LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS USED IN THIS DICTIONARY.
| aor. | aorist. | geol. | geology. | perh. | perhaps. |
| abbrev. | abbreviation. | geom. | geometry. | pers. | person. |
| abl. | ablative. | ger. | gerundive. | pfx. | prefix. |
| acc. | according. | gram. | grammar. | phil., philos. | philosophy. |
| accus. | accusative. | gun. | gunnery. | philol. | philology. |
| adj. | adjective. | her. | heraldry. | phon. | phonetics. |
| adv. | adverb. | hist. | history. | phot. | photography. |
| agri. | agriculture. | hort. | horticulture. | phrenol. | phrenology. |
| alg. | algebra. | hum. | humorous. | phys. | physics. |
| anat. | anatomy. | i.e. | that is. | physiol. | physiology. |
| app. | apparently. | imit. | imitative. | pl. | plural. |
| arch. | archaic. | imper. | imperative. | poet. | poetical. |
| archit. | architecture. | impers. | impersonal. | pol. econ. | political economy. |
| arith. | arithmetic. | indic. | indicative. | poss. | possessive. |
| astrol. | astrology. | infin. | infinitive. | Pr.Bk. | Book of Common
|
| astron. | astronomy. | inten. | intensive. | Prayer. |
| attrib. | attributive. | interj. | interjection. | pr.p. | present participle. |
| augm. | augmentative. | interrog. | interrogative. | prep. | preposition. |
| B. | Bible. | jew. | jewellery. | pres. | present. |
| biol. | biology. | lit. | literally. | print. | printing. |
| book-k. | book-keeping. | mach. | machinery. | priv. | privative. |
| bot. | botany. | masc. | masculine. | prob. | probably. |
| c. (circa) | about. | math. | mathematics. | Prof. | Professor. |
| c., cent. | century. | mech. | mechanics. | pron. | pronoun;
|
| carp. | carpentry. | med. | medicine. | pronounced;
|
| cf. | compare. | metaph. | metaphysics. | pronunciation. |
| chem. | chemistry. | mil. | military. | prop. | properly. |
| cog. | cognate. | Milt. | Milton. | pros. | prosody. |
| coll., colloq. | colloquially. | min. | mineralogy. | prov. | provincial. |
| comp. | comparative. | mod. | modern. | q.v. | which see. |
| conch. | conchology. | Mt. | Mount. | R.C. | Roman Catholic. |
| conj. | conjunction. | mus. | music. | recip. | reciprocal. |
| conn. | connected. | myth. | mythology. | redup. | reduplication. |
| contr. | contracted. | n., ns. | noun, nouns. | refl. | reflexive. |
| cook. | cookery. | nat. hist. | natural history. | rel. | related; relative. |
| corr. | corruption. | naut. | nautical. | rhet. | rhetoric. |
| crystal. | crystallography. | neg. | negative. | sculp. | sculpture. |
| dat. | dative. | neut. | neuter. | Shak. | Shakespeare. |
| demons. | demonstrative. | n.pl. | noun plural. | sig. | signifying. |
| der. | derivation. | n.sing. | noun singular. | sing. | singular. |
| dial. | dialect, dialectal. | N.T. | New Testament. | spec. | specifically. |
| Dict. | Dictionary. | obs. | obsolete. | Spens. | Spenser. |
| dim. | diminutive. | opp. | opposed. | subj. | subjunctive. |
| dub. | doubtful. | opt. | optics. | suff. | suffix. |
| eccles. | ecclesiastical history. | orig. | originally. | superl. | superlative. |
| e.g. | for example. | ornith. | ornithology. | surg. | surgery. |
| elect. | electricity. | O.S. | old style. | term. | termination. |
| entom. | entomology. | O.T. | Old Testament. | teleg. | telegraphy. |
| esp. | especially. | p., part. | participle. | Tenn. | Tennyson. |
| ety. | etymology. | p.adj. | participial adjective. | Test. | Testament. |
| fem. | feminine. | paint. | painting. | theat. | theatre; theatricals. |
| fig. | figuratively. | paleog. | paleography. | theol. | theology. |
| fol. | followed; following. | paleon. | paleontology. | trig. | trigonometry. |
| fort. | fortification. | palm. | palmistry. | ult. | ultimately. |
| freq. | frequentative. | pa.p. | past participle. | v.i. | verb intransitive. |
| fut. | future. | pass. | passive. | voc. | vocative. |
| gen. | genitive. | pa.t. | past tense. | v.t. | verb transitive. |
| gener. | generally. | path. | pathology. | vul. | vulgar. |
| geog. | geography. | perf. | perfect. | zool. | zoology. |
| Amer. | American. | Fris. | Frisian. | Norw. | Norwegian. |
| Ar. | Arabic. | Gael. | Gaelic. | O. Fr. | Old French. |
| A.S. | Anglo-Saxon. | Ger. | German. | Pers. | Persian. |
| Austr. | Australian. | Goth. | Gothic. | Peruv. | Peruvian. |
| Bav. | Bavarian. | Gr. | Greek. | Pol. | Polish. |
| Beng. | Bengali. | Heb. | Hebrew. | Port. | Portuguese. |
| Bohem. | Bohemian. | Hind. | Hindustani. | Prov. | Provençal. |
| Braz. | Brazilian. | Hung. | Hungarian. | Rom. | Romance. |
| Bret. | Breton. | Ice. | Icelandic. | Russ. | Russian |
| Carib. | Caribbean. | Ind. | Indian. | Sans. | Sanskrit. |
| Celt. | Celtic. | Ion. | Ionic. | Scand. | Scandinavian. |
| Chal. | Chaldean. | Ir. | Irish. | Scot. | Scottish. |
| Chin. | Chinese. | It. | Italian. | Singh. | Singhalese. |
| Corn. | Cornish. | Jap. | Japanese. | Slav. | Slavonic. |
| Dan. | Danish. | Jav. | Javanese. | Sp. | Spanish. |
| Dut. | Dutch. | L. | Latin. | Sw. | Swedish. |
| Egypt. | Egyptian. | Lith. | Lithuanian. | Teut. | Teutonic. |
| Eng. | English. | L. L. | Low or Late Latin. | Turk. | Turkish. |
| Finn. | Finnish. | M. E. | Middle English. | U.S. | United States. |
| Flem. | Flemish. | Mex. | Mexican. | W. | Welsh. |
| Fr. | French. | Norm. | Norman. | | |
CHAMBERS'S
TWENTIETH CENTURY
DICTIONARY.