4. Compounds of color: e.g., olive-green, silver-gray, lemon-yellow, red-hot, etc. But in simple cases of adjective and noun, as brownish yellow or yellowish white the words are not compounded.
5. In nouns which stand in objective relation to each other, one of whose components is derived from a transitive verb: e.g., I am your well-wisher, He is a large property-holder, hero-worship, but not in bookkeeper, bookmaker, copyholder, dressmaker, lawgiver, proofreader, {47} taxpayer, and similar common short compounds.[8]
6. In compounds of fellow: e.g., play-fellow, fellow-creatures, etc.; but bedfellow.
7. In compounds of father, mother, brother, sister, daughter, parent, and foster: e.g., father-feeling, mother-country, brother-love, sister-empire, foster-father, great-grandfather, etc.; but fatherland, fatherhead, grandfather.
8. In compounds of world and life: e.g., life-story, world-influence, etc.; but lifetime.
9. In compounds of master: e.g., master-painter, etc.; but masterpiece.
10. In compounds of god: e.g., sun-god, rain-god, etc.; but godson.
11. When half or quarter, etc., is combined with a noun: e.g., half-circle, half-title, quarter-mile, etc.; but quartermaster, headquarters, etc.
12. In compounds of self: e.g., self-esteem, self-respecting, etc., but not in selfhood, selfish, selfsame, or oneself.