| C |
| c.a. |
chartered -
accountant - chief - accountant - commercial - agent -
consular - agent - controller of accounts |
|
| cal. |
calendar - caliber
- small - calorie |
|
| cap. |
capital -
capitalize |
|
| capt. |
captain |
|
| cath. |
cathedral |
|
| cc / cc. / c.c.
|
cubic - centimeters |
|
| cent. |
centigrade -
centimeter - central - century |
|
| cf. |
Latin confer
= compare |
|
| ch. |
chaplain - chapter
- check - (chess) - chief - child - children - Latin -
chirurgia = surgery - church |
|
| chap. |
chaplain - chapter |
|
| chem. |
chemical - chemist
- chemistry |
|
| chm. |
chairman -
checkmate - (chess) |
|
| chron. |
chronology |
|
| cir. /circ.
|
circular - Latin -
circa = about |
|
| cit. |
citation - cited -
citizen |
|
| civ. |
civil - civilian |
|
| clk. |
clerk |
|
| cm / cm. |
centimeter (s) |
|
| co. |
company - county |
|
| c.o. / c/o
|
care of - carried
over |
|
| c.o.d. |
cash on delivery -
collect on delivery |
|
| col. |
collected -
collector - college - colonel - colonial - colony - column |
|
| colloq. |
colloquial -
colloquialism |
|
| com. |
comedy - command -
commandant - commerce - commercial - commission(er) - committee
- commodore - common - communication - community |
|
| comdr. |
commander |
|
| comr. |
commissioner |
|
| comp. |
compiler - compiled
by |
|
| con. |
concerto -
consolidated - consul |
|
| cond. |
conductor -
conducted by |
|
| conf. |
conference |
|
| cong. |
congress |
|
| consol. |
consolidated |
|
| constr. |
construction |
|
| cont. |
containing -
contents - continent - continental - continue - continued |
|
| cont. / contd.
|
continued |
|
| corp. |
corporal -
corporation |
|
| cp. |
candlepower -
compare |
|
| cpl. |
corporal |
|
| cr. |
credit - creditor -
creek |
|
| crit. |
criticism |
|
| ct. |
carat - cent -
court |
|
| cu. |
cubic |
|
| cwt. |
hundredweight |
|
| D |
| d. |
dam (pedigrees) -
date - daughter - day(s) - dead - democrat - density - diameter
- died |
|
| d. |
pence - penny |
|
| dec. - |
deceased -
declaration - declension - declination - decrease - Italian -
deprescendo = decreasing in loudness (music) |
|
| def. |
definition -
definite |
|
| deg. |
degree(s) |
|
| dep. |
department -
departure - deposit - depot - deputy |
|
| dept. |
department - deputy |
|
| der. / deriv.
|
derivation -
derivative |
|
| diag. |
diagram |
|
| dial. |
dialect |
|
| dict. |
dictionary |
|
| dim. |
Italian
diminuendo = diminishing in loudness (music) |
|
| dipl. |
diplomat -
diplomatic |
|
| dir. |
director - directed
by |
|
| disc. |
discount -
discovered |
|
| dist. |
distinguished -
district |
|
| distr. |
distribution -
distributed by |
|
| div. |
dividend - division
- divorced |
|
| dm / dm. |
decameter -
decimeter |
|
| do. |
Latin ditto
= the same |
|
| doc. |
document |
|
| doz. |
dozen |
|
| dpt. |
department |
|
| dr. - , , ,
|
debit - debtor -
drachma - dram |
|
| d.t. |
delirium tremens -
double time |
|
| dup. / dupl. |
duplicate |
|
| dwt. |
pennyweight |
|
| E |
| e / e. |
erg - errors -
(Baseball) |
|
| ea. |
each |
|
| eccl. / eccles.
|
ecclesiastical |
|
| ecol. |
ecology |
|
| econ. |
economic -
economics - economy |
|
| ed. |
edited - edited by
- edition - editor |
|
| e.g. |
Latin exempli
gratia = for example |
|
| elec. / elect. |
electric -
electrical - electrician - electricity |
|
| elev. |
elevation |
|
| emp. |
emperor - empire -
empress |
|
| e.m.u. |
electromagnetic
unit |
|
| enc. |
enclosed |
|
| ency. / encyc. /
encycl. |
encyclopedia |
|
| eng. |
engineer -
engineering - engraved |
|
| entom. / entomol. |
entomologist -
entomology |
|
| esp. |
especially |
|
| est. |
established -
estimate |
|
et al.
|
Latin et alibi
= and elsewhere
Latin et alii, et aliae = and others |
|
| etc. |
Latin et cetera
= and so forth |
|
| et seq. |
Latin et sequens
= and the following
Latin et sequentes or seqentia = and those that
follow |
|
| ex. |
examined - example
|
|
| exch. |
exchange -
exchequer |
|
| exec. |
executive -
executor |
|
| ex lib. |
Latin ex libris
= from the books of |
|
|
M |
| m. |
male - married -
meridian - Latin
meridies = noon - meter - mile - minute - |
|
| mach. |
mach - machine -
machinist |
|
| mag. |
magazine |
|
| maj. |
major |
|
| mas. / masc. |
masculine |
|
| math. |
mathematician -
mathematics |
|
| mdse. |
merchandise |
|
| mech. |
mechanical -
mechanics |
|
| med. |
medical - medicine
- medieval |
|
| mem. / memo
|
Latin memento
= remember - memorandum |
|
| mfg. |
manufacturing |
|
| mfg. |
manufacturing |
|
| mg / mg. / mgm
|
milligram |
|
| mgr. |
manager |
|
| mi |
miles - mill (note:
no period after mi) |
|
| misc. |
miscellaneous |
|
| ml /
ml. |
milliliter |
|
| mm |
millimeter(s) -
Latin millia = thousands |
|
| mm |
millimeter(s) -
Latin millia = thousands |
|
| mod. |
moderate - modern |
|
| ms. / mss.
|
manuscript -
manuscripts |
|
| mt. / mts. |
mount - mountain -
mountains |
|
| mus. |
museum - music -
musician |
|
| P |
| p. / pp. |
page - pages |
|
| par. |
paragraph -
parallel |
|
| pat. /patd.
|
patent - patented |
|
| pct. |
percent |
|
| p.d. |
Latin per diem =
by the day |
|
| pen. |
peninsular |
|
| perf. - |
performer -
performed by |
|
| philos. |
philosopher -
philosophy |
|
| phys. |
physical -
physician - physicist - physics |
|
| pl. |
plural - plate |
|
| ppd. |
postpaid - prepaid |
|
| pref. |
preface - preface
by |
|
| prin. |
principal -
principle |
|
| prod. |
produced by -
producer - production |
|
| pro tem. |
Latin pro
tempore = for the time being |
|
| pron. |
pronoun -
pronunciation |
|
| pseud. |
pseudonym |
|
| psych. / psychol. |
psychological -
psychologist - psychology |
|
| pt |
pint (note: no
period after pt) |
|
| pt. |
part - payment -
point - port |
|
| pub. / publ.
|
public - publisher
- publication - published by |
|
| pwt |
pennyweight (note:
no period after pwt) |
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