Wiktionary:Basic English compound wordlist
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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.
afterthought • airplane • another • anybody • anyhow • anyone • anything • anywhere
backbone • backspace • backwoods • become • bedroom • beeswax • birthday • birthright • blackberry • blackbird • blackboard • bloodvessel • bluebell • bookkeeper • brushwood • buttercup
cardboard • carefree • caretaker • clockwork • commonsense • copyright • cupboard • cartwheel
ear-ring • earthwork • evergreen • everybody • everyday • everyone • everything • everywhere • eyeball • earthworm
fatherland • fingerprint • firearm • fire-engine • firefly • fireman • fireplace • firework • first-rate • football • footlights • footman • footnote • footprint • footstep
gasworks • goldfish • goodlooking • good-morning • goodnight • gunboat • gun-carriage • gunmetal • gunpowder
handbook • handwriting • headdress • headland • headstone • headway • hereafter • herewith • highlands • highway • himself • horseplay • horsepower • hourglass • houseboat • housekeeper • however
inasmuch • income • indoors • inland • inlet • input • inside • instep • into • itself
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
pincushion • plaything • policeman • postman • postmark • postmaster • postoffice
seaman • secondhand • shorthand • shutdown • sideboard • sidewalk • somebody • someday • somehow • someone • something • sometime • somewhat • somewhere • startup • suchlike • sunburn • sunlight • sunshade • sweetheart
underclothing • undercooked • undergo • undergrowth • undermined • undersigned • undersized • understatement • undertake • undervalued • undo • update • upkeep • uplift • upon • upright • uptake
waterfall • weekend • well-being • well-off • whatever • whenever • whereas • whereby • wherever • whichever • whitewash • whoever • windpipe • within • without • woodwork • workhouse