@V. K. Mueller English-Russian Dictionary
@List of the most common abbreviations; Version 2005.09.19
@
@Maintained by CHG 2005 <smersh@users.sourceforge.net>
@See latest version on http://mueller-dict.sourceforge.net/
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a

  I acre  (4047 . .)

  II afternoon  , ; Σ

  III age 
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a.

  I about , , 

  II annual , 
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AA

  I Alcoholics Anonymous   (   
  )

  II antiaircraft ; 

  III Automobile Association  

  IV Affirmative Action   (   
    , ,   ..)
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AAA

  American Automobile Association   
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A.A.A.

  Amateur Athletic Association  -
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AAAL

  American Academy of Arts and Letters    
  
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AAAS

  American Association for the Advancement of Science 
     
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AACS

  Airways and Air Communications Service   
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AAII

  American Association of Individual Investors  
   
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AAMSI

  American Association for Medical Systems Informatics 
     
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AAP

  Affirmative Action Program   
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AARC

  Anglo-American Cataloging Rules -  
  
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AAS

  associate in applied science      
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AAUN

  American Association for the United Nations  
   
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AAUP

  American Association of University Professors  
   
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AB

  Bachelor of Arts    ()
_____

ABA

  I American Bar Association   

  II American Basketball Association   

  III American Booksellers' Association   
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ABC

  American Broadcasting Company   ,
  --
_____

ABM

  antiballistic missile system   
_____

ABS

  American Broadcasting System   "
   "
_____

abt

  about , , 
_____

a/c

  account ޣ
_____

AC

  I aircraft carrier 

  II (. ac) alternating current  

  III ante Christum _.   
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ACAWS

  Advisory, Caution, And Warning System  ,
    
_____

ACCS

  Army Command and Control System      
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acct

  account ޣ
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ACD

  Automatic Call Distributing system   
  
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ACE

  I Allied Command, Europe   

  II American Council on Education    
   ()

  III Automatic Calibration and Equalization   
  
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acft

  aircraft ̣
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ack

  acknowledge(d)   ()
_____

ackn

  acknowledge(d)   ()
_____

A.C.L.S.

  American Council of Learned Societies    
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ACM

  Association for Computing Machinery    
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acpt

  acceptance _. ()
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ACS

  Advanced Communications System   
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ACTS

  Advanced Communications Technology Satellite ,  
     
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ACW

  Alternating Continuous Waves _.   
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A.D.

  anno Domini _.  
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AD

  After Date    (  )
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ADC

  I analog-to-digital converter - 

  II aide-de-camp 
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addl

  additional , 
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adds

  address 
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ADF

  Automatic Direction Finder  
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ADIZ

  air defence identification zone   
  
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ADM

  ADMiral 
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ADP

  I Administrative Data Processing   

  II Advanced Data Processing   
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a.d.s.

  autograph document signed _.    
  
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ADT

  Abstract Data Type   
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adt

  advertisement ; 
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advt

  advertisement ; 
_____

AE

  Application Execution  
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AEA

  American Electronics Association    
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AEC

  Atomic Energy Commission    
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AEF

  American Expeditionary Force   
_____

A.E.U.

  Amalgamated Engineering Union  () 
  
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AF

  I Air Force - 

  II Audio Frequency  
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AFB

  Air Force Base  
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AFC

  I Automatic Flight Control   

  II Automatic Frequency Control   
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Afft

  affidavit _. _.    
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AFGE

  American Federation of Government Employees  
    
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AFIPS

  American Federation of Information Processing Societies 
      
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AFL

  American Football League   
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AFL/CIO

  American Federation of Labor/Congress of Industrial Organizations
        ,
  /
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AFNOR

  Association Francaise de NORmalization  
  
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Afr

  I Africa 

  II African 
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AFSCME

  American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees
    ,   
  
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AFTRA

  American Federation of Television and Radio Artists 
      
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AG

  I Adjutant General  

  II  
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Agatha

  
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AGCT

  Army General Classification Test     
     
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Agcy

  agency ; 
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A.G.M.

  annual general meeting   
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Ah

  (. ah) ampere-hour -
_____

AHA

  American Historical Association   
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AHL

  American Hockey League   
_____

AHQ

  Air HeadQuarters  
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a.i.

  ad interim _. ; 
_____

AI

  artificial intelligence  
_____

AIAA

  American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics  
    
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AIC

  Automatic Intercept Center   
_____

AID

  Agency for International Development   
_____

AIDS

  Acquired ImmunoDeficiency Syndrome  
  , 
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AIS

  Automatic Intercept System   
_____

AJKF

  All Japan Kendo Federation   
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AK

  Alaska  ( )
_____

AKA

  Also Known As  ,    
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a.l.

  I attacking line _.  

  II autograph letter  
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Al.

  Alaska  ( )
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Al

  Alabama  ( )
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AL

  I American Legion  

  II Alabama  ( )

  III American League   ( )
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Ala

  Alabama  ( )
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ALA

  American Library Association   
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ALBM

  Air-to-Land Ballistic Missile   
_____

ald.

  alderman  (  -     ;
    -   )
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alky

  alkalinity _. ݣ
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ALS

  Autograph Letter Signed   
_____

Alta

  Alberta  ( )
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ALU

  Arithmetic Logic Unit - 
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A.M.

  Associate Member - (    )
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AM

  I air mail  

  II amplitude modulation  
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a.m.

  I above-mentioned , 

  II ante meridiem _.  ,   
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A&M

  Agricultural and Mechanical   
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AMA

  American Medical Association   
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AMEX

  AMerican EXpress  
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AMPAS

  Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences   
  
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AMRAAM

  Advanced Medium Range Air-To-Air Missile   
     "-"
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AMSAT

  AMateur SATellite  
_____

amt

  amount 
_____

amu

  atomic mass unit   
_____

AMVETS

  American Veterans of World War II    
   
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a/n

  above-named , 
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an

  above-named , 
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ANA

  American Nurses Association   
_____

ANC

  Army Nurse Corps   
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ANG

  Air National Guard   
_____

ANI

  Automatic Number Identification   
_____

anon

  anonymous , 
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ANOVA

  ANalysis Of VAriance  
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ANPA

  American Newspaper Publishers Association  
   
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ans

  answer 
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ANSI

  American National Standards Institute  
   
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a.n.wt.

  actual net weight   
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ANZUS

  Australia, New Zealand, United States   ,
  
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a.o.

  account of  ޣ (-.)
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aol

  absent over leave   , 
_____

AOS

  Academic Operating System   
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A/P

  Account Payable _. ޣ 
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AP

  I airplane ̣

  II American Patent  

  III Associated Press   " "
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APA

  I American Philological Association  
  

  II All Points Addressable   
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APB

  All Points Bulletin ()   (
  )
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API

  application programming interface   
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A.P.N.

  Atlantic Pact Nations -  
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APO

  Army Post Office   
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app

  appendix , 
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appl

  applied , 
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appro

  approval , 
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approx

  approximately 
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apps

  appendixes , 
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appt

  appointed 
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APR

  Annual Percentage Rate   
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Apr

  April 
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aptd

  appointed 
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AR

  I acknowledgment receipt   

  II annual return  

  III Arkansas  ( )

  IV army regulation   

  V Address Register  
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A/R

  Account Receivable _. ޣ 
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ARC

  American Red Cross   
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ARE

  Arab Republic of Egypt   , APE
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Arg

  Argyllshire  (  )
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Ariz.

  Arizona  ( )
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Ark.

  Arkansas  ( )
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ARP

  airraid precautions   
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ARPA

  Advanced Research Projects Agency   
  - 
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ARRL

  Amateur Radio Relay League  
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ARS

  American Rocket Society   
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art

  I article 

  II artificial 

  III artillery 
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arty

  artillery 
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ARV

  American Revised Version   
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ARX

  American Red Cross   
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AS

  Anglo-Saxon 
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ASA

  American Standards Association   
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ASCAP

  (. Ascap) American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
        ,  
  
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ASCII

  American standard code for information interchange 
     
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ASDIC

  Anti-Submarine Detection Investigation Committee   
    
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ASEAN

  Association af South-East Asia Nations  
  - , 
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asf

  and so forth   
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asgd

  assigned ; 
_____

asgmt

  assignment

    1) 

    2) _. 
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ASHRAE

  American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-conditioning
  Engineers     ,  
   
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ASME

  American Society of Mechanical Engineers  
  -
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asp

  as soon as possible   ;   
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A.S.P.

  American Society of Parasitologists   
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Aspt

  aspirant  ( )
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assn

  association ; 
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assoc

  I associate 

  II association 
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Assr.

  assignor _. 
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asst.

  assistant ; 
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asstd

  assorted

    1) 

    2) 
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AST

  Atlantic Standard Time  (-)  
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ASV

  American Standard Version     
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at

  atomic 
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A.T.

  (. A/T) American Terms   
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AT

  (. a.t.) apparent time _.  
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ATB

  Advanced Technology Bomber ,   
  
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ATC

  Air Traffic Control   
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ATF

  Advanced Technology Fighter ,   
  
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atm

  atmosphere 
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ATM

  Automatic Teller Machine  
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at.no.

  atomic number  ,  
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ats

  at the suit _.  
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ATTIS

  American Telephone and Telegraph Information Systems 
      
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attn

  attention

    1) 

    2)  -

    3)  !
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atty

  attorney , , 
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ATV

  All Terrain Vehicle 
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at.wt.

  atomic weight  
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A.U.

  astronomical unit  
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Aug.

  August 
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AUS

  Army of the United States  
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AUSKF

  All United States Kendo Federation   
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Austral

  Australian 
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auth

  I authentic 

  II author 

  III authorized  
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AUTODIN

  AUTOmatic DIgital Network   
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av

  average 
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AV

  I ad valorem _.  

  II audiovisual 
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AVC

  American Veterans Committee    
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avdp

  avoirdupois "" (      ,
    ,    )
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Ave.

  avenue , , 
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avg

  average  ;  
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av.l.

  average length  
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av.w.

  average width  
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AW

  actual weight  ,  
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a.w.

  atomic weight  
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AWACS

  Airborne Warnings And Control Systems    
  
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AWEA

  American Wind Energy Association    
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AWOL

  absent without leave _. ()   
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awu

  atomic weight unit   
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Ayr

  Ayrshire  (  )
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AZ

  Arizona  ( )
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b

  born ; ; 
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B

  bar  ( )
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BA

  Bachelor of Arts   
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B.A.

  British Academy  
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BAEC

  British Atomic Energy Corporation    
  
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B.B.

  Blue Book   (  , 
    . .)
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b&b

  bed and breakfast    ( )
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BBA

  Bachelor of Business Administration   
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BBC

  British Broadcasting Corporation   ,
  --
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bbl

  barrel

    1) , 

    2)  ()
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B.C.

  I before Christ   

  II (. b/c) bulk cargo ,    ;
   
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BC

  I birth certificate   

  II British Columbia   ( )

  III British Council  
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BCD

  I Bad Conduct Discharge      
  

  II Binary Coded Decimal - 
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BCE

  Before the Common Era   
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B.C.N.

  British Commonwealth of Nations   
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BCP

  British Communist Party   
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bd

  I bond

    1) ; 

    2)  

    3) 

  II bound for...  ... ( )

  III bundle

    1) , , 

    2)   (54840 )
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BD

  I barrels per day (-)   

  II bills discounted   ԣ 

  III Bachelor of Divinity  

  IV Bank Draft ,     
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bdg

  building , 
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B.E.

  Bank of England  
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BE

  bill of exchange  , 
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BEA

  British European Airways Corporation  
   , 
_____

BEAC

  British European Airways Corporation  
   , 
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Beds.

  Bedforshire  (  )
_____

BEF

  British Expeditionary Force   
_____

BENELUX

  BElgium, NEtherlands, and LUXembourg  , ,
  , 
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Berks.

  Berkshire  (  )
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Berw.

  Berwickshire  (  )
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betn

  between ,  
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BF

  Brought Forward    
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b.f.

  bona fide _. 
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BFA

  Bachelor of Fine Arts   
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BG

  British Government  
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B.H.P.

  brake horsepower     
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BID

  bis in die _.     (  )
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BIOS

  basic input/output system   /, 
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B.I.S.

  British Interplanetary Society    
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BIS

  Business Information System   
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bk

  I back , 

  II book 
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BKA

  British Kendo Association   
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Bkg

  banking

    1)   

    2)  
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bkt

  bracket 
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bl

  I bale , 

  II barrel

    1) , 

    2)  ()

  III bilateral 
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B.L.

  Bachelor of Law  
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B/L

  bill of lading  , 
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bldg

  building , 
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BLS

  Bureau of Labor Statistics    ()
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Blvd

  boulevard 
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BM

  I basal metabolism _.  

  II bowel movement _. 

  III British Museum  
_____

B.M.A.

  British Medical Association   
_____

BMA

  I British Medical Association   

  II Bank Marketing Association    
_____

BMD

  ballistic missile defence  
_____

BMEWS

  Ballistic Missile Early Warning   
   
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BMO

  Ballistic Missile Office   
_____

BMR

  Basal Metabolism Rate _.   
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B.M.T.

  British Mean Time   
_____

BMus

  Bachelor of Music  
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bn

  battalion 
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bo

  I body odour  

  II box office 
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b.o.

  I back order  ;   

  II buyer's option   ( ) 
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B.O.

  (. b.o.) buyer's option   ( ) 
_____

BO

  Branch Office  
_____

B.O.A.

  I British Olympic Association _.   

  II British Overseas Airways Corporation  
    , 
_____

B.O.A.C.

