A.D.	in the year of our lord	
a.m	before midday	
A.V.	Authorized Version	
Abbr.	abbreviation / abbreviated	
Abbrev.	abbreviation	
Abd.	Aberdeen	
Aberd.	Aberdeen	
Aberdeensh.	Aberdeenshire	
abl.	ablative	
Abol.	abolition	
Aborig.	aboriginal	
Abp.	archbishop	
Abr.	abridged	
Abridg.	abridged	
Abridgem.	abridgement	
Absol.	absolute / absolutely	
Abst.	abstract / abstracts	
Abstr.	abstract / abstracts	
Acad.	academia / academy / academical	
acc.	according / accusative / account / accounts  	
Accept.	acceptance	
Accomm.	accommodation	
Accompl.	accomplished	
Accs.	accounts	
Acct.	account	
Accts.	accounts	
accus.	accusative	
Achievem.	achievement	
ad.	adaptation	
Add.	addendum / addenda	
Addit.	addition / additions	
Addr.	address	
Adj.	adjective	
adj.	adjective / adjectival	
adj. phr.	adjectival phrase	
adjs.	adjectives	
Adm.	admiral / admiralty	
Admin.	administration / administrative	
Admir.	admiralty	
Admon.	admonition	
Admonit.	admonition	
Adv.	adverb	
adv.	adverb / adverbially / advanced / advances / adventure / adventures / advices / advocate	
Advancem.	advancement / advancements	
advb.	adverb / adverbial / adverbially	
Advert.	advertisement	
Advoc.	advocate	
advs.	adverbs	
Advt.	advertisement	
Advts.	advertisements	
Aerodynam.	aerodynamics	
Aeronaut.	aeronautics / aeronautical	
Aff.	affairs	
Affect.	affecting / affection / affections	
Afr.	Africa / African	
Agric.	agriculture / agricultural	
agst.	against	
AIDS	Acquired Immuno Deficiency Syndrome	
Alch.	alchemy	
Alg.	algebra	
Alleg.	allegiance	
Allit.	alliterative	
Alm.	almanac	
Alph.	alphabet / alphabetical	
alt.	alteration	
Amer.	America / American	
Anal.	analysis	
Analyt.	analytic / analytical	
Anat.	anatomy / anatomical	
Anc.	ancient	
Anecd.	anecdotes	
Ang.	Anglian	
Angl.	Anglian	
Anglo-Ind.	Anglo-Indian	
Anim.	animal / animals	
Ann.	annal / annals / annual	
Anniv.	anniversary	
Annot.	annotation	
Anon.	Anonymous	
anon.	anonymous	
Answ.	answer	
Ant.	antiquities	
Anthrop.	anthropology	
Anthropol.	anthropology / anthropological	
Antiq.	antiquity / antiquities	
aphet.	aphetic / aphetized	
Apoc.	apocalyptic / apocalyptical	
Apol.	apology / apologies	
App.	appendix	
app.	apparently	
Appl.	applied	
Applic.	application / applications	
appos.	appositive / appositively	
Apr.	April	
apt.	apartment	
Arab.	Arabic	
Arb.	Arber	
Arch.	architecture / archive / archives	
arch.	archaic	
Archaeol.	archaeology / archaeological	
Archipel.	archipelago	
Archit.	architecture / architectural	
Argt.	argument	
Arith.	arithmetic	
Arithm.	arithmetic / arithmetical	
Arrangem.	arrangement	
art.	article	
Artic.	articulation	
Artific.	artificial	
Artill.	artillery	
ASEAN	Association of Southeast Asian Nations	
Ashm.	Ashmole	
Assemb.	assembly / assemblies	
Assn.	association	
Assoc.	association	
Assoc. Football	Association Football	
Assyriol.	Assyriology	
Astr.	astronomy	
Astrol.	astrology	
Astron.	astronomy / astronomic / astronomical	
Astronaut.	astronautics / astronautical	
ATM	Automated Teller Machine	
Att.	Attic	
Attrib.	attribute / attributes	
attrib.	attributive / attributively	
Aug.	August	
Austral.	Australia / Australian	
Auth.	author / authors	
Autobiog.	autobiography	
Autobiogr.	autobiography / autobiographic / autobiographical	
AV	audiovisual	
Ave.	avenue	
Ayrsh.	Ayrshire	
B.A	Bachelor of Arts	
B.C.	Before Christ / British Columbia	
B.Sc	Bachelor of Science	
Bacteriol.	bacteriology / bacteriologic / bacteriological	
BAU	business as usual	
Bedford.	Bedfordshire	
Bedfordsh.	Bedfordshire	
bef.	before	
Bel & Dr.	Bel and the Dragon	
Belg.	Belgian	
Berks.	Berkshire	
Berksh.	Berkshire	
Berw.	Berwickshire	
Berwicksh.	Berwickshire	
betw.	between	
Bibliogr.	bibliography	
Biochem.	biochemistry / biochemical	
Biog.	biography	
Biogr.	biography / biographic / biographical	
Biol.	biology / biological	
Bk.	book	
Bks.	books	
BNC	British National Corpus	
Bord.	border	
Bot.	botany / botanic / botanical	
Bp.	Bishop	
bpi	bits per inch	
