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 |
|---|---|
| cheesecurd | cheese-curd |
| cheeseflower | cheese-flower, the common mallow |
| chemicoastrological | chemico-astrological |
| chemicobiology | chemico-biology |
| chemicocautery | chemico-cautery |
| chemicodynamic | chemico-dynamic |
| chemicoengineering | chemico-engineering |
| chemicoluminescence | chemico-luminescence |
| chemicomechanical | chemico-mechanical |
| chemicophysics | chemico-physics |
| chickenbill | chicken-bill, a plumber's lead-dressing tool |
| chickenbreasted | chicken-breasted |
| chiggerweed | chigger-weed, a fleabane (Erigeron) |
| chihfu | chih-fu, a Chinese prefect |
| childbear | child-bear, to bear children |
| childcrowing | child-crowing, laryngismus stridulus |
| childridden | child-ridden |
| childwife | child-wife |
| chimneyman | chimney-man, a chimney sweep |
| chinbeak | chin-beak, a beaklike projecting chin |
| chipproof | chip-proof |
| chipwood | chip-wood, thin wood shavings for weaving |
| chockman | chock-man, one who sets chocks |
| chontawood | chonta-wood, hard S. American palm wood |
| choyaroot | choya-root, Indian dye root (chay) |
| chrisomloosing | chrisom-loosing |
| christcross | Christ-cross, the mark of a cross |
| chromeplate | chrome-plate |
| chromeplated | chrome-plated |
| chromeplating | chrome-plating |
| chuckfarthing | chuck-farthing, a coin-pitching game |
| chuckfull | chuck-full, chock-full |
| chunkhead | chunk-head, a blockhead |
| churchcraft | church-craft |
| churchgo | church-go, to attend church |
| churchgrith | church-grith, sanctuary of the church |
| churchreeve | church-reeve, a churchwarden |
| churchshot | church-shot, church-scot, a tithe due |
| churnstaff | churn-staff, also the sun spurge |
| churrworm | churr-worm, the mole cricket |
| cinemelodrama | cine-melodrama |
| cinenegative | cine-negative |
| cinnamonroot | cinnamon-root |
| circuitman | circuit-man |
| circuitmen | circuit-men |
| citybuster | city-buster |
| cityfolk | city-folk |
| clamcracker | clam-cracker |
| clattertrap | clatter-trap |
| clattertraps | clatter-traps |
| clawsick | claw-sick |
| claybrained | clay-brained |
| clayweed | clay-weed (coltsfoot) |
| cleanhearted | clean-hearted |
| clearhearted | clear-hearted |
| clearminded | clear-minded |
| clewgarnet | clew-garnet (ship's rope) |
| cliffweed | cliff-weed |
| climbingfish | climbing-fish (Anabas) |
| climbingfishes | climbing-fishes |
| clipperman | clipper-man |
| clitterclatter | clitter-clatter, a rattling noise |
| clockkeeper | clock-keeper |
| clodbreaker | clod-breaker |
| clodhead | clod-head, a blockhead |
| closecross | close-cross |
| closehearted | close-hearted |
| closewing | close-wing |
| clothesmonger | clothes-monger |
| cloudcap | cloud-cap |
| cloverlay | clover-lay |
| cloverley | clover-ley |
| cloverroot | clover-root |
| clubmonger | club-monger |
| clubridden | club-ridden |
| clubweed | club-weed (knapweed) |
| clubwood | club-wood |
| clusterfist | cluster-fist, a lout or niggard |
| coalfitter | coal-fitter (coal agent) |
| coastman | coast-man |
| coastmen | coast-men |
| cobhead | cob-head (nail) |
| cobloaf | cob-loaf, a small round loaf |
| cockbell | cock-bell (an icicle; a small bell) |
| cocklewife | cockle-wife, a woman who sells cockles |
| cockneybred | cockney-bred |
| cockstone | cock-stone (alectoria) |
| cockyolly | cocky-olly (nursery name for a pet bird) |
| cocoroot | coco-root |
| codebreak | code-break |
| codheaded | cod-headed, stupid |
| coffeebush | coffee-bush |
| coffeeleaf | coffee-leaf |
| coffeewood | coffee-wood |
| cogboat | cog-boat, a small ship's boat |
| cogroad | cog-road, a rack railway |
| coilsmith | coil-smith, a maker of coils |
| coleplant | cole-plant, a cabbage plant |
| colicwort | colic-wort, a plant used against colic |
| collarband | collar-band |
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