| Å=angstrom
|
| AA=Alcoholics Anonymous
|
| AAA=Agricultural Adjustment Act; Agricultural Adjustment Administration; Agricultural Adjustment Agency
|
| AAU=Amateur Athletic Union
|
| A.B.=Artium Baccalaureus [Bachelor of Arts]
|
| ABA=American Bar Association, American Basketball Association
|
| abbr.=abbreviation(s), abbreviated
|
| abr.=abridged
|
| AC=alternating current
|
| Acad.=Academy
|
| ACLU=American Civil Liberties Union
|
| A.D.=anno Domini [in the year of the Lord]
|
| AEC=Atomic Energy Commission
|
| AFL=American Federation of Labor
|
| AFL-CIO=American Federation of LaborCongress of Industrial Organizations
|
| Afrik.=Afrikaans
|
| AIA=American Institute of Architects
|
| AKC=American Kennel Club
|
| AL=American League (baseball)
|
| ALA=American Library Association
|
| Ala.=Alabama
|
| alt.=altitude
|
| Alta.=Alberta
|
| A.M.=Artium Magister [Master of Arts]
|
| A.M.=ante meridiem [before noon]
|
| AM=amplitude modulation
|
| AMA=American Medical Association
|
| amp=ampere(s)
|
| amp-hr=ampere-hour(s)
|
| amu=atomic mass unit(s)
|
| antilog=antilogarithm
|
| AP=Associated Press
|
| Arab.=Arabic
|
| Ariz.=Arizona
|
| Ark.=Arkansas
|
| A.S.=Anglo-Saxon
|
| ASCAP=American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers Assn.=Association
|
| ASSR=Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic
|
| at. no.=atomic number
|
| AT&T=American Telephone and Telegraph Company
|
| at. wt.=atomic weight
|
| AU=African Union; astronomical unit(s)
|
| Aug.=August
|
| AV=Authorized Version
|
| avdp.=avoirdupois
|
| Ave.=Avenue
|
| b.=born, born in
|
| B.A.=Bachelor of Arts
|
| BBC=British Broadcasting Corporation
|
| B.C.=before Christ
|
| B.D.=Bachelor of Divinity
|
| B.Lit.=Bachelor of Literature
|
| B.Mus.=Bachelor of Music
|
| b.p.=boiling point
|
| Brig. Gen.=Brigadier General
|
| B.S.=Bachelor of Science
|
| Btu=British thermal unit(s)
|
| Bul.=Bulletin
|
| Bulg.=Bulgarian
|
| C=Celsius (centigrade)
|
| c.=circa [about]
|
| cal=calorie(s)
|
| Calif.=California
|
| Cant.=Canticles (Song of Solomon)
|
| Capt.=Captain
|
| CARE=Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere
|
| cc=cubic centimeter(s)
|
| cd=candela(s)
|
| cent.=century, centuries
|
| CENTO=Central Treaty Organization
|
| CEO=chief executive officer
|
| cgs=centimeter-gram-second
|
| Chem.E.=Chemical Engineering
|
| Chin.=Chinese
|
| Chron.=Chronicles
|
| CIA=Central Intelligence Agency
|
| CID=Criminal Investigation Department
|
| CIO=Congress of Industrial Organizations
|
| cm=centimeter(s)
|
| cm/sec2=centimeter(s) per second per second
|
| co.=county
|
| Co.=County
|
| Col.=Colonel, Colossians
|
| Coll.=Collection
|
| Colo.=Colorado
|
| Comdr.=Commander
|
| COMECON=Council for Mutual Economic Assistance
|
| comp.=compiled, compiler
|
| com. pop.=commune population
|
| Comsat=Communications Satellite Corp.
