Writing Samples

Poetry by Jon Raasch


ASDF - A generative jibberish poem

a. adjective, an adoption of (in dates) ante abbrev. abbreviation (of) abbreviation(s) (in titles) Aberdeen Aberdeensh. (in titles) Aberdeenshire able, ablative abol. (in titles) Abolition Aborigde. Aboriginal archbishop abridged abridgment. Abridg. Abridgem. absol ute(ly). Absol. absolute (in titles) abstract(s) abstraction. Abstur (in titles) abstract(s) academia, academy, academic(al) academically, according (to) accusative account(s). Acc! (in titles) accept acceptance. (in titles) accommodation... (in titles) accomplished accounts acct and accus accusative achievement. Achievem. (in life) is A.D.: Anno Domini, an adaptation of Add. (in titles) addenda, addendum. (in author names) Addison Addit. (in titles) addition(s) address adjectival phrase. add adjectivial adjective, adjectives (in titles) the admiral. admiralty administration, administrative. Admoan admonition, Admonish admonitions adverbial(ly) with adverb. the advanced (in titles) advances; (in titles) adventure(s), advises and advocates Advancem. advancement(s) (in adverbs), adverbial(ly) advert (in titles) an advertisement. Advert, (in titles) advocating adverbs, advertisements. Aerodynamics, aeronautics, aeronautical aeronaut. (in geography) African, Anglo-French Affect. (in titles) affecting affection(s). Afre. Africa(n) Anglo-French Africa. African agriculture Agrics. (in titles) agriculturally. (in titles) agriculture is against ALL Anglo-Latin: Alba, Albanian Alban, and alchemy, algebra, Algerian algebra, Algerian allegiance, alliterative in title... and All's Well (in Shakespeare). All's Well that Ends Well, that is, (in titles) Almanacs, alphabet, (in titles) alphabetic(al) alteration. A French Indian. Anglo-Norman Anal analysis: an analytical analyte. (in titles) analytic anatomy anatts the anatomical. Anatomy of ancient anecdote, anecked the Anglo Anglian angle. Anglian angles Anglo-Frenchmen. French Anglo. Anglo-Indian Anglo-Irish Anglo-Latin Anglo-Norm. An Anglo-Norman animal (in Disney) animates animals and, (in titles), annul(s) ann annual anniversary... annotation, (in author names) Anonymous, it answers antiquities (in Shakespeare's) Antony and Cleopatra. AnthroAnthropology (in titles) anthropological antiquities. Anthrol antiquates. Antiquity aphet, aphetic, aphetized, apocalyptic(al). Apol. (in titles) apologizes. Apt apology apparently an appendix. Appl. (in eyes) applied application(s) appositive(ly). Apre. April, Arab, Arabic, Aramaic. (in author names), Arber; archaic architecture. Arch; (in titles) architecture archive(s) archaeology. Archaeol. archaeological archaeology (in archipelagos). Arch-it, architectural Argentine. Spargentine, Spanish Argot. (in terms of) arithmetic argument. Arithe arithmetic arithmetics, all arithmetical. Arm Armenians, Arrangem. (like) arrangement art. THE article 'Artic', an articulation of Artifice, (in titles) artificial Artill. artillery is A.S. Anglo-Saxon A.S. Anglo Saxon can get, (in author names) Ashmole. assemblies. (in titles) Football Association associates a socialite, Associalist association. Assyrial Assyriology, astronomy. astrology as astronomic(al). Astronauts, astronautics astronautically att attic, attributes attributive(ly) August, Austre. Austa, an Australian Austrian Austral. Austrio-German author('s) authoritative autobiography autobiogres (in titles) autobiographic(ally); it's an A.V., Authorized Version ave A.Y.L., (in Shakespeare) "As you Like It" (in titles anyways) Ayrshire.

Bacteriol bacteriology. (in titles) Bacteriole, (in author names) Baldwin, baving Bavarian... B.C. Before Christ, (in titles) British Columbia. Bˇarn. Bˇarnese Beaum. (in author names) Beaumont Bedford. (in titles) Bedfordsh. (in titles) Bedfordshire beffs before Bel & Dr (in the Apocrypha) Bel and the Dragon. Belander belgeful Belgian benn, in author names, Bennet Berks. Berkshire Berksh. (in titles) Berwickshire betwe. (in titles) between bibliography, biochemistry. Biochem. (in titles) biochemical biography. Biogre (entitles) biographic(al) biology. biological book, Bks. (in titles). BNC British National Corpus. Bo, a Bohemian Bolivian, Sp. Bolivian on the Spanish Bord. borders botany. (in titles) botanic(al) 'bot Bops Bishop B.P. Braz. Brazilian Brit. Breton. British English. (in titles) British Bucks. Buckinghamshire building builds bulging Bulgarian Bull. Burgundian Byzant. Burgundian Byz.

