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| Abbreviation | Meaning |
| a. |
adjective |
| a. |
adoption of, adopted from |
| a |
(in dates) ante |
| abbrev. |
abbreviation (of) |
| Aberd. |
Aberdeen |
| abl. |
ablative |
| absol. |
absolute(ly) |
| abstr. |
abstract |
| Acad. |
academia, academy, academic(al) |
| acc. |
according (to) |
| acc. |
accusative |
| accus. |
accusative |
| A.D. |
Anno Domini |
| ad. |
adaptation of |
| adj. |
adjectival |
| adj. |
adjective |
| adj. phr. |
adjectival phrase |
| adjs. |
adjectives |
| adv. |
adverb, adverbial(ly) |
| advb. |
adverb, adverbial(ly) |
| advs. |
adverbs |
| Aeronaut. |
aeronautics |
| AF. |
Anglo-French |
| Af. |
African |
| AFr. |
Anglo-French |
| Afr. |
Africa(n) |
| Agric. |
agriculture |
| AL. |
Anglo-Latin |
| Alb. |
Albanian |
| Alban. |
Albanian |
| Alch. |
alchemy |
| Alg. |
algebra |
| Algerian Arab. |
Algerian Arabic |
| alt. |
alteration |
| Amer. |
American |
| Amer. Fr. |
American French |
| American Ind. |
American Indian |
| Amer. Ind. |
American Indian |
| Amer.-Indian |
American Indian |
| Amer. Sp. |
American Spanish |
| Amer.-Sp. |
American Spanish |
| AN. |
Anglo-Norman |
| Analyt. |
analytical |
| Anat. |
anatomy |
| Anc. |
ancient |
| 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 |
| AngloL. |
Anglo-Latin |
| Anglo-Lat. |
Anglo-Latin |
| Anglo-Norm. |
Anglo-Norman |
| Anim. |
animal |
| Ant. |
antiquities |
| Anthrop. |
anthropology |
| Anthropol. |
anthropology |
| Antiq. |
antiquities |
| aphet. |
aphetic, aphetized |
| app. |
apparently |
| appos. |
appositive(ly) |
| Ar. |
Arabic |
| Arab. |
Arabic |
| Arab.-Pers. |
Arabic-Persian |
| Aram. |
Aramaic |
| Arch. |
architecture |
| arch. |
archaic |
| Archaeol. |
archaeology |
| Archit. |
architecture |
| Argentine Sp. |
Argentine Spanish |
| Arith. |
arithmetic |
| Arm. |
Armenian |
| Armen. |
Armenian |
| art. |
article |
| Artill. |
artillery |
| assoc. |
association |
| Assoc. Football |
Association Football |
| Assyriol. |
Assyriology |
| Astr. |
astronomy |
| Astrol. |
astrology |
| Astron. |
astronomy |
| Astronaut. |
astronautics |
| Att. |
Attic |
| attrib. |
attributive(ly) |
| Austr. |
Australian |
| Austral. |
Australian |
| Austrian G. |
Austrian German |
| Austrian Ger. |
Austrian German |
| A.V. |
Authorized Version |
| Av. |
Avestan |
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