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9781853263859

Wordsworth Dictionary of Abbreviations & Acronyms

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  • ISBN13:

    9781853263859

  • ISBN10:

    1853263850

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 1998-01-01
  • Publisher: Wordsworth Editions Ltd
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Summary

The Wordsworth Reference Library includes language dictionaries, language guides, historical references, and much more. This popular series covers everything from the familiar and practical to the extraordinary and outrageous.

Table of Contents

PEOPLE & ACTIVITIES 1(48)
1 Local, national & world government, quangos, law & order
1(19)
1.1 Prison patter
11(5)
1.2 Fire & rescue service
16(2)
1.3 Political parties & the like
18(2)
2 Education, the Church, organisations, clubs & societies
20(22)
2.1 Degrees & the like
30(4)
2.2 Orders & decorations
34(3)
2.3 People of all sorts
37(5)
3 Military & pseudomilitary
42(7)
ACTIVITIES 49(98)
4 Commercial
49(16)
4.1 Unions & other trade organisations
61(4)
5 Fine & performing arts
65(24)
5.1 Music (see below)
76(9)
5.1.1 Colleges, degrees, &c
76(1)
5.1.2 Clubs, orchestras & miscellaneous
77(2)
5.1.3 Instruments, voices & instructions
79(5)
5.2 Books of the Holy Bible
84(1)
5.3 Amateur radio (ham) shorthand
85(4)
6 Science & Technology
89(58)
6.1 Chemistry, biology, physics & engineering, computing & telecommunications
89(28)
6.1.1a The chemical elements (by atomic number)
108(2)
6.1.1b The chemical elements (by symbol)
110(7)
6.1.2 Chemicals
117
6.1.3 Telephone dials
115(1)
6.1.4 The constellations
115(2)
6.2 Medical science
117(14)
6.3 Physical geography
131(14)
6.3.1 Ordnance Survey & mapping
131(9)
6.3.2 Points of the compass
140(1)
6.3.3 Meterology
140
6.3.4 Synoptic weathercode
142
6.3.5 Koepen's world-wide climate classification
141(1)
6.3.6 Weather in the British Isles
142(1)
6.3.7 Meridional weather
143(1)
6.3.8 Cloud classification
143(1)
6.3.9 Beaufort scale (wind strength)
144(1)
6.3.10 US Torro force (tornado strength)
144(1)
6.3.11 Schove's suggested sunspot scale
144(1)
6.4 Architecture & building
145(2)
CRAFTS, HOBBIES, SPORTS & PASTIMES 147(15)
7 Sports & pastimes
147(10)
7.1 Genealogy
153(1)
7.2 Heraldry
154(1)
7.3 Knitting
154(1)
7.4 Crochet
155(1)
7.5 Chess
156(1)
7.6 Horse racing
156(1)
8 Animals & Veterinary Science
157(3)
9 Food & drink
160(2)
CLASSIFICATION AND IDENTIFICATION 162(15)
10 Multipliers & submultipliers
162(1)
11 Roman numerals
162(1)
12 Times & seasons
163(2)
13 Arithmetic & maths
165(2)
14 Quantities & units
167(10)
14.1 Units of currency
173(3)
14.4 Forms of money
176(1)
PLACES AND GETTING TO THEM 177
15 Navigation
177(2)
16 Land
179(39)
16.1 Motor Vehicles
179(22)
16.1.1 UK vehicle index letters-alphabetical
183(15)
16.1.2 UK vehicle index letters-by location
198(2)
16.1.3 Car franchise codes
200(1)
16.1.4 Motorcycle franchise codes
200(1)
16.2 UK addresses
201(5)
16.2.1 UK postcodes
201(1)
16.2.2 Old British counties
202(2)
16.2.3 UK counties & metropolitan areas post-1974
204(2)
16.3 British motorways
206(1)
16.4 The Americas
207(3)
16.4.1 USA (see also zip codes)
207(1)
16.4.2 US zip codes
208(1)
16.4.3 Canadian provinces
209(1)
16.4.4 States of Mexico
209(1)
16.5 Railways
210(8)
16.5.1 Older British Railway Companies
210(6)
16.5.2 Train Operating Companies 1997
216(1)
16.5.3 Railway terms
216(2)
17 International Civil Aircraft Markings
218(2)
18 Sea
220(3)
18.1 British Isles Fishing Ports Registration
220(2)
18.2 International Yacht Racing Union -- nationality codes
222(1)
19 General
223
19.1 Common A&As, advertisements, lonely hearts, language
223(13)
19.2 People, titles & names
236(6)
19.3 Phonetic alphabets
242(1)
19.4 Symbols & their various names
243

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