  British Overseas Airways Corporation   
   , 
_____

BOD

  Board Of Directors  
_____

BOM

  Bill Of Materials  
_____

BOQ

  bachelor officers' quarters  ( )  
_____

BOR

  British other ranks      
_____

B.o.T. unit

  Board of Trade unit -
_____

BOU

  British Ornithologists' Union   
_____

BP

  I barometic pressure  

  II bills payable   

  III British Patent  

  IV British Petroleum  " 
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bp

  bishop

    1) 

    2) _. 
_____

B.P.

  blood pressure  
_____

bpi

  bits per inch _.   
_____

bpl

  birth place  
_____

bps

  bits per second (-)   
_____

B.R.

  book of reference ,  
_____

Br.

  British , 
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BR

  I bills receivable   

  II bedroom 
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BRCS

  British Red Cross Society    
_____

Breck

  Brecknockshire  (  )
_____

Brecon

  Brecknockshire  (  )
_____

Brig

  brigade 
_____

Brig.-Gen.

  Brigadier-General  
_____

Brit.

  I Britain ;

  II British , 
_____

BRL

  Ballistic Research Laboratory   
_____

Bros

  brothers  (  )
_____

B.S.

  bill of sale 
_____

BS

  I Bachelor of Science  ()  ()

  II balance sheet _. 
_____

BSA

  Boy Scouts of America   
_____

BSc

  Bachelor of Science  () 
_____

BST

  British Summer Time   
_____

BT

  berth terms _.   (   )
_____

BThU

  British Thermal Unit    (0,252 
  ), 
_____

BTL

  Bell Telephone Laboratories    "" ()
_____

btto

  brutto () 
_____

BTU

  British Thermal Unit   
_____

BTUC

  British Trade Union Congress   -
_____

BTW

  By The Way 
_____

bu.

  bushel  (36,3 )
_____

Bucks

  Buckinghamshire  (  )
_____

BUP

  British United Press   "  "
_____

BV

  Blessed Virgin 
_____

BWT

  British Winter Time   
_____

BX

  Base eXchange  
_____

c.

  I carat  (200 )

  II curie  ( )
_____

C

  calorie  , -
_____

C.

  centigrade    ( )
_____

c

  I centimetre 

  II century 

  III circa _. , 

  IV calorie  , -
_____

C-in-C

  Commander-in-Chief 
_____

Ca.

  Cavan  (  )
_____

C.A.

  I Central America  

  II Court of Appeal  
_____

CA

  I Chartered Accountant -

  II current account  ޣ

  III California 

  IV Chief Accountant  
_____

CAB

  Civil Aeronautics Board   
_____

CACM

  Communications of the Association for Computing Machinery  
    
_____

CAD

  I computer-aided design  

  II cash against documents     
_____

CAF

  cost and freight   
_____

CAI

  cost and insurance   
_____

Caith

  Caithness  (  )
_____

Cal

  California  ( )
_____

Calif.

  California  ( )
_____

CAM

  I computer-aided manufacturing  

  II Computer Aided Management  
_____

Cambs.

  Cambridgeshire  (  )
_____

CAMP

  Campaign Against Marijuana Planting    
_____

Can.

  Canada 
_____

Canad.

  Canadian 
_____

Cantab.

  Cantabrigian   
_____

CAP

  Civil Air Patrol   
_____

Capt.

  Captain 
_____

Car.

  Carlow  (  )
_____

Cards.

  Cardiganshire  (  )
_____

Carm.

  Carmarthenshire  (  )
_____

Carmaths.

  Carmarthenshire  (  )
_____

Carn.

  Carnarvonshire  (  )
_____

CASE

  computer-aided software engineering   
   
_____

CASSIS

  Classification and Search Support Information System 
     
_____

CAT

  Computer-Aided Tomography  
_____

Cath.

  Catholic 
_____

CATV

  Community Antenna TeleVision  
_____

CAVU

  Ceiling And Visibility Unlimited ,  
_____

cb

  centibar  (  )
_____

CB

  Citizens Band      
_____

CBC

  Canadian Broadcasting Corporation   
   , --
_____

cbcm

  cubic centimetre  
_____

CBD

  cash before delivery     
_____

CBEMA

  Computer & Business Equipment Manufacturers Association 
      
_____

cbft

  cubic foot  
_____

cbm

  cubic metre  
_____

CBR

  Chemical, Biological, Radiological warfare , ,
   
_____

CBS

  Columbia Broadcasting System ()  
    "  ", --
_____

CBW

  Chemical and Biological Warfare ,  
_____

cc

  cubic centimetre  
_____

C.C.

  cash credit ()   
_____

CC

  common carrier

    1) 

    2)     
_____

cca

  circa _. , 
_____

CCA

  Computer Corporation of America   
_____

CCC

  Canadian Committee on Cataloging   
_____

CCD

  carge-coupled device    , 
_____

ccm.

  cubic centimetre
_____

CCTA

  Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency  
    
_____

CCTV

  Closed Circuit TeleVision  
_____

CD

  I Civil Defence  

  II Corps Diplomatique _.  

  III compact disc -
_____

CD-ROM

  Compact Disk Read Only Memory -  
_____

CDC

  Center for Disease Control   
_____

CDEV

  Control panel DEVice   
_____

cdm

  cubic decimetre  
_____

Cdr

  commander

    1) 

    2) _.  3 
_____

CDR

  CommanDeR 
_____

CDT

  Central Daylight Time    
_____

CE

  I Civil Engineer -

  II Chemical Engineer -

  III Common Era  

  IV Corps of Engineers    
_____

CEA

  Council of Economic Advisors    (
   )
_____

CEC

  I Central Executive Committee   

  II Commission of the European Communities  
  
_____

CED

  Committee for Economic Development   
_____

cen

  central 
_____

CENTO

  CENtral Treaty Organization   
_____

CEO

  Chief Executive Officer  
_____

cert

  I certificate 

  II certified 
_____

CET

  Central European Time  
_____

cf

  carried forward  , 
_____

cf.

  confer 
_____

CFI

  Cost, Freight, and Insurance ,   
_____

C.F.L.

  Canadian Federation of Labour   
_____

CFO

  Chief Financial Officer   
_____

cfs

  cubic feet per second (-)    
_____

cg

  centigram(me) 
_____

c.g.

  centre of gravity  
_____

CG

  I Consul General  

  II Coast Guard  

  III Commanding General  
_____

CGA

  Color/Graphics Adapter   
_____

CGS

  centimetre-gram(me)-second  --,  
_____

ch

  central heating  
_____

CH

  I Clearing-House ޣ 

  II Custom-House 
_____

ch.

  chapter 
_____

chap.

  chapter 
_____

Ch B

  Bachelor of Surgery  
_____

Ches.

  Cheshire  (  )
_____

chm

  chairman 
_____

chmn

  chairman 
_____

CHU

  centigrade heat unit -
_____

CI

  Cubic Inches  
_____

C/I

  (. c./i.) certificate of insurance  , 
  
_____

CIA

  Central Itelligence Agency   , 
  ()
_____

CID

  Criminal Investigation Department   
_____

CIF

  cost, insurance, freight ,   , 
_____

CIO

  I Congress of Industrial Organizations  
   , ; . . AFL/CIO

  II Chief Information Officer    
_____

C.I.O.

  Congress of Industrial Organizations  
   , ; . . AFL/CIO
_____

CIS

  Commonwealth of Independent States   ,
  
_____

CIT

  California Institute of Technology    
_____

ckw

  clockwise   
_____

C&LC

  capitals and lower case    
_____

CM

  court martial  
_____

cm.

  centimetre 
_____

CMD

  Centralized Message Distribution  
  
_____

CMEA

  Council for Mutual Economic Aid   
  (  ), 
_____

cmm

  cubic millimetre  
_____

CMOS

  complementary metal-oxide semiconductor  -
  
_____

cmps

  centimetre per second (-)   
_____

CMY

  cyan-magenta-yellow  --
_____

CMYK

  cyan-magenta-yellow-black  ---
_____

CN/A

  Customer Name/Address / 
_____

CNN

  Cable News Network    ( 
  )
_____

CNO

  Chief of Naval Operations   
_____

CNR

  Canadian National Railways    
_____

Co

  company  (,   . .)
_____

c.o.

  (. c/o) care of   (-;   )
_____

CO

  I cash-order _. ,   

  II commanding officer

    1) 

    2) 

  III Central Office  

  IV Colorado 

  V Conscientious Objector ,    
_____

Co.

  county  ( )
_____

C.O.

  Conscientious Objector ,     
     
_____

Co-op.

  Co-operative Society  
_____

COBOL

  COmmon Business Oriented Language    
    , 
_____

C.O.D.

  cash on delivery   ;  
_____

C of C

  Chamber of Commerce  
_____

COI

  Central Office of Information   
_____

Col

  colonel 
_____

Col.

  Colorado  ( )
_____

COLA

  Cost-Of-Living Allowance      
   
_____

Coll

  (. coll.) College 
_____

Colo.

  Colorado  ( )
_____

COMECON

  Council for Mutual Economic Aid   
  (  ), 
_____

CON

  console 
_____

Conn.

  Connecticut  ( )
_____

Corp

  corporation 
_____

Corpn

  corporation 
_____

COSMIC

  COmputer Software Management and Information Center   
      
_____

Coy

  Company _. 
_____

cp.

  compare 
_____

CP

  I calorific power  ; 

  II charter-party _. -

  III Communist Party  

  IV Command Post  

  V Command Processor  
_____

cp

  candle-power   ( )
_____

CPA

  Communist Party of Australia   
_____

CPFF

  Cost Plus Fixed Fee      
_____

C.P.G.B.

  Communist Party of Great Britain   
_____

CPI

  I Characters Per Inch ()   

  II Common Programming Interface   
_____

Cpl.

  Corporal 
_____

CPO

  I Chief Petty Officer  

  II Chief Post Office   
_____

cps

  I cycles per second (-) 

  II characters per second ()   
_____

CPSU

  Communist Party of the Soviet Union   
  , 
_____

CPT

  CaPTain 
_____

CPU

  central processing unit  
_____

C.P.U.S.A.

  Communist Party of the United States of America  
  
_____

Cr.

  creditor 
_____

CR

  carriage return  
_____

CRC

  cyclical redundancy check     
  
_____

C.R.C.

  Canadian Red Gross   
_____

CRT

  cathode-ray tube - 
_____

CRTC

  Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission 
  -   
_____

CS

  I Chief of Staff  

  II Civil Service   

  III Computer Science; Computing Science  
_____

CSA

  Confederate States of America    (
  11  ,     1860-1861 .)
_____

CSC

  Computer Sciences Corporation   
_____

CSE

  Certificate of Secondary Education  
_____

CSI

  Commercial Systems Integration   
_____

CSIS

  Canadian Security and Intelligence Service    
  
_____

CSRG

       
_____

CST

  Central Standard Time    ( 90?  105? 
  )
_____

CT

  I Central Time  

  II Connecticut 
_____

CTC

  I Canadian Transport Commission   

  II Centralized Traffic Control (railways)  
  () 
_____

CTU

  centigrade thermal unit -
_____

CTV

  Canadian TeleVision network   
_____

CU

  Close-Up  
_____

CW

  I chemical warfare  

  II Continuous Wave  
_____

CWO

  I cash with order  ޣ   

  II Chief Warrant Officer  -
_____

CWT

  Central Winter Time     ( 90  105 .
   )
_____

cwt

  hundredweight  (  - 50,8 ;   - 45,3 )
_____

cy.

  currency 
_____

CY

  Calendar Year  
_____

CYO

  Catholic Youth Organization   
_____

CZ

  Canal Zone   
_____

D

  I Democrat ,   

  II Democratic ,    
_____

d.

  I date 

  II day 

  III denarius _. ,   (0,01  )

  IV diameter 

  V died 

  VI dollar 

  VII dose _. 
_____

d

  daughter 
_____

DA

  I days after acceptance ( -)   

  II District Attorney   ()

  III Don't Answer  
_____

D/A

  Digital to Analog -
_____

DAC

  digital-to-analog converter - , 
_____

DAR

  Daughters of the American Revolution "  "
  ( )
_____

das

  decastere  
_____

DAT

  digital audio tape  -
_____

DATA

  Defense Air Transport Administration   
    
_____

DAV

  Disabled American Veterans    
_____

DB

  I (. d.b.) day-book _n. ; 

  II DataBase  
_____

db

  decibel _. 
_____

dbl.

  double ; 
_____

DBMS

  database management system    , 
_____

D.C.

  I direct current  

  II District of Columbia    ()
_____

DC

  direct current  
_____

DCA

  Defense Communications Agency     
_____

dct

  document 
_____

DD

  I days after date ( -)    

  II demand draft ,   

  III Dishonorable Discharge      "
  "
_____

D.D.

  Doctor of Divinity  
_____

DDC

  Digital Data Converter   
_____

DDD

  Direct Distance Dial(ing)     
_____

DDE

  Dynamic Data Exchange   
_____

DDS

  Doctor of Dental Science  
_____

DE

  Delaware  ( )
_____

D.E.

  degree of elasticity  
_____

DEA

  Drug Enforcement Agency      
   
_____

Dec.

  December 
_____

dec.

  deceased , 
_____

decd

  deceased , 
_____

def.

  I defendant 

  II deffered 
_____

deg.

  degree 
_____

Del.

  Delaware  ( )
_____

Dem.

  I Democrat ,   

  II Democratic ,    
_____

demo

  demonstration , 
_____

Den.

  Denbighshire  (  )
_____

dep.