c. century c. century run. C. (in titles) country's county. c (in dates) circa. Cal calendar calculus (in titles) Calending calendar. Caliph's California calligraphy came to Cambridge. Camb Cambridge campanol. Campanology cantadd Canadians. Canad. (in titles) French Canad, fr French Canterbury. Can Capt. Cape duCape can captain cartography? (entitled) Cartogre, cartographic(ally) cartographs catachrestically. Catachrestical Catalan catalogues Catech. (in titles) catechism, Catholic, Celt. Celtic, Celto-Teutonic century. Cents central (in this) century. Ceram ceramics (in titles) certify, compare and confer. 'compare' Chinese Church. Ch. Ch. Ch. Churchill. Choald, choald chambr. (in titles) character Chas. (in titles) Charles Chas. (in author names) (King) Charles Chas. Chem. Engin. chemistry Chem. (in titles) Chemical chem to Cheshire. Church history. Chilean (in titles) Chilling. (in author names) Chillingworth. Chin, Chinese Christian, chats. Christ (in the Bible) Chronicles chronology. Chron (in the Bible). Chronol (in author names) Cibber. Cinematic cinematography. (in titles) cinematographic(al) cinematographer (encircles) civil law, Civil engineering, clause (in titles) classical antiquities. Classical Latin Class. Classical classification. Climatol, climatology, (in titles) clinical. Classical Latin coal-mining cognates and colls (in titles) colonel, (in the Bible) Colossians. Collected collection (in titles) college collective(ly) collects colloquial(ly). Colloquies come common as combination(s), combining form, combining forms. Come err (in Shakespeare) Comedy of Errors: Comm commerce, in commercial usage, Comm common commentary, Comm commission committee, Comm Commander. Commandment commends commercial commission, common law commonwealth, communications. Communic (in titles) comps comparative composition as a companion. Co. company compares anatomy, (in titles) compends compendious complement. Comple. (In titles) omplete composition concerning (in title) concise conchology. Conchol conclusion concrete(ly) confessed confidential conflict (in Congress). (in titles) Confutation, congregation, conjugation and conjunction Conn. Connecticut's consonant conscience, (in titles), consecrated consideration(s) of consolation, and construed. Constantin's constant construction of constitutional history is contempt for contemporary contemplation. (in titles) contemptuous(ly) Contend. (in titles) contending(s) Content. (in titles) contention, continuation, contraction. Contra contrasted (with) contradiction: Contrib. (in titles) contribution controversy convents conversation. (in titles) convocation's core, (in the Bible) Corinthians, (in Shakespeare) Coriolanus. Coriole corn. Cornish Cornwall's coronation corresponds (to) Corsican Italian Cotgre. (in author names) Cotgrave councils court. (in titles) courtship Coverd by (in author names) Coverdale (too much methinks). C.P.D.'s compound craniology crams (in author names) Cranmer, a Creole French criminal. Crim.-Goth. Crimean Gothic. Law criminal law Cuite a critical criticism of the courts cryptography, (in titles) crystallography. Crystallogre. Count Cuban Spanish cumb to Cumberland. (in titles) Cumberld cycles cyclopaedia, cymbals. (in Shakespeare) Cymbeline's cytology.

D.A. (in titles) Dictionary of Americanisms. Da. Danish Dahom. Dahomey Dan. Danish Dan. (in the Bible) Daniel dating dative Dau. (in titles) D.C. daughter (in titles) District of Columbia Debby. (in titles) debate decadent December. Declair (in titles) definition definitive. Declaration of defence. (in author names) Dekker delives. (in titles) Deliverance demonstrates deputy's depredation. Depredat department (in Derbyshire). Derbysh derivative (in etymology), derogatory description (in Descartes). (in the Bible) Deuteronomy's develish development (entitles) Devonshire dialectical dictionary. Dict. (in titles) Diffic. (in titles) difficulty dim, diminutive, Direct. (in titles) Disease(s) disc. Discipl.'s discourse: discipline, discovery, discrimination. Discuss (in titles) diss. dissertation. (in titles) district distempers. Distilling distribution (entitles) divinity. (in titles) Diversity: Duke's doctrine. (in author names) Dodsley Domest. (in titles) domestic Dor. GreeDoric Greek, Dutch. Durham dyslogs, dyslogistic(ally).

E. eastern English (in titles) East Africa(n) Anglia(n). E Indies, easter's (dialect) eccles w/ ecclesiastical language. (in the Bible) Ecclesiastes. (in the Apocrypha) Ecclesiasticus eccluse. (in titles) ecologic(al) economics. (in titles) Econ. edition of Edward's 'E.D.D.': English Dialect Dictionary. edd Eden, Edinburgh education. Educe (in titles) Edw. (in author names) (King) Edward. EE. Early English. E.E.T.S. (in titles) Early English Text Society, e.g., exempli gratia, 'for example', E. Gothle. East Gothland Egyptology. Egyptian East Indies, East Indian electrical engineering. Electra. Electricity. (in titles) Electro-magnetism, Electro-physiole. electro-physiology. elementary Elizabethan elliptical(ly) an embassy for embryology. (in titles) Embryologic(al) midll. east midland (dialect) emphs emphatic(ally), encycles Brits, Britania. (in titles) encyclopaedic England, English England. Gipsy English Engineering (in title) engineers Englishwomen's Enq. enquiry ento entomology. (in titles) Entomologic(al) enthusiasm enterrs the enzymologists. (in the Bible) Epistling Ephesians. (in titles) Epilogical episcopacy an epitaph. Equipped (in title) erroneous(ly), (in the Apocrypha) Esdras especially essay the essential establishment: (in title) The Esthonian Ethiopic Ethnological Etymology. Etymological(ly) euphemistic. ..in titles) evaluates every evangelical evening, eventually evolves. (in titles) Evidentially, evolutionary example of the executive (in title) an exaltation of examination, exchange. (in titles find) Exceptance, except (in exchequer) execution. (in titles) Exercise(s) exhibit(s) exode(s). (in the Bible) Exodus, an experiment en expedition (in titles). Experimental explanation, (in titles) an explication of exploration, exposes (in the Bible) expository Ezekiel.

