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Pronunciation Guide
The symbols used in indicating pronunciations of acronyms and certain other abbreviations are those of the International Phonetic Alphabet. The following consonants have their usual English sounds: b, d, f, h, k, l, m, n, p, r, s, t, v, w, z. Additional symbols are as follows:

: as in bar (b:)

æ as in cat (kæt)

a as in buy (ba)

a as in gout (gat)

t as in cheese (ti:z)

as in get (gt)

as in paper ('pep)

as in able (ebl)

: as in turn (t:n)

e as in pay (pe)

as in fair (f)

as in pin (pn)

i: as in be (bi:)

as in hear (h)

j as in yet (jt)

dz as in job (dzb)

as in bring (br)

as in got (gt)

as in go (g)

: as in law (l:)

as in coin (kn)

as in shin (in)

z as in measure('mz)

as in thaw (:)

ð as in then (ðn)

as in wool (wl)

u: as in new (nju:)

as in cup (kp)

For acronyms of two or more syllables the stressed syllables are preceded by the marks ' or , in the pronunciation. The most strongly stressed syllable is preceded by ', as in 'pep (paper); weakly stressed syllables are preceded by ,, as in 'km,kn (Comecon). Unstressed syllables are not preceded by stress marks, as in 'mr (memory).

A

a

(ital.) Physics , symbol for acceleration
• symbol for are(s) (metric measure of land)
• symbol for atto- (prefix indicating 10-18, as in am , attometre)
• symbol for year (Latin annus or French année)
• indicating the first vertical row of squares from the left on a chessboard

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a.

about
• accepté (French: accepted; written on a bill of exchange)
• accepted
• acre(s)
• acreage
• acting
• actual
• address
• adjective
• advance(d)
• afternoon
• age
• akzeptiert (German: accepted; written on a bill of exchange)
• Music alto
• amateur
• anno (Latin: in the year)
• anonymous
• answer
• ante (Latin: before)
• aqua (Latin: water)
• arrive(s)
• arriving
• Baseball assist(s)

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a 2

Music a due (Italian: for two (voices or instruments))

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A

British fishing port registration for Aberdeen
• Physics , symbol for absolute (temperature)
• (ital.) Physics , symbol for absorbance
• Cards , symbol for ace
• Chem. , symbol for acid-catalysed reaction
• (ital.) Chem. , symbol for activity
• Biochem. , symbol for adenine
• Biochem. , symbol for adenosine
• Films adult (former certification)
• Education Advanced (in A level )
• (ital.) Chem. , symbol for affinity
• symbol for ammeter (in circuit diagrams)
• Physics , symbol for ampere(s)
• Physics , symbol for ampere-turn
• Botany , symbol for androecium (in a floral formula)
• anode
• (ital.) Maths. , symbol for area
• symbol for an arterial road (as in A1 , A40 , etc.)
• assault (in A-day )
• atom(ic) (as in A-bomb )
• austral (former monetary unit of Argentina)
• international vehicle registration for Austria
• avancer (French: go faster; on a clock or watch regulator)
• (ital.) Chem. , symbol for Helmholtz function
• (bold ital.) Physics , symbol for magnetic vector potential
• Physics , symbol for mass number
• (ital.) Physics , symbol for nucleon number
• (ital.) Electronics , symbol for Richardson constant
• symbol for ten (in hexadecimal notation)
• Med. , indicating a blood group or its associated antigen (see also under ABO)
• Education , indicating the highest mark or grade for work
• indicating managerial, professional (occupational grade)
• indicating a musical note or key
• Astronomy , indicating a spectral type
• indicating a standard paper size (see under A0–A10)
• Logic , indicating a universal affirmative categorical proposition

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Å

Physics , symbol for angstrom unit

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A. (or A)

academician
• academy
• acreage
• acre(s)
• adjutant
• admiral
• air
• Altesse (French: Highness)
• Music alto
• America(n)
• Bible Amos
• Horticulture annual
• answer
• anterior
• April
• armoured
• article
• artillery
• art(s)
• assistant
• associate
• athletic
• August
• Australia(n)

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A0

indicating a standard paper size, 841 × 1189 mm

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A1

indicating a standard paper size, 594 × 841 mm
• indicating (in Lloyd's Register) ships maintained in good and efficient condition

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A2

international civil aircraft marking for Botswana
• indicating a standard paper size, 420 × 594 mm

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A3

international civil aircraft marking for Tonga
• indicating a standard paper size, 297 × 420 mm

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A4

indicating a standard paper size, 210 × 297 mm

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A5

international civil aircraft marking for Bhutan
• indicating a standard paper size, 148 × 210 mm

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A6

international civil aircraft marking for United Arab Emirates
• indicating a standard paper size, 105 × 148 mm

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A7

international civil aircraft marking for Qatar
• indicating a standard paper size, 74 × 105 mm

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A8

airline flight code for Aerolineas Paraguayas
• indicating a standard paper size, 52 × 74 mm

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A9

indicating a standard paper size, 37 × 52 mm

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A9C

international civil aircraft marking for Bahrain

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A10

indicating a standard paper size, 26 × 37 mm

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A40

international civil aircraft marking for Oman

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3A

international civil aircraft marking for Monaco

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5A

international civil aircraft marking for Libya

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9A

international civil aircraft marking for Croatia

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a (or )

Med. ana (Greek: of each; specifying quantities of ingredients in prescriptions)

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a.a.

absolute alcohol
• acting appointment
• after arrival
• Shipping always afloat
• approximate absolute
• area administrator
• arithmetic average
• attendance allowance
• author's alteration
• Photog. , indicating that one print should be made of each negative

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AA

administrative assistant
• advertising agency
• Advertising Association
• age allowance (for taxation)
• Air Attaché
• Alcoholics Anonymous
• British fishing port registration for Alloa
• Chem. allyl alcohol
• airline flight code for American Airlines
• American Aviation (aircraft)
• Biochem. amino acid
• Chem. andesine anorthosite
• Anglers' Association
• anti-aircraft
• Physics antiproton accumulator
• Biochem. arachidonic acid
• Architectural Association
• Chem. aristolochic acid
• Army Act
• Biochem. ascorbic acid
• Associate in Accounting
• Associate in Agriculture
• Associate in (or of) Arts
• Association of Agriculture
• Astronautica Acta (journal of the International Astronautical Federation)
• Physics atomic absorption
• Physics atomic adsorption
• Augustinians of the Assumption
• author's alteration
• Automobile Association
• Chem. azelaic acid
• British vehicle registration for Bournemouth
• indicating a certificate issued for a ship stating that all crew matters are in order
• (formerly) indicating a film not be shown to a child under 14 unless accompanied by an adult
• Electricity , indicating a size of battery or cell
• Angling , indicating a size of fine split weights

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AA1 (or AA-one)

Finance , indicating a very high quality rating for credit

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AAA

Med. abdominal aortic aneurysm
• (USA ) Agricultural Adjustment Act
• (USA ) Agricultural Adjustment Administration
• Allied Artists of America
• Amateur Athletic Association
• American Accounting Association
• American Automobile Association
• Biochem. amino acid analogue(s)
• (or triple A) anti-aircraft artillery
• (USA ) Army Audit Agency
• Association of Average Adjusters
• Australian Association of Accountants
• Australian Automobile Association
• Automobile Association of America
• Finance , indicating the highest quality rating for credit

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AAAA

Amateur Athletic Association of America
• American Association of Advertising Agencies
• Associated Actors and Artistes of America (trade union)
• Australian Association of Advertising Agencies

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AAAC

all-aluminium alloy conductor

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AAAI

American Association for Artificial Intelligence
• Associate of the Institute of Administrative Accountants

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AAAL

American Academy of Arts and Letters

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AAAM

American Association of Aircraft Manufacturers

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AA & QMG

Assistant Adjutant and Quartermaster-General

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AAAS

American Academy of Arts and Sciences
• American Academy of Asian Studies
• American Association for the Advancement of Science
• Associate of the American Antiquarian Society

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AAB

Aircraft Accident Board
• Association of Applied Biologists

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AABC

American Amateur Baseball Congress

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AABL

Associated Australian Banks in London

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AABM

Australian Association of British Manufacturers

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AABW

Antarctic Bottom Water

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AAC

US Air Force Alaskan Air Command
• Aeronautical Advisory Council
• Agricultural Advisory Council
• Amateur Athletic Club
• anno ante Christum (Latin: in the year before Christ)
• Army Air Corps
• Electronics automatic amplitude control

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AACB

(USA ) Aeronautics and Astronautics Coordinating Board
• Association of African Central Banks

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AACC

American Association of Clinical Chemists
• Aeronautics area-approach control centre

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AACE

American Association of Cost Engineers
• Association for Adult and Continuing Education

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AACP

American Association for Child Psychiatry
• Anglo-American Council on Productivity

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AACR

Bibliog. Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules

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AACS

Aberdeen-Angus Cattle Society
• (USA ) Airways and Air Communications Service
• Computing automated-access control system

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AAD

Med. atlantoaxial dislocation

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AADC

air aide-de-camp
• (USA ) Army-Air Defense Command

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AADFI

Association of African Development Finance Institutions

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AADS

(USA ) Army-Air Defense System

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AAE

American Association of Engineers

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AAEC

Australian Atomic Energy Commission

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AAeE

Associate in Aeronautical Engineering

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AAEE (or A & AEE)

Aircraft and Armament Experimental Establishment
• American Association of Electrical Engineers

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AAES

Association of Agricultural Education Staffs
• Australian Army Education Service

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AAEW

Atlantic airborne early warning

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AAF

Allied Air Forces
• (USA ) Army Air Forces

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AAFC

Anti-aircraft fire control

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AAFCE

Allied Air Forces in Central Europe

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AAFIS

Army and Air Force Intelligence Staff

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AAFNE

Allied Air Forces in Northern Europe

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AAFSE

Allied Air Forces in Southern Europe

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AAgr

Associate in Agriculture

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AAG

Air Adjutant-General
• Assistant Adjutant-General
• Association of American Geographers

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AAGS

Association of African Geological Surveys

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AAHPER

American Association for Health, Physical Education, and Recreation

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AAIA

Associate of the Association of International Accountants
• Associate of the Australian Institute of Advertising
• Association of American Indian Affairs

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AAIB

Associate of the Australian Institute of Bankers

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AAII

Associate of the Australian Insurance Institute

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AAIL

American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters

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AAL

Meteorol. above aerodrome level
• Academy of Art and Literature
• (USA ) Arctic Aeromedical Laboratory
• Association of Assistant Librarians

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AALA

American Association for Laboratory Accreditation

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AALD

Australian Army Legal Department

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AALL

American Association of Law Libraries

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AAM

air-to-air missile
• American Association of Microbiology
• American Association of Museums
• (formerly) Anti-Apartheid Movement
• Association of Assistant Mistresses in Secondary Schools
• Australian Air Mission

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AAMI

Med. age-associated memory impairment

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AAMW

(USA ) Association of Advertising Men and Women

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AAMWS

Australian Army Medical Women's Service

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AANA

Australian Association of National Advertisers

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A & A

additions and amendments

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A&AEE

Aeroplane and Armament Experimental Establishment

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a & b

assault and battery

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A & C

addenda and corrigenda
• (ital.) Antony and Cleopatra (Shakespeare)

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A&E

accident and emergency (medical specialty or hospital department)

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a&h

Insurance accident and health

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a&i

Insurance accident and indemnity

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A & I

(USA ) Agricultural and Industrial (college)

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A & M

(USA ) Agricultural and Mechanical (college)
• Ancient and Modern (hymn book)

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A & N

Army and Navy (Club or Stores)

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A & NI

Andaman and Nicobar Islands

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A & P

advertising and promotion
• (New Zealand ) Agricultural and Pastoral (Association, Show, etc.)

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a&r

assault and robbery

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A & R

artists and recording
• artists and repertoire or repertory (as in A & R man )

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a&s

Insurance accident and sickness

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A & SH

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

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AANS

Australian Army Nursing Service

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AAO

American Association of Orthodontists
• Anglo-Australian Observatory

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AAOC

Australian Army Ordnance Corps

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AAOM

American Academy of Occupational Medicine

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AAOO

American Academy of Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology

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AAP

affirmative action programme
• Chem. alumina-aluminum phosphate
• Association of American Publishers
• Australian Associated Press
• Astronautics (USA ) Apollo Applications Program

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AAPA

Advertising Agency Production Association
• American Association of Port Authorities

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AAPB

American Association of Pathologists and Bacteriologists

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AAPC

All African People's Conference

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AAPE

American Academy of Physical Education

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AAPG

American Association of Petroleum Geologists

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AAPHI

Associate of the Association of Public Health Inspectors

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AAPM

American Association of Physicists in Medicine

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AAPS

American Association for the Promotion of Science

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AAPSO

Afro-Asian People's Solidarity Organization

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AAPSS

American Academy of Political and Social Science

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AAPSW

Associate of the Association of Psychiatric Social Workers

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AAPT

American Association of Physics Teachers
• Associate of the Association of Photographic Technicians

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a.a.r.

after action report
• Insurance against all risks
• aircraft accident record (or report)
• average annual rainfall

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AAR

Association of American Railroads

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AARP

American Association of Retired Persons

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AAS

RC Church Acta Apostolicae Sedis (Latin: Acts of the Apostolic See; publication)
• American Academy of Sciences
• American Antiquarian Society
• American Astronautical Society
• American Astronomical Society
• Andersen air sampler
• Army Air Service
• Associate in Applied Science
• Association of Asian Studies
• atomic absorption spectrometry (or spectroscope or spectroscopy or spectrophotometry)
• Australian Academy of Science
• Auxiliary Ambulance Service
• Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (Latin Academiae Americanae Socius)

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AASA

Associate of the Australian Society of Accountants

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AASB

Aeronautics aerodynamically air-staged burner
• American Association of Small Businesses

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AASC

Allied Air Support Command
• Australian Army Service Corps

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AASF

Advanced Air Striking Force

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AASG

Association of American State Geologists

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A'asia

Australasia

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AASM

Associated African States and Madagascar (treaty)

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AASR

Airport and Airways Surveillance Radar (Raytheon)

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AASS

Associate of the American Antiquarian Society (Latin Americanae Antiquarianae Societatis Socius)

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AAT

Psychol. achievement anxiety test
• Med. alpha-1-antitrypsin (treatment for cystic fibrosis)
• Anglo-Australian Telescope (Siding Spring, NSW)
• Association of Accounting Technicians
• Med. asymptomatic autoimmune thyroiditis

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AATA (e':t)

Anglo-American Tourist Association

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AATNU

Administration de l'assistance technique des Nations Unies (French: United Nations Technical Assistance Administration)

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AATT

American Association of Textile Technology

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AATTA

Arab Association of Tourism and Travel Agents

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AATUF

All-African Trade Union Federation (replaced by OATUU)

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AAU

(USA ) Amateur Athletic Union
• Association of American Universities

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AAUN

American Association for United Nations
• Australian Association for United Nations

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AAUP

American Association of University Presses
• American Association of University Professors (trade union)

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AAUW

American Association of University Women

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AAV

Microbiol. adeno-associated virus
• assault amphibious vehicle

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AAVC

Australian Army Veterinary Corps

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AAVS

American Anti-Vivisection Society

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AAWC

Australian Advisory War Council

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AAZPA

American Association of Zoological Parks and Aquariums

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ab.

about
• abridgment

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a.b.

anchor bolt
• Baseball (times) at bat

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a/b

airborne

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a.B.

Commerce auf Bestellung (German: on order)

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Ab

antibody
• (formerly) Chem. , symbol for astatine (originally called alabamine; see under At)

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AB

postcode for Aberdeen
• British fishing port registration for Aberystwyth
• able(-bodied) seaman or rating
• advisory board
• air board
• airborne
• US Air Force Airman Basic
• Alberta (Canada )
• Alliance balkanique (French: Balkan Alliance)
• ammonia for bees (applied for stings)
• antiballistic (missile)
• asthmatic bronchitis
• Baseball (times) at bat
• Physics atomic bremsstrahlung
• automated bibliography
• (USA ) Bachelor of Arts (Latin Artium Baccalaureus)
• British vehicle registration for Worcester
• indicating a human blood group containing A and B antigens (see also under ABO)

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A/B

(Sweden ) Aktiebolaget (joint-stock company)

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ABA

Botany abscisic acid
• Amateur Boxing Association
• American Badminton Association
• American Bankers' Association
• American Bar Association
• American Basketball Association (now merged with the National Basketball Association)
• American Book Award
• American Booksellers Association
• Antiquarian Booksellers' Association
• Associate in Business Administration
• Association of British Archaeologists
• Australian Bankers' Association

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ABAA

Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America

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ABAC

Association of British Aero Clubs and Centres

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abb.

abbey
• Commerce abbuono (Italian: allowance or discount)

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Abb.

Abbey
• Abbot (or Abbess)

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ABB

Accounting activity-based budgeting

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ABBA ('æb)

American Board of Bio-Analysis

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abbrev. (or abbr.)

abbreviation

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ABC

Accounting activity-based costing (as in ABC method )
• Advance Booking Charter (airline ticket)
• advanced biomedical capsule
• air bridge to Canada
• Med. airway, breathing, circulation (in first aid)
• America-Britain-Canada
• American book-prices current
• American Broadcasting Companies
• analysis of benefits and costs
• animal birth control
• Argentina-Brazil-Chile
• Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao (in ABC Islands )
• Associated British Cinemas
• Atanasoff-Berry computer
• atomic, biological, and chemical (weapons or warfare)
• Audit Bureau of Circulation
• Australian Broadcasting Corporation
• automatic binary computer
• automatic brake control

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ABCA

American Business Communication Association
• Army Bureau of Current Affairs

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ABCB

Association of Birmingham Clearing Banks

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ABCC

Association of British Chambers of Commerce
• Association of British Correspondence Colleges

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ABCD

American, British, Chinese, Dutch (powers in the Pacific in World War II)
• atomic, biological, and chemical protection and damage control

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ABCFM

American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions

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ABCM

Associate of Bandsmen's College of Music

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abd.

abdicate(d)
• abdomen
• abdominal

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ABD

US Navy advanced base depot
• all but dissertation (of a candidate reading for a higher degree)
• (or abd) average body dose (of radiation)

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ABDA ('æbd)

American, British, Dutch, Australian (Command in the Pacific; World War II)

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abdom.

abdomen
• abdominal

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ABDP

Association of British Directory Publishers

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ABE

Chem. acetone-butanol-ethanol (solvent)

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ABEd

(USA ) Bachelor of Arts in Education

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Aber.

