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EXPLANATION OF THE ABBREVIATIONS AND SIGNS USED IN THE DICTIONARY
Words containing a hyphen, e.g.grand-patr, grandfather, are compounded of two roots; the hyphen need not be employed in the actual use of the language, e.g. grandpatr, and the dictionary includes the unhyphenated form as well to make searching easier.

Prefixes and suffixes of derivatives are printed in italics, e. g. prototip, prototype; bonitet, goodness.

The letters in parentheses given after the names of the chemical elements, e. g. Fe in "fer, n., iron (Fe)," indicate the symbols used in chemical formulæ.