f. feminine f. formed on, form of F. French from Fab. (in titles) fable(s) Faer. Faeroese family familiar(ly) farewells February. fem. feminine Feudal Syst. Fifesh (in titles) figurative(ly) finnishes Fitzherb. (in author names) Fitzherbert, a Flemish floruit, 'flourished'. (in author names) Fletcher's flegm. Flemish Flet. footprint forfarsh. (in titles) Forfarshire fortification (in titles) fortnightly found foundation(s): French for father, French from Fragm. (in titles) fragment(s). Frankly, Frankish Fratern. (in titles) fraternity frequently friendships Frisian Fries. Frisian Fund (in title) fundamentally finished furniture. Furnive (in author names) Furnivall fut future.

G. German Gael Gaelic, (in the Bible) Galatians. Gard. gardens Gard. (in titles) gardening gastronomy. Gaz Gazette, good general(ly), is genetive of (in the Bible) Genesis. Geneva. Genevese. Geo. (in titles) George Geo. (in author names) (King) George Geogs geography. Geogre. geographic(al) geology. (in titles) geologic(al) geometry. Geomorphol geomorphology. German German. Germanic, Ger. Swiss German gerund. Gerundial glacier(s) glossing Glasgow, Gloucestershire. Gloss (in titles) glossary. Glouch Gloucestersh Godef. (in author names) Godefroy Goldsmith. Gospel('s) Gothic government. Govt. (in titles) Greek grammar, Gramm. Analysis, Graeco-Latin Trag. Greek tragedy. Gt. (in titles) great Guard. (in titles) guardian Guiana, Guiana Dutch gunnery, (in author names) Gurwood, (in biology) Gynaecol, gynaecology.

h. Hab. (in the Bible) Habakkuk, Haematol, haematology. Hag. (in the Bible) has Haggai Hakled (in author names) Hakluyt, (in author names) Halliwell. Ham (in Shakespeare) to be Hamlet. Hammled (in Shakespeare) in Hampshed. Hampshire Hand-bk. hand-book (in Hampshire) hants Hazl, (in author names) Hazlitt. Hebe. Hebrew Hebe. (in the Bible) Hebrews. Hebre Hebrews Helig. Heligoland. Hen (in titles) Henry. Hen (in author names) (King) Henry 1. Hen. IV (in Shakespeare) 1 Henry IV 2 Hen. V (in Shakespeare) Henry V 1 2 Hen. VI (in Shakespeare) 2 Henry 3 Hen. 3 Henry VI, Hen. VIII 34567 Henry VIII (in Shakespeare). Her heraldry, her (entitled) heraldry. Herb herbalism, among herbalists, heretofor here. Herefordshire Hereford, (in titles) Herefordsh. Hertfordshire Hierogl. Hieroglyphic Hindi. Hindustani hist. historical history (in titles) historic(al). (in titles) Histol: histology, histologic(al) histol. Holl (in author names) Holland, Homer (entitles) homilies, horology. Horstm (in author names) Horstmann horty horticulture. Horticultural hos (in the Bible) Hosea. (in a hospital) Hott Hottentot Househ. A housekeeping, Hung Hungarian Husb. hushes husbandry (in titles) Hydraul. Engin. hydraulic engineering, Hydraul hydrology (entitled to merely the) hydrological.

I. Icelandic Ice. ibidem, 'in the same book or passage' is Icel ichthyology id. idem, 'the same' ideole. (in titles) ideological Indogermanic idolatry i.e., id est, 'that is', Indo-European illustrated illustration, (in titles) Illyrian Imagery. (in titles) imaginary imitative immunological imps. imperative imperfect impersonal impression(s) (in titles) imprint, improve improper(ly)... (in titles) inaugural inclosure indicative of indirect industry, (in titles) indefinite, indicative, indirect... Indo-European Indogermanic Industrial Relations. Infinite influences innocence. (in titles) Inorganic inquiry institutes instrumental instruction, (in titles). Intelligent intellecual inters intercourse, interjects interlude in international internet. (in titles) Interprise interprets interrogative, intransitive intro. (in titles) introductory inventories invent, (in titles), invertebrated invertebrates. Invert investigation, investment, incovation, ions. Ionic Greek, ire Irish (in titles) Ireland, Gaelic, Irish-Gaelic iron. Ironically irreg. irregular(ly) isa. (in the Bible) Isaiah it. Italian Ital.