Aberdeen
• Aberdonian

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ABERCOR ('æb,k:)

Associated Banks of Europe Corporation

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abf

Colloquial absolute bloody final (drink)

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Abf.

Abfahrt (German: departure)

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ABF

Actors' Benevolent Fund
• Associated British Foods

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ABFD

Association of British Factors and Discounters

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ABFM

American Board of Foreign Missions

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ABGB

Allgemeines Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch (German; the Austrian Civil Code)

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abgk.

abgekürzt (German: abbreviated)

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ABGWIU

(USA ) Aluminum Brick and Glass Workers International Union

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Abh.

Abhandlungen (German: transactions or treatises)

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ABH

actual bodily harm

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ABI

Computing application binary interface
• Associate of the Institute of Book-keepers
• Association of British Insurers

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ABIA

Association of British Introduction Agencies

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ab init.

ab initio (Latin: from the beginning)

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ABINZ

Associate of the Bankers' Institute of New Zealand

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ABIOS

Computing advanced basic input/output system

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abl.

ablative

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ab'

abril (Spanish: April)

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ABL

atmospheric boundary layer

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ABLA ('æbl)

American Business Law Association

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ABLJ

adjustable buoyancy lifejacket

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ABLS

Association of British Library Schools
• (USA ) Bachelor of Arts in Library Science

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ABM

antiballistic missile
• Associate in Business Management
• Australian Board of Missions
• automatic batch mix

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ABMA

Army Ballistic Missile Agency

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ABMAC ('æbmæk)

Association of British Manufacturers of Agricultural Chemicals

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ABMEWS ('æbmju:z)

antiballistic missile early warning system

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ABMPM

Association of British Manufacturers of Printers' Machinery

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ABMT

Med. allogeneic bone-marrow transplantation

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abn

airborne

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Abn

Aberdeen

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ABN

Chem. acid-base-neutral
• Anti-Bolshevik Bloc of Nations

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ABNE

Association for the Benefit of Noncontract Employees

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ABO

American Board of Ophthalmology
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Association of British Organic Fertilizers

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American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology

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A-bomb

atom bomb

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American Board of Oral Surgery
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Abp

Archbishop

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American Board of Pathology
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Australian Book Publishers' Association

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American Book Publishers' Council
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Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry

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American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
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Advanced Base Personnel Officer

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American Board of Plastic Surgery

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Association of British Plywood and Veneer Manufacturers

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abr.

abridge(d)
• abridgment

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American Board of Radiology
• Med. auditory brainstem recording

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ABRACADABRA (,æbrk'dæbr)

Abbreviations and Related Acronyms Associated with Defense, Astronautics, Business, and Radio-electronics (publication of Raytheon Company, Lexington, USA)

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ABRC

Advisory Board for the Research Councils

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ABRES

advanced ballistic re-entry system

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ABRO ('æbr)

Animal Breeding Research Organization
• Army in Burma Reserve of Officers

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Association of British Riding Schools

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Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music

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ABRV

advanced ballistic re-entry vehicle

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abs.

absence (or absent)
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• absorbent
• abstract

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a.b.s.

aux bons soins (de) (French: care of, c/o; on postal addresses)

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ABS

Chem. acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene (type of plastic)
• Chem. alkyl benzene sulphonate (usually of sodium)
• American Bible Society
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Association of Business Sponsorship of the Arts

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abse. re.

Law absente reo (Latin: the defendant being absent)

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abs. feb.

Med. absente febre (Latin: when there is no fever)

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ABSIE ('æbs)

American Broadcasting Station in Europe (in World War II)

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ABSM

Associate of the Birmingham School of Music

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ABSM(TTD)

Associate of the Birmingham School of Music (Teacher's Training Diploma)

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absol.

absolute

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abs. re.

Law absente reo (see abse. re.)

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abstr.

abstract(ed)

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abs. visc.

absolute viscosity

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Association of British Science Writers

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abt

about

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Abteilung (German: division or part)

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ABT

advanced backplane technology
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• Association of Building Technicians

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Allied Brewery Traders' Association
• Association of British Travel Agents
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Australian Book Trade Advisory Committee

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All-Burma Trade Union Congress

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Asian Broadcasting Union
• Assembly of the Baptist Union

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Anglo-Belgian Union

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abv.

above

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ABWR

Nuclear physics advanced boiling water reactor

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ac.

acre
• activity

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a.c.

a capo (Italian: new line)
• (or à.c.) à compte (French: on account)
• advisory committee
• Physics alternating current
• année courante (French: this year)
• anno corrente (Latin: this year)
• Med. ante cibum (Latin: before meals; in prescriptions)
• assegno circolare (Italian: banker's draft or cashier's check)
• author's correction

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a/c

account
• account current
• ao cuidado de (Portuguese: care of, c/o; on postal addresses)

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aC

antes de Cristo (Portuguese: before Christ; BC)
• avanti Cristo (Italian: before Christ; BC)

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Ac

Chem. , symbol for acetyl (ethanoyl) group
• Chem. , symbol for actinium
• (ital.) Meteorol. altocumulus

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AC

airline flight code for Air Canada
• Chem. activated carbon
• Chem. activated charcoal
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• advanced CMOS
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• air conditioning
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• Alpine Club
• Physics alternating current
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• Ambulance Corps
• analogue computer
• analytical chemist
• angular correlation
• annual conference
• ante Christum (Latin: before Christ)
• Law Appeal Case(s)
• Appeal Court
• appellation contrôlée (see under AOC)
• Army Corps
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• artillery college
• Arts Council
• Assistant Commissioner
• Athletic Club
• Atlantic Charter
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• Azione Cattolica (Italian: Catholic Action; social organization)
• Companion of the Order of Australia
• British vehicle registration for Coventry

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A/C

account
• account current
• air conditioning
• aircraft
• aircraftman

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ACA

Telecom. adjacent-channel attenuation
• advanced combat aircraft
• Agricultural Cooperative Association
• American Camping Association
• American Canoe Association
• Chem. ammoniacal copper arsenate
• Anglers' Cooperative Association
• Arts Council of America
• Associate of the Institute of Chartered Accountants
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• Australian Consumers' Association
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7-ACA

Chem. 7-aminocephalosporanic acid

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ACAA

Agricultural Conservation and Adjustment Administration
• American Coal Ash Association
• Associate of the Australasian Institute of Cost Accountants

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ACAB ('ekæb)

(USA ) Army Contract Adjustment Board

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acac ('æk,æk)

Chem. acetylacetonate ion (used in formulae)

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acad.

academic(al)
• (or Acad.) academy

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Acad. fran.

Académie française (French literary academy)

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(France ) Association des cadres dirigeants de l'industrie (Association of Industrial Executives)

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Academy of medicine

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Academy of music

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Academy of science

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Advisory Council for Adult and Continuing Education

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ACAL

Advanced Computer Architecture Laboratory

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AC & U

(USA ) Association of Colleges and Universities

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ACAO

Assistant County Advisory Officer

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Acap.

Acapulco

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ACAR

Physics angular correlation of annihilation radiation

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ACAS (or Acas; ('ekæs))

Advisory Conciliation and Arbitration Service
• Assistant Chief of Air Staff

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ACB

Association Canadienne des Bibliothèques (French: Canadian Library Association)
• Australian Cricket Board

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ACBG

Med. aorto-coronary bypass graft

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Associate of the Institute of Bookkeepers

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Accrediting Commission for Business Schools

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Associate of the Chartered Building Societies Institute

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ACBWS

automatic chemical-biological warning system

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acc.

accelerate
• acceleration
• accent
• Commerce acceptance
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• Music accompanied (by)
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• according (to)
• Book-keeping account
• accountant
• Grammar accusative

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ACC

(New Zealand ) Accident Compensation Corporation
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• Chem. acid copper chromate
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• advanced communications course
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• annual capital charge
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Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce of America
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Association of Canadian Community Colleges

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ACCD

American Coalition of Citizens with Disabilities

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acce.

Commerce acceptance

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accel.

Music accelerando (Italian; with increasing speed)

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access.

accessory

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ACCHAN

Allied Command Channel (in NATO)

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Advisory Council for the Church's Ministry

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ACCO

Association of Child Care Officers

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accom.

accommodation

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accomp.

accompanied
• accompaniment
• accompany

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American College of Chest Physicians

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accred.

accredited

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Associate of the Corporation of Secretaries (formerly Corporation of Certified Secretaries)

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acct.

accountant
• account(ing)

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ACCT

Association of Cinematograph, Television, and Allied Technicians

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accum.

accumulative

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accus.

Grammar accusative

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accy

accountancy

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acd.

accord

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ACD

Med. acid citrate dextrose (as in ACD solution )
• Med. acquired cystic disease of the kidney
• Chem. anode-cathode distance

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Advisory Committee on Distinction Awards
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ACDAS

Automatic Control and Data Acquisition System

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AC/DC (or AC-DC)

Physics alternating current/direct current
• Colloquial , indicating bisexual

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ACDCM

Archbishop of Canterbury's Diploma in Church Music

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ACdre

Air Commodore

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ACDS

Assistant Chief of Defence Staff

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acdt

accident

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ACE

Astronomy Advanced Composition Explorer
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• (es) Advisory Centre for Education
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• (es) Biochem. , Med. angiotensin-converting enzyme (as in ACE inhibitor )
• (USA ) Army Corps of Engineers
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• (es) Computing Automatic Computing Engine

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Action Committee for European Aerospace

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ACEd.

Associate in Commercial Education

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American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy

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Australian Council of Employers' Federations

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Australian Council for Educational Research

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Advisory Council for Education of Romanies and other Travellers

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ACES

Chem. N-(2-acetamido)-2-aminoethanesulphonic acid

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acet.

acetone

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Advisory Committee on Electronics and Telecommunications
• Med. Aids care, education, and treatment

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ACEWEX

Allied Command Europe Weather Exchange

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ACF

(Canada ) Académie Canadienne Française (French Canadian Academy)
• (South Africa ) Active Citizen Force
• Physics angular correlation function
• Army Cadet Force
• Chemical engineering autogenous-carrier flotation process
• Automobile Club de France

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Army Cadet Force Association

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(Canada ) Association Canadienne-Française pour l'avancement des sciences (French-Canadian Association for the Advancement of Science)

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ACFHE

Association of Colleges of Further and Higher Education

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ACFI

Associate of the Clothing and Footwear Institute

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ACFM

Physics alternating-current field measurement

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acft

aircraft

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ACG

An Comunn Gaidhealach (Gaelic: The Gaelic Society; the Highland Association)
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Arts Council of Great Britain

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Automobile Club of Great Britain and Ireland

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Associate of the City and Guilds Institute

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ACGS

Assistant Chief of the General Staff

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ACh

Biochem. acetylcholine

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ACH

Building trades air changes per hour
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AChE

Biochem. acetylcholinesterase

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American Society of Human Rights

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Associate of the Society of Chiropodists

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ACI

Alliance coopérative internationale (French: International Cooperative Alliance)
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• American Concrete Institute
• army council instruction
• Associate of the Institute of Commerce
• Automobile Club d'Italia

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ACIA

Associate of the Corporation of Insurance Agents
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Australian Commercial and Industrial Artists' Association

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Associate of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators

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Associate of the Chartered Institute of Bankers
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ACIC

(USA ) Aeronautical Charting and Information Center

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acid.

Med. acidulated drop

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Assistant Chief of the Imperial General Staff

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ACII

Associate of the Chartered Insurance Institute

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Associate of the Chartered Institute of Loss Adjusters

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ACINF

(USA ) Advisory Committee on Irradiated and Novel Foods

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Association catholique internationale des œuvres de protection de la jeune fille (French; International Catholic Girls' Society)

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American Committee for Irish Studies
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ACIT

Associate of the Chartered Institute of Transport

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ACJP

airways corporations joint pensions

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ack.

acknowledge
• acknowledgment

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ACK (or ack)

Computing , Telecom. acknowledgment

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ack-ack ('æk,æk)

anti-aircraft (World War I phonetic alphabet for AA)

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ackgt (or ackt)

acknowledgment

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ACL

Computing access control list
• action-centred leadership (devised by the Industrial Society)
• Analytical Chemistry Laboratory
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ACLA

Anti-Communist League of America

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ACLANT (æk'lænt)

Allied Command Atlantic

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Air Cadet League of Canada

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ACLP

Association of Contact Lens Practitioners

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ACLS

American Council of Learned Societies
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ACLU

American Civil Liberties Union
• American College of Life Underwriters

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ACM

Air Chief Marshal
• air combat manoeuvring
• American Campaign Medal
• asbestos-containing material
• (USA ) Assistant Chief of Mission
• Association for Computing Machinery
• authorized controlled material

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ACMA

Agricultural Cooperative Managers' Association
• Associate of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants
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Association of Canadian Medical Colleges

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ACME

advanced computer for medical research
• (USA ) Advisory Council on Medical Education
• (USA ) Association of Consulting Management Engineers

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ACMET

Advisory Council on Middle East Trade

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ACMF

(USA ) Air Corps Medical Forces
• Allied Central Mediterranean Forces
• Australian Commonwealth Military Forces

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ACMM

Associate of the Conservatorium of Music, Melbourne

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acmp.

accompany

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ACMP

Advisory Committee on Marine Pollution
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ACMRR

Advisory Committee on Marine Resources Research (in the FAO)

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ACMT

American College of Medical Technologists

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a.c.n.

all concerned notified

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ACN

Chem. alkane carbon number
• American College of Neuropsychiatrists
• (small caps.) ante Christum natum (Latin: before the birth of Christ)

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ACNA

(USA ) Advisory Council on Naval Affairs
• Arctic Institute of North America

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ACNS

Assistant Chief of Naval Staff
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ACNY

Advertising Club of New York

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ACO

Admiralty Compass Observatory
• Association of Children's Officers

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AC of S

Assistant Chief of Staff

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ac.o.g.

aircraft on ground

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ACom (or AComm)

Associate in Commerce

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Acops ('ækps)

Advisory Commission on Pollution of the Sea

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ACOR

American Center for Oriental Research

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ACORD (or Acord) ('k:d)

Advisory Council on Research and Development

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ACORN ('ek:n)

(ital.) A Classification of Residential Neighbourhoods (directory)
• Computing associative content retrieval network
• Computing automatic checkout and recording network

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ACOS

Advisory Committee on Safety
• American College of Osteopathic Surgeons
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ACOST (or Acost) ('kst)

Advisory Council on Science and Technology

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ACP

Biochem. acyl carrier protein
• advanced computer program
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• African, Caribbean, and Pacific (countries)
• American College of Pharmacists
• American College of Physicians
• Associate of the College of Preceptors
• Association of Circus Proprietors of Great Britain
• Association of Clinical Pathologists
• Automóvel Clube de Portugal (Automobile Club of Portugal)

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ACPA

(USA ) Associate of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants

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ACPAR ('æk,p:)

Physics angular correlation of positron-annihilation radiation

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ACPD

alternating-current plasma detector
• alternating-current potential difference

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ACPM

American Congress of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

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ACPO (or Acpo) ('ækp)

Association of Chief Police Officers

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acpt.

Commerce acceptance

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acq.

acquire
• acquittal

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ACR

Admiral Commanding Reserves
• advanced capabilities radar
• aircraft control room
• American College in Rome
• Aeronautics approach control radar
• Association of College Registrars
• audio cassette recorder

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ACRB

Aero-Club Royal de Belgique (French: Royal Belgian Aero Club)

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acrd

accrued

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ACRE ('ek)

Action with Rural Communities in England
• automatic climatological recording equipment

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ACRF

Advanced Computing Research Facility

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acrg.

acreage

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ACRI

(USA ) Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Institute

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ACRL

(USA ) Association of College and Research Libraries

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acron.

acronym

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ACRR

American Council on Race Relations

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ACRS

Taxation Accelerated Cost Recovery System
• Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards

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a/cs

aircraft security vessel

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ACS

Aeronautics active control system
• Additional Curates Society
• Admiral Commanding Submarines
• Admiralty computing service
• advanced communications system
• airport catering services
• air-conditioning system
• Aeronautics altitude control system
• American Cancer Society
• American Ceramic Society
• American Chemical Society
• American College of Surgeons
• assembly control system
• Associate in Commercial Science
• Association of Caribbean States
• Australian Computer Society
• Finance automated confirmation service
• Computing automated control system

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ACSA

Allied Communications Security Agency

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ACSE

(Australia ) Association of Consulting Structural Engineers

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ACSEA

Allied Command South East Asia

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ACSET

Advisory Committee on the Supply and Training of Teachers

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ACSL

Computing Advanced Continuous Simulation Language
• assistant cubscout leader

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ACSM

American Congress on Surveying and Mapping
• Associate of the Camborne School of Mines

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ACSN

Association of Collegiate Schools of Nursing

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ACSOS

Acoustical Society of America

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ACSPA

Australian Council of Salaried and Professional Associations

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a/cs pay.

accounts payable

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a/cs rec.

accounts receivable

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ACSS

Printing automated colour separation system

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act.

acting
• Grammar active
• activities
• actor
• actual
• actuary

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ACT

activated-complex theory
• Meteorol. active (or activated)
• Aeronautics active control technology
• advance corporation tax
• Computing advanced CMOS with TTL inputs
• advanced coal technology
• Advisory Council on Technology
• Agricultural Central Trading Ltd
• Air Council for Training
• American College Test
• Computing analogical circuit technique
• Associated Container Transportation
• Associate of the College of Technology
• Association of Corporate Treasurers
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• Australian College of Theology

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a cta.

a cuenta (Spanish: on account)

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ACTC

Art Class Teacher's Certificate

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actg

acting

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ACTH

Biochem. adrenocorticotrophic hormone

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ACTO

Advisory Council on the Treatment of Offenders

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ACTP

American College Testing Program

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ACTS

(USA ) Acoustic Control and Telemetry System
• Associate of the Society of Certified Teachers of Shorthand
• Australian Catholic Truth Society

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ACTT

Association of Cinematograph, Television, and Allied Technicians (see BECTU)

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ACTU

Australian Council of Trade Unions

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ACTWU

(USA ) Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union

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ACU

Actors' Church Union
• American Congregational Union
• Asian Clearing Union
• Association of Commonwealth Universities
• Auto-Cycle Union
• Computing automatic calling unit

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ACUA

Association of Cambridge University Assistants

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ACUE

American Committee of United Europe

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ACUS

Atlantic Council of the United States

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ACV (or acv)

actual cash value
• aircushion vehicle
• Associated Commercial Vehicles
• Associate of the College of Violinists

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ACW

agricultural crop waste
• Air Command (or Control) and Warning
• aircraftwoman
• (or a.c.w.) Physics alternating continuous wave
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aircraft control and warning system

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Associated Country Women of the World

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ACY

average crop yield

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ad (æd)

advertisement
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ad.

adapt(ation)
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after date
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• autograph document

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ausser Dienst (German; retired, on half pay)

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Insurance accidental damage
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Albrecht Dürer (1471–1528, German painter and engraver)

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aerodrome
• after date
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Chem. N-(2-acetamido)iminodiacetic acid
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Art Dealers Association of America

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(USA ) automatic telephone dialing-announcing device

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Music adagio

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adap.

adapted

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(USA ) Association of Data Processing Organizations

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Access for Disabled People to Arts Today

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(USA ) Air-Deliverable Antipollution Transfer System (in the Coast Guard)

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Agricultural Development and Advisory Service
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Military action data automation and weapons systems
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A-day

assault day

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accidental death benefit
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advanced developing country (or countries)
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(USA ) Air Defense Control Center
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Computing advanced data communication control procedure

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American Die Casting Institute

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Archbishop of Canterbury's Diploma in Church Music

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(USA ) (with) advice and consent of the Senate

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personal aide-de-camp to HM the Queen

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Art Directors' Club, Toronto

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add.

