compound nouns

When you're sick of the school cafeteria, you can buy something at Belfair or eat at a family restaurant — either works.

This is not my blood. It's all splashback from my opponent. I don't have a single wound on my body.

Whoa! We're almost out of kindling! Go chop some firewood!

Radiation leaked from the nuclear power plant.

The sidewalk was covered with fallen leaves.

She's caught on to my secret plan.

She went out of her way to buy me a really nice model airplane for Christmas.

India has a rich, regionally varied food culture.

The stadium was packed to overflowing with people.

Rice shops are, as everyone knows, a declining industry.

That village is the enemy's last stronghold.

That team is packed with formidable players.

The opposition party submitted an income-tax-reduction bill.

The determining factor at issue is whether this social welfare plan promotes the influx of immigrants.

The jeweler set a large pearl into the brooch.

Mother sent me a boxed set of grapes.

The fundraising hasn't reached its target yet.

The U.S. Federal Reserve is trying to stop bank runs.

To counter speculators who were selling large amounts of U.S. currency, the central banks of major nations carried out a large-scale coordinated intervention in the market.

According to NASA, accidents occurred on 3 of the 22 space flights that carried generators similar to those aboard Galileo.

After our engineers compared the specifications with similar products sold in Japan, we determined that ours is highly competitive.

She couldn't study abroad because of a lack of funds.

She turned down our offer of help.

She instructed us in singing technique.

She knows nearly ten times as many English words as I do.

She seems to have been born in Germany.

She took something out of her handbag.

She died of shock.

Isn't she a computer programmer?

She applied to join the golf club.