  I departure ; 

  II deposit 
_____

Dept.

  department

    1) ; ; 

    2) ; 
_____

Derby

  Derbyshire  (  )
_____

DES

  Data Encryption Standard   
_____

DEW

  distant early warning   
_____

DF

  direction finder ()
_____

DFC

  Distinguished Flying Cross  "   "
_____

DFD

  Data Flow Diagram   
_____

DFE

  Data Flow Editor   
_____

DFM

  Distinguished Flying Medal  "   "
_____

dft

  I defendant , ; 

  II draft

    1) ; , 

    2)  ()

    3) , 

    4) _. , 

    5) _. 
_____

dg

  decigram(me) 
_____

DG

  Director General  
_____

DHHS

  Department of Health and Human Services   
    ()
_____

DHSS

  Department of Health and Social Security   
    ()
_____

DIA

  Defense Intelligence Agency   
   
_____

dia.

  diameter 
_____

diam.

  diameter 
_____

DID

  Direct Inward Dialing   
_____

DIS

  Draft International Standard   
_____

DIY

  Do It Yourself " "
_____

DJ

  Disc Jockey -
_____

dkg

  dekagram(me) 
_____

dkl.

  dekalitre 
_____

D.Lit.

  Doctor of Literature  
_____

DLL

  dynamic-link library   
_____

dm.

  decimetre 
_____

D.M.

  Doctor of Medicine  
_____

DMA

  direct memory access    
_____

DMD

  Doctor of Dental Medicine  
_____

DMV

  Department of Motor Vehicles   
_____

DMZ

  DeMilitarized Zone  
_____

DNA

  Digital Network Architecture   
_____

do

  ditto   
_____

DOB

  date of birth  
_____

DOD

  Department Of Defense  
_____

DOE

  Department of Energy  
_____

dol.

  dollar 
_____

dom.

  dominion 
_____

Dors.

  Dorsetshire  (  )
_____

DOS

  disk operating system   , 
_____

DOT

  Department Of Transportation   ()
_____

doz.

  dozen 
_____

DP

  I Data Processing  

  II Displaced Persons  

  III Dial Pulse  
_____

DPh

  Doctor of Philosophy  
_____

DPhil

  Doctor of Philosophy  
_____

dpi

  dots per inch (-)   
_____

DPMI

  DOS Protected Mode Interface   
_____

dr

  drachm 
_____

Dr

  I debtor , 

  II Doctor  ( )

  III Dining Room 
_____

DRD

  Data Reading Device ,  
_____

D.S.

  document signed ,  (-)
_____

DS

  I document signed ,  (-)

  II Double-Sided 
_____

DSc

  Doctor of Science  () 
_____

DSE

  Data Structure Editor   
_____

DSP

  digital signal processor   () 
_____

DSS

  Decision Support System    
_____

D.T.

  delirium tremens _.  
_____

d.t.'s

  delirium tremens _.  
_____

DTE

  Data Terminal Equipment  
_____

Dumb.

  Dumbartonshire  (  )
_____

Dumf.

  Dumfriesshire  (  )
_____

dupl

  duplicate 
_____

DUT

  Device Under Test  
_____

DVM

  Doctor of Veterinary Medicine  
_____

dw

  dead weight _.

    1)  ,  

    2)  ߣ ()
_____

DWI

  Driving While Intoxicated    
_____

dwt

  pennyweight  (  = 1,555 )
_____

dz.

  dozen 
_____

E.

  I East 

  II eastern 

  III English 

  IV engineer 
_____

e

  erg _. 
_____

E-MAIL

  Electronic MAIL  
_____

E.A.

  East Africa  
_____

EAEC

  European Atomic Energy Community    
  , 
_____

EAON

  except as otherwise noted   ,   
_____

E.B.

  Encyclopaedia Britannica _.  
_____

EBB

  extra best best   
_____

EBCDIC

  Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code 
  -   
_____

e.c.

  exempli causa _. 
_____

E.C.

  Executive Committee  
_____

ECA

  Economic Commission for Africa     ,
  
_____

ECAFE

  Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East   
      , 
_____

ECC

  Error Correction Code   
_____

ECCM

  Electronic Counter-Counter-Measures    
_____

ECE

  Economic Commission for Europe    ,
  
_____

ECG

  electrocardiogram 
_____

ECLA

  Economic Commission for Latin America    
    , 
_____

ECM

  I Electronic Counter Measure 

  II European Common Market   
_____

ECME

  Economic Commission for the Middle East    
    
_____

ecol

  I ecology 

  II ecological 
_____

econ

  I economics 

  II economic 

  III economy 
_____

ECOSOC

  Economic and Social Council (of the United Nations)  
    
_____

ECSC

  European Coal and Steel Community     ,
  
_____

ECT

  ElectroConvulsive Therapy  , 
_____

ed.

  I edited by  (-.)

  II editor 

  III edition 
_____

EDGAR

  Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval  
  , , 
_____

EdM

  Master of Education   
_____

EDP

  Electronic Data Processing   
_____

E.D.S.

  English Dialect Society   
_____

EDS

  I English Dialect Society   

  II Electronic Data System   
_____

EDT

  Eastern daylight time   
_____

educ

  I education , 

  II educational 
_____

EE

  I Early English  

  II Envoy Extraordinary  

  III Electrical Engineer -
_____

EEC

  European Economic Community (the Common Market) 
    ( )
_____

EEG

  ElectroEncephaloGram 
_____

EET

  East European Time   
_____

EFTA

  European Free Trade Association   
  , 
_____

e.g.

  exempli gratia _. 
_____

EGA

  Enhanced Graphics Adapter   
_____

EHF

  Extremely High Frequency (30-300 GHz)   
_____

EHP

  effective horsepower     
_____

EHT

  extra high tension _.  
_____

EKG

  electrocardiogram , 
_____

EL

  I east longitude _.  

  II East Lothian - (  )
_____

elec

  I electricity 

  II electric 
_____

elect.

  electricity electric ; 
_____

elem.

  elementary 
_____

ELF

  Extremely Low Frequency   
_____

EM

  I electromagnetic 

  II enlisted man  ( )

  III Engineer of Mines  
_____

EMA

  Electronic Mail Association   
_____

EMF

  electromotive force  
_____

EMI

  ElectroMagnetic Interference 
_____

EMP

  Electromagnetic Pulse  
_____

EMS

  I Expanded Memory Specification   ()

  II Electronic Message System   
_____

EMT

  European Mean Time   
_____

emu

  electromagnetic unit  
_____

ENIAC

  Electronic Numerical Integrator and Calculator  
    
_____

ENS

  ENSign  
_____

E.&O.E.

  errors and omissions excepted    
_____

EOF

  end-of-file  
_____

e.o.m.

  end of the month (following)   () 
_____

EP

  I estimated position  

  II Extended Play  
_____

EPA

  Environmental Protection Agency     
_____

EPT

  Excess Profits Tax   
_____

eq.

  equivalent 
_____

EQ

  Educational Quotient  
_____

ER

  Emergency Room   
_____

ERA

  Equal Rights Amendment    
_____

ES

  Expert System  
_____

ESA

  European Space Agency   
_____

ESE

  East - South-East  - -
_____

ESP

  Extra Sensory Perception  
_____

esp.

  especially  , 
_____

Esq.

  Esquire 
_____

Esqr.

  Esquire 
_____

Ess.

  Essex  (  )
_____

ESS

  Electronic Switching System   
_____

EST

  Eastern Standard Time   
_____

esu

  electrostatic unit  
_____

ETA

  estimated time of arrival ޣ  
_____

et al.

  et alii _.  
_____

etc.

  et cetera _.  ..,  ..
_____

ETD

  estimated time of departure ޣ  
_____

ETS

  Electronic Translator System   
_____

et seq.

  I et sequence _. 

  II et sequentia  
_____

ETV

  Education TeleVision  
_____

Eurovision

  Europe - Television   
   ""
_____

eV

  electron-volt, electron volt 
_____

EVA

  ExtraVehicular Activity     
_____

EVX

  Electronic Voice eXchange   
_____

EW

  I enlisted woman - (  )

  II Electronic Warfare  
_____

exps

  expenses , 
_____

exx

  examples 
_____

F

  Fahrenheit   
_____

f.

  I feminine 

  II foot 
_____

f

  fathom   (182,5 )
_____

FA

  Football Association  
_____

FAA

  Federal Aviation Agency   
_____

f.a.c.

  fast as can   
_____

FAI

  Federation Aeronautique Internationale _.  
  , 
_____

FAO

  Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations  
       , 
_____

FAQ

  fair average quality   
_____

FAS

  I free alongside ship    

  II Foreign Agricultural Service   
_____

FAT

  file allocation table   
_____

FAX

  FAcsimile 
_____

FB

  Freight Bill ޣ  
_____

F.B.A.

  Fellow of the British Academy   
_____

FBI

  Federal Bureau of Investigation   , 
  ()
_____

F.B.I.

  Federation of British Industries   
_____

FCC

  Federal Communication Commission    ()
_____

FDA

  Food and Drug Administration      
   ()
_____

FDIC

  Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation   
   
_____

FDM

  Frequency Division Multiplexing  
_____

FDR

  Franklin Delano Roosevelt    (32-  )
_____

FEA

  Finite Element Analysis   
_____

Feb.

  February 
_____

Fed.

  (. fed.)

  I federation 

  II federal 
_____

fem

  feminine 
_____

FEMA

  Federal Emergency Management Agency   
   
_____

FEPC

  Fair Employment Practices Commission   
   
_____

Ferm

  Fermanagh  (   )
_____

FERS

  Federal Employees Retirement System     
  
_____

FET

  Federal Excise Tax    ()
_____

ff.

  following (pages)   ()
_____

FGA

  free of general average _.    
_____

F.H.R.

  Federal House of Representatives    (
  )
_____

FIDE

  Federation Internationale des Echecs _.  
  , 
_____

FIDO

  Fog Investigation Dispersal Operation   
  
_____

FIFA

  Federation Internationale de Football Associations _. 
    , 
_____

FIFO

  First In First Out _.  ,  
_____

FILO

  First In Last Out _.  ,  
_____

FIO

  free in and out _.     ,
  
_____

FL

  I falsa lectio _. 

  II Florida 
_____

Fla.

  Florida  ( )
_____

FLOPS

  floating-point operations per second (-)   
    
_____

fm.

  fathom   (182,5 )
_____

FM

  frequency modulation  
_____

FMB

  Federal Maritime Board    
_____

FMCS

  Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service  
  
_____

fn

  foot-note , 
_____

F.O.

  Foreign Office    ()
_____

F.O.B.

  free on board -, 
_____

FOC

  free of charge , 
_____

FOI

  Freedom Of Information  
_____

fol.

  following 
_____

foll.

  following 
_____

for.

  foreign 
_____

FOR

  Free On Rail -, -
_____

FORTRAN

  FORmula TRANslator   , 
_____

FOT

  Free On Truck - 
_____

fp

  freezing point  
_____

FPC

  I Federal Power Commission     ()

  II Fish Protein Concentrate - 
_____

FPM

  Feet Per Minute   
_____

FPS

  Feet Per Second   
_____

fr.

  I franc 

  II from 
_____

Fr.

  I father 

  II French 
_____

FRG

  Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany)  
  , 
_____

Fri.

  Friday 
_____

FRS

  Federal Reserve System    ()
_____

frt.

  freight ; 
_____

F.S.

  Faraday Society   ( )
_____

FSLIC

  Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation  
      ()
_____

FSS

  Federal Supply Service    ()
_____

ft

  I foot 

  II feet 
_____

FTC

  Federal Trade Commission    ()
_____

FTL

  Faster Than Light  
_____

FTS

  Federal Telephone System   
_____

fur.

  furlong  ( )
_____

f.v.

  folio verso _.   (, )
_____

FX

  Foreign eXchange  
_____

FY

  Fiscal Year  
_____

FYI

  for your information   
_____

G

  I gauss  (  )

  II giga  (10  9- )
_____

g

  specific gravity  
_____

g.

  I (. G.) gram(me) 

  II acceleration of gravity   
_____

g.-cal.

  gram(me) calorie -
_____

GA

  General Assembly   ()
_____

G.A.

  (. G/A) general average _.  
_____

Ga.

  Georgia  ( )
_____

ga.

  gauge

    1) ; ; ; 

    2) _-.  
_____

gal.

  gallon 
_____

GATT

  General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade   
      (  )
_____

GAW

  Guaranteed Annual Wage    
_____

G.B.

  Great Britain 
_____

GB

  gigabyte (-) 
_____

GCA

  ground-controlled approach     ( )
_____

gcc

  ground control centre    ̣
_____

G.C.D.

  greatest common divisor   
_____

GCE

  General Certificate of Education  
_____

GCT

  Greenwich Civil Time   
_____

Gdn

  Carden    ( )
_____

Gdns

  Cardens    ( )
_____

GDR

  German Democratic Republic   , 
_____

gds.

  goods 
_____

GE

  General Electric " " ( 
   )
_____

Gen.

  General 
_____

genl

  general 
_____

Ger.

  German ; 
_____

G.F.T.U.

  General Federation of Trade Unions   -
_____

G.H.Q.

  General Headquarters   ; -;
   
_____

GHz

  Giga HertZ 
_____

GI

  I Government Issue _.

    1) _. 

    2) ;  

  II Galvanized Iron  
_____

GIGO

  Garbage In Garbage Out _.  "  - 
  "
_____

GIN

  Graphics INput  
_____

Gk.

  Greek 
_____

Glam.

  Glamorganshire  (  )
_____

Glos.

  Gloucestershire  (  )
_____

gm.

  gramme(s) ()
_____

GM

  guided missile  
_____

G.M.

  General Manager  
_____

G.M.T.

