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The Concise Oxford English Dictionary, = twelfth=20 edition, is the current authority for spelling in the United = Nations. If=20 more than one spelling is given in the dictionary, use the form = listed=20 first unless otherwise indicated below.

The United Nations spelling list is designed to serve as a = quick=20 reference for common words and compounds for which there may be = more than=20 one possible spelling. Some words commonly used in United Nations=20 documents that are not in the twelfth edition of the dictionary = are=20 included in the list for ease of reference. For further guidance, = see also=20 Abbreviations=20 and acronyms and=20 Capitalization in English.

Foreign words listed in the twelfth edition, the most common of = which=20 are included below, are not italicized in United Nations=20 documents. Foreign words that are not listed in that edition = should,=20 however, be italicized.

Non-English names of organizations, firms, ministries and the = like are=20 not italicized.

Fractions expressed in words are not hyphenated (e.g. one third = of the=20 total) unless they are used as adjectives (e.g. one-third = share).

The abbreviation =93adj.=94 is used to indicate compound = adjectives that=20 are hyphenated when they precede a noun (e.g. She had a fixed-term = contract). Otherwise they are normally not hyphenated (e.g. The = contract=20 was for a fixed term).

Compound adjectives in which the first word ends in =96ly are = not=20 hyphenated (e.g. environmentally sustainable growth).

Notes:
* Indicates a change from previous practice. =
**=20 Indicates an exception to the twelfth edition of the Concise = Oxford=20 English Dictionary.
* ** Indicates both a change from = previous=20 practice and an exception to the twelfth edition.

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A

above-mentioned
abridgement
acknowledgement
addenda
ad=20 hoc
ad infinitum
ad=20 = litem
adviser
aeroplane
aesthetic
aforementioned
after:=20 compound forms are closed except: =
=20 after-effect
=20 after-image
age-appropriate=20 (adj.)
ageing
ageism
age-selective = (adj.)
age-specific=20 (adj.)
agribusiness
agrifood=20
agriscience
agritourism
agroecological=20 =
agroecosystem
agroforestry
agro-industry
agropastoral
agr= oterrorism
aides-memoires
AIDS=20 (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome)
airbag
air = conditioner,=20 air conditioning (noun)
air-conditioned, air-conditioning = (adj.)
aircraft (singular and=20 = plural)
aircrew
airdrop
airfare
airfield
airfreight

airlift
air raid
airspace
air traffic=20 control
AK-47
allot, allotted,=20 allotment
Al-Qaida
aluminium
among (not=20 =93amongst=94)
anaemia
anaesthetic
analogue (but = analog in=20 computer technology)
analyse
antenatal
antennae=20 (insects)
antennas=20 = (aerials)
anti-abortion
anti-aircraft
antifertility
anti-infl= ammatory
antimalarial
antimicrobial
antinatalism,=20 antinatalist
anti-poverty
apartheid
a = posteriori
appal,=20 appalled, appalling
appendices
a=20 priori
artefact
Assistant Secretary-General (of the = United=20 Nations) (plural: Assistant Secretaries-General)
*asylum = seeker=20
attach=E9
attorney=20 = general
audiobook
*audiovisual
avant-garde
awareness-raising = (noun and adj.)
ayatollah

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B

Baath party, Baathist
baby boom (noun)
baby-boom=20 (adj.)
back-calculation procedure
backstop (verb and=20 noun)
back up (verb)
backup (noun and adj.) =
backward=20 (adj.)
backwards (adv.)
balance of payments=20 (noun)
balance-of-payments (adj.)
balance=20 sheet
bandwidth
baseline
base-year (adj.)
bednet =
Bedouin (singular and = plural)
beforehand
behaviour =20
benefited, benefiting
bi: compound forms are closed=20
biannual (twice a year) biased
biennial (every second = year)=20
**bienniums
bio: compound forms are closed
birth=20 control
birth rate
bis
BlackBerry
blacklist = (verb and=20 noun)

blood-brain barrier
bond=20 market
bookkeeping
bottleneck
brain drain
break = away=20 (verb)
breakaway (noun and adj.)
break down=20 (verb)
breakdown (noun)
breakthrough
break up=20 (verb)
break-up (noun)
bride price
bride=20 wealth
Brigadier General
broad band, broad banding = (verb and=20 noun, in ICSC documents)
broad-banded, broad-banding = (adj., in=20 ICSC documents)
broadband (telecommunications)
build = up=20 (verb)
build-up (noun)
bureaux
burka
burned = (not=20 =93burnt=94)
businessperson
buy-back (noun)
buy-in=20 = (noun)
by-catch
by-law
by-product
bystander