Med. add or let there be added (in prescriptions; Latin adde or addantur)
• addendum (or addenda)
• addition(al)
• address(ed)

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Aeronautics airstream direction detector
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(USA ) Air Defense Direction Center

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Abu Dhabi Defence Force

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addl (or addnl)

additional

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addn

addition

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addressed

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Association of Directors of Social Services

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Immunol. antibody-dependent enhancement

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(France ) Agence d'évaluation financière (rating agency)

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Med. ad effectum (Latin: until effective; in prescriptions)

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Assistant Director, Electrical and Mechanical Engineering

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ad eund.

ad eundem gradum (Latin: to the same degree)

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a.d.f.

after deducting freight

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Finance (Australia ) approved deposit fund
• Asian Development Fund
• Australian Defence Force
• Navigation automatic direction finder

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ad finem (Latin: at or near the end)

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Art and Design Fellow, Manchester

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Assistant Director of Fortifications and Works

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Assistant Director-General

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Air Defence of Great Britain

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Assistant Director-General of Medical Services

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Med. ad gratam aciditatem (Latin: to an agreeable acidity; in prescriptions)

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Med. ad gratum gustum (Latin: to an agreeable taste; in prescriptions)

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Biochem. antidiuretic hormone
• Assistant Director of Hygiene
• Association of Dental Hospitals

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Med. attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

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ad h.l.

ad hunc locum (Latin: at this place)

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Med. acceptable daily intake (of a toxic substance in food)
• approved driving instructor

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ad infinitum (Latin: to infinity)

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ad initium (Latin: at the beginning)

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ad interim (Latin: in the meantime)

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(USA ) air defense identification zone

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adjacent
• adjective
• adjoining
• Maths. adjoint
• adjourned
• adjudged
• adjunct
• Insurance , Banking, etc. adjustment
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Meteorol. adjacent

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(USA ) Adjunct in Arts

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Assistant Deputy Judge Advocate-General

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adjt (or Adjt)

adjutant

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Adjutant-General

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(Malaysia ) Order of Ahli Darjah Kinabalu

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Electronics acoustic delay line
• Med. activity (or activities) of daily living
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ad lib.

ad libitum (Latin: according to pleasure, i.e. freely)

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ad loc.

ad locum (Latin: at the place)

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Australian Democratic Labor Party

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adm.

administration
• administrative
• administrator
• admission
• admitted

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Admiral
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ADM

Advanced Diploma in Midwifery
• annual delegate meeting
• Association of Domestic Management
• atomic demolition munitions
• average daily membership

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American Drug Manufacturers' Association
• (USA ) Aviation Distributors' and Manufacturers' Association

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Advertisement Manager

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admin.

administration
• (or Admin.) administrator

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Administrator Apostolic

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Adml

Admiral

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Assistant Director of the Meteorological Office (Civil Aviation)

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Computing automatic device for mechanical order selection

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admov.

Med. admoveatur (Latin: let it be applied; in prescriptions)

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Admodum Reverendus (Latin: Very Reverend)

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Assistant Director of Medical Services

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Association of Dental Manufacturers and Traders of the United Kingdom

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admx

administratrix

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Allgemeiner Deutscher Nachrichtendienst (German news agency)

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Assistant Director of Naval Accounts

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Assistant Director of Naval Construction

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ad neut.

Med. ad neutralizandum (Latin: until neutral)

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Assistant Director of Naval Intelligence

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Abu Dhabi National Oil Company

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Assistant Director of Nursing Services

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ADO

(USA ) advanced development objective
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• Association of Dispensing Opticians
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Assistant Director of Ordnance Factories

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Assistant Director of Ordnance Services

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ADP

Biochem. adenosine diphosphate
• air defence position
• Physics area density of particles
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Associate Diploma of Public Administration

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ADPCM

Computing adaptive differential pulse code modulation

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ADPLAN ('æd,plæn)

advanced planning

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ADPR

Assistant Director of Public Relations

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Association of Data Processing Service Organizations

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ADR

accident data recorder
• Law alternative dispute resolution
• Stock exchange American Depository Receipt

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Animal Diseases Research Association (Edinburgh )

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ad s.

Law ad sectam (Latin: at the suit of)

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a.d.s.

autograph document signed

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A.d.S.

Académie des Sciences (French: Academy of Sciences)

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ADS

Computing accurately defined systems
• advanced dressing station
• (USA ) air defense sector
• American Dialect Society
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ad saec.

ad saeculum (Latin: to the century)

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ADS&T

Assistant Director of Supplies and Transport

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ad sat.

Med. ad saturandum (Latin: to saturation)

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(USA ) Administrative Support Operations Center

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Australian Defence Scientific Service

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Finance approved deferred share trust

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adst. feb.

Med. adstante febre (Latin: when fever is present)

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American District Telegraph
• Assistant Director of Transport
• Atlantic Daylight Time
• Electronics automatic double tracking
• average daily traffic

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advanced decoy technology

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Automated Data and Telecommunications Service

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ad us.

ad usum (Latin: according to custom)

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Med. ad usum externum (Latin: for external use)

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advance
• adverb(ial)
• adversus (Latin: against)
• advertisement
• advertising
• advice
• advise
• adviser
• advisory
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Advent
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ad valorem (Latin: according to value)

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adverb

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adventure

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adv. pmt.

advance payment

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Advanced Diploma in Voice Studies
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advt

advertisement

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advv.

adverbs

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ADW

air defence warning
• Assistant Director of Works

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Assistant Director of Works, Electrical and Mechanical

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Computing automatic data exchange
• Telecom. automatic digital exchange

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Chem. , Physics angular dependent X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy

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ae.

Numismatics aeneus (Latin: made of copper)
• aetatis (Latin: at the age of; aged)

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AE

account executive
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• Associate in Education
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• atomic energy
• Photog. autoexposure
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• pseudonym of George Russell, 1867–1935, Irish poet
• airline flight code for Mandarin Airlines
• Insurance , indicating (in Lloyd's Register) third-class ships

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Physics acoustic emission analysis
• (USA ) Actors' Equity Association
• Engineering air entraining agent
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• Atomic Energy Authority

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Asociación de Escritores y Artistas Americanos (Spanish: Association of Spanish-American Writers and Artists)

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Allied Expeditionary Air Force

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Ambassador Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary

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Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary

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Adult Education Association of the United States of America

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Area Electricity Board
• Associated Examining Board

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atmospheric equivalent boiling point

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Insurance additional extended coverage
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• Chem. anion-exchange capacity
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• Association of Education Committees
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• Photog. automatic exposure control

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(USA ) Atomic Energy Control Board

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African Elephant Conservation Coordinating Group

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African Explosives and Chemical Industries
• Associate of the Institute of Employment Consultants

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Atomic Energy of Canada Limited

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AEd

Associate in Education

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AED

advanced electronics design
• Computing Algol Extended for Design (programming language)
• Association of Engineering Distributors
• automated engineering design
• Doctor of Fine Arts (Latin Artium Elegantium Doctor)

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Association européenne des enseignants (French: European Teachers' Association)

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Advanced Energy Design and Operation Technologies

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(USA ) Alternative Energy Development Program

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(USA ) Association for Educational Data Systems
• Atomic Energy Detection Systems

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Admiralty Experimental Diving Unit

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Aeronautical Engineer

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AEE

airborne evaluation equipment
• Chem. alkaline-earth element
• Atomic Energy Establishment

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(USA ) Airlines Electronic Engineering Committee

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(Canada ) Army Equipment Engineering Establishment

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Agence européenne pour l'energie nucléaire (French: European Agency for Atomic Energy)

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Amalgamated Engineering and Electrical Union (formed from merger of AEU and EETPU)

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Allied Expeditionary Force
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Theatre alienation effect

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Association européenne des festivals de musique (French: European Association of Music Festivals)

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a.e.g. (or aeg)

ad eundem gradum (Latin: to the same degree)
• Bookbinding all edges gilt

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AEG

(Germany ) Allgemeine Elektrizitäts-Gesellschaft (General Electric Company)

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AEGIS ('i:dzs)

Aid for the Elderly in Government Institutions
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Anglican Evangelical Group Movement

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AEH

A(lfred) E(dward) Housman (1859–1936, British poet)

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(USA ) Alternative Energy Institute
• American Express International
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• Association des écoles internationales (French: International Schools Association)

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Austriae Est Imperare Orbi Universi (Latin: it is given to Austria to rule the whole world)
• Austria Erit In Orbe Ultima (Latin: Austria will be the world's last survivor)

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Association for Education in Journalism

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Admiralty Engineering Laboratory
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• Associated Engineering, Limited
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(France ) Association européenne de libre-échange (European Free Trade Association; EFTA)

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All England Lawn Tennis Club

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AEM

Air Efficiency Medal
• analytical electron microscopy

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Association of Electrical Machinery Trades

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Astronautics Advanced Extravehicular Mobility Unit

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aen.

Numismatics aeneus (Latin: made of copper)

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Aen.

(ital.) The Aeneid (Virgil's epic)

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AEn

Associate in English

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AENA

All England Netball Association

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AEng

Associate in Engineering

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Aen. Nas.

Aenei Nasi (Brasenose College, Oxford; Latin: of the Brazen Nose)

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AEO

Chem. alkaline-earth oxide
• Assistant Education Officer
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• Association of Exhibition Organizers

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Agence européenne de productivité (French: European Production Agency)
• American Electric Power

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American Educational Publishers Institute

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aeq.

aequalis (Latin: equal)

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aer.

aeronautics
• aeroplane

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Army Emergency Reserve

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aera.

aeration

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American Educational Research Association
• Associate Engraver, Royal Academy
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Aeronautical Engineer

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Atomic Energy Research Establishment (Harwell )

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Agricultural Economics Research Institute (Oxford University)

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AERNO

aeronautical equipment reference number

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aeronautic(al)

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AERO

Air Education and Recreation Organization

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aeron.

aeronautical
• aeronautics

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aerosp.

aerospace

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Aesop (6th century BC, Greek author of fables)

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AES

advanced energy system
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• (USA ) Airways Engineering Society
• Physics atomic emission spectrum (spectroscopy, spectrometry, or spectrography)
• Audio Engineering Society
• Physics Auger electron spectrum (or spectroscopy)

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(USA ) Association of Earth Science Editors

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AESL

(USA ) Aerospace Energy Systems Laboratory

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aesth.

aesthetics

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aet. (or aetat.)

aetatis (Latin: at the age of; aged)

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AET

Associate in Electrical (or Electronic) Technology

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AETR

advanced engineering test reactor

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AEU

Amalgamated Engineering Union (formerly AUEW; see AEEU)
• American Ethical Union

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AEU(TASS)

Amalgamated Engineering Union (Technical, Administrative, and Supervisory Section)

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AEV

aerothermodynamic elastic vehicle
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Admiralty Experimental Works
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AEW & C

airborne early warning and control

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AEWHA

All England Women's Hockey Association

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AEWLA

All England Women's Lacrosse Association

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AEWS

advanced earth satellite weapons system
• aircraft early warning system

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a.f.

advanced freight
• (or a/f) Commerce a favor (Spanish: in favour)
• anno futuro (Latin: next year)
• audiofrequency

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Af

symbol for afgháni (monetary unit of Afghanistan)

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Af.

Africa(n)
• Afrikaans
• symbol for Aruban florin (monetary unit of Aruba)

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AF

Académie Française (French literary academy)
• (or A/F) Engineering across flats (used in denoting sizes of nuts, as in 1/2AF )
• (France ) Action Française (former journal and political party)
• Admiral of the Fleet
• air force
• (USA ) Air Foundation
• airline flight code for Air France
• Anglo-French
• Armée Française (French Army)
• Associated Fisheries
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• audiofrequency
• Photog. autofocus
• automatic (smoke) filter
• British vehicle registration for Truro

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A/F

antiflooding
• as found (in auction catalogues)

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AFA

Nuclear engineering advanced fuel assembly
• African Football Association
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• (USA ) Air Force Association
• Amateur Fencing Association
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• Associate in Fine Arts
• (Scotland ) Associate of the Faculty of Actuaries

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AFAC

American Fisheries Advisory Committee

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AFAEP

Association of Fashion Advertising and Editorial Photographers

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(USA ) Air Force Accounting and Finance Center

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Associate Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics

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Associate Fellow of the Australian Institute of Management

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AFAITC

(USA ) Armed Forces Air Intelligence Training Center

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(USA ) Air Force Astronautical Laboratory

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Ancient Free and Accepted Masons

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(France ) Association française pour l'avancement des sciences (French Association for the Advancement of the Sciences)

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AFASIC

Association for all Speech-Impaired Children

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AFB

Microbiol. acid-fast bacilli
• (USA ) Air Force Base
• American Federation for the Blind

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AFBC

Chemical engineering atmospheric fluidized-bed combustor (or combustion)

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Association of Futures Brokers and Dealers

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American Farm Bureau Federation

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AFBMD

(USA ) Air Force Ballistic Missile Division

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Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society

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AFBS

American and Foreign Bible Society

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AFC

Air Force Cross
• Amateur Football Club
• Immunol. antibody-forming cell
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• (or a.f.c.) automatic flight control
• (or a.f.c.) automatic frequency control

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AFCAI

Associate Fellow of the Canadian Aeronautical Institute

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AFCE

Associate in Fuel Technology and Chemical Engineering
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AFCEA

(USA ) Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association

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AFCENT (or AFCent) ('æfsnt)

Allied Forces in Central Europe (of NATO)

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afco ('æf,k)

Engineering automatic fuel cut-off

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AFCO

Admiralty Fleet Confidential Order

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AFCRL

(USA ) Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories

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AFCS

Air Force Communications Service
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AFCU

American and Foreign Christian Union

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AFCW

Association of Family Case Workers

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AFD

accelerated freeze dried (or drying)
• air force depot
• (USA ) Doctor of Fine Arts

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AFDC

(USA ) Aid to Families with Dependent Children

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AFDCS

Association of First Division Civil Servants

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AFDM

Engineering advanced fluiddynamics model

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AFDS

Air Fighting Development Squadron

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AFDW

Chem. ash-free dry weight

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AFEA

American Farm Economics Association
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AFEE

Airborne Forces Experimental Establishment

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AFEIS

Advanced Further Education Information Service

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AFERO

Asia and the Far East Regional Office (of the FAO)

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AFES

Admiralty Fuel Experimental Station

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AFESC

(USA ) Air Force Engineering and Services Center

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AFESD

Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development

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AFEX

(USA ) Air Forces Europe Exchange
• (USA ) Armed Forces Exchange

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aff.

affairs
• affectionate
• (or affil.) affiliate(d)
• affirmative
• affix

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AFF

Photog. aberration-free focus

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Aff.IP

Affiliate of the Institute of Plumbing

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AFFL

Agricultural Finance Federation, Ltd

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afft

affidavit

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AFFTC

(USA ) Air Force Flight Test Center

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Afg.

Afghanistan

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AFG

international vehicle registration for Afghanistan

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AFGE

American Federation of Government Employees

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Afgh. (or Afghan.)

Afghanistan

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AFGL

(USA ) Air Force Geophysics Laboratory

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AFGM

American Federation of Grain Millers

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AFH

American Foundation for Homeopathy

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AFHC

Air Force Headquarters Command

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AFHQ

Allied Force(s) Headquarters
• Armed Forces Headquarters

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AFI

American Film Institute

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AFIA

American Foreign Insurance Association
• (Australia ) Associate of the Federal Institute of Accountants

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AFIAP

Artiste de la Fédération internationale de l'art photographique (French: Artist of the International Federation of Photographic Art)

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AFICD

Associate Fellow of the Institute of Civil Defence

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AFII

American Federation of International Institutes

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AFIIM

Associate Fellow of the Institution of Industrial Managers

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AFIMA

Associate Fellow of the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications

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AFIPS

American Federation of Information Processing Societies, Inc.

