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Abbreviations dictionary /

0444008071

9780444008077

Abbreviations dictionary /

[Book]

Ralph De Sola.

Augm. international 7th ed.

New York :

Elsevier,

©1986.

xviii, 1240 pages ;

24 cm

Subtitle: Abbreviations, acronyms, airlines, appelations, astronomical terminology, bafflegab divulged (euphemisms explained), birthstones, British and Irish county abbreviations, Canadian Provinces, chemical elements, Citizens-band call signs, computer jargon, contractions, criminalistic terms, data processing, diacritical marks, Dysphemistic place-names, earthquake data, eponyms, fishing ports, geographical equivalents, government agencies, Greek alphabet, historical, musical, and mythological data, international conversions, international vehicle license letters, medical terms, nations, nicknames, numbered abbreviations, numeration, ports of the world, prisons of the world, railroads, Roman numerals, Russian alphabet, short forms, short cuts, signs & symbols, slang, steamship lines, superlatives, weather symbols (Beaufort scale), wedding anniversaries, winds of the world, zip coding, zodiac.

This new international seventh edition contains over 250,000 entries (23,000 of them are new to this edition) of abbreviations, acronyms, appellations, contractions, eponyms, geographic equivalents, initials and slang shortcuts. It covers such vastly diverse topics as computer jargon, earthquake data, English grammar and usage, international conversions, medical terminology, wedding anniversaries and postal coding. New addenda to this edition include euphemisms, British and Irish county abbreviations, dysphemistic place names, international vehicle license letters, prisons of the world and their toponyms, and much else. The dictionary is a current and easily accessible resource for locating some of the most elusive and confusing elements in our language. ISBN 0-444-00807-1: $47.50 (For use only in the library).

Abbreviations dictionary.

Abbreviations dictionary.

Abbreviations, English.

Acronyms.

Signs and symbols, Dictionaries.

Abbreviations as Topic.

Abreviations anglaises-- Dictionnaires anglais.

Anglais (Langue)-- Sigles-- Dictionnaires anglais.

Signes et symboles-- Dictionnaires anglais.

Abbreviations, English.

Abréviations.

Acronyms.

Afkortingen.

Dictionnaires.

Engels.

Ingles (Dicionarios)

Répertoires.

Signs and symbols.

De Sola, Ralph,1908-1993.

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