A

a.

adjective

a.

adoption of, adopted from

a

(in dates) ante

abbrev.

abbreviation (of)

Abbrev.

(in titles) abbreviation(s)

Abd.

(in titles) Aberdeen

Aberd.

Aberdeen

Aberd.

(in titles) Aberdeen

Aberdeensh.

(in titles) Aberdeenshire

abl.

ablative

Abol.

(in titles) abolition

Aborig.

(in titles) aboriginal

Abp.

(in titles) archbishop

Abr.

(in titles) abridged

Abridg.

(in titles) abridged

Abridgem.

(in titles) abridgement

Abridgm.

(in titles) abridgment

absol.

absolute(ly)

Absol.

(in titles) absolute

Abst.

(in titles) abstract(s)

abstr.

abstract

Abstr.

(in titles) abstract(s)

Acad.

academia, academy, academic(al)

Acad.

(in titles) academic

Acad.

(in titles) academical

Acad.

(in titles) academy

acc.

according (to)

acc.

accusative

Acc.

(in titles) account(s)

Accept.

(in titles) acceptance

Accomm.

(in titles) accommodation

Accompl.

(in titles) accomplished

Accs.

(in titles) accounts

Acct.

(in titles) account

Accts.

(in titles) accounts

accus.

accusative

Achievem.

(in titles) achievement

A.D.

Anno Domini

ad.

adaptation of

Add.

(in titles) addenda

Add.

(in titles) addendum

Add.

(in author names) Addison

Addit.

(in titles) addition(s)

Addr.

(in titles) address

adj. phr.

adjectival phrase

adj.

adjectival

adj.

adjective

adjs.

adjectives

Adm.

(in titles) admiral

Adm.

(in titles) admiralty

Admin.

(in titles) administration

Admin.

(in titles) administrative

Admir.

(in titles) admiralty

Admon.

(in titles) admonition

Admonit.

(in titles) admonition

adv.

adverb, adverbial(ly)

Adv.

(in titles) advanced

Adv.

(in titles) advances

Adv.

(in titles) adventure(s)

Adv.

(in titles) advices

Adv.

(in titles) advocate

Advancem.

(in titles) advancement(s)

advb.

adverb, adverbial(ly)

Advert.

(in titles) advertisement

Advoc.

(in titles) advocate

advs.

adverbs

Advt.

(in titles) advertisement

Advts.

(in titles) advertisements

Aerodynam.

(in titles) aerodynamics

Aeronaut.

aeronautics

Aeronaut.

(in titles) aeronautical

Aeronaut.

(in titles) aeronautics

Af.

African

AF.

Anglo-French

Aff.

(in titles) affairs

Affect.

(in titles) affecting

Affect.

(in titles) affection(s)

Afr.

Africa(n)

AFr.

Anglo-French

Afr.

(in titles) Africa

Afr.

(in titles) African

Agric.

agriculture

Agric.

(in titles) agricultural

Agric.

(in titles) agriculture

agst.

(in titles) against

AL.

Anglo-Latin

Alb.

Albanian

Alban.

Albanian

Alch.

alchemy

Alg.

algebra

Algerian Arab.

Algerian Arabic

Alleg.

(in titles) allegiance

Allit.

(in titles) alliterative

All's Well

(in Shakespeare) All's Well that Ends Well

Alm.

(in titles) almanac

Alph.

(in titles) alphabet

Alph.

(in titles) alphabetical

Alphabet.

(in titles) alphabetic(al)

alt.

alteration

Amer.

American

Amer.

(in titles) America

Amer.

(in titles) American

Amer. Fr.

American French

American Ind.

American Indian

Amer. Ind.

American Indian

Amer.-Indian

American Indian

Amer. Sp.

American Spanish

Amer.-Sp.

American Spanish

AN.

Anglo-Norman

Anal.

(in titles) analysis

Analyt.

analytical

Analyt.

(in titles) analytic

Analyt.

(in titles) analytical

Anat.

anatomy

Anat.

(in titles) anatomical

Anat.

(in titles) anatomy

Anc.

ancient

Anc.

(in titles) ancient

Anecd.

(in titles) anecdote

Ang.

Anglian

Angl.

Anglian

Anglo F.

Anglo-French

Anglo-F.

Anglo-French

AngloF.

Anglo-French

Anglo Fr.

Anglo-French

Anglo-Fr.

Anglo-French

AngloFr.

Anglo-French

Anglo-Ind.

Anglo-Indian

Anglo-Ir.

Anglo-Irish

Anglo-L.

Anglo-Latin

Anglo-Lat.

Anglo-Latin

AngloL.

Anglo-Latin

Anglo-Norm.

Anglo-Norman

Anim.

animal

Anim.

(in titles) animal

Ann.

(in titles) annal(s)

Ann.

(in titles) annual

Anniv.

(in titles) anniversary

Annot.

(in titles) annotation

Anon.

(in author names) Anonymous

Answ.

(in titles) answer

Ant.

antiquities

Ant. & Cl.

(in Shakespeare) Antony and Cleopatra

Anthrop.

anthropology

Anthropol.

anthropology

Anthropol.

(in titles) anthropological

Anthropol.

(in titles) anthropology

Antiq.

antiquities

Antiq.

(in titles) antiquities

Antiq.

(in titles) antiquity

aphet.

aphetic, aphetized

Apoc.

(in titles) apocalyptic(al)

Apol.

(in titles) apologies

Apol.

(in titles) apology

app.

apparently

App.

(in titles) appendix

Appl.

(in titles) applied

Applic.

(in titles) application(s)

appos.

appositive(ly)

Apr.

April

Ar.

Arabic

Arab.-Pers.

Arabic-Persian

Arab.

Arabic

Aram.

Aramaic

Arb.

(in author names) Arber

arch.

archaic

Arch.

architecture

Arch.

(in titles) architecture

Arch.

(in titles) archive(s)

Archaeol.

archaeology

Archaeol.

(in titles) archaeological

Archaeol.

(in titles) archaeology

Archipel.

(in titles) archipelago

Archit.

architecture

Archit.

(in titles) architectural

Archit.

(in titles) architecture

Argentine Sp.

Argentine Spanish

Argt.

(in titles) argument

Arith.

arithmetic

Arith.

(in titles) arithmetic

Arithm.

(in titles) arithmetic

Arithm.

(in titles) arithmetical

Arm.

Armenian

Armen.

Armenian

Arrangem.

(in titles) arrangement

art.

article

Artic.

(in titles) articulation

Artific.

(in titles) artificial

Artill.

artillery

A.-S.

(in titles) Anglo-Saxon

A.S.

(in titles) Anglo Saxon

Ashm.

(in author names) Ashmole

Assemb.

(in titles) assemblies

Assemb.

(in titles) assembly

Assoc. Football

Association Football

assoc.

association

Assoc.

(in titles) association

Assyriol.

Assyriology

Astr.

astronomy

Astrol.

astrology

Astron.

astronomy

Astron.

(in titles) astronomic(al)

Astron.

(in titles) astronomy

Astronaut.

astronautics

Astronaut.

(in titles) astronautical

Astronaut.

(in titles) astronautics

Att.

Attic

attrib.

attributive(ly)

Attrib.

(in titles) attribute(s)

Aug.

August

Austr.

Australian

Austral.

Australian

Austral.

(in titles) Australia(n)

Austrian G.

Austrian German

Austrian Ger.

Austrian German

Auth.

(in titles) author(s)

Autobiog.

(in titles) autobiography

Autobiogr.

(in titles) autobiographic(al)

Autobiogr.

(in titles) autobiography

A.V.

Authorized Version

Av.

Avestan

A.Y.L.

(in Shakespeare) As you Like It

Ayrsh.

(in titles) Ayrshire

B

Bacteriol.

bacteriology

Bacteriol.

(in titles) bacteriologic(al)

Bacteriol.

(in titles) bacteriology

Baldw.

(in author names) Baldwin

Bav.

Bavarian

B.C.

Before Christ

B.C.

(in titles) British Columbia

Béarn.

Béarnese

Beaum.

(in author names) Beaumont

Bedford.

(in titles) Bedfordshire

Bedfordsh.

(in titles) Bedfordshire

bef.

before

Bel & Dr.

(in the Apocrypha) Bel and the Dragon

Belg.

Belgian

Benn.

(in author names) Bennet

Berks.

(in titles) Berkshire

Berksh.

(in titles) Berkshire

Berw.

(in titles) Berwickshire

Berwicksh.

(in titles) Berwickshire

betw.

(in titles) between

Bibliogr.

bibliography

Biochem.

biochemistry

Biochem.

(in titles) biochemical

Biochem.

(in titles) biochemistry

Biog.

(in titles) biography

Biogr.

(in titles) biographic(al)

Biogr.

(in titles) biography

Biol.

biology

Biol.