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AFL

Computing abstract family of languages
• Air Force List
• American Federation of Labor
• American Football League
• (Portugal ) Associação de Futebol de Lisboa (Lisbon Football Association)

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AFLA

Amateur Fencers' League of America
• Asian Federation of Library Associations

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AFLC

(USA ) Air Force Logistics Command

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AFL-CIO

American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations

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aflt

afloat

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AFM

Engineering abrasive flow machining
• Air Force Medal
• American Federation of Musicians of the United States and Canada
• assistant field manager
• Associated Feed Manufacturers
• Chem. , Physics atomic force microscope (or microscopy)
• Telecom. audiofrequency modulation

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AFMA

Armed Forces Management Association
• Artificial Flower Manufacturers' Association of Great Britain

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AFMDC

(USA ) Air Force Missile Development Center

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AFMEC

African Methodist Episcopal Church

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AFMED (or AFMed)

Allied Forces Mediterranean

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afmo.

afectisimo (Spanish: very affectionately; in correspondence)

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AFMTC

(USA ) Air Force Missile Test Center

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AFN

American Forces Network
• Armed Forces Network
• Association of Free Newspapers

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AFNE

Allied Forces Northern Europe

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AFNIL ('æfnl)

(France ) Agence francophone pour la numérotation internationale du livre (French Agency for International Standard Book Numbers; ISBN)

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AFNOR ('æf,n:)

Association française de normalisation (the standards organization of France)

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AFNORTH (or AFNorth) ('æf,n:)

Allied Forces Northern Europe

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AFO

Admiralty Fleet Order
• army forwarding officer

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AFOAR

(USA ) Air Force Office of Aerospace Research

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AFOAS

(USA ) Air Force Office of Aerospace Sciences

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AF of M

American Federation of Musicians of the United States and Canada

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AFOM

Associate of the Faculty of Occupational Medicine

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AFOSR

(USA ) Air Force Office of Scientific Research

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AFP

Agence France Press (French independent news agency)
• (or afp) Med. alpha-fetoprotein

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AFPRB

Armed Forces Pay Review Board

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Afr.

Africa(n)

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AFr. (or A-Fr.)

Anglo-French

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AFR

accident frequency rate (in industry)
• air-fuel ratio
• automatic fingerprint recognition

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AFRA

American Farm Research Association
• American Federation of Television and Radio Artists

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AFRASEC ('æfr,sk)

Afro-Asian Organization for Economic Cooperation

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AFRC

Agricultural and Food Research Council

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Afrik.

Afrikaans

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AFRO

Africa Regional Office (of the FAO)

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AFRTS

(USA ) Armed Forces Radio and Television Service

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AFS

Advanced Flying School
• air force station
• Alaska Ferry Service
• American Field Service
• Army Fire Service
• Atlantic Ferry Service
• Chem. , Physics atomic fluorescence spectrometry
• auxiliary fire service
• Physics axial field spectrometer

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AFSA

American Foreign Service Association
• (USA ) Armed Forces Security Agency

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AFSBO

American Federation of Small Business Organizations

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AFSC

Air Force Systems Command
• American Friends Service Committee
• Armed Forces Staff College

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AFSCME

American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (trade union)

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afsd

aforesaid

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AFSIL ('æfsl)

Accommodation for Students in London

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AFSLAET

Associate Fellow of the Society of Licensed Aircraft Engineers and Technologists

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AFSOUTH (or AFSouth) ('æf,sa)

Allied Forces in Southern Europe

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aft.

after
• afternoon

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AFT

American Federation of Teachers
• axial-flow turbine

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AFTE

American Federation of Technical Engineers

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AFTM

American Foundation of Tropical Medicine

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AFTP

Computing anonymous file transfer protocol

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aftn

afternoon

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AFTN

Aeronautical Fixed Telecommunications Network

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AFTR

American Federal Tax Reports

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AFTRA

American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (trade union)

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AFU

advanced flying unit

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AFULE

Australian Federated Union of Locomotive Enginemen

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AFV

armoured fighting vehicle
• armoured force vehicle

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AFVG

Aeronautics Anglo-French variable geometry

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AFVPA

Advertising Film and Videotape Producers' Association

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AFW

army field workshop

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AFWAL

(USA ) Air Force Wright Aeronautical Laboratories

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AFWL

(USA ) Air Force Weapons Laboratory

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ag.

agent
• agreement
• agriculture

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a.g.

Chem. , Military anti-gas

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Ag

antigen
• Chem. , symbol for silver (Latin argentum)

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Ag.

August

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AG

Accountant-General
• (Nigeria ) Action Group Party
• Adjutant-General
• Agent-General (of colonies)
• air gunner
• (Germany ) Aktiengesellschaft (public limited company; plc)
• (Italy ) Alberghi per la Gioventù (youth hostels)
• art gallery
• Attorney-General
• British vehicle registration for Hull

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Aga (':g)

Aktiebolaget Gasackumulator (cooker)

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AGA

Military air-to-ground-to-air
• Amateur Gymnastics Association
• American Gas Association
• American Genetic Association
• Obstetrics appropriate for gestational age
• Australian Garrison Artillery

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AGAC

American Guild of Authors and Composers

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AGACS

automatic ground-to-air communications system

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AGARD

Advisory Group for Aerospace Research and Development (in NATO)

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a.g.b.

a (or any) good brand

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AGBI

Artists' General Benevolent Institution

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AGC

(USA ) advanced graduate certificate
• American Grassland Council
• (or a.g.c.) Electronics automatic gain control

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AGCA

Aeronautics automatic ground-controlled approach

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AGCAS

Association of Graduate Careers Advisory Service

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AGCC

Arab Gulf Cooperation Council

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AGCL

Aeronautics automatic ground-controlled landing

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AGCM

Meteorol. atmospheric general circulation model

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agcy

agency

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agd

agreed

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a.g.d.

Engineering axial gear differential

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AGDC

Freemasonry Assistant Grand Director of Ceremonies

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AGDL

Attorney-General of the Duchy of Lancaster

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AgE

Agricultural Engineer

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AGE

Admiralty Gunnery Establishment
• aerospace ground equipment
• Associate in General Education
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AGES

Association of Agricultural Education Staffs

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AGF

Adjutant-General to the Forces
• army ground forces

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ag. feb.

Med. aggrediente febre (Latin: when the fever increases)

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agg. (or aggr.)

aggregate

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AGH

Australian General Hospital

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AGI

(USA ) adjusted gross income (in income-tax returns)
• American Geographical Institute
• American Geological Institute
• Année Géophysique Internationale (French: International Geophysical Year, 1 July 1957–31 Dec 1958)
• annual general inspection
• Artistes graphiques internationaux (French: International Graphic Artists)
• Associate of the Institute of Certificated Grocers

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AGIP

Agenzia Generale Italiana Petroli (Italian national oil company)

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agit.

Med. agitatum (Latin: shaken)

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agit. ante sum.

Med. agita ante sumendum (Latin: shake before taking)

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Agitprop ('ædzt,prp)

Agitpropbyuro (formerly, Soviet bureau in charge of agitation and propaganda)

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AGK

Astronomische Gesellschaft Katalog (German: Astronomical Society Catalogue)

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AGL

above ground level

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aglm.

agglomerate

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AGM

advisory group meeting
• Med. African green monkey
• air-to-ground missile
• annual general meeting
• Award of Garden Merit (awarded by the Royal Horticultural Society)

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AGMA

American Guild of Musical Artists
• Athletic Goods Manufacturers' Association

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agn

again
• agnomen

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AGN

Astronomy active galactic nucleus

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agnos.

agnostic

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ago.

agosto (Italian: August)

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AGOR

Auxiliary-General Oceanographic Research

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AGP

Academy of General Practice
• Computing accelerated (or advanced) graphics port
• aviation general policy

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AGPA

American Group Psychotherapy Association

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AGPL

Administração-Geral do Pôrto de Lisboa (Portuguese: Port of Lisbon Authority)

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agr.

agreement
• agricultural
• agriculture
• agriculturist

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AGR

Nuclear physics advanced gas-cooled reactor
• Association of Graduate Recruiters

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AGRA

Army Group Royal Artillery
• Association of Genealogists and Record Agents

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AGREE ('gri:)

Advisory Group on Reliability of Electronic Equipment

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AGRF

American Geriatric Research Foundation

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agric.

agricultural
• agriculture
• agriculturist

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AGRM

Adjutant-General, Royal Marines

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agron.

agronomy

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AGRS

Chemical engineering acid-gas removal system

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AGS

Astronautics abort guidance system
• aircraft general standard
• Air Gunnery School
• Alpine Garden Society
• American Geographical Society
• Associate in General Studies

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AGSM

Associate of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama
• Australian Graduate of the School of Management

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AGSRO

Association of Government Supervisors and Radio Officers

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AGSS

American Geographical and Statistical Society

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agst

against

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agt

agent
• agreement

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AGT

advanced gas turbine
• Art Gallery of Toronto
• (USA ) Association of Geology Teachers
• Physics average generation time

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agto

agosto (Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish: August)

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AGU

American Geophysical Union

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AGV

Pharmacol. aniline gentian violet
• automated guided vehicle(s)
• Electronics autonomous guided vehicle

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AGVA

American Guild of Variety Artists
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a.g.w. (or AGW)

actual gross weight

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AGWAC

Australian Guided Weapons and Analogue Computer

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AGWI

Marine insurance Atlantic, Gulf, West Indies

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agy

agency

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a.h.

Shipping aft (or after) hatch
• ampere-hour
• armed helicopter

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AH

airline flight code for Air Algerie
• (small caps.) anno Hebraico (Latin: in the Jewish year)
• (small caps.) anno Hegirae (Latin: in the year of the Hegira; in the Muslim calendar)
• (or A/H) Marine insurance Antwerp-Hamburg coastal ports
• British fishing port registration for Arbroath
• Chem. aromatic hydrocarbon
• Med. artificial hyperglycaemia
• British vehicle registration for Norwich

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AHA

American Heart Association
• American Historical Association
• American Hospitals Association
• (formerly, in the NHS) Area Health Authority
• Australian Hotels Association

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AHAM

(USA ) Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers

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AH & FITB

Agricultural, Horticultural, and Forestry Industry Training Board

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AHAUS

Amateur Hockey Association of the United States

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AHC

Accepting Houses Committee
• American Horticultural Council
• Army Hospital Corps

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ahd

ahead

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AHD

(ital.) American Heritage Dictionary

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AHDL

Med. alveolar hydatid disease of the liver

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AHE

(USA ) Associate in Home Economics
• (USA ) Association for Higher Education

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AHEM

Association of Hydraulic Equipment Manufacturers

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AHF

Chem. anhydrous hydrogen fluoride
• Med. antihaemophilic factor

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AHG

Med. antihaemophilic globulin

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AHGMR

Ad Hoc Group on Missile Reliability

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AHH

Med. , Biochem. aryl hydrocarbon hydroxylase (used in tobacco research)

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AHI

American Health (or Hospital) Institute

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AHIL

(USA ) Association of Hospital and Institutional Libraries

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a.h.l.

ad hunc locum (Latin: on this passage)

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AHL

American Hockey League

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AHMC

Association of Hospital Management Committees

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AHMPS

Association of Headmistresses of Preparatory Schools

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AHMS

American Home Mission Society

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AHNCV

Area of High Nature Conservation Value

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AHP

Engineering absorption heat pump
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AHPR

Association of Health and Pleasure Resorts

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AHQ

Air Headquarters
• Allied Headquarters
• Army Headquarters

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a.h.r.

acceptable hazard rate (in risk analysis)

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AHRC

Australian Humanities Research Council

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AHRHS

Associate of Honour of the Royal Horticultural Society

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AHRIH(NZ)

Associate of Honour of the Royal Institute of Horticulture (New Zealand)

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AHS

adult health study
• American Helicopter Society
• (small caps.) anno humanae salutis (Latin: in the year of human salvation)
• annual housing survey
• assistant house surgeon

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AHSA

American Horse Shows Association

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AHSB

Authority, Health, and Safety Branch (of the Atomic Energy Authority)

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AHSM

Associate of the Institute of Health Services Management

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AHT

absorption heat transformer
• acoustic homing torpedo
• Animal Health Trust
• Association of Highway Technicians

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a.h.v.

ad hanc vocem (Latin: at this word)

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AHWA

Association of Hospital and Welfare Administrators

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AH-WC

Associate of the Heriot-Watt College

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a.i.

ad interim (Latin: for the meantime)

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AI

Admiralty instruction
• Admiralty Islands
• Computing Adobe Illustrator
• airline flight code for Air India
• air interdiction
• Altesse Impériale (French: Imperial Highness)
• American Institute
• Amnesty International
• (small caps.) anno inventionis (Latin: in the year of the discovery)
• Anthropological Institute
• Army Intelligence
• artificial insemination
• artificial intelligence
• Physics , Chem. associative ionization
• Physics avalanche injection
• Irish vehicle registration for Meath

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AIA

Abrasive Industries Association
• (USA ) Aerospace Industries Association
• American Institute of Aeronautics
• American Institute of Architects
• American Insurance Association
• Chem. aminoimidazoazaarene
• Anglo-Indian Association
• Archeological Institute of America
• Associate of the Institute of Actuaries
• Association of International Artists
• automated image analysis
• (New Zealand ) Aviation Industry Association

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AIAA

Aircraft Industries Association of America
• American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
• Association of International Advertising Agencies

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AIAB

Associate of the International Association of Book-keepers

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AIAC

Air Industries Association of Canada
• Association internationale d'archéologie classique (French: International Association for Classical Archaeology)

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AIAE

Associate of the Institution of Automobile Engineers

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AIAgrE

Associate of the Institution of Agricultural Engineers

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AIAL

Associate Member of the International Institute of Arts and Letters

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AIAS

Associate Surveyor Member of the Incorporated Association of Architects and Surveyors
• Australian Institute of Agriculture and Science

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AIB

accidents investigation branch (of insurance companies)
• American Institute of Banking
• Association of Independent Businesses
• (Italy ) Associazione Italiana Biblioteche (Italian Library Association)

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AIBA

Association internationale de boxe amateur (French: International Amateur Boxing Association)

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AIBC

Architectural Institute of British Columbia

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AIBD

Associate of the Institute of British Decorators
• Association of International Bond Dealers

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AIBE

Associate of the Institute of Building Estimators

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AIBM

Associate of the Institute of Baths Management
• Association internationale des bibliothèques musicales (French: International Association of Music Libraries)

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AIBP

Associate of the Institute of British Photographers

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AIBS

American Institute of Biological Sciences
• (South Africa ) Associate of the Institute of Building Societies

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AIBScot

Associate of the Institute of Bankers in Scotland

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AIC

Agricultural Improvement Council
• Agricultural Institute of Canada
• Physics Alfvén ion cyclotron
• American Institute of Chemists
• artificial insemination centre
• Art Institute of Chicago

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AICA

Associate Member of the Commonwealth Institute of Accountants
• Association internationale des critiques d'art (French: International Association of Art Critics)

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AICB

Association internationale contre le bruit (French: International Association Against Noise)

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AICBM

anti-intercontinental ballistic missile

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AICC

All India Congress Committee

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AICE

American Institute of Chemical Engineers
• American Institute of Consulting Engineers
• Associate of the Institution of Civil Engineers

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AICeram

Associate of the Institute of Ceramics

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AIChE

American Institute of Chemical Engineers

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AICMA

Association internationale des constructeurs de matériel aérospatial (French: International Association of Aerospace Equipment Manufacturers)

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AICPA

American Institute of Certified Public Accountants

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AICRO

Association of Independent Contract Research Organizations

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AICS

Associate of the Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers
• Association internationale du cinéma scientifique (French: International Scientific Film Association)

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AICTA

(Trinidad ) Associate of the Imperial College of Tropical Agriculture

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AICV

armoured infantry combat vehicle

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AID

acute infectious disease
• Aeronautical Inspection Directorate
• (USA ) Agency for International Development
• agricultural industrial development
• Aircraft Intelligence Department
• American Institute of Decorators
• American Institute of Interior Designers
• Army Intelligence Department
• Med. artificial insemination (by) donor
• Association internationale pour le développement (French: International Development Association)

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AIDA

Association internationale de droit africain (French: International African Law Association)
• Association internationale de la distribution des produits alimentaires (French: International Association of Food Distribution)
• Advertising attention, interest, desire, action (of the customer)

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AIDAS

Agricultural Industry Development Advisory Service

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AIDB

Association of International Bond Dealers

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AIDD

American Institute for Design and Drafting

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AIDF

African Industrial Development Fund

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AIDIA

Associate of the Industrial Design Institute of Australia

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AIDL

(New Zealand ) Auckland Industrial Development Laboratory

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AIDP

Associate of the Institute of Data Processing
• Association internationale de droit pénal (French: International Association of Penal Law)

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acquired immune deficiency syndrome

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accident information display system
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Agence internationale de l'énergie atomique (French: International Atomic Energy Agency)

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Association internationale des étudiants dentaires (French: International Association of Dental Students)

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Associate of the Institution of Electrical Engineers
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(USA ) Association of Independent Electricity Producers

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Agenzia Internazionale Fides (Vatican City State news agency)
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Adjutant (or Assistant) Inspector-General
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American Institute of Graphic Arts

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Agricultural Investment Grant Schemes

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all in hand
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American Industrial Hygiene Association

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American Institute of Industrial Engineers

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Association internationale des juristes démocrates (French: International Association of Democratic Lawyers)

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Association internationale des journalistes de la presse féminine et familiale (French: International Association of Women's Press Journalists)

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air intelligence liaison
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Aeronautics automatic instrument-landing approach system

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air intelligence liaison officer

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Associate of the Institution of Locomotive Engineers

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Africa Inland Mission
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as interest may appear

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Associate of the Institute of Marine Engineers

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(USA ) Association of Internal Management Consultants

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American Institute of Mechanical Engineers
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Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy

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Association of Industrial Medical Officers

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Australian Institute of Marine and Power Engineers

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Association for Improvement in Maternity Services

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American Institute of Marine Underwriters

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American Institute of Nutrition

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All-India Newspaper Editors' Conference

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Associate of the Institution of Nuclear Engineers

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American Institute of Physics
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Associate Member of the Institute of Practitioners in Advertising
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American Institute of Public Opinion

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Associate of the Institute of Public Relations

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Association Internationale de la presse sportive (French: International Sports Press Association)
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Associate Member of the Institute of Quantity Surveyors

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artist-in-residence

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All India Radio
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(USA ) air attaché

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Association of Independent Radio Companies

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Allied Air Forces, Central Europe

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airways communications system

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Meteorol. coded air to ground report

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Agency for Intellectual Relief in Germany

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Association internationale de recherches hydrauliques (French: International Association of Hydraulic Research)

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Meteorol. regional forecast for civil aviation

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airmiss ('ms)

aircraft miss

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aircraft interception radar and pilots attack sight system

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Physics , Electronics acoustic-imaging recognition system

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Associate of the Institute of Road Transport Engineers

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Association of Independent Research and Technology Organizations

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Commerce agreed industry standard
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Associate of the Incorporated Secretaries Association

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Association internationale des sciences économiques (French: International Economics Association)

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American Iron and Steel Institute
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Association internationale des sciences juridiques (French: International Association of Legal Science)

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Association internationale de la sécurité sociale (French: International Social Security Association)

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(USA ) Agency of Industrial Science and Technology
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Associate of the Institution of Structural Engineers

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Alliance internationale de tourisme (French: International Tourist Alliance)
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Association internationale du théâtre d'amateurs (French: International Amateur Theatre Association)

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Association internationale des traducteurs de conférence (French: International Association of Conference Translators)
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Associate of the Institute of Translators and Interpreters

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Association of Independent Tour Operators

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Association internationale des universités (French: International Association of Universities)

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Association internationale de volcanologie (French: International Association of Volcanology)
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(International Union of) Allied Industrial Workers of America
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All-India Women's Conference

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Associate of the Institution of Water and Environmental Management

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American Institute of Weights and Measures

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AIX

Computing advanced interactive executive

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AJ

Telecom. anti-jam
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American of Japanese ancestry
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Assistant Judge Advocate-General

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Australian Jockey Club

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American Joint Committee on Cancer

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Accounting adjusting journal entry

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Association of Jewish Ex-Service Men and Women

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ad Jesum per Mariam (Latin: to Jesus through Mary)

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Association of Jewish Refugees
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Association for Jewish Youth

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US postcode for Alaska
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Akademie (German: academy)

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American Kennel Club
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(Cyprus ) Anorthotikon Komma Ergazomanou Laou (Greek: Progressive Party of the Working People)

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(Madagascar ) Ankoton'ny Kongresy ny-Fahaleovantena Malagasy (Congress Party for Malagasy Independence)

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(Cyprus ) Anti-Killer Organization of Expatriates

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AKR

auroral kilometric radiation (from the earth)

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(Sweden ) Aktiebolaget (joint-stock company)

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al.

alcohol(ic)
• alia (Latin: other things)

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Finance allotment letter
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• autograph letter

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Al

(ital.) Physics , symbol for Alfvén number
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AL

Abraham Lincoln (1809–65, US president 1861–65)
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• Physics antistokes luminescence
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Ala (or ala)

Biochem. alanine

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Alabama

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Air Licensing Authority
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• American Library Association
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Associate of Library Association of Australia
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Artificial Limb and Appliance Centre

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American League to Abolish Capital Punishment

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Asociación Latino-Americana de Integración (Spanish: Latin-American Integration Association)

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Association littéraire et artistique internationale (French: International Literary and Artistic Association)

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American Library Association—Information Science and Automation Division

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Associate of the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art

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Alap (or ALAP) ('ælæp)

as low as practicable (describing radiation doses or levels)

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as low as reasonably achievable (describing radiation doses or levels)

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Alas.

