| Professions or trades | |
| One who attends to the diseases of the eye | oculist |
| One who tests eyesight and sells spectacles | optician |
| One who attends to sick people and prescribes medicines | physician |
| One who compounds or sells drugs | druggist, pharmacist |
| One who treats diseases by performing operations | surgeon |
| One who attends to the teeth | dentist |
| One skilled in the care of hands and feet | chiropodist |
| One who treats diseases by rubbing the muscles | masseur |
| A physician who assists women at child-birth | obstetrician, accoucheur |
| One who drives a motor car | chauffeur |
| One who manages or attends to an engine | engineer |
| The person in charge of a ship | Captain |
| The commander of a fleet | Admiral |
| One who carves in stone | sculptor |
| One who cuts precious stones | lapidary, lapidist |
| One who writes for the newspaper | journalist, reporter, |
| One who sets type (in a printing office) | compositor |
| One who plans and draws the design of buildings and superintends their erection | architect |
| One who draws plans for buildings | draughtsman |
| One who deals in flowers | florist |
| One who deals in fruits | fruiterer |
| One who deals in cattle | drover |
| One who sells fruits, vegetables, etc., from a barrow | costermonger |
| One who deals in iron and hardware | ironmonger |
| One who deals in medicinal herbs | herbalist |
| One who deals in fish | fishmonger |
| One who deals in furs | furrier |
| One who works in brass | brazier |
| One who sets glass in windows, doors, etc. | glazier |
| One who deals in wines | vintner |
| One who works in lead esp. mending water pipes | plumber |
| One who attends to the fire of a steam engine | stoker |
| One who makes barrels, tubs, etc. | cooper |
| One employed as a labourer to do excavating work | navvy |
| One who makes and sells ladies' hats | milliner |
| One who sells small articles such as ribbons, laces, thread | haberdasher |
| One who deals in cloths and other fabrics | draper |
| One who deals in silks, cotton, woollen, and linen goods | mercer |
| A professional rider in horse races | jockey |
| One who shoes horses | farrier |
| One who looks after horses at an inn | ostler, hostler |
| One who studies rocks and soils | geologist |
| One interested in prehistoric remains and ancient buildings | archaeologist |
| One who studies the stars | astronomer |
| One who foretells things by the stars | astrologer |
| One who directs the course of an aeroplane | pilot, aviator |
| One who works in a coal mine | collier |
| One who converts raw hide into leather | tanner |
| One who makes or deals in cutting instruments, e.g. knives cutler One who cleans the street | scavenger |
| A woman employed to clean out offices, public buildings or houses | charwoman |
| One who sells sweets and pastries | confectioner |
| One who induces or entraps men to serve in the army or navy | crimp |
| One who collects the bets and pays out to the winner when the game is played for money | croupier |
| One who takes care of a building | janitor |
| One who sells fowls, ducks, turkeys, etc. | poulterer |
| One who pays out money at a bank | cashier, teller |
| One who makes and sells cushions and covers chairs, motor car seats etc. | upholsterer |
| One who lends money at exorbitant interest | usurer |
| One who draws maps | cartographer |
| One who collects postage stamps | philatelist |
| One who performs tricks by sleight of hand | Conjuror, prestidigitator, juggler |
| One who walks on ropes | funambulist |
| One who performs daring gymnastic feats | acrobat |
| One who pastures cattle for the market | grazier |
| One who travels from place to place selling miscellaneous articles | huckster, pedlar, chapman, hawker |
| One who makes pots, cups etc. | potter |
| One who goes from place to place mending pots, pans etc. | tinker |
| One who mends shoes | shoemaker, cobbler |
| One who travels from place to place selling religious articles | colporteur |
| A teacher who travels from place to place to give instruction | peripatetic |
| One who watches over students taking an examination | invigilator |
| A person in charge of a museum | curator |
| One who is in charge of giving alms and assistance to the poor | almoner |
| The person in charge of a library | librarian |
| The head of a College | Principal |
| The head of a Town Council or Corporation | Mayor |
| One who lends money and keeps goods as security | pawnbroker |
| One who draws up contracts and also lends money on interest | scrivener |
| One who builds ships | shipwright |
| One who loads and unloads ships | stevedore |
| One who makes wheels for carriages and carts | wheelwright |