BPO	Business Process Outsourcing	
Braz.	Brazilian	
Brit.	Britain / British	
Bucks.	Buckinghamshire	
Build.	building	
Bull.	bulletin	
Bur.	bureau	
c	circa	
C.	county / counties	
c.	approximately / century	
C.V	Curriculum Vitae	
C.V.	Curriculum Vitae	
ca.	approximately	
Cal.	calendar	
Calc.	calculus	
Calend.	calendar	
Calif.	California	
Calligr.	calligraphy	
Camb.	Cambridge	
Cambr.	Cambridge	
Campanol.	campanology	
Canad.	Canadian	
Canterb.	Canterbury	
Capt.	captain	
Cartogr.	cartography / cartographic / cartographical	
CAT	Common Admission Test	
Catal.	catalogue	
Catech.	catechism	
Cath.	Catholic	
CCTV	closed-circuit television	
Cent.	central / century	
cent.	century	
Ceram.	ceramics	
CERN	European Organization for Nuclear Research	
Cert.	certificate	
Certif.	certificate	
cf.	confer 	
Ch.	Church	
Ch. Hist.	Church history	
Chamb.	chamber	
Char.	character	
Charac.	character	
Chas.	Charles	
Chem.	chemistry / chemical	
Chem. Engin.	chemical engineering	
Chesh.	Cheshire	
Chr.	Christian / Chronicles	
Chron.	chronology / chronicle / Chronicles	
Chronol.	chronology	
Chrons.	chronicles	
Cinematogr.	cinematography / cinematographic / cinematographical	
Circ.	circle	
Civ. Law	civil law	
Civil Engin.	civil engineering	
Cl.	club	
cl.	clause	
Class.	classical	
Class. Antiq.	classical antiquities	
Classif.	classification	
Climatol.	climatology	
Clin.	clinical	
cogn. w.	cognate with	
Col.	colonel / Colossians	
Coll.	collected / collection / college	
Collect.	collection	
collect.	collective / collectively	
Colloq.	colloquies	
colloq.	colloquial / colloquially	
Coloss.	Colossians	
Com.	common / commission	
Comb.	combination / combinations	
comb. form	combining form	
Combs.	combinations	
Comm.	commerce /  in commercial usage / common / commentary / commission / committee	
Comm. Law	commercial law	
Commandm.	commandment	
Commend.	commendation	
Commerc.	commercial	
Commiss.	commission	
Commonw.	commonwealth	
Communic.	communication / communications	
Comp.	companion / company	
comp.	comparative / compound / composition	
Comp. Anat.	comparative anatomy	
Compan.	companion / companions	
Compar.	comparative	
compar.	comparative	
Compend.	compendium / compendious	
Compl.	complete	
compl.	complement	
Compos.	composition	
Conc.	concise	
conc.	concerning	
Conch.	conchology	
Concl.	conclusion	
concr.	concrete / concretely	
Conf.	conference / confession	
Confid.	confidential	
Confl.	conflict	
Confut.	confutation	
Congr.	congress	
Congreg.	congregation	
Congress.	congressional	
conj.	conjugation	
Conn.	Connecticut	
cons.	consonant	
Consc.	conscience	
Consecr.	consecrated / consecration	
Consid.	consideration / considerations	
Consol.	consolation	
const.	construction / construed with	
Constit.	constitution / constitutional	
Constit. Hist.	constitutional history	
Constr.	construction	
cont.	content / continued	
Contemp.	contemporary	
Contempl.	contemplation	
contempt.	contemptuous / contemptuously	
Contend.	contending / contendings	
Content.	contention	
Contin.	continuation	
contr.	contracted / contraction	
Contradict.	contradiction	
Contrib.	contribution	
Controv.	controversial / controversy	
Conv.	convention	
Convent.	convention	
Conversat.	conversation	
Convoc.	convocation	
Cor.	Corinthians	
Cornw.	Cornwall	
Coron.	coronation	
Corr.	correspondence	
Corresp.	correspondence	
corresp.	corresponding	
Counc.	council	
Courtsh.	courtship	
cpd.	compound	
Craniol.	craniology	
Craniom.	craniometry	
Crim.	criminal	
Crim. Law	criminal law	
Crit.	critical / criticism	
Crt.	court	
Crts.	courts	
Cryptogr.	cryptography	
Crystallogr.	crystallography	
Ct.	count / court / Court	
cu.	cubic	
Cumb.	Cumberland	
Cumberld.	Cumberland	
Cumbld.	Cumberland	
CV	Curriculum Vitae	
Cycl.	cyclopaedia	
Cytol.	cytology / cytological	
D.C.	District of Columbia	
d.o.b.	date of birth	
Dan.	Daniel	
dat.	dative	
Dau.	daughter	
Deb.	debate	
Dec.	December	
Declar.	declaration	
Ded.	dedicated / dedication	
Def.	defence	
def.	definite / definition	