  Greenwich mean time    () 
_____

GNP

  Gross National Product   
_____

GOP

  Grand Old Party "  " ( 
    )
_____

Gov

  I (. gov) governor ; 

  II government 
_____

govt

  government 
_____

GP

  general practitioner   
_____

g.p.h.

  gallons per hour (-)   
_____

GPI

  Graphics Programming Interface   
_____

g.p.m.

  gallons per minute (-)   
_____

G.P.O.

  I General Post Office   

  II Government Printing Office   ()
_____

GPS

  Global Positioning System     
  
_____

GQ

  General Quarters _.  
_____

gr

  gross  (12 , 144 )
_____

gr.

  I grade

    1) 

    2) 

  II grain  (   0,0648 )

  III gram(me) 
_____

grad.

  graduate  
_____

gr. wt.

  gross weight  
_____

gr.wt.

  gross weight  
_____

G.S.

  General Staff  
_____

GSA

  I General Services Administration    ()

  II Girl Scouts of America " " ( 
  )
_____

GT

  gross ton     (1016 )
_____

gt

  great ; 
_____

G.T.C.

  good till cancelled   
_____

gtd.

  guaranteed 
_____

GUI

  graphical user interface   
_____

h

  heroin 
_____

H

  henry _. 
_____

h.

  I (. H.) harbour , 

  II (. H.) hardness 

  III (. H.) height 

  IV hour 

  V hundred 
_____

ha.

  hectare 
_____

h.a.

  hoc anno _.   
_____

Haw.

  Hawaii  (   )
_____

HBM

  Her British Majesty; His British Majesty  ()  
  (    )
_____

h.&.c.

  hot and cold    ()
_____

handbk

  handbook 
_____

Hants

  Hampshire  (  )
_____

h.c.

  I honoris causa _.  ;  

  II Holy Communion  
_____

H.C.

  House of Commons   ( )
_____

HCL

  High Cost of Living   
_____

HD

  I heavy-duty ()    

  II Hard Disk  
_____

hdbk

  handbook 
_____

HDTV

  High Definition Television   
_____

HE

  I high explosive  

  II His Eminence  

  III His Excellency; Her Excellency  () 
_____

h.e.

  hic est _.  
_____

HEAO

  High Energy Astronomical Observatory  
   
_____

Heref

  Herefordshire  (  )
_____

Herts.

  Hertfordshire  (  )
_____

HF

  high frequency  
_____

hf.

  half 
_____

HFE

  Human Factors Engineering  
_____

HFS

  Hierarchical File System  
_____

H.G.

  High German  
_____

hgt.

  height 
_____

hhd.

  hogshead  ( :   - 286,4 ;   - 238 )
_____

HHFA

  Housing and Home Finance Agency    
   ()
_____

H.I.

  Hawaian Islands  (   )
_____

hist.

  history 
_____

H.L.

  House of Lords  
_____

hl.

  hectolitre 
_____

hm.

  hectometre 
_____

H.M.S.

  His (Her) Majesty's Ship   
_____

HOBIS

  HOtel Billing Information System     
_____

HofC

  House of Commons  
_____

HofL

  House of Lords  
_____

Hon.

  I Honorary 

  II Honourable 
_____

hosp.

  hospital , 
_____

H.P.

  I high pressure  

  II hire purchase     
_____

hp

  horsepower   ( )
_____

H.Q.

  Headquarters 
_____

HR

  House of Representatives   ( )
_____

hr

  hour 
_____

HRH

  His (Her) Royal Highness  ()  
_____

HS

  high school  
_____

HSB

  Hue, Saturation, Brightness , , 
_____

HST

  Hawaiian Standard Time   
_____

HT

  high tension  
_____

HUD

  Housing and Urban Development    
   
_____

H.V.

  high voltage _.  
_____

HVAC

  Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning ,  
   
_____

HWM

  High-Water Mark    
_____

hwt

  hundredweight  (  - 50,8 ;   - 45,36 )
_____

Hz

  hert 
_____

i

  island, isle 
_____

I.

  Idaho  ( )
_____

i.

  inch 
_____

I'ness

  Inverness-shire  (  )
_____

Ia.

  Iowa  ( )
_____

IAAF

  International Amateur Athletic Federation  
   , 
_____

IAC

  International Air Convention   
_____

IADL

  International Association of Democratic Lawyers  
  -, 
_____

IAEA

  International Atomic Energy Agency    
  , 
_____

IAF

  International Aeronautical Federation  
  , 
_____

IATA

  International Air Transport Association  
   
_____

ib.

  ibidem _.  
_____

ibid

  ibidem _.  
_____

IBM

  International Business Machines "  " ( 
   )
_____

IBRD

  International Bank for Reconstruction and Development  
    , 
_____

IBU

  International Budo University    
  ( )
_____

i/c

  in charge  (   . .);  (    .
  .)
_____

IC

  Integrated Circuit  
_____

IC4A

  Intercollegiate Association of Amateur Athletes of America
     -
_____

ICA

  I International Cooperative Alliance   ,
  

  II International Cooperation Administration  
  
_____

ICAAAA

  Intercollegiate Association of Amateur Athletes of America
     -
_____

ICAO

  International Civil Aviation Organization  
   , 
_____

ICBM

  InterContinental Ballistic Missile  
  , 
_____

ICC

  International Chamber of Commerce   , 
_____

ICFTU

  International Confederation of Free Trade Unions 
    , 
_____

ICI

  Imperial Chemical Industries   
_____

ICJ

  International Court of Justice   ()
_____

ICW

  International Council of Women   , 
_____

Id.

  Idaho  ( )
_____

id.

  idem _.  
_____

ID

  I identification 

  II inside dimensions  

  III Intelligence Department  
_____

IDA

  International Development Association   ,
  
_____

IDDD

  International Direct Distance Dialing   
  
_____

IDF

  Intermediate Distributing Frame   
_____

IE

  Indo-European 
_____

i.e.

  id est _.  
_____

IF

  Intermediate Frequency  
_____

IFB

  Invitation For Bids       
    
_____

IFC

  I International Finance Corporation   

  II International Freighting Corporation  
  
_____

IFF

  Identification Friend or Foe   
  ̣  
_____

IFLA

  International Federation of Library Associations  
   
_____

IGO

  Intergovernmental Ogranization   ()
_____

IGY

  International Geophysical Year   
_____

i.h.p.

  indicated horsepower  
_____

IHS

  Integrated Hospital Support   
_____

IIA

  Information Industry Association   
_____

IIHF

  International Ice Hockey Federation   
_____

IJF

  International Judo Federation   
_____

IKF

  International Kendo Federation   
_____

ILCOP

  International Liaison Committee of Ogranizations for Peace 
       
_____

ill.

  I illustration 

  II illustrated 
_____

Ill.

  Illinois  ( )
_____

illus.

  I illustration 

  II illustrated 
_____

ILO

  I International Labour Organization   , 
  ()

  II International Labor Organization   
_____

ILS

  instrument landing system _.   ,  
_____

IMAF

  International Martial Arts Federation   
  
_____

IMCO

  Intergovernmental Maritime Consultative Organization
     , 
_____

IMF

  International Monetary Fund    (), 
_____

IMHO

  In My Humble Opinion    
_____

imp

  I imperial ,   

  II imprimatur _.   ( )
_____

imp.

  imperative 
_____

IMSL

  International Mathematical Subroutine Library 
    
_____

in.

  inch 
_____

IN

  Indiana 
_____

INADS

  INitialization and ADministration System   
  
_____

Inc.

  (. inc.) Incorporated   
_____

incl.

  including 
_____

incr.

  increase ; 
_____

Ind.

  Indiana  ( )
_____

ind.

  I independent 

  II index 

  III industrial 
_____

INRA

  Iesus Nazerenus Rex Iudaeorum; Jesus of Nazareth; King of the Jews _.
    ,  
_____

INS

  Immigration and Naturalization Service    
  ()
_____

ins.

  inches 
_____

Inst.

  institute 
_____

inst.

  instant   (  )
_____

int

  international 
_____

intl

  international 
_____

intro.

  introduction 
_____

introd.

  introduction 
_____

inv

  invoice _. , ޣ
_____

Inv

  Inverness-shire  (  )
_____

I/O

  Input/Output / (, )
_____

IOC

  International Olympic Committee   , 
_____

IOJ

  International Organization of Journalists  
  , 
_____

IOU

  I owe you    (  )
_____

IPA

  International Phonetic Alphabet   ;
    
_____

IPU

  Interparliamentary Union  
_____

I.Q.

  intelligence quotient   
_____

i.q.

  idem quod _.   
_____

IR

  infra-red 
_____

IRA

  Irish Republican Army   , 
_____

IRBM

  intermediate range ballistic missile   
  
_____

IRC

  International Red Cross    
_____

IS

  I Information Systems  

  II International Standard  
_____

ISBD

  International Bibliographic Description  
  
_____

ISO

  International Organization for Standardization  
   
_____

ISRG

  Independent Space Research Group  ,  
_____

ISV

  Independent Software Vendor    
_____

it.

  italics 
_____

IT

  I Industrial Technology  

  II Information Technology  
_____

It.

  Italian 
_____

Ital.

  Italian 
_____

ital.

  italics 
_____

ITO

  International Trade Organization   
  ()
_____

ITT

  International Telephone and Telegraph Corporation  "
     ",  ()
_____

ITU

  International Telecommunications Union  
  
_____

I.U.

  international unit  
_____

IUS

  International Union of Students   , 
_____

I.W.

  Isle of Wight -- (  )
_____

J

  joul 
_____

J.

  I judge 

  II justice

    1) 

    2) 
_____

J.A.

  Judge Advocate  
_____

JACM

  Journal of the Association for Computing Machinery   
   
_____

Jan.

  January 
_____

Jap.

  Japan 
_____

JC

  Junior College     
_____

JCAE

  Joint Committee on Atomic Energy     
_____

JCEE

  Joint Council on Economic Education    
  
_____

JCET

  Joint Council on Educational Television   
   
_____

JCS

  Joint Chiefs of Staffs     ()
_____

jct.

  jctn junction  ;     
_____

jctn

  jctn junction  ;     
_____

J.D.

  Jurum Doctor _.  
_____

JD

  Justice Department  
_____

JGR

  Journal of Geophysical Research    
_____

JIC

  Joint Intelligence Center    
_____

JIS

  Japan Industrial Standards   
_____

JISC

  Japanese Industrial Standards Committee    
  
_____

JIT

  Just In Time 
_____

jnt

  joint , ; , 
_____

JO

  Junior Officer  
_____

J.P.

  Justice of the Peace  
_____

JP

  jet propulsion

    1)  

    2)  
_____

JPL

  Jet Propulsion Laboratory   
_____

Jr

  (. jr) junior 
_____

jt

  joint , ; , 
_____

Ju.

  June 
_____

Jul.

  July 
_____

jun.

  junior 
_____

junc

  junction  ;     
_____

juv

  juvenile 
_____

JV

  Junior Varsity  
_____

k

  knot  (    )
_____

k.

  I karat  (   )

  II (. K.) kilogram(me) 
_____

Kan.

  Kansas  ( )
_____

Kans.

  Kansas  ( )
_____

Kas.

  Kansas  ( )
_____

KB

  KiloByte 
_____

KC

  King's Counsel  
_____

kc.

  kilocycle 
_____

kcal

  kilocalorie ,  
_____

Kc/s

  kilocycles per second (-) 
_____

KD

  Knocked Down   
_____

Ken.

  Kentucky  ( )
_____

Ker

  Kerry  (  )
_____

keV

  kiloelectron-volt, kiloelectron volt 
_____

kg

  kilogram(me) 
_____

KGPS

  kilograms per second (-)   
_____

kHz

  kilohertz 
_____

KIA

  killed in action   
_____

KIAS

  Knots Indicated Air Speed     
_____

Kild

  Kildare  (  )
_____

Kilk.

  Kilkenny  (  )
_____

Kin.

  Kinross-shire  (  )
_____

Kinc.

  Kincardineshire  (  )
_____

Kirk.

  Kirkcudbrightshire  (  )
_____

KKK

  Ku Klux Klan --
_____

kl.

  kilolitre 
_____

km.

  kilometre 
_____

km/s

  kilometres per second (-)   
_____

K.O.

  knock out _. 
_____

KP

  Kitchen Police   
_____

kph

  kilometres per hour (-)   
_____

KS

  King's Scholar  
_____

KV

  (. kv) kilovolt 
_____

KVA

  kilovolt-ampere (-) -
_____

kw.

  kilowatt 
_____

kwh

  kilowatt-hour -
_____

kw-hr

  kilowatt-hour -
_____

KWIC

  Key Word In Context    
_____

Ky

  Kentucky  ( )
_____

L

  I Liberal   ,  (.  )

  II libra _.  ()
_____

l

  lumen  (  )
_____

L.

  I lake 

  II length 

  III longitude ; 
_____

l.

  I left 

  II litre 
_____

La.

  Louisiana  ( )
_____

L.A.

  I Legislative Assembly  

  II Los Angeles . -
_____

Lab.

  I Labour Party   ( )

  II Labrador - 
_____

LADAR

  LAser Detection And Ranging  
_____

LAM

  Master of Liberal Arts   
_____

LAN

  Local Area Network  
_____

Lancs.

  Lancashire  (  )
_____

LASER

  Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation 
_____

LAT

  Local Apparent Time   
_____

lat.

  latitude _. 
_____

Lat.

  Latin  
_____

LAX

  Los Angeles International Airport   -
_____

LB

  Light Bomber  
_____

lb.