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C

calibre
cancelled, cancelling
canvas = (cloth)
canvass (to=20 solicit)
capacity-building (noun and adj.)
capital = (city,=20 money)
Capitol (building)
caregiver
care=20 provider
caretaker
CarLog
carry over = (verb)
carry-over=20 (noun)
carte blanche
case-by-case (adj.) =
case-fatality=20 rate
case law
caseload
case study
catalogue=20
catalyse
cathode ray tube
CD-ROM
ceasefire = (noun and=20 adj.)
cellmate
cell phone
cellular = phone
centre,=20 centred, centring
centrepiece
chador
changeover=20 (noun)
channelled, channelling
charg=E9 d'affaires = (plural:=20 charg=E9s d=92affaires)
chat room=20
checklist
checkpoint
check-up (noun)
chef de = cabinet=20 (plural: chefs de cabinet)
cheque=20 = (bank)
chequebook
childbearing
childbirth
childcare=20
child-rearing
child-sensitive (adj.)
child=20 spacing
chlorofluorocarbons
classroom
clearing=20 house
closed-end (adj.)=20 =
co-chair
coequal
coexist
cofactor
cogeneration
cohort-= component=20 projections
cold=20 = war
co-locate
colloquiums
colour
combatant
combated,=20 combating
common law (noun)
common-law=20 (adj.)
communiqu=E9
compel,=20 compelled
compendiums
confidence-building (noun and = adj.)=20

connection
consensus
contingent-owned=20 equipment
contraceptive-calendar=20 method
cookstove
cooperate, cooperation
coordinate, = coordination
co-payment
copy-edit
copy=20 editor
cornerstone
corrigenda
cost=20 = accounting
cost-effective
cost-efficient
cost-of-living=20 index
cost recovery (noun)
cost-recovery=20 (adj.)
councillor
counsel (verb and noun, singular and = plural)
counselling,=20 = counsellor
counteract
*counterargument
counter-attack
counter= balance
countercharge=20 =
counterclaim
counterclockwise
counterculture
countercyclical=
counterdemonstration
counter-espionage
counter-example
count= er-guarantee
counter-insurgency
counter-intelligence
counter-int= uitive
countermeasure
counter-narcotics
counteroffensive
coun= terpoint
counterproductive
counterproliferation
counterproposal<= BR>counter-revolution
**counter-terrorism
countertrade
counter-u= rbanization
countryside
countrywide
coup=20 d'=E9tat (plural: coups=20 = d'=E9tat)
couple-years
co-worker
creditworthiness
croplandcross-country
cross-reference=20 (verb)
cross reference (noun)
cross = section
cross-sectoral=20
cross-tabulation
crowdsourced, = crowdsourcing
curriculum=20 vitae (plural: curricula vitae)
cut back (verb) =
cutback=20 (noun)
cut off (verb)
cut-off (noun and = adj.)
cyber:=20 compound forms are closed

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D

databank
database
data-collection (adj.)
data=20 processing (noun)
data-processing (adj.)
data=20 processor
data set
day care (noun)
day-care (adj.)=20
*dead weight
death rate
decies or deciens =
decision maker
decision-making (noun and=20 adj.)
de-emphasize
de facto
defence (but United = States=20 Department of Defense, Israel Defense Forces)
de = jure
delink=20 =
*delist
demagogy
d=E9marche
demining
demographic-economic= =20 model
dependant (noun)
dependent (adj.)
depositary = (person=20 or entity with which a treaty is deposited)
depository=20 = (warehouse)
derestricted
desiccate
desktop
d=E9tente
diarr= hoea=20
dieback (noun)

digitize
diktat
*Director General (plural: = Directors=20 General)
disc (but disk in computer = technology)
discreet=20 (prudent)
discrete (separate)
dispatch
donor=20 dependence
donor-dependent (adj.)
donor-funded=20 (adj.)
dot-com
dot-org
doubling time
down=20 payment
downstream
downward (adj. and adv.)
draft=20 (text)
draught (air and animal)
draw down = (verb)
drawdown=20 (noun)
drift net (noun)
drift-net (adj.)
drinking=20 water
drop out (verb)
dropout (noun)
drug = dealer
drug=20 dealing
drug-taking
drug trafficking
drug=20 user
drug-using (adj.)
dry land (land as opposed to=20 sea)
dryland(s) (type of ecosystem)
dwelling=20 unit
dysfunctional

