Wiktionary:Basic English compound wordlist
This is a list of the compound words made from the BE850, in alphabetical order.
Compound words can be made of Basic English words much like sentences or phrases can be made. These must only be made from appropriate root words, so that the interpretation is obvious to the reader.
These are some examples.
A
afterthought • airplane • another • anybody • anyhow • anyone • anything • anywhere
B
backbone • backspace • backwoods • become • bedroom • beeswax • birthday • birthright • blackberry • blackbird • blackboard • bloodvessel • bluebell • bookkeeper • brushwood • buttercup
C
cardboard • carefree • caretaker • clockwork • commonsense • copyright • cupboard; cartwheel
D
E
ear-ring • earthwork • evergreen • everybody • everyday • everyone • everything • everywhere • eyeball • earthworm
F
fatherland • fingerprint • firearm • fire-engine • firefly • fireman • fireplace • firework • first-rate • football • footlights • footman • footnote • footprint • footstep
G
gasworks • goldfish • goodlooking • good-morning • goodnight • gunboat • gun-carriage • gunmetal • gunpowder
H
handbook • handwriting • headdress • headland • headstone • headway • hereafter • herewith • highlands • highway • himself • horseplay • horsepower • hourglass • houseboat • housekeeper • however
I
inasmuch • income • indoors • inland • inlet • input • inside • instep • into • itself
J
K
L
landmark • landslip • lighthouse • looking-glass
M
N
network • newspaper • nobody • nothing • nowhere
O
offspring • oncoming • oneself • oneline • onlooker • onto • outburst • outcome • outcry • outdoor • outgoing • outhouse • outlaw • outlet • outline • outlook • output • outside • outskirts • outstretched • overacting • overall overbalancing • overcoat • overcome • overdo • overdressed • overfull • overhanging • overhead • overload • overbearing • overland • overleaf • overseas • overseer • overshoe • overstatement • overtake • overtaxed • overtime overturned • overuse • overvalued • overweight • overworking
P
pincushion • plaything • policeman • postman • postmark • postmaster • postoffice
Q
R
S
seaman • secondhand • shorthand • shutdown • sideboard • sidewalk • somebody • someday • somehow • someone • something • sometime • somewhat • somewhere • startup • suchlike • sunburn • sunlight • sunshade • sweetheart
T
U
underclothing • undercooked • undergo • undergrowth • undermined • undersigned • undersized • understatement • undertake • undervalued • undo • update • upkeep • uplift • upon • upright • uptake
V
W
waterfall • weekend • well-being • well-off • whatever • whenever • whereas • whereby • wherever • whichever • whitewash • whoever • windpipe • within • without • woodwork • workhouse
