Compound adjectives are adjectives made up of two or more words joined by a hyphen. Examples include English-speaking, time-saving, and thirty-floor. Compound adjectives are formed by joining words with a hyphen before a noun to act as a single adjective describing it. There are different types of compound adjectives such as those using numbers and time periods, adverbs and past/present participles combined with nouns, and adjectives combined with nouns. Knowing when to use a hyphen depends on whether the words can be joined by "and"; if so, a hyphen is unnecessary.