deg.	degree	
del.	delete	
Deliv.	deliverance	
dem.	demonstrative	
Demonstr.	demonstration	
Dep.	department / deputy	
Depred.	depredation	
Depredat.	depredation	
Dept.	department	
dept.	department	
Derbysh.	Derbyshire	
deriv.	derivative	
derog.	derogatory	
Descr.	description / descriptive	
Deut.	Deuteronomy	
Devel.	development	
Devonsh.	Devonshire	
Dial.	dialect	
dial.	dialect	
Dict.	dictionary	
Diffic.	difficult / difficulty	
dim.	diminutive	
Direct.	direction	
Dis.	disease / diseases	
Disc.	discourse	
Discipl.	discipline	
Discov.	discovery	
Discrim.	discrimination	
Discuss.	discussion	
Diss.	dissertation	
Dist.	district	
Distemp.	distemper	
Distill.	distilling	
Distrib.	distribution	
Div.	divinity / division	
Divers.	diversity	
Dk.	Duke	
DNA	Deoxyribonucleic Acid	
Doc.	document / documents	
doc.	document	
Doctr.	doctrine	
Domest.	domestic	
doz.	dozen	
Dr.	Doctor	
Durh.	Durham	
DVD	Digital Versatile Disk	
dyslog.	dyslogistic	
E.	east / eastern	
e.	east	
E. Afr.	East Africa / East African	
E. Angl.	East Anglia / East Anglian	
E. Anglian	East Anglian	
E. Ind.	East Indies / East Indian	
e. midl.	east midland	
E.D.D.	English Dialect Dictionary	
E.E.T.S.	Early English Text Society	
e.g.	for example	
East Ind.	East Indies / East Indian	
east.	eastern	
Eccl.	ecclesiastical / Ecclesiastes	
Eccl. Hist.	ecclesiastical history	
Eccl. Law	ecclesiastical law	
Eccles.	ecclesiastical / Ecclesiastes	
Ecclus.	Ecclesiasticus	
Ecol.	ecology / ecological	
Econ.	economics / economic / economical	
Ed.	edition / Edward	
ed.	edition / editor	
Edin.	Edinburgh	
Edinb.	Edinburgh	
Educ.	education / education / educational	
Edw.	Edward	
Egypt.	Egyptian	
Egyptol.	Egyptology	
Electr.	electricity / electric / electrical	
Electr. Engin.	electrical engineering	
Electro-magn.	electro-magnetism	
Electro-physiol.	electro-physiology	
Elem.	element / elements / elementary	
Eliz.	Elizabeth	
Elizab.	Elizabethan	
ellipt.	elliptical / elliptically	
Emb.	embassy	
Embryol.	embryology / embryologic / embryological	
emph.	emphatic / emphatically	
Encycl.	encyclopaedia / encyclopaedic	
Encycl. Brit.	Encyclopaedia Britannica	
Encycl. Metrop.	Encyclopaedia Metropolitana	
Eng.	England / English	
Engin.	engineering	
Englishw.	Englishwomen	
Enq.	enquiry	
Ent.	entomology / entomological	
Enthus.	enthusiasm	
Entom.	entomology / entomological	
Entomol.	entomology / entomological	
Enzymol.	enzymology	
eOE	early Old English	
Ep.	epistle	
Eph.	Ephesians	
Ephes.	Ephesians	
Epil.	epilogue	
Episc.	episcopacy	
Epist.	epistle	
Epit.	epitaph	
Equip.	equipment	
erron.	erroneous erroneously	
Esd.	Esdras	
esp.	especially	
Ess.	essay / essays	
Essent.	essential	
Est.	established	
est.	established	
Establ.	establishment	
Esth.	Esther	
Et al.	and others	
et al.	and others	
Etc.	and other things	
etc.	etcetera	
Ethnol.	ethnology	
etym.	etymology	
Etymol.	etymology / etymological	
etymol.	etymological / etymologically	
euphem.	euphemistic / euphemistically	
Eval.	evaluation	
Evang.	evangelical	
Even.	evening	
Evid.	evidence	
Evol.	evolution / evolutionary	
Ex. doc.	executive document	
Exalt.	exaltation	
Exam.	examination	
exc.	except	
Exch.	exchange / exchequer	
Exec.	execution / executive	
Exerc.	exercise / exercises	
Exhib.	exhibition / exhibit / exhibits	
Exod.	Exodus	
Exped.	expedition	
Exper.	experiment / experimental	
Explan.	explanation	
Explic.	explication	
Explor.	exploration	
Expos.	exposition / expository	
Ezek.	Ezekiel	
f.	feminine / folio	
Fab.	fable / fables	
Fam.	family	
fam.	familiar / familiarly	
famil.	familiar / familiarly	
FAQ	Frequently Asked Questions	
Farew.	farewell	
Feb.	February	
fem.	feminine	
ff	and following	
Ff.	folios	
FIFA	Federation Internationale de Football Association	
Fifesh.	Fifeshire	
Fig.	Figure	
fig.	figurative / figuratively / figure	
fl.	floruit / flourished	
Footpr.	footprint	
Forfarsh.	Forfarshire	
Fortif.	fortification	
Fortn.	fortnightly	
Found.	foundation / foundations	
