Error Words
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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 |
|---|---|
| prepg | preparing |
| prepn | preparation |
| pronpl | pron. pl. (pronoun, plural) |
| psec | psec., picosecond |
| ptg | printing |
| pulv | pulvis (powder), pharmacy abbreviation |
| qqv | q.q.v., quae vide (which see) |
| qtd | qtd., quoted |
| quotid | quotid., quotidie, daily |
| recd | received |
| recip | recip., reciprocal |
| redupl | redupl., reduplication |
| regr | Regr., registrar |
| repr | repr., reprint or reprinted |
| satd | saturated |
| sctd | scattered (sctd. in weather reports) |
| secy | secy., secretary |
| seismol | seismol., seismology |
| sepd | sepd., separated (chemical abstract style) |
| sepg | sepg., separating (chemical abstract style) |
| sepn | sepn., separation (chemical abstract style) |
| seqq | seqq., Latin sequentia, and those following |
| solv | solv., solvent, or Latin solve, dissolve |
| stacc | staccato |
| stlg | sterling |
| subch | subchapter |
| subg | subgenus |
| superl | superl. = superlative |
| suppos | suppos. = suppository |
| supvr | supvr. = supervisor |
| transl | translated, translation |
| vesp | vesp., in the evening (Latin vespere), prescription abbreviation |
| zoochem | zoochem. = zoochemistry |
| zoogeog | zoogeog. = zoogeography |
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