| |
| 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 Labor–Congress 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 |
| A.U.=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 |
| 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=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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