(in titles) biological

Biol.

(in titles) biology

Bk.

(in titles) book

Bks.

(in titles) books

BNC

British National Corpus

BNC

(in titles) British National Corpus

Boh.

Bohemian

Bolivian Sp.

Bolivian Spanish

Bord.

(in titles) border

Bot.

botany

Bot.

(in titles) botanic(al)

Bot.

(in titles) botany

Bp.

Bishop

Bp.

(in titles) bishop

Braz.

Brazilian

Bret.

Breton

Brit.

British English

Brit.

(in titles) Britain

Brit.

(in titles) British

Bucks.

(in titles) Buckinghamshire

Build.

building

Build.

(in titles) building

Bulg.

Bulgarian

Bull.

(in titles) bulletin

Bur.

(in titles) bureau

Burg.

Burgundian

Byzant. Gr.

Byzantine Greek

Byzantine Gr.

Byzantine Greek

Byz. Gr.

Byzantine Greek

C

c.

century

C.

(in titles) century

C.

(in titles) counties

C.

(in titles) county

c

(in dates) circa

Cal.

(in titles) calendar

Calc.

(in titles) calculus

Calend.

(in titles) calendar

Calif.

(in titles) California

Calligr.

calligraphy

Camb.

Cambridge

Camb.

(in titles) Cambridge

Cambr.

(in titles) Cambridge

Campanol.

campanology

Canad.

Canadian

Canad.

(in titles) Canadian

Canad. Fr.

Canadian French

Canad.-Fr.

Canadian French

Canadian Fr.

Canadian French

Canterb.

(in titles) Canterbury

Cape Du.

Cape Dutch

Capt.

(in titles) captain

Cartogr.

cartography

Cartogr.

(in titles) cartographic(al)

Cartogr.

(in titles) cartography

Cat.

Catalan

catachr.

catachrestically

Catal.

Catalan

Catal.

(in titles) catalogue

Catech.

(in titles) catechism

Cath.

Catholic

Cath.

(in titles) Catholic

Celt.

Celtic

Celto-Teut.

Celto-Teutonic

cent.

century

Cent.

(in titles) central

Cent.

(in titles) century

Ceram.

ceramics

Cert.

(in titles) certificate

Certif.

(in titles) certificate

Cf.

confer, ‘compare’

cf.

confer, ‘compare’

Ch.

Chinese

Ch.

Church

Ch.

(in titles) church

Chald.

Chaldee

Chamb.

(in titles) chamber

Char.

(in titles) character

Charac.

(in titles) character

Chas.

(in titles) Charles

Chas.

(in author names) (King) Charles

Chem. Engin.

chemical engineering

Chem.

chemistry

Chem.

(in titles) chemical

Chem.

(in titles) chemistry

Chesh.

(in titles) Cheshire

Ch. Hist.

Church history

Chilean Sp.

Chilean Spanish

Chillingw.

(in author names) Chillingworth

Chin.

Chinese

Chr.

(in titles) Christian

Chr.

(in the Bible) Chronicles

Chron.

chronology

Chron.

(in titles) chronicle

Chron.

(in the Bible) Chronicles

Chronol.

chronology

Chronol.

(in titles) chronology

Chrons.

(in titles) chronicles

Cib.

(in author names) Cibber

Cinemat.

cinematography

Cinematogr.

cinematography

Cinematogr.

(in titles) cinematographic(al)

Cinematogr.

(in titles) cinematography

Circ.

(in titles) circle

Civ. Law

civil law

Civil Engin.

civil engineering

cl.

clause

Cl.

(in titles) club

Cl. Antiq.

classical antiquities

Class. Antiq.

classical antiquities

class. L.

classical Latin

Class.

classical

Classif.

(in titles) classification

Climatol.

climatology

Clin.

(in titles) clinical

cl. L.

classical Latin

Coal-min.

coal-mining

cogn. w.

cognate with

Col.

(in titles) colonel

Col.

(in the Bible) Colossians

Coll.

(in titles) collected

Coll.

(in titles) collection

Coll.

(in titles) college

collect.

collective(ly)

Collect.

(in titles) collection

colloq.

colloquial(ly)

Colloq.

(in titles) colloquies

Coloss.

(in the Bible) Colossians

Com.

common

Com.

(in titles) commission

Comb.

combination(s)

comb. f.

combining form

combining f.

combining form

Combs.

combinations

Com. Err.

(in Shakespeare) Comedy of Errors

Comm.

commerce, in commercial usage

Comm.

common

Comm.

(in titles) commentary

Comm.

(in titles) commission

Comm.

(in titles) committee

Commandm.

(in titles) commandment

Commend.

(in titles) commendation

Commerc.

(in titles) commercial

Commiss.

(in titles) commission

Comm. Law

commercial law

Commonw.

(in titles) commonwealth

Communic.

communications

Communic.

(in titles) communication

comp.

comparative

comp.

compound, composition

Comp.

(in titles) companion

Comp.

(in titles) company

Compan.

(in titles) companion(s)

Comp. Anat.

comparative anatomy

compar.

comparative

Compar.

(in titles) comparative

Compend.

(in titles) compendious

Compend.

(in titles) compendium

compl.

complement

Compl.

(in titles) complete

Compos.

(in titles) composition

conc.

(in titles) concerning

Conc.

(in titles) concise

Conch.

conchology

Conchol.

conchology

Concl.

(in titles) conclusion

concr.

concrete(ly)

Conf.

(in titles) conference

Conf.

(in titles) confession

Confid.

(in titles) confidential

Confl.

(in titles) conflict

Confut.

(in titles) confutation

Congr.

(in titles) congress

Congreg.

(in titles) congregation

Congress.

(in titles) congressional

conj.

conjugation

conj.

conjunction

Conn.

Connecticut

Conn.

(in titles) Connecticut

cons.

consonant

Consc.

(in titles) conscience

Consecr.

(in titles) consecrated

Consecr.

(in titles) consecration

Consid.

(in titles) consideration(s)

Consol.

(in titles) consolation

const.

construction, construed with

Constit. Hist.

constitutional history

Constit.

(in titles) constitution(al)

Constr.

(in titles) construction

Contemp.

(in titles) contemporary

Contempl.

(in titles) contemplation

contempt.

contemptuous(ly)

Contend.

(in titles) contending(s)

Content.

(in titles) contention

Contin.

(in titles) continuation

contr.

contracted, contraction

contr.

contrasted (with)

Contradict.

(in titles) contradiction

Contrib.

(in titles) contribution

Controv.

(in titles) controversial

Controv.

(in titles) controversy

Conv.

(in titles) convention

Convent.

(in titles) convention

Conversat.

(in titles) conversation

Convoc.

(in titles) convocation

Cor.

(in the Bible) Corinthians

Cor.

(in Shakespeare) Coriolanus

Coriol.

(in Shakespeare) Coriolanus

Corn.

Cornish

Cornw.

Cornwall

Cornw.

(in titles) Cornwall

Coron.

(in titles) coronation

Corr.

(in titles) correspondence

corresp.

corresponding (to)

Corresp.

(in titles) correspondence

Corsican It.

Corsican Italian

Cotgr.

(in author names) Cotgrave

Counc.

(in titles) council

Courtsh.

(in titles) courtship

Coverd.

(in author names) Coverdale

cpd.

compound

Craniol.

craniology

Craniom.

craniometry

Cranm.

(in author names) Cranmer

Creole Fr.

Creole French

Crim.

(in titles) criminal

Crim.-Goth.

Crimean Gothic

Crim.-Gothic

Crimean Gothic

Crim. Law

criminal law

Crit.

(in titles) critical

Crit.

(in titles) criticism

Crt.

(in titles) court

Crts.

(in titles) courts

Cryptogr.

cryptography

Cryst.

crystallography

Crystallogr.

crystallography

Ct.

(in titles) count

Ct.

(in titles) court

Cuban Sp.

Cuban Spanish

Cumb.

(in titles) Cumberland

Cumberld.

Cumberland

Cumberld.

(in titles) Cumberland

Cumbld.

(in titles) Cumberland

Cycl.

(in titles) cyclopaedia

Cymb.

(in Shakespeare) Cymbeline

Cytol.

Cytology

Cytol.

(in titles) cytological

Cytol.

(in titles) cytology

D

D.A.

(in titles) Dictionary of Americanisms

Da.

Danish

Dahom.

Dahomey

Dan.

Danish

Dan.

(in the Bible) Daniel

dat.

dative

Dau.

(in titles) daughter

D.C.

(in titles) District of Columbia

Deb.

(in titles) debate

Dec.

December

Declar.

(in titles) declaration

Ded.

(in titles) dedicated

Ded.

(in titles) dedication

def.

definite

def.

definition

Def.

(in titles) defence

Dekk.

(in author names) Dekker

Deliv.

