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white-acre, -anted, back, bait, bark, beam, beard, belly, bill, bird, blaze, boy, cap, capper, coat, -collared, #corn, -ear, -eye, -eyed, face, -faced, fish, #fly, foot (n.), -footed, -handed, #hard, head, -headed, #hot, #lead, -minded, pot, -ribboner, rump, smith, stone, tail, -tailed, throat, tip, vein, wall, wash, washed, washer, washing, wood, worm whithersoever whiz-bang

whoso, soever

whole-backed, -bodied, -colored, -eared, -eyed, -feathered, -footed, -headed, hearted, -hogger, -hoofed, -leaved, -minded, -mouthed, sale, saler, -skinned, -soled, -souled, -spirited, -witted whomso, soever whooping #cough wickerwork

wicketkeeper

wide-arched, -armed, #awake, -awakeness, -banked, -branched, -breasted, -brimmed, -chapped, -doored, -eared, -elbowed, -eyed, -faced, -framed, -gated, girdled, -handed, -hearted, -hipped, -jointed, -kneed, -leafed, -leaved, -lipped, -minded, -mouthed, -necked, -nosed, -openness, -palmed, -patched, -petaled, realmed, -ribbed, rimmed, -shaped, -skirted, -sleeved, -spaced, -spanned, spread, spreading, spreadly, spreadness, -streeted, -throated, -toed, -tracked, -veined, -wayed, -winged

widowhood, #maker, man

wife-awed, -bound, hood, -ridden, -worn wig #maker, #making, tail, wag, wagger wiggletail

wild-armed, -blooded, -born, -brained, -bred, cat, catter, -chosen, -eyed, fire, fought, grave, -grown, -haired, -headed, -headedness, life, -made, -notioned, phrased, -spirited, -winged, wetted, wood, -woven

will-fraught, -less, #maker, #making, strong, #worship, #worshiper willing-hearted will-o'-the-wisp willy-nilly

willow-bordered, -colored, -fringed, -grown, -leaved, -shaded, -skirted, -tufted, -veiled, ware, #wielder, wood, worm

wilt-resistant

fish,

windbag, bagged, bagger, -balanced, ball, -blown, -borne, -bound, break, #broach, -broken, -chapped, -clipped, #clothes, #cloud, fall, fallen, fast, -fertilization, -fertilized, -firm, flow, #force, gall, galled, #god, -hungry, jammer, mill, pipe, player, -pollinated, -pollination, proof, #puff, -rode, row, rowed, rower, rowing, #screen, -shaken, shield, shock, storm, sucker, -swept, #swift, -taut, tight, -up, ward, wardly, wardness, way, -whipped, -winged, -worn

window #maker, #making, man, pane, #peeper, #shopper, #shopping

windy-aisled, #clear, -footed, -headed, #looking, -mouthed, -voiced, -worded

wineball, bibber, bibbing, -colored, conner, -crowned, drabbed, -driven, drunken, glass, glassful, grower, growing, -hardy, -heated, #house, -inspired, -laden, merry, pot, -shaken, #shop, skin, -soaked, sop, -stained, -stuffed, #taster, -tinged, vat, -wise, #yielding wingbeat, -borne, -broken, -clipped, -cut, fish, -footed, -hoofed, -leafed, -leaved, -maimed, piece, power, -shaped, #shot, spread, -wearily, -weary, -wide

winter-beaten, -bound, -clad, -fallow (v.), -habited, -kill, -killed, -proud, tide, time

wirebar, bird, -borne, -bound, -caged, #dancer, -draw (v.), #drawer, -drawn, -edged, -guarded, hair, haired, -hung, #maker, #making, man, -mended, monger, -netted, puller, pulling, -sewed, -sewn, shafted, smith, -spun, -stringed, -strung, -tailed, -toothed, way, -wheeled, work, worker, working, #works, worm, -wound, -woven wiry-coated, -haired, -leaved, #looking, -stemmed, -voiced

wiseacre, acred, acredness, -bold, crack, cracker, -framed, head, headed, -hearted, -heartedly, -lipped, said, -spoken, -valiant, -worded wishbone

wishy-washy

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wonderland, -stricken, strong, -struck, work, worker, working

