CABINET
a
china cabinet
a
file cabinet
a
filing cabinet
a
medicine
cabinet
CAGE
a
birdcage
a
lion’s cage
the
ribcage
CAKE
a birthday cake
a cattle cake
a
cheesecake
a
chocolate cake
a
Christmas
cake
a cream cake
a
cupcake
a
fruitcake
hotcakes
an
oatcake
a
pancake
a pound cake
a rock cake
a sponge cake
a wedding cake
angel cake
beefcake
(slang)
oilcake
CALL
bird calls
a
clarion call
a catcall
a
conference call
a
courtesy call
a
curtain call
a house call
a
judgment call
a
phone call
=
a
telephone
call
a
reverse-charge call
("Reverse-charge" is a Type 2 noun, a
rare example of a Type 2 that is written with a hyphen. The first noun
has the main stress, which is on the second word here.)
a
roll call
a
wake-up call
CAMERA
a TV camera
a movie camera
a
video camera
CAMP
(1)
a
base camp
a
boot camp
a boy scout
camp
a
concentration
camp
a construction
camp
a
death camp
a
fat camp
a
holiday camp
a
labour camp
a mining camp
a
motor camp
a
prison camp
a refugee camp
a scout camp
a
summer camp
(not Type 4)
a
training camp
a
transit camp
an army camp
CAMP
(2)
the
communist camp
the
conservative camp
the
socialist camp
CAMPAIGN
a culling
campaign
a
publicity campaign
a
smear campaign
a
whispering campaign
an
advertising campaign
an
election campaign
CAN
a
garbage can
a
gas can (= a
petrol
can)
a
spray can
a
trash can
a
watering can
an aerosol can
an
oil can
CAP
a
baseball cap
a bathing cap
a blasting cap
a
filler cap
a
hubcap
a
shower cap
a
swimming cap
an
ice cap
foolscap
"thinking
cap"
CAR
a
boxcar
a
bumper car
a
cable car
a
courtesy car
a
dining car
a
dodgem car
a hire car
a
motorcar
a passenger car
a
patrol car
a
racing car
a rental car
a
restaurant car
a saloon car
(U.S. = a sedan)
a
sidecar
a
sleeping car
a
sports car
a
squad car
a
stock car
a
streetcar
a
trolley car
an estate car
an
observation car
CARD
a
bank card
a baseball card
a birthday card
a
boarding card
a
business card
a
calling card
a
cash card
a
charge card
a
Christmas
card
a
courtesy card
a
credit card
a cricket card
a
cue card
a
debit card
a
discount card
a
face card
a
flashcard
a
gold card
a
graphics card
a
green card
a
greetings card
an
identity
card
an
index card
an integrated
circuit
card
a
key card
a library card
a membership
card
a PC card
a
phone card
a
picture card
a
place card
a
playing card
a
postcard
a punch card
a ration card
a
report card
a
score card
a
scratch card
a
SIM card
a
smart card
a
sound card
a
swipe card
a
sympathy card
a tarot card
a
test card
a
timecard
a
trading card
a
visiting card
a
wild card
an ATM card
Exceptions:
a "red
card" and "a
yellow card" are Type 2]
CARE
childcare
daycare
dental care
foster care
haircare
hand care
healthcare
medical care
postnatal care
pre-natal care
skin care
CARRIER
a car carrier
a cargo carrier
a lantern
carrier
a
mail carrier
a
people carrier
a personnel
carrier
a
spear carrier
a
troop carrier
a water carrier
an
aircraft
carrier
an infant
carrier
an ore carrier
CARRIAGE
a
baby carriage
a freight
carriage
a gun carriage
a train
carriage
a smoking
carriage
the undercarriage
CART
a dog cart
a
dustcart
a goat cart
a go-cart
a golf cart
a
handcart
a serving cart
a
shopping cart
a tea cart
a water cart
CARVING
bone carving
ice carving
rock carving
(a)
woodcarving
a
woodcarver
CASE
(1)
a
bookcase
a
briefcase
a cigarette
case
a crankcase
a notecase
a
packing case
a pencil-case
a
pillowcase
a showcase
a
staircase
a
suitcase
a
vanity case
CASE
(2)
a
basket case (colloquial)
a
nutcase
(slang)
a
test case
CASSETTE
a
video cassette
CAT
an
alley cat
a
bearcat
a hell cat
a house cat
a kitty cat
a pussy cat
CATCHER
a cowcatcher
a
dogcatcher
a dust catcher
a flycatcher
a grass catcher
a mouse catcher
a rat catcher
an eye catcher
CELL
blood cells
a
brain cell
CELLAR
a beer cellar
a coal cellar
a cold cellar
a wine cellar
CENTRE (= CENTER)
a breeding
centre
a business
centre
a
call centre
a
community
centre
a computing
centre
= a computer centre
a
data centre
a
day-care centre
a
detention centre
a first-aid
centre
a
fitness
centre
a
garden centre
a
health centre
a leisure
centre
a manufacturing
centre
a medical
centre
a recreation
centre
a research
centre
a
service
centre
a
shopping
centre
a sports centre
a study centre
a trade centre
a
training
centre
an arts centre
an employment
centre
an exhibition
centre
an
information
centre
