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 |
|---|---|
| tonicoclonic | tonico-clonic |
| tonicostimulant | tonico-stimulant |
| toodleloodle | toodle-loodle, imitative of piping |
| toolhead | tool-head, the tool-holding part of a machine |
| toolheads | tool-heads |
| toolmake | tool-make, to make tools |
| toolplate | tool-plate |
| toolslide | tool-slide, the sliding tool rest of a lathe |
| toothchiseled | tooth-chiseled, dressed with a tooth chisel |
| toothcup | tooth-cup, the plant Rotala |
| toothflower | tooth-flower |
| toothill | toot-hill, a lookout hill |
| tootinghole | tooting-hole, a peephole |
| topcap | top-cap |
| topcast | top-cast |
| topcastle | top-castle, a platform at a masthead |
| topchrome | top-chrome, a chroming step in dyeing |
| topfilled | top-filled |
| topmaul | top-maul, a heavy hammer used aloft |
| topnet | top-net |
| topsmelt | top-smelt, a California silverside |
| topsmelts | top-smelts |
| toptail | top-tail, to top and tail |
| toryweed | tory-weed |
| toshnail | tosh-nail, a nail driven obliquely |
| toteload | tote-load |
| totyman | toty-man, an Indian boatman or sweeper |
| touchbell | touch-bell |
| toughhead | tough-head, the ruddy duck |
| touristproof | tourist-proof |
| towerproof | tower-proof |
| towmast | tow-mast |
| townfaring | town-faring |
| towngate | town-gate |
| townside | town-side |
| trackingscout | tracking-scout, a towed canal boat (trekschuit) |
| trackshifter | track-shifter |
| tracksick | track-sick |
| trademaster | trade-master |
| traditionmonger | tradition-monger |
| tragicoheroicomic | tragico-heroicomic |
| tragicolored | tragic-colored |
| tragicomipastoral | tragi-comi-pastoral |
| tragicoromantic | tragico-romantic |
| trainbolt | train-bolt |
| trainline | train-line, the brake pipe of a train |
| traintime | train-time, the scheduled time of a train |
| trammelhead | trammel-head, sliding head of a trammel bar |
| trampcock | tramp-cock, a haycock trodden firm |
| tramsmith | tram-smith, a smith who repairs trams |
| transitman | transit-man, the surveyor who works the transit |
| transitmen | transit-men, surveyors who work the transit |
| trapballs | trap-balls, balls used in the game of trap-ball |
| traplight | trap-light, a light set in a trap opening |
| traversework | traverse-work, work made up of traverses |
| treasonproof | treason-proof |
| trebletree | treble-tree, a whiffletree for three horses |
| treehair | tree-hair, a hanging tree lichen |
| treespeeler | tree-speeler, a tree-climbing bird (Scots speel, climb) |
| trenchboard | trench-board, a board lining or flooring a trench |
| trenchermaking | trencher-making, the making of trenchers |
| trencherside | trencher-side, the side of the trencher |
| trenchmaster | trench-master, the officer in charge of trenches |
| trianglework | triangle-work, work laid out in triangles |
| trimstone | trim-stone, cut stone used as building trim |
| trimtram | trim-tram, a trifle or foolish contrivance |
| tripleback | triple-back |
| tripletree | triple-tree, whippletree for three horses |
| trollflower | troll-flower, the globeflower |
| troopfowl | troop-fowl, a bird that goes in flocks |
| troutbird | trout-bird, a local bird name |
| troutflower | trout-flower, the trout lily |
| trowelbeak | trowel-beak, a broad-billed bird |
| truewood | true-wood, the solid wood of a tree |
| trumpetleaf | trumpet-leaf, the pitcher plant Sarracenia |
| trundleshot | trundle-shot, an old form of cannon shot |
| trunknose | trunk-nose, a long snout |
| trunkway | trunk-way, a main passage or line |
| trunkwork | trunk-work, clandestine dealing |
| trussmaking | truss-making |
| tubeflower | tube-flower, a Clerodendrum |
| tubehead | tube-head, the head of a tube |
| tubehearted | tube-hearted, having a tubular heart |
| tubemen | tube-men |
| tubesmith | tube-smith |
| tubeworks | tube-works |
| tubfishes | tub-fishes (gurnards) |
| tubhunter | tub-hunter |
| tubtail | tub-tail |
| tubwoman | tub-woman |
| tulipflower | tulip-flower |
| tunbellied | tun-bellied |
| tunbelly | tun-belly |
| tunemaker | tune-maker |
| tunemaking | tune-making |
| tunmoot | tun-moot, an Anglo-Saxon township assembly |
| tunnelmaker | tunnel-maker |
| tunnelmaking | tunnel-making |
| tunnelman | tunnel-man |
| tunnelmen | tunnel-men |
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