List of Abbreviations
| a, adj. | adjective |
| abbr. | abbreviation |
| adv. | adverb |
| agr. | agriculture |
| all s. | all senses |
| A.L. | Auxiliary Language |
| Am. | Americanism |
| anat. | anatomy |
| arch. | architecture |
| arts | in the arts |
| astr. | astronomy |
| aux. | auxiliary |
| Bib., bibl. | Bible, biblical |
| biol. | biology |
| bot. | botany |
| chem. | chemistry |
| cin. | cinema |
| class. | classical |
| coll. | colloquial |
| collect. | collective |
| comm. | commerce, -cial |
| comp. | comparative |
| compl. | complement |
| conj. | conjunction |
| contr. | contraction |
| cook. | cooking, cuisine |
| dial. | dialect |
| dim. | diminutive |
| E. | English |
| eccles. | ecclesiastical |
| electr. | electricity |
| exc. | except, -ion |
| excl. | exclamation, -atory |
| f | feminine |
| fig. | figurative, -ly |
| fin. | finance, -ial |
| Fr. | French |
| fut. | future |
| G. | German |
| gen. | generally |
| geog. | geography |
| Gk. | Greek |
| gramm. | grammar |
| hist. | history |
| i. | intransitive |
| i.e. | id. est, that is, i.e. |
| I.L. | International Language |
| . | |
| incl. | including |
| inf. | infinitive |
| intrrg. | interrogative |
| ir. | ironical |
| It. | Italian |
| jur. | juridical |
| Lat. | Latin |
| lang. | language |
| lit. | literary |
| m | masculine |
| math. | mathematics |
| meas. | measure |
| mech. | mechanics |
| med. | medical |
| mil. | military |
| mot | motoring |
| mus. | music |
| myth. | mythology |
| n | noun |
| naut. | nautical |
| neg. | negative |
| num. | number, numeral |
| partc. | participle |
| pej. | pejorative |
| pers. | personal |
| philol. | philology |
| philos. | philosophy |
| phr. | phrase |
| phys. | physics |
| pl. | plural |
| poet. | poetry, -tical |
| pol. | politics |
| pop. | popular |
| poss. | possessive |
| p. partc. | past participle |
| pref. | prefix |
| prep. | preposition |
| pres. | present |
| pr. p. | present participle |
| print. | printing |
| pron. | pronunciation |
| prnn. | pronoun |
| p.t. | past tense |
| R. | Russian |
| refl. | reflexive |
| rel. | relative |
| relig. | religion |
| Rom. | Roman |
| sc. | science |
| sing. | singular |
| sl. | slang |
| Sp. | Spanish |
| subj. | subject |
| subjnc. | subjunctive |
| suff. | suffix |
| techn. | technic(al) |
| theat. | theatre |
| tr. | transitive |
| U.S. | United States |
| usu. | usually |
| vulg. | vulgar |
| zool. | zoology |