the financial
centre
CEREMONY
a coming-of-age
ceremony
a flag-raising
ceremony
a graduation
ceremony
a groundbreaking
ceremony
a marriage
ceremony
a
naming ceremony
a tea ceremony
a wedding
ceremony
an induction
ceremony
CERTIFICATE
a
birth certificate
a
death certificate
a
marriage certificate
a
medical certificate
CHAIN
a bicycle chain
a discount
chain
a door chain
a drive chain
the
food chain
a key chain
a retail chain
a mountain
chain
a supermarket
chain
CHAIR
an
armchair
a bath chair
a
beach chair
a deckchair
an
easy chair
a highchair
a potty chair
a
rocking chair
a sedan chair
a wheelchair
CHAMBER
a combustion
chamber
a gas chamber
a torture
chamber
CHAMPION
a chess
champion
a swimming
champion
a ping-pong
champion
a table tennis
champion
CHOCOLATE
drinking
chocolate
CHANGE
a sea change
a name change
an oil change
a program
change
a title change
climate change
CHARGE
(1)
a
service
charge
a
cover charge
CHARGE
(2)
a storage
charge
a
battery charger
a depth charge
CHART
a bar chart
a pie chart
a sales chart
a temperature
chart
a weather chart
an
eye chart
CHECK
a
crosscheck
a bed check
a body check
a credit check
a door check
a health check
a speed check
a spell check
a spot check
CHEQUE (U.S.=CHECK)
a bank cheque
a cashiers
cheque
a pay cheque
a traveller’s
cheque (a
traveler’s
check)
CHIEF
a fire chief
a party chief
a police chief
a station chief
CHILD
a
brainchild
a grandchild
a love-child
a step child
CHILDREN
schoolchildren
grandchildren
street
children
CLAIM
a
baggage claim
a
counterclaim
a damage claim
a disability
claim
a land claim
a mining claim
an insurance
claim
CLASS
(1)
business class
economy class
first class
second class
the criminal
class
the middle
class
the ruling
class
the underclass
the upper class
the working
class
third class
tourist class
CLASS
(2)
a Chinese class
a maths class =
(a math class)
a night class
a Physics class
a science class
an English
class
CLEANER
an air cleaner
a bathroom
cleaner
a
pipe cleaner
a street
cleaner
a
vacuum
cleaner
a
window
cleaner
CLERK
a
booking clerk
CLIMBING /CLIMBER
rock climbing
a
social climber
mountain climbing
CLIP
a
hair clip
a nose clip
a paper clip
CLIPPERS
hair clippers
hedge clippers
nail clippers
CLOCK
a cuckoo clock
a chess clock
a grandfather
clock
a wall clock
a water clock
an alarm clock
the
body clock
CLOTH
cheesecloth
oilcloth
a
dishcloth
a face cloth
a
table cloth
a washcloth
CLOTHES
bedclothes
evening clothes
street clothes
Sunday clothes
swaddling
clothes
work clothes
CLUB
a book club
a country club
a
fan club
a football club
a
health club
a hiking club
a nightclub
a
service club
a
social
club
a sports club
COAL
coking coal
steaming coal
COAT
a duffle coat
a dustcoat
a lab coat
an overcoat
a petticoat
a raincoat
a sports coat
CODE
a
bar code
a color code
a penal code
a postal code
a postcode
a zip code
the highway
code
COLLECTOR
a coin
collector
a
garbage
collector
a stamp
collector
a tax collector
a ticket
collector
COLLECTION
a stamp
collection
a coin
collection
a butterfly
collection
a rock
collection
a shell
collection
a matchbox
collection
COLLEGE
a
technical college
a
training college
COLUMN
the
steering column
COMER
(see Type 3)
a first comer
a
latecomer
a
newcomer
COMMITTEE
a planning
committee
a review
committee
a standing
committee
a
steering committee
a workers’
committee
an election
committee
an organizing
committee
COMPANY
a bus company
(= a bus line)
a cleaning
company
a clothes manufacturing company
a construction
company
a demolition
company
a distribution
company
a
finance company
a
holding company
a manufacturing
company
a media company
a paper manufacturing company
a plumbing
company
a publishing
company
a securities
company
a
shell company
a shipping
company
a software
company
a taxi company
a trading
company
an advertising
company
an entertainment
company
an import-export
company
an insurance
company
COMPLEX
(1)
a building
complex
a housing
complex
a shopping
complex
an apartment
complex
an entertainment
complex
an office
complex
the military-industrial
complex
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COMPLEX
(2)
a guilt complex
a persecution
complex
an inferiority
complex
an Oedipus
Complex
CONDITION
a
heart condition
a
skin condition
CONDITIONER
an
air
conditioner
(U.S. British English is Type 4 stress)
fabric conditioner
