Phrase Hound found 5 phrases and 10 compound words that contain hyphen. The most common are listed below. Open hyphen in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 5
- soft hyphenA generally invisible text character marking a point where hyphenation can occur without forcing a line break in an inconvenient place if the text is later reflowed.
- Hyphen WarThe conflict over the naming of Czechoslovakia after the fall of the communist government in 1989.
- suspended hyphenA type of hyphen used to represent omission of repeated parts of compound words in a list.
- hyphen-minusThe Unicode symbol - (U+002D ), used as a hyphen, a minus sign and a dash.
- hyphen-minusesplural of hyphen-minus: The Unicode symbol - (U+002D ), used as a hyphen, a minus sign and a dash.
Compound words 10
- hyphenismThe use of hyphenated terms to describe people's identities, e.g. in Irish-American.
- hyphenitisThe overuse of hyphens.
- hyphenicInvolving or relating to hyphens.
- hyphenlessWithout a hyphen.
- mishyphenSynonym of mishyphenate: To hyphenate a word at an inappropriate point, especially one that is not between two syllables.
- hyphenizeSynonym of hyphenate: to break a word at the end of a line according to the hyphenation rules by adding a hyphen on the end of the line.
- hyphenatedsimple past and past participle of hyphenate
- hyphenateto break a word at the end of a line according to the hyphenation rules by adding a hyphen on the end of the line.
- hyphenismsplural of hyphenism: The use of hyphenated terms to describe people's identities, e.g. in Irish-American.
- hypheniseAlternative spelling of hyphenize: to break a word at the end of a line according to the hyphenation rules by adding a hyphen on the end of the line.