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E

e-:all compound forms are hyphenated, except where the = second=20 element begins with a capital = letter:
    =20 eDoc
     = eMeets
    =20 ePAS
     eRef
early-initiation=20 (adj.)
early-marriage (adj.)
early warning=20 system
earmark
east(ern) (a geographical direction or = an area=20 within a country)
East(ern) (a major region, e.g. East = Africa,=20 Eastern Europe)
east-north-east,=20 east-south-east
eastward
eco-friendly
eco-label,=20 eco-labelling
ecosystem
eco-warrior
ecozone
** = Eid=20 al-Adha
** Eid al-Fitr
**=20 = e-mail
embargoes
=E9migr=E9
emir
encyclopedia
endeavourendogenization
end=20 product
end result
*end user

energy-efficient
enrol, enrolled, enrolling,=20 enrolment
en route
equalled, equalling
equipped, = equipping=20
euro, euros
Eurobond
*eurozone
ever-married=20 (adj.)
everyday (adj.)
every day = (adv.)
exaggerate
Excel=20
ex gratia
ex officio
exorbitant
expel, = expelled,=20 expelling
export-processing zone
expos=E9
ex post=20 facto
extrabudgetary
*=20 = **extracurricular
extrajudicial
extralegal
extramarital
extra= net
extraregional
extraterritorial
*extrauterine
eyewitness

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F

fact-finding
fait accompli
fall-off (noun)
fall = out=20 (verb)
fallout (noun)
family-life (adj.)
family = planning=20 (noun and adj.)=20 =
farmland
far-reaching
favour
feedback
fibreglass
fibre= -optic=20 (adj.)
fibre optics (noun)
field trip
fieldwork,=20 fieldworker
fine-tune
firearm =
firebomb
fire-control=20 (adj.)
fire engine
firefight=20
firefighter
firefighting
firehouse
first-hand=20 (adj.)
fixed-period (adj.)
fixed-wing = (adj.)
flak
flash=20 flood
flavour
flexitime (generic)
Flextime = (attendance=20 system)

flow chart
flowsheet
focused, focuses,=20 focusing
foetus
follow through = (verb)
follow-through=20 (noun)
follow up (verb)
follow-up (noun and=20 adj.)
foodgrain
foodstuff
footnote
force=20 majeure
forcible
foregoing (preceding)
forest=20 lands
forever
foreword (to a book)
forgo (go=20 without)
formulas (but =93formulae=94 in =20 mathematics)
forums
forward (verb, adj. and = adv.)
freedom=20 fighter
freelance, freelancer
free trade (noun and=20 adj.)
*fresh water (noun)
freshwater (adj.)
front = line=20 (noun)
front-line (adj.)
fuelled,=20 fuelling
fuelwood
fulfil, fulfilled, fulfilling,=20 fulfilment
full-time=20
fundraiser
*fundraising

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G

gauge
gData
gDoc
gender-neutral
gender-specific=20
girl child
gMeets
good-neighbourly=20 (adj.)
goodwill
gonorrhoea
gram
grant-in-aid = (plural:=20 grants-in-aid)

grassland(s)
grass roots (noun)
grass-roots=20 (adj.)
grey
grounds pass
groundwater
groundwork = =
gText
guerrilla
guidelines
gunfire
gynaecology

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H

haemoglobin
haemorrhage
hajj (note: =93hajj = pilgrimage=94 is=20 redundant)
halfway
hand = grenade
harbour
hard-walled=20 = (adj.)
hardwired
hashtag
hawala
headwater
health care=20 (noun)
health-care (adj.)
help=20 = desk
helpline
heretofore
herpesvirus
high-mortality-risk=20 (adj.)
HIV (human immunodeficiency=20 virus)
HIV-positive
Hizbullah

home care (noun)
home-care (adj.)
home-made=20
homeowner
homeownership
home page=20
homeschool
homogeneous
honorariums
honorary=20 =
honour
hostage-taking
hotspot
Humvee
hydroelectric
hyd= ro-interaction
hydropower
hydrosystem
hygiene
hyper:=20 compound forms are closed