Jahrb. (in titles) Jahrbuch Jam. (in the Bible) James Jam. (in author names) Jamieson Jan. January Japanese. Jas, James Jas. (in author names) (King) James Jas, (in the Bible) James. Javanese Javan. (in the Bible) Jeremiah, Jew. Jewish history jocular(ly) John (in Shakespeare) King John. Josh (in the Bible) Joshua. Jrnl. Journals (in the Bible) judge July. (in Shakespeare) Julius Caesar's junior jurissed (in June). Jurisdiction, jurisprudence (entitles) justification.

K. (in titles) kate king Kent. Kentish Kgs. (in the Bible) Kings. King's Bench Div. (in titles) Bench Division Kinged. (in titles) kingdom Knowl. (in titles) knowledge Kpr. (in titles) keeper of Kurdistan.

L. Latin laboratory lamms. (in the Bible) Lamentations lament Lancashire Lancs. (entitles) language. (in author names) Langland's lap. Lappis(h) Latin (in titles), Latin (in author names) Layamon. Lords Lear (in Shakespeare) King Lear lecture(s) leechdom's legend(s). (in titles) Leicestershire letters, (in titles) lett Latvians level, (in the Bible) Leviticus. Lex (in Luther's) lexicon LG. Low German LGer. Low German Libr(ation). Library limnology lincles. Lincolnshire's linguistic, Linnean literature literal(ly) litts. Literary Lithuanian lithography, a lithol liturgy. Liturgiology: L.L.L. (in Shakespeare) Love's Labour's Lost Lomb. Lombard Lond. (in titles) London Louisiana, French Louisiana, Lusat. Lusatian LXX Septuagint. (in author names) Lydgate

m. masculine (in Shakespeare) Macbeth Macc. (in the Apocrypha) Maccabees, mach (in titles) machinery, and mach machine(s). Maggs (in titles) magazine Maghribi magnets, magnetize Malay(an) (in the Bible) Magnetic Malachi. Malayal. Malayalam man (entitles) manual management. (in titles) Manchester manches, manipulates, manufacture(s). Manufe (in titles) manufacturing March, marine insurance. Mark (in author names) Markham's masculine Massachussets, (in author names) Massinger. Massachist Massachussets; Indian Math mathematical (in the Bible) Matthew, Matt. Mayal. My ale. Malayalam, Middle Dutch, Middle English Measl, measure (for Shakespeare for) Measure for Measure Measurem. (in titles) Mech. Engin. mechanical English. medicine, medieval meditation. medieval Latin memoir(s), Mercurian... (in titles) mercury, merching merchant(s). (in Shakespeare) Merchant of Venice. Merry (Shakespeare), Marry Wives of Windsor, met all in metallurgy. metalliferous (in titles) metallographic(al) metamorphosis. Metamorph metamorphoses, metaphysics, metaphor. (in titles) Metaphorical(ly) meteorole. Meteorological method(s): metre, grit. metri gratia... (untitled) metropolis meet Metropolitan Max. Mexican, Sp-Mexican. M.H.G: Middle High Germans mic (in the Bible) Micah, (in titles) Michigan. Microbiologic(al) microscopic midland(s) (dialect). MidsuN. (in Shakespeare) A Midsummer Night's Dream. MidsuN.D. Mile. military mile. mineralogy. miscles. (in titles) miscellany misprinted in MLG, Middle Low German mode, modern, mod Latin Mongol. Mongolian Monume. (in titles) monument, Moroccan Arab. Moroccan Morphole. morphology mouffs (in author names) Mouffet. (in titles) manuscript mount(ain). Mtg. a meeting 'Much Ado' (in Shakespeare); Much Ado about Nothing, Munic! municipal munificence muniments Muses. Music (in titles) museums Myst, (entitles) mystery, mythology, mythopilia.

n. neuter Norse nouns. N. (in titles) North Africa(n), Afre-Arab, nah. (in the Bible) Nahum, North America(n) Indian narrates natural history, Nat. Philose., Nat. Sci. Nat. (in titles) national, Nat. (in titles) natural, nautical, naval navigation (in N. Carolina), N. Dakota, north-east. N-eastern (dialect). (in titles) New English Dictionary, (in the Bible) Nehemiah neighbour(s) nervous neurology. Neuroles (in titles): neurologic(al) neurosurgery, New Hampshire, newsprint. NF (in titles) Northern French, Northern Ireland, No number (no titles), no numbering nominative non-nonconformist(s). nonce-word. Norse Nonconfe Norfolk-Picard. Norman Northumbrian: a northern (dialect) of Northamptonshire. Norwegian November, no quotations, nouns. (in titles) New South Wales, New Testament. Newclear (in titles) nuclear (in the Bible) numbers numism, numismatics. N.W. north-western (dialect), north-western N.Y, New York N.Y. (in titles) New York N.Z. New Zealand.