Alaska

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alb.

Med. albumin

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Albania(n)
• (or Alba.) Alberta
• Albion

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Albanensis (Latin: (Bishop) of St Albans)

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ALBM

air-launched ballistic missile

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Albuquerque

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Adult Literacy and Basic Skills Unit

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alc.

alcohol

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à la carte

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Agricultural Land Commission
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Aluminium Company of Canada

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Associate of the London College of Divinity

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alch.

alchemy

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air-launched cruise missile
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Authors' Lending and Copyright Society

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Ald.

Alderman

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Computing automatic line drawing

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African Land Development

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Alderman

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ALE

Insurance additional living expense
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Education Advanced level

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Animal Liberation Front
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• (or Alf) automatic letter facer (Post Office sorting machine)

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Allied Land Forces South-East Asia

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alg.

algebra(ic)

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a.l.g.

advanced landing ground

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Algeria(n)
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Med. antilymphocyte globulin

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Association of Local Government Engineers and Surveyors

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Association of Local Government Financial Officers

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Computing algorithmic language

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Australian Light Horse

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American Library Institute
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Autistic and Language-Impaired Children's Education

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align.

alignment

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Administration Law Judge
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Australian Law Journal Reports

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alk.

alkali

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acute lymphatic (lymphoblastic, lymphocytic, or lymphoid) leukaemia

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Association for Literary and Linguistic Computing

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alleg.

allegory

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All Hallows

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all'ingr.

all'ingrosso (Italian: wholesale)

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allo.

Music allegro

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Music all'ottava (Italian; play an octave higher)

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All Souls

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All Saints

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Med. alveolar lining material
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Med. axillary lymph nodes

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Armée de libération nationale d'Angola (French: Angolan National Liberation Army)

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air liaison officer
• allied liaison officer

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A Lady of England (pseudonym of Charlotte M. Tucker, 1821–93, British novelist)

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alp.

alpine

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American Labor Party
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Air Line Pilots' Association

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Computing A Livermore Physics Applications Language

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alph.

alphabetical

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Association of Land and Property Owners
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Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers

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all-purpose communications system

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aliter (Latin: otherwise)

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American Law Reports

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Anti-Locust Research Centre

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airborne long-range input

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ALS

accident localization system
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• automated library system

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Alsat.

Alsatian

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al seg.

Music al segno (Italian: to (or at) the sign)

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Apollo Lunar Surface Experiment Package

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advanced low-power Schottky transistor transistor logic

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alt.

alteration
• alternate
• alternative
• alternator
• altimeter
• altitude
• alto

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Altesse (French: Highness)

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ALT

Agricultural Land Tribunal
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Alberta

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Med. alternis diebus (Latin: every other day)

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alteration

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Med. alternis horis (Latin: every other hour)

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Med. alternis noctibus (Latin: every other night)

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Association of London Theatre Press Representatives

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Association of Liberal Trade Unionists

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Computing arithmetic and logic unit

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alum.

aluminium
• alumna(e)
• alumnus (or alumni)

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Microbiol. avian leucosis virus

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Nuclear physics advanced light-water reactor

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am

Physics , symbol for attometre(s)

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am.

ammeter
• ammunition

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a.m.

amplitude modulation
• ante meridiem (Latin: before noon)

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a/m

above mentioned

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aM (or a/M)

am Main (German: on the River Main; after place names)

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Chem. , symbol for americium

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America(n)
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AM

Academy of Management
• administrative memorandum
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• Air Ministry
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• (or A-M) Alpes-Maritimes (department of France)
• Radio amplitude modulation
• Physics angular momentum
• (small caps.) anno mundi (Latin: in the year of the world)
• annus mirabilis (Latin: year of wonders; 1666)
• ante meridiem (see under a.m.)
• area manager
• army manual
• assistant manager
• Associate Member
• Insurance assurance mutuelle (French: mutual insurance)
• Ave Maria (Latin: Hail Mary)
• Award of Merit (from the Royal Horticultural Society)
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• British vehicle registration for Swindon

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AMA

against medical advice
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AMAB

Army Medical Advisory Board

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American Museum of Atomic Energy

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amal.

amalgamated

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Associate Member of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers

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Associated Marine and Related Charities

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Associate Member of the American Society of Civil Engineers

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amat.

amateur

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Associate Member of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy

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Amb. (or Ambas.)

Ambassador
• ambulance

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AMB

Air Ministry bulletin
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AMBAC

Associate Member of the British Association of Chemists

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ambig.

ambiguous

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Associate Member of the British Institute of Management

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AMC

(USA ) Aerospace Manufacturers' Council
• Agricultural Mortgage Corporation Ltd
• American Motors Corporation
• (USA ) Army Missile Command
• (USA ) Army Mobile Command
• (USA ) Army Munitions Command
• Art Master's Certificate
• Association of Management Consultants
• Association of Municipal Corporations

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Architectural Metal Craftsmen's Association

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Associate Member of the Corporation of Insurance Brokers

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Associate Member of the Chartered Institute of Building

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Association of Metropolitan Chief Librarians

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AMCOS ('æmks)

Aldermaston Mechanized Cataloguing and Ordering System (in the Atomic Energy Authority)

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AMCS

airborne missile control system

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Associate of the Manchester College of Technology

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am. cur.

Law amicus curiae (Latin: a friend of the court)

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amd

amend

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AMD

acid-mine drainage
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• Meteorol. amend
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AMDB

Agricultural Machinery Development Board

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AMDEA

Association of Manufacturers of Domestic Electrical Appliances

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AMDEC

Agricultural Marketing Development Executive Committee

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AMDG

ad majorem Dei gloriam (Latin: to the greater glory of God; the Jesuit motto)

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amdt

amendment

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AME

(USA ) Advanced Master of Education
• African Methodist Episcopal
• Association of Municipal Engineers

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AMEC

Australian Minerals and Energy Council

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AMEDS (or AMedS)

(USA ) Army Medical Service

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AMEE

Admiralty Marine Engineering Establishment
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AMEIC

Associate Member of the Engineering Institute of Canada

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AMEM

African Methodist Episcopal Mission

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Am. Emb.

American Embassy

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Association of Mining Electrical and Mechanical Engineers

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amend. (or amendt)

amendment

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American Indian

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American Standard

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AMES

Air Ministry Experimental Station
• Association of Marine Engineering Schools

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AMet

Associate of Metallurgy

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American Express
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Australian Marine Force
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among

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Allied Military Government

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Assistant Master-General of Ordnance

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Med. acute myocardial infarction
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Associate Member of the Institute of Engineers and Technicians

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Associate Member of the Institution of Engineers, Australia

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Association of Musical Instrument Industries

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American Indian

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Australian Mineral Industries Research Association

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(USA ) Associate Member of the Institute of Traffic Engineers

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Assemblée mondiale de la jeunesse (French: World Assembly of Youth)

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AML

abandoned mine land
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AMLS

(USA ) Master of Arts in Library Science

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amm.

ammunition

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AMM

Physics anomalous magnetic moment
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Assistant Masters' and Mistresses' Association

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American Merchant Marine Institute

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ammunition

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Associate Member of the North East Coast Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders

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Associate Member of the National Institute of Licensing Practitioners

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Associate Member of the New Zealand Institution of Engineers

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AMO

Air Ministry order
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AMOB

automatic meteorological oceanographic buoy

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Ancient Mystical Order Rosae Crucis (Rosicrucians)

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amortization

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automatic meteorological observing station

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amperage
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AMP

Biochem. adenosine monophosphate
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(USA ) Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

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(USA ) automatic message processing center
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amphibian
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amphibious exercise

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amplifier

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Finance auction market preferred stock
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advanced manned precision strike system

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Astronomy active magnetospheric particle tracer explorer

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American medical qualification

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Atlantic missile range
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Amraam ('æm,r:m)

advanced medium-range air-to-air missile

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AMRINA

Associate Member of the Royal Institution of Naval Architects

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Amrit.

Amritsar

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AMRO

Association of Medical Record Officers

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AMRS

Air Ministry radio station

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AMS

Physics accelerator mass spectrometry (or spectrometer)
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AMSA

advanced manned strategic aircraft

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AMSAIEE

Associate Member of the South African Institution of Electrical Engineering

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Am. Sam.

American Samoa

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AMSAM

antimissile surface-to-air missile

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Associate Member of the Society of Engineers

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AMSEF

antiminesweeping explosive float

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AMSERT

Associate Member of the Society of Electronic and Radio Technicians

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AMSGA

Association of Manufacturers and Suppliers for the Graphic Arts

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AMSL

above mean sea level

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AMSO

Air Member for Supply and Organization (in the RAF)
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AMSST

Associate of the Society of Surveying Technicians

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Amst.

Amsterdam

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Amstrad ('æmstræd)

Alan Michael Sugar Trading

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AMSW

(USA ) Master of Arts in Social Work

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amt

amount

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AMT

Academy of Medicine, Toronto
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Association of Multiple Travel Agents

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AMTC

Academic Member of the Trinity College of Music
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Agricultural Machinery Tractor Dealers' Association

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Admiralty Marine Technology Establishment

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airborne moving target indicator

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Advanced Manufacturing Technology Research Institute

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AMTS

Associate Member of the Television Society

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amu (or a.m.u.)

Physics atomic mass unit

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Associated Metalworkers' Union
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AMUA

(Australia ) Associate of Music, University of Adelaide

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AMus

Associate in Music

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AMusD

Doctor of Musical Arts

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AMusLCM

Associate in Music, London College of Music

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Associate in Music, Trinity College of Music, London

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AMV

Association mondiale vétérinaire (French: World Veterinary Association)
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Associated Manufacturers of Veterinary and Agricultural Products

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AMVERS

automated merchant vessel report system

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American Veterans (of World War II and subsequent wars)

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AMW

average molecular weight

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an.

anno (Latin: in the year)
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a.n.

above named

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An

Chem. , symbol for actinon

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Annam

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AN

Chem. acid number
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A/N

advice note
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ANA

All Nippon Airways
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anac. (or anacr.)

anacreon

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anaesthesia
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anagram

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analogous
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(Colombia ) Alianza Nacional Popular (Spanish: National Popular Alliance)

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Australian National Antarctic Research Expedition

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anatomical
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ancient

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ANC

Chem. acid-neutralizing capacity
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anch.

anchored

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Andean Common Market

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ancient

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ANCUN

Australian National Committee for the United Nations

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Music andante (Italian; at a moderate speed)

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Astronomy Andromeda

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international vehicle registration for Andorra
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(USA ) Air Navigation Development Board

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Med. abnormal development and involution

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American Nuclear Energy Council

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ANECInst

Associate of the North-East Coast Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders

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(USA ) Advanced Nuclear Equipment Research Institute

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(USA ) anesthetic

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(USA ) Advanced Nuclear Fuels (Corporation)
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angle
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Anglesey

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(USA ) Air National Guard
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(USA ) Air National Guard Base

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Angleterre (French: England)
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Air National Guard of the United States

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Anhang (German: appendix; of a book, etc.)

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anhyd. (or anhydr.)

Chem. anhydrous

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ANI

(Portugal ) Agência de Notícias de Informações (news agency)
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anim.

Music animato (Italian: in a lively manner)

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Ankunft (German: arrival)

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(ital.) Archaeological News Letter
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Anmerkung (German: note)

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Admiralty Notices to Mariners

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annals
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• annual
• annuity

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Telecom. all-figures numbers now
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(USA ) Army-Navy-NASA-Air Force satellite

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anniversary

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annotate
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annuitant

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annulment

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Annunciation

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(USA ) Association of Nuclear Operators

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anonymous(ly)

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Maths. analysis of variance

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advanced nursing practice
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American Newspaper Publishers' Association
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another

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aids navigation radio control

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American National Red Cross
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advanced nuclear rocket engine

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Association of Natural Rubber Producing Countries

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answer

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autograph note signed

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ANS

Physics advanced neutron source
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(Italy ) Agenzia Nazionale Stampa Associata (national press agency)

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American National Standards Institute

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American National Standards Institute/Systems Planning and Requirements Committee

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Australian National Standards Laboratory

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Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia
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advanced neutron source reactor

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African Network of Scientific and Technological Institutions

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Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organization

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antenna
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• antiquarian
• antique
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Astronomy Antlia

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Antarctica
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American National Theatre and Academy
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Antarctic

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anthology

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anthropological
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antilogarithm

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antiquarian
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antique Latin

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Printing antique laid (paper)

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antonym

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Association of National Tourist Office Representatives

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Antrim

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(ital.) Antiquaries Journal

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ant. wo.

Printing antique wove (paper)

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Australian National University

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Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

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anx

annex

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Australia and New Zealand Banking Group

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Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science

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Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (in World War I)

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Australia, New Zealand, and Malaysia (defence strategy for SE Asia)

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Australian and New Zealand Association for Medieval and Renaissance Studies

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Australia, New Zealand, and Canada

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Associate of the New Zealand Institute of Architects

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Associate of the New Zealand Institute of Chemistry

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Associate of the New Zealand Library Association

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Australian, New Zealand, and United Kingdom (defence force in Singapore and Malaysia)

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Australia, New Zealand, and the United States (referring to the security alliance between them)

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aO (or a/O)

an der Oder (German: on the River Oder; after place names)

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AO

Accountant Officer
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• (small caps.) anno ordinis (Latin: in the year of the order)
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A/O (or a/o)

Accounting account of
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AOA

activity-on-arrow
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a.o.b.

any other business
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advanced operational base
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AOC

Air Officer Commanding
• (small caps.) anno orbis Conditi (Latin: in the year of the Creation)
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• (or AC) appellation (d'origine) contrôlée (French: controlled place of origin; wine classification)
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any other competent business

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AOC-in-C

Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief

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US Air Force aircraft out of commission for maintenance

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AOD

acousto-optic device
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Army Officers' Emergency Reserve

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AOF

Afrique Occidentale Française (French: French West Africa)
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Admiral of the Fleet

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AOFP

absolute open-flow potential

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Academy of Science

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aircraft on ground

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Ancient Order of Hibernians

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aoi

angle of incidence

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aims of industry

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Engineering automatically operated inlet valve

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A-OK

(USA ) all (systems) OK

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(USA ) absent over leave
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amorphous organic matter

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activity-on-node

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area of outstanding natural beauty

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Association of Optical Practitioners

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Asian Oceanic Postal Union

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AOQ

average outgoing quality

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average outgoing quality limit

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aor

angle of reflection

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aor.

aorist

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a/or

and/or

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acetate-oxidizing rod-shaped (bacterium)
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Astronautics acquisition of signal
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Association of Small Island States

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(New Zealand ) Associate of the Otago School of Mines

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advanced orbiting solar observatory

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Fellow of the American Oriental Society (Latin Americanae Orientalis Societatis Socius)

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Alberta Oil Sands Technology and Research Authority

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Association of Official Shorthand Writers

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AOT

Engineering allowed outage (or out-of-service) time

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American Ornithologists' Union

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ap.

apothecary
• apparent
• apud (Latin: in the works of or according to)

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a.p.

above proof
• additional premium
• advanced post
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• Maths. arithmetical progression
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Ap.

apostle
• April

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AP

Physics acoustic plasmon
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• Chem. alkaline permanganate
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• armour-piercing
• Computing array processor
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Taxation additional personal allowance
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6-APA

Biochem. 6-aminopenicillanic acid

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APACL

Asian People's Anti-Communist League

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Association for Payment Clearing Services

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Association of Public Address Engineers

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APANZ

Associate of the Public Accountants of New Zealand

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apart.

apartment

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a-part.

Physics alpha particle

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APB

Accounting Principles Board
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American Power Boat Association

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Accredited Poultry Breeders' Federation

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Engineering advanced process control
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(USA ) Air Pollution Control Association
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Association of Private Client Investment Managers and Stockbrokers

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Association for Promoting Christian Knowledge (in the Church of Ireland)

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(small caps.) anno post Christum natum (Latin: in the year after the birth of Christ)

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Association of Pleasure Craft Operators

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All-Pakistan Confederation of Labour

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apd

approved

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Administrative Planning Division
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Apple and Pear Development Council

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Ap. Deleg.

