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 |
|---|---|
| abscessroot | abscess-root |
| acrestaff | acre-staff |
| adcraft | ad-craft, the advertising craft |
| adderfish | adder-fish (the weever) |
| adderspit | adder-spit |
| addleplot | addle-plot, a spoilsport |
| adrenalcortical | adrenal-cortical |
| afterattack | after-attack |
| afterband | after-band |
| afterblow | after-blow (Bessemer process) |
| afterbreach | after-breach |
| afterbreast | after-breast |
| aftercause | after-cause |
| afterchance | after-chance |
| afterchrome | after-chrome (dyeing) |
| aftercure | after-cure |
| afterdate | after-date |
| afterdeath | after-death |
| afterdinner | after-dinner |
| afterdrain | after-drain |
| afterdrops | after-drops |
| afterend | after-end |
| aftereye | after-eye, to gaze after |
| afterfall | after-fall |
| afterfame | after-fame |
| afterfermentation | after-fermentation |
| afterform | after-form |
| afterfriend | after-friend |
| afterfuture | after-future |
| aftergas | after-gas |
| afterglide | after-glide (phonetics) |
| aftergo | after-go, to follow |
| aftergood | after-good |
| aftergrave | after-grave |
| aftergrief | after-grief |
| aftergrind | after-grind |
| afterguns | after-guns |
| afterharm | after-harm |
| afterhatch | after-hatch |
| afterhelp | after-help |
| afterhold | after-hold |
| afterhope | after-hope |
| afterking | after-king |
| afterloss | after-loss |
| afterlove | after-love |
| aftermark | after-mark |
| aftermarriage | after-marriage |
| aftermass | after-mass |
| aftermatter | after-matter |
| aftermeal | after-meal |
| aftermilk | after-milk |
| afternight | after-night |
| afternose | after-nose |
| afteroar | after-oar |
| afterpast | after-past |
| afterplanting | after-planting |
| afterpressure | after-pressure |
| afterproof | after-proof |
| afterrake | after-rake |
| afterreckoning | after-reckoning |
| afterrider | after-rider |
| afterripening | after-ripening |
| afterroll | after-roll |
| aftersend | after-send |
| aftershafted | after-shafted |
| aftershine | after-shine |
| aftership | after-ship |
| aftersong | after-song |
| afterspeech | after-speech |
| afterspring | after-spring |
| afterstain | after-stain |
| afterstate | after-state |
| afterstorm | after-storm |
| afterstrain | after-strain |
| afterstretch | after-stretch |
| afterstudy | after-study |
| aftersupper | after-supper |
| afterswarming | after-swarming (second swarm of bees) |
| afterswell | after-swell |
| aftertan | after-tan |
| aftertask | after-task |
| afterthrift | after-thrift |
| aftertrial | after-trial |
| afterturn | after-turn |
| aftervision | after-vision |
| afterwale | after-wale |
| afterworking | after-working |
| afterwort | after-wort (second brewing wort) |
| afterwrath | after-wrath |
| afterwrist | after-wrist |
| againbuy | again-buy (to redeem) |
| aglethead | aglet-head |
| airborn | air-born (born of the air) |
| airposts | air-posts |
| airsheet | air-sheet |
| airwash | air-wash |
| airwayman | airway-man |
| aitchpiece | aitch-piece |
| alberttype | Albert-type (photomechanical process) |
| albocarbon | albo-carbon (naphthalene light) |
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