O! "o" bad (in the Bible). Obadiah obed obedient object(s). (in titles) Objectivity is oblique, obsolutely obsolete observation(s). Obstet (in titles) obstetrics occase. Occasional occupational occurrence: oceanography. (in October) Oceanogre's octane odles Odin. O.E. (entitles) Old English, O.E.D. Oxford English Dictionary OF Old French offerings. (in titles) office of official Old Frisian, (with title:) OHG. Old High German, OIe Irish okra. (in titles) Oklahoma ON Old Norse, (on Ontario). Ophthalm. ophtalmologic(al), opposed (to): the opposite (of) Oppress. (in titles) oppression Opts optics. Orack (in titles) oracle(s), or order(s) ordinance(s) of organic nature. Organ origin(al)(ly) Orkney. Or Nith. (in titles) ornithology orthography. O.S. Old Saxon, Old Slavonic, Old Style. Old Testament, OTeut, Ole Teutonic other. (in Shakespeare) Othello outlines Oxfordish (dialect). (in titles) Oxfordshire Oxones, Oy!.

p. page pa. past Pa. (in titles) Pennsylvania Palaeobot. palaeobotany Palaeogr. palaeography Palaeont. palaeontology Palaeontol. (in titles) palaeontologic(al) Palaeontol. (in titles) palaeontology Paleontol. paleontology Palsg. (in author names) Palsgrave Palsgr. (in author names) Palsgrave pa. pple. passive participle, past participle Paraphr. (in titles) paraphrase Paraphr. (in titles) paraphrased Parasitol. (in titles) parasitology Parl. (in titles) parliament Parl. (in titles) parliamentary Parnass. (in titles) Parnassus pass. passive(ly) pa. t. past tense Path. pathology Path. (in titles) pathologic(al) Path. (in titles) pathology Pathol. pathology Pathol. (in titles) pathologic(al) Pathol. (in titles) pathology Peculat. (in titles) peculation(s) Penins. (in titles) peninsula Pennsylvanian G. Pennsylvanian German Per. Persian Per. (in Shakespeare) Pericles perf. perfect Perf. (in titles) perfect Perf. (in titles) perfection perh. perhaps Periodontol. (in titles) periodontologic(al) Periodontol. (in titles) periodontology Pers. Persian pers. person(al) Pers. (in titles) Persian Pers. (in titles) personal Persec. (in titles) persecution(s) personif. personified Perthsh. (in titles) Perthshire Peruv. Peruvian Peruvian Sp. Peruvian Spanish Pet. (in the Bible) Peter Petrogr. petrography Petrogr. (in titles) petrographic(al) Petrogr. (in titles) petrography Petrol. petrology Petrol. (in titles) petrologic(al) Petrol. (in titles) petrology pf. perfect Pg. Portuguese Pharm. pharmacology Pharmaceut. (in titles) pharmaceutical Pharmacol. pharmacology Pharmacol. (in titles) pharmacological Pharmacol. (in titles) pharmacology Phil. (in titles) philosophic(al) Phil. (in titles) philosophy Phil. (in the Bible) Philippians Phila. (in titles) Philadelphia Philad. (in titles) Philadelphia Philem. (in the Bible) Philemon Philipp. (in the Bible) Philippians Philippine Sp. Philippine Spanish Philol. philology Philol. (in titles) philologic(al) Philol. (in titles) philology Philos. philosophy Philos. (in titles) philosophic(al) Philos. (in titles) philosophy Phoen. Phoenician phonet. phonetic(ally) Phonol. phonology Photog. photography Photog. (in titles) photography Photogr. photography Photogr. (in titles) photographic(al) Photogr. (in titles) photography phr. phrase Phrenol. phrenology phrr. phrases phrs. phrases Phys. physiology Phys. Geogr. physical geography Physical Chem. physical chemistry Physical Geogr. physical geography Physiogr. physiography Physiol. physiology Physiol. (in titles) physiologic(al) Physiol. (in titles) physiology Pic. Picard Pict. (in titles) pictorial Pict. (in titles) picture(s) Pidgin Eng. Pidgin English Piedm. Piedmontese Piem. Piedmontese pl. plural plur. plural poet. poetic(al) Poet. (in titles) poetical Pol. Polish Pol. politics Pol. (in titles) political Pol. (in titles) politics Pol. Econ. political economy Polit. politics/political Polit. (in titles) political Polit. (in titles) politics Polytechn. (in titles) polytechnic(al) pop. popular(ly) Pop. (in titles) popular Porc. (in titles) porcelain Port. Portuguese poss. possessive poss. possible, possibly post-class. L. post-classical Latin Posth. (in titles) posthumous(ly) Postm. (in titles) postmaster Pott. (in titles) pottery Potty ppl. participial ppl. a. participial adjective ppl. adj. participial adjective ppl. adjs. participial adjectives pple. participle pples. participles P. R. (in titles) public records pr. present Pr. Provencal Pract. (in titles) practical Pract. (in titles) practice prec. preceding predic. predicate/predicative(ly) Predict. (in titles) prediction pref. prefix Pref. (in titles) preface Preh. prehistoric Prehist. prehistoric Prehist. prehistory prep. preposition(al) Prerog. (in titles) prerogative pres. present Pres. (in titles) present Presb. (in titles) Presbyterian Presb. (in titles) presbytery Preserv. (in titles) preservation pres. pple. present participle Prim. (in titles) primer(s) Princ. (in titles) principle(s) Print. printing priv. privative prob. probably Probab. (in titles) probabilities Probab. (in titles) probability Probiscus Probl. (in titles) problem Proc. (in titles) proceedings Prod. (in titles) product(s) Prol. (in titles) prologue pron. pronoun pron. pronunciation pronunc. pronunciation Pronunc. (in titles) pronunciation prop. properly Prop. (in titles) properties Prop. (in titles) property propr. proprietary Pros. prosody prov. proberb(ial)(ly) Prov. Proven¨al Prov. (in titles) proverb Prov. (in the Bible) Proverbs Provid. (in titles) providence(s) Provinc. (in titles) provincial Provis. (in titles) provisional pr. pple. present participle Pruss. Prussian Ps. (in the Bible) Psalms pseudo-arch. pseudo-archaic pseudo-dial. pseudo-dialect pseudo-Sc. pseudo-Scots Psych. psychology Psychoanal. psychoanalysis Psychoanal. (in titles) psychoanalysis Psychoanalyt. (in titles) psychoanalytic Psychol. psychology Psychol. (in titles) psychologic(al) Psychol. (in titles) psychology Psychopathol. (in titles) psychopathologic(al) Psychopathol. (in titles) psychopathology Pt. (in titles) part Publ. (in titles) public Publ. (in titles) publication Purg. (in titles) purgatory