(in titles) deliverance

dem.

demonstrative

Demonstr.

(in titles) demonstration

Dep.

(in titles) department

Dep.

(in titles) deputy

Depred.

(in titles) depredation

Depredat.

(in titles) depredation

Dept.

(in titles) department

Derbysh.

Derbyshire

Derbysh.

(in titles) Derbyshire

deriv.

derivative (in etymologies)

derog.

derogatory

Descr.

(in titles) description

Descr.

(in titles) descriptive

Deut.

(in the Bible) Deuteronomy

Devel.

(in titles) development

Devonsh.

(in titles) Devonshire

dial.

dialect

Dial.

(in titles) dialect

Dict.

dictionary

Dict.

(in titles) dictionary

Diffic.

(in titles) difficult

Diffic.

(in titles) difficulty

dim.

diminutive

Direct.

(in titles) direction

Dis.

(in titles) disease(s)

Disc.

(in titles) discourse

Discipl.

(in titles) discipline

Discov.

(in titles) discovery

Discrim.

(in titles) discrimination

Discuss.

(in titles) discussion

Diss.

(in titles) dissertation

Dist.

(in titles) district

Distemp.

(in titles) distemper

Distill.

distilling

Distrib.

(in titles) distribution

Div.

(in titles) divinity

Div.

(in titles) division

Divers.

(in titles) diversity

Dk.

(in titles) Duke

Doc.

(in titles) document(s)

Doctr.

(in titles) doctrine

Dodsl.

(in author names) Dodsley

Domest.

(in titles) domestic

Dor. Gr.

Doric Greek

Dor.

Doric

Du.

Dutch

Durh.

Durham

Durh.

(in titles) Durham

dyslog.

dyslogistic

E

E.

east

e.

east

E.

English

E.

(in titles) east, eastern

E. Afr.

East Africa(n)

E. Angl.

East Anglia(n)

E. Anglian

East Anglian

East Ind.

East Indies, East Indian

east.

eastern (dialect)

Eccl.

in ecclesiastical usage

Eccl.

(in titles) ecclesiastical

Eccl.

(in the Bible) Ecclesiastes

Eccles.

in ecclesiastical usage

Eccles.

(in titles) ecclesiastical

Eccles.

(in the Bible) Ecclesiastes

Eccl. Hist.

ecclesiastical history

Eccl. Law

ecclesiastical law

Ecclus.

(in the Apocrypha) Ecclesiasticus

Ecol.

ecology

Ecol.

(in titles) ecological

Ecol.

(in titles) ecology

Econ.

economics

Econ.

(in titles) economic(al)

Econ.

(in titles) economics

Econ.

(in titles) economy

ed.

edition

Ed.

(in titles) edition

Ed.

(in titles) Edward

E.D.D.

English Dialect Dictionary

edd.

editions

Edin.

(in titles) Edinburgh

Edinb.

(in titles) Edinburgh

Educ.

education

Educ.

(in titles) education(al)

Edw.

(in titles) Edward

Edw.

(in author names) (King) Edward

EE.

Early English

E.E.T.S.

(in titles) Early English Text Society

e.g.

exempli gratia, ‘for example’

E. Gothl.

East Gothland

Egypt.

Egyptian

Egypt.

(in titles) Egyptian

Egyptian Arab.

Egyptian Arabic

Egyptol.

Egyptology

E. Ind.

East Indies, East Indian

E. Ind.

(in titles) East Indies

Electr. Engin.

electrical engineering

Electr.

electricity

Electr.

(in titles) electric(al)

Electr.

(in titles) electricity

Electro-magn.

electro-magnetism

Electro-physiol.

electro-physiology

Elem.

(in titles) element(s)

Elem.

(in titles) elementary

Eliz.

(in titles) Elizabeth

Elizab.

(in titles) Elizabethan

ellipt.

elliptical(ly)

Emb.

(in titles) embassy

Embryol.

embryology

Embryol.

(in titles) embryologic(al)

Embryol.

(in titles) embryology

e. midl.

east midland (dialect)

emph.

emphatic(ally)

Encycl. Brit.

(in titles) Encyclopaedia Britannica

Encycl. Metrop.

(in titles) Encyclopaedia Metropolitana

Encycl.

(in titles) encyclopaedia

Encycl.

(in titles) encyclopaedic

Eng.

England, English

Eng.

(in titles) England

Eng.

(in titles) English

Eng. Gipsy

English Gipsy

Engin.

engineering

Engin.

(in titles) engineering

Engl.

English

Engl.

(in titles) English

Englishw.

(in titles) Englishwomen

Enq.

(in titles) enquiry

Ent.

entomology

Ent.

(in titles) entomological

Ent.

(in titles) entomology

Enthus.

(in titles) enthusiasm

Entom.

entomology

Entom.

(in titles) entomological

Entom.

(in titles) entomology

Entomol.

entomology

Entomol.

(in titles) entomological

Entomol.

(in titles) entomology

Enzymol.

(in titles) enzymology

Ep.

(in titles) epistle

Eph.

(in the Bible) Ephesians

Ephes.

(in the Bible) Ephesians

Epil.

(in titles) epilogue

Episc.

(in titles) episcopacy

Epist.

(in titles) epistle

Epit.

(in titles) epitaph

Equip.

(in titles) equipment

Equipm.

(in titles) equipment

erron.

erroneous(ly)

Esd.

(in the Apocrypha) Esdras

esp.

especially

Ess.

(in titles) essay(s)

Essent.

(in titles) essential

Establ.

(in titles) establishment

Esth.

Esthonian

Eth.

Ethiopic

Ethnol.

ethnology

Ethnol.

(in titles) ethnology

etym.

etymology

etymol.

etymological(ly)

Etymol.

(in titles) etymological

Etymol.

(in titles) etymology

euphem.

euphemistic(ally)

Eval.

(in titles) evaluation

Evang.

(in titles) evangelical

Even.

(in titles) evening

Evid.

(in titles) evidence

Evol.

(in titles) evolution

Evol.

(in titles) evolutionary

ex.

example

Ex. doc.

(in titles) executive document

Exalt.

(in titles) exaltation

Exam.

(in titles) examination

exc.

except

Exch.

(in titles) exchange

Exch.

(in titles) exchequer

Exec.

(in titles) execution

Exec.

(in titles) executive

Exerc.

(in titles) exercise(s)

Exhib.

(in titles) exhibit(s)

Exhib.

(in titles) exhibition

Exod.

(in the Bible) Exodus

Exped.

(in titles) expedition

Exper.

experimental

Exper.

(in titles) experiment

Exper.

(in titles) experimental

Explan.

(in titles) explanation

Explic.

(in titles) explication

Explor.

(in titles) exploration

Expos.

(in titles) exposition

Expos.

(in titles) expository

Ezek.

(in the Bible) Ezekiel

F

f.

feminine

f.

formed on, form of

F.

French

f.

from

Fab.

(in titles) fable(s)

Faer.

Faeroese

fam.

familiar(ly)

Fam.

(in titles) family

famil.

familiar(ly)

Farew.

(in titles) farewell

Feb.

February

fem.

feminine

Feudal Syst.

feudal system

Fifesh.

(in titles) Fifeshire

fig.

figurative(ly)

Finn.

Finnish

Fitzherb.

(in author names) Fitzherbert

Fl.

Flemish

fl.

floruit, ‘flourished’

Fl.

(in author names) Fletcher

Flem.

Flemish

Flet.

(in author names) Fletcher

Footpr.

(in titles) footprint

Forfarsh.

(in titles) Forfarshire

Fortif.

fortification

Fortif.

(in titles) fortification

Fortn.

(in titles) fortnightly

Found.

(in titles) foundation(s)

Fr.

French

Fr.

(in titles) father

Fr.

(in titles) French

Fr.

(in titles) from

Fragm.

(in titles) fragment(s)

Frank.

Frankish

Fratern.

(in titles) fraternity

freq.

frequently

Friendsh.

(in titles) friendship

Fries.

Frisian

Fris.

Frisian

Fund.

(in titles) fundamental(s)

Furnit.

(in titles) furniture

Furniv.

(in author names) Furnivall

fut.

future

G

G.

German

Ga.

Gaelic

Gael.

Gaelic

Gal.

(in the Bible) Galatians

Gard.

(in titles) garden

Gard.

(in titles) gardening

Gastron.

gastronomy

Gaz.

(in titles) gazette

Gd.

(in titles) good

gen.

general(ly)

gen.

genitive

Gen.

(in titles) general

Gen.

(in the Bible) Genesis

Genev.

Genevese

Geo.

(in titles) George

Geo.

(in author names) (King) George

Geog.

geography

Geog.

(in titles) geography

Geogr.

geography

Geogr.

(in titles) geographic(al)

Geogr.

(in titles) geography

Geol.

geology

Geol.

(in titles) geologic(al)

Geol.

