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Compound words by appearance, not definition

A list of 22 words by effigy.

  • freebeewas added by effigy and appears on 6 lists
  • packagingwas added by effigy and appears on 10 lists
  • humbuckerwas added by effigy and appears on 13 lists
  • implorewas added by effigy and appears on 86 lists
  • comprisewas added by effigy and appears on 69 lists
  • packagewas added by effigy and appears on 40 lists
  • carpetwas added by effigy and appears on 40 lists
  • officewas added by effigy and appears on 43 lists
  • dozenwas added by effigy and appears on 26 lists
  • featherwas added by effigy and appears on 64 lists
  • donkeywas added by effigy and appears on 51 lists
  • homewas added by effigy and appears on 93 lists
  • spittoonwas added by effigy and appears on 22 lists
  • wontonwas added by effigy and appears on 26 lists
  • mobilewas added by effigy and appears on 40 lists
  • lithewas added by effigy and appears on 294 lists
  • lotionwas added by effigy and appears on 26 lists
  • displaywas added by effigy and appears on 38 lists
  • accordionwas added by effigy and appears on 30 lists
  • faggotwas added by effigy and appears on 44 lists
  • electrodewas added by effigy and appears on 8 lists
  • pinionwas added by effigy and appears on 63 lists

About

Requirements:

• The word should be a compound.

• Once divided, the individual definitions should not describe the compound itself.

• For sanity's sake, any word that also happens to be an affix is disallowed. For example, "en" is a prefix and a word (measurement); therefore, "enable" and "encompass" are invalid because, well, that's just too easy.

Examples:

• "pinion" breaks down into "pin" + "ion"; however, a pinion is not a small, pointed fastener of charged subatomic particles.

• "lithe" is valid because, in keeping with the definition of a compound, it is a stem. In contrast, "blinded" is not valid due to its inflectional affix.

Notes:

• I did not know similar lists existed until a dozen words in! Luckily, mine is unique in that any one can contribute. The other lists are: not the sum of their parts and Compounds That Look Freakish.

Hopefully I've described this properly without leaving any holes. Enjoy :)

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