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LIST OF COMMON ABBREVIATIONS

Note that the words listed are not always used in the
abbreviated form: some words are only abbreviated in
certain contexts, e.g. when used as a subject label.

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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
~ 9

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
~ 10



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
~ 11

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
~ 12

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
~ 13

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
~ 14

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
~ 15

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
~ 16

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
~ 17

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
~ 18

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
~ 19

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


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