Wiktionary:Requested entries (English)
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Have an entry request? Add it to the list – but please:
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- We have 1-h TL FM. Along the same lines we could also have 10-h TL FM, 100-h TL FM, and 1,000-h TL FM / 1000-h TL FM. (Seemingly only attested with these numbers).
- 5D chess - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library - verb, after the game 5D Chess with Multiverse Time Travel; past tense 5D chessed or 5D chess'd
- I am interested in seeing a fuller coverage of plate tectonics and submarine features like plates themselves (Philippine Sea Plate, Scotia Plate), oil fields (Chengbei, I have no list of these), trenches (Manila Trench, Mariana Trench), ridges (Mid-Atlantic Ridge, East Pacific Rise), and similar (James Shoal, Darwin Mounds) etc. This kind of work will be mostly based in academic literature. I hope to see a more adequate system of categories developed. To show you how woefully inadequate Wiktionary is at this time (2022), I just today created Mid-Atlantic Ridge and dumped it into Category:Oceanography and Category:Places. See List of submarine topographical features, List of reefs --Geographyinitiative (talk) 21:35, 24 June 2022 (UTC)
- You're so dramatic, Joggy! There's a perfectly decent project for these... Wikipedia Demonicallt (talk) 00:48, 1 February 2024 (UTC)
- And Wiktionary. CitationsFreak (talk) 17:27, 1 February 2024 (UTC)
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- argumentum ad illegalum - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library - also argumentum ad penalum, ad scelestum, ad carcerum, and ad criminalum, a logical falacy that says that if something is illegal it means it is immoral and or anti-ethical no matter what.
- argumentum ad legalum - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library - also argumentum ad codexum, ad constitutium, ad iutistium, and ad lexum a logical fallacy that says if something is legal it means it is moral and or ethical no matter what.
- Ardiaei - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library (noun pl.) and Ardiaean - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library (adj.) of an Illyrian tribe, Ἀρδιαῖοι (Ardiaîoi), w:Ardiaei
- akohekohe bird
- alauahio bird
- amaui birdie
- anianiau birdie
- apapane birdie
- avocetbill birdie
B[edit]
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- balani (new sense) - sea urchins (see [1], [2], [3]). Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 19:49, 4 March 2024 (UTC)
- I suspect that is barnacles (perhaps genus Balanus or family Balanidae) rather than sea urchins. OED includes a short quote at acorn from 1755: "Sea Acorns, Balani." Cnilep (talk) 03:55, 6 March 2024 (UTC)
- beer stick - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library (or stick of beer - may be an alt. for be either beer flight or beer paddle. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 21:30, 28 February 2024 (UTC)
- BFBVFS - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library - abbreviation for "big fiery ball visible from space", an irreversibly corrupted game file or a crashed computer. Originated on The Sims 2 fan community "More Awesome Than You" Estreyeria (talk) 18:33, 25 January 2024 (UTC)
- big fiery ball visible from space - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library see BFBVFS above Estreyeria (talk) 18:33, 25 January 2024 (UTC)
- blueberrita - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library
- Botni - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library - some Scandinavian area. See Ostrobothnia et al Fond of sanddunes (talk) 22:48, 11 January 2024 (UTC)
- bernieria bird
- bushcrow bird
- buzzard-eagle bird
C[edit]
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- cheat curl - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library.