  1) av pound avoirdupois    (453,6 )

  2) libra _. 
_____

lb. ap.

  pound apothecary    (373,24 )
_____

lb.ap.

  pound apothecary    (373,24 )
_____

lb. av

  pound avoirdupois    (453,6 )
_____

lb.av

  pound avoirdupois    (453,6 )
_____

l.b.s.

  lectori benevolo salutem! _.   !
_____

l.c.

  loco citato _.   ( ) 
_____

LC

  (. L/C) letter of credit 
_____

L.C.

  I Law Court 

  II Library of Congress   
_____

LCD

  I Liquid Crystal Display  

  II Lowest Common Denominator   
_____

LCT

  Landing Craft Tanks  - 
_____

LD

  lethal dose  
_____

ldg

  lodging ; 
_____

Ldn

  London . 
_____

Leics.

  Leicestershire  (  )
_____

Leit

  Leitrim  (  )
_____

LEM

  Lunar Excursion Module  
_____

LF

  low frequency  
_____

Lfd

  Longford  (  )
_____

L.G.

  Low German  
_____

lgth

  length 
_____

lg tn

  long ton     (1016 )
_____

lh

  left hand  
_____

L.H.D.

  Doctor of the Humanities   
_____

LHS

  Left Hand Side  
_____

LIFO

  Last In First Out _.   -  
_____

Lim.

  Limerick  (  )
_____

Lincs.

  Lincolnshire  (  )
_____

ll.

  lines 
_____

l.l.

  loco laudato _.   
_____

LL.B.

  Bachelor of Laws  
_____

LL.D.

  Doctor of Laws  
_____

LM

  Lunar Module  
_____

lm

  lumen _. 
_____

LMT

  local mean time   
_____

LNG

  Liquified Natural Gas   
_____

Lnrk

  Lanarkshire  (  )
_____

Lon.

  London . 
_____

Long

  Longford  (  )
_____

Lond.

  I London . 

  II Londonderry  (    )
_____

Lou

  Louth  (  )
_____

LOP

  Lines Of Position  
_____

LP

  I Labour Party   ( )

  II long-playing (record)  ()

  III low pressure  
_____

LPA

  Labor Press Association   ()  
_____

LPG

  Liquified Petroleum Gas   
_____

LPN

  Licensed Practical Nurse   
_____

LPP

  Licensed Program Products   
_____

LR

  living room  
_____

L.R.

  Lloyd's Register   
_____

LRBM

  Long Range Ballistic Missile    
_____

LS

  left side  
_____

LSA

  Linguistic Society of America   
_____

L.S.D

  (. L.s.d.) librae, solidi, denarii _.  , ,
  
_____

LSD

  I lysergic acid diethylamide  (,  )

  II Least Significant Digit    
_____

LSI

  Large Scale Integration   
_____

LSS

  I life-saving service    

  II Life Support System  
_____

LST

  local standard time    ()
_____

Lt.

  Lieutenant 
_____

LT

  I long ton     (1016 )

  II low tension _.  
_____

LT.-Col.

  Lieutenant-Colonel 
_____

LTC

  Lieutenant Colonel 
_____

Ltd

  (. ltd) limited ()   
_____

LW

  low water _.  
_____

LWM

  Low-Water Mark    
_____

lx

  lux  (  )
_____

LZ

  landing zone    
_____

M

  I mass 

  II molecular weight  

  III moment 
_____

m.

  I married ; 

  II metre 

  III mile 

  IV million 

  V minute 

  VI month 
_____

M.

  meridian _. 
_____

M.A.

  Master of Arts   
_____

Ma.

  Minnesota  ( )
_____

MA

  Massachusetts 
_____

ma

  milliampere 
_____

math

  _. . maths
_____

maths

  mathematics 
_____

MAC

  Military Air Command -  
_____

MAD

  Mutual Assured Destruction - 
_____

mag.

  I magazine 

  II magnetic 
_____

Maj.

  Major 
_____

Maj.-Gen.

  Major-General -
_____

man.

  manual ,   
_____

Man.

  Manitoba  ( )
_____

Mar.

  March 
_____

MARBI

  MAchine Readable form of Bibliographic Information 
   
_____

MARC

  MAchine Readable Cataloguing - 
_____

MASER

  Microwave Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation ,
   
_____

Mass.

  Massachusetts  ( )
_____

MAT

  Master of Arts in Teaching  
_____

MATS

  Military Air Transport Service   
_____

max.

  maximum 
_____

MB

  MegaByte 
_____

mb

  millibar  (  )
_____

M.B.A.

  Master of Business Administration   
_____

MBS

  Mutual Broadcasting System    -- ()
_____

M.C.

  I Master of Ceremonies , 

  II Member of Congress  
_____

MCC

  Master Control Console   
_____

MCP

  Master Control Program   
_____

M.D.

  I Doctor of Medicine  

  II medical department

    1) - 

    2) -  ( )
_____

Md.

  Maryland  ( )
_____

MD

  (. md) months after date ( -)    
_____

Mddx.

  Middlesex  (  )
_____

mdnt

  midnight 
_____

M.D.S.

  Master of Dental Surgery  
_____

mdse.

  merchandise 
_____

ME

  I medical examiner 

  II Middle East .  
_____

M.E.

  I Mechanical Engineer -

  II Middle English  
_____

Me.

  Maine  ( )
_____

Mea.

  Meath  (  )
_____

med.

  medicine 
_____

M.Ed.

  Master of Education  
_____

Medit.

  Mediterranean 
_____

mem.

  member 
_____

memo.

  memorandum ;  
_____

mep

  mean effective pressure   
_____

Meri.

  Merionethshire  (  )
_____

Messrs

  messieurs _. 
_____

met.

  I meteorological 

  II metropolitan 
_____

MeV

  megaelectron-volt; megaelectron volt 
_____

Mex.

  Mexico 
_____

MF

  I medium frequency  

  II Middle French -
_____

mf.

  I microfarad 

  II millifarad 
_____

M.F.A.

  Master of Fine Arts   
_____

MFN

  most favoured nation   
_____

mfr.

  manufacturer 
_____

MFS

  Macintosh File System    
_____

mg.

  milligram(me) 
_____

MG

  I Machine Gun 

  II Major General -
_____

MGM

  Metro-Goldwyn Mayer "--" ( 
  )
_____

Mgr.

  Manager , 
_____

mgt

  management ; 
_____

mh

  millihenry _. 
_____

MHz

  Mega HertZ 
_____

MI

  I Military Intelligence  

  II Michigan 
_____

mi.

  mile 
_____

MI5

  National Security Division of Military Intelligence 
     
_____

MIA

  missing in action   
_____

Mich.

  Michigan  ( )
_____

MidL

  Midlothian  (  )
_____

MIF

  Miners' International Federation  () 
  
_____

mil.

  military 
_____

min.

  I minimum 

  II minister 

  III minute 
_____

Minn.

  Minnesota  ( )
_____

MIPS

  Million Instructions Per Second    
_____

MIRV

  Multiple Independently-Targetable Reentry Vehicle  
      
_____

misc.

  miscellaneous , 
_____

Miss.

  Mississippi  ( )
_____

mk.

  mark

    1) 

    2)  ; ,  
_____

MKS

  metre-kilogram(me)-second  , --
_____

ml.

  millilitre 
_____

ML

  Middle Latin  
_____

MLA

  Member of Legislative Assembly   
_____

MLD

  Minimum Lethal Dose   
_____

mm.

  millimetre 
_____

m.m.f.

  magnetomotive force  
_____

MN

  I magnetic north  

  II Minnesota 
_____

M.N.

  Merchant Navy  ( ) 
_____

mo.

  month 
_____

MO

  money order    
_____

M.O.

  I mail order  ()  

  II Medical Officer   

  III Missouri 
_____

Mo.

  Missouri  ( )
_____

mod.

  I moderate 

  II modern ; 
_____

mod cons

  modern conveniences

    1)  

    2)    ( )
_____

mol.

  molecule 
_____

mol. wt.

  molecular weight  
_____

mol.wt.

  molecular weight  
_____

Mon.

  I Monday

  II Monmouthshire  (  )
_____

Mon

  Monaghan  (  )
_____

Mont.

  Montana  ( )
_____

Montgom.

  Montgomeryshire  (  )
_____

MOR

  Middle-Of-the-Road   
_____

mos.

  months 
_____

MOU

  Memorandum Of Understanding   
_____

m.p.

  melting point  
_____

M.P.

  I Member of Parliament  

  II Metropolitan Police  

  III (. MP) Military Police  
_____

mpg

  miles per gallon (-)    ()
_____

mph

  miles per hour (-)   
_____

mps

  metres per second (-)   
_____

Mr

  Mister , 
_____

Mrs

  Mistress , 
_____

MS

  I manuscript 

  II motor ship 
_____

M.S.

  Master of Science  () 
_____

MS-DOS

  MicroSoft DOS  
_____

M.Sc.

  Master of Science  () 
_____

msl

  missile  
_____

m.s.l.

  mean sea level   
_____

MSTS

  Military Sea Transport(ation) Service -  
  ()
_____

mt

  megaton 
_____

Mt

  mountain 
_____

M.T.

  metric ton  
_____

MTBF

  Mean Time Between Failures  
_____

MUF

  Maximum Usable Frequency   
_____

mun.

  municipal 
_____

M.V.

  motor vessel 
_____

m.v.

  market value  
_____

mv

  millivolt 
_____

MVA

  I Missouri Valley Authority    ()

  II MegaVolt Ampere -
_____

mw

  milliwatt 
_____

Mx.

  Middlesex  (  )
_____

myth.

  mythology 
_____

mythol.

  mythology 
_____

n.

  I net () 

  II noon 

  III note

    1) 

    2) 

    3) 

  IV number 
_____

N.

  I navy - 

  II North 
_____

NA

  I (. N.A.) North America  

  II Narcotics Anonymous " "
_____

NAACP

  National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 
       ()
_____

N.A.A.F.I

  (. Naafi) Navy, Army and Air Force Institute - 
  ,     ( )
_____

NAB

  National Association of Broadcasters   
_____

NAC

  North Atlantic Council   ,  
_____

NAD

  no appreciable disease  
_____

NADGE

  NATO Air Defense Ground Environment   
_____

NAK

  Negative AcKnowledge  
_____

NAM

  National Association of Manufacturers  
  ,  ()
_____

NAS

  I National Academy of Science    ()

  II naval air station   
_____

NASA

  National Aeronautics and Space Administration   
      ,  ()
_____

nat.

  I national 

  II natural 
_____

nat

  native 
_____

NATO

  North Atlantic Treaty Organization  , 
_____

nav.

  I naval -

  II navigation 
_____

naut

  nautical 
_____

N.B.

  I nota bene _. ,   

  II New Brunswick - ( )
_____

NB

  northbound   
_____

NBA

  National Basketball Association   ,
  
_____

NBC

  National Broadcasting Company    -- ()
_____

NBFM

  NarrowBand Frequency Modulation   
_____

NBS

  National Bureau of Standards   
_____

NC

  I nitrocellulose 

  II no charge   ,  

  III Nurse Corps _.   
_____

N.C.

  North Carolina   ( )
_____

NCAA

  National Collegiate Athletic Association  
    ()
_____

NCC

  National Computer Conference   
_____

NCGA

  National Computer Graphics Association   
   
_____

NCIC

  National Cartographic Information Center   
   
_____

NCO

  Non-Commissioned Officer   
_____

NCP

  Network Control Program ,  
_____

NCS

  Network Computing System   
_____

NCSC

  National Computer Security Center    
   
_____

ncv

  no commercial value    
_____

NCTL

  National Computer and Telecommunications Laboratory 
      
_____

n.d.

  no date   
_____

ND

  (. n.d.) no date   
_____

N.D.

  North Dakota   ( )
_____

N.Dak.

  North Dakota   ( )
_____

NE

  north-east -
_____

N.E.

  New England   ( , -, , ,
  -, )
_____

NEB

  New English Bible   
_____

Neb.

  Nebraska  ( )
_____

Nebr.

  Nebraska  ( )
_____

NEDC

  National Economic Development Council   
   
_____

neg.

  negative 
_____

NEI

  not elsewhere included   ;   
_____

N.E.S.

  (. n.e.s.) not elsewhere specified   -.   
_____

NES

  National Energy Strategy    
_____

NET

  I NETwork 

  II National Educational Television  
  
_____

Neth.

  Netherlands 
_____

Nev.

  Nevada  ( )
_____

NF

  I Newfoundland  ( )

  II No Funds   
_____

nfd.

  Newfoundland  ( )
_____

NFC

  National Football Conference   
_____

NFFE

  National Federation of Federal Employees  
   
_____

NG

  I (. N.G.) National Guard   ()

  II No Good 
_____

NGS

  National Geographic Society    ()
_____

N.H.

  New Hampshire - ( )
_____

NHI

  National Health Insurance   
_____

NHL

  National Hockey League   
_____

nhp

  nominal horsepower   (  )
_____

N.I.

  Northern Ireland  
_____

NISO

  National Information Standards Organization   
   
_____

NIST

  National Institute of Standards and Technology  
    
_____

N.J.

  New Jersey - ( )
_____

NL

  I night letter  ,    
   

  II north latitude _.  

  III National League  
_____

nl

  non licet _.  
_____

NLP

  Natural Language Processing     
_____

NLRB

  National Labor Relations Board   
   ()
_____

NLT

  night letter  ,     
  
_____

NM

  I National Museum   ()

  II nautical mile  

  III night message  ,    
   
_____

N.M.

  New Mexico - ( )
_____

N.Mex.

  New Mexico - ( )
_____

NNE

  North-north-east --
_____

NNW

  North-north-west --
_____

No.