Fr.	father / French / from / formerly	
Fragm.	fragment / fragments	
Fratern.	fraternity	
freq.	frequently	
Friendsh.	friendship	
Fund.	fundamental / fundamentals	
Furnit.	furniture	
fut.	future	
fwd	forward	
FX	special effect	
Gal.	Galatians	
Gard.	garden / gardening	
Gastron.	gastronomy	
Gaz.	gazette	
Gd.	good	
Gen.	General / Genesis	
gen.	general / generally / genitive	
Geo.	George	
Geog.	geography	
Geogr.	geography / geographic / geographical	
Geol.	geology / geologic / geological	
Geom.	geometry / geometric / geometrical	
Geomorphol.	geomorphology	
Ger.	German	
gerund.	gerundial	
Glac.	glacier / glaciers	
Glasg.	Glasgow	
Glos.	Gloucestershire	
Gloss.	glossary	
Glouc.	Gloucestershire	
Gloucestersh.	Gloucestershire	
Gosp.	gospel / gospels	
Gov.	government	
Govt.	government	
Gr.	grammar	
gr.	grade	
Gram.	grammar	
Gramm. Analysis	grammatical analysis	
gsoh	good sense of humor	
gt.	great	
Gynaecol.	gynaecology	
Hab.	Habakkuk	
Haematol.	haematology	
Hag.	Haggai	
Hampsh.	Hampshire	
Handbk.	handbook	
Hants.	Hampshire	
Heb.	Hebrew / Hebrews	
Hebr.	Hebrews	
Hen.	Henry	
Her.	heraldry	
Herb.	herbalism	
Heref.	Herefordshire	
Hereford.	Herefordshire	
Herefordsh.	Herefordshire	Lancashire
Hertfordsh.	Hertfordshire	
Hierogl.	Hieroglyphic	
Hist.	history / historic / historical	
hist.	historical / history	
Histol.	histology / histologic / histological	
HIV	Human Immunodeficiency Virus	
Hom.	homilies	
Hon.	honorable	
Horol.	horology	
Hort.	horticulture / horticultural	
Hos.	Hosea	
Hosp.	hospital	
Househ.	household	
Housek.	housekeeping	
HR	Human Resources	
Hrs.	hours	
Husb.	husbandry	
Hydraul.	hydraulic	
Hydrol.	hydrology / hydrological	
i.e.	in other words / that is	
IC	integrated circuit / internal combustion	
Ichth.	ichthyology	
Icthyol.	icthyology	
Ideol.	ideology / ideological	
Idol.	idolatry	
Illustr.	illustrated / illustration / illustrations	
Imag.	imaginary / imagination	
imit.	imitative	
Immunol.	immunology	
imp.	imperative	
imperf.	imperfect	
impers.	impersonal	
impf.	imperfect	
Impr.	impression / impressions / imprint / improved	
improp.	improper / improperly	
Inaug.	inaugural	
Inc.	Incorporated	
incl.	including / inclusive	
Inclos.	inclosure	
Ind.	India / Indian / industry	
ind.	indicative / indirect	
indef.	indefinite	
indic.	indicative	
indir.	indirect	
Industr.	industrial	
Industr. Rel.	industrial relations	
infin.	infinitive	
Infl.	influence	
infl.	influenced	
Innoc.	innocence / innocent	
Inorg.	inorganic	
Inq.	inquiry	
Inst.	Institute / institution	
Instr.	instruction	
instr.	instrumental	
int.	international / interjection / internal	
Intell.	intelligence / intelligent	
Intellect.	intellectual	
Interc.	intercourse	
interj.	interjection	
Interl.	interlude	
Internat.	international	
InterPol	International Criminal Police Organization	
Interpr.	interpretation	
interrog.	interrogative	
intl.	international	
intr.	intransitive	
intrans.	intransitive	
Intro.	introduction	
Introd.	introduction / introductory	
Inv.	inventory / inventories	
Invent.	invention / inventions / inventory / inventories	
Invert. Zool.	invertebrate zoology	
Invertebr.	invertebrate / invertebrated	
Investig.	investigation	
Investm.	investment	
Invoc.	invocation	
Ir.	Irish	
Irel.	Ireland	
iron.	ironically	
irreg.	irregular / irregularly	
Isa.	Isaiah	
Ital.	Italian	
IV	intravenous / intravenously	
J.P.	Justice of the Peace	
Jahrb.	Jahrbuch	
Jam.	James / Jamieson	
Jan.	January	
Jap.	Japanese	
Jas.	James	
Jer.	Jeremiah	
joc.	jocular / jocularly	
Josh.	Joshua	
Jr.	Junior	
Jrnl.	journal	
Jrnls.	journals	
Jud.	Judges	
Judg.	Judges	
Jul.	July	
Jun.	June / junior	
Jurisd.	jurisdiction	
Jurisdict.	jurisdiction	
Jurispr.	jurisprudence	
Justif.	justification	
Justific.	justification	
K.	king	
Kent.	Kentish	
Kgs.	Kings	
King’s Bench Div.	King’s Bench Division	
Kingd.	kingdom	
Knowl.	knowledge	
Kpr.	keeper	
l.	line / left / length	
Lab.	laboratory	
Lam.	Lamentations	
Lament	lamentation / Lanc.	