wood #bark, -born, -bound, #box, -bred, -built, -cased, chuck, cock, craft, crafter, craftiness, #cut, #cutter, #cutting, embosomed, encumbered, -faced, fall, fish, fringed, -girt, -hoofed, #horse, house, -hung, #jobber, -keyed, land, lander, -lined, #lot, man, monger, -paneled, -paved, pecker, #pile, #print, #ranger, -ríp, rock, -roped, sheathed, shed, #shop, side, silver, skin, -skirted, stock, stone, wall, -walled, work, worker, working, worm, yard

wooden-barred, -faced, -featured, head, headed, -hooped, -hulled, -legged, -lined, -pinned, -posted, -seated, -shoed, -sided, -soled, tined, walled, ware, -weary, -wheeled

woodsman

wool-backed, -dyed, fell, #flock, -fringed, gathered, #grower, #growing, head, -laden, -lined, man, -o'erburdened, pack, -pated, #press, #sack, #scour, #shearer, #shearing, #shears, skin, #sorter, #sower, #stock, #washer, #wheel, #white, #winder, -witted, -woofed, work, worker, working Woolly-butted, -coated, -haired, head (n.), headed, -leaved, #looking, -minded, -pated, -podded, -tailed, wetted, #white

word-blind, book, bound, #building, #catcher, -charged, clad, craft, craftsman, -deaf, #jobber, #maker, #making, man, monger, mongering, play, #seller, #slinger, #slinging, smith, spite wordsman

workaday, #away, bag, basket, bench, book, box, brittle, #cure, day, -driven, fellow, folk, girl, hand, hardened, #horse, house, housed, man, manlikeness, master, -out, #pan, people, piece, place, room, shop, -shy, -shyness, -stained, stand, #stopper, #table, time, -up, -wan, ways, -weary, week, wise, woman, womanlike, -worn, yard

workingman

world-beater, -conscious, -consciousness, #maker, #making, proof, quake, self, wearily, -weariness, -weary, -wide

worldly-minded, -mindedly, -mindedness worm-cankered, -consumed, -eaten, gnawed, -gnawn, #hole, -holed, pierced, reserved, -riddled, -ripe, -shaped, -spun, -tongued, -worn, -wrought

worn-outness worst-affected, -bred, -cast, -damaged, -disposed, -fashioned, -formed, -governed, -informed, -managed, paid, -printed, -ruled, -served, -taught, -timed, -treated, -used, -wanted

wound-fevered, -marked, -plowed, -scarred, -secreted, -worn

wreath-crowned, drifted, -festooned, #maker, #making, -wrought

wreckfish

wringbolt, staff

wrinkle-coated, -faced, -fronted, -furrowed, #making, -scaled

wrinkled-browed, -cheeked, -leaved, #old, -shelled, -visaged

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ABBREVIATIONS

(See also Numerals; Symbols)

Abbreviations are used to save space and to avoid distracting the mind of the reader by a repetition of long, cumbersome words or phrases.

The nature of the publication governs the extent to which abbreviations are used. In ordinary text, abbreviations are to be avoided, with a few exceptions; in formal usage even fewer abbreviations are required; in the text of technical publications and in parentheses, footnotes, sidenotes, tables, leader work, and bibliographies many words are commonly abbreviated. Cut-in side heads, tables of contents, and indexes are regarded as text.

Some scientific, technical, and industrial groups have adopted definite forms of abbreviations for terms in their specialized fields, and these forms are acceptable for use in publications falling within the respective classes.

Capitalization, hyphenation, period, and spacing.

59. In general, an abbreviation follows the capitalization and hyphenation of the word or words abbreviated. It is followed by a period unless otherwise indicated.

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(a) When requested by author, abbreviations may take the form of symbols, and in such cases periods and spaces are omitted.

NYA

TVA

ААА

(b) Periods are omitted after abbreviated compass directions when denoting fractional sections in land descriptions and after abbreviations of units based on the metric system.

SENW4 sec. 4, T. 12 S., R. 15 E. of the Boise meridian
kg, kv, m, kc

Geographic terms.

60. The words United States are abbreviated if preceding the word Government or the name of a Government organization in parentheses, footnotes, sidenotes, tables, and leader work; also in all cases if preceding the name of a Government vessel.