- chevvu - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library - See Citations:chevvu, of Gems and Gemology by Robert M. Shipley, and of the Ceylon Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society: Volumes 1-11 page 53. Heyandwhoa (talk) 20:47, 2 March 2024 (UTC)
- copydump - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library | Seems to be a command on some IBM system: I can't see use as actual English in GBooks. Equinox ◑ 01:47, 18 February 2024 (UTC)
- coward's way out - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library - refers to suicide
- cranberrita - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library - Citations:cranberrita
- cranbrie - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library - Citations:cranbrie
- canary-flycatcher bird
- chilia bird
- chlorospingus bird
- cocquette bird
- cordonbleu bird
- cuckoo-finch bird
D[edit]
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- defensive lineman - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library - American football position
- dichlorofluorescin - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library — chemical that is to dichlorofluorescein as fluorescin is to fluorescein. —DIV
- dickinsoniomorph - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library
- direct commission - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library
- disc warming - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library - Flat Earth slang for global warming
dollarita - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library - Citations:DollaritaNo, it previously failed RFV.- darkeye bird
E[edit]
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- elachura bird
F[edit]
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- first at-bat - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library - literal and idiomatic senses
- fineapple - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library
- fire-eye bird
- flycatcher-shrike bird
- foliage-gleaner bird
- fun in games - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library - common eggcorn these days of fun and games
G[edit]
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- geoplankton - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library - Citations:geoplankton
- glammery - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library - Citations:glammery
- geomalia bird
- graytail bird
- greytail bird
- grosbeak-canary bird
- groundhunter bird
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- hawkfly - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library — appears in the University of Wales Dictionary of the Welsh language as a translation of pry'r crëyr and according to General Aspects Of Commercial Gardening (1913), it refers to hoverflies of the genus Scaeva, but isn't clear on whether they are a specific species within the genus.
- HFY - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library — acronym of "Humanity, Fuck Yeah!"; (Internet, Reddit, neologism) HFY is a story/series that takes a “human element” in either humanity or an “other” (race/species or object) that exists in a “setting” (future or other world/universe) with varying levels of culture, technology, society and history that help show in some shape or form the potential good or bad for humanity’s race/culture.[1].
- higher animal - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library
- harrier-hawk
- heleia
- hemispingus
- huet-huet
- hylia
- hylocitrea
I[edit]
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- interactive teller machine - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library - Also check ITM. Heyandwhoa (talk) 01:19, 6 February 2024 (UTC) - Citations:interactive teller machine
J[edit]
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- jack - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library - another word for a jacket, rather than specifically one for a padded jacket that forms part of a suit of armour. This appears in the etymology of the Yola word jock and in the copyrighted name of a brand of packable plastic raincoat/anorak/cagoule ('jack in a pack').
- jack socket - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library - sounded redundant when I heard it but gets pretty decent hits and is in the OED
- jewel-babbler not just a bird
K[edit]
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- kimberellomorph - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library
- Koasek: some Native American tribe? see Cowasuck, and Koasek Abenaki Tribe (which says they aren't the same, though some other sources might disagree?)
- Kripke structure - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library
- kakamega - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library (bird)
- kamao - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library (bird)
L[edit]
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- leaflute - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library - Citations:leaflute
- legal absolutism - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library - the idea that the laws are absolute and that the Executive, the Legislative and the Judicial are absolute and can do whatever they want. A good example are liberal democracy supporters who defend elected governments and the supposed "will of majority" at all costs. Like defending Javier Milei, Tarcisio de Freitas, Lula da Silva, Zelensky, Netanyahu, Trump, and Biden at the same time.
- legal relativism - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library - also legal particularism or legal contigency theory, it states the law is relative and that everything depends regarding the law and the three powers. Mainly if it is about the three powers on liberal democracy.
- lights are green - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library / the lights are green - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library — something to do with smoking marijuana, AFAIK. Other possible sense: the go-ahead/approval is given—DIV (1.145.19.119 10:42, 17 February 2024 (UTC))
- living off the land - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library - See [4]. Heyandwhoa (talk) 23:06, 8 March 2024 (UTC)
- LOTL - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library - See "living off the land" above. Heyandwhoa (talk) 23:06, 8 March 2024 (UTC)
- leafworker - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library (bird)
- longbill - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library (bird)
M[edit]
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- man it out - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library - to act maturely, stoic or gritty in a difficult situation
- MEDINT - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library
- millillion - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library See Citations:millillion - 103003.
- modal companion - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library
- muroplast - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library
- mutuel - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library- deals with betting issues- "mutuel windows" etc. | Maybe related to pari-mutuel. Equinox ◑ 00:18, 27 January 2024 (UTC)
- magpie-jay - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library (bird)
- meliphaga - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library (bird)
- mesia - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library (bird)
- minla - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library (bird)
- mohoau - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library (bird)
- moorchat - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library (bird)
- mouse-warbler - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library (bird)
- myiagra - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library (bird)
N[edit]
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- nose in the air: (with one's ~; have one's ~) being disdainful, uppity, stuck up
- notchplasty - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library
- nimisin - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library: Seems to mean "protologism" in Toki Pona; probably not an English word though.