(in titles) geology

Geom.

geometry

Geom.

(in titles) geometric(al)

Geom.

(in titles) geometry

Geomorphol.

geomorphology

Ger.

German

Ger.

(in titles) German

Germ.

German, Germanic

Ger. Swiss

German Swiss

gerund.

gerundial

Glac.

(in titles) glacier(s)

Glasg.

(in titles) Glasgow

Glos.

Gloucestershire

Gloss.

(in titles) glossary

Glouc.

Gloucestershire

Glouc.

(in titles) Gloucestershire

Gloucestersh.

(in titles) Gloucestershire

Godef.

(in author names) Godefroy

Goldsm.

(in author names) Goldsmith

Gosp.

(in titles) gospel(s)

Goth.

Gothic

Gov.

(in titles) government

Govt.

(in titles) government

Gr.

Greek

Gr.

(in titles) grammar

Gram.

grammar

Gram.

(in titles) grammar

Gramm. Analysis

grammatical analysis

Gramm.

(in titles) grammar

Gr. L.

Graeco-Latin

Gr.-L.

Graeco-Latin

Gr. Trag.

Greek tragedy

Gt.

Great

Gt.

(in titles) great

Guard.

(in titles) guardian

Guiana Du.

Guiana Dutch

Gun.

gunnery

Gurw.

(in author names) Gurwood

Gynaecol.

gynaecology

H

Hab.

(in the Bible) Habakkuk

Haematol.

haematology

Hag.

(in the Bible) Haggai

Hakl.

(in titles) Hakluyt

Hakl.

(in author names) Hakluyt

Halliw.

(in author names) Halliwell

Ham.

(in Shakespeare) Hamlet

Haml.

(in Shakespeare) Hamlet

Hampsh.

(in titles) Hampshire

Hand-bk.

(in titles) hand-book

Handbk.

(in titles) handbook

Hants.

(in titles) Hampshire

Hazl.

(in author names) Hazlitt

Heb.

Hebrew

Heb.

(in titles) Hebrew

Heb.

(in the Bible) Hebrews

Hebr.

Hebrew

Hebr.

(in the Bible) Hebrews

Helig.

Heligoland

Hen.

(in titles) Henry

Hen.

(in author names) (King) Henry

1 Hen. IV

(in Shakespeare) 1 Henry IV

2 Hen. IV

(in Shakespeare) 2 Henry IV

Hen. V

(in Shakespeare) Henry V

1 Hen. VI

(in Shakespeare) 1 Henry VI

2 Hen. VI

(in Shakespeare) 2 Henry VI

3 Hen. VI

(in Shakespeare) 3 Henry VI

Hen. VIII

(in Shakespeare) Henry VIII

Her.

heraldry

Her.

(in titles) heraldry

Herb.

herbalism, among herbalists

Heref.

(in titles) Herefordshire

Hereford.

(in titles) Herefordshire

Herefordsh.

Herefordshire

Herefordsh.

(in titles) Herefordshire

Hertfordsh.

(in titles) Hertfordshire

Hierogl.

Hieroglyphic

Hind.

Hindi, Hindustani

hist.

historical

Hist.

history

Hist.

(in titles) historic(al)

Hist.

(in titles) history

Histol.

histology

Histol.

(in titles) histologic(al)

Histol.

(in titles) histology

Holl.

(in author names) Holland

Hom.

(in titles) homilies

Hopk.

(in author names) Hopkins

Horol.

horology

Horstm.

(in author names) Horstmann

Hort.

horticulture

Hort.

(in titles) horticultural

Hort.

(in titles) horticulture

Hos.

(in the Bible) Hosea

Hosp.

(in titles) hospital

Hott.

Hottentot

Househ.

(in titles) household

Housek.

(in titles) housekeeping

Hung.

Hungarian

Husb.

husbandry

Husb.

(in titles) husbandry

Hydraul. Engin.

hydraulic engineering

Hydraul.

(in titles) hydraulic

Hydrol.

hydrology

Hydrol.

(in titles) hydrological

Hydrol.

(in titles) hydrology

I

I.

Icelandic

Ibid.

ibidem, ‘in the same book or passage’

Icel.

Icelandic

Ichth.

ichthyology

Icthyol.

icthyology

id.

idem, ‘the same’

Ideol.

(in titles) ideological

Ideol.

(in titles) ideology

Idg.

Indogermanic

Idol.

(in titles) idolatry

i.e.

id est, ‘that is’

IE.

Indo-European

Illustr.

(in titles) illustrated

Illustr.

(in titles) illustration

Illyr.

Illyrian

Imag.

(in titles) imaginary

Imag.

(in titles) imagination

imit.

imitative

Immunol.

immunology

imp.

imperative

imperf.

imperfect

impers.

impersonal

impf.

imperfect

Impr.

(in titles) impression(s)

Impr.

(in titles) imprint

Impr.

(in titles) improved

improp.

improper(ly)

Inaug.

(in titles) inaugural

Inclos.

(in titles) inclosure

Ind.

India(n)

ind.

indicative

ind.

indirect

Ind.

(in titles) industry

indef.

indefinite

indic.

indicative

indir.

indirect

Indo-Eur.

Indo-European

Indog.

Indogermanic

Indogerm.

Indogermanic

Indo-Pers.

Indo-Persian

Indo-Port.

Indo-Portuguese

Industr. Rel.

industrial relations

Industr.

(in titles) industrial

infin.

infinitive

infl.

influenced

Infl.

(in titles) influence

Innoc.

(in titles) innocence

Innoc.

(in titles) innocent

Inorg.

(in titles) inorganic

Inq.

(in titles) inquiry

Inst.

(in titles) institute

Inst.

(in titles) institution

instr.

instrumental

Instr.

(in titles) instruction

int.

interjection

Intell.

(in titles) intelligence

Intell.

(in titles) intelligent

Intellect.

(in titles) intellectual

Interc.

(in titles) intercourse

interj.

interjection

Interl.

(in titles) interlude

Internat.

international

Internat.

(in titles) international

Interpr.

(in titles) interpretation

interrog.

interrogative

intr.

intransitive

intrans.

intransitive

Intro.

(in titles) introduction

Introd.

(in titles) introduction

Introd.

(in titles) introductory

Inv.

(in titles) inventories

Inv.

(in titles) inventory

Invent.

(in titles) invention(s)

Invent.

(in titles) inventories

Invent.

(in titles) inventory

Invertebr.

(in titles) invertebrate

Invertebr.

(in titles) invertebrated

Invert. Zool.

invertebrate zoology

Investig.

(in titles) investigation

Investm.

(in titles) investment

Invoc.

(in titles) incovation

Ion.

Ionic

Ionic Gr.

Ionic Greek

Ir.

Irish

Irel.

(in titles) Ireland

Ir. Gael.

Irish Gaelic

Ir.-Gael.

Irish Gaelic

iron.

ironically

irreg.

irregular(ly)

Isa.

(in the Bible) Isaiah

It.

Italian

Ital.

Italian

J

Jahrb.

(in titles) Jahrbuch

Jam.

(in the Bible) James

Jam.

(in author names) Jamieson

Jan.

January

Jap.

Japanese

Jas.

(in titles) James

Jas.

(in author names) (King) James

Jas.

(in the Bible) James

Jav.

Javanese

Javan.

Javanese

Jer.

(in the Bible) Jeremiah

Jew. Hist.

Jewish history

joc.

jocular(ly)

John

(in Shakespeare) King John

Josh.

(in the Bible) Joshua

Jrnl.

(in titles) journal

Jrnls.

(in titles) journals

Jud.

(in the Bible) Judges

Judg.

(in the Bible) Judges

Jul.

July

Jul. C.

(in Shakespeare) Julius Caesar

Jun.

June

Jun.

(in titles) junior

Jurisd.

(in titles) jurisdiction

Jurisdict.

(in titles) jurisdiction

Jurispr.

(in titles) jurisprudence

Justif.

(in titles) justification

Justific.

(in titles) justification

K

K.

(in titles) king

Kent.

Kentish

Kgs.

(in the Bible) Kings

King's Bench Div.

(in titles) King's Bench Division

Kingd.

(in titles) kingdom

Knowl.

(in titles) knowledge

Kpr.

(in titles) keeper

L

L.

Latin

l.

line

Lab.

(in titles) laboratory

Lam.

(in the Bible) Lamentations

Lament

(in titles) lamentation

Lament.

(in the Bible) Lamentations

Lanc.

Lancashire

Lanc.

(in titles) Lancashire

Lancash.

Lancashire

Lancs.

Lancashire

Lancs.

(in titles) Lancashire

lang.

language

Lang.

(in titles) language

Langl.

(in author names) Langland

Langs.

(in titles) languages

Lap.

Lapp(ish)

Lat.

Latin

Lat.

(in titles) Latin

Lay.

