tithe-right |
| tithingpenny | tithing-penny |
| titleboard | title-board |
| titleproof | title-proof |
| toadflower | toad-flower |
| toadpipe | toad-pipe, the horsetail Equisetum |
| toadpipes | toad-pipes |
| tobaccoroot | tobacco-root, Valeriana edulis |
| tobaccoweed | tobacco-weed |
| tobaccowood | tobacco-wood |
| toffyman | toffy-man |
| toffymen | toffy-men |
| tokenworth | token-worth |
| tollbook | toll-book, the register of tolls |
| tollhall | toll-hall, a tollbooth |
| tollpenny | toll-penny |
| tommybag | tommy-bag, a workman's food bag |
| tompiper | tom-piper, the piper in a morris dance |
| tonedeafness | tone-deafness |
| toneproof | tone-proof |
| tonguebird | tongue-bird, the wryneck |
| tonguecraft | tongue-craft, skill in speech |
| tonguedoughty | tongue-doughty, brave only in speech |
| tonguefence | tongue-fence, verbal fencing |
| tonguefencer | tongue-fencer |
| tongueflower | tongue-flower, the orchid Serapias |
| tongueman | tongue-man, a speaker |
| tonguemen | tongue-men |
| tongueplay | tongue-play |
| tongueproof | tongue-proof |
| tongueshot | tongue-shot, the carrying range of a voice |
| tonguesman | tongues-man, an interpreter |
| tonguesore | tongue-sore |
| tonicobalsamic | tonico-balsamic |
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