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Muck :: Muck () abbreviation of Amuck.

Abbreviation :: Abbreviation (n.) The form to which a word or phrase is reduced by contraction and omission; a letter or letters, standing for a word or phrase of which they are a part; as, Gen. for Genesis; U.S.A. for United States of America..

Stenophyllous :: Stenography (n.) The art of writing in shorthand, by using abbreviations or characters for whole words; shorthand..

Symbol :: Symbol (n.) Any character used to represent a quantity, an operation, a relation, or an abbreviation..

Sis :: Sis (n.) A colloquial abbreviation of Sister.

Pyro :: Pyro (n.) Abbreviation of pyrogallic acid.

Middy :: Middy (n.) A colloquial abbreviation of midshipman.

Abridgment :: Abridgment (n.) An epitome or compend, as of a book; a shortened or abridged form; an abbreviation..

''twixt :: 'Twixt () An abbreviation of Betwixt, used in poetry, or in colloquial language..

Cause :: Cause (conj.) Abbreviation of Because.

Symbol :: Symbol (n.) An abbreviation standing for the name of an element and consisting of the initial letter of the Latin or New Latin name, or sometimes of the initial letter with a following one; as, C for carbon, Na for sodium (Natrium), Fe for iron (Ferrum), Sn for tin (Stannum), Sb for antimony (Stibium), etc. See the list of names and symbols under Element..

C. G. S. :: C. G. S. () An abbreviation for Centimeter, Gram, Second. -- applied to a system of units much employed in physical science, based upon the centimeter as the unit of length, the gram as the unit of weight or mass, and the second as the unit of time..

Hyp :: Hyp (n.) An abbreviation of hypochonaria; -- usually in plural.

Sforzato :: Sforzato (a.) Forcing or forced; -- a direction placed over a note, to signify that it must be executed with peculiar emphasis and force; -- marked fz (an abbreviation of forzando), sf, sfz, or /..

Kilo :: Kilo (n.) An abbreviation of Kilogram.

Yank :: Yank (n.) An abbreviation of Yankee.

I. E. :: I. e. () Abbreviation of Latin id est, that is..

Breviature :: Breviature (n.) An abbreviature; an abbreviation.

Penny :: Penny (n.) An English coin, formerly of copper, now of bronze, the twelfth part of an English shilling in account value, and equal to four farthings, or about two cents; -- usually indicated by the abbreviation d. (the initial of denarius)..

''sblood :: 'Sblood (interj.) An abbreviation of God's blood; -- used as an oath.

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