Lancash.	Lancashire	
Lancs.	Lancashire	
Lang.	language	
Langs.	languages	
Lat.	Latin	
lat.	latitude	
LCD	Liquid Crystal Display	
Ld.	Lord	
Lds.	Lords	
Lect.	lecture / lectures	
LED	Light Emitting Diode	
Leechd.	leechdom	
Leg.	legend / legends	
Leicest.	Leicestershire	
Leicester.	Leicestershire	
Leicestersh.	Leicestershire	
Leics.	Leicestershire	
Let.	letter	
Lett.	letters	
Lev.	Leviticus	
Lex.	lexicon	
Lib.	Liberal	
Libr.	library	
Limnol.	limnology	
Lincolnsh.	Lincolnshire	
Lincs.	Lincolnshire	
Ling.	linguistic / linguistics	
Linn.	Linnean	
Lit.	literary / literature	
lit.	literal / literally	
Lithogr.	lithography	
Lithol.	lithology	
Liturg.	liturgy	
ll.	lines	
lOE	late Old English	
Lond.	London	
LXX	Septuagint	
m.	masculine	
M.A	Master of Arts	
M.B.A	Master of Business Administration	
Macc.	Maccabees	
Mach.	machinery / machine / machines	
Mag.	magazine	
Magn.	magnetism / magnetic	
Mal.	Malachi	
Man.	manual	
Managem.	management	
Manch.	Manchester	
Manip.	manipulation	
Manuf.	manufacturing / manufacture / manufactures	
Mar.	March	
masc.	masculine	
Mass.	Massachussets	
Math.	mathematics / mathematical	
Matt.	Matthew	
max.	maximum	
MBBS	Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery	
MD	Doctor of Medicine	
Meas.	measure	
Measurem.	measurement	
Mech.	mechanics / mechanical	
Med.	medicine / medical	
med.	medieval	
Medit.	meditation	
Mem.	memoir / memoirs	
Merc.	mercury	
Merch.	merchant / merchants	
Metall.	metallurgy	
Metallif.	metalliferous	
Metallogr.	metallography / metallographic / metallographical	
Metamorph.	metamorphosis	
Metaph.	metaphysics	
metaphor.	metaphorical / metaphorically	
Meteorol.	meteorology / meteorologic / meteorological	
Meth.	method / methods	
metr. gr.	metri gratia	
Metrop.	metropolitan / metropolis	
Mex.	Mexican	
Mic.	Micah	
Mich.	Michigan	
Microbiol.	microbiology	
Microsc.	microscopic / microscopical	
midl.	midland / midlands	
Mil.	military	
Milit.	military	
Min.	mineralogy	
min.	minimum	
Mineral.	mineralogy / minaralogic / minaralogical	
Misc.	miscellaneous / miscellany	
misc.	miscellaneous	
Miscell.	miscellany	
mispr.	misprinted	
mkt	market	
Mod.	modern	
mod.	modern	
Monum.	monument	
Morphol.	morphology	
Mr.	Mister	
Mrs.	Mistress	
MS.	manuscript	
Ms.	Miss	
msg.	message	
MSS.	manuscripts	
Mt.	mount / mountain	
Mtg.	meeting	
Mts.	mountains	
Munic.	municipal	
Munif.	munificence	
Munim.	muniment	
Mus.	music / musical / museum	
Myst.	mystery	
Myth.	mythology	
Mythol.	mythology	
N.	north / northern	
n.	neuter / north / noun	
N. Afr.	North Africa / North African	
N. Amer.	North America / North American	
N. Carolina	North Carolina	
N. Dakota	North Dakota	
N. Ir.	Northern Irish	
N. Irel.	Northern Ireland	
N.E.	north-east / north-eastern	
n.e.	north-eastern	
N.E.D.	New English Dictionary	
N.S. Wales	New South Wales	
N.S.W.	New South Wales	
N.T.	New Testament	
N.W.	north-west / north-western	
n.w.	north-western	
N.Y.	New York	
N.Z.	New Zealand	
n/a	not applicable / not available	
Nah.	Nahum	
Narr.	narrative	
Narrat.	narrative	
NASA	National Aeronautics and Space Administration	
NASCAR	National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing	
Nat.	natural	
nat.	national / natural	
Nat. Hist.	natural history	
Nat. Philos.	natural philosophy	
Nat. Sci.	natural science	
Naut.	nautical	
Nav.	naval / navigation	
Navig.	navigation	
neg.	negative	
Neh.	Nehemiah	
Neighb.	neighbour / neighbours / neighbourhood	
Nerv.	nervous	
Neurol.	neurology / neurologic / neurological	
Neurosurg.	neurosurgery	
New Hampsh.	New Hampshire	
Newc.	Newcastle	
Newspr.	newsprint	
No.	number	
nom.	nominative	
nonce-wd.	nonce-word	
Nonconf.	nonconformist / nonconformists	
Non-conf.	nonconformist / nonconformists	
Norf.	Norfolk	
north.	northern	
Northamptonsh.	Northamptonshire	
Northants.	Northamptonshire	
Northumb.	Northumberland / Northumbrian	
Northumbld.	Northumberland	
Northumbr.	Northumbrian	
Norw.	Norwegian	
Norweg.	Norwegian	
Notts.	Nottinghamshire	
Nov.	November	
ns.	nouns	
Nucl.	nuclear	
Num.	Numbers	
Numism.	numismatics	
O.E.D.	Oxford English Dictionary	
