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Compounding Examples
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  bite
 -eyed (u.m.)
build
  down (n., u.m.)
  up (n., u.m.)
built
 -in (u.m.)
 -up (u.m.)
bulb -tee (u.m.)
bulbo (c.f.)
all one word
bulk
  head
 -pile (v.)
  weigh (v.)
bull
  baiting
  dog
  doze
 -faced (u.m.)
  fight
  frog
  head
 -mouthed (u.m.)
  neck
  nose
  pen
  ring
#terrier
  toad
 -voiced (u.m.)
  whack
  whip
bullet
  head
  maker
  proof
bull's
 -eye (nonliteral)
 -foot
bumble
  bee
  foot
  kite
bung
  hole
  start
burn
 -in (n., u.m.)
  out (n., u.m.)
  up (n., u.m.)
burned -over (u.m.)
burner -off
burnt
 -out (u.m.)
 -up (u.m.)
bus
  boy
#conductor
  driver
  fare
  girl
  line
  load
bush
  beater
  buck
  fighter
 -grown (u.m.)
  hammer
 -leaguer
  ranger
  whacker
  wife
bustup (n., u.m.)
busy
  body
 -fingered (u.m.)
  head
butt
 -joint (v.)
  saw
  stock
  strap
 -weld (v.)
butter
  ball
 -colored (u.m.)
  fat
  fingers
  head
  milk
  mouth
  nut
  print
 -rigged (u.m.)
  scotch
 -smooth (u.m.)
  wife
 -yellow (u.m.)
button
 -eared (u.m.)
 -headed (u.m.)
  hold
  hole
  hook
  mold
buzzerphone
by
 -and -by
 -the  -way (n., u.m.)
 -your -leave (n., u.m.)
rest one word
C
C
 -sharp
 -star
 -tube
cab
  driver
  fare
#owner
  stand
cabbagehead
cabinet
  maker
  making
cable -laid (u.m.)
caco (c.f.)
all one word
cage#bird
cake
  baker
  bread
 -eater
  mixer
 -mixing (u.m.)
  pan
  walk
calci (c.f.)
all one word
calk -weld (v.)
call
  back (n., u.m.)
  box
  down (n., u.m.)
 -in (n., u.m.)
  note
 -off (n., u.m.)
  out (n., u.m.)
 -over (n., u.m.)
  up (n., u.m.)
camshaft
camel
  back (rubber)
 -backed (u.m.)
  driver
 -faced (u.m.)
camel's -hair (u.m.)
camp
  fire
  ground
  stool
can
  capper
  not
#opener