Index: graphspell-js/ibdawg.js
==================================================================
--- graphspell-js/ibdawg.js
+++ graphspell-js/ibdawg.js
@@ -223,11 +223,11 @@
             if (sToken.gl_count("-") > 4) {
                 return true;
             }
             return sToken.split("-").every(sWord  =>  this.isValid(sWord)); 
         }
-        if (sToken.includes("·")) {
+        if (sToken.includes(".") || sToken.includes("·")) {
             return true;
         }
         return false;
     }
 

Index: graphspell/ibdawg.py
==================================================================
--- graphspell/ibdawg.py
+++ graphspell/ibdawg.py
@@ -230,11 +230,11 @@
             return True
         if "-" in sToken:
             if sToken.count("-") > 4:
                 return True
             return all(self.isValid(sWord)  for sWord in sToken.split("-"))
-        if "·" in sToken:
+        if "." in sToken or "·" in sToken:
             return True
         return False
 
     def isValid (self, sWord):
         "checks if <sWord> is valid (different casing tested if the first letter is a capital)"