  I north 

  II (. no.) number

    1) 

    2) 
_____

NOAA

  National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 
      
_____

non-U

  I not upper class    

  II not in vogue 

  III vulgar 
_____

NORAD

  North American Air Defense Command   
    (  )
_____

Norf.

  Norfolk  (  )
_____

NORML

  National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws 
       
_____

Northants.

  Northamptonshire  (  )
_____

Northumb.

  Northumberland  (  )
_____

Norw.

  Norwegian 
_____

NOS

  not otherwise specified ,  
_____

nos

  numbers ; 
_____

Notts.

  Nottinghamshire  (  )
_____

Nov.

  November 
_____

NP

  I Notary Public 

  II Noun Phrase  
_____

NPF

  not provided for  
_____

NPR

  National Public Radio   
_____

nr

  near , , 
_____

NRA

  National Rifle Association   
_____

NRC

  I National Research Council  - 
  ()

  II Nuclear Regulatory Commission    
_____

NRL

  Naval Research Labs    
_____

n.s.

  I not signed  

  II not specified  
_____

N.S.

  I new series  

  II Nova Scotia   ( )
_____

NS

  I not sufficient (funds) "  " (  
     )

  II nuclear ship 

  III nuclear submarine   
_____

NSA

  National Security Agency   
_____

NSC

  National Security Council    ()
_____

NSF

  I National Science Foundation    ()

  II not sufficient funds "  " (  
     )
_____

N.S.W.

  New South Wales    ( )
_____

N.T.

  I (. NT) New Testament   ()

  II Northern Territory   ()
_____

NTIS

  National Technical Information Service   
  
_____

ntp

  normal temperature and pressure    
_____

NTSC

  National Television Standards Committee   
   
_____

nt. wt.

  net weight  ,  
_____

nt.wt.

  net weight  ,  
_____

NU

  name unknown  
_____

N.U.M.

  National Union of Mine workers  () 
   ( )
_____

N.U.R.

  National Union of Railwaymen  () 
   ( )
_____

NV

  I nonvoting  

  II Nevada 
_____

NW

  North-west -
_____

NWS

  I North-Western States -  ()

  II National Weather Service   
_____

NWT

  Northwest Territories -  ()
_____

nx

  non-expendable  
_____

N.Y.

  New York - (   )
_____

N.Y.C.

  New York City . -
_____

NYSE

  New York Stock Exchange - 
_____

N.Z.

  New Zealand  
_____

O

  I Ocean 

  II ohm 
_____

O.

  I observer 

  II officer

    1) 

    2) 

  III Ohio  ( )

  IV Ontario  ( )
_____

o/a

  on account  ޣ ( )
_____

OAAPS

  Organization for Afro-Asian People's Solidarity  
      , 
_____

OAP

  old age pensioner   
_____

OAS

  Organization of American States   , 
_____

OAU

  Organization for African Unity   , 
_____

obj.

  objective ; 
_____

obl.

  oblong 
_____

obs.

  I observation 

  II observatory 

  III obsolete ,   
_____

O.C.

  Officer Commanding ; 
_____

oc

  ocean 
_____

occas.

  occasionally 
_____

OCD

  Office of Civil Defense    ()
_____

OCDM

  Office of Civil Defense and Mobilization    
  
_____

OCR

  Optical Character Recognition   
_____

Oct.

  October 
_____

O/D

  on demand  
_____

OD

  I olive drab

    1)  ()

    2)  -  (  )

  II OverDose 
_____

O.D.

  I Officer of the Day  

  II (. o.d.) outside diameter  ( ) 
_____

ODI

  Optical Digital Image   
_____

OE

  Old English  
_____

OECD

  Ogranization for Economic Co-operation and Development 
     
_____

O.E.D.

  Oxford English Dictionary    
_____

OEEC

  Organization for European Economic Cooperation  
   , 
_____

OEO

  Office of Economic Opportunity   
_____

OF

  Old French  
_____

OH

  Ohio 
_____

O.H.M.S.

  on His (Her) Majesty's Service    (
   ) 
_____

OIF

  Office of International Trade     ()
_____

OJT

  On the Job Training     
_____

O.K.

  okay

    1)   , 

    2) , 

    3) ,  
_____

Okla.

  Oklahoma  ( )
_____

OMB

  Office of Management and Budget    
  ()
_____

O-level

  ordinary level   ( )
_____

ON

  octane number _.  
_____

ONI

  Office of Naval Intelligence  - 
_____

ONR

  Office of Naval Research   
_____

Ont.

  Ontario  ( )
_____

OOP

  Object Oriented Programming - 
_____

OOPS

  Object-Oriented Programming System  -
  
_____

O.P.

  observation post  
_____

o.p.

  out of print  ( )
_____

op.

  I operation 

  II opus _. , 
_____

op. cit.

  opus citatum _.  
_____

op.cit.

  opus citatum _.  
_____

OPEC

  Oil Producing and Exporting Countries  -
  , 
_____

OPM

  Office of Personnel Management  
_____

opp.

  opposite

    1) 

    2) ; 
_____

opt.

  I optician 

  II optional ,  
_____

O/R

  on request  ,  
_____

OR

  I owner's risk   

  II Oregon 
_____

ord.

  I order

    1) 

    2) 

  II ordnance 
_____

Ore.

  Oregon  ( )
_____

Oreg.

  Oregon  ( )
_____

org.

  I organization 

  II organized 
_____

orig.

  original

    1) 

    2) 

    3) 
_____

Ork

  Orkney  (  )
_____

O.S.

  ordinary seaman  
_____

O/S

  I on sale ,   

  II Out of Stock   
_____

OSB

  Order of St. Benedict  . 
_____

OSD

  Office of the Secretary of Defense   
_____

OSDIT

  Office of Software Development and Information Technology 
       
_____

OSRD

  Office of Scientific Research and Development  
     ()
_____

OSS

  Office of Strategic Services   
_____

OSTP

  Office of Science and Technology Policy   
  - 
_____

OT

  (. O.T.) Old Testament  
_____

OTA

  Office of Technology Assessment    
_____

OTB

  Off-Track Betting  
_____

OTC

  Over The Counter   
_____

OTH radar

  Over The Horizon radar  
_____

OTR

  On The Rag  
_____

OTS

  officers' training school  
_____

O.U.

  Oxford University  
_____

Oxon.

  I Oxfordshire

  II Oxoniensis _.   
_____

oz

  ounce 
_____

p.

  I page 

  II part 

  III penny , 

  IV pole 

  V (. P.) post 

  VI (. P.) power 

  VII (. P.) pressure 
_____

P.

  pawn 
_____

p.a.

  per annum _. ,  
_____

PA

  I private account _.  ޣ

  II Pennsylvania  ( )

  III Public Address   

  IV Purchasing Agent  
_____

P.A.

  I power of attorney 

  II Press Agency  
_____

Pa.

  Pennsylvania  ( )
_____

PABX

  Private Automatic Branch eXchange     
   
_____

PAC

  Political Action Committee   
_____

Pac.

  Pacific 
_____

pam.

  pamphlet 
_____

Pan.

  Panama 
_____

par.

  paragraph , ; 
_____

Parl.

  I Parliament 

  II Parliamentary 
_____

part.

  particular , 
_____

PA system

  public address system  (,   . .)
       () 
_____

pat.

  patent 
_____

PAU

  Pan-American Union  
_____

PAYE

  pay as you earn  ()  
_____

payt.

  payment 
_____

PBS

  Public Broadcasting System   
_____

PBX

  Private Branch eXchange     
_____

p.c.

  I per cent 

  II post card  
_____

P.C.

  I police constable , 

  II Privy Councillor    ()
_____

PC

  I Personal Computer  , 

  II Peace Corps  

  III PerCent; PerCentage  

  IV Post Card  
_____

pct.

  per cent 
_____

pd.

  paid ; 
_____

PD

  potential difference _.  
_____

P.D.

  I per diem  ; (-)  

  II Police Department  

  III postal district  
_____

PDQ

  Pretty Damned Quick _. 
_____

PDT

  Pacific Daylight Time   
_____

P.E.

  I probable error  

  II Printer's Error  
_____

PE

  I physical education  

  II Protestant Episcopal  
_____

Peeb

  Peeblesshire  (  )
_____

P.E.I.

  Prince Edward Island    ( )
_____

Pemb.

  Pembrokeshire  (  )
_____

pen.

  peninsula 
_____

Penn.

  Pennsylvania  ( )
_____

Penna.

  Pennsylvania  ( )
_____

per.

  I period 

  II person , 
_____

pers.

  person , 
_____

pert.

  pertaining (to)  ()
_____

pet

  petroleum 
_____

PF

  power factor  
_____

Pfc

  private first class  1-  ()
_____

P.G.

  I paying guest ; ; 

  II post-graduate 
_____

PGA

  Professional Graphics Adapter   
_____

Phar.

  pharmaceutical 
_____

Pharm.

  pharmaceutical 
_____

Ph.B.

  Bachelor of Philosophy  
_____

Ph.D.

  Doctor of Philosophy  
_____

Phila.

  Philadelphia . 
_____

PHS

  Public Health Service  
_____

PIXEL

  PIcture ELement  
_____

pk

  park 
_____

pkg

  package , 
_____

pkge

  package , 
_____

pkt

  packet

    1) 

    2) 
_____

P.&L.

  profit and loss   
_____

PLA

  Programmable Logic Array   
_____

PL and R

  postal laws and regulations    
_____

plat.

  platoon 
_____

PLC

  Programmable Logic Controller   
_____

plf

  plaintiff 
_____

PLO

  Palestine Liberation Ogranization   ,
  
_____

P.M.

  I paymaster ; 

  II Police Magistrate    ()

  III Postmaster  

  IV Prime Minister -
_____

PM

  Provost Marshal   
_____

p.m.

  I post meridiem _. ( - ) 

  II post-mortem _.    
_____

p.m.h.

  production per man-hour    -
_____

PMO

  Prime Minister's Office   
_____

P/N

  promissory note  
_____

P.O.

  I Petty Officer  ( )

  II postal order   ( )

  III Post Office  ,  
_____

PO

  Personnel Officer     
_____

POB

  Post-Office Box   
_____

POC

  port of call   ( )
_____

P.O.D.

  pay on delivery   ;  
_____

POD

  port of destination  
_____

POE

  I port of embarkation  

  II port of entry   ()
_____

POGO

  Polar Orbiting Geophysical Observatory  
   
_____

pol.

  political 
_____

polit.

  political 
_____

POM

  Phase Of Moon  
_____

pop.

  I popular

    1) 

    2) 

  II population 
_____

POR

  pay on return   
_____

Port.

  Portugal 
_____

pos.

  positive 
_____

pot.

  potential 
_____

POV

  Point Of View  
_____

P.O.W.

  prisoner of war 
_____

poss

  possible ; 
_____

pp.

  pages 
_____

P.P.

  parcel post  
_____

pp

  per procurationem _.  
_____

PP

  postpaid    
_____

ppa

  per power of attorney  
_____

ppd

  prepaid  
_____

P.P.S.

  PostPostScriptum  
_____

PQ

  Province of Quebec  
_____

pr.

  price 
_____

pr

  pair 
_____

PR

  I public relations    ;  

  II Puerto Rico -
_____

prec.

  preceding 
_____

pref.

  I preface 

  II preference

    1) 

    2) 
_____

prep.

  preparatory 
_____

Pres.

  President

    1) 

    2) 
_____

p.r.n.

  pro re nata _.   
_____

pro

  professional 
_____

P.R.O.

  I Public Records Office  

  II Public Relations Officer   () 
   ,   . .
_____

proc.

  proceedings

    1) 

    2) 

    3) 
_____

Prof.

  Professor 
_____

pro tem

  pro tempore _. ;   
_____

PROM

  Programmable Read Only Memory   
_____

prox.

  proximo _.  
_____

P.S.

  post scriptum _. , 
_____

PS

  I Public School

    1)       
     ( )

    2) ()   (   )

  II Power Supply  
_____

P.S.T.

  Pacific Standard Time    ()
_____

pt.

  I payment 

  II point 
_____

PT

  I Pacific Time  

  II Physical Therapy  

  III Physical Training  
_____

pt

  I part , 

  II pint  (  - 0,568 ;   - 0,473 )
_____

P.T.

  physical training  
_____

P.T.A.

  Parent-Teacher Association - 
_____

Pte

  Private ,  ( )
_____

PTO

  Patent and Trademark Office     
_____

P.T.O.

  please turn over , ;   
_____

pty

  proprietary ,   
_____

pub.

  I public 

  II publication 

  III published 
_____

publ.

  published 
_____

PUD

  pick-up and delivery      
_____

Pvt

  private ,  ()
_____

pw

  per week  
_____

pwt

  pennyweight  (  = 1,555 )
_____

PW

  prisoner of war 
_____

PWA

  Public Works Administration   
_____

PX

  post exchange  ,   . .
_____

q

  I quart  (      :   - 1,136
  ;   - 0,946     1,101    )

  II quarto  ( )

  III question 

  IV quintal  (    - 100 ;   - 50,8
  ;   - 45,36 )
_____

QC

  Quality Control  
_____

Q.C.

  Queen's Counsel  
_____

QDA

  Quality Discount Agreement     
    
_____

Q.E.D.

  quod erat demonstrandum _.    
_____

Q.E.F.

  quod erat faciendum _.    
_____

Q.E.I.

  quod erat inveniendum _.    
_____

QID

  Quater In Die (four times a day) _.    
_____

Qld

  Queensland  (  )
_____

Q.M.