|
| Conn.=Connecticut
|
| Cor.=Corinthians
|
| CORE=Congress of Racial Equality
|
| Corp.=Corporation
|
| cos=cosine
|
| cot=cotangent
|
| coul=coulomb(s)
|
| CPA=Certified Public Accountant
|
| Cpl.=Corporal
|
| CPO=Chief Petty Officer
|
| csc=cosecant
|
| cu=cubic
|
| d.=died, died in
|
| Dan.=Daniel; Danish
|
| DAR=Daughters of the American Revolution
|
| dB=decibel(s)
|
| D.C.=District of Columbia
|
| DC=direct current
|
| D.C.L.=doctor of Civil Law
|
| D.D.=Doctor of Divinity
|
| D.D.S.=Doctor of Dental Surgery
|
| DDT=dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane
|
| Dec.=December
|
| dec.=declination
|
| Del.=Delaware
|
| dept.=department
|
| Deut.=Deuteronomy
|
| dir.=directed, director
|
| dist.=district
|
| div.=division
|
| DNA=deoxyribonucleic acid
|
| Dr.=doctor
|
| dr.=dram(s)
|
| D.Sc.=Doctor of Science
|
| Du.=Dutch
|
| E=east
|
| EC=European Community
|
| ECA=Economic Cooperation Administration
|
| Eccles.=Ecclesiastes
|
| Ecclus.=Ecclesiasticus
|
| ECSC=European Coal and Steel Community
|
| ed.=edited, edition, editor(s)
|
| EDC=European Defense Community
|
| E.E.=Electrical Engineering
|
| EEA=European Economic Area
|
| EEC=European Economic Community
|
| EFTA=European Free Trade Association
|
| e.g.=exempli gratia [for example]
|
| emf=electromotive force
|
| emu=electromagnetic unit(s)
|
| Eng.=English
|
| enl.=enlarged
|
| EEOC=Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
|
| Eph.=Ephesians
|
| ERA=Emergency Relief Administration; Equal Rights Amendment
|
| ERP=European Recovery Program
|
| ESC=Economic and Social Council (UN)
|
| ESP=extrasensory perception
|
| est.=established; estimated
|
| et al.=et alii [and others]
|
| EU=European Union
|
| eV=electron volts
|
| Ex.=Exodus
|
| Ezek.=Ezekiel
|
| F=Fahrenheit; farad
|
| F=faces; force; formal
|
| FAA=Federal Aviation Administration
|
| fac.=facsimile
|
| FAO=Food and Agriculture Organization
|
| FBI=Federal Bureau of Investigation
|
| FCC=Federal Communications Commission
|
| FDA=Food and Drug Administration
|
| Feb.=February
|
| FEPC=Fair Employment Practices Committee
|
| Finn.=Finnish
|
| fl.=floruit [flourished]
|
| Fla.=Florida
|
| fl oz=fluid ounce(s)
|
| FM=frequency modulation
|
| Fr.=French
|
| Ft.=Fort
|
| ft=foot, feet
|
| FTC=Federal Trade Commission
|
| ft-lb=foot-pound(s)
|
| G=gauss
|
| Ga.=Georgia
|
| Gal.=Galatians
|
| gal.=gallon(s)
|
| Gall.=Gallery
|
| GATT=General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
|
| GDP=gross domestic product
|
| Gen.=General, Genesis
|
| Ger.=German
|
| GeV=billion electron volts
|
| GHz=gigahertz
|
| GMT=Greenwich mean time
|
| GNP=gross national product
|
| GOP=Grand Old Party (Republican Party)
|
| Gov.=Governor
|
| Gr.=Greek
|
| grad.=graduated, graduated at
|
| H=henry
|
| h=hour
|
| Hab.=Habakkuk
|
| Hag.=Haggai
|
| Heb.=Hebrew; Hebrews (NT)
|
| H.M.S.=His (Her) Majesty's Ship; His (Her) Majesty's Service
|
| Hon.=the Honorable
|
| hp=horsepower
|
| hr=hour(s)
|
| Hung.=Hungarian
|
| Hz=hertz or cycle(s) per second
|
| IAU=International Astronomical Union
|
| IBM=International Business Machines Corp.