- nightingale-thrush - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library (bird)
- nightingale-wren - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library (bird)
O[edit]
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- offensive lineman - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library - American football position
- orthoteny - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library
- oxy-hydrogen microscope - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library - "The oxy-hydrogen microscope, which projected microscopic subjects onto a screen using limelight, magnifying lenses, and a magic lantern, entertained audiences from 1825 through the first decades of cinema. ... The oxy-hydrogen microscope combined technologies of the microscope (magnification), oxy-hydrogen lamp (illumination), and magic lantern (projection). With its powerful light, it enabled large public screenings, outstripping any similar technology." ([5]); [6];Midland Naturalist, 1:112. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 12:58, 5 February 2024 (UTC)
- Also oxy-hydrogen lamp. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 12:58, 5 February 2024 (UTC)
- odedi - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library (bird)
- oxylabes - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library (bird)
P[edit]
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- phoenixity - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library - See Merriam-Webster: [7]. Heyandwhoa (talk) 22:12, 1 March 2024 (UTC)
- plait fog - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library - UK expression for a difficult/impossible task - exists in Urban Dictionary in mispelled entry. also knit fog - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library and plait sawdust - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library
- pluritative - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library Term in Mongolic linguistics
- polyglycoprotein - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library and/or poly-glycoprotein — presumably a polymerised form of glycoprotein.
- parisoma - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library (bird)
- petronia - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library (bird)
- peucedramus - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library (bird)
- phainoptila - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library (bird)
- picathartes - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library (bird)
- poo-uli - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library (bird)
- prickletail - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library (bird)
Q[edit]
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- quail-thrush bird
R[edit]
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- rejection therapy - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library -SOP? Demonicallt (talk) 00:15, 14 January 2024 (UTC)
- Renner complex - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library genetics term
- roofplasty - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library
- rail-babbler - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library (bird)
- rockchat - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library (bird)
- rukia - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library (bird)
- rushbird - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library (bird)
- ride off - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library, Template:ridden off, Template:ride-off - turns out to be a common eggcorn for write off, write-off as in a vehicle damaged to an extent that the insurance company will pay for replacement rather than repair
S[edit]
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- S/T - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library abbreviation of self-titled; sometimes used in place of the name of a self-titled album --96.230.234.108 04:29, 1 March 2024 (UTC)
- salpornis - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library (bird)
- sericornis - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library (bird)
- shieldbill - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library (bird)
- shrike-babbler - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library (bird)
- shrike-flycatcher - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library (bird)
- shrike-tyrant - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library (bird)
- siva - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library (bird)
- sparrow-weaver - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library (bird)
- streamcreeper - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library (bird)
- sunbird-asity - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library (bird)
- sungem - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library (bird)
- serviceware - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library Thread on StackExchage; used for example on [8][9][10][11][12][13], see service + -ware, as in tableware. Can also refer to service software: [14]
- shotgun statement - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library
- soundshell - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library and/or sound shell - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library - similar to bandshell - possibly predominantly Australia and New Zealand usage
- spandy - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library - “spandy”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present. And mentioned in Douglas Harper (2001–2024), “spandy”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
- squart - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library
- sulfacarbamide - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library — a chemical. —DIV
- superword - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library - It's a thing that relates to computing I'm pretty sure. | I can't work it out, but it's complementary to subword in a sense that we may lack: seems to relate to the encoding of (human language) words into numbers that are manipulated with finite-state machines. Equinox ◑ 14:19, 29 February 2024 (UTC) | see Citations:superword
- Szlonzok - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library, Szlonzokian - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library See Tomasz Kamusella. 2004. The Szlonzokian Ethnolect in the Context of German and Polish Nationalisms (pp. 19–39). Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism. No 1. London: Association for the Study of Ethnicity and Nationalism. doi: 10.1111/j.1754-9469.2004.tb00056.x The Szlonzoks and their Language: Between Germany, Poland and Szlonzokian Nationalism -- Comment: The historian Tomasz Kamusella has used the words Szlonzok = Upper Silesian, Slunzak = Teschen Silesian. They don't seem to have caught on beyond his own usage. Equinox ◑ 18:27, 4 March 2024 (UTC)
- shits in giggles - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library - reasonably common eggcorn these days of shits and giggles
T[edit]
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- Tewahedo - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library - Used in the names of the Oriental Orthodox Churches in Ethiopia and Eritrea. From Ge'ez ተዋሕዶ (täwaḥədo), meaning "united as one".