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I

ibid. (see also Footnotes=20 and other references)
imperilled
inasmuch=20 as
income generation (noun)
income-generation=20 (adj.)
in-depth (adj.)
indexes (lists in a book), = indices=20 (statistical)
indispensable
information and = communications=20 technology
infrared
in-house
initialled,=20 initialling
in-kind=20 (adj.)
in-migration
inpatient
in-session = (adj.)
in=20 situ
insofar
install, installation,=20 = instalment
instil
institution-building
interactive
inter-agen= cy
inter=20 = alia
inter-American
inter-annual
interbank
inter-birth
int= ercountry
intercultural
interdenominational
interdepartmentalinterdependence
interdisciplinary
interdivisional
inter-ethnic<= BR>interfaith
interfamily
intergenerational
intergovernmental*intergroup
inter-industry
inter-institutional

interlink, = interlinkage
*interministerial
inter-mission=20 (between missions)
intermission (between=20 = acts)
Internet
inter-office
inter-organizational
interparliam= entary
interprovincial=20
interracial
interregional
interrelate =
interreligious=20
intersectoral
intersession (noun),=20 intersessional
interspace
inter-State (between=20 countries)
interstate (between states)=20
inter-unit
intifada
in toto
intra-agency=20 =
intracountry
intradepartmental
intradistrict
intradivisional= =20
intrafamily
intragovernmental
intra-industry=20
*intranet
intraregional
intraspecies =
intrastate=20 (within a state)
intra-State (within a=20 country)
intra-urban
intrauterine
intravenous
in = vitro=20
inward (adj.)
inwards (adv.)
ipso = facto
iSeek
IV=20 drug user

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J

jail
jihad, jihadi
Judaize

judgement (but judgment when referring to the = International Court=20 of
Justice or the International = Tribunal=20 for the Law of the Sea = (see
also=20 Capitalization in = English)
judgemental
jump-start=20

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K

keffiyeh
kick-start
kilogram (kg)
kilometre = (km)=20
kilovolt-ampere (kVA)

kilowatt (kW)
kilowatt-hour (kWh)
*kin group=20 =
know-how
knowledge-sharing
Koran

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L

labelled, = labelling
laborious
labour
labour-force=20 (adj.)
labour-market = (adj.)
laissez-faire
laissez-passer=20 (singular and=20 = plural)
landholder
landline
landlocked
landmine
landowner<= BR>land=20 use (noun)
land-use=20 (adj.)
laserdisc
lawmaker
law-making
lay off=20 (verb)
layoff (noun)
lead time
lead-up = (noun)
learned=20 (not =93learnt=94)
least developed countries
letter of = assist
leukaemia
levelled, levelling

liaison
licence (noun)
license (verb)
Lieutenant = General
life = cycle
lifelong
lifespan
lifestyle
life=20 table (noun)
life-table (adj.)
lifetime
litre =
live=20 birth
live-born
living space
local area = network
log in,=20 log out (verb)
login, logout (noun)
log on, log off=20 (verb)
logon, logoff (noun)
long-standing = (adj.)
long-term=20 (adj.)
loophole
Lotus Notes
lower-case = (adj.) =20
low-level (adj.)

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M

machine gun
machine-readable
macro: compound forms = are=20 closed except:
    =20 macro-unit
mainframe
mainland
Major = General
mandate=20 holder
man-hour
man-made
manoeuvre
man-portable = air=20 defence system (not MANPADS)
marketplace
market = town
mark=20 up (verb)
markup (noun)
marriage timing=20 (noun)
marriage-timing (adj.)
marshal
marshalled,=20 marshalling
master=20 = plan
materiel
matrices
meagre
meantime
meanwhile
medium= -sized=20 (adj.)
medium-variant (adj.)
meeting=20 place
*megacity
megajoule (MJ)
megavolt=20 (MV)
megavolt-ampere=20 (MVA)
member-days
memorandums
**Messrs. (in=20 English)
meter (instrument)
metre (unit of = length)
micro:=20 compound forms are closed = except:
    =20 micro-business
    =20 micro-entrepreneur
    =20 micro-environment
    =20 micro-event
mid-1990s
mid-air
midday
middleman=20
midlife (noun and adj.)
mid-ocean, mid-oceanic=20 =
midpoint
mid-range
mid-season
mid-size
midsummer
midte= rm
midway
midweek
midwife
midwinter
midyear
mileage
= millenniums
mine=20 clearance (noun)
mine-clearance=20 (adj.)
minefield
minimize
misspelled (not=20 =93misspelt=94)
misstep

