Wikipedia:BASIC English compound wordlist
This is a list of the compound BASIC English words in alphabetical order.
Much like sentences or phrases can be made of BASIC words, a compound word can be created.These must only be made from appropriate root words, so that the interpretation is obvious to the reader.
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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
daylight • downfall
ear-ring • earthwork • evergreen • everybody • everyday • everyone • everything • everywhere • eyeball
fatherland • fingerprint • firearm • fire-engine • firefly • fireman • fireplace • firework • first-rate • football • footlights • footman • footnote • footprint • footstep
gasworks • goldfish • goodlooking • 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
manhole • myself
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
today • tonight • tradesman
underclothing • undercooked • undergo • undergrowth • undermined • undersigned • undersized • understatement • undertake • undervalued • undo • update • upkeep • uplift • upon • upright • uptake
viewpoint
waterfall • weekend • well-being • well-off • whatever • whenever • whereas • whereby • wherever • whichever • whitewash • whoever • windpipe • within • without • woodwork • workhouse
yearbook • yourself
