Compound adjectives with hyphens in them include:
adjective/adverb + present participle
a hard-working student, a good-looking girl
ages and numbers before a noun
eighteen-year-old students, a two-door car
compound numbers from twenty-one to ninety-nine
fifty-one, seventy-nine
Compound adjectives can be formed in other ways, for example:
adjective/adverb + noun
a last-minute decision, a one-way ticket, full-time job
noun + adjective
a world-wide web (www)
adverb/noun + past participle before a noun
well-respected teachers, a battery-operated device
three-word compound adjectives before a noun
an out-of-date product, an out-of-work father
Compound adjectives without hyphens include:
adverb/noun + the past participle after a noun
the teachers were well respected, this device is battery operated
three-word compound adjectives after a noun
that product is out of date, his father is out of work
compound adjectives made with an adverb ending in –ly, both before and after a noun
a carefully written letter, the letter was carefully written
Compound nouns do not usually have a hyphen, for example:
senior university, secondary school, swimming pool, ice cream
But a few compound nouns are hyphenated, for example:
t-shirt, mother-in-law