- trajectoid - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library - Wikipedia has an article: w:trajectoid. - Citations:trajectoid
- Typen-Platten - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library (or "Typen Platten") - a kind of microscope slide with diatoms mounted in a grid ([15], [16], [17]. Midland Naturalist, 1 p182) Originally German; marketed as "Möller's Typen-platten", after its inventor. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 15:31, 20 February 2024 (UTC)
- terlet - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library non-standard pronunciation of "toilet" [18] [19]
- teretistris - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library (bird)
- thirst bait - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library - probably a synonym of thirst trap
- thrush-tanager - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library (bird)
- torrent-lark - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library (bird)
- tyrant-manakin - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library (bird)
- tent-trailer - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library
- tonic-clonic - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library - clonicotonic
- trailer tent - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library
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- underture - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library — This neologism (a back-formed antonym to “overture”) has been used by Blood, Sweet and Tears on a 1968 album w:Child Is Father to the Man and a year later by the Who on Tommy.
- ula-ai-hawane bird
V[edit]
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- vi coactus - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library
"constrained by force", "having been forced", the signer was under duress (placed before signature), abbr: VC, V.C. vi coactus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Also see coercion (law). - vividness effect - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library
W[edit]
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- warbler-finch bird
- woollyneck bird
- wren-babbler bird
- wren-spinetail bird
- wren-warbler bird
X[edit]
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Y[edit]
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- yellowbrow bird
- yellownape bird
Z[edit]
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Specialized jargon or slang[edit]
Military[edit]
There are dictionaries of military slang which can confirm these, but at least one genuine use should be identified before a term is created.
- bennied - RAF speak - used during tour of Falkland Islands. To have to remain in FI after date due to leave, usually due to replacement unavailability. (Cf. Benny sense of Falkland Islander.)
- gardening - RAF speak- sowing mines in water from a low height
- garnish; the military sense, related to camouflaging, see e.g. commons:Page:"Garnish Nets Correctly" - NARA - 514018.tif
- hang up or hang-up or hangup - RAF speak - Bomb failed to release.
- Trident Board (USN SEAL examination panel)
- vegetable - RAF speak acoustic or magnetic mines
Textiles[edit]
These were originally added under the appropriate letters, but require similar specialized knowledge or research.
- bull denim - a 3x1 twill weave piece dyed fabric, made from coarse yarns. Weights can vary from 9 ozs/sq yard up to the standard 14 ozs/sq yard. Bull Denim is essentially a denim without indigo
- CC - Comments Client
- Classic CO- Dutch: ontwerp van een doorlopend dessin
- Ea - Elasthane
- loop tag - a bartack which is 'loose' in the middle
- moustache - abrasion of lines to imitate pre-worn garment (a.k.a Whiskers)
- open end spinning - a technology for creating yarn without using a spindle. This system is much less labour intensive and faster than ring spinning
- P.I. or P:I: - Proforma Invoice
- proto - sample before SMS to see the effect and reaction to fabrics artworks and treatments
- R.E. or RE - Raw Essentials
- Single Jersey or single jersey - Single knit fabrics and jersey knits are light to medium weight fabrics with flat vertical ribs on the right side and dominant horizontal lines on the wrong side. Fabric stretches from 20 to 25% across the grain.
