Since then, they are written only at the beginning of a word and in compound words.

The primary stress of compound words is often placed on the ending.

And then he called me the most offensive compound word in the English language.

They can start as two words joined with a hyphen, and then become a compound word.

This is a short list with some common compound words.

It is a compound word that this newspaper will not print.

And the concept of compound words is itself quite straightforward, sir.

The compound word is understood as a word in itself.

People may have started using the compound word, living room, in the early twentieth century.

His name is a made up compound word of elephant and van.