|
| IBT=International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen, and Helpers of America (Teamsters Union)
|
| ICAO=International Civil Aviation Organization
|
| ICBM=intercontinental ballistic missile
|
| ICC=Interstate Commerce Commission
|
| Icel.=Icelandic
|
| i.e.=id est [that is]
|
| IGY=International Geophysical Year
|
| ILGWU=International Ladies Garment Workers Union
|
| Ill.=Illinois
|
| ILO=International Labor Organization
|
| IMF=International Monetary Fund
|
| in.=inch(es)
|
| inc.=incorporated
|
| Ind.=Indiana
|
| Inst.=Institute, Institution
|
| introd.=introduction
|
| IQ=intelligence quotient
|
| IRA=Individual Retirement Account; Irish Republican Army
|
| IRBM=intermediate-range ballistic missile
|
| IRS=Internal Revenue Service
|
| Isa.=Isaiah
|
| Ital.=Italian
|
| ITU=International Telecommunications Union
|
| IUPAC=International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry
|
| IWW=Industrial Workers of the World
|
| j=joule(s)
|
| Jan.=January
|
| Jap.=Japanese
|
| J.D.=Juris Doctor [Doctor of Law]
|
| Jer.=Jeremiah
|
| jg=junior grade
|
| Jr.=Junior
|
| K=Kelvin
|
| Kans.=Kansas
|
| kc=kilocycle(s)
|
| kg=kilogram(s)
|
| KGB=Komityet Gosudarstvyennoy Byezopasnosti [Committee for State Security]
|
| kgm=kilogram meter(s)
|
| KKK=Ku Klux Klan
|
| kl=kiloliter(s)
|
| km=kilometer(s)
|
| kw=kilowatt(s)
|
| kwh=kilowatt hour(s)
|
| Ky.=Kentucky
|
| £=librae [pounds]
|
| La.=Louisiana
|
| Lam.=Lamentations
|
| Lat.=Latin
|
| lat.=latitude
|
| lb=libra [pound], librae [pounds]
|
| Lev.=Leviticus
|
| L.H.D.=Litterarum Humaniorum Doctor [Doctor of Humane
|
| Letters]
|
| Lib.=Library
|
| lim=limit
|
| Lith.=Lithuanian
|
| Litt.B.=Litterarum Baccalaureus [Bachelor of Literature]
|
| Litt.D.=Litterarum Doctor [Doctor of Literature]
|
| LL.B.=Legum Baccalaureus [Bachelor of Laws]
|
| LL.D.=Legum Doctor [Doctor of Laws]
|
| ln=logarithm, natural
|
| log=logarithm
|
| long.=longitude
|
| LSD=lysergic acid diethylamide
|
| Lt.=Lieutenant
|
| Lt. Col.=Lieutenant Colonel
|
| Ltd.=Limited
|
| Lt. Gen.=Lieutenant General
|
| Lt. Gov.=Lieutenant Governor
|
| M=molar
|
| m=meter(s)
|
| m=molal
|
| m=minute(s)
|
| M.A.=Masters of Arts
|
| Mac.=Maccabees
|
| Maj. Gen.=Major General
|
| Mal.=Malachi
|
| Man.=Manitoba
|
| Mass.=Massachusetts
|
| mass no.=mass number
|
| Mat.=Matthew
|
| M.D.=Medicinae Doctor [Doctor of Medicine]
|
| Md.=Maryland
|
| M.E.=Mechanical Engineering; Middle English
|
| MeV=million electron volts
|
| Mex.=Mexican
|
| mg=milligram(s)
|
| M.H.G.=Middle High German
|
| mi=mile(s)
|
| Mich.=Michigan
|
| min=minute(s)
|
| Minn.=Minnesota
|
| Miss.=Mississippi
|
| mks=meter-kilogram-second
|
| ml=milliliter(s)
|
| Mlle=Mademoiselle [Miss]
|
| mm=millimeter(s)
|
| Mme=Madame [Mrs.]