hair
conditioner
soil
conditioner
water
conditioner
CONDITIONS
living
conditions
market
conditions
ski
conditions
weather
conditions
working
conditions
CONDUCTOR
a
band conductor
a
bus conductor
a
heat conductor
a
train conductor
an
orchestra conductor
CONE
CONFERENCE
a
press
conference
a
news
conference
(similar to a press conference)
a video
conference
CONTEST
an archery
contest
an athletic
contest
a
beauty
contest
a bidding
contest
an endurance
contest
a popularity
contest
a singing
contest
a spelling
contest
a talent
contest
a weightlifting
contest
a speech
contest
CONTROL
arms control
birth control
crowd control
the
cruise
control
damage control
disease control
flood control
ground control
(or Type 4
ground control)
gun control
insect control
pest control
price control
quality control
riot control
risk control
thought control
traffic control
COOKER
a
pressure cooker
a rice cooker
CORN
pop corn
sweetcorn
CORPS
(Note the pronunciation of "corps")
the air corps
the army corps
the diplomatic
corps
the engineer
corps
the marine
corps
the medical
corps
the
Peace Corps
the
press corps
the signals
corps
COSTS
administration
costs
advertising
costs
equipment costs
heating costs
labor costs
management
costs
manufacturing
costs
operating
costs
operational
costs
promotional
costs
running
costs
start-up costs
transportation
costs
COUNT
a
blood count
a
headcount
a
body count
a word count
a white-cell
count
a red-cell
count
COUNTER
(1)
a bean counter
a Geiger
counter
a head counter
a vote counter
COUNTER
(2)
a bargain
counter
a checkout
counter
an enquiry
counter
a lunch counter
COURSE
an
English course ("English" = 英文)
a college
course
a collision
course
a correspondence
course
a degree course
a
golf course
an obstacle
course
a
racecourse
a university
course
a water course
COURT
a basketball
court
a
food court
a law court
a squash court
a tennis court
a volleyball court
COVER
a bedcover
a
book cover
a car cover
a dustcover
an album cover
an engine cover
air cover
cloud cover
flight cover
CRAFT
(1)
a hovercraft
a
landing craft
a pleasure
craft
a
space craft
an aircraft
an assault
craft
CRAFT
(2)
stagecraft
statecraft
witchcraft
woodcraft
a
handicraft
CRASH
a plane crash
a
car crash
CRATE
a
packing crate
CREAM
barrier cream
cold cream
face cream
hand cream
ice
cream (See audio on right-hand side of that page)
Some people also pronounce it as,
ice cream
salad cream
shaving
cream
whipping
cream
CREW
an aircrew
a film crew
a ground crew
CRIME
a computer
crime
a hate crime
a
war crime
cyber crime
street crime
CRIMINAL
a war criminal
a computer
criminal
CRITIC
a
literary critic
a
music critic
a theater
critic
an art critic
CROP
(1)
a cash crop
a cereal crop
a citrus crop
a root crop
a subsistence
crop
CROP
(2)
a
riding
crop
CRY
a battle cry
a
rallying
cry
a
war cry
CRUISER
a
landcruiser
CRUNCH
a power crunch
CUBE
an
ice cube
a
stock cube (stock is a kind of soup)
a
sugar cube
CULTURE
agriculture
aquaculture
cell culture
a
counterculture
cyber culture
horticulture
mariculture
pop culture
sylviculture
tissue culture
CUP
a buttercup
a coffee cup
an egg cup
a suction cup
a
teacup
a
measuring
cup
CURTAIN
an air curtain
a fire curtain
a shower
curtain
CURVE
a
learning curve
CUSHION
an air cushion
a pincushion
a seat cushion
CUT
a basin cut
a budget cut
a cold cut
a
crew cut
a crosscut
a
haircut
a
power cut
a price cut
a salary cut
a shortcut
a spending cut
a sword cut
a tariff cut
a
woodcut
CUTTER
a
stonecutter
CUTTING
a
press cutting
CYCLE
a
business cycle
a life cycle
the
lunar cycle
the
nitrogen cycle
the
operation cycle
the
processing cycle
DAMAGE
brain
damage
DANCE,
DANCING
& DANCER
a
ballet dancer
a
belly dance
break-dancing
a
folk
dance
folk
dancing
rap
dancing
a
sword dance
DATE
the
closing date
a
completion date
a
delivery date
a due date
a
filing date
a
mailing date
a
settlement date
an
expiry date
DAY
Boxing Day
a
birthday
a
field day
a holiday
a
school day
a speech-day
a
wedding
day
a workday
April Fool’s
Day
Doomsday
Fathers’ Day
heyday
Judgment Day
Mayday
Mothers’ Day
pay day
Valentine’s
Day
washing
day
a
wedding day
DEER
a musk deer
a reindeer
DELAY
a
rain delay
a
time delay
a
weather delay
DEN
a
gambling den
DEPARTMENT
the Advertising
Department (company)
the Chemistry
Department (university)
the Commerce
Department (US govt.)