O.T.	Old Testament	
Obad.	Obadiah	
Obed.	obedience	
Obj.	objective / object / objects	
obj.	object / objective	
obl.	oblique	
Obs.	obsolete	
obs.	obsolete	
Observ.	observation / observations	
Obstet.	obstetric / obstetrics	
Obstetr.	obstetric / obstetrics	
Obstetr. Med.	obstetric medicine	
Occas.	occasional	
occas.	occasionally	
Occup.	occupation / occupational	
Occurr.	occurrence	
Oceanogr.	oceanography / oceanographic / oceanographical	
Oct.	October	
OE	Old English	
Off.	official / office	
Offic.	official	
Okla.	Oklahoma	
Ont.	Ontario	
Ophthalm.	ophthalmology	
Ophthalmol.	ophthalmology / ophtalmologic / ophtalmological	
opp.	opposed / opposite	
Oppress.	oppression	
Opt.	optics	
Orac.	oracle / oracles	
Ord.	order / orders / ordinance / ordinances	
Org.	organic	
Org. Chem.	organic chemistry	
Organ. Chem.	organic chemistry	
Orig.	original	
orig.	origin / original / originly	
Orkn.	Orkney	
Ornith.	ornithology	
Ornithol.	ornithology / ornithologic / ornithological	
Orthogr.	orthography	
Outl.	outline	
Oxf.	Oxford	
Oxfordsh.	Oxfordshire	
Oxon.	Oxfordshire	
Oz.	ounces	
p.	page	
P. R.	public records	
p.a	through the year	
p.a.	per annum	
p.m	after midday	
P.S	Post Scriptum	
Pa.	Pennsylvania	
pa.	past	
pa. pple.	passive participle / past participle	
pa. t.	past tense	
Palaeobot.	palaeobotany	
Palaeogr.	palaeography	
Palaeont.	palaeontology	
Palaeontol.	palaeontology / palaeontologic / palaeontological	
par.	paragraph	
Paraphr.	paraphrase / paraphrased	
Parasitol.	parasitology	
Parl.	parliament / parliamentary	
Parnass.	Parnassus	
pass.	passive / passively	
Path.	pathology / pathologic / pathological	
Pathol.	pathology / pathologic / pathological	
PC	Personal Computer	
pd.	paid	
Peculat.	peculation / peculations	
Penins.	peninsula	
Perf.	perfect / perfection	
perf.	perfect	
perh.	perhaps	
Periodontol.	periodontology / periodontologic / periodontological	
Pers.	Persian / personal	
pers.	person / personal	
Persec.	persecution / persecutions	
personif.	personified	
Perthsh.	Perthshire	
Pet.	Peter	
Petrogr.	petrography / petrographic / petrographical	
Petrol.	petrology / petrologic / petrological	
pf.	perfect	
Pharm.	pharmacology	
Pharmaceut.	pharmaceutical	
Pharmacol.	pharmacology / pharmacological	
PhD	Doctorate of Philosophy	
Phil.	philosophy / philosophic / philosophical / Philippians	
Philad.	Philadelphia	
Philem.	Philemon	
Philipp.	Philippians	
Philol.	philology / philologic / philological	
Philos.	philosophy / philosophic / philosophical	
Phoen.	Phoenician	
phonet.	phonetic / phonetically	
Phonol.	phonology	
Photog.	photography	
Photogr.	photography / photographic / photographical	
phr.	phrase	
Phrenol.	phrenology	
Phys.	physiology	
Physical Chem.	physical chemistry	
Physical Geogr.	physical geography	
Physiogr.	physiography	
Physiol.	physiology / physiologic / physiological	
Pict.	pictorial / picture / pictures	
Pk.	park	
pk.	pack	
Pl.	plural / place	
pl.	plural	
plur.	plural	
Poet.	poetical	
poet.	poetic / poetical	
Pol.	politics / political	
Pol. Econ.	political economy	
Polit.	politics / political	
Polytechn.	polytechnic / polytechnical	
Pop.	popular	
pop.	popular / popularly	
Porc.	porcelain	
Port.	Portuguese	
Poss.	possessive	
poss.	possessive / possible / possibly	
Posth.	posthumous / posthumously	
Postm.	postmaster	
Pott.	pottery	
pp.	pages	
ppl.	participial	
ppl. a.	participial adjective	
ppl. adj.	participial adjective	
ppl. adjs.	participial adjectives	
pple.	participle	
pples.	participles	
PR	public relations / American purchase request	
pr.	present / pair	
pr. pple.	present participle	
Pract.	practical / practice	
prec.	preceding	
pred.	predicate	
predic.	predicate / predicative / predicatively	
Predict.	prediction	
Pref.	preface	
pref.	prefix	
Preh.	prehistoric	
Prehist.	prehistory / prehistoric	
Prep.	preposition	
prep.	preposition / prepositional / preparatory	
Prerog.	prerogative	
Pres.	present	
pres.	present	
pres. pple.	present participle	
Presb.	Presbyterian / presbytery	
Preserv.	preservation	
Prim.	primer / primers	
Princ.	principle / principles	