(in author names) Layamon

Layam.

(in author names) Layamon

Ld.

(in titles) Lord

Lds.

(in titles) Lords

Lear

(in Shakespeare) King Lear

Lect.

(in titles) lecture(s)

Leechd.

(in titles) leechdom

Leg.

(in titles) legend(s)

Leic.

(in titles) Leicestershire

Leicest.

(in titles) Leicestershire

Leicester.

(in titles) Leicestershire

Leicestersh.

Leicestershire

Leicestersh.

(in titles) Leicestershire

Leics.

(in titles) Leicestershire

Let.

(in titles) letter

Lett.

Latvian

Lett.

(in titles) letters

Lev.

(in the Bible) Leviticus

Lex.

(in titles) lexicon

LG.

Low German

LGer.

Low German

Libr.

(in titles) library

Limnol.

limnology

Linc.

Lincolnshire

Linc.

(in titles) Lincolnshire

Lincolnsh.

(in titles) Lincolnshire

Lincs.

Lincolnshire

Lincs.

(in titles) Lincolnshire

Ling.

(in titles) linguistic

Ling.

(in titles) linguistics

Linn.

(in titles) Linnean

lit.

literal(ly)

lit.

literarily

Lit.

literary

Lit.

literature

Lit.

(in titles) literal

Lit.

(in titles) literary

Lit.

(in titles) literature

Lith.

Lithuanian

Lithogr.

lithography

Lithol.

lithology

Liturg.

liturgy

Liturgiol.

liturgiology

L.L.L.

(in Shakespeare) Love's Labour's Lost

Lomb.

Lombard

Lond.

(in titles) London

Louisiana Fr.

Louisiana French

Lusat.

Lusatian

LXX

Septuagint

Lydg.

(in author names) Lydgate

M

m.

masculine

Macb.

(in Shakespeare) Macbeth

Macc.

(in the Apocrypha) Maccabees

Mach.

machinery

Mach.

(in titles) machine(s)

Mach.

(in titles) machinery

Mag.

(in titles) magazine

Maghribi Arab.

Maghribi Arabic

Magn.

magnetism

Magn.

(in titles) magnetic

Magn.

(in titles) magnetism

Mal.

Malay(an)

Mal.

(in the Bible) Malachi

Malayal.

Malayalam

Man.

(in titles) manual

Managem.

(in titles) management

Manch.

(in titles) Manchester

Manip.

(in titles) manipulation

Manuf.

manufacturing

Manuf.

(in titles) manufacture(s)

Manuf.

(in titles) manufacturing

Mar.

March

Mar. Insur.

marine insurance

Markh.

(in author names) Markham

masc.

masculine

Mass.

(in titles) Massachussets

Mass.

(in author names) Massinger

Massach. Ind.

Massachussets Indian

Math.

mathematics

Math.

(in titles) mathematical

Math.

(in titles) mathematics

Matt.

(in the Bible) Matthew

Mayal.

Malayalam

MDu.

Middle Dutch

ME.

Middle English

Meas.

(in titles) measure

Meas. for M.

(in Shakespeare) Measure for Measure

Measurem.

(in titles) measurement

Mech. Engin.

mechanical engineering

Mech.

mechanics

Mech.

(in titles) mechanical

Mech.

(in titles) mechanics

Med.

medicine

med.

medieval

Med.

(in titles) medical

Med.

(in titles) medicine

Medit.

(in titles) meditation

med. L.

medieval Latin

Mem.

(in titles) memoir(s)

Merc.

Mercian

Merc.

(in titles) mercury

Merch.

(in titles) merchant(s)

Merch. V.

(in Shakespeare) Merchant of Venice

Merry W.

(in Shakespeare) Merry Wives of Windsor

Metall.

metallurgy

Metall.

(in titles) metallurgy

Metallif.

(in titles) metalliferous

Metallogr.

(in titles) metallographic(al)

Metallogr.

(in titles) metallography

Metamorph.

(in titles) metamorphoses

Metamorph.

(in titles) metamorphosis

Metaph.

metaphysics

Metaph.

(in titles) metaphysics

metaphor.

metaphorical(ly)

Meteorol.

meteorology

Meteorol.

(in titles) meteorologic(al)

Meteorol.

(in titles) meteorology

Meth.

(in titles) method(s)

metr. gr.

metri gratia

Metrop.

(in titles) metropolis

Metrop.

(in titles) metropolitan

Mex.

Mexican

Mexican Sp.

Mexican Spanish

Mex. Sp.

Mexican Spanish

Mex.-Sp.

Mexican Spanish

MHG.

Middle High German

Mic.

(in the Bible) Micah

Mich.

(in titles) Michigan

Microbiol.

microbiology

Microsc.

(in titles) microscopic(al)

midl.

midland(s) (dialect)

Mids. N.

(in Shakespeare) A Midsummer Night's Dream

Mids. N.D.

(in Shakespeare) A Midsummer Night's Dream

Mil.

military

Mil.

(in titles) military

Milit.

military

Min.

mineralogy

Mineral.

mineralogy

Mineral.

(in titles) minaralogic(al)

Mineral.

(in titles) mineralogy

Misc.

(in titles) miscellaneous

Misc.

(in titles) miscellany

Miscell.

(in titles) miscellany

mispr.

misprinted

MLG.

Middle Low German

mod.

modern

Mod.

(in titles) modern

Mod. L.

Modern Latin

mod. L.

Modern Latin

Mongol.

Mongolian

Monum.

(in titles) monument

Moroccan Arab.

Moroccan Arabic

Morphol.

morphology

Mouff.

(in author names) Mouffet

MS.

(in titles) manuscript

MSS.

(in titles) manuscripts

Mt.

(in titles) mount(ain)

Mtg.

(in titles) meeting

Mts.

(in titles) mountains

Much Ado

(in Shakespeare) Much Ado about Nothing

Munic.

(in titles) municipal

Munif.

(in titles) munificence

Munim.

(in titles) muniment

Mus.

music

Mus.

(in titles) museum

Mus.

(in titles) music

Mus.

(in titles) musical

Myst.

(in titles) mystery

Myth.

mythology

Myth.

(in titles) mythology

Mythol.

mythology

Mythol.

(in titles) mythology

N

n.

neuter

N.

Norse

N.

north

n.

north

n.

noun

N.

(in titles) north, northern

N. Afr.

North Africa(n)

N. Afr. Arab.

North African Arabic

N. Afr. Arabic

North African Arabic

N. African Arab.

North African Arabic

NAfrican Arab.

North African Arabic

Nah.

(in the Bible) Nahum

N. Amer.

North America(n)

N. Amer. Fr.

North American French

N. Amer. Ind.

North American Indian

Narr.

(in titles) narrative

Narrat.

(in titles) narrative

Nat. Hist.

natural history

Nat. Philos.

natural philosophy

Nat. Sci.

natural science

Nat.

(in titles) national

Nat.

(in titles) natural

Naut.

nautical

Naut.

(in titles) nautical

Nav.

naval

Nav.

(in titles) naval

Nav.

(in titles) navigation

Navig.

(in titles) navigation

N. Carolina

(in titles) North Carolina

N. Dakota

(in titles) North Dakota

N.E.

north-east

n.e.

north-eastern (dialect)

N.E.

(in titles) north-east, north-eastern

N.E.D.

(in titles) New English Dictionary

Neh.

(in the Bible) Nehemiah

Neighb.

(in titles) neighbour(s)

Neighb.

(in titles) neighbourhood

Nerv.

(in titles) nervous

Neurol.

neurology

Neurol.

(in titles) neurologic(al)

Neurol.

(in titles) neurology

Neurosurg.

(in titles) neurosurgery

New Hampsh.

(in titles) New Hampshire

Newc.

Newcastle

Newc.

(in titles) Newcastle

Newspr.

newsprint

NF.

Northern French

NFr.

Northern French

N. Ir.

Northern Ireland

N. Irel.

Northern Ireland

No.

number

No.

(in titles) number

nom.

nominative

Non-conf.

(in titles) nonconformist(s)

nonce-wd.

nonce-word

Nonconf.

(in titles) nonconformist(s)

Nor.

Norse

Norf.

(in titles) Norfolk

Norm. Fr.

Norman French

Norm.-Fr.

Norman French

Norm.-Picard

Norman-Picard

Norm.

Norman

Norman F.

Norman French

Norman Fr.

Norman French

North-umb.

Northumbrian

north.

northern (dialect)

Northamptonsh.

(in titles) Northamptonshire

Northants.

(in titles) Northamptonshire

Northumb.

Northumberland, Northumbrian

Northumb.

(in titles) Northumberland

Northumbld.

Northumberland

Northumbld.

(in titles) Northumberland

Northumbr.

Northumbrian

Norw.

Norwegian

Norweg.

Norwegian

Notts.