| One who sells articles at public sales | auctioneer |
| A tradesman who manages funerals | undertaker |
| One skilled in the treatment of diseases of animals | veterinarian |
| One who writes shorthand | stenographer |
| One who writes poetry | poet |
| One who writes novels | novelist |
| One who writes books | author |
| One who compiles a dictionary | lexicographer |
| One who sells paper, ink, pens and writing materials | stationer |
| One who preserves the skins of animals and mounts them so as to resemble the living animals | taxidermist |
| One versed in the science of human races, their varieties and origin | ethnologist |
| One who studies the evolution of mankind | anthropologist |
| One who studies the working of the human mind | psychologist |
| One who makes or sells candles | chandler |
| One who works or deals in feathers for apparel | plumassier |
| The treasurer of a college or University | bursar |
| An officer in charge of the stores, provisions and accounts on a ship | purser |
| Professions or trades alphabetical | |
| One who performs daring gymnastic feats | acrobat |
| The commander of a fleet | Admiral |
| One who is in charge of giving alms and assistance to the poor | almoner |
| One who studies the evolution of mankind | anthropologist |
| One interested in prehistoric remains and ancient buildings | archaeologist |
| One who plans and draws the design of buildings and superintends their erection | architect |
| One who foretells things by the stars | astrologer |
| One who studies the stars | astronomer |
| One who sells articles at public sales | auctioneer |
| One who writes books | author |
| One who works in brass | brazier |
| The treasurer of a college or University | bursar |
| The person in charge of a ship | Captain |
| One who draws maps | cartographer |
| One who pays out money at a bank | cashier, teller |
| One who makes or sells candles | chandler |
| A woman employed to clean out offices, public buildings or houses | charwoman |
| One who drives a motor car | chauffeur |
| One skilled in the care of hands and feet | chiropodist |
| One who works in a coal mine | collier |
| One who travels from place to place selling religious articles | colporteur |
| One who sets type (in a printing office) | compositor |
| One who sells sweets and pastries | confectioner |
| One who performs tricks by sleight of hand | Conjuror, prestidigitator, juggler |
| One who makes barrels, tubs, etc. | cooper |
| One who sells fruits, vegetables, etc., from a barrow | costermonger |
| One who induces or entraps men to serve in the army or navy | crimp |
| One who collects the bets and pays out to the winner when the game is played for money | croupier |
| A person in charge of a museum | curator |
| One who attends to the teeth | dentist |
| One who deals in cloths and other fabrics | draper |
| One who draws plans for buildings | draughtsman |
| One who deals in cattle | drover |
| One who compounds or sells drugs | druggist, pharmacist |
| One who manages or attends to an engine | engineer |
| One versed in the science of human races, their varieties and origin | ethnologist |
| One who shoes horses | farrier |
| One who deals in fish | fishmonger |
| One who deals in flowers | florist |
| One who deals in fruits | fruiterer |
| One who walks on ropes | funambulist |
| One who deals in furs | furrier |
| One who studies rocks and soils | geologist |
| One who sets glass in windows, doors, etc. | glazier |
| One who pastures cattle for the market | grazier |
| One who sells small articles such as ribbons, laces, thread | haberdasher |
| One who deals in medicinal herbs | herbalist |
| One who travels from place to place selling miscellaneous articles | huckster, pedlar, chapman, hawker |
| One who watches over students taking an examination | invigilator |
| One who deals in iron and hardware | ironmonger |
| One who takes care of a building | janitor |
| A professional rider in horse races | jockey |
| One who writes for the newspaper | journalist, reporter, |
| One who cuts precious stones | lapidary, lapidist |
| One who compiles a dictionary | lexicographer |
| The person in charge of a library | librarian |
| One who treats diseases by rubbing the muscles | masseur |
| The head of a Town Council or Corporation | Mayor |
| One who deals in silks, cotton, woollen, and linen goods | mercer |
| One who makes and sells ladies' hats | milliner |
| One employed as a labourer to do excavating work | navvy |
| One who writes novels | novelist |
| A physician who assists women at child-birth | obstetrician, accoucheur |
| One who attends to the diseases of the eye | oculist |
| One who tests eyesight and sells spectacles | optician |