Print.	printing	
priv.	privative	
prob.	probably	
Probab.	probability / probabilities	
Probl.	problem	
Proc.	proceedings	
Prod.	product / products	
Prof.	Professor	
Prol.	prologue	
Pron.	pronoun	
pron.	pronoun / pronunciation	
Pronunc.	pronunciation	
pronunc.	pronunciation	
Prop.	property / properties	
prop.	properly	
propr.	proprietary	
Pros.	prosody	
Prov.	proverb / Proverbs	
prov.	proverb / proverbial / proverbly	
Provid.	providence / providences	
Provinc.	provincial	
Provis.	provisional	
Ps.	Psalms	
Pseud.	pseudonym	
pseudo-arch.	pseudo-archaic	
pseudo-dial.	pseudo-dialect	
pseudo-Sc.	pseudo-Scots	
Psych.	psychology	
Psychoanal.	psychoanalysis	
Psychoanalyt.	psychoanalytic	
Psychol.	psychology / psychologic / psychological	
Psychopathol.	psychopathology / psychopathologic / psychopathological	
Pt.	part	
Publ.	public / publication	
Purg.	purgatory	
Q.	quarterly / queen	
Q. Eliz.	Queen Elizabeth	
Q.E.D.	which is what had to be proven	
q.v.	quod vide / which see	
Qld.	Queensland	
Quantum Mech.	quantum mechanics	
Queen’s Bench Div.	Queen’s Bench Division	
quot.	quotation	
quots.	quotations	
R.	royal	
R.A.F.	Royal Air Force	
R.C.	Roman Catholic / Roman Catholicism	
R.C. Church	Roman Catholic Church	
R.I.P	rest in peace	
R.N.	Royal Navy	
Radiol.	radiology	
RAM	Random Access Memory	
Reas.	reason / reasons	
Reb.	rebellion	
Rebell.	rebellion	
Rec.	record / records	
recd.	received	
Reclam.	reclamation	
Recoll.	recollection	
Redempt.	redemption	
redupl.	reduplicating	
Ref.	reference / reformation	
refash.	refashioned / refashioning	
Refl.	reflection / reflections	
refl.	reflexive	
Refus.	refusal	
Refut.	refutation	
Reg.	register	
reg.	regular / registration	
regd.	registered	
Regic.	regicide	
Regist.	register	
Regr.	register	
Rel.	relating	
rel.	related / relative	
Relig.	religion / religious	
Reminisc.	reminiscence / reminiscences	
Remonstr.	remonstrance	
Renfrewsh.	Renfrewshire	
Rep.	report / American Representative	
repr.	representative / representing	
Reprod.	reproduction / reproductive	
Rept.	report	
Repub.	republic	
Res.	research	
Resid.	residence / residential	
Ret.	return	
Retrosp.	retrospective	
Rev.	Reverend / review / revised / Revelation	
Revol.	revolution	
Rhet.	rhetoric	
rhet.	rhetorical / rhetorically	
Rhode Isl.	Rhode Island	
Rich.	Richard	
Rom.	Roman / Romans	
Rom. Antiq.	Roman antiquities	
Ross-sh.	Ross-shire	
Roxb.	Roxburgh	
Roy.	royal	
Rudim.	rudiment / rudiments	
Russ.	Russia / Russian	
Rx.	american prescription	
S.	south / southern	
s.	south	
S. Afr.	South Africa / South African	
S. Carolina	South Carolina	
S. Dakota	South Dakota	
S.E.	south-east / south-eastern	
s.e.	south-eastern	
S.T.S.	Scottish Text Society	
s.v.	sub verbo / under the word	
S.W.	south-west / south-western	
s.w.	south-western	
Sam.	Samuel	
SARS	Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome	
Sask.	Saskatchewan	
Sat.	Saturday	
Sax.	Saxon	
Sc.	Scottish / Scots	
sc.	scilicet / understand / supply	
Scand.	Scandinavia / Scandinavian	
Sch.	school	
Sci.	science / sciences / scientific	
Scot.	Scottish	
Scotl.	Scotland	
Script.	scripture	
Sculpt.	sculpture	
sec.	secretary / section	
Seismol.	seismology	
Sel.	selected	
Sel. comm.	select committee	
Select.	selection	
Sept.	September	
Ser.	series	
Serm.	sermon / sermons	
Sess.	session	
Settlem.	settlement	
Sev.	several	
Shakes.	Shakespeare	
Shaks.	Shakespeare	
Sheph.	shepherd	
Shetl.	Shetland	
Shropsh.	Shropshire	
sic	intentionally so written	
Sing.	singular	
sing.	singular	
Soc.	Society	
Sociol.	sociology / sociological	
Som.	Somerset	
SONAR	Sound Navigation And Ranging	
Song of Sol.	Song of Solomon	
Song Sol.	Song of Solomon	
Sonn.	sonnet	
south.	southern	
sp.	spelling	
Span.	Spanish	
Spec.	special / specimen / specimens	
spec.	specifically	
Specif.	specification / specifications	
Specim.	specimen / specimens	
Spectrosc.	spectroscopy	
Sq.	square	
Sr.	Senior	
SS.	saints	
St.	Saint / street	
Staff.	Staffordshire	
Stafford.	Staffordshire	
Staffordsh.	Staffordshire	
Staffs.	Staffordshire	
Stand.	standard	
Stat	immediately	
Stat.	statistical	