*Mmes. (in English)
modelled, modelling
modus=20 operandi
money-laundering
moneylender, = moneylending
money=20 market (noun and adj.)
moneys
moratoriums=20
mores
mould
movable
** Mr.
** Mrs.
** Ms. =
Muhammad (the Prophet)
mujahid (plural: mujahideen)=20 =
multi-access
multi-bilateral
multibillion
multi-cause
mul= ticellular
multi-centred
multichannel
multi-client
multicolou= red
multi-country
multicultural
multidimensional
multidiscipl= inary
multi-donor
multi-ethnic
multi-faith
multifocal
mult= ifunctional
multigenerational
multigrade
multigrain
multigrav= ida
multi-hazard
multilateral
multilayer
multilingual
mult= imedia
multimillion
multinational
multipara
multipartite
m= ultiparty
multiphase
multiplatform
multiple-choice=20 = (adj.)
multipolar
multiprocessor
*multipurpose
multiracialmulti-skilled
multi-stakeholder
*multistorey
multitalented
m= ultitask,=20 multitasker,=20 = multitasking
multitrack
multi-user
multi-utility
multivendor<= BR>multi-year
Muslim
mutatis=20 mutandis

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N

nation State=20 =
nationwide
neighbour
neonatal
netbook
nevertheless
new= born
newsfeed
newsflash
newsgroup
news=20 stand
newswire
newsworthy
niqab
no-fly=20 zone
no-man=92s-land

non-: compound forms are hyphenated except:=20
    =20 nonconformist
    =20 nondescript
    =20 nonfeasance
nonetheless
non sequitur
no = one
north(ern),=20 north-east(ern), north-west(ern) (a=20 geographical
    direction or an area = within=20 a country)
North(ern) (a continent or major region, e.g. = North=20 America,
    North Africa, Northern=20 Europe)
northward
note verbale (plural: notes=20 verbales)
novies or noviens
nursing home=20 (noun)

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O

octies or=20 = octiens
odour
oedema
oesophagus
offence
offensive
off-g= as=20
offhand
off-hours (noun)
office = holder
off-label=20 (adj.)
off-limits (adj.)
offline =
offload
off-message=20 (adj.)
off-peak
off-ramp (noun)
off-road
off = season=20 (noun)
off-season (adj. and=20 adv.)
offset
offshore
off-site (adj.)
offspring=20 (singular and plural)
oilfield
oil well
old age=20 (noun)
old-age (adj.)
old-growth = (adj.)

omega-3 fatty acid
on-board (adj.) (on a ship or=20 aircraft)
onboarding (in human = resources)
ongoing
online=20
on-message (adj.)
on-screen
onshore
on-site=20 (adj.)
onward (adj. and adv.)
op-ed (noun and=20 adj.)
ordinance (law)
ordnance=20 (munitions)
organization
organization chart (not=20 =93organigram(me)=94 or =93organizational chart=94)=20
organize
outmigration
out-of-court = (adj)
out-of-date=20 (adj.)
outpatient
outsource
out-take = (noun)
over:=20 compound forms are closed = except:
    =20 over-elaborate
    =20 over-exercise
    =20 over-optimistic
    =20 = over-refine
*overabundant
**overrepresent

P

paediatric
paedophile
panellist
paper-smart=20 = (adj.)
paralyse
paramedical
paramilitary
part-time=20
passer-by (plural: passers-by)
payback=20 (noun)
payday
payroll
peacebuilder,=20 peacebuilding
peacekeeper, peacekeeping
peacemaker,=20 peacemaking
peacetime
per annum
per capita
per=20 cent
per diem
perinatal
peri-urban
per = se
person-day,=20 person-hour
phyto-: combinations are closed
place=20 name
plebiscite
plough
policyholder
policymaker, = policymaking=20 =
policy-setting
post-adolescent
post-cold-war
postdoctoralpost-feminist
postglacial
postgraduate
post-industrial
post-= marital=20 =
postmillennial
postmodern
post-mortem
*postnatal
post-neo= natal
postnuptial
post-operative
post-partum
post-session
= post-war
power=20 plant
power-sharing
practice (noun)
practise=20 (verb)
pre-adolescent