Apostolic Delegate

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AP/DOS

advanced pick/disk operating system

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Amalgamated Power Engineering
• automatic photomapping equipment
• Physics available potential energy

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Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Conference

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Advance-Purchase Excursion (reduced airline or rail fare)
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Association for the Propagation of the Faith

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Asia-Pacific Forestry Commission

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Chem. , Physics atom-probe field-ion microscopy

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US Air Force air proving ground

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American Public Gas Association

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aph.

aphorism

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APH

Optics adjusting, principal axis, hyperspherical
• A(lan) P(atrick) Herbert (1890–1971, British writer and politician)
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American Public Health Association

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aphet.

aphetic

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APHIS ('efs)

(USA ) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

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API

air-pollution index
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• American Petroleum Institute (see also API scale)
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• Association phonétique internationale (French: International Phonetic Association)
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APIS

Army Photographic Intelligence Service

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API scale

American Petroleum Institute scale (for measuring the specific gravity of petroleum products)

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ap. J-C

(France ) après Jésus-Christ (after Jesus Christ; AD)

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Apl

April

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Alberta Power Limited
• alternating polarization laser
• (USA ) Applied Physics Laboratory (Johns Hopkins University)
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Azanian People's Liberation Army

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Association of Public Lighting Engineers

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(USA ) Academy of Physical Medicine
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Allied Political and Military Commission

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Assistant Postmaster-General

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Associate of the Pensions Management Institute

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apmt

appointment

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(ex-USSR) Agentstvo Pechati Novosti (news press agency)

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All-Pakistan Newspaper Employees' Confederation

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apo.

apogee

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APO

acting pilot officer
• African People's Organization
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Apocalypse
• (or Apocr.) Apocrypha(l)

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apogee

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apostrophe

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APOTA

automatic positioning telemetering antenna

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apothecary

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app.

apparatus
• apparent(ly)
• appeal
• appended
• appendix (of a book)
• applied
• appointed
• apprentice
• approved
• approximate(ly)

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App.

Apostles

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APP

African People's Party (of Kenya; now part of KANU)
• Computing application portability profile

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African Petroleum Producers Association

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appar.

apparatus
• apparent(ly)

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appd

approved

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APPES

American Institute of Chemical Engineers Physical Properties Estimation System

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APPITA (or Appita) ('æpt)

Australian Pulp and Paper Industries Technical Association

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appl.

appeal
• appellant
• applicable
• applied

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appositive

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apprentice

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(USA ) Army Package Power Reactor

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appro ('æpr)

approbation
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approx.

approximate(ly)

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appendices

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appoint
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apptd

appointed

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Australian Primary Producers' Union

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appurts

appurtenances

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appx

appendix (of a book)

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Apr.

April

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APR

Accredited Public Relations Practitioner
• annualized percentage rate (of interest)
• annual progress report
• annual purchase rate (in hire-purchase schemes)

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Air Public Relations Association

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APRC

(small caps.) anno post Romam conditam (Latin: in the year after the foundation of Rome)

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APRI

Associate of the Plastics and Rubber Institute

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A/Prin.

Assistant Principal

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apr. J-C

(France ) après Jésus-Christ (see ap. J-C)

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APRS

Navigation acoustic position reference system
• Association for the Protection of Rural Scotland
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a.p.s.

autograph poem signed

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Aps

Astronomy Apus

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APS

(Australia ) Aborigines' Protection Society
• Physics advanced photon source
• Advanced Photo System
• American Peace Society
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• Chem. , Physics appearance-potential spectroscopy
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• army postal service
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• Associate of the Philosophical Society

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American Political Science Association
• Associate of the Photographic Society of America
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APSE (æps)

Computing Ada programming support environment

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Acting Paymaster Sublieutenant

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Associate of the Psychological Society of Ireland

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Association of Professional Scientists and Technologists

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Association of Psychiatric Social Workers

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apt.

apartment

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APT

advanced passenger train
• advanced process technology
• Nautical after peak tank
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Army Physical Training Corps

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Association of Principals of Technical Institutions

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all-purpose ticket-issuing systems

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Astronautics Automatic Picture Transmission Subsystem (in NASA)

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African Postal and Telecommunications Union

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acute psychiatric unit (of a prison, etc.)
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• Aeronautics auxiliary power unit

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Association for Promoting Unity of Christendom

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APUD

amine-precursor uptake and decarboxylation (in APUD cell )

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APW

Optics approximation of plane waves

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All Pakistan Women's Association
• American Public Welfare (or Works) Association

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advanced pressurized water reactor

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American Postal Workers Union

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aq.

aqua (Latin: water)
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Horticulture aquatic

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AQ

Psychol. accomplishment (or achievement) quotient
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• airline flight code for Aloha Airlines

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aq. bull.

Pharmacol. aqua bulliens (Latin: boiling water)

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AQC

Associate of Queen's College, London

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Pharmacol. aqua calida (Latin: warm water)

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Pharmacol. aqua communis (Latin: tap water)

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Pharmacol. aqua destillata (Latin: distilled water)

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Pharmacol. aqua fervens (Latin: hot water)

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Pharmacol. aqua frigida (Latin: cold water)

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AQI

air-quality index

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Astronomy Aquila

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AQL

acceptable quality level

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AQM

Physics additive quark model

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Assistant Quartermaster-General

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aq. m.pip.

Pharmacol. aqua menthae piperitae (Latin: peppermint water)

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aq. pur.

Pharmacol. aqua pura (Latin: pure water)

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Aqr

Astronomy Aquarius

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aq. tep.

Pharmacol. aqua tepida (Latin: tepid water)

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aque.

aqueduct

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ar.

arrival
• arrive(s) or arrived

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a.r. (or a/r, A/r)

Insurance all risks
• anno regni (Latin: in the year of the reign)

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Ar

Chem. , symbol for argon
• Chem. , symbol for aryl group

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Arabia(n)
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AR

Psychol. accomplishment (or achievement) ratio
• (or A/R) account receivable
• acid resisting
• acrylic rubber
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• advice of receipt
• airline flight code for Aerolineas Argentinas
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• Altesse Royale (French: Royal Highness)
• Chem. analytical reagent
• Physiol. androgen receptor
• Anna Regina (Latin: Queen Anne)
• (ital.) Annual Register of World Events
• annual report
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• Numismatics argentum (Latin: silver)
• US postcode for Arkansas
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ARA

Aircraft Research Association
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• Associate of the Royal Academy
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Arab.

Arabia(n)
• Arabic

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Associate of the Royal Agricultural College

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arach.

arachnology

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Associate of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute

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Associate of the Royal Academy of Dancing

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Associate of the Royal Aeronautical Society

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Associate of the Royal Australian Institute of Architects

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Aramaic

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ARAM

Associate of the Royal Academy of Music

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ARAMCO

Arabian-American Oil Company

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ARAS

Associate of the Royal Astronomical Society
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arb.

arbiter
• arbitrageur
• arbitrary
• arbitration
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ARB

Civil aviation Air Registration Board
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Associate of the Royal Society of British Artists

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(Belgium ) Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts, École Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs et École Supérieure d'Architecture de Bruxelles (Brussels Royal Academy of Fine Arts)

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arbor.

arboriculture

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Associate of the Royal Society of British Sculptors

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arc.

Music arcato or coll'arco (Italian: with the bow)

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ARC

Aeronautical Research Council
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• Optics antireflection coating
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• Physics average resonance capture

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ARCA (or ARCamA)

Associate of the Royal Cambrian Academy
• Associate of the Royal Canadian Academy (of Arts)
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arccos (':,ks)

Maths. arc (inverse) cosine

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arccosec (':k,sk)

Maths. arc (inverse) cosecant

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arccot (':,kt)

Maths. arc (inverse) cotangent

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arch (:t)

Maths. arc (inverse) hyperbolic cosine

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arch.

archaic
• archaism
• archery
• archipelago
• architect
• architectural
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Archbishop
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archaeology

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Archbishop

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Archdeacon
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architecture

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archt.

architect

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ARCIC

Anglican/Roman Catholic International Commission

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ARCL

Chem. , Physics allowable residual contamination level

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ARCM

Associate of the Royal College of Music

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Arcnet (':k,nt)

attached resource computing architecture network

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Associate of the Royal College of Organists

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ARCO(CHM)

Associate of the Royal College of Organists with Diploma in Choir Training

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arcos (':,ks)

Maths. arc (inverse) cosine

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ARCOS

Anglo-Russian Cooperative Society

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arcosech (':k,st)

arc (inverse) hyperbolic secant

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arcosh (':,k)

Maths. arc (inverse) hyperbolic cosine

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arcoth (':,k)

Maths. arc (inverse) hyperbolic cotangent

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ARCPsych

Associate of the Royal College of Psychiatrists

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ARCS

Associate of the Royal College of Science
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arcsec (':k,sk)

Maths. arc (inverse) secant
• arc second

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arcsin (':k,san)

Maths. arc (inverse) sine

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ARCST

Associate of the Royal College of Science and Technology (Glasgow )

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arctan (':k,tæn)

Maths. arc (inverse) tangent

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ARCUK

Architects' Registration Council of the United Kingdom

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Associate of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons

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ARD

acute radiation disease

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(USA ) Air Research and Development Command

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(USA ) Army Research Development and Engineering Center

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ARDMS

automated route design and management system

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ARDS

Med. adult respiratory distress syndrome

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ARE

activated reactive evaporation
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• Arab Republic of Egypt
• Associate of the Royal Society of Painter-Etchers and Engravers

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AREI

Associate of the Real Estate and Stock Institute of Australia

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ARELS

Association of Recognized English Language Schools

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ARENA ('ri:n)

(Brazil ) Aliança Renovadora Nacional (Spanish: National Renewal Alliance)

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ARF

Med. acute renal failure
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• Advertising Research Foundation

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Arg (or arg)

Biochem. arginine

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Arg.

Heraldry argent
• Argentina
• Argentine (or Argentinian)
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a. Rh. (or a/Rh, a.R.)

am Rhein (German: on the River Rhine; after place names)

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ARHA

Associate of the Royal Hibernian Academy of Painting, Sculpture, and Architecture

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ARHS

Associate of the Royal Horticultural Society

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Ari

Astronomy Aries

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ARI

acute respiratory infection

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ARIAS

Associate of the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland

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ARIBA

Associate of the Royal Institute of British Architects (now Member; see RIBA)

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ARICS

Professional Associate of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors

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ARIEL ('rl)

Automated Real-time Investments Exchange Limited (former computerized share-dealing system)

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ARIMA

Computing autoregressive integrated moving average

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ARINA

Associate of the Royal Institution of Naval Architects

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Associate of the Royal Institute of Public Health and Hygiene

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ARIS

advanced range instrumentation ship

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Arist.

Aristotle (384–322 BC, Greek philosopher)

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Aristophanes (c. 445–c. 380 BC, Greek dramatist)

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arith.

arithmetic(al)
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Arizona

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Ark.

Arkansas

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ARL

Admiralty Research Laboratory
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• (USA ) Association of Research Libraries
• Australian Rugby

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ARLL

Computing advanced run length limited

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Arm (:m)

Computing Acorn RISC machine

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Arm.

Armagh
• Armenia(n)
• Armoric(an)

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ArM

Master of Architecture (Latin Architecturae Magister)

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ARM (:m)

(USA ) adjustable-rate mortgage
• Alliance réformée mondiale (French: Worldwide Presbyterian Alliance)
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ARMA

Association of Residential Managing Agents
• Computing autoregressive moving average

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ARMCM

Associate of the Royal Manchester College of Music

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armd

armoured

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ARMET (':mt)

Meteorol. area forecast for upper wind and temperature

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ARMIT

Associate of the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology

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ARMS (:mz)

Action for Research into Multiple Sclerosis
• Associate of the Royal Society of Miniature Painters

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ARNA

Arab Revolution News Agency

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ARO

army routine order
• Asian Regional Organization
• Associate Member of the Register of Osteopaths

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AROD

airborne remote operated device

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AROS

African Regional Organization for Standardization

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arp.

Music arpeggio

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ARP

Finance (USA ) adjustable rate preferred (stock)
• air-raid precautions
• Associated Reformed Presbyterian

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ARPA (':p)

Advanced Research Projects Agency (see DARPA)

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ARPANET (or Arpanet) (':p,nt)

Computing Advanced Research Projects Agency Network

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ARPO

Association of Resort Publicity Officers

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ARPS

Associate of the Royal Photographic Society
• Association of Railway Preservation Societies

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arr.

Music arrangement
• Music arranged (by)
• arrival
• arrive(s)
• (or arrd) arrived

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ARR

accounting rate of return
• (small caps.) anno regni Regis or Reginae (Latin: in the year of the King's (or Queen's) reign)
• Association of Radiation Research

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Associate of the Royal Red Cross

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arron.

(France ) arrondissement (administrative district)

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ARRS

American Roentgen Ray Society

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ARS

Med. acute radiation syndrome
• (USA ) Agricultural Research Service
• American Records Society
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• (small caps.) anno reparatae salutis (Latin: in the year of our redemption)
• Med. aortic regurgitation and stenosis
• Army Radio School

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ARSA

Associate of the Royal Scottish Academy
• Associate of the Royal Society of Arts

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ARSAP (':sæp)

(USA ) Advanced Reactor Severe Accident Program

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ARSCM

Associate of the Royal School of Church Music

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arsech (':,st)

Maths. arc (inverse) hyperbolic secant

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arsh (:)

Maths. arc (inverse) hyperbolic sine

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ARSH

Associate of the Royal Society for the Promotion of Health

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arsinh (':,san)

Maths. arc (inverse) hyperbolic sine

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ARSL

Associate of the Royal Society of Literature

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ARSM

Associate of the Royal School of Mines

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ARSR

air route surveillance radar

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ARSW

Associate of the Royal Scottish Society of Painting in Watercolours

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art.

article
• artificer
• artificial
• artillery
• artist

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Art.

Artemis (Greek goddess)

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ART

Computing algebraic reconstruction technique
• Computing automated reasoning tool

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artanh (':,tæn)

Maths. arc (inverse) hyperbolic tangent

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ARTC

air route traffic control

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arth (:)

Maths. arc (inverse) hyperbolic tangent

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artif.

artificer

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art. pf.

artist's proof

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arty

artillery

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ARU

American Railway Union
• Computing audio response unit

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ARV

Bible American (Standard) Revised Version

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ARVA

Associate of the Rating and Valuation Association

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ARVIA

Associate of the Royal Victoria Institute of Architects

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ARWA

Associate of the Royal West of England Academy

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ARWS

Associate of the Royal Society of Painters in Water-Colours

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ARXPS

Chem. , Physics angle-resolved X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy

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As

(ital.) Meteorol. altostratus
• Chem. , symbol for arsenic
• Chem. asphaltene

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As.

Asia(n)
• Asiatic

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AS

Academy of Science
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• admittance spectroscopy
• Education Advanced Supplementary (in AS level )
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• airline flight code for Alaska Airlines
• Insurance all sections
• Music al segno (Italian: to (or at) the sign)
• Meteorol. altostratus
• Geology aluminium silicate
• American Samoa
• Computing analogue states
• (or A-S) Anglo-Saxon
• (small caps.) anno salutis (Latin: in the year of salvation)
• (small caps.) anno Salvatoris (Latin: in the year of the Saviour)
• Chem. anodic stripping
• antisubmarine
• Assistant Secretary
• assistant surgeon
• Associate in Science
• British vehicle registration for Inverness
• Taxation , symbol for personal allowance

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A/S

account sales
• Education Advanced Supplementary (in A/S level )
• Banking after sight
• (Denmark ) Aktieselskab (joint-stock company)
• (Norway ) Aktjeselskap (limited company; Ltd)
• alongside

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ASA

Acoustic Society of America
• (USA ) Addiction Services Agency
• Advertising Standards Authority
• Amateur Swimming Association
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• American Statistical Association
• Army Sailing Association
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• (USA ) Associate of the Society of Actuaries
• Australian Society of Accountants

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ASAA

Associate of the Society of Incorporated Accountants and Auditors

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ASAB

Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour

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ASAI

Associate of the Society of Architectural Illustrators

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ASAM

Associate of the Society of Art Masters

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AS&TS of SA

Associated Scientific and Technical Societies of South Africa

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a.s.a.p.

as soon as possible

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ASAP

automated shipboard aerological programme

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ASAT (or Asat) ('esæt)

Military antisatellite (interceptor)

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asb.

asbestos

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a.s.b.

aircraft safety beacon

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ASB

Accounting Standards Board
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• Church of England Alternative Service Book
• American Society of Bacteriologists

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ASBAH

Association for Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus

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ASBM

air-to-surface ballistic missile

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ASBSBSW

Amalgamated Society of Boilermakers, Shipwrights, Blacksmiths, and Structural Workers

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asc.

ascend (or ascent)

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Asc.