  Quartermaster 
_____

QMC

  QuarterMaster Corps    
_____

QNS

  Quantity Not Sufficient   
_____

q.p.

  quantum placet _.     
_____

q.pl.

  quantum placet _.     
_____

qq

  questions ; 
_____

qr

  quarter

    1) 

    2) 
_____

qt

  quantity 
_____

qty

  quantity 
_____

Qu

  Queen 
_____

qu.

  question 
_____

Que.

  Quebec  ( )
_____

q.v.

  quod vide _.  (-)
_____

R.

  I Reaumur   

  II Republican    ()

  III (. r.) radius 

  IV (. r.) right 

  V (. r.) river 
_____

R.A.

  I Rear-Admiral -

  II Royal Academy  
_____

R.A.A.

  Royal Academy of Arts    
_____

RAAF

  Royal Australian Air Force -  
_____

rad.

  I radical

  II radius

  III Rad. Radnorshire
_____

Rad.

  Radnorshire  (  )
_____

rad

  radio 
_____

R.A.D.A.

  Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts   
  
_____

RADAR

  RAdio Detection And Ranging  
_____

RAdm

  Rear-Admiral -
_____

R.A.F.

  Royal Air Force -  
_____

R.A.M.

  Royal Academy of Music   
_____

RARDE

  Royal Armaments Research and Development Establishment  
  
_____

R.A.S.

  Royal Academy of Science   
_____

R.B.A.

  Royal Society of British Artists   
  
_____

RC

  I (. R.C.) Red Cross  

  II Roman Catholic (-)

  III remote control  
_____

RCA

  Radio Corporation of America -- (  ,
    .)
_____

R.C.A.F.

  Royal Canadian Air Force  - 
_____

R.C.M.

  Royal College of Music   
_____

R.C.M.P.

  Royal Canadian Mounted Police   
_____

R&D

  research and development - 
  - 
_____

rd

  road , 
_____

RD

  Rural Delivery      
_____

RDA

  Remote Data Access    
_____

RDF

  Radio Direction Finding 
_____

REA

  I Rural Electrification Administration  
    ()

  II Railway Express Agency    
_____

rec.

  I record

    1) ; 

    2) 

  II recording 
_____

rec

  receipt  ( ); 
_____

rec. sec.

  recording secretary 
_____

rec.sec.

  recording secretary 
_____

recd

  received , 
_____

rect

  receipt  ( ); 
_____

ref.

  I referee ,  (  )

  II reference , 
_____

reg.

  I region

    1) , 

    2) 

  II regular 
_____

reg

  registered  (  )
_____

regd

  registered  (  )
_____

rel

  released

    1) 

    2)  (   . .)
_____

REM

  Rapid Eye Movement  
_____

Renf

  Renfrewshire  (  )
_____

Rep.

  Representative  ()
_____

rep

  repair 
_____

Rep

  I Repertory ""  (    
  )

  II Republican    ()
_____

rept

  report

    1) 

    2) 
_____

res

  I reserved

    1) 

    2) 

  II resigned  , 
_____

res.

  residence ; 
_____

resp.

  respectively 
_____

ret

  I retired ()  

  II returned

    1) ; 

    2)  ( )
_____

retd

  I retired ()  

  II returned

    1) ; 

    2)  ( )
_____

RF

  radio frequency 
_____

RFI

  Radio Frequency Interference 
_____

RFP

  Request For Proposals _.   
_____

RGB

  Red Green Blue , , 
_____

RGP

  Raster Graphics Processor   
_____

rgt

  regiment 
_____

rh

  right hand  
_____

RHS

  Right Hand Side  
_____

R.I.

  Rhode Island - ( )
_____

RIF

  Reduction In Force  
_____

riv.

  river 
_____

RJ

  road junction  
_____

rly

  railway  
_____

R.M.

  Royal Marines   
_____

rm

  room , 
_____

RMS

  Royal Mail Ship   
_____

RN

  registered nurse  
_____

R.N.

  Royal Navy -  
_____

RNA

  RiboNucleic Acid  
_____

RNR

  Royal Naval Reserve -  
_____

RNZAF

  Royal New Zealand Air Force  - -
  
_____

ROG

  Receipt Of Goods    
_____

ROM

  Read Only Memory   
_____

Ros.

  Roscommon  (  )
_____

Rosc

  Roscommon  (  )
_____

Ross

  Ross and Cromarty -- (  )
_____

ROTC

  Reserve Officers' Training Corps    
_____

Rox

  Roxburghshire  (  )
_____

ROYGBIV

  Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, Violet , ,
  , , , , 
_____

RP

  reprint  ; 
_____

R/P

  by return of post  
_____

R.P.

  reply paid  
_____

rpm

  revolutions per minute (-)   
_____

RPO

  Railway Post Office   
_____

rps

  revolutions per second (-)   
_____

RPV

  Remotely Piloted Vehicle - 
_____

RR

  RailRoad  
_____

RS

  I right side  

  II Royal Society  
_____

R.S.

  Recording Secretary 
_____

RSFSR

      , 
_____

R.S.M.

  Regimental Sergeant-Major  
_____

RSM

  Royal School of Music   
_____

R.S.P.C.A.

  Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals 
    
_____

RSV

  Revised Standard Edition    ()
_____

R.S.V.P.

  repondez s'il vous plait _. , 
_____

rt.

  right 
_____

Rt Rev

  Right Reverend ()  ( )
_____

RT Hon

  Right Honourable  (    , 
     . .)
_____

RT

  radio-telephony 
_____

rte

  route , 
_____

RTF

  Rich Text Format _.   
_____

RTTY

  Radio Teletype 
_____

R.U.

  Rugby Union ()  
_____

Rum.

  Rumania 
_____

Rut.

  Rutlandshire  (  )
_____

RW

  I radiological warfare  

  II Right Worthy 

  III Right Worshipful 
_____

Rwy

  railway  
_____

Ry

  railway  
_____

s.

  I second 

  II shilling 

  III son 
_____

s

  snow 
_____

S.

  I saint 

  II South 
_____

SA

  subject to approval  ;  
_____

S.A.

  I Salvation Army " " ( )

  II sex appeal  

  III South Africa  

  IV South America  
_____

SAC

  Strategic Air Command   
_____

SADD

  Students Against Drunk Driving "    
  "
_____

s.a.e.l.

  sine anno et loco _.      ()
_____

SALT

  Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (-)  
    
_____

Salop

  Shropshire  (  )
_____

S.Am.

  South America  
_____

SAM

  Surface-to-Air Missile   "-"
_____

SAR

  Syrian Arab Republic   
_____

SASE

  Self-Addressed Stamped Envelope      
     
_____

Sask.

  Saskatchewan  ( )
_____

Sat.

  Saturday 
_____

S. Aus.

  South Australia  
_____

S.Aus.

  South Australia  
_____

S. Austr.

  South Australia  
_____

S.Austr.

  South Australia  
_____

SB

  I Bachelor of Science  () 

  II simultaneous broadcast    
  

  III southbound   
_____

SBA

  Small Business Administration     
  ()
_____

SC

  I Security Council of the United Nations   

  II South Carolina  

  III SubCommittee 
_____

sc.

  I scale 

  II scruple  (1,24 )
_____

Sc.

  Scots 
_____

s/c

  self-contained ; 
_____

S.C.

  I South Carolina   ( )

  II Supreme Court  
_____

SCAP

  Supreme Commander Allied Powers  
     
_____

ScD

  Doctor of Science  () 
_____

sch

  school 
_____

sci

  I science 

  II scientific 
_____

SCIFI

  SCIence Fiction  
_____

Scot.

  Scotland 
_____

Scrpt.

  Scripture 
_____

s.d.

  sine die _.     ;   
_____

SD

  I (. S/D) sight draft _. ,   

  II special delivery   ()

  III South Dakota  
_____

S.D.

  South Dakota   ( )
_____

S.Dak.

  South Dakota   ( )
_____

SDI

  Strategic Defense Initiative   
_____

S.E.

  Stock Exchange  
_____

SE

  South-east -
_____

SEATO

  South-East Asia Treaty Organization _.  
  - , 
_____

SEC

  Security Exchange Commission      
_____

sec

  secretary

    1) 

    2) 
_____

sec.

  second 
_____

Sec Nav

  Secretary of the Navy -  ()
_____

secy

  secretary

    1) 

    2) 
_____

SEI

  Software Engineering Institute    
_____

SEL

  Software Engineering Laboratory    
  
_____

sel.

  selection 
_____

Selk

  Selkirkshire  (  )
_____

SEM

  Scanning Electron Microscope   
_____

Sen.

  I Senate 

  II Senator 

  III Senior 
_____

Sep.

  September 
_____

Sept.

  September 
_____

ser

  I serial ,   

  II series ; 
_____

seq.

  sequentes _. 
_____

Sergt

  Sergeant 
_____

serv

  service , 
_____

SF

  I Science Fiction  

  II San Francisco -
_____

SFC

  Space Flight Center   
_____

s.g.

  specific gravity  
_____

SG

  I (. sg) senior grade  

  II Surgeon General     ()
_____

sgd.

  signed 
_____

Sgt.

  Sergeant 
_____

sh.

  shilling 
_____

Shak.

  Shakespeare 
_____

SHAPE

  Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers in Europe  
        
_____

SIAM

  Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics   
   
_____

SJD

  Doctor of Juridical Science  
_____

Skt.

  Sanskrit 
_____

shf

  superhigh frequency  
_____

shpt

  shipment

    1) ; 

    2)  ()
_____

sh tn

  short ton   (907,2 )
_____

SL

  I sea level  

  II south latitude _.  
_____

SLA

  Special Libraries Association   
_____

SLAN

  sine loco, anno, (vel) nomine _.   , , 
_____

SLBM

  Submarine Launched Ballistic Missiles   
  
_____

Slo

  Sligo  (  )
_____

SLP

  Super Long Play 
_____

SM

  strategic missile  
_____

S.M.

  Master of Science  () 
_____

SMC

  Small Magellanic Cloud   
_____

SN

  Super Nova  
_____

Sn

  Senior 
_____

s.n.

  sine nomine _.  ()   
_____

SNAFU

  Situation Normal - All Fouled Up _. 
_____

SNOBOL

  StriNg Oriented symbOLic Language    
      
_____

Snr

  Senior 
_____

SO

  Seller's Option    
_____

Soc.

  Society 
_____

Sol.

  Solicitor ,  (  )
_____

Som.

  Somersetshire  (  )
_____

Soms.

  Somersetshire  (  )
_____

soph

  sophomore _. 
_____

sol

  solution 
_____

soln

  solution 
_____

SOP

  Standard Operating Procedure   
_____

SOS

  Save Our Souls "  ",   
_____

sp.

  I special 

  II species ; 

  III specimen , 

  IV spelling 
_____

SP

  I self-propelled 

  II Shore Patrol  
_____

Sp.

  Spain 
_____

S.P.C.A

  Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals  
     
_____

S.P.C.C.

  Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children   
    
_____

spec.

  special 
_____

spec

  specific

    1) , 

    2) 
_____

specif

  specific

    1) , 

    2) 
_____

sp. gr.

  specific gravity  
_____

sp.gr.

  specific gravity  
_____

sp. ht.

  specific heat  
_____

sp.ht.

  specific heat  
_____

S.P.R.

  Society for Psychical Research   
_____

sp. vol.

  specific volume  
_____

sp.vol.

  specific volume  
_____

sq.

  I sequence 

  II square 
_____

Sq.

  I Squadron ; ; 

  II Square  ( )
_____

Sr.

  Senior 
_____

Sr

  Sister 
_____

SRAM

  Short Range Attack Missile    
_____

S.R.O.

  standing room only ()   
_____

SS

  (. S/S) steamship 
_____

ss

  scilicet _.  
_____

SSA

  Social Security Administration   
  ()
_____

SSE

  South-SouthEast --
_____

SSRC

  Social Science Research Council    ()
_____

SSW

  South-SouthWest --
_____

ST

  Standard Time  
_____

St.

  Street 
_____

st

  state 
_____

St

  saint 
_____

Sta

  Station 
_____

Staffs.

  Staffordshire  (  )
_____

STD

  I Sacrae Theologiae Doctor (doctor of sacred theology)  
  

  II Sexually Transmitted Disease ,   
_____

Stir

  Stirlingshire  (  )
_____

STOL port

  Short TakeOff and Landing airport   ̣  
  
_____

stk

  stok  
_____

str.

  steamer 
_____

Str

  I strait 

  II Street 
_____

SU

  Soviet Union  
_____

sub

  I subscription ; 

  II substitute

    1) 

    2) 
_____

subs

  I subscription ; 

  II substitute

    1) 

    2) 
_____

Suff.

  Suffolk  (  )
_____

Sun.

  Sunday 
_____

SUNY

  State University of New York   -
_____

sup.

  I superior  

  II supplement 
_____

svc.

  service

    1) , 

    2) 
_____

Sw.

  Sweden 
_____

S.W.

  South Wales  
_____

SW

  I short waves  

  II southwest -; south-western -
_____

SWIFT

  Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunications
        
  ޣ  
_____

Switz.

  Switzerland 
_____

Sx.

  Sussex  (  )
_____

Sy.

  Surrey  (  )
_____

S.Yd.

  Scotland Yard -
_____

sym.

  symmetric(al) 
_____

syst.

  system 
_____

t.

  I temporary 

  II time , 

  III ton 

  IV (. T.) township _. ;  ( )
_____

t

  true 
_____

T

  I temperature 

  II tension ; 
_____

TA

  (United Nations) Technical Assistance   
   
_____

T.A.A.

  Trade Agreement Act     ()
_____

TAC

  I Technical Assistance Committee    

  II Tactical Air Command   

  III Terminal Access Controller    
_____

TAP

  Technical Assistance Program    
   
_____

Tas.

