Abbreviations

1. ONE WHO PLANS AND DRAWS THE DESIGNS

OF BUILDINGS - ARCHITECT

2. ONE WHO TAKES UP LEGAL PROFESSION -

YA
ADVOCATE

3. ONE WHO FORETELLS THINGS BY THE STARS

- ASTROLOGER
AV
4. ONE WHO STUDIES HEAVENLY BODIES -

ASTRONOMER
AL
5. ONE WHO STUDIES THE EVOLUTION OF

MANKIND - ANTHROPOLOGIST
EK

6. ONE WHO WRITES BOOKS - AUTHOR

7. ONE WHO SELLS THINGS AT PUBLIC AUCTION-

AUCTIONEER

8. ONE WHO IS INTERESTED IN ANCIENT

BUILDINGS AND RELICS - ARCHAEOLOGIST

Abbreviations
9. ONE WHO SELLS MEAT - BUTCHER

10. ONE WHO LIVES ON ALMS - BEGGAR

11. ONE WHO MENDS SHOES - COBBLER

YA
12. ONE WHO MAKES WOODEN FURNITURE -

CARPENTER

13. ONE WHO DRAWS MAPS - CARTOGRAPHER

AV
14. ONE WHO SETS TYPES IN A PRINTING

PRESS - COMPOSITOR
AL
15. ONE WHO SELLS SWEETS AND PASTRIES -

CONFECTIONER
EK

16. ONE WHO READS THE PALMS - PALMIST

17. ONE WHO COLLECTS POSTAGE STAMPS -

PHILATELIST

18. ONE WHO CARVES IN STONE - SCULPTOR

19. ONE WHO SELLS DRUGS - DRUGGIST

Abbreviations
20. ONE WHO DEALS IN CATTLE - DROVER

21. ONE WHO TREATS THE TEETH - DENTIST

22. ONE WHO DEALS IN FISH - FISHMONGER

YA
23. ONE WHO WALKS ON ROPES -

FUNAMBULIST

24. ONE WHO SELLS FLOWERS - FLORIST

AV
25. ONE WHO STUDIES ROCKS AND SOILS -

GEOLOGIST
AL
26. ONE WHO TRAVELS FOR SELLING ARTICLES

- HAWKER
EK

27. ONE WHO RIDES THE HORSES IN RACES -

JOCKEY

28. ONE WHO WRITES FOR THE NEWSPAPER -

JOURNALIST
Abbreviations
29. ONE WHO TAKES CARE OF A BUILDING -

JANITOR

30. ONE WHO IMITATES THE VOICE GESTURES

YA
ETC OF ANOTHER - MIMIC

31. ONE WHO WRITES NOVELS - NOVELIST

32. ONE WHO ATTENDS THE DISEASES OF THE

AV
EYE - OCULIST

33. ONE WHO TESTS EYESIGHT AND SELLS

AL
SPECTACLES - OPTICIAN

34. ONE WHO FLIES AN AIRPLANE - PILOT

EK

35. ONE WHO MENDS WATER PIPES - PLUMBER

36. ONE WHO MAKES EARTHEN POTS - POTTER

37. ONE WHO CARRIES BURDEN FOR HIRE -

PORTER
Abbreviations
38. ONE WHO TREATS DISEASES BY OPERATION

- SURGEON

39. ONE WHO WRITES IN SHORTHAND -

YA
STENOGRAPHER

40. ONE WHO CONVERTS RAW HIDE INTO

LEATHER - TANNER
AV
41. ONE WHO LENDS MONEY AT A VERY HIGH

INTEREST- USURER
AL
42. ONE WHO DEALS IN WINE - VINTNER

43. ONE WHO MAKES WHEELS FOR CARRIAGES

EK

AND CARTS - WHEELWRIGHT

44. A PERSON IN CHARGE OF A MUSEUM -

CURATOR

45. A PERSON IN CHARGE OF A LIBRARY -

LIBRARIAN
Abbreviations
46. THE HEAD OF A TOWN COUNCIL OR