the Defense
Department (US govt.)
the Electrical
Appliance Department
the
Fire Department
the Health
Department
the Mathematics
Department (uni.)
the Menswear
Department (store)
the Personnel
Department
the Philosophy
Department (university)
the
police department
the Physics
Department (university)
the Purchasing
Department
the Research
Department
the Sales
Department
the Shoe
Department
the State
Department (US Gov.)
the Stationery
Department
DEPOSIT
a bank deposit
a security
deposit
a mineral
deposit
a term deposit
DESIGNER
a dress
designer
a
fashion
designer
a web page
designer
DESK
the
help desk
a cash desk
a copy desk
a hall desk
a study desk
a
writing desk
an information
desk
the cash desk
the foreign
exchange
desk
the
news desk
the reception
desk
the reference
desk
DETECTOR
a lie detector
a metal
detector
a mine detector
a smoke
detector
DEVIL
a daredevil
a dust devil
a she devil
a thorn devil
DIAGRAM
a circuit
diagram
a tree diagram
a vector
diagram
a Venn diagram
a web diagram
a wiring
diagram
DIFFICULTY
a
learning difficulty
DIRECTOR
a film director
an
art
director
DISCRIMINATION
age discrimination (U.S.)
[age
discrimination (Br.) is type 4 stress pattern.]
DISEASE
a blood disease
a lung disease
a skin disease
Alzheimer’s
disease
bone disease
heart disease
DISORDER
a breathing
disorder
a
personality disorder
a
sleep disorder
an
eating disorder
an internet addiction disorder
DISPOSAL
bomb disposal
garbage
disposal
waste disposal
DISPUTE
a business
dispute
a commercial
dispute
a labor dispute
a legal dispute
a territorial
dispute
a trade dispute
DIVE / DIVER / DIVING
skin
diving
DIVIDEND
a
peace dividend
DOG
a bulldog
a guard dog
a hotdog
a lapdog
a
police dog
a rescue dog
a seeing-eye
dog
a sheepdog
a sniffer dog
a watchdog
an underdog
DONOR
a
blood donor
a bone marrow
donor
an egg donor
an organ donor
DOOR
a
cargo door
a
cat door
a
doggy door
a
fire door
a trapdoor
DRAIN
a
brain
drain
a floor drain
a roof drain
DRESS
a ball dress
a
headdress
a nightdress
a
wedding dress
an evening
dress
battledress
morning dress
DRYER (
= DRIER)
a
clothes drier
a
hair dryer
DRINKING
binge
drinking
DRIVE
a disc drive
a
hard drive
a
test drive
DRIVER
a
bus driver
a camel driver
a device driver
a mule driver
a pile driver
a
screwdriver
a slave driver
a taxi driver
a train driver
a truck driver
DROP
an airdrop
a dewdrop
a raindrop
a
teardrop
ear drops
eye drops
DROPPINGS
animal
droppings
bird
droppings
DRUM
DRYER
a blow dryer
a clothes dryer
a hair dryer
a spin-dryer
a tumble dryer
DUTY
customs
duty
excise
duty
import
duty
stamp
duty
DWELLER
a
cave dweller
a
city dweller
a
cliff dweller
a
forest dweller
an
island dweller
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