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 |
|---|---|
| bloodalp | blood-alp, dialect name for the bullfinch |
| bloodbeat | blood-beat, the pulse |
| blooddrop | blood-drop |
| bloodnoun | blood-noun, dialect name for the newt |
| bloodripe | blood-ripe |
| bloodstanch | blood-stanch, a plant (yarrow) |
| bloodtest | blood-test |
| blossombill | blossom-bill |
| blossomhead | blossom-head (as in blossom-headed parakeet) |
| blossomtime | blossom-time |
| blowcase | blow-case, acid-egg apparatus |
| blowcock | blow-cock, a blow-off valve |
| blowiron | blow-iron, glassblower's pipe |
| blowline | blow-line |
| blowpit | blow-pit, in paper making |
| blowspray | blow-spray |
| blubberman | blubber-man, whaler who cuts blubber |
| bluebead | blue-bead (blue-bead lily) |
| blueblack | blue-black |
| bluebush | blue-bush, Australian saltbush |
| bluebutton | blue-button, the scabious |
| bluecoated | blue-coated |
| bluehearted | blue-hearted |
| bluehearts | blue-hearts, the plant Buchnera |
| bluejoint | blue-joint (grass, Calamagrostis) |
| blueleg | blue-leg |
| bluelegs | blue-legs |
| blunthead | blunt-head |
| blunthearted | blunt-hearted |
| boardbill | board-bill, the bill for board |
| boarspear | boar-spear |
| boarstaff | boar-staff |
| boarwood | boar-wood |
| boatfalls | boat-falls, tackle for lowering boats |
| boathead | boat-head |
| boatheader | boat-header, whaleboat officer |
| boatlip | boat-lip |
| boatloader | boat-loader |
| boatloading | boat-loading |
| boatsetter | boat-setter |
| boatshop | boat-shop |
| bobcoat | bob-coat, a short coat |
| bobfloat | bob-float, an angler's float |
| bobwood | bob-wood |
| bodicemaker | bodice-maker |
| bodicemaking | bodice-making |
| bodybending | body-bending |
| bodyshirt | body-shirt |
| bodywood | body-wood |
| bogfern | bog-fern |
| bogman | bog-man |
| bogmire | bog-mire |
| bogtrot | bog-trot |
| bogway | bog-way |
| bogyland | bogy-land |
| boleweed | bole-weed, the knapweed |
| bolewort | bole-wort, the knapweed |
| boloball | bolo-ball, a ball game |
| boloman | bolo-man, Filipino bolo fighter |
| bolomen | bolo-men |
| boloroot | bolo-root |
| bolsterwork | bolster-work |
| boltstrake | bolt-strake, a bolted plank of a hull |
| bondhold | bond-hold, tenure in bondage |
| bondland | bond-land, land held in villeinage |
| bondminder | bond-minder, overseer of bondmen |
| bonducnut | bonduc-nut, nut of Caesalpinia bonduc |
| bonebinder | bone-binder |
| bonebreaker | bone-breaker, the ossifrage |
| boneflower | bone-flower |
| bonetail | bone-tail |
| bonewood | bone-wood |
| bonewort | bone-wort, the daisy or comfrey |
| bonnetman | bonnet-man, a Highlander |
| bonnetmen | bonnet-men |
| bonyfish | bony-fish, the menhaden |
| bookbind | book-bind, to bind books |
| bookfold | book-fold |
| boomboat | boom-boat, a ship's large boat |
| boonfellow | boon-fellow, a jolly companion |
| bootman | boot-man |
| boottop | boot-top |
| borderlight | border-light, stage lighting batten |
| borderside | border-side |
| bordroom | bord-room, mining working space |
| bossboy | boss-boy, South African native foreman |
| bosseyed | boss-eyed, cross-eyed |
| botherheaded | bother-headed, muddle-headed |
| bothsided | both-sided |
| bothway | both-way |
| bottlebird | bottle-bird |
| bottleflower | bottle-flower, the cornflower |
| bottlenest | bottle-nest |
| bottlestone | bottle-stone, moldavite |
| bottomchrome | bottom-chrome, a dyeing process |
| bottstick | bott-stick, tool for plugging a taphole |
| boulderhead | boulder-head, a boulder-built structure |
| boullework | boulle-work, brass-and-tortoiseshell inlay |
| bouteselle | boute-selle, cavalry call to saddle |
| bowback | bow-back |
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