pre-book
**pr=E9cis
pr=E9cis-writer, = pr=E9cis-writing=20 =
preconceive
precondition
pre-construction
*predate
predep= loyment
pre-eclampsia
pre-embryo
pre-eminent
pre-empt
pre-= establish
pre-exist
pre-ignition
pre-industrial
pre-initiatio= n=20 = countries
pre-inspection
pre-investment
premarital
pre-modern=
prenatal
pre-owned
pre-package
pre-plan
pre-position
p= re-press
pre-production
pre-qualify
pre-record
pre-registerpre-release
preschool
pre-screen
pre-sell
pre-session
pr= etence
pretrial
pre-war
prima=20 facie
principal (first in rank) (noun and adj.) =
principle=20 (fundamental truth) (noun)
printout
proc=E8s-verbal = (plural:=20 proc=E8s-verbaux)
pro-choice
procyclical
program = (computing=20 only)
programme
pronatalism, = pronatalist
proofread,=20 proofreader
pro rata
prorate
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quater
quinquies or quinquiens

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R

radioactive
radioisotope
rain-fed
rainforest
rainwater
= raison=20 d'=EAtre
range=20 = area
rangeland(s)
rapprochement
rateable
ratepayer
re-:=20 combinations are closed except:
    =20 re-advertise
    =20 re-edit
    =20 re-educate
    =20 re-elect
    =20 re-emerge
    =20 re-emphasize
     re-employ=20
     = re-enact
    =20 re-engineer
    =20 re-enter
    =20 re-equip
    =20 re-erect
    =20 re-establish
    =20 re-evaluate
    =20 re-examine
     = re-export
read-only=20 memory
readout (noun)
record-breaking=20 = (adj.)
referendums
reflection
refoulement

regime
region-wide
*reroute
results-based=20 (adj.)
results-oriented (adj.)
r=E9sum=E9
retro: = combinations=20 are closed
reversible
right to life = (noun)
right-to-life=20 (adj.)
rigorous
rigour
risk reduction (noun and=20 adj.)
riverbed
river water =
roadbed
roadblock
road=20 map
roadwork
rollback (noun)
roll call = (noun)
roll-call=20 (adj.)
roll out (verb)
roll-out (noun)
roll over=20 (verb)
rollover (noun)
round table = (noun)
round-table=20 (adj.)
routing
RU486
rumour
run-off (noun and=20 adj.)
run-up (noun)
rural-urban (demographic=20 movement)
rural/urban = (comparison)

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S

safe-period method
salary earner
saleable
salt = water=20 (noun)
saltwater (adj.)
satphone
savings = bank
sceptic,=20 sceptical, scepticism
school-age (adj.)=20 =
schoolbook
schoolchild
schoolday
schoolroom
schoolteacher=
schoolwork
seabed
sea=20 floor
sea level
seaport
seawater
** = Secretary-General=20 (of the United Nations) (plural: Secretaries-General)=20
sectoral
self-: compound forms are hyphenated
sell = off=20 (verb)
sell-off (noun)
semi-annual (twice a=20 = year)
semi-automatic
semi-autonomous
semicircle
semicolon
= semiconductor
semi-conscious
semi-cylinder
semi-darkness
semi= -detached
semi-final
semi-finished
semi-independent
semi-inva= lid
semi-literate
semi-monthly
semi-official
semi-permanentsemi-precious
semi-professional
semi-retired
semi-rigid
sem= i-skilled
semi-solid
semi-trailer
septicaemia
septies=20 or septiens
seroprevalence
serostatus
set = back=20 (verb)
setback (noun)
set up (verb)
set-up = (noun)
sewage=20 (waste matter)
sewerage (system of drains)
sexies = or=20 sexiens
sex-selective (adj.)
shake up = (verb)
shake-up=20 (noun)
shanty town
sharia
sheikh
shellfire=20
Shia
Shiite=20 =
shopkeeper
shortcoming
shortfall
shortlist
short-livedside=20 effect
sine qua non
sizeable
size = class
skilful
skill=20 set
slow down (verb)
slowdown (noun)
*slum dweller=20
sociobiology
sociocultural
sociodemographic
*=20 = **socioeconomic
*sociomedical
sociopolitical
soft-walled=20 (adj.)

