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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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
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
L
M
N
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
X
Y
Z
Wikipedia:Basic English Compound Wordlist Media
A depiction of the Ottoman Empire and its vassal states in 1481 AD. Borders follow Shepherd (1923).
Império Otomano em 1566
Ottoman Empire in 1683
Imperial anthem of the Ottoman Empire (1829–1839, 1918–1922)
Imperial anthem of the Ottoman Empire (1839–1861)
Personal anthem of Ottoman Sultan Abdülhamid II
Marche de sa Majesté Impériale Le Sultan Mohammed V. par Italo Selvelli