CORPORATION - MAYOR

THE PERSON WITH SOME

YA
SPECIAL FEATURES
AV
1. ONE WHO IS THE DIPLOMAT OF A GOVERNMENT IN

OTHER COUNTRY - AMBASSADOR

AL
2. ONE WHO SHOOTS WITH BOWS AND ARROWS -

ARCHER
EK

3. ONE WHO EATS HUMAN FLESH - CANNIBAL

4. ONE WHO EATS FLESH - CARNIVOROUS

5. ONE WHO IS BANISHED FROM HIS OWN COUNTRY -

EXILED

6. ONE WHO SPENDS LAVISHLY - EXTRAVAGANT

Abbreviations
7. ONE WHO BREAKS IDOLS - ICONOCLAST

8. ONE WHO PRETENDS TO BE WHAT HE IS NOT -

IMPOSTER

YA
9. ONE WHO IS VERSED IN MANY LANGUAGES -

LINGUIST

10. ONE WHO DIES FOR NOBLE CAUSE - MARTYR

AV
11. ONE WHO LOOKS AT THE BRIGHT SIDE OF

THINGS - OPTIMIST
AL
12. ONE WHO LOOKS AT THE DARK SIDE OF THINGS

- PESSIMIST
EK

13. ONE WHO LOVES HIS COUNTRY - PATRIOT

14. ONE WHO JOURNEYS TO A HOLY PLACE -

PILGRIM

15. ONE WHO FORETELLS EVENTS - PROPHET

Abbreviations
16. ONE WHO COMES AFTER ANOTHER -

SUCCESSOR

17. ONE LIVING AT THE SAME TIME WITH ANOTHER -

YA
CONTEMPORARY

18. ONE WHO TAKES REFUGE IN A FOREIGN

COUNTRY - REFUGEE
AV
19. ONE WHO WALKS IN SLEEP - SOMNAMBULIST

20. A HATER OF WOMEN - MISOGYNIST

AL
21. A MESSENGER SENT IN GREAT HEAST -

COURIER
EK

WORDS DENOTING

PLACES
Abbreviations
1. A PLACE WHERE GOVERNMENT PAPERS ARE

KEPT - ARCHIVES

2. A PLACE WHERE BIRDS ARE KEPT - AVIARY

YA
3. A PLACE WHERE BEES ARE KEPT - APIARY

4. A PLACE WHERE FISHES ARE KEPT - AQUARIUM

5. A PLACE FOR PRODUCTION OF BREAD - BAKERY

AV
6. UNDERGROUND DWELLING PLACE OF AN ANIMAL

- BURROW
AL
7. WHEELED HOME OF A GYPSY - CARAVAN

8. A PLACE WHERE SOLDIERS ARE HOUSED -

EK

CANTONMENT

9. LIVING PLACE OF WILD BEAST'S - DEN / LAIR

10. A PLACE FOR PRODUCTION AND TREATMENT

OF MILK - DAIRY

11. A PLACE FOR KEEPING MOTOR CARS - GARAGE

Abbreviations
12. THE HOUSE OF AN ESCIMO - IGLOO

13. A PLACE FOR KEEPING AEROPLANES -

HANGERS / AERODROMES / AIRPORTS

YA
14. A HOUSE OR SHELTER FOR A DOG - KENNEL

15. A HOUSE FOR KEEPING BOOKS - LIBRARY

16. A PLACE OF DISCHARGE FROM THE BOWELS -

AV
LAVATORY

17. A PLACE WHERE SCIENTIFIC EXPERIMENTS ARE

AL
CARRIED ON - LABORATORY

18. A PLACE WHERE TREASURES OF ART AND

EK

CURIOS ARE KEPT - MUSEUM

19. A PLACE WHERE MONEY IS COINED - MINT

20. A HOUSE OR SHELTER FOR A CONFINED COW -

PEN

21. A SHELTER OR SHED FOR COWS - COWSHED

Abbreviations
22. A PLACE WHERE BATTING OF CRICKET BALL

