| Grammatical labels | |
|---|---|
| absol. | absolute, -ly |
| acc. | accusative |
| adj(s). | adjective(s) |
| adv(s). | adverb(s) |
| attrib. | attributive, -ly |
| comb(s). | combination(s) |
| comp(s). | comparative(s) |
| conj. | conjunction |
| correl. | correlative |
| cpd(s). | compound(s) |
| dat. | dative |
| gen. | genitive |
| ger. | gerund |
| impv. | imperative |
| ind. | indicative |
| inf. | infinitive |
| interrog. | interrogative |
| intr. | intransitive |
| masc. | masculine |
| n. | noun |
| neg. | negative |
| neut. | neuter |
| nom. | nominative |
| noun(s) | noun(s) |
| num. | numeral |
| obj(s). | object(s) |
| p. | past |
| pass. | passive |
| past | past |
| phr. | phrase |
| phrases | phrases |
| phrs. | phrases |
| pl. | plural |
| plur. | plural |
| plural | plural |
| poss. | possessive |
| ppl(s). | participle(s) |
| pr. | present |
| pred. | predicate |
| prep. | preposition |
| pres. | present |
| refl. | reflexive |
| rel. | relative |
| sg. | singular |
| sing. | singular |
| singular | singular |
| subj. | subject |
| subjunctive | subjunctive |
| subst. | substantive |
| sup. | superlative |
| superlative | superlative |
| trans. | transitive |
| Semantic field labels | |
|---|---|
| agr. | agriculture & horticulture |
| alch. | alchemy & chemistry |
| anat. | anatomy (see also med.) |
| angling | See fish. |
| arch. | architecture |
| arith. | arithmetic; see also math. |
| arm. | arms & armor |
| astrol. | astrology |
| astron. | astronomy |
| Bibl. | Biblical (usage) |
| biol. | biology |
| bot. | botany |
| canon law | canon law |
| chess. | chess (game) |
| cook. | cookery |
| cosmol. | cosmology |
| cost. | costume |
| divination | divination |
| eccl. | church, eccesiastical (usage) |
| ethics | ethics (see also phil.) |
| falc. | See hawk. |
| fish. | fishing & angling |
| game. | games & sports (see also chess.) |
| geog. | geography |
| geom. | geometry (see also math.) |
| geomancy | geomancy (see also divination) |
| gov. | government |
| gram. | grammar |
| hawk. | hawking (falconry) |
| her. | heraldry |
| hunt. | hunting |
| lapid. | lapidary |
| Lat. Gram. | Latin grammar |
| law. | law |
| liturg. | liturgy, liturgical (usage) |
| logic | logic (see also phil.) |
| math. | mathematics (incl. arith. and geom.) |
| med. | medicine (sometimes incl. pathol., surg., pharm., physiol., anat.) |
| mil. | military (usage) |
| mus. | music |
| myth. | mythology, mythological |
| nat.hist. | See phys. |
| nat.science | See phys. |
| naut. | nautical (usage) |
| palm. | palmistry |
| pathol. | pathology (see also med.) |
| pharm. | pharmacy (see also med. |
| phil. | philosophy |
| phys. | physics |
| physiog. | physiognomy |
| physiol. | physiology (see also med.) |
| psych. | psychology |
| rhet. | rhetoric |
| surg. | surgery (see also med.) |
| theol. | theology (see also eccl.) |
| vet. | veterinary science (see also hawk.) |
| General semantic labels | |
|---|---|
| allegor. | allegorical |
| coll. | collective |
| emph. | emphatic, emphasis |
| epithet | epithet |
| euph. | euphemism, -istic, -istically |
| fig. | figurative, -ly |
| impers. | impersonal, -ly |
| iron., | ironic, -ically |
| joc. | jocular, -ly |
| lit. | literal, -ly |
| met. | metaphor, -ical |
| person. | personified, personification |
| poet. | poetry, poetic, -ally |
| prov. | proverbial |
| Scot. | Scottish |
| Misc. abbreviations found in labels | |
|---|---|
| specif. | specifically |
| misc. | miscellaneous |
| orig. | originally |
| usu. | usually |