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.

This page is a list of words that come from a specific source and should not be changed. Please do not add new items or make casual updates to it, unless you are correcting it to match its original source.

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

D

daylight • downfall

E

ear-ring • earthwork • evergreen • everybody • everyday • everyone • everything • everywhere • eyeball

F

fatherland • fingerprint • firearm • fire-engine • firefly • fireman • fireplace • firework • first-rate • football • footlights • footman • footnote • footprint • footstep

G

gasworks • goldfish • goodlooking • 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

keyboard

L

landmark • landslip • lighthouse • looking-glass

M

manhole • myself

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

runaway

S

seaman • secondhand • shorthand • shutdown • sideboard • sidewalk • somebody • someday • somehow • someone • something • sometime • somewhat • somewhere • startup • suchlike • sunburn • sunlight • sunshade • sweetheart

T

today • tonight • tradesman

U

underclothing • undercooked • undergo • undergrowth • undermined • undersigned • undersized • understatement • undertake • undervalued • undo • update • upkeep • uplift • upon • upright • uptake

V

viewpoint

W

waterfall • weekend • well-being • well-off • whatever • whenever • whereas • whereby • wherever • whichever • whitewash • whoever • windpipe • within • without • woodwork • workhouse

X

x-ray

Y

yearbook • yourself

Z

zookeeper