|
| Mo.=Missouri
|
| Mont.=Montana
|
| m.p.=melting point
|
| M.P.A.=Master of Public Administration
|
| mph=miles per hour
|
| Mr.=Mister (always abbreviated)
|
| Mrs.=Mistress (always abbreviated)
|
| M.S.=Master of Science
|
| MS, MSS=manuscript(s)
|
| Ms.=variant of Miss or Mrs. that does not indicate marital status (not a true abbreviation)
|
| m/sec2=meters per second per second
|
| Msgr=Monsignor
|
| mt.=mountain
|
| Mt.=Mount, Mountain
|
| mts.=mountains
|
| Mts.=Mountains
|
| Mus.=Museum
|
| Mus.B.=Musicae Baccalaureus [Bachelor of Music]
|
| Mus.D.=Musicae Doctor [Doctor of Music]
|
| N=north; Newton(s)
|
| N=normal (unit of measure)
|
| NAACP=National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
|
| NAFTA=North American Free Trade Agreement
|
| NASA=National Aeronautics and Space Administration
|
| Nasdaq=National Association of Securities Dealers Automatic Quotations
|
| NATO=North Atlantic Treaty Organization
|
| N.B.=New Brunswick
|
| NBA=National Basketball Association
|
| N.C.=North Carolina
|
| NCAA=National Collegiate Athletic Association
|
| NCO=Noncommissioned Officer
|
| N.Dak.=North Dakota
|
| NE=northeast
|
| NEA=National Education Association
|
| Nebr.=Nebraska
|
| Neh.=Nehemiah
|
| Nev.=Nevada
|
| New Lat.=New Latin
|
| N.F.=Newfoundland
|
| NFL=National Football League
|
| N.H.=New Hampshire
|
| NHL=National Hockey League
|
| N.J.=New Jersey
|
| NL=National League (baseball)
|
| NLRB=National Labor Relations Board
|
| N.Mex.=New Mexico
|
| NNW=northwest
|
| no.=numero [number]
|
| Nor.=Norwegian
|
| Nov.=November
|
| NRA=National Recovery Administration
|
| NRC=Nuclear Regulatory Commission
|
| N.S.=New Style; Nova Scotia
|
| NSF=National Science Foundation
|
| Num.=Numbers
|
| N.Y.=New York
|
| NYA=National Youth Administration
|
| NYSE=New York Stock Exchange
|
| OAS=Organization of American States
|
| Obad.=Obadiah
|
| Oct.=October
|
| O.E.=Old English
|
| OECD=Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
|
| OEO=Office of Economic Opportunity
|
| OES=Office of Economic Stabilization
|
| O.Fr.=Old French
|
| O.H.G.=Old High German
|
| Okla.=Oklahoma
|
| O.N.=Old Norse
|
| Ont.=Ontario
|
| Op.=Opus [work]
|
| OPA=Office of Price Administration
|
| Oreg.=Oregon
|
| O.S.=Old Style
|
| OSCE=Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe
|
| OSS=Office of Strategic Services
|
| oz=ounce(s)
|
| Pa.=Pennsylvania
|
| PAU=Pan American Union
|
| Pd.D.=Pedagogiae Doctor [Doctor of Pedagogy]
|
| P.E.I.=Prince Edward Island
|
| Pers.=Persian
|
| PFC=Private First Class
|
| PGA=Professional Golfers Association
|
| Ph.B.=Philosophiae Baccalaureus [Bachelor of Philosophy]
|
| Ph.D.=Philosophiae Doctor [Doctor of Philosophy]
|
| Philip.=Philippians
|
| pl.=plural
|
| PLC=public limited company
|
| P.M.=post meridiem [afternoon]
|
| PO=Petty Officer
|
| Pol.=Polish
|
| pop.=population
|
| Port.=Portuguese
|
| Pr. of Manas.=Prayer of Manasses
|
| Prov.=Proverbs
|
| prov(s).=province(s)
|
| Ps.=Psalm
|
| pseud.=pseudonym
|
| Pss.=Psalms
|
| pt.=part(s)
|
| pt=pint(s)
|
| pub.=published; publisher
|
| Pvt.=Private
|
| PWA=Public Works Administration
|
| qt=quart(s)
|
| Que.=Quebec
|
| R=Roentgen
|
| R.A.=right ascension
|
| RAF=Royal Air Force
|
| repr.=reprinted
|
| Rev.=Revelation; the Reverend
|
| rev.=revised
|
| R.I.=Rhode Island
|
| R.N.=registered nurse
|
| RNA=ribonucleic acid