solicitor general (plural: solicitors general)=20
sombre
south(ern), south-east(ern), south-west(ern) = (a=20 geographical
     direction or an = area within=20 a country)
South(ern), South-East(ern), South-West(ern) = (a=20 continent
    or major region, e.g. = South=20 America, Southern Africa, = Southern
    =20 Europe, South-East Asia; exception: Association of=20 Southeast
     Asian=20 Nations)
South-South = cooperation
southward
spatial-profile=20 model
specialize
speed-dial (verb)
speed dial=20 (noun)
spelled (not =93spelt=94)
spillover (noun and = adj.)=20
staff-day, staff-hour
staff=20 member
stakeholder
stalemate
standby (noun and=20 adj.)
stand-alone (adj.)
stand in (verb)
stand-in=20 (noun)
stationary (not moving)
stationery=20 (paper)
status-conscious
status-of-forces agreement =
status=20 quo
steady-state (adj.)
step: compound forms are = closed=20 except:
    =20 step-parent
stillbirth
stillborn=20 = (adj.)
stockbreeder
stockbroker
stockholder
stock=20 = market
stockpile
stocktaking
storefront
storekeeper
storey= =20 (of a = building)
straightforward
strikebreaker
strike-slip=20 fault
strip-search
*sub: compound forms are closed=20 except:
    =20 sub-account
    =20 sub-amendment
    =20 sub-aquatic
    =20 sub-area
    =20 sub-assembly
    =20 sub-branch
    =20 sub-bureau
    =20 sub-calibre
    =20 sub-centre
    =20 sub-discipline
    =20 sub-element
    =20 sub-entry
    =20 sub-folder
    =20 sub-interval
    =20 sub-issue
    =20 sub-item
    =20 sub-lessee
    =20 sub-lessor
    =20 sub-let
    =20 sub-munitions
    =20 sub-office
    =20 sub-prime
    =20 sub-province
    =20 sub-Saharan
    =20 sub-theme
     sub-zero
subject = matter=20 (noun)
subprogram (computing = only)
subprogramme
*subunit=20
succour
summarize
Sunna (traditional Muslim law) =
Sunni=20 (adj. and noun, singular and=20 = plural)
Sunnite
**super-Power
supersede
superstructure
sup= ervisor
surface=20 water (noun)
surface-water (adj.)
suspense=20 = account
symposiums
system-wide

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T

takeover (noun)
Taliban
targeted,=20 targeting
tariff
task=20 = force
taxpayer
tele-health
telemedicine
ter
test-ban=20 (adj.)
text-processing
text processor
therefor (for = that=20 purpose)
therefore (consequently)
think=20 tank
time-consuming
time deposit
time=20 frame
time-horizon
timekeeper
time lag
time=20 limit
timeline
time period
time-release=20 (adj.)
timescale
time series
time sheet
timespan =
timetable
title page
ton (i.e. metric=20 ton)
topsoil
totalled, totalling
towards
town = hall=20 meeting
toxaemia
tradable
trade-off = (noun)

traffics, trafficked, trafficking
*training=20 = ground
tranquillity
transalpine
transatlantic
transboundarytranscontinental
trans-fat,=20 trans-fatty acid
transferable, = transference
transferred,=20 = transferring
transgender
transglobal
transmigrant
trans-Pacif= ic
transracial
transsexual
trans-ship,=20 trans-shipment
travelled, travelling
tripwire
troop = = contributor
troop-contributing
T-shirt
tsunamis
tunnelled,=20 tunnelling
turn around (verb)
turnaround (noun) =
turning=20 point
turnkey (adj.)
turn off (verb)
turn-off=20 (noun)
turn out (verb)
turnout (noun)
turn over=20 (verb)
turnover = (noun)
two-faced
twofold
typeset,=20 typesetting, = typesetter
tyre

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U

ultra: compound forms are closed except:=20
     ultra-high frequency=20 (noun)
     ultra-high-frequency = (adj.)=20
**under: compound forms are closed except when modifying = a=20     hyphenated compound=20
undersecretary
**Under-Secretary-General (of the = United=20 Nations) (plural: Under-Secretaries-General)
under = way
uni:=20 compound forms are=20 closed
unmistakable
update
upgrade
upper-case=20 (adj.)
uproot

up-to-date (adj.)
upward (adj. and=20 adv.)
urban-dweller
urban-rural (demographic=20 movement)
urban/rural=20 (comparison)
usability
usable
use-by=20 = date
use-effectiveness
user-friendly
username
utilize
U-tu= rn
Uzi