Astrology Ascendant

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ASc

Associate in Science

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ASC

Accounting Standards Committee
• Administrative Staff College, Henley
• (USA ) Air Service Command
• altered state of consciousness
• American Society of Cinematographers
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• Asian Socialist Conference

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ASCA

Associate of the Society of Company and Commercial Accountants

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ASCAB

Armed Services Consultant Approval Board

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ASCAP ('æskæp)

American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers

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ASCC

Accounting Standards Steering Committee
• Association of Scottish Climbing Clubs
• Computing Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator

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ASCE

American Society of Civil Engineers

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ASCII ('æski:)

Computing American Standard Code for Information Interchange

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ASCM

Australian Student Christian Movement

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ASCS

Engineering advanced Stirling conversion system

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ASCU

(USA ) Association of State Colleges and Universities

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ASD

Engineering adjustable speed drive
• Admiralty Salvage Department
• Engineering antislip drive
• Armament Supply Department
• Med. atrial septal defect

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ASDAR ('æzd:)

aircraft-to-satellite data relay

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ASDC

Associate of the Society of Dyers and Colourists

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a/s de

aux soins de (French: care of, c/o; in postal addresses)

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ASDE

Airport Surface Detection Equipment

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Asdic (or ASDIC) ('æzdk)

Allied Submarine Detection Investigation Committee
• (USA ) Armed Services Documents Intelligence Center

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ASE

Admiralty Signal Department
• American Stock Exchange
• Physics amplified spontaneous emission
• Army School of Education
• Associate of the Society of Engineers
• Association for Science Education
• automotive Stirling engine

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ASEA

Association of South East Asia

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ASEAN ('æs,æn)

Association of South East Asian Nations

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ASEC

(USA ) Applied Solar Energy Corporation

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ASEE

American Society for Engineering Education
• Association of Supervisory and Executive Engineers

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ASF

Chem. acid-soluble fraction
• Computing aspect source flag
• Associate of the Institute of Shipping and Forwarding Agents

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ASG

Acting (or Assistant) Secretary-General

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ASGB

Aeronautical Society of Great Britain
• Anthroposophical Society in Great Britain

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ASGBI

Anatomical Society of Great Britain and Ireland

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asgd

assigned

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asgmt

assignment

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ASH (æ)

Action on Smoking and Health

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ashp

airship

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ASHRAE

American Society of Heating, Refrigeration, and Air-Conditioning Engineers

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ASI

airspeed indicator
• Association soroptimiste internationale (French: Soroptimist International Association)

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ASIA

Airlines Staff International Association

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ASIAD

Associate of the Society of Industrial Artists and Designers

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ASIA(Ed)

Associate of the Society of Industrial Artists (Education)

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ASIC ('æsk)

Electronics applications-specific integrated circuit

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ASIF

Amateur Swimming International Federation

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ASIO

Australian Security Intelligence Organization

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ASIP

Astronomy all-sky imaging photometer

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ASIRC

(USA ) Aquatic Sciences Information Retrieval Center (Rhode Island)

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ASIS

Astronautics abort sensing and implementation system
• American Society for Information Science

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a.s.l.

above sea level

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ASL

Acting Sublieutenant
• Advanced Student in Law
• American Sign Language
• American Soccer League
• assistant scout leader

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ASLA

American Society of Landscape Architects

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ASLB

(USA ) Atomic Safety and Licensing Board

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ASLE

American Society of Lubrication Engineers

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ASLEF (or Aslef) ('æzlf)

Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen

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ASLEP

Astronautics Apollo surface lunar experiments package

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A/S level (or AS level)

Education Advanced Supplementary level

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ASLIB (or Aslib) ('æzlb)

Association for Information Management (formerly Association of Special Libraries and Information Bureaux)

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ASLO

American Society of Limnology and Oceanography
• Australian Scientific Liaison Office

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ASLP

Amalgamated Society of Lithographic Printers

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ASLW

Amalgamated Society of Leather Workers

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ASM

Acting Sergeant-Major
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• Computing algorithmic state machine
• American Society for Metals
• assistant sales manager
• assistant scoutmaster
• assistant stage manager
• assistant station master
• Association of Senior Members

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ASME

American Society of Mechanical Engineers
• Association for the Study of Medical Education

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As. Mem.

Associate Member

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ASMO

Arab Organization for Standardization and Metrology

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ASMP

American Society of Magazine Photographers

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Asn (or asn)

Biochem. asparagine

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ASN

army service number
• average sample number

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ASN. 1

Computing abstract syntax notation 1

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ASNE

American Society of Newspaper Editors

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ASO

Air Staff Officer
• American Symphony Orchestra
• area supplies officer

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ASOS

automatic storm observation service

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Asp (or asp)

Biochem. aspartic acid

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ASP

Commerce accepté sous protêt (French: accepted under protest)
• US Air Force aerospace plane
• African Special Project (of the IUCN)
• (Tanzania ) Afro-Shirazi Party
• American selling price
• (æsp) (USA ) Anglo-Saxon Protestant
• Astronomical Society of the Pacific

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ASPA

Australian Sugar Producers' Association

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ASPAC ('æz,pæk)

Asian and Pacific Council

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ASPC

Commerce accepté sous protêt, pour compté (French: accepted under protest for account)
• Association of Swimming Pool Contractors

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ASPCA

American Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

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ASPEP

Association of Scientists and Professional Engineering Personnel

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ASPF

Association of Superannuation and Pension Funds

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ASPI

Computing advanced SCSI programming interface

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ASR

airport surveillance radar
• air-sea rescue
• Meteorol. altimeter setting region
• Computing automatic send and receive

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ASRE

Admiralty Signal and Radar Establishment

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A/SRS

air-sea rescue service

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ass.

assembly
• assistant
• association
• assurance

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ASS

automatic space station

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ASSC

Accounting Standards Steering Committee

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Ass-Com-Gen

Assistant-Commissary-General

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ASSET ('æst)

US Air Force aerothermodynamic-elastic structural systems environmental tests

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ASSGB

Association of Ski Schools in Great Britain

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AssIE

Associate of the Institute of Engineers and Technicians

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assigt

assignment

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assim.

assimilate

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assmt

assessment

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assn

association

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assoc.

associate(d)
• association

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AssocEng

Associate of Engineering

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Associate of the Institution of Mining Engineers

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AssocISI

Associate of the Iron and Steel Institute

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AssocMCT

Associateship of Manchester College of Technology

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AssocMIAeE

Associate Member of the Institution of Aeronautical Engineers

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assocn

association

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AssocSc

Associate in Science

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ASSR

Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic

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asst (or ass/t)

assistant

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asstd

assorted

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ASSU

American Sunday School Union

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assy

assembly

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Assyr.

Assyrian

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AST

above-ground storage tank
• air service training
• Biochem. , Med. aspartate aminotransferase
• assured shorthold tenancy
• Atlantic Standard Time
• automated screen trading

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ASTA

American Society of Travel Agents
• (New Zealand ) Auckland Science Teachers' Association

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ASTC

Administrative Service Training Course
• Associate of the Sydney Technical College

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ASTIA

(USA ) Armed Services Technical Information Agency

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ASTM

American Society for Testing Materials

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ASTMS ('æztmz or 'e 's 'ti: 'm 's)

Association of Scientific, Technical, and Managerial Staffs (now part of the MSF)

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ASTOR

antisubmarine torpedo ordnance rocket

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ASTP

Apollo-Soyuz test project

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astr.

astronomer
• astronomical
• astronomy

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astro.

astronautics
• astronomer
• astronomy

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ASTRO

(USA ) Air Space Travel Research Organization

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astrol.

astrologer
• astrological
• astrology

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astron.

astronomer
• astronomical
• astronomy

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astrophys.

astrophysical

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Ast. T.

astronomical time

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ASTTL

Computing advanced Schottky transistor transistor logic

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ASU

American Students Union
• Arab Socialist Union

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ASUA

Amateur Swimming Union of the Americas

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ASV

aircraft-to-surface vessel
• Bible American Standard Version
• Microbiol. avian sarcoma virus

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ASVA

Associate of the Incorporated Society of Valuers and Auctioneers

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ASVU

Army Security Vetting Unit

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ASW

Amalgamated Society of Wood Workers
• antisubmarine warfare
• antisubmarine work
• Association of Scientific Workers
• Association of Social Workers
• Physics augmented spherical wave

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ASWDU

Air Sea Warfare Development Unit

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ASWE

Admiralty Surface Weapons Establishment

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at.

atmosphere
• atomic
• Navigation attitude
• attorney

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At

symbol for ampere-turn (unit)
• Chem. , symbol for astatine
• (æt) Colloquial (a member of the) Auxiliary Territorial Service

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AT

Physics accelerator technology
• achievement test
• Advanced Technologies (as in IBM-AT )
• Immunol. agglutination test
• Biochem. alkyl transferase
• alternative technology
• Chem. amino-1, 2, 4-triazole
• (ital.) Angling Times
• antitank
• apparent time
• Physics appearance time
• (USA ) appropriate technology
• arrival time
• Med. ataxia telangiectasia
• Atlantic Time
• Education attainment target
• Computing attention Australia Telescope
• British vehicle registration for Hull
• airline flight code for Royal Air Maroc

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A/T

American terms

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ATA

Nuclear physics advanced test accelerator
• Air Transport Association
• Air Transport Auxiliary
• American Translators' Association
• Amusement Trades Association
• Animal Technicians' Association
• Associate Technical Aide
• Computing Advanced Technologies attachment
• Atlantic Treaty Association

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ATAC

Air Transport Advisory Council

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ATAE

Association of Tutors in Adult Education

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ATAF

Allied Tactical Air Force

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ATAM

Association for Teaching Aids in Mathematics

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AT&T

American Telephone and Telegraph Company

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Atapi

Advanced Technologies attachment packet interface

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ATAS

Air Transport Auxiliary Service

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ATB

advanced technology bomber
• allterrain bike
• at the time of the bomb (or bombing)

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ATBC

acetyltributyl citrate (a plasticizer)

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ATBM

antitactical ballistic missile

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ATC

acid-treated coal
• air-traffic control
• Air Training Command
• Air Training Corps
• Air Transport Command
• Law Annotated Tax Cases
• Art Teacher's Certificate
• Computing authorization to copy (of software)
• automatic temperature control
• automatic train control

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ATCC

air traffic control centre

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ATCE

Astronautics ablative thrust chamber engine

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atchd

attached

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ATCL

Associate of Trinity College of Music, London

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ATCO

Air Traffic Control Officer

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ATCRBS

Air Traffic Control Radar Beacon System

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ATCSP

Association of Teachers of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapists

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ATD

actual time of departure
• advanced technology development
• Physics alphatrack detector
• Art Teacher's Diploma
• Australian Tax Decisions

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ATDS

Association of Teachers of Domestic Science

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ATE

Amusement Trades Exhibition
• Automatic Telephone and Electric Company
• Electronics automatic test equipment

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ATEC

Air Transport Electronics Council

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ATEE

Chem. N-acetyl-L-tyrosine ethyl ester

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a tem.

Music a tempo (Italian: in time)

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ATF

Nuclear physics accelerator test facility
• Nuclear physics advanced toroidal facility

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ATFS

Association of Track and Field Statisticians

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ATG

Med. antithymocyte globulin

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ath.

athlete
• athletic

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ATHE

Association of Teachers in Higher Education

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Athen.

Athenian

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athl.

athlete
• athletic

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ATI

Associate of the Textile Institute
• Association of Technical Institutions

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ATII

Associate of the Institute of Taxation

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Atl.

Atlantic

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ATL

Insurance actual total loss
• Med. adult T-cell leukaemia
• Computing automated (or automatic) tape library

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ATLAS ('ætls)

Astronomy airborne tunable laser absorption spectrometer
• (USA ) Argonne tandem-linac accelerator system

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ATLB

Air Transport Licensing Board

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ATLEED

Physics , Chem. automated tensor low-energy electron diffraction

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ATLS

Med. advanced trauma life support

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ATLV

adult T-cell leukaemia virus

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atm

symbol for atmosphere (unit of pressure)

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atm.

atmospheric

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ATM

Computing Adobe Type Manager
• air training memorandum
• antitank missile
• approved testing material
• Association of Teachers of Management
• Association of Teachers of Mathematics
• Computing asynchronous transfer mode
• Banking automated teller machine

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ATMS

assumption-based truth maintenance system

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ATN

Med. acute tubular necrosis
• Maths. arc tangent
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ATNA

Australasian Trained Nurses' Association

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ATNF

Australia Telescope National Facility

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at. no.

atomic number

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ATO (or ato)

Ammunition Technical Officer (bomb-disposal officer in the RAOC)
• Aeronautics assisted takeoff

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A to A

air-to-air

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(New Zealand ) Appendices to Journals (of the House of Representatives or Parliament)

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ATOL ('ætl)

Air Travel Organizers' Licence

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ATP

Biochem. adenosine triphosphate
• Aeronautics advanced turboprop
• Commerce aid trade provision
• Air Technical Publications
• Associated Theatre Properties
• Association of Tennis Professionals
• Railways automatic train protection

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ATPAS

Association of Teachers of Printing and Allied Subjects

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ATPC

Association of Tin Producing Countries

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ATPG

automatic test-pattern generation

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ATPL(A)

Airline Transport Pilot's Licence (Aeroplanes)

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ATPL(H)

Airline Transport Pilot's Licence (Helicopters)

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ATR

Nuclear physics advanced test reactor
• Nuclear physics advanced thermal reactor
• Aeronautics air turbo-ram jet engine
• Radar antitransmit-receive (in ATR tube )
• Association of Teachers of Russian
• Military automatic target recognition

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ATRAN

automatic terrain recognition and navigation

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a.t.r.i.m.a.

Law as their respective interests may appear

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a.t.s.

Law at the suit of

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ATS

(Australia ) Amalgamated Television Services
• American Temperance Society
• American Tract Society
• American Transport Service
• Med. antitetanus serum
• (USA ) Army Transport Service
• Associate of Theological Study
• automated trade system
• Auxiliary Territorial Service (in World War II)

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ATSC

Associate of the Tonic Sol-Fa College

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ATSDR

(USA ) Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry

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ATSIS

Computing automated technical-specification information system

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ATSS

Association for the Teaching of Social Sciences

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att.

attached
• attention
• attorney

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ATT

antitetanus toxoid
• Associate of the Association of Tax Technicians

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Att-Gen.

Attorney-General

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attn

attention
• for the attention of

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attrib.

attribute
• attributed (to)
• attribution
• attributive(ly)

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atty. (or Atty.)

attorney

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Atty-Gen.

Attorney-General

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ATU

(USA ) Amalgamated Transit Union

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ATUC

African Trade Union Confederation

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ATV

all-terrain vehicle
• Associated Television

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at. wt.

atomic weight

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Au (or au)

author
• Chem. , symbol for gold (Latin aurum)

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AU

(USA ) Actors' Union
• Printing all up (all set in type)
• angstrom unit
• arithmetic unit
• astronomical unit
• British vehicle registration for Nottingham

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AUA

Finance agricultural unit of account (in the EU)
• American Unitarian Association
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AUBC

Association of Universities of the British Commonwealth

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AUBTW

Amalgamated Union of Building Trade Workers

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AUC

ab urbe condita or anno urbis conditae (Latin: (in the year) from the founding of the city; indicating years numbered from the founding of Rome)
• Chem. ammonium uranyl carbonate
• Maths. area under the curve (on a graph)
• Association of Underwater Contractors
• Australian Universities Commission

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AUCAS

Association of University Clinical Academic Staff

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auct.

Botany auctorum (Latin: of (other) authors; indicating that the specific name of a plant is that given by authorities other than Linnaeus)

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aud.

audit
• auditor

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Aud-Gen.

Auditor-General

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AUEW

Amalgamated Union of Engineering Workers (see under AEU)

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Aufl.

Auflage (German: edition)

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AUFW

Amalgamated Union of Foundry Workers

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aug.

Grammar augmentative
• augmented

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Aug.

August

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augm.

Grammar augmentative

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AUI

Computing attachment unit interface

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AULLA ('al)

Australasian Universities Language and Literature Association

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AUM

air-to-underwater missile

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AUMLA

Australian Universities Modern Language Association

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a.u.n.

absque ulla nota (Latin: with no identifying mark)

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AUO

African Unity Organization

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AUP

Aberdeen University Press
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Aur

Astronomy Auriga

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Aus.

Australia(n)
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AUS

Army of the United States
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AUSA

Association of the United States Army

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Ausg.

Ausgabe (German: edition)

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Aust.

Australia(n)
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Austral.

Australasia
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aut.

autograph
• autumn

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Aut.

Autriche (French: Austria)

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AUT

Chem. ammonium uranyl tricarbonate
• Association of University Teachers

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AUTA

Association of University Teachers of Accounting

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AUTEC

US Navy Atlantic Underwater Test Evaluation Center

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auth.

authentic
• author(ess)
• authority
• authorize(d)

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Auth. Ver.

Authorized Version (of the Bible)

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Autif

Association of Unit Trusts and Investment Funds

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auto.

automatic
• automobile
• automotive

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autobiog.

autobiographical
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autog.

autograph

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AUT(S)

Association of University Teachers (Scotland)

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a.u.w.

all-up-weight

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AUWE

Admiralty Underwater Weapons Establishment

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aux.

auxiliary

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AUX

Linguistics auxiliary verb

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av.

avenue
• average
• avoirdupois
• avril (French: April)

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a.v. (or a/v)

Finance ad valorem (Latin: according to value)
• annos vixit (Latin: (he or she) lived (so many) years)
• Finance asset value

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Av.

Avenue
• Avocat (French: lawyer)

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AV

Chem. acid value
• (or A/V) Finance ad valorem (Latin: according to value)
• Photog. aperture value
• Artillery Volunteers
• Med. atrioventricular (as in AV bundle , AV node )
• audiovisual
• Numismatics aurum (Latin: gold)
• Authorized Version (of the Bible)
• average value
• airline flight code for Avianca
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AVA

(Canada ) Alberta Veterinary Association
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• audiovisual aids
• Audiovisual Association
• Australian Veterinary Association

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a.v.c.

Electronics automatic volume control

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av.C.

(Italy ) avanti Cristo (before Christ; BC)

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AVC

additional voluntary contribution (in pension schemes)
• American Veterans' Committee
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Av. Cert.

Aviator's Certificate

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AVCM

Associate of Victoria College of Music

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AVCO

Accounting average cost

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AVD

Army Veterinary Department

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avdp.

avoirdupois

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ave. (or Ave.)

avenue
• average

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AVF

Military (USA ) all-volunteer force

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avg.

average

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AVGAS

aviation gasoline (of high octane for piston-type engine)

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avge.

Cricket average

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AVI

Association of Veterinary Inspectors
• audio-video interleaved

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avia.

aviation

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av. J-C

(France ) avant Jésus-Christ (before Jesus Christ; BC)

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AVL

Computing Adel'son-Vel'skii-Landis (as in AVL tree )
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AVLA

Audio Visual Language Association

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AVLIS

atomic vapour laser isotope separation

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AVM

Air Vice-Marshal
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AVMA

Action for the Victims of Medical Accidents
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AVMS

administered vertical marketing system

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avn

aviation

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AVN

Med. atrioventricular node

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AVO

Administrative Veterinary Officer
• Transport average vehicle occupancy

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avoir.

avoirdupois

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AVR

Army Volunteer Reserve

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AVRI

Animal Virus Research Institute

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AVRO ('ævr)

Aeronautics A. V. Roe and Co.