  Tasmania  ( )
_____

TAS

  true airspeed    (̣)
_____

T.B.

  tuberculosis 
_____

TBA

  To Be Announced   
_____

TBD

  To Be Determined  
_____

TBM

  tactical ballistic missile   
_____

tc

  (. Tc) tierce  (190,83 )
_____

TC

  I teachers college  

  II Trusteeship Council    ()
_____

TCC

  (United Nations') Transport and Communication Commission   
    
_____

TD

  I telemetry data  

  II touchdown _. , 
_____

TDY

  temporary duty   
_____

Tech

  Technical (College)   
_____

tech.

  technology ; 
_____

technol.

  technology ; 
_____

TECO

  Text Editor and COrrector    
_____

TEFLON

  TEtraFLuOrethyleNe , 
_____

tel.

  I telegram 

  II telegraph 

  III telephone 
_____

temp.

  I temperature 

  II temporary 
_____

Tenn.

  Tennessee  ( )
_____

Ter

  I Terrace

    1)    

    2) 

  II territory 
_____

Terr

  I Terrace

    1)    

    2) 

  II territory 
_____

Tex.

  Texas  ( )
_____

Th.D.

  Doctor of Theology  
_____

t.h.i.

  time handed in  
_____

ths

  thousand 
_____

Thur.

  Thursday 
_____

Thurs.

  Thursday 
_____

TI

  technical information  ;  
_____

TID

  Ter In Die (three times a day) _.    
_____

TIFF

  Tag Image File Format     
_____

Tip.

  Tipperary  (  )
_____

tit.

  title

    1) 

    2) 
_____

TKO

  technical knockout _.  
_____

tkt

  ticket 
_____

tk

  truck 
_____

TL

  total loss

    1)   

    2)   ()
_____

TLC

  Tender Loving Care   
_____

TM

  I technical manual  

  II tonmiles (-) -

  III trade mark  ,  
_____

TMO

  telegraph money order    
_____

tn

  ton 
_____

TN

  I thermonuclear 

  II true north  
_____

tng

  training ; 
_____

TNT

  trinitrotoluene , , 
_____

t.o.

  turn over (); ()  
_____

TO

  telegraph office  ,  
_____

TORES

  Text ORiented Editing System  ,  
  
_____

TOW

  Tube launched, Optically tracked, and Wire guided  
  "",        
_____

tp.

  township _. ;  ( )
_____

t.p.

  title page  
_____

TPH

  tons per hour (-)   
_____

TR

  transmit-receive  -  ( )
_____

trans.

  transaction , ,  ()
_____

trans

  transportation ; 
_____

transp

  transportation ; 
_____

treas.

  I treasurer 

  II treasury ; 
_____

trop.

  tropical 
_____

TS

  top secret  
_____

ts

  I this 

  II (. TS) tensile strength      
_____

tsp.

  teaspoon  
_____

TTY

  TeleTYpe 
_____

Tu.

  Tuesday 
_____

T.U.

  thermal unit  , 
_____

TU

  trade union -;  
_____

T.U.C.

  Trades Union Congress  () -
_____

Tues.

  Tuesday 
_____

Turk.

  Turkey 
_____

TV

  television 
_____

TVA

  Tennessee Valley Authority    ()
_____

T.W.

  total weight  
_____

TW

  Thieves' World  
_____

TWA

  Trans World Airlines "  " (
   )
_____

TWIMC

  To Whom It May Concern ,   
_____

twp.

  township _. ;  ( )
_____

TWX

  TeletypeWriter eXchange   
_____

TX

  Texas  ( )
_____

Tyr.

  Tyrone  (   )
_____

U

  (. u) uncle 
_____

U.

  I Union 

  II University 

  III upper 
_____

UAR

  United Arab Republic   
_____

u.c.

  upper case  
_____

UCB

  University of California at Berkeley    
_____

UCD

  University of California at Davis    
_____

UCLA

  University of California at Los Angeles   
  -
_____

UCSB

  University of California at Santa Barbara   
  -
_____

UCSD

  University of California at San Diego   
  -
_____

UCSF

  University of California at San Francisco   
  -
_____

U.D.C.

  Universal Decimal Classification   ,
  
_____

UDP

  User Data Protocol   
_____

UFO

  unidentified flying object   , "
  "
_____

UHF

  ultrahigh frequency  , 
_____

UHT

  ultra-heat-treated 
_____

U.K.

  United Kingdom (of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) 
   (   )
_____

UK

  United Kingdom (of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) 
   (   )
_____

UMT

  Universal Military Training   
_____

UMW

  United Mine Workers of America   
  ()
_____

UMWA

  United Mine Workers of America   
  ()
_____

UN

  United Nations   , 
_____

UNA

  United Nations Association   
_____

UNESCO

  United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
      ,   , 
_____

UNGA

  United Nations General Assembly   
_____

UNICEF

  United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund   
  , 
_____

Univ.

  University 
_____

UNO

  United Nations Organization   , 
_____

UNSC

  United Nations Security Council   
_____

UPC

  Universal Product Code   
_____

UPI

  United Press International    
  , 
_____

UPS

  Uninterruptible Power Supply  
_____

UPU

  Universal Postal Union   
_____

US

  United States (of America)   ()
_____

USA

  I United States of America   

  II United States Army   
_____

USAEC

  United States Atomic Energy Commission     
_____

USAF

  United States Air Force -  
_____

USAFA

  United States Air Force Academy  -  
_____

USBS

  United States Bureau of Standards   
_____

USDA

  United States Department of Agriculture   
  
_____

USES

  United States Employment Service    
    
_____

USFL

  United States Football League   
_____

USGS

  United States Geological Survey   
_____

USIA

  United States Information Agency   , 
_____

USM

  United States Mail  
_____

USMC

  United States Marine Corps   
_____

USN

  United States Navy -  
_____

USO

  United Service Organizations    
  
_____

U.S.P.

  United States Pharmacopoeia  
_____

USPS

  United States Postal Service   
_____

USS

  United States Ship   
_____

U.S.S.R.

  (. USSR) _. Union of Soviet Socialist Republics  
   , 
_____

usu

  usual 
_____

Ut.

  Utah  ( )
_____

UT

  Universal Time  
_____

UTC

  Universal Coordinated Time   
_____

UV

  ultraviolet 
_____

UW

  UnderWriter ,  
_____

V

  I (. v) volt 

  II (. v) volume

    1) 

    2) 

    3) 

  III velocity 

  IV Victory 
_____

v.

  I verse ;  

  II vide _. , .
_____

V.A.

  Vice-Admiral -
_____

VA

  voltampere -
_____

Va.

  Virginia  ( )
_____

val

  value , 
_____

Valkyr

  Valkyrie
_____

Valkyrie

  Valkyr _. _. 
_____

var.

  various , 
_____

VAR

  visual-aural range    
_____

VAT

  Value Added Tax      
_____

VC

  Victoria Cross   
_____

V.C.

  I Veterinary Corps   

  II Vice-Chairman  

  III Vice-Chancellor -

  IV Vice-Consul -
_____

VCR

  VideoCassette Recorder 
_____

v.d.

  various dates  () 
_____

V.D.

  venereal disease  
_____

VDT

  Video Display Terminal   
_____

VDU

  visual display unit 
_____

V-E Day

  Victory in Europe Day     (   )
_____

Ven.

  Venerable

    1) 

    2) 
_____

vet.

  I veteran  ; 

  II veterinary 
_____

VF

  Video Frequency 
_____

VG

  Very Good  
_____

VHF

  very high frequency   
_____

VI

  VIsual editor _.  
_____

V.I.P.

  very important person _. ;  
_____

VISTA

  Volunteers In Service To America    
_____

viz.

  videlicet _.  ;  
_____

VL

  Vulgar Latin  
_____

VLA

  Very Large Array      
_____

VLF

  very low frequency   
_____

VLSI

  Very Large Scale Integration   
_____

VM

  Virtual Memory  
_____

VMM

  Virtual Memory Manager   
_____

VMS

  Virtual Memory System   
_____

VOA

  Voice of America    " "
_____

vol.

  volume

    1) 

    2) 

    3) 
_____

vou.

  voucher

    1) ;  

    2) 
_____

VP

  Vice-President -
_____

VPres

  Vice-President -
_____

vs.

  versus _. 
_____

V.S.

  Veterinary Surgeon (-) 
_____

v.s.

  vide supra _.  
_____

V.T.

  vacuum-tube  
_____

Vt.

  Vermont  ( )
_____

VTOL

  vertical take off and landing _.    
_____

VTR

  VideoTape Recorder 
_____

v.v.

  vice versa _. 
_____

W.

  I Wales 

  II Wednesday 

  III Welsh , 
_____

w.

  I week 

  II wife 

  III with 

  IV (. W.) warden

    1) 

    2)  ();  ()

    3) 

  V (. W.) weight 

  VI (. W.) width 
_____

W

  I (. w) watt 

  II West 
_____

W.A.

  I West Africa  

  II Western Australia  
_____

WA

  Washington 
_____

WAC

  (. Wac) Women's Army Corps    
   
_____

War.

  Warwickshire  (  )
_____

Wash.

  Washington  (   )
_____

WAT

  Waterford
_____

W. Aus.

  Western Australia  
_____

W.Aus.

  Western Australia  
_____

W. Austr.

  Western Australia  
_____

W.Austr.

  Western Australia  
_____

WAY

  World Assembly of Youth   , 
_____

W.B.

  (. W/B) waybill  
_____

WB

  I Weather Bureau  

  II WayBill  
_____

WBC

  White Blood Cells   
_____

w.c.

  I water closet 

  II without charge  
_____

WC

  water closet 
_____

WCC

  World Council of Churches   
_____

wd.

  word 
_____

Wed.

  Wednesday 
_____

w.e.f.

  with effect from...     (- )
_____

Westm

  I Westmeath  (  )

  II Westmorland  (  )
_____

Westm.

  Westminster 
_____

Wex

  Wexford  (  )
_____

W/F

  weather forecast  
_____

WFDY

  World Federation of Democratic Youth   
  , 
_____

WFEA

  World Federation of Educational Associations  
   , 
_____

WFSW

  World Federation of Scientific Workers   
  
_____

WFTU

  World Federation of Trade Unions   , 
_____

WFUNA

  World Federation of United Nations Associations  
    
_____

WG

  Working Group  
_____

w.g.

  weight guaranteed  
_____

wh

  watt-hour -
_____

WH

  White House  
_____

WHO

  World Health Organization    (),
  
_____

WI

  Wisconsin  ( )
_____

whs

  warehouse  
_____

whse

  warehouse  
_____

whsle

  wholesale  
_____

Wick.

  Wicklow  (  )
_____

WIDF

  Women's International Democratic Federation 
    , 
_____

Wig.

  Wigtownshire  (  )
_____

WILPF

  Women's International League for Peace and Freedom  
       , 
_____

Wilts.

  Wiltshire  (  )
_____

WIMC

  (. w.i.m.c.) whom it may concern ,    ,  
  
_____

Wis.

  Wisconsin  ( )
_____

Wisc.

  Wisconsin  ( )
_____

wk.

  work 
_____

wk

  week 
_____

WMO

  World Meteorological Organization  
  , 
_____

WO

  Warrant Officer

    1) -

    2) _. 
_____

w/o

  without 
_____

WOMAN

  World Organization of Mothers of All Nations  
  
_____

Worcs.

  Worcestershire  (  )
_____

WP

  I weather permitting   

  II Word Processing  
_____

wpb

  waste-paper basket    ()  ( 
   )
_____

WPC

  World Peace Council   , 
_____

wpm

  words per minute (-)   
_____

WR

  weather report  
_____

wrnt

  warrant

    1) 

    2) 

    3) 
_____

WS

  I water supply 

  II wireless station 
_____

WSW

  West-SouthWest --
_____

wt

  weight 
_____

WT

  wireless telegraphy  
_____

WTO

  World Trade Organization     ()
_____

WV

  West Virginia  
_____

W. Va.

  West Virginia   ( )
_____

W.Va.

  West Virginia   ( )
_____

WW I

  World War I   
_____

WW II

  World War II   
_____

WWMCCS

  World-Wide Military Command and Control System  
    
_____

Wy.

  Wyoming  ( )
_____

Wyo.

  Wyoming  ( )
_____

X

  I a kiss  (  )

  II experimental 
_____

xc

  without coupon       (
   )
_____

xcp

  without coupon       (
   )
_____

xd

  without dividend      ( 
  )
_____

xdiv.

  without dividend      ( 
  )
_____

XL

  eXtra Large  
_____

Xmas

  Christmas 
_____

Xnty

  Christianity 
_____

XO

  eXecutive Officer  
_____

xpr

  without privileges  
_____

xr

  without rights  () 
_____

xw

  without warrants  
_____

Y

  I (. y) yard  (91,44 )

  II (. y) year 
_____

YB

  year-book 
_____

yd

  yard  (91,44 )
_____

Y.M.C.A.

  (. YMCA) Young Men's Christian Association   
   ( )
_____

YOB

  Year Of Birth  
_____

Yorks.

  Yorkshire  (  )
_____

YP

  Yellow Pages  
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yr.

  younger 
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yr

  I year 

  II your 
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yrbk

  year-book 
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YS

  young soldier ,  
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YT

  Yukon Territory  (  )
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Y.W.C.A.

  (. YWCA) Young Women's Christian Association   
   ( )
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ZNKR

  Zen Nihon Kendo Renmei - All Japan Kendo Federation _. 
   
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ZPG

  Zero Population Growth   
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ZST

  Zone Standard Time   
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ZT

  Zone Time  
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Z

  I (. z) zero 

  II (. z) zone 

  III Zenith 
