List of Abbreviations
-absol. absolute, -ly
-Acct. Account
-Add. Addenda
-adj. adjective
-adv. adverb
-advb. adverbial, -ly
-Advt. advertisement
-Afr. Africa, -n
-Amer. American
-app. apparently
-Appl. Applied
-Applic. Application, -s
-appos. appositive, -ly
-Arab. Arabic
-Arch. in Architecture; Architecture, -al
-assoc. association
-Astr. in Astronomy
-Astrol. in Astrology
-attrib. attributive, -ly
-Austral. Australian
-Autobiogr. Autobiography, -ical
-A.V. Authorized Version
-bef. before
-Bibliogr. in Bibliography; Bibliography, -ical
-Biochem. in Biochemistry; Biochemistry, -ical
-Biol. in Biology; Biology, - ical
-Bk. Book
-Brit. Britain, British
-c. (as 19th c.) century
-Cal. Calendar
-Chronol. Chronology, -ical
-Cinemat., Cinematogr. in Cinematography
-Clin. Clinical
-Coll. Collection
-Comm. in Commercial usage
-Communic. in Communications
-Congr. Congress
-conj. conjunction
-cons. consonant
-const. construction, construed with
-contr. contrast (with)
-Contrib. Contribution
-Corr. Correspondence
-corresp. corresponding (to)
-def. definite, -ition
-Descr. Description, -tive
-Devel. Development, -al
-Diagn. Diagnosis, Diagnostic
-Dict. dictionary; spec., the Oxford English Dictionary
-E. East
-Econ. in Economics; Economy, - ics
-ed. edition
-e.midl. east midland (dialect)
-Encycl. Encyclopaedia, -ic
-Eng. England, English
-Exam. Examination
-exc. except
-Exerc. Exercise, -s
-Exper. Experiment, -al
-f. feminine
-F. French
-Fr. French
-freq. frequent, -ly
-G. German
-gen. general, -ly
-Geogr. in Geography; Geography, - ical
-Geol. in Geology;Geology, - ical
-Geom. in Geometry
-Gloss. Glossary
-Gmc. Germanic
-Govt. Government
-Gr. Greek
-Gr. Great
-Gram. in Grammar; Grammar, - tical
-Gt. Great
-Hist. in History; History, - ical
-hist. historical
-imp. imperative
-impf. imperfect
-ind. indicative
-indef. indefinite
-Industr. Industry, -ial
-inf. infinitive
-infl. influenced
-Ins. Insurance
-Inst. Institute, -tion
-int. interjection
-intr. intransitive
-Introd. Introduction
-irreg. irregular, -ly
-It. Italian
-Jap. Japanese
-Jrnl. Journal
-Jun. Junior
-Knowl. Knowledge
-l. line
-L. Latin
-lang. language
-Lect. Lecture, -s
-Less. Lesson, -s
-lit. literal, -ly
-m. masculine
-Mag. Magazine
-Magn. Magnetic, -ism
-masc. masculine
-Math. in Mathematics; Mathematics, -al
-MDu. Middle Dutch
-ME. Middle English
-Mech. in Mechanics; Mechanics, - al
-Med. in Medicine; Medicine, - ical
-Mics. Miscellany, -eous
-mod. modern
-N. North
-n. neuter
-Naut. in nautical language
-obj. object
-OE. Old English (= Anglo-Saxon)
-OF., OFr. Old French
-OFris. Old Frisian
-OHG. Old High German
-orig. origin, -al, -ally
-p. page
-pf. perfect
-Pg. Portuguese
-Pharm. in Pharmacology
-Philol. in Philology; Philology, - ical
-Philos. in Philosophy; Philosophy, - ic
-phonet. phonetic, -ally
-phr. phrase
-Pict. Picture, Pictorial
-poet. poetic, -al
-Pol. Polish
-Pol. in Politics; Politics, - al
-Pol. Econ. in Political Economy
-Polit. Politics, -al
-pop. popular, -ly
-Pr. Provencal
-pr. present
-Pract. (in titles) Practice, -al
-pref. prefix
-pref., Pref. preface
-prep. preposition
-pres. present
-Princ. Principle, -s
-priv. privative
-prob. probably
-Probl. Problem
-Proc. Proceedings
-Psych. in Psychology
-Psychol. in Psychology; Psychology, -ical
-Publ. Publications
-quot(s). quotation(s)
-q.v. quod vide, 'which see'
-R. Royal
-Radiol. in Radiology
-Rec. Record
-redupl. reduplicating
-Ref. Reference
-refl. reflexive
-Reg. Register
-reg. regular
-rel related to
-Rep. Report, -s
-repr. representative, representing
-Res. Research
-Rev. Review
-rev. revised
-Russ. Russian
-S. South
-S.Afr. South Africa, -n
-sb. substantive
-Sch. School
-Sel. Selection, -s
-Ser. Series
-sing. singular
-Soc. Society
-Sociol. in Sociology; Sociology, - ical
-Sp. Spanish
-Sp. Speech, -es
-sp. spelling
-spec. specifically
-Stand. Standard
-str. strong
-Struct. Structure
-Stud. Studies
-subj. subject
-subseq. subsequent, -ly
-subst. substantively
-suff. suffix
-superl. superlative
-Suppl. Supplement
-Surg. in Surgery; Surgery, Surgical
-Syst. System, -atic
-techn. technical, -ly
-trans. transitive
-Trav. Travel(s)
-Turk. Turkish
-Univ. University
-unkn. unknown
-U.S. United States
-U.S.S.R. Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
-usu. usually
-v., vb. verb
-wd. word
-Wks. Works
-Yrs. Years
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