(in titles) Nottinghamshire

Nov.

November

n.q.

no quotations

NRh.

Niederrheinisch

ns.

nouns

N.S. Wales

(in titles) New South Wales

N.S.W.

(in titles) New South Wales

N.T.

New Testament

Nucl.

nuclear

Nucl.

(in titles) nuclear

Num.

(in the Bible) Numbers

Numism.

numismatics

N.W.

north-west

n.w.

north-western (dialect)

N.W.

(in titles) north-west, north-western

N.Y.

New York

N.Y.

(in titles) New York

N.Z.

New Zealand

N.Z.

(in titles) New Zealand

O

Obad.

(in the Bible) Obadiah

Obed.

(in titles) obedience

obj.

object, objective

Obj.

(in titles) object(s)

obl.

oblique

Obs.

obsolete

obs.

obsolete

Observ.

(in titles) observation(s)

Obstet.

obstetrics

Obstet.

(in titles) obstetric

Obstet.

(in titles) obstetrics

Obstetr. Med.

obstetric medicine

Obstetr.

obstetrics

Obstetr.

(in titles) obstetric

Obstetr.

(in titles) obstetrics

occas.

occasionally

Occas.

(in titles) occasional

Occup.

(in titles) occupation

Occup.

(in titles) occupational

Occurr.

(in titles) occurrence

Oceanogr.

oceanography

Oceanogr.

(in titles) oceanographic(al)

Oceanogr.

(in titles) oceanography

Oct.

October

O.E.

Old English

OE.

Old English

O.E.D.

(in titles) Oxford English Dictionary

OF.

Old French

Off.

(in titles) office

Off.

(in titles) official

Offic.

(in titles) official

OFr.

Old French

OFris.

Old Frisian

OHG.

Old High German

OIr.

Old Irish

Okla.

(in titles) Oklahoma

ON.

Old Norse

ONF.

Old Northern French

Ont.

(in titles) Ontario

Ophthalm.

ophthalmology

Ophthalm.

(in titles) ophthalmology

Ophthalmol.

ophthalmology

Ophthalmol.

(in titles) ophtalmologic(al)

Ophthalmol.

(in titles) ophthalmology

opp.

opposed (to), the opposite (of)

Oppress.

(in titles) oppression

Opt.

optics

Orac.

(in titles) oracle(s)

Ord.

(in titles) order(s)

Ord.

(in titles) ordinance(s)

Org.

(in titles) organic

Organ. Chem.

organic chemistry

Org. Chem.

organic chemistry

orig.

origin(al)(ly)

Orig.

(in titles) original

Orkn.

Orkney

Ornith.

ornithology

Ornith.

(in titles) ornithology

Ornithol.

ornithology

Ornithol.

(in titles) ornithologic(al)

Ornithol.

(in titles) ornithology

Orthogr.

orthography

OS.

Old Saxon

OSl.

Old (Church) Slavonic

O.T.

Old Testament

OTeut.

Old Teutonic

Oth.

(in Shakespeare) Othello

Outl.

(in titles) outline

Oxf.

Oxford

Oxf.

(in titles) Oxford

Oxfordsh.

(in titles) Oxfordshire

Oxon.

(in titles) Oxfordshire

P

p.

page

pa.

past

Pa.

(in titles) Pennsylvania

Palaeobot.

palaeobotany

Palaeogr.

palaeography

Palaeont.

palaeontology

Palaeontol.

(in titles) palaeontologic(al)

Palaeontol.

(in titles) palaeontology

Paleontol.

paleontology

Palsg.

(in author names) Palsgrave

Palsgr.

(in author names) Palsgrave

pa. pple.

passive participle, past participle

Paraphr.

(in titles) paraphrase

Paraphr.

(in titles) paraphrased

Parasitol.

(in titles) parasitology

Parl.

(in titles) parliament

Parl.

(in titles) parliamentary

Parnass.

(in titles) Parnassus

pass.

passive(ly)

pa. t.

past tense

Path.

pathology

Path.

(in titles) pathologic(al)

Path.

(in titles) pathology

Pathol.

pathology

Pathol.

(in titles) pathologic(al)

Pathol.

(in titles) pathology

Peculat.

(in titles) peculation(s)

Penins.

(in titles) peninsula

Pennsylvanian G.

Pennsylvanian German

Per.

Persian

Per.

(in Shakespeare) Pericles

perf.

perfect

Perf.

(in titles) perfect

Perf.

(in titles) perfection

perh.

perhaps

Periodontol.

(in titles) periodontologic(al)

Periodontol.

(in titles) periodontology

Pers.

Persian

pers.

person(al)

Pers.

(in titles) Persian

Pers.

(in titles) personal

Persec.

(in titles) persecution(s)

personif.

personified

Perthsh.

(in titles) Perthshire

Peruv.

Peruvian

Peruvian Sp.

Peruvian Spanish

Pet.

(in the Bible) Peter

Petrogr.

petrography

Petrogr.

(in titles) petrographic(al)

Petrogr.

(in titles) petrography

Petrol.

petrology

Petrol.

(in titles) petrologic(al)

Petrol.

(in titles) petrology

pf.

perfect

Pg.

Portuguese

Pharm.

pharmacology

Pharmaceut.

(in titles) pharmaceutical

Pharmacol.

pharmacology

Pharmacol.

(in titles) pharmacological

Pharmacol.

(in titles) pharmacology

Phil.

(in titles) philosophic(al)

Phil.

(in titles) philosophy

Phil.

(in the Bible) Philippians

Phila.

(in titles) Philadelphia

Philad.

(in titles) Philadelphia

Philem.

(in the Bible) Philemon

Philipp.

(in the Bible) Philippians

Philippine Sp.

Philippine Spanish

Philol.

philology

Philol.

(in titles) philologic(al)

Philol.

(in titles) philology

Philos.

philosophy

Philos.

(in titles) philosophic(al)

Philos.

(in titles) philosophy

Phoen.

Phoenician

phonet.

phonetic(ally)

Phonol.

phonology

Photog.

photography

Photog.

(in titles) photography

Photogr.

photography

Photogr.

(in titles) photographic(al)

Photogr.

(in titles) photography

phr.

phrase

Phrenol.

phrenology

phrr.

phrases

phrs.

phrases

Phys.

physiology

Phys. Geogr.

physical geography

Physical Chem.

physical chemistry

Physical Geogr.

physical geography

Physiogr.

physiography

Physiol.

physiology

Physiol.

(in titles) physiologic(al)

Physiol.

(in titles) physiology

Pic.

Picard

Pict.

(in titles) pictorial

Pict.

(in titles) picture(s)

Pidgin Eng.

Pidgin English

Piedm.

Piedmontese

Piem.

Piedmontese

pl.

plural

plur.

plural

poet.

poetic(al)

Poet.

(in titles) poetical

Pol.

Polish

Pol.

politics

Pol.

(in titles) political

Pol.

(in titles) politics

Pol. Econ.

political economy

Polit.

politics/political

Polit.

(in titles) political

Polit.

(in titles) politics

Polytechn.

(in titles) polytechnic(al)

pop.

popular(ly)

Pop.

(in titles) popular

Porc.

(in titles) porcelain

Port.

Portuguese

poss.

possessive

poss.

possible, possibly

post-class. L.

post-classical Latin

Posth.

(in titles) posthumous(ly)

Postm.

(in titles) postmaster

Pott.

(in titles) pottery

ppl.

participial

ppl. a.

participial adjective

ppl. adj.

participial adjective

ppl. adjs.

participial adjectives

pple.

participle

pples.

participles

P. R.

(in titles) public records

pr.

present

Pr.

Provencal

Pract.

(in titles) practical

Pract.

(in titles) practice

prec.

preceding

pred.

predicate

predic.

predicate/predicative(ly)

Predict.

(in titles) prediction

pref.

prefix

Pref.

(in titles) preface

Preh.

prehistoric

Prehist.

prehistoric

Prehist.

prehistory

prep.

preposition(al)

Prerog.

(in titles) prerogative

pres.

present

Pres.

(in titles) present

Presb.

(in titles) Presbyterian

Presb.

(in titles) presbytery

Preserv.

(in titles) preservation

pres. pple.

present participle

Prim.

(in titles) primer(s)

Princ.

(in titles) principle(s)

Print.

printing

priv.

privative

prob.

probably

Probab.

(in titles) probabilities

Probab.

(in titles) probability

Probl.

(in titles) problem

Proc.

(in titles) proceedings

Prod.

(in titles) product(s)

Prol.

(in titles) prologue

pron.

pronoun

pron.

pronunciation

pronunc.

pronunciation

Pronunc.

(in titles) pronunciation

prop.

properly

Prop.

(in titles) properties

Prop.

(in titles) property

propr.

proprietary

Pros.

prosody

prov.

proberb(ial)(ly)

Prov.