|
| Rom.=Romanian, Romans
|
| ROTC=Reserve Officers Training Corps
|
| rpm=revolution(s) per minute
|
| RR=railroad
|
| RSFSR=Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic
|
| RSV=Revised Standard Version
|
| Rt. Rev.=the Right Reverend
|
| Rus.=Russian
|
| RV=Revised Version
|
| S=south
|
| s=second(s)
|
| Sam.=Samuel
|
| Sask.=Saskatchewan
|
| S.C.=South Carolina
|
| Sc.D.=Scientiae Doctor [Doctor of Science]
|
| S.Dak.=South Dakota
|
| SE=southeast
|
| SEATO=Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
|
| SEC=Securities and Exchange Commission
|
| sec=second(s); secant
|
| Sept.=September
|
| Ser.=Series
|
| Sgt.=Sergeant
|
| sin=sine
|
| S.J.=Societas Jesu [Society of Jesus]
|
| Skt.=Sanskrit
|
| Song=Song of Solomon
|
| SOS=distress signal (not a true abbreviation)
|
| Span.=Spanish
|
| SPCA=Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
|
| SPCC=Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children
|
| sp. gr.=specific gravity
|
| sq=square
|
| Sr.=Senior
|
| S.S.=Steamship
|
| SSR=Soviet Socialist Republic
|
| St.=Saint; Street
|
| S.T.D.=Sacrae Theologiae Doctor [Doctor of Sacred
|
| Theology]
|
| Ste=Sainte [feminine of Saint]
|
| STP=standard temperature and pressure
|
| SW=southwest
|
| Swed.=Swedish
|
| tan=tangent
|
| TASS=Telegraphnoye Agentstvo Sovyetskovo Soyuza [Soviet
|
| News Agency]
|
| Tenn.=Tennessee
|
| Tex.=Texas
|
| Thess.=Thessalonians
|
| Tim.=Timothy
|
| TNT=trinitrotoluene, trinitrototoluol
|
| tr.=translated, translation, translator(s)
|
| Turk.=Turkish
|
| TVA=Tennessee Valley Authority
|
| UAW=United Automobile Workers
|
| UHF=ultrahigh frequency
|
| Ukr.=Ukrainian
|
| UMW=United Mine Workers
|
| UN=United Nations
|
| UNESCO=United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural
|
| Organization
|
| UNICEF=United Nations Children's Fund
|
| uninc.=unincorporated
|
| Univ.=University
|
| UNRRA=United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
|
| UPI=United Press International
|
| U.S.=United States
|
| USA=United States Army
|
| USAF=United States Air Force
|
| USCG=United States Coast Guard
|
| USMC=United States Marine Corps
|
| USN=United States Navy
|
| USO=United Service Organization
|
| U.S.S.=United States Ship
|
| USSR=Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
|
| UT=universal time
|
| V=volt(s)
|
| v.=versus
|
| VA=Department of Veterans Affairs; Veterans Administration
|
| Va.=Virginia
|
| var.=variety (in botany)
|
| Ved.=Vedic
|
| VFW=Veterans of Foreign Wars
|
| VHF=very high frequency
|
| VISTA=Volunteers in Service to America
|
| vol.=volume(s)
|
| vs.=versus
|
| Vt.=Vermont
|
| W=west; watt(s)
|
| WAC=Women's Army Corps
|
| Wash.=Washington
|
| WAVES=Women Accepted for Voluntary Emergency Service (United States
|
| Women's Naval Reserve)
|
| WCTU=Women's Christian Temperance Union
|
| WEU=Western European Union
|
| WFTU=World Federation of Trade Unions
|
| WHO=World Health Organization
|
| Wis.=Wisconsin
|
| WMO=World Meteorological Organization
|
| WPA=Work Projects Administration
|
| wt.=weight
|
| WTO=World Trade Organization
|
| W.Va.=West Virginia
|
| Wyo.=Wyoming
|
| yd=yard(s)
|
| YMCA=Young Men's Christian Association
|
| YMHA=Young Men's Hebrew Association
|
| YWCA=Young Women's Christian Association
|
| YWHA=Young Women's Hebrew Association
|
| Zech.=Zechariah
|
| Zeph.=Zephaniah
|