| One who looks after horses at an inn | ostler, hostler |
| One who lends money and keeps goods as security | pawnbroker |
| A teacher who travels from place to place to give instruction | peripatetic |
| One who collects postage stamps | philatelist |
| One who attends to sick people and prescribes medicines | physician |
| One who directs the course of an aeroplane | pilot, aviator |
| One who works or deals in feathers for apparel | plumassier |
| One who works in lead esp. mending water pipes | plumber |
| One who writes poetry | poet |
| One who makes pots, cups etc. | potter |
| One who sells fowls, ducks, turkeys, etc. | poulterer |
| The head of a College | Principal |
| One who studies the working of the human mind | psychologist |
| An officer in charge of the stores, provisions and accounts on a ship | purser |
| One who makes or deals in cutting instruments, e.g. knives cutler One who cleans the street | scavenger |
| One who draws up contracts and also lends money on interest | scrivener |
| One who carves in stone | sculptor |
| One who builds ships | shipwright |
| One who mends shoes | shoemaker, cobbler |
| One who sells paper, ink, pens and writing materials | stationer |
| One who writes shorthand | stenographer |
| One who loads and unloads ships | stevedore |
| One who attends to the fire of a steam engine | stoker |
| One who treats diseases by performing operations | surgeon |
| One who converts raw hide into leather | tanner |
| One who preserves the skins of animals and mounts them so as to resemble the living animals | taxidermist |
| One who goes from place to place mending pots, pans etc. | tinker |
| A tradesman who manages funerals | undertaker |
| One who makes and sells cushions and covers chairs, motor car seats etc. | upholsterer |
| One who lends money at exorbitant interest | usurer |
| One skilled in the treatment of diseases of animals | veterinarian |
| One who deals in wines | vintner |
| One who makes wheels for carriages and carts | wheelwright |
Names for occupations
| Bicker | beekeeper |
| Bowyer | archery bow maker or seller |
| Cartwright | cart maker |
| Chandler | candle seller or grocer |
| Cooper | barrel maker |
| Draper | cloth seller |
| Fletcher | maker of arrows |
| Franklin | substantial landowner |
| Fuller/Tucker/Walker | dresser of cloth - to 'full' cloth was to trample or beat it |
| Glazier | Glass fitter |
| Hayward | protector of land or woodland |
| Hine | servant |
| Horner | maker of animal-horn items such as spoons and combs |
| Joiner | carpenter |
| Mercer | textile dealer |
| Scrivener | writer of legal documents |
| Sexton | church maintenance worker |
| Tanner | converter of hides and skins into leather |
| Turner | lathe operator |
| Wainwright | cart maker - a wain is a cart |
| Wakeman/Waite | watchman - wake and waite referred to a 'watch' in that sense |
Please note there are some excellent links to assist with these pages
see at the end for the links for further information.
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Acronyms Animals Antonymns Big Words for Small Words Characteristics Church Countries Cities
Communication Death Diminutives Famous Figurative Expressions Gender Geographical Gods and Goddesses Government Grammar and Syntax Human Relationships Inventions Kings and Queens Literary Sentences Marriage Medical Metaphors Miscellaneous Nouns Names Nature Negatives Numbers Opposites Patron Saints Places Possessive Case Phobias Professions Proverbs Prefixes Science & Arts Scientific Terms Seven Wonders Similies Synonyms War Words Wedding Words to Verbs Other Home
| Explanation for Student Compendium | |
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| File | Includes |
A shortened form of a word or phrase.
ANU - Australian National University
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An acronym is a pronounceable word formed from the first letter (or first few letters) of each word in a phrase or title. Sometimes, the newly combined letters create a new word that becomes a part of everyday language. An example of this is the acronym radar. Also includes Mnemonics |
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a
word naming an attribute of a noun, such as sweet, red,
or technical. Adjectives are words that describe or modify other words * Priest = Sacerdotal |
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| Types
of animals, Sounds the make, Where do they live, Collective names of animals
Apes - gibber, Camel live in Australia, Sahara & Arabia, names = Bull - is called a heifer |
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| a
word opposite in meaning to another (e.g. bad - good ).
Opposites = Absent - present |
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Big_Words for small |
Small
word with big word alternative
Anger - Dudgeon * bold - Audacious
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| A feature or quality belonging typically to a person, place, or thing and
serving to identify them
A partner in crime - accomplice |
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| Words
pertaining to the church
A passage between the pews in a church - Aisle |
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Similar
sounding words with different meanings
Council, an administrative or advisory body, do not confuse with counsel, advice or guidance. |
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All about communication see also A History of Communication |
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All computer terms (ASCII, Binary, Unicode) |
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| Names
given to certain towns or countries includes facts about climate
Aberdeen - The Granite City The Torrid Zone has the hottest climate Zinc - Mexico, U.S.A., Spain |
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Words
pertaining to death
Occurring after death - posthumous |
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A diminutive person
is short and small. A diminutive wordis a "cute" version of
a word or name: for example, "duckling" is
a diminutive of "duck" and Billy is
a diminutive form of the name William
Cask - casket |
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Famous
world discoveries of countries continents, includes Australian discoverers
Matthew Flinders -discovered Bass Strait. * Lord Robert Baden-Powell founded the Boy Scouts in 1908 |
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Explanation
of a word, words in literal expressions denote what they mean
according to common or dictionary usage
Aloof -To keep to oneself and not mix with others. |
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Gender
list of male female
Actor - Actress |
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Countries
of the world and Geographical facts
The Circumference of the earth is approxinmately 24,800 miles. |
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List
of gods and goddesses
War - Mars |
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Australian
and UK government with words denoting government
Australian Government |
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Explains
grammar syntax and verbs adjectives nouns etc.
Explains various uses of nouns verbs etc. |
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The
art of living together includes senses, elements, cardinal numbers, cardinal
virtues
THE ART OF LIVING - Consideration for the feelings of others |
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Alphabetical
list of the most important inventions
Clock (pendulum) - Christian Huygens |
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List
of kings and queens of Britain with facts and information
EGBERT 827 - 839 |
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Practical
list of words explained in a
sentence or phrase
A book in which the events of each day are recorded - Diary |
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Words
pertaining to marriage included anniversary gifts
A hater of marriage - misogamist |
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Medical
terms in use today
A disease confined to a particular district or place - endemic |
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Metaphor is a figure of speech that makes an implicit, implied, or hidden comparison between two things that are unrelated |
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Sounds
that things make, description of various venues or habitats, special calendar
dates, Aussie slang words,
All Fools' Day - 1st April - Aussie slang - sounds that things make etc. |
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Names
of persons or things, occupations, and a description of word meanings i.e.
Terrestrial = Earth
Various names explained Bird of night
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Words
connected to nature
A four-footed animal - quadruped |
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a
word or statement that expresses denial, disagreement, or refusal
That which cannot be pierced or penetrated - impenetrable |
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Explanation
of nouns, COMMON Nouns, PROPER Nouns, COLLECTIVE Nouns and ABSTRACT
Nouns.
sit - seat (when to use Nouns) |
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Numbers
of animals things i.e. A number of Cattle = herd
A number of fish taken in a net - catch, haul |
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a person
or thing that is totally different from or the reverse of someone or
something else.
Unable to read - il-literate |
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Special
days, Aussies slang and any other items not covered in this list
Any other items that might be of interest |
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List
of Patron Saints
St. George of England, St. Andrew of Scotland |
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Noctiphobia - Fear of the night |
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A list of places A
place where bees are kept = apiary
A place where fishes are kept - aquarium |
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The case which
is used to show possession is called the possessive case or genitive
case. In case of nouns, an apostrophe is used to show it.
Is the case which denotes the owner or possessor |
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All Prefixes |
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List
of various professions
The commander of a fleet - Admiral |
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Famous proverbs A
bird in the hand is worth two in the bush
A bad beginning makes a good ending. |
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Serious Quotes and some Witty funny one liners Someone has glued my pack of cards together...I cannot deal with it! |
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Famous sayings as a drowned rat. - as ancient as the sun—as the stars. |
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List
of words used in Science or Art
An instrument for detecting earthquakes - seismograph |
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Explanation
of scientific items like barometer
The science of land management - agronomics |
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The
seven wonders of the ancient world with explanations
The Pyramids of Egypt |
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Words
to use as a Simile which is a phrase that describes one thing in terms
of another. A simile usually begins with like or as.
Archates - a good friend * Belt = to hit below the belt |
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List
of words or phrases that has the same or nearly the same meaning as
another
abandon....... desert, forsake, leave. |
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Understanding
words, Incorrect Use of Words, |
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The floor was dirt. Only the wealthy had something other
than dirt, hence the saying "dirt poor." |
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Words
used in war
Nations carrying on warfare - belligerents |
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Anniversary dates and wedding information |
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Words
shown in noun or verb
strong - strengthen |
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Signs of the Zodiac |
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