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 |
|---|---|
| buffalofishes | buffalo-fishes |
| buffball | buff-ball, a polishing ball |
| buffbar | buff-bar, a polishing bar |
| buffcoat | buff-coat |
| buffleheaded | buffle-headed, stupid |
| bufflehorn | buffle-horn, buffalo horn |
| bugbite | bug-bite |
| bugeyed | bug-eyed |
| buglewort | bugle-wort (Ajuga) |
| buhlworks | buhl-works, boulle marquetry |
| bullback | bull-back |
| bullbird | bull-bird, the little auk |
| bullboat | bull-boat, a hide-covered boat |
| bullcart | bull-cart |
| bullcomber | bull-comber, a dung beetle |
| bulletheaded | bullet-headed |
| bulletheadedness | bullet-headedness |
| bullflower | bull-flower |
| bullfoot | bull-foot, a plant |
| bullhide | bull-hide |
| bullhoof | bull-hoof (Bauhinia) |
| bullnut | bull-nut |
| bullockman | bullock-man |
| bullpates | bull-pates |
| bullpoll | bull-poll |
| bullskin | bull-skin |
| bullsticker | bull-sticker, a bullfighter |
| bullsucker | bull-sucker |
| bulltoad | bull-toad |
| bullwork | bull-work, heavy drudgery |
| bumbarge | bum-barge, a scavenger's barge |
| bumblebeefish | bumblebee-fish |
| bumblebeefishes | bumblebee-fishes |
| bumwood | bum-wood |
| bunchbacked | bunch-backed, hunchbacked |
| bundlerooted | bundle-rooted |
| bungfull | bung-full |
| bungmaker | bung-maker |
| bunnymouth | bunny-mouth, toadflax |
| burbush | bur-bush |
| burglarproofed | burglar-proofed |
| burglarproofing | burglar-proofing |
| burglarproofs | burglar-proofs |
| burntweed | burnt-weed, fireweed |
| burnut | bur-nut (Tribulus) |
| burnwood | burn-wood |
| burrbark | burr-bark |
| burrheaded | burr-headed |
| burrheadedness | burr-headedness |
| burrknot | burr-knot, a knotty tree excrescence |
| burthenman | burthen-man, a porter |
| bushbeater | bush-beater |
| bushbodies | bush-bodies |
| bushbody | bush-body, a dweller in the bush |
| bushelbasket | bushel-basket |
| bushgoat | bush-goat, the bushbuck |
| bushgoats | bush-goats |
| bushmaker | bush-maker |
| bushmaking | bush-making |
| bushwife | bush-wife |
| bushwood | bush-wood |
| busyhead | busy-head |
| butcherbroom | butcher-broom (Ruscus) |
| butterback | butter-back |
| butterbill | butter-bill, the scoter |
| butterbough | butter-bough |
| butterburr | butter-burr (Petasites) |
| butterflower | butter-flower, buttercup |
| butterjags | butter-jags, bird's-foot trefoil |
| buttermouth | butter-mouth |
| butternose | butter-nose |
| butterpaste | butter-paste |
| butterroot | butter-root |
| butterwife | butter-wife |
| butterworker | butter-worker |
| butterwright | butter-wright |
| butteryfingered | buttery-fingered |
| buttonbur | button-bur |
| buttonmold | button-mold |
| buttstrap | butt-strap |
| buttstrapped | butt-strapped |
| buttstrapping | butt-strapping |
| buttwoman | butt-woman |
| buttwomen | butt-women |
| buttwood | butt-wood |
| buzzbomb | buzz-bomb |
| buzzwig | buzz-wig |
| buzzwigs | buzz-wigs |
| byeman | bye-man, a miner on bye-work |
| byeworker | bye-worker |
| byeworkman | bye-workman |
| bygoing | by-going |
| bylawman | bylaw-man, a parish officer |
| bytalks | by-talks |
| bywalker | by-walker |
| bywalking | by-walking |
| byward | by-ward |
| cabbageheaded | cabbage-headed |
| cabbageheadedness | cabbage-headedness |
| cabinetmake | cabinet-make |
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