Q. (in titles) quarterly Q. (in titles) queen Q. Eliz. (in titles) Queen Elizabeth Qld. (in titles) Queensland Quantum Mech. quantum mechanics Queen's Bench Div. (in titles) Queen's Bench Division Quix. (in titles) Quixote quot. quotation quots. quotations q.v. quod vide, 'which see'

R: royal radial radiology. R.A.F. Royal Air Force R.C. Roman Catholic(ism) R.C.Ch. Roman Catholic Church R.C. Church Roman Catholic Church Reas. (in titles) reason(s) Reb. (in titles) rebellion Rebell. (in titles) rebellion Rec. (in titles) record(s) Reclam. (in titles) reclamation Recoll. (in titles) recollection Redempt. (in titles) redemption redupl. reduplicating Ref. (in titles) reference Ref. (in titles) reformation refash. refashioned, refashioning refl. reflexive Refl. (in titles) reflection(s) Refus. (in titles) refusal Refut. (in titles) refutation reg. regular Reg. (in titles) register Regic. (in titles) regicide Regist. (in titles) register Regr. (in titles) register rel. related rel. relative Rel. (in titles) relating Relig. (in titles) religion Relig. (in titles) religious Reminisc. (in titles) reminiscence(s) Reminisc. (in titles) reminiscent Remonstr. (in titles) remonstrance Renfrewsh. (in titles) Renfrewshire Rep. (in titles) report repr. representative, representing Reprod. (in titles) reproduction Reprod. (in titles) reproductive Rept. (in titles) report Repub. (in titles) republic Res. (in titles) research Resid. (in titles) residence Resid. (in titles) residential Ret. (in titles) return Retrosp. (in titles) retrospective rev. revised Rev. (in titles) review Rev. (in titles) revised Rev. (in the Bible) Revelation Revol. (in titles) revolution Rhaet. Rhaetian Rhaeto-Rom. Rhaeto-Romance Rhet. rhetoric rhet. rhetorical(ly) Rhode Isl. Rhode Island Ric. (in titles) Richard Rich. (in titles) Richard Rich. (in author names) (King) Richard Rich. II (in Shakespeare) Richard II Rich. III (in Shakespeare) Richard III R. Glouc. (in author names) Robert of Gloucester R.N. Royal Navy Rob. (in author names) Robotham Robt. (in titles) Robert Rom. Roman, Romance, Romanic Rom. (in titles) Roman Rom. (in the Bible) Romans Rom. & Jul. (in Shakespeare) Romeo and Juliet Rom. Ant. Roman antiquities Rom. Antiq. Roman antiquities Rom.-Eng. Romanic-English Roman. Romance, Romanic Ross-sh. (in titles) Ross-shire Roxb. (in titles) Roxburgh Roy. (in titles) royal Rudim. (in titles) rudiment(s) Rum. Romanian Rushw. (in author names) Rushworth Russ. Russian Russ. (in titles) Russia Russ. (in titles) Russian

S. Saxon S. south s. south S. (in titles) south, southern Sackv. (in author names) Sackville S.Afr. South Africa(n) S. Afr. Du. South African Dutch Sam. (in the Bible) Samuel S. Amer. Sp. South American Spanish S. Amer.-Sp. South American Spanish Sard. Sardinian Sask. (in titles) Saskatchewan Sat. (in titles) Saturday Saterl. Saterland Satl. Saterland Sax. Saxon Sax. (in titles) Saxon sb. substantive sc. scilicet, 'understand' or 'supply' Sc. Scottish, Scots Sc. (in titles) science Sc. (in titles) Scotch Sc. (in titles) Scots Sc. (in titles) Scottish Scand. Scandinavian Scand. (in titles) Scandinavia Scand. (in titles) Scandinavian S. Carolina (in titles) South Carolina Sc. Gael. Scottish Gaelic Sc. Gaelic Scottish Gaelic Sch. (in titles) school sci. science, scientific Sci. science Sci. (in titles) science(s) Sci. (in titles) scientific Scot. Scottish Scot. (in titles) Scotland Scotl. Scotland Scotl. (in titles) Scotland Script. scripture Script. (in titles) scripture Sculpt. (in titles) sculpture S. Dakota (in titles) South Dakota S.E. south-east s.e. south-eastern (dialect) S.E. (in titles) south-east, south-eastern Seaf. (in titles) seafaring Seismol. seismology Sel. (in titles) selected Sel. comm. (in titles) select committee Select. (in titles) selection Sept. September Ser. (in titles) series Serb. Serbian, Serbo-Croat Serm. (in titles) sermon(s) Serv. Serbian, Serbo-Croat Sess. (in titles) session Settlem. (in titles) settlement Sev. (in titles) several Shak. (in author names) Shakespeare Shakes. (in titles) Shakespeare Shakes. (in author names) Shakespeare Shaks. (in titles) Shakespeare Sheph. (in titles) shepherd Shetl. Shetland Shropsh. Shropshire Shropsh. (in titles) Shrophire Sicil. Sicilian Sicilian Ital. Sicilian Italian Siev (in author names) Sieveking sing. singular Sing. (in titles) singular Sinh. Sinhala Sinhal. Sinhala Sk. Sanskrit Skr. Sanskrit Skt. Sanskrit Slav. Slavonic Slav.-Lith. Slavonic-Lithuanian Slov. Slovene Soc. (in titles) society Sociol. sociology Sociol. (in titles) sociological Sociol. (in titles) sociology Sol. Song (in the Bible) Song of Solomon Som. Somerset Som. (in titles) Somerset Somersetsh. (in titles) Somersetshire Song of Sol. (in the Bible) Song of Solomon Song Sol. (in the Bible) Song of Solomon Sonn. (in titles) sonnet south. southern (dialect) Sp. Spanish sp. spelling Sp. (in author names) Spence Span. Spanish Spanish Arab. Spanish Arabic Sp. Amer. Spanish American Sp.-American Spanish American spec. specifically Spec. (in titles) special Spec. (in titles) specimen(s) Specif. (in titles) specification(s) Specim. (in titles) specimen(s) Spectrosc. (in titles) spectroscopy Sp. Gypsy Spanish Gypsy SS. (in titles) saints St. Saint st. stem St. (in titles) saint St. (in titles) street Staff. (in titles) Staffordshire Stafford. (in titles) Staffordshire Staffordsh. Staffordshire Staffordsh. (in titles) Staffordshire Staffs. Staffordshire Staffs. (in titles) Staffordshire Stand. (in titles) standard Stat. (in titles) statistical Statist. (in titles) statistical Sternh. (in author names) Sternhold Stock Exch. stock exchange str. strong Stratigr. (in titles) stratigraphical Stratigr. (in titles) stratigraphy Struct. (in titles) structural Struct. (in titles) structure S.T.S. (in titles) Scottish Text Society Stud. (in titles) studies subj. subject subj. subjunctive Subj. (in titles) subject(s) subjunct. subjunctive subord. subordinate subord. cl. subordinate clause Subscr. (in titles) subscription Subscript. (in titles) subscription subseq. subsequent(ly) subst. substantive(ly) suff. suffix Suff. (in titles) Suffolk superl. superlative Suppl. (in titles) supplement Suppl. (in titles) supplementary Supplic. (in titles) supplication(s) Suppress. (in titles) suppression Surfl. (in author names) Surflet Surg. surgery Surg. (in titles) surgery Surg. (in titles) surgical Surv. (in titles) survey Surv. (in titles) surveying Sus. (in the Apocrypha) Susanna s.v. sub voce, 'under the word' S.W. south-west s.w. south-western (dialect) S.W. (in titles) south-west, south-western Sw. Swedish Swed. Swedish Swiss Fr. Swiss French Swiss-Fr. Swiss French Swiss G. Swiss German Swiss Ger. Swiss German Swiss-Ger. Swiss German Swiss Rom. Swiss Romance syll. syllable Symmetr. (in titles) symmetrical Symp. (in titles) symposium Syr. Syrian, Syriac Syst. (in titles) system

t. tense Tam. Shr. (in Shakespeare) Taming of the Shrew Taxon. taxonomy Taxon. (in titles) taxonomic Taxon. (in titles) taxonomy techn. technical Techn. (in titles) technical Technol. (in titles) technological Technol. (in titles) technology Tel. (in titles) telegraph Telecomm. telecommunications Telegr. (in titles) telegraph Telegr. telegraphy Telegr. (in titles) telegraphic(al) Telegr. (in titles) telegraphy Teleph. telephony Teleph. (in titles) telephonic Teleph. (in titles) telephony Temp. (in Shakespeare) Tempest Teratol. teratology Terminol. (in titles) terminological Terminol. (in titles) terminology Terrestr. (in titles) terrestrial Test. (in titles) testament Teut. Teutonic Text-bk. (in titles) text-book Textbk. (in titles) textbook Th. (in titles) theory Theat. theatre, theatrical Theatr. theatre, theatrical Theatr. (in titles) theatrical Theol. theology, theological Theol. (in titles) theological Theol. (in titles) theology Theoret. (in titles) theoretical Thermonucl. (in titles) thermonuclear Thes. (in titles) thesaurus Thess. (in the Bible) Thessalonians Tim. (in the Bible) Timothy Timon (in Shakespeare) Timon of Athens Tind. (in author names) Tindale Tit. (in the Bible) Titus Tit. A. (in Shakespeare) Titus Andronicus Tokh. Tokharian Topog. (in titles) topographic(al) Topogr. (in titles) topographic(al) Topogr. (in titles) topography tr. translation, translating Trad. (in titles) tradition Trad. (in titles) traditional Trag. (in titles) tragedy Tr. & Cr. (in Shakespeare) Troilus and Cressida trans. transitive Trans. (in titles) transaction(s) transf. transferred sense transl. translation, translating Transl. (in titles) translation Transubstant. (in titles) transubstantiation Trav. (in titles) travel(s) Treas. (in titles) treasurer Treas. (in titles) treasury Treat. (in titles) treatise Treatm. (in titles) treatment Trib. (in titles) tribune Trig. trigonometry Trig. (in titles) trigonometry Trigonom. (in titles) trigonometry Trop. (in titles) tropical Troub. (in titles) troublesome Troubl. (in titles) troublesome Turberv. (in author names) Turberville Turk. Turkish T.V. television Twel. N. (in Shakespeare) Twelfth Night Two Gent. (in Shakespeare) Two Gentlemen of Verona Typog. typography Typogr. typography

U.K. United Kingdom ult. ultimately Univ. university Univ. (in titles) university unknown, unnatural Unoffic. (in titles) unofficial unstressed Urine. (in titles) urinary U.S. (in titles) United States U.S.A.F. United States Air Force U.S.S.R. Union of Soviet Socialist Republics usually (in title) utilitarian

v. verb Va. (in titles) Virginia Vac. (in titles) vacation Valedict. (in titles) valediction Vanbr. (in author names) Vanbrugh var. variant varr. variants vars. variants vb. verb vbl. verbal vbl.n. verbal noun vbl. ns. verbal nouns vbl. sb. verbal substantive vbs. verbs Veg. (in titles) vegetable Veg. Phys. vegetable physiology Veg. Physiol. vegetable physiology Venet. Venetian Venetian It. Venetian Italian Vertebr. (in titles) vertebrate Vet. veterinary science Vet. (in titles) veterinary Vet. Med. veterinary medicine Vet. Path. veterinary pathology Vet. Sci. veterinary science Vet. Surg. veterinary surgery Vic. (in titles) Victoria Vict. (in titles) Victoria Vind. (in titles) vindicated Vind. (in titles) vindication Vindic. (in titles) vindicated Vindic. (in titles) vindication Virg. (in titles) virgin(s) Virol. virology viz. videlicet, 'namely' Voc. (in titles) vocabulary Vocab. (in titles) vocabulary Vol. (in titles) volume Vols. (in titles) volumes Voy. (in titles) voyage(s) v.str. strong verb vulg. vulgar(ly) Vulg. (in titles) vulgar Vulg. (in titles) Vulgate v.w. weak verb

W. Welsh W. west w. west W. (in titles) west, western W. Afr. West Africa(n) Wall. Walloon, Wallachian Wang. Wangeroog Warwicksh. (in titles) Warwickshire wd. word Wd. (in titles) word Wel. Welsh west. western West Ger. West Germanic Westm. (in titles) Westminster Westmld. (in titles) Westmoreland Westmorld. (in titles) Westmoreland Westmrld. Westmoreland Westph. Westphalian Westphal. Westphalian WG. West Germanic W.Ger. West Germanic WGer. West Germanic WGerm. West Germanic WGmc. West Germanic Will. (in titles) William Will. (in author names) (King) William Wilts. (in titles) Wiltshire Wiltsh. (in titles) Wiltshire W. Ind. West Indies, West Indian W. Ind. (in titles) West Indies W. Indies West Indies Wint. T. (in Shakespeare) Winter's Tale Wis. (in titles) Wisconsin Wisd. (in titles) wisdom Wisd. (in the Apocrypha) Wisdom of Solomon wk. weak Wk. (in titles) week Wk. (in titles) work Wkly. (in titles) weekly Woden Wks. (in titles) works Wonderf. (in titles) wonderful Worc. (in titles) Worcestershire Worc. (in author names) Worcester Worcestersh. (in titles) Worcestershire Worcs. (in titles) Worcestershire Wordsw. (in author names) Wordsworth Wr. (in author names) Wright Writ. (in titles) writing(s) W.S. West Saxon WS. West Saxon W.Sax. West Saxon WSax. West Saxon W. Saxon West Saxon W. Va. (in titles) West Virginia Wycl. (in author names) Wyclif

Xylophone (in titles) xylates and exes xyration.

y. Year-bk. (in titles). Yng, young Yorks. Yorkshire Yorks. (in titles) Yorkish. Yrs. (in titles) Yucatan years. SpYucatan Spanish.

z. Zalatians zapp Zech. (in the Bible) Zechariah: Zeitschr. (in titles), Zeitschrift (in the Bible) Zephaniah Zoogeogre. Zoogeography Zool. zoology Zool. (in titles) zoological Zool.

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