arch.—archaic attrib.—attribute Austral.—Australian biol.—biological Canad.—Canadian coll.—colloquial cf.—compare derog.—derogatory dial.—dialect euph.—euphemism exclam.—exclamation Fr.—French hist.—historical imper.—imperative interj.—interjection joc.—jocular liter.—literary med.—medical negat.—negative NZ—New Zealand pejor.—pejorative pl.—plural predic.—predicative RAF—Royal Air Force Scot.—Scottish sl.—slang smb.—somebody smth.—something UK—United Kingdom U.S.—United States WWI—World War I WWII—World War II Introduction 8– ABBREVIATIONS USED IN THE DICTIONARY