Chambers concise dictionary

abbrev action activity amount Anglo-Saxon animal ball become belonging blood body break Brit building called carry cause chem Church close clothes colloq colour combining common Compare completely compounds comput consisting containing cover Dadj denoting derog designed device direction Early especially feeling flowers force formal French give Greek head Italian language Latin leaves light liquid living mark material meaning metal move object one's organization originally particular past person physics piece plant play position produced referring relating remove round sense shape short side slang someone sometimes sound substance surface thing tr & intr tree unit usually various