TAKES PLACE - PITCH

23. A PLACE WHERE SHIPS ARE LOADED AND

YA
UNLOADED - QUAY

24. A PLACE WHERE FILMS ARE PRODUCED -

STUDIO
AV
25. A PLACE WHERE LEATHER IS TANNED -

TANNERY
AL
MISCELLANEO
EK

US
Abbreviations
1. NOT BEARING THE NAME OF A WRITER -

ANONYMOUS

2. ONE WHO IS ALL POWERFUL - ALMIGHTY /

YA
OMNIPOTENT

3. ONE WHO KNOWS AND SEES EVERYTHING -

OMNISCIENT
AV
4. ONE WHO IS PRESENT EVERYWHERE -

OMNIPRESENT
AL
5. ONE LEAVING HIS NATIVE COUNTRY TO SETTLE IN

ANOTHER - EMIGRANT
EK

6. ONE COMING TO A FOREIGN LAND TO SETTLE

THERE - IMMIGRANT

7. ONE FREE FROM NATIONAL PREJUDICES OR

LOOKING UPON THE WHOLE WORLD AS HIS OWN -

COSMOPOLITAN
Abbreviations
8. ONE TRYING TO DO GOOD TO MANKIND -

PHILANTHROPIST

9. ONE WHO HATES MANKIND - MISANTHROPIST

YA
10. ONE ALWAYS DOUBTING - SCEPTIC

11. ONE WHO SPEAKS FOR OTHERS - SPOKESMAN

12. ONE WORKING IN THE SAME PLACE WITH

AV
SOMEONE - COLLEAGUE

13. ONE UNABLE TO PAY ONE’S DEBTS - INSOLVENT

AL
/ BANKRUPT

14. ONE UNABLE TO READ AND WRITE - ILLITERATE

EK

15. CONTRARY TO LAW - ILLEGAL

16. DESTITUTE OF KNOWLEDGE - IGNORANT

17. BEYOND THE POWER OF NATURE -

SUPERNATURAL
Abbreviations
18. CHARACTERIZED BY DULL UNIFORMITY -

MONOTONOUS

19. PRACTICE OF HAVING MORE THAN ONE SPOUSE

YA
- POLYGAMY

20. A PAPER WRITTEN BY HAND - MANUSCRIPT

21. INCAPABLE OF BEING EXPRESSED -

AV
INEXPRESSIBLE

22. INCAPABLE OF BEING READ - ILLEGIBLE

AL
23. INCAPABLE OF BEING HEARD - INAUDIBLE

24. INCAPABLE OF BEING CONQUERED - INVINCIBLE

EK

25. INCAPABLE OF BEING SEEN - INVISIBLE

26. INCAPABLE OF BEING DEFENDED -

INDEFENSIBLE

27. INCAPABLE OF BEING APPROACHED -

INACCESSIBLE
Abbreviations
28. INCAPABLE OF BEING ADMITTED -

INADMISSIBLE

29. INCAPABLE OF BEING BELIEVED - INCREDIBLE

YA
30. INCAPABLE OF BEING RESISTED - IRRESISTIBLE

31. INCAPABLE OF BEING CORRECTED -

INCORRIGIBLE
AV
32. INCAPABLE OF BEING DIVIDED - INDIVISIBLE

33. INCAPABLE OF BEING PERCEIVED -

AL
IMPERCEPTIBLE

34. INCAPABLE OF BEING IMITATED - INIMITABLE

EK

35. INCAPABLE OF BEING SOLVED - INSOLUBLE

36. INCAPABLE OF BEING QUESTIONED -

UNQUESTIONABLE

37. CAPABLE OF BEING SEEN THROUGH -

TRANSPARENT
Abbreviations
38. LIABLE TO BE EASILY KINDLED - INFLAMMABLE

39. MURDER OF ONE’S OWN SELF - SUICIDE

40. MURDER OF A MAN - HOMICIDE

YA
41. MURDER OF AN INFANT - INFANTICIDE

AV
AL
EK