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 |
|---|---|
| wheelrace | wheel-race, the channel of a water wheel |
| whetrock | whet-rock, a whetstone |
| wheybird | whey-bird, a dialect bird name |
| wheyfaced | whey-faced |
| wheyworm | whey-worm, a pimple or small skin eruption |
| wheywormed | whey-wormed, pimpled |
| whipbelly | whip-belly, as in whip-belly vengeance, poor drink |
| whipcat | whip-cat, an old name for a tailor |
| whipperginny | whipper-ginny, an old card game |
| whippertail | whipper-tail |
| whippost | whip-post, a post for public whipping |
| whiptree | whip-tree, a whippletree or swingletree |
| whirlbrain | whirl-brain, a giddy person |
| whirlpuff | whirl-puff, a puff or whirl of wind |
| whisperproof | whisper-proof |
| whistlebelly | whistle-belly, as in whistle-belly vengeance, poor drink |
| whitebelt | white-belt |
| whitebird | white-bird, a dialect bird name |
| whiteblaze | white-blaze, a white facial marking |
| whitebottle | white-bottle, the bladder campion |
| whitecomb | white-comb, favus in poultry |
| whitehearted | white-hearted |
| whiteline | white-line, a blank line in printing |
| whiteshank | white-shank |
| whiteslave | white-slave, as in white-slave traffic |
| whitestraits | white-straits, a narrow white cloth |
| whiteveins | white-veins |
| whitlowwort | whitlow-wort, the plant Paronychia |
| whizzerman | whizzer-man, one who tends a whizzer |
| wicketwork | wicket-work |
| widehearted | wide-hearted |
| widespreading | wide-spreading |
| widework | wide-work |
| wifething | wife-thing |
| wigmake | wig-make, to make wigs |
| wildwind | wild-wind |
| wileproof | wile-proof, proof against wiles |
| willowbiter | willow-biter, a dialect name for the marsh tit |
| willowworm | willow-worm, a caterpillar feeding on willow |
| windbibber | wind-bibber, one who drinks in the wind |
| windboat | wind-boat, a boat driven by wind |
| windbracing | wind-bracing, bracing against the wind |
| windbroach | wind-broach |
| windclothes | wind-clothes, clothing worn against wind |
| winddog | wind-dog, a rainbow fragment taken as a wind sign |
| windfanner | wind-fanner, a dialect name for the kestrel |
| windfish | wind-fish, a fish name |
| windhole | wind-hole, a vent or air hole |
| windowpeeper | window-peeper, a peeping tom |
| windowshade | window-shade |
| windowshopped | window-shopped |
| windowshut | window-shut, a window shutter |
| windrode | wind-rode, riding to the wind rather than the tide |
| windroot | wind-root, a plant name |
| windsailor | wind-sailor |
| windship | wind-ship, a sailing vessel |
| windshock | wind-shock, wind damage in standing timber |
| windwayward | wind-wayward, veering with the wind |
| wineconner | wine-conner, an official wine taster |
| winedraf | wine-draf, the dregs left from winemaking |
| wingbow | wing-bow, the shoulder of a fowl's wing |
| wingcut | wing-cut |
| wingpiece | wing-piece |
| wingpost | wing-post |
| wingstem | wing-stem, the plant Verbesina alternifolia |
| winklehole | winkle-hole |
| winterbound | winter-bound |
| wirebar | wire-bar, a copper bar cast for drawing wire |
| wiredancing | wire-dancing, rope dancing on a wire |
| wirespun | wire-spun |
| wirestitched | wire-stitched, bound with wire staples |
| wisdomproof | wisdom-proof |
| wiseweed | wise-weed, a plant name |
| witchbells | witch-bells, the harebell |
| witchbroom | witch-broom, a witches' broom growth |
| witchleaf | witch-leaf, a plant name |
| witchwife | witch-wife, a woman witch |
| witchwoman | witch-woman |
| withertip | wither-tip, the tip of a horse's withers |
| withewood | withe-wood, a tough climbing shrub |
| withypot | withy-pot, a wicker lobster pot |
| woadman | woad-man, a grower or dresser of woad |
| woevine | woe-vine, the dodder plant |
| woeworn | woe-worn, worn with grief |
| woldsman | wolds-man, a dweller on the wolds |
| womanhearted | woman-hearted |
| womanpost | woman-post, a woman letter carrier |
| wombside | womb-side |
| wombstone | womb-stone, a stone formed in the womb |
| wonderbright | wonder-bright |
| wondercraft | wonder-craft, magic or marvel-working |
| wonderdeed | wonder-deed, a marvellous act |
| wondermongering | wonder-mongering |
| wonderstrong | wonder-strong |
| wonderwell | wonder-well, a marvellous spring |
| woodagate | wood-agate, agate with woodlike markings |
| woodbark | wood-bark |
| woodbush | wood-bush |
| woodenheadedness | wooden-headedness |
| woodenweary | wooden-weary |
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