U. S. Government

U. S. Congress

U. S. House of Representatives

U. S. Senate

U. S. National Museum

U. S. monitor Nantucket
U. S. S. Brooklyn (note abbreviation
for ship)

61. In other than formal usage Philippine Islands, Puerto Rico, and the names of States of the United States (except Idaho, Iowa, Maine, Ohio, and Utah) are abbreviated after any geographic term,

including armory, arsenal, aviation field, barrack, fort, Indian agency, military camp, national forest, national park, navy yard, reservation (forest, Indian, or military), or reserve or station (military or naval).

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(a) The names of other insular possessions and of Territories and foreign countries are not abbreviated.

62. The words street, avenue, place, road, square, boulevard, and building, following name or number, are abbreviated in parentheses, footnotes, sidenotes, tables, and leader work. For the numbers

of streets or avenues, figures are used in parentheses, footnotes, sidenotes, tables, and leader work; elsewhere the numbers of streets and avenues are spelled out.

First Street NW.

Ninth Avenue; (9th Ave.)

but E Street East (to prevent confusion); also West, North, South

63. The words fort, mount, point, and port are not abbreviated.

Descriptions of tracts of land.

64. In the description of tracts of public land the following abbreviations are used:

SENW4 sec. 4, T. 12 S., R. 15 E., of the Boise meridian

lot 6, NE sec. 4, T. 6 N., R. 1 W.

N1⁄2 sec. 20, T. 7 N., R. 2 W., sixth principal meridian

Tps. 9, 10, 11, and 12 S., Rs. 12 and 13 W.

Tps. 2 S., Rs. 8, 9, and 10 E., sec. 26

T. 3 S., R. 1 E., sec. 34, W1⁄2E1⁄2, W1⁄2, and W1⁄2SE1⁄4SE

sec. 32 (with or without a township number)

(a) In such descriptions where fractions are spelled out, half and quarter are used (not one-half or one-quarter).

Names and titles.

south half of T. 47 N., R. 64 E.

65. Christian names are abbreviated only if it is necessary to save space. The following forms are used:

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(a) The following forms are not always abbreviations, and copy should be followed as to periods:

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(b) In signatures the form used by the signer must be retained.

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66. In firm names, if it is not necessary to preserve the full legal title, the forms Bro., Bros., Co., Ltd., Inc., and & are used; the word Corporation, if a part of the name, is not abbreviated.

American Telephone & Telegraph Co.
Jones Bros. & Co.

Maryland Steamship Co., Ltd.
Smith & Bro.

Chesapeake & Delaware Canal
Vic Sport Shop, Inc.
Hough Shade Corporation

(a) Abbreviate the words railroad and railway (R. R. and Ry.), except in such names as "Washington Railway & Electric Co." and "Florida Railroad & Navigation Corporation", also steamship (S. S.), when preceding name, in parentheses, footnotes, sidenotes, tables, and leader work.

(b) In the names of informal companionships the word and is spelled out.

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67. In other than formal usage a civil, military, or naval title preceding a name is abbreviated if followed by Christian name or initial; but Mr., Mrs., M., MM., Messrs., Mlle., Mme., and Dr. are abbreviated with or without Christian name or initial.

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(a) The words honorable and reverend are adjectives, not titles, and should be followed by the first name, the initials, or the appropriate title; they are usually abbreviated unless preceded by the.

Hon. Elihu Root; the Honorable Elihu Root; the Honorable Mr. Root
Rev. Allen A. Stockdale; Rev. Dr. Stockdale (not Rev. Stockdale)
the Reverend Dr. Graham

Rt. Rev. James E. Freeman; the Right Reverend James E. Freeman

(b) The following abbreviations are used after a name:

Esq., Jr., Sr. (See also p. 123, par. 222.)

Degrees: LL. D., M. A., Ph. D., etc.

Fellowships, orders, etc.: F. R. S., K. C. B., etc.

Parts of publications.

68. For parts of publications mentioned in parentheses, footnotes, sidenotes, lists of references, synonymies, tables, and leader work, and followed by figures, letters, or roman numerals, the following abbreviations are used:

art., arts. (article, articles)

bull., bulls. (bulletin, bulletins)

ch., chs. (chapter, chapters)

fig., figs. (figure, figures)

no., nos. (number, numbers)

p., pp. (page, pages)

par., pars. (paragraph, paragraphs) pl., pls. (plate, plates)

pt., pts. (part, parts)

sec., secs. (section, sections)

subpar., subpars. (subparagraph, subparagraphs)

subsec., subsecs. (subsection, subsections)

vol., vols. (volume, volumes)

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