Provençal

Prov.

(in titles) proverb

Prov.

(in the Bible) Proverbs

Provid.

(in titles) providence(s)

Provinc.

(in titles) provincial

Provis.

(in titles) provisional

pr. pple.

present participle

Pruss.

Prussian

Ps.

(in the Bible) Psalms

pseudo-arch.

pseudo-archaic

pseudo-dial.

pseudo-dialect

pseudo-Sc.

pseudo-Scots

Psych.

psychology

Psychoanal.

psychoanalysis

Psychoanal.

(in titles) psychoanalysis

Psychoanalyt.

(in titles) psychoanalytic

Psychol.

psychology

Psychol.

(in titles) psychologic(al)

Psychol.

(in titles) psychology

Psychopathol.

(in titles) psychopathologic(al)

Psychopathol.

(in titles) psychopathology

Pt.

(in titles) part

Publ.

(in titles) public

Publ.

(in titles) publication

Purg.

(in titles) purgatory

Q

Q.

(in titles) quarterly

Q.

(in titles) queen

Q. Eliz.

(in titles) Queen Elizabeth

Qld.

(in titles) Queensland

Quantum Mech.

quantum mechanics

Queen's Bench Div.

(in titles) Queen's Bench Division

Quix.

(in titles) Quixote

quot.

quotation

quots.

quotations

q.v.

quod vide, ‘which see’

R

R.

(in titles) royal

Radiol.

radiology

R.A.F.

Royal Air Force

R.C.

Roman Catholic(ism)

R.C.Ch.

Roman Catholic Church

R.C. Church

Roman Catholic Church

Reas.

(in titles) reason(s)

Reb.

(in titles) rebellion

Rebell.

(in titles) rebellion

Rec.

(in titles) record(s)

Reclam.

(in titles) reclamation

Recoll.

(in titles) recollection

Redempt.

(in titles) redemption

redupl.

reduplicating

Ref.

(in titles) reference

Ref.

(in titles) reformation

refash.

refashioned, refashioning

refl.

reflexive

Refl.

(in titles) reflection(s)

Refus.

(in titles) refusal

Refut.

(in titles) refutation

reg.

regular

Reg.

(in titles) register

Regic.

(in titles) regicide

Regist.

(in titles) register

Regr.

(in titles) register

rel.

related

rel.

relative

Rel.

(in titles) relating

Relig.

(in titles) religion

Relig.

(in titles) religious

Reminisc.

(in titles) reminiscence(s)

Reminisc.

(in titles) reminiscent

Remonstr.

(in titles) remonstrance

Renfrewsh.

(in titles) Renfrewshire

Rep.

(in titles) report

repr.

representative, representing

Reprod.

(in titles) reproduction

Reprod.

(in titles) reproductive

Rept.

(in titles) report

Repub.

(in titles) republic

Res.

(in titles) research

Resid.

(in titles) residence

Resid.

(in titles) residential

Ret.

(in titles) return

Retrosp.

(in titles) retrospective

rev.

revised

Rev.

(in titles) review

Rev.

(in titles) revised

Rev.

(in the Bible) Revelation

Revol.

(in titles) revolution

Rhaet.

Rhaetian

Rhaeto-Rom.

Rhaeto-Romance

Rhet.

rhetoric

rhet.

rhetorical(ly)

Rhode Isl.

Rhode Island

Ric.

(in titles) Richard

Rich.

(in titles) Richard

Rich.

(in author names) (King) Richard

Rich. II

(in Shakespeare) Richard II

Rich. III

(in Shakespeare) Richard III

R. Glouc.

(in author names) Robert of Gloucester

R.N.

Royal Navy

Rob.

(in author names) Robotham

Robt.

(in titles) Robert

Rom.

Roman, Romance, Romanic

Rom.

(in titles) Roman

Rom.

(in the Bible) Romans

Rom. & Jul.

(in Shakespeare) Romeo and Juliet

Rom. Ant.

Roman antiquities

Rom. Antiq.

Roman antiquities

Rom.-Eng.

Romanic-English

Roman.

Romance, Romanic

Ross-sh.

(in titles) Ross-shire

Roxb.

(in titles) Roxburgh

Roy.

(in titles) royal

Rudim.

(in titles) rudiment(s)

Rum.

Romanian

Rushw.

(in author names) Rushworth

Russ.

Russian

Russ.

(in titles) Russia

Russ.

(in titles) Russian

S

S.

Saxon

S.

south

s.

south

S.

(in titles) south, southern

Sackv.

(in author names) Sackville

S.Afr.

South Africa(n)

S. Afr. Du.

South African Dutch

Sam.

(in the Bible) Samuel

S. Amer. Sp.

South American Spanish

S. Amer.-Sp.

South American Spanish

Sard.

Sardinian

Sask.

(in titles) Saskatchewan

Sat.

(in titles) Saturday

Saterl.

Saterland

Satl.

Saterland

Sax.

Saxon

Sax.

(in titles) Saxon

sb.

substantive

sc.

scilicet, ‘understand’ or ‘supply’

Sc.

Scottish, Scots

Sc.

(in titles) science

Sc.

(in titles) Scotch

Sc.

(in titles) Scots

Sc.

(in titles) Scottish

Scand.

Scandinavian

Scand.

(in titles) Scandinavia

Scand.

(in titles) Scandinavian

S. Carolina

(in titles) South Carolina

Sc. Gael.

Scottish Gaelic

Sc. Gaelic

Scottish Gaelic

Sch.

(in titles) school

sci.

science, scientific

Sci.

science

Sci.

(in titles) science(s)

Sci.

(in titles) scientific

Scot.

Scottish

Scot.

(in titles) Scotland

Scotl.

Scotland

Scotl.

(in titles) Scotland

Script.

scripture

Script.

(in titles) scripture

Sculpt.

(in titles) sculpture

S. Dakota

(in titles) South Dakota

S.E.

south-east

s.e.

south-eastern (dialect)

S.E.

(in titles) south-east, south-eastern

Seaf.

(in titles) seafaring

Seismol.

seismology

Sel.

(in titles) selected

Sel. comm.

(in titles) select committee

Select.

(in titles) selection

Sept.

September

Ser.

(in titles) series

Serb.

Serbian, Serbo-Croat

Serm.

(in titles) sermon(s)

Serv.

Serbian, Serbo-Croat

Sess.

(in titles) session

Settlem.

(in titles) settlement

Sev.

(in titles) several

Shak.

(in author names) Shakespeare

Shakes.

(in titles) Shakespeare

Shakes.

(in author names) Shakespeare

Shaks.

(in titles) Shakespeare

Sheph.

(in titles) shepherd

Shetl.

Shetland

Shropsh.

Shropshire

Shropsh.

(in titles) Shrophire

Sicil.

Sicilian

Sicilian Ital.

Sicilian Italian

Siev

(in author names) Sieveking

sing.

singular

Sing.

(in titles) singular

Sinh.

Sinhala

Sinhal.

Sinhala

Sk.

Sanskrit

Skr.

Sanskrit

Skt.

Sanskrit

Slav.

Slavonic

Slav.-Lith.

Slavonic-Lithuanian

Slov.

Slovene

Soc.

(in titles) society

Sociol.

sociology

Sociol.

(in titles) sociological

Sociol.

(in titles) sociology

Sol. Song

(in the Bible) Song of Solomon

Som.

Somerset

Som.

(in titles) Somerset

Somersetsh.

(in titles) Somersetshire

Song of Sol.

(in the Bible) Song of Solomon

Song Sol.

(in the Bible) Song of Solomon

Sonn.

(in titles) sonnet

south.

southern (dialect)

Sp.

Spanish

sp.

spelling

Sp.

(in author names) Spence

Span.

Spanish

Spanish Arab.

Spanish Arabic

Sp. Amer.

Spanish American

Sp.-American

Spanish American

spec.

specifically

Spec.

(in titles) special

Spec.

(in titles) specimen(s)

Specif.

(in titles) specification(s)

Specim.

(in titles) specimen(s)

Spectrosc.

(in titles) spectroscopy

Sp. Gypsy

Spanish Gypsy

SS.

(in titles) saints

St.

Saint

st.

stem

St.

(in titles) saint

St.

(in titles) street

Staff.

(in titles) Staffordshire

Stafford.

(in titles) Staffordshire

Staffordsh.

Staffordshire

Staffordsh.

(in titles) Staffordshire

Staffs.

Staffordshire

Staffs.

(in titles) Staffordshire

Stand.

(in titles) standard

Stat.

(in titles) statistical

Statist.

(in titles) statistical

Sternh.

(in author names) Sternhold

Stock Exch.

stock exchange

str.

strong

Stratigr.

(in titles) stratigraphical

Stratigr.

(in titles) stratigraphy

Struct.

(in titles) structural

Struct.

(in titles) structure

S.T.S.