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V

vacuum aspiration method
vacuum-pack = (verb)
vacuum-packed=20 (adj.)
value added (noun and adj.)
value=20 system
vapour
vari: compound forms are=20 closed
V-chip
venepuncture
versus
vice=20 (tool)
Vice-Chair
Vice-President
vice = versa
video=20 camera
videoconference
videodisc
video = game

videographics
videography
video link
video = map
video=20 on demand
videophone
video pirate
video = recorder
video=20 = recording
viewfinder
viewpoint
vigorous
vigour
vis-=E0-vis=
vitamin=20 = A
voicemail
voice-over
voiceprint

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W

wage earner
wage-earning=20
wagon
Wahhabi
walkie-talkie
walk in = (verb)
walk-in=20 (adj.)
walkout (noun)
walk-through=20 (noun)
wallboard
wallchart
Walloon
war = chest
war=20 crime
war criminal
war cry
war=20 = game
warhead
warlike
warlord
warmonger
warpath
warplane=
warship
wartime
war-torn=20 (adj.)
washout (noun)
washtub
wastewater =
Washington,=20 D.C.
watch list (noun and=20 adj.)
watchtower
waterbird
water = birth
waterboard,=20 waterboarding
waterborne
water=20 = cannon
watercourse
watercraft
waterfowl
waterfront
waterho= le
water=20 level
waterline
waterlogged
water=20 main
watermark
watermill
water=20 power
waterproof
water-repellant = (adj.)
water-resistant=20 (adj.)
watershed
water supply
water=20 table
watertight
water torture
water=20 = tower
waterway
waterworks
watt-hour
wattmeter
wavelengthweather-beaten
weatherproof
*=20 **web (Internet)
webcam
webcast
web=20 = hosting
webinar
webisode
weblink
weblog
webmail
webmast= er
web=20 page
web=20 ring
website
webspace
weekday
weekend
well: = compound=20 adjectives are hyphenated only when preceding a noun (e.g. a = well-designed project; the project is well=20 designed)
well-being
well-to-do
well water=20 (noun)
well-wisher
west(ern) (a geographical direction = or an=20 area within a country)
West(ern) (a major region, e.g. = West=20 Africa, Western Europe)

west-north-west,=20 west-south-west
westward
wetland(s)
wet=20 lease
wheelchair
while (not = =93whilst=94)
whistle-blower,=20 whistle-blowing
whiteboard
white list = (noun)
white-list=20 = (verb)
whitewash
wholegrain
wholehearted
wholewheat
wide=20 area network
wideband
widebody
Wi-Fi
wild=20 = card
wildcat
wildfire
wildfowl
wilful
windblown
windbor= ne
windbreak
windburn
wind=20 chill
windfall=20 =
windowpane
windowsill
windproof
windscreen
windshield
= windstorm
windswept
winegrower
winemaker
wingspan
wingspre= ad
win-win=20 (adj.)
wiretap, wiretapping,=20 = wiretapper
witchcraft
witch-hunt
withhold
woman-month,=20 = woman-year
woodblock
woodchip
woodpile
woodshed
woodsmoke<= BR>woodwork
woodyard
word-processing
word=20 processor
work around (verb)
workaround=20 = (noun)
workday
workflow
workforce
work-hour
workload
wo= rk=20 out (verb)
workout (noun)
work=20 = permit
workplace
workplan
workroom
worksheet
workshop
w= orksite
workspace
workstation
workweek
worldwide
would-be = (adj.)
write down (verb)
write-down (noun)
write in = (verb)
write-in (noun)
write off (verb)
write-off=20 (noun)
write-protect, write-protected
write up=20 (verb)
write-up = (noun)
wrongdoing

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X

X chromosome
xeno: compound forms are closed
X=20 factor
X-ray

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Y

yarmulke
Y chromosome
year-on-year = (adj.)
year-round=20 (adj.)
YouTube

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Z

zero gravity
zeros
zero-sum = (adj.)
zero-tolerance=20 = (adj.)
zigzag
zoogeography
zookeeper
zoonosis
zooplankton<= BR>Z=20 particle

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