Statist.	statistical	
Stock Exch.	stock exchange	
str.	strong	
Stratigr.	stratigraphy / stratigraphical	
Struct.	structure / structural	
Stud.	studies	
Subj.	subject / subjects	
subj.	subject / subjunctive	
subjunct.	subjunctive	
subord.	subordinate	
subord. cl.	subordinate clause	
Subscr.	subscription	
Subscript.	subscription	
subseq.	subsequent / subsequently	
subst.	substantive / substantively	
Suff.	Suffolk	
suff.	suffix	
superl.	superlative	
Suppl.	supplement / supplementary	
Supplic.	supplication / supplications	
Suppress.	suppression	
Surg.	surgery / surgical	
Surv.	survey / surveying	
Sus.	Susanna	
syll.	syllable	
Symmetr.	symmetrical	
Symp.	symposium	
Syn.	synonym	
Syst.	system	
t.	tense	
Taxon.	taxonomy / taxonomic	
TBA	To Be Announced	
tba	to be announced	
TBC	To Be Confirmed	
tbc	to be confirmed	
Techn.	technical	
techn.	technical	
Technol.	technology / technological	
Tel.	telegraph / telephone	
Telecomm.	telecommunications	
Telegr.	telegraph / telegraphy / telegraphic / telegraphical	
Teleph.	telephony / telephonic	
Teratol.	teratology	
Terminol.	terminology / terminological	
Terrestr.	terrestrial	
Test.	testament	
Textbk.	textbook	
Theat.	theatre / theatrical	
Theatr.	theatre / theatrical	
Theol.	theology / theological	
Theoret.	theoretical	
Thermonucl.	thermonuclear	
Thes.	thesaurus	
Thess.	Thessalonians	
Tim.	Timothy	
Tit.	Titus	
TM	trademark	
Topogr.	topography / topographic / topographical	
tr.	translation / translating	
Trad.	tradition / traditional	
Trag.	tragedy	
Trans.	translation / transaction / transactions	
trans.	transitive	
transf.	transferred sense	
Transl.	translation	
transl.	translation / translating	
Transubstant.	transubstantiation	
Trav.	travel / travels	
Treas.	treasurer / treasury	
Treat.	treatise	
Treatm.	treatment	
Trib.	tribune	
Trig.	trigonometry	
Trigonom.	trigonometry	
Trop.	tropical	
Troub.	troublesome	
Troubl.	troublesome	
Typog.	typography	
Typogr.	typography	
U.K.	United Kingdom	
U.S.	United States	
U.S.A.F.	United States Air Force	
U.S.S.R.	Union of Soviet Socialist Republics	
ult.	ultimately	
UN	United Nations	
UNICEF	United Nations Children’s Education Fund	
Univ.	university	
unkn.	unknown	
Unnat.	unnatural	
Unoffic.	unofficial	
unstr.	unstressed	
Urin.	urinary	
USP	Unique Selling Proposition	
usu.	usually	
Utilit.	utilitarian	
V.	verb	
v.	verb	
Va.	Virginia	
Vac.	vacation	
Valedict.	valediction	
var.	variant	
varr.	variants	
vars.	variants	
Vb.	verb	
vb.	verb	
vbl.	verbal	
vbl. ns.	verbal nouns	
vbl.n.	verbal noun	
vbs.	verbs	
Veg.	vegetable	
Veg. Phys.	vegetable physiology	
Veg. Physiol.	vegetable physiology	
Venet.	Venetian	
Vertebr.	vertebrate	
Vet.	veterinary / veterinary science	
Vet. Med.	veterinary medicine	
Vet. Path.	veterinary pathology	
Vet. Sci.	veterinary science	
Vet. Surg.	veterinary surgery	
Vic.	Victoria	
Vict.	Victoria	
Vind.	vindication / vindicated	
Vindic.	vindication / vindicated	
VIP	Very Important Person	
Virg.	virgin / virgins	
Virol.	virology	
viz.	videlicet / namely	
Voc.	vocabulary	
Vocab.	vocabulary	
Vol.	volume	
vol.	volume	
Vols.	volumes	
Voy.	voyage / voyages	
Vs	versus	
Vs.	versus	
vs.	versus	
Vulg.	vulgar / Vulgate	
vulg.	vulgar / vulgarly	
W.	west / western	
w.	west	
W. Afr.	West Africa / West African	
W. Ind.	West Indies / West Indian	
W. Indies	West Indies	
W. Va.	West Virginia	
Warwicksh.	Warwickshire	
Wd.	word	
wd.	word	
west.	western	
Westm.	Westminster	
Westmld.	Westmoreland	
Westmorld.	Westmoreland	
Westmrld.	Westmoreland	
Will.	William	
Wilts.	Wiltshire	
Wiltsh.	Wiltshire	
Wis.	Wisconsin	
Wisd.	wisdom / Wisdom of Solomon	
Wk.	week / work	
wk.	weak	
Wkly.	weekly	
Wks.	works	
Wonderf.	wonderful	
Worc.	Worcestershire	
Worcestersh.	Worcestershire	
Worcs.	Worcestershire	
Writ.	writing / writings	
WWW	World Wide Web	
Yearbk.	yearbook	
YMCA	Young Men’s Christian Association	
Yng.	young	
Yorks.	Yorkshire	
Yorksh.	Yorkshire	
Yr.	year	
yr.	your	
Yrs.	years	
yrs.	yours	
Zech.	Zechariah	
Zeitschr.	Zeitschrift	
Zeph.	Zephaniah	
Zoogeogr.	zoogeography	
Zool.	zoology / zoological	