(in titles) Scottish Text Society

Stud.

(in titles) studies

subj.

subject

subj.

subjunctive

Subj.

(in titles) subject(s)

subjunct.

subjunctive

subord.

subordinate

subord. cl.

subordinate clause

Subscr.

(in titles) subscription

Subscript.

(in titles) subscription

subseq.

subsequent(ly)

subst.

substantive(ly)

suff.

suffix

Suff.

(in titles) Suffolk

superl.

superlative

Suppl.

(in titles) supplement

Suppl.

(in titles) supplementary

Supplic.

(in titles) supplication(s)

Suppress.

(in titles) suppression

Surfl.

(in author names) Surflet

Surg.

surgery

Surg.

(in titles) surgery

Surg.

(in titles) surgical

Surv.

(in titles) survey

Surv.

(in titles) surveying

Sus.

(in the Apocrypha) Susanna

s.v.

sub voce, ‘under the word’

S.W.

south-west

s.w.

south-western (dialect)

S.W.

(in titles) south-west, south-western

Sw.

Swedish

Swed.

Swedish

Swiss Fr.

Swiss French

Swiss-Fr.

Swiss French

Swiss G.

Swiss German

Swiss Ger.

Swiss German

Swiss-Ger.

Swiss German

Swiss Rom.

Swiss Romance

syll.

syllable

Symmetr.

(in titles) symmetrical

Symp.

(in titles) symposium

Syr.

Syrian, Syriac

Syst.

(in titles) system

T

t.

tense

Tam. Shr.

(in Shakespeare) Taming of the Shrew

Taxon.

taxonomy

Taxon.

(in titles) taxonomic

Taxon.

(in titles) taxonomy

techn.

technical

Techn.

(in titles) technical

Technol.

(in titles) technological

Technol.

(in titles) technology

Tel.

(in titles) telegraph

Telecomm.

telecommunications

Telegr.

(in titles) telegraph

Telegr.

telegraphy

Telegr.

(in titles) telegraphic(al)

Telegr.

(in titles) telegraphy

Teleph.

telephony

Teleph.

(in titles) telephonic

Teleph.

(in titles) telephony

Temp.

(in Shakespeare) Tempest

Teratol.

teratology

Terminol.

(in titles) terminological

Terminol.

(in titles) terminology

Terrestr.

(in titles) terrestrial

Test.

(in titles) testament

Teut.

Teutonic

Text-bk.

(in titles) text-book

Textbk.

(in titles) textbook

Th.

(in titles) theory

Theat.

theatre, theatrical

Theatr.

theatre, theatrical

Theatr.

(in titles) theatrical

Theol.

theology, theological

Theol.

(in titles) theological

Theol.

(in titles) theology

Theoret.

(in titles) theoretical

Thermonucl.

(in titles) thermonuclear

Thes.

(in titles) thesaurus

Thess.

(in the Bible) Thessalonians

Tim.

(in the Bible) Timothy

Timon

(in Shakespeare) Timon of Athens

Tind.

(in author names) Tindale

Tit.

(in the Bible) Titus

Tit. A.

(in Shakespeare) Titus Andronicus

Tokh.

Tokharian

Topog.

(in titles) topographic(al)

Topogr.

(in titles) topographic(al)

Topogr.

(in titles) topography

tr.

translation, translating

Trad.

(in titles) tradition

Trad.

(in titles) traditional

Trag.

(in titles) tragedy

Tr. & Cr.

(in Shakespeare) Troilus and Cressida

trans.

transitive

Trans.

(in titles) transaction(s)

transf.

transferred sense

transl.

translation, translating

Transl.

(in titles) translation

Transubstant.

(in titles) transubstantiation

Trav.

(in titles) travel(s)

Treas.

(in titles) treasurer

Treas.

(in titles) treasury

Treat.

(in titles) treatise

Treatm.

(in titles) treatment

Trib.

(in titles) tribune

Trig.

trigonometry

Trig.

(in titles) trigonometry

Trigonom.

(in titles) trigonometry

Trop.

(in titles) tropical

Troub.

(in titles) troublesome

Troubl.

(in titles) troublesome

Turberv.

(in author names) Turberville

Turk.

Turkish

T.V.

television

Twel. N.

(in Shakespeare) Twelfth Night

Two Gent.

(in Shakespeare) Two Gentlemen of Verona

Typog.

typography

Typogr.

typography

U

U.K.

United Kingdom

ult.

ultimately

Univ.

university

Univ.

(in titles) university

unkn.

unknown

Unnat.

(in titles) unnatural

Unoffic.

(in titles) unofficial

unstr.

unstressed

Urin.

(in titles) urinary

U.S.

United States

U.S.

(in titles) United States

U.S.A.F.

United States Air Force

U.S.S.R.

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

usu.

usually

Utilit.

(in titles) utilitarian

V

v.

verb

Va.

(in titles) Virginia

Vac.

(in titles) vacation

Valedict.

(in titles) valediction

Vanbr.

(in author names) Vanbrugh

var.

variant

varr.

variants

vars.

variants

vb.

verb

vbl.

verbal

vbl.n.

verbal noun

vbl. ns.

verbal nouns

vbl. sb.

verbal substantive

vbs.

verbs

Veg.

(in titles) vegetable

Veg. Phys.

vegetable physiology

Veg. Physiol.

vegetable physiology

Venet.

Venetian

Venetian It.

Venetian Italian

Vertebr.

(in titles) vertebrate

Vet.

veterinary science

Vet.

(in titles) veterinary

Vet. Med.

veterinary medicine

Vet. Path.

veterinary pathology

Vet. Sci.

veterinary science

Vet. Surg.

veterinary surgery

Vic.

(in titles) Victoria

Vict.

(in titles) Victoria

Vind.

(in titles) vindicated

Vind.

(in titles) vindication

Vindic.

(in titles) vindicated

Vindic.

(in titles) vindication

Virg.

(in titles) virgin(s)

Virol.

virology

viz.

videlicet, ‘namely’

Voc.

(in titles) vocabulary

Vocab.

(in titles) vocabulary

Vol.

(in titles) volume

Vols.

(in titles) volumes

Voy.

(in titles) voyage(s)

v.str.

strong verb

vulg.

vulgar(ly)

Vulg.

(in titles) vulgar

Vulg.

(in titles) Vulgate

v.w.

weak verb

W

W.

Welsh

W.

west

w.

west

W.

(in titles) west, western

W. Afr.

West Africa(n)

Wall.

Walloon, Wallachian

Wang.

Wangeroog

Warwicksh.

(in titles) Warwickshire

wd.

word

Wd.

(in titles) word

Wel.

Welsh

west.

western

West Ger.

West Germanic

Westm.

(in titles) Westminster

Westmld.

(in titles) Westmoreland

Westmorld.

(in titles) Westmoreland

Westmrld.

Westmoreland

Westph.

Westphalian

Westphal.

Westphalian

WG.

West Germanic

W.Ger.

West Germanic

WGer.

West Germanic

WGerm.

West Germanic

WGmc.

West Germanic

Will.

(in titles) William

Will.

(in author names) (King) William

Wilts.

(in titles) Wiltshire

Wiltsh.

(in titles) Wiltshire

W. Ind.

West Indies, West Indian

W. Ind.

(in titles) West Indies

W. Indies

West Indies

Wint. T.

(in Shakespeare) Winter's Tale

Wis.

(in titles) Wisconsin

Wisd.

(in titles) wisdom

Wisd.

(in the Apocrypha) Wisdom of Solomon

wk.

weak

Wk.

(in titles) week

Wk.

(in titles) work

Wkly.

(in titles) weekly

Wks.

(in titles) works

Wonderf.

(in titles) wonderful

Worc.

(in titles) Worcestershire

Worc.

(in author names) Worcester

Worcestersh.

(in titles) Worcestershire

Worcs.

(in titles) Worcestershire

Wordsw.

(in author names) Wordsworth

Wr.

(in author names) Wright

Writ.

(in titles) writing(s)

W.S.

West Saxon

WS.

West Saxon

W.Sax.

West Saxon

WSax.

West Saxon

W. Saxon

West Saxon

W. Va.

(in titles) West Virginia

Wycl.

(in author names) Wyclif

Y

Year-bk.

(in titles) year-book

Yearbk.

(in titles) yearbook

Yng.

(in titles) young

Yorks.

Yorkshire

Yorks.

(in titles) Yorkshire

Yorksh.

(in titles) Yorkshire

Yrs.

(in titles) years

Yucatan Sp.

Yucatan Spanish

Z

Zech.

(in the Bible) Zechariah

Zeitschr.

(in titles) Zeitschrift

Zeph.

(in the Bible) Zephaniah

Zoogeogr.

zoogeography

Zool.

zoology

Zool.

(in titles) zoological

Zool.

(in titles) zoology