List common nouns compounds of at least 3 words

FOOT-NOTE

The Nom S scientists are not listed in this list. The words composing the common noun are separated by a hyphen or an apostrophe.

With

  • rock shelter
  • anti-submarine permit
  • approximation
  • rainbow
  • great-grandmother
  • great-great-uncle
  • great-grandfather
  • great-grandparents
  • great-great-aunt
  • cousin twice removed
  • back-small-cousin
  • back-small-girl
  • back-small-niece
  • great-grandson
  • great-grand-nephew
  • great-grandchildren

B

  • kiss-in-city
  • wild chicory
  • chisel
  • nozzle-of-duck
  • rave-hook
  • nozzle-with-corbin
  • harelip
  • nozzle-of-parrot
  • sea-slug
  • beautiful-of-day
  • beautiful-of-night
  • yes-man
  • hermit-crab
  • old soak
  • writing desk
  • kiss of life
  • snowball-tree
  • shepherd's purse
  • pare-in-train
  • button mushroom
  • buttercup
  • odds and ends

C

  • cease-fire
  • cha-cha
  • masterpiece
  • heart-of-pigeon
  • swan-neck
  • against-the-watch
  • abrupt change of subject
  • instep
  • blow-of-fist
  • bursts to it hunger
  • trip
  • deepest dungeon
  • half dome
  • legless cripple
  • pendant
  • bottom-of-hen
  • cul-de-sac

D

  • reach-me-down
  • dandelion
  • tooth-of-wolf
  • bottle mat
  • dress shield
  • below-of-dish
  • under the counter payment
  • bedspread
  • dish cover
  • overdoor
  • hogback

E

  • brandy
  • inter-war period
  • wood alcohol
  • spirit of salt
  • spirit of wine
  • east-north-east
  • east-south-east

F

  • face-to-face discussion
  • lorgnette
  • fire-eater
  • end-and-end weave
  • beef-steak fungus

G

  • attention
  • drip
  • muffler

H

  • high-of-fits
  • top hat
  • heave
  • jump
  • hors-d'oeuvre
  • outlaw

I

  • in twenty-fourmo

J, K

  • couldn't-care-less couldn't-care-less attitude
  • couldn't-give-a-damn couldn't-give-a-damn attitude
  • certain something
  • to - boutism
  • until - the boutist

L

  • misfit
  • language-of-ox
  • finger cookie

M

  • labor
  • harlot
  • show-off
  • down-and-out
  • satin flower
  • pawnshop
  • assemble-in-the air
  • rat poison
  • word-with-word
  • mill-with-wind

NR, O

  • bull's eye
  • cat's eye
  • soft corn
  • eyelet
  • tiger eye
  • sea ear
  • otorhinolaryngology
  • otolaryngologist
  • west-north-west
  • west-south-west

P

  • not-with ass
  • giant stride
  • key money
  • branching crossroads
  • fritter
  • bum freezer
  • pied-à-terre
  • larkspur
  • crowbar
  • foot-of-horse
  • foot-of-goat
  • foot-of-cock
  • foot-of-wolf
  • hedgehog mushroom
  • hound's-tooth
  • folding rule
  • cuckoo pint
  • bird's foot
  • deadpan
  • pluperfect
  • overhang
  • door-to-door
  • stay-at-home
  • bribe
  • loan-with-to sew
  • loan-with-to eat
  • loan-with-to assemble
  • ready-made clothes

Q

  • dignity
  • quarter round
  • four hundreds - blackjack
  • figure-four trap
  • eighty-five
  • four-twenty-fifth
  • eighty-two
  • four-twenty-second
  • ninety
  • ninety eight
  • ninety
  • ninetieth
  • ninety
  • ninety
  • ninety seven
  • ninety
  • quatre-vingt-douze
  • four-twenty-twelfth
  • eighty eight
  • four-twenty-eighth
  • quatre-vingt-neuf
  • four-twenty-ninth
  • quatre-vingt-onze
  • four-twenty-eleventh
  • ninety-four
  • four-twenty-fourteenth
  • eighty-four
  • four-twenty-fourth
  • ninety-five
  • four-twenty-fifteenth
  • ninety-six
  • four-twenty-sixteenth
  • quatre-vingt-sept
  • four-twenty-seventh
  • quatre-vingt-six
  • four-twenty-sixth
  • quatre-vingt-treize
  • four-twenty-thirteenth
  • eighty-three
  • four-twenty-third
  • eighty a
  • quatre-vingt-unième
  • gossip
  • flat brush
  • tail coat
  • rat-tailed file
  • tail-of-fox

R

  • dissatisfaction
  • tidal wave
  • queen-of-meadows
  • ground floor
  • ground floor
  • pen-pusher

S

  • lady's slipper
  • dragon's blood
  • pauper
  • housecoat
  • sunk fence
  • flyover
  • stampede
  • Solomon's seal
  • self-made man
  • seventy-eight
  • sixty-ten-eighth
  • seventy-nine
  • sixty-ten-ninth
  • seventy-seven
  • sixty-ten-seventh
  • oyster piece
  • yellow lake
  • follow-me-lads

T

  • slap-with-the eye
  • slew-round
  • private conversation
  • nail-headed moulding
  • ceiling brush
  • head-of-Moor
  • head-of-negro
  • car-with-bottom
  • work dodger
  • touch-with-all
  • left-hand turn
  • mains drainage
  • trente et quarante
  • death-dodger
  • trompe-l'oeil
  • craterellus

U, V, W, X, Y, Z

  • go-like-I-you-pushes
  • to and from
  • tramp
  • saber-rattler
  • verdigris
  • puffball
  • opposite
  • vol-au-vent

Internal bonds

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