- SW- Sweat
- whiskers- abrasion of lines to imitate pre-worn garment (a.k.a Moustache)
Abbreviations listed in the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica[edit]
Abbreviated titles and designations[edit]
A.R.I.B.A. Associate of the Royal Institute of British Architects. B.LL. Bachelor of Laws. C.I.E. Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire. C.M. Chirurgiae Magister, Master in Surgery. C.M.G. Companion of St Michael and St George. C.S.I. Companion of the Star of India. D.Lit., Litt. D. Doctor of Literature. D.S.W. Doctor of Social Work. Ebor. Eboracensis of York.2 F.F.P.S. Fellow of the Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons (Glasgow) F.G.S. Fellow of the Geological Society. F.K.Q.C.P.I. Fellow of King and Queen's College of Physicians in Ireland. F.L.S. Fellow of the Linnaean Society. F.P.S. Fellow of the Philological Society. F.R.A.S. Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society. F.R C.P. Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians. F.R.C.P.E. Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. F.R.C.S. Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons. F.R.G.S. Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society F.R.H.S. Fellow of the Royal Horticultural Society F.R.Hist.Soc. Fellow of the Royal Historical Society F.R.I.B.A. Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects F.R.S. Fellow of the w:Royal Society F.R.S.A. Fellow of the Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures & Commerce F.R.S.E. Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh F.R.S.L. Fellow of the w:Royal Society of Literature F.S.A. Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries F.S.S. Fellow of the Statistical Society F.Z.S. Fellow of the Zoological Society G.C.B. Knight Grand Cross of the Bath G.C.H. Knight Grand Cross of Hanover G.C.I.E. Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire G.C.M.G. Knight Grand Cross of St Michael and St George G.C.S.I. Knight Grand Commander of the Star of India G.C.V.O. Knight Grand Commander of the Victorian Order J.U.D. w:Juris utriusque Doctor, Doctor of Civil and Canon Law K.C.M.G. Knight Commander of St Michael and St George K.C.S.I. Knight Commander of the Star of India K.C.V.O. Knight Commander of the Victorian Order L.A.H. Licentiate of the Apothecaries' Hall L.C.C. London County Council, or Councillor L.C.J. Lord Chief Justice L.L.A. w:Lady Literate in Arts LL.B. Legum Baccalaureus, Bachelor of Laws LL.D. Legum Doctor, Doctor of Laws L.R.C.P. Licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians L.R.C.S. Licentiate of the Royal College of Surgeons L.S.A. Licentiate of the Apothecaries' Society M.Inst.C.E. Member of the Institute of Civil Engineers M.R.C.P. Member of the Royal College of Physicians M.R.C.S. Member of the Royal College of Surgeons M.R.I.A. Member of the Royal Irish Academy Mus.B. Bachelor of Music Mus.D. Doctor of Music M.V.O. Member of the Victorian Order R. & I. Rex et Imperator Reg. Prof. Regius Professor R.M. Royal Marines, Resident Magistrate S.S.C. Solicitor before the Supreme Courts of Scotland S.T.L. Sacrae Theologiae Licentiatus, Licentiate of Sacred Theology S.T.P. Sacrosanctae Theologiae Professor, Professor of Sacred Theology V.G. Vicar-General V.S. Veterinary Surgeon W.S. Writer to the Signet [in Scotland] Equivalent to Attorney
Abbreviations denoting moneys, weights, and measures[edit]
bar. barrel. bus. bushel. c. (or cub.) ft. &c. cubic foot,&c. dr. drachm or dram. na. nail. po. pole. q. quadrans, farthing. ro. rood.
Miscellaneous abbreviations[edit]
A.E.I.O.U. Austriae est imperare orbi universo,5 or Alles Erdreich Ist Oesterreich Unterthan. A.H. Anno Hegirae, In the year of the Hegira (the Islamic era). C. or Cap. (Caput), Chapter. Cr. Creditor. curt. Current, the present month. D.G. Dei gratia, By the grace of God. Dr. Debtor. fec. Fecit, He made (or did) it. Fo. or Fol. Folio. Inf. Infra, Below. k.t.l. Greek kai ta loipa, Et caetera, and the rest. L. or Lib. Liber, Book. Lon. or Long. Longitude. Mem. Memento, Remember, Memorandum. O.S.B. Ordo Sancti Benedicti (Benedictines). P.R. Prize-ring. Q., Qu., or Qy. Query; Question. q.d. Quasi dicat, As if he should say: as much as to say. q.s. or quant. suff. Quantum sufficit, As much as is sufficient. R. or @. Recipe, Take. S.D.U.K. Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. sp. Sine prole, Without offspring.
Pet bird abbreviations[edit]
Should be citable from Usenet.
See [20] for the list. (Was going to copy it here verbatim with links, but decided not to, since that might be a copyright violation.)
References and notes[edit]
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