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AVRP

audiovisual recording and presentation

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AVS

Anti-Vivisection Society

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AVSL

assistant venture scout leader

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AVTRW

Association of Veterinary Teachers and Research Workers

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a.w.

actual weight
• Shipping all water
• atomic weight

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AW

added water (in foodstuffs, etc.)
• Alfred Wainwright (1907–91, British walker and writer)
• Physics Alfvén wave(s)
• Armstrong Whitworth (aircraft)
• Articles of War
• atomic warfare
• British vehicle registration for Shrewsbury

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A/W

actual weight
• airworthy
• artwork

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AWA

Amalgamated Wireless (Australasia) Ltd

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AWACS (or Awacs) ('ewæks)

airborne warning and control system

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AWAM

Association of West African Merchants

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AWAS

Australian Women's Army Service

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AWASM

Associate of the Western Australia School of Mines

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AWB

(South Africa ) Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging (right-wing political party)
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AWBA

American World's Boxing Association

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AWC

Allied Works Council
• (USA ) Army War College
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AWE

Atomic Weapons Establishment

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AWEA

American Wind Energy Association

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AWeldI

Associate of the Welding Institute

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AWG

American Wire Gauge
• Art Workers' Guild

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AWH

Physics Alfvén wave heating

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AWHA

Australian Women's Home Army

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AWJ

Engineering , Building trades abrasive water jet

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AWL (or awl)

absent with leave

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AWMC

Association of Workers for Maladjusted Children

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AWNL

Australian Women's National League

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AWO

American Waterways Operators, Inc
• Association of Water Officers

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AWOL (or awol) ('ewl)

absent without (official) leave

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AWP

amusements with prizes (forms of minor gaming in British Gaming Acts)
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Association of Women in Public Relations

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AWR

Association for the Study of the World Refugee Problem

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Australian Wool Realization Agency

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AWRE

Atomic Weapons Research Establishment

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aws

Graduate of Air Warfare Course

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AWS

Geology acoustic well sounding
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AWSA

American Water Ski Association

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AWU

Australian Workers' Union

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AWW

(South Africa ) Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging (right-wing political party)

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ax.

axiom

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AX

British vehicle registration for Cardiff

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AXAF

Advanced X-ray Astrophysical Facility (at NASA)

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AY

airline flight code for Finnair
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AYH

American Youth Hostels

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AYLI

(ital.) As You Like It (Shakespeare)

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AYM

Freemasonry Ancient York Mason

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Ayr.

Ayrshire

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az.

azimuth
• azure

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AZ

airline flight code for Alitalia
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Azapo ('z:p)

(South Africa ) Azanian People's Organization

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az. Id.

Printing azure laid (paper)

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Azo.

Azores

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AZT

azidothymidine (drug used in treating Aids)

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az. wo.

Printing azure wove (paper)

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B

b

Physics , symbol for barn
• Physics bottom (a quark flavour)
• indicating the second vertical row of squares from the left on a chessboard

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b.

bag
• bale
• ball
• base
• Music bass (or basso)
• bath
• batsman
• bay
• beam
• bedroom
• before
• billion
• bis (Latin: twice)
• bitch
• bloody (euphemism)
• book
• born
• bound
• Med. bowels
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• breadth
• brother
• bugger (euphemism)
• bust
• by
• Cricket bye

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B

symbol for baht (Thai monetary unit)
• symbol for balboa (Panamanian monetary unit)
• Irish fishing port registration for Ballina
• Physics , symbol for baryon number
• Chem. , symbol for base-catalysed reaction
• Baumé (temperature scale)
• British fishing port registration for Belfast
• international vehicle registration for Belgium
• best (quality of wrought iron)
• postcode for Birmingham
• Chess , symbol for bishop
• black (indicating the degree of softness of lead in a pencil; also in BB (or 2B), double black, etc.)
• symbol for bolívar (Venezuelan monetary unit; see also under Bs)
• (USA ) bomber (as in B-52 )
• Chem. , symbol for boron
• breathalyzer (as in B-test )
• Photog. B-setting
• Immunol. , bursa of Fabricius or bone marrow (in B cell or B lymphocyte )
• international civil aircraft marking for China or Taiwan
• symbol for eleven (in hexadecimal notation)
• (bold ital.) Physics , symbol for magnetic flux density
• symbol for secondary road (as in B405 , etc.)
• (ital.) Physics , symbol for susceptance
• indicating administrative, professional (occupational grade)
• Med. , indicating a blood group or its associated antigen (see also under ABO)
• indicating a musical note or key
• Astronomy , indicating a spectral type
• indicating a standard paper size (see under B0–B10)
• indicating something of secondary importance or interest (as in B-film , B-road )

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B. (or B)

Bachelor (in academic degrees)
• Baptist
• Baron
• Music bass (or basso)
• battle
• Cartography bay
• Beatus (Latin: blessed)
• Benediction
• Bey
• Bible
• billion
• bishop
• Blessed
• blue
• board
• boatswain
• book
• breadth
• British
• brotherhood
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B0

indicating a standard paper size, 1000 × 1414 mm

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B1

indicating a standard paper size, 707 × 1000 mm

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B2

indicating a standard paper size, 500 × 707 mm

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B3

indicating a standard paper size, 353 × 500 mm

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B4

indicating a standard paper size, 250 × 353 mm

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B5

indicating a standard paper size, 176 × 250 mm

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B6

indicating a standard paper size, 125 × 176 mm

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B7

indicating a standard paper size, 88 × 125 mm

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B8

indicating a standard paper size, 62 × 88 mm

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B9

airline flight code for Caribair
• indicating a standard paper size, 44 × 62 mm

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B10

indicating a standard paper size, 31 × 44 mm

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3B

international civil aircraft marking for Mauritius

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5B

international civil aircraft marking for Cyprus

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b.a.

Taxation balancing allowance
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Ba

Chem. , symbol for barium

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BA

able-bodied seaman
• Bachelor of Arts
• British fishing port registration for Ballantrae
• Finance bank (or banker's) acceptance
• postcode for Bath
• Med. biliary atresia
• (ital.) (USA ) Biological Abstracts (publication)
• Board of Agriculture
• Booksellers' Association (of Great Britain and Ireland)
• Chem. boric acid
• British Academy
• British Airways
• British America
• British Association (for the Advancement of Science)
• British Association (pitch of screw thread, as in 4BA )
• bronchial asthma
• Buenos Aires
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BAA

Bachelor of Applied Arts
• Booking Agents' Association of Great Britain
• British Accounting Association
• British Airports Authority
• British Archacological Association
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BAA & A

British Association of Accountants and Auditors

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BAAB

British Amateur Athletic Board

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BA(Admin)

Bachelor of Arts in Administration

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BAAF

British Agencies for Adoption and Fostering

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BAAL

British Association for Applied Linguistics

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BA(Art)

Bachelor of Arts in Art

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BAAS

British Association for the Advancement of Science

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Bab.

Babylonia(n)

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BABIE ('beb)

British Association for Betterment of Infertility and Education

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BABS

Aeronautics beam (or blind) approach beacon system

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Bac.

(France ) baccalauréat (school examination)
• Education Baccalaureus (Latin: bachelor)

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BAc

Bachelor of Acupuncture

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BAC

biologically active compound(s)
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• British Aircraft Corporation
• British Association of Chemists
• Med. bronchoalveolar cell(s)
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• Business Archives Council

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BACAH

British Association of Consultants in Agriculture and Horticulture

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BACAT (bæ'kæt)

barge aboard catamaran
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BAcc

Bachelor of Accountancy

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bach.

bachelor

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BACIE

British Association for Commercial and Industrial Education

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BACM

British Association of Colliery Management

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BACO

British Aluminium Company Ltd

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BACS

Bankers' Automated Clearing System

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bact.

bacteria(l)
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bacteriol.

bacteriological
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BAD

base air depot
• British Association of Dermatology

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BADA

British Antique Dealers' Association

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BADGE (bædz)

base air defence ground environment

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BAdmin

Bachelor of Administration

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BAe

British Aerospace

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BAE

Bachelor of Aeronautical Engineering
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• Badminton Association of England
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BAEA

British Actors' Equity Association

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BAEC

Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission
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BA(Econ)

Bachelor of Arts in Economics

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Bachelor of Arts in Education

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BAED

Bachelor of Arts in Environmental Design

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BAEF

Belgian-American Educational Foundation

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BAF

biological aerated filter
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BAFM

British Association of Forensic Medicine

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BAFMA

British and Foreign Maritime Agencies

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BAFO

British Air Forces of Occupation
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British Antique Furniture Restorers' Association

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British Association of Field and Sports Contractors

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British Armed Forces Special Vouchers

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BAFTA ('bæft)

British Academy of Film and Television Arts

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British Amateur Gymnastics Association

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Bachelor of Agricultural Economics

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BAgr

Bachelor of Agriculture

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Bachelor of Agricultural Science

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Bah.

Bahamas

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British Association of Hotel Accountants

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British Association for the Hard of Hearing

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BAHS

British Agricultural History Society

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BAI

Bachelor of Engineering (Latin Baccalaureus Artis Ingeniariae)
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• Book Association of Ireland
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BAIE

British Association of Industrial Editors

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BA(J) (or BAJour)

Bachelor of Arts in Journalism

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bal.

Book-keeping balance

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Bal.

Ballarat
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BAL

blood-alcohol level
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BALH

British Association for Local History

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ball.

ballast
• ballistics

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Ball.

Balliol College (Oxford )

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BALPA ('bælp)

British Airline Pilots' Association

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bals.

balsam

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Baltic
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balun ('bæln)

Telecom. balanced unbalanced (transformer)

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BAM

Bachelor of Applied Mathematics
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BAMA

British Aerosol Manufacturers' Association
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BAMBI ('bæmb)

ballistic missile boost intercept

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British Association of Machine Tool Merchants

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BA(Mus)

Bachelor of Arts in Music

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British Association of Meat Wholesalers

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Ban.

Bangor
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British Association of Neurologists

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Banc. Sup.

Law Bancus Superior (Latin: higher bench; i.e. Queen's (or King's) Bench)

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b. and b. (or B & B)

bed and breakfast

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Insurance building and contents

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bondage and discipline (or domination)

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beginning and ending

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British and Foreign Bible Society

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brandy and soda
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Photog. black and white

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Bristol and West of England

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British Association of Numismatic Societies

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British, Australian, New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition

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BAO

Bachelor of (Arts in) Obstetrics
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British Airways Overseas Division

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Badminton Association of England

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British Association of Oral and Maxillo-Facial Surgeons

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British Army of the Rhine

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b. à p.

billets à payer (French: bills payable)

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bap.

baptized

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Baptist

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BAP

Chem. 6-benzylaminopurine
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British Amateur Press Association

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BAPC

British Aircraft Preservation Council

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BAPCO ('bæp,k)

Bahrain Petroleum Company

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BA(PE)

Bachelor of Arts in Physical Education

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BAPL

Bettis Atomic Power Laboratory

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British Association of Picture Libraries and Agencies

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British Association of Physical Medicine

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BAPNA

Chem. N-benzoyl-DL-arginine-p-nitroaniline

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Bachelor of Applied Arts

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Bachelor of Applied Science

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Bachelor of Applied Science (Medical Technology)

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BAPS

beacon automated processing system (for lighthouses)
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bapt.

baptism
• baptized

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Baptist

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BAPT

British Association for Physical Training

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b. à r.

billets à recevoir (French: bills receivable)

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bar.

barleycorn (obsolete unit of length)
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• barrel (container or unit of measure)
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Bar.

baritone
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BAR

Computing base address register
• (ital.) Book Auction Records
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(Australia ) Colloquial barbecue

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British Automobile Racing Club

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Bachelor of Architecture

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baritone

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British Association of Retired Persons

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British Association of Rheumatology and Rehabilitation

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Management behaviourally anchored rating scales
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Bachelor in Agricultural Science
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British Architectural Students' Association
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British and South Africa Forum

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Badische Anilin und Soda-Fabrik (German chemical and electronics company)

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British Association of Ski Instructors

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Computing beginners' all-purpose symbolic instruction code (programming language)
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Boot and Shoe Manufacturers' Association and Leather Trades Protection Society

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Music basso continuo (Italian: continuous bass)

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British Association of Social Workers

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battalion
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Chem. benzaldehyde-ammonia titration
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(USA ) Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms

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balloon-assisted takeoff

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Ecology biosphere-atmosphere transfer scheme

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battalion
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Physics baryon asymmetry of the universe
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Business Aircraft Users' Association

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British Association of Urological Surgeons

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Finance bon à vue (French: good at sight)

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British Amateur Wrestling Association

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British Association of Young Scientists

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ball bearing
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bail bond
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Bachelor of Business Administration
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British Balloon and Airship Club

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bed, breakfast, and bath
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British Boxing Board of Control

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British Broadcasting Corporation

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Bandmaster of the Bandsmen's College of Music

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British Baby Carriage Manufacturers' Association

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bed, breakfast, and evening meal

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British Board of Film Classification (formerly British Board of Film Censors)

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British Bottlers' Institute

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(ital.) British Books in Print (publication)

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British Baking Industries' Research Association

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Bay of Biscay

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barrel (container or unit of measure for oil, etc.)

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Physics beam-bending magnet
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British Brush Manufacturers' Association
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Chem. 9-borobicyclononane

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Chem. 2, 5-bis(4-biphenylyl)oxazole

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Chem. 2, 5-bis(5-t-butyl-2-benzoxazolyl)thiophene

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barbecue

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Bachelor of Business Science (or Studies)
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Bermuda Biological Station for Research

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Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council

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Med. basal body temperature

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Banco Bilbao Vizcaya (Spanish bank)

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Music basso continuo
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Bachelor of Chemistry
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(New Zealand ) Bachelor of Commerce and Administration
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Biochem. branched-chain amino acid

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Birth Control Advisory Bureau

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British Conference on Automation and Computation

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(USA ) Bakery, Confectionery, and Tobacco Workers International Union

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British Code of Advertising Practice

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British Civil Airworthiness Requirements
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British Compressed Air Society

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British Cattle Breeders' Club

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Birmingham Centre for Art Therapies

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b.c.c. (or bcc)

blind carbon copy
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BCC

Med. basal-cell carcinoma
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British Cyclo-Cross Association

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British Cooperative Clinical Group

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Bank of Credit and Commerce International

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(USA ) bad conduct discharge
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• Computing binary-coded decimal
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Med. balloon catheter dilation of the prostate

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British Chemical and Dyestuffs Traders' Association

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Bachelor of Chemical Engineering
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• (small caps.) before common (or Christian) era (following a date; the non-Christian equivalent of BC)
• Board of Customs and Excise

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Banque centrale des états de l'Afrique de l'Ouest (French: Central Bank of West African States)

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British and Central European Chamber of Commerce

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BCF

battle cruiser force
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• Textiles bulked continuous filament (indicating yarns in man-made fibres)
• (USA ) Bureau of Commercial Fisheries

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British-China Friendship Association

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BCG

Med. bacille Calmette-Guérin (antituberculosis vaccine)
• Med. ballistocardiography
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British Commercial Gas Association
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BCGF

Biochem. B-cell growth factor

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bch (or Bch)

branch
• bunch

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b.c.h.

Crystallog. body-centred hypercubic

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Bachelor of Surgery (Latin Baccalaureus Chirurgiae)

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BCH

Computing Bose-Chaudhuri-Hocquenghem (in BCH code )

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Bachelor of Dental Surgery (Latin Baccalaureus Chirurgiae Dentalis)

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Bachelor of Chemical Engineering

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British Commonwealth International Newsfilm Agency

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British Cast-Iron Research Association

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BCIS

Building Cost Information Service
• Bureau central international de séismologie (French: International Central Bureau of Seismology)

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British fishing port registration for Buckie

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BCL

Bachelor of Canon Law
• Bachelor of Civil Law
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(USA ) Boston Conservatory of Music
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British Colour Makers' Association
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BCMD

biological and chemical munitions disposal (type of bomb disposal)

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British Ceramic Manufacturers' Federation

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Birmingham Contemporary Music Group

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Bible Churchmen's Missionary Society

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bcn

beacon

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Broadcasting Corporation of New Zealand

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BCO

Med. bilateral carotid artery occlusion

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B.Col.P.

British Columbia Pine

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Bachelor of Commerce

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Bachelor of Commercial Science

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BCP

Chem. basic calcium phosphate
• Book of Common Prayer
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British Crop Protection Council

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British Council for the Promotion of International Trade

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Basic Computer (or Combined) Programming Language

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British Chemical Plant Manufacturers' Association

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BCR

Chem. base-catalysed rearrangement
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British Carbonization Research Association
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British Columbia Research Council

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British Council for the Rehabilitation of the Disabled

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Bachelor of Chemical Science
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• Physics Bardeen–Cooper–Schrieffer (in BCS theory of superconductivity)
• battle cruiser squadron
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British Constructional Steelwork Association

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bcst

broadcast

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Belfast Chamber of Trade
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British Canadian Trade Association
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British Christmas Tree Growers Association

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Microbiol. beet curly top virus

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BCU

Films big close-up
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British Coal Utilization Research Association

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British Columbia Veterinary Association

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British Clock and Watch Manufacturers' Association

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British Corinthian Yacht Club

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bd

board
• bold
• Insurance , Finance bond
• Bookbinding bound
• broad
• bundle

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Med. bis die (Latin: twice a day; in prescriptions)
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b/d

barrels per day
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Bd

Computing , symbol for baud
• Band (German: volume)
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Bachelor of Divinity
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• boom defence
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• British vehicle registration for Northampton

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bank draft
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Bachelor of Domestic Arts
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• bomb-damage assessment
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Engineering bottom dead centre

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BDC

Book Development Council

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BDCC

British Defence Coordinating Committee

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BDCS

Chem. t-butyldimethylchlorosilane

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Bände (German: volumes)
• Brigade

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Chem. bond dissociation energy

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Bachelor in Dental Science

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BDes

Bachelor of Design

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BDF

Computing backward differentiation formulae (as in BDF methods )
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British Dairy Farmers' Association

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bd.ft.

board foot (measure of timber)

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BDG

Bookbinding binding

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BDG/ND

Bookbinding binding, no date can be given

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BDH

British Drug Houses

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b.d.i.

bearing deviation indicator
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(Germany ) Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie (Federal Association of German Industry)

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bdl. (or bdle)

bundle

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BDL

British Drama League

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births, deaths, marriages
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British Direct Marketing Association
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British Direct Mail Advertising Association

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Bdmr

Bandmaster

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BDNF

Med. brain-derived neurotrