Error Words
We're sure about this one.
An abbreviation that lost its full stops.
What is left looks like a word but is not one. addr is address, afft is affidavit, bkpr is bookkeeper, adc is aide-de-camp.
Plenty of these are prescription and legal shorthand that never appeared outside an abbreviation table.
134 words · sorted A to Z · each with a line on why it is here
Matches the word itself, not the note beside it. Case does not matter.
| Word, sorted Z to A | What it stands for |
|---|---|
| abstr | abstract |
| acpt | acceptance |
| actg | acting |
| adc | aide-de-camp |
| addr | address |
| admov | admove(atur), "apply" in prescriptions |
| admrx | administratrix |
| aeq | aequales, "equal parts" in prescriptions |
| afft | affidavit |
| aldm | alderman |
| amalg | amalgamated |
| anhyd | anhydrous |
| antiq | antiq., abbreviation of antiquity/antique |
| archeol | archaeology (abbreviation) |
| bdls | bundles |
| bkbndr | bookbinder |
| bklr | abbreviation, prob. buckler |
| bkpr | bookkeeper |
| chronol | chronological |
| coef | coefficient (coef.) |
| coeff | coefficient (coeff.) |
| comd | commanded, command (comd.) |
| comdg | commanding (comdg.) |
| commem | commem., Oxford Commemoration |
| comr | Comr., Commander or Commissioner |
| conc | conc., concentrated |
| concn | concn., concentration |
| confr | confr., confer or conference |
| consperg | consperg., Latin consperge, sprinkle (Rx) |
| contg | contg., containing |
| corpl | corporal |
| corpn | corporation |
| corresp | correspondence |
| craniol | craniol., craniology |
| craniom | craniom., craniometry |
| ctge | cartage |
| ctimo | céntimo (Spanish coin) |
| decd | deceased |
| decresc | decrescendo |
| derog | derog., derogatory |
| detd | determined |
| detn | determination |
| dielec | dielectric |
| dimin | diminutive |
| dioc | diocese |
| distn | distillation |
| dkl | dekaliter |
| drch | drachma (abbreviation, drch.) |
| dulc | dulc. = dulcis, "sweet" (pharmacy) |
| eccl | eccl. = ecclesiastical, Ecclesiastes |
| ejusd | ejusdem (Latin, of the same) |
| ency | ency. = encyclopedia |
| epist | Epistle |
| epit | epitome |
| espec | especially |
| ethnog | ethnog. = ethnography, ethnology |
| etymol | etymol. = etymology |
| evang | evang. = evangelical, evangelist |
| excud | excud. = excudit, he struck or published it |
| expdt | expdt. = expedient |
| exr | exr. = executor |
| facsim | facsim. = facsimile |
| fasc | fasc. = fascicle |
| ferv | ferv., fervens (pharmacy, boiling hot) |
| flav | flav. = flavus, yellow (pharmacy) |
| fth | fathom |
| fthm | fathom |
| galv | galvanized |
| geod | geodesy, geodetic |
| imdtly | immediately |
| immunol | immunology |
| indecl | indeclinable (grammar label) |
| indn | Indian |
| infl | influence / inflected |
| insep | inseparable (grammatical label) |
| internatl | international |
| isls | islands |
| isoln | isolation |
| isth | isthmus |
| isthm | isthmus |
| lithog | lithograph, lithography |
| lndg | landing |
| metaphys | metaphys. = metaphysics (dictionary label) |
| midn | midn. = midshipman |
| millisec | millisec. = millisecond |
| mythol | mythol. = mythology |
| natr | natr. = natrium, sodium |
| ornith | ornith., ornithology / ornithological |
| paleog | paleography |
| paleontol | paleontology |
| patd | patented |
| petrog | petrography |
| pfg | pfennig |
| photoeng | photoengraving |
| phrenol | phrenology |
| pinx | pinxit, "he painted it" |
| pnxt | pinxit, "he painted it" |
| pocill | pocillum, a small cup (pharmacy) |
| pocul | poculum, a cup (pharmacy) |
| pptn | precipitation |
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