*        WARNING !     ITEM UNDER DEVELOPMENT  TO BE VERIFIED !
 ~        MAIN ENTRY    as in                           ~ ADAM
          also A TAG to denote PREFIX or SUFFIX as in ANT~ or ~I
          also in entries continued in an ADDENDA indicated as 
          cont> in addenda under development see> ~& ADAM
          (Addenda are not avaible to most users)
 ~!       ALTERED ALPHABETIC SEQUENCE as in            ~! altseq
 ~&       MAIN ENTRY CONTINUED in THE ADDENDA as in    ~& ADAM
          NOTE  these files are under development
  &       PARENTHOOD  COUPLE  as in    ZEUS & HERA
  =       TRANSLATION or RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN WORDS
  ?       UNCERTAIN  INDEFINITE  IFFY
  >       POINTS TO A FOLLOWING ITEM  as in    see>
  |  |    BORDERS FOR EMPHASIS
  id+     IDEA or CONCEPT
  lit+    POETRY LITERATURE or CLASSIC SOURCES
  [#]     REFERENCE CITATION shown in the TEXT ONLY
  [1]     REFERENCE or CITATION 
  [1]!    MAJOR REFERENCE or CITATION 
  (  )    COMMENT  CLARIFICATION
  {  }    EDITORIAL NOTE
  abbr    ABBREVIATION
  AC      AC for AFTER CHRIST or AD for ANNO DOMINI 
  AD      from ANNO DOMINI or AC for AFTER CHRIST
  ak      AKIN
  alt     ALTERNATIVE  ANOTHER VERSION
  altseq  ALTERED ALPHABETIC SEQUENCE
  angsax  AGLO SAXON or ANGLOSAXON
  arab    ARABIC
  arach   ARACHNIDA or SPIDERS 
  art>    ARTS
  arthr   ARTHROPOD  ORGANISMS WITH SEGMENTED BODIES AND LIMBS
  astr>   ASTRONOMY
  attr    ATTRIBUTED
  ave     BIRD from Latin
  BC      BEFORE CHRIST
  biol>   BIOLOGY and BIOLOGIC TERMS
  bot     PLANT  all FLORA
  bulg    BULGARIAN
  c       CIRCA  eg it may be shown as c1501 or  c 1501
  cont>   CONTINUED
  crust   CRUSTACEAN from lat CRUSTA = SHELL
  divin>  for SUPERSTITION or DIVINATION CHARM OMEN
  eg      from EXEMPLI GRATIA as in e.g.
  eng     ENGLISH
  fr      FRENCH
  gr      GREEK
  ger     GERMAN
  heb     HEBREW
  hin     HINDUSTANI or HINDI  may denote HINDUISM
  hx>     HISTORY
  idem    SAME  IDENTICAL  or SIMILAR
  ie      from ID EST as in i.d. = THAT IS
  indeur  INDO EUROPEAN or INDOEUROPEAN
  incl    INCLUDED INCLUSIVE
  ins     INSECT
  ital    ITALIAN
  kw      KEY WORD for Editorial use only   to be deleted
  lat     LATIN
  lith    LITHUANIAN
  mamm    MAMMAL
  maxim>  APHORISM or MOTTO SLOGAN CLICHE PROVERB PRECEPT
  med>    MEDICAL SCIENCES
  moll    MOLLUSCA  from lat MOLUSCUS = SOFT
  myth>   MYTHOLOGY
  opp     OPPOSITE
  or!     for editorial original use  (to be deleted)
  pisc    FISH from lat piscis
  pl      PLANT
  ply>    "WORDPLAY" or PLAY-PLY with WORDS  more emphatic than sug>
  pp      PAGE
  pol     POLISH
  port    PORTUGUESE
  re      IN REFERENCE or IN REGARDS TO
  rept    REPTILE
  rus     RUSSIAN
  sc>     SCIENCE  (excluding biology and medicine)
  see>    SOURCE OF FURTHER INFORMATION
  skt     SANSKRIT or SANSCRIT
  slav    SLAVONIC or SLAVIC or SLAV
  slur>   or slur  SLANDER  DEFAMATION
  sp      SPANISH
  sug>    CONSIDER  SEEK  NOTE  less emphatic than ply>
  symb>   or symb   FOR SYMBOLISM
  ukr     UKRAINIAN
  US      same as USA which is preferred
  USA     UNITED STATES OF AMERICA or of NORTH AMERICA
  vern>   or vern  implies COLLOQUIALISM
  vid     VIDE as in vid. SAME AS see or see>
  vs      VERSUS as in vs. for AGAINST or OPPOSITE
  viz     or viz. from lat VIDELICET = NAMELY

TRANSLITERATIONS from CYRILLIC ALPHABET
        indicates a sound as in
E    =  HEET
Y       HIT
YJ      E+Y
S       SEAL
Z       ZEAL
ZH      SH plus Y  no good equivalent
CH      CH as in CHE CHOP
SH      SHOE
SCH     SH+CH  sh+CHERRY or SCHERRY
CZ      as TZ from T + Z = CZERO
H       HOT
KHA     K+H  (hard H)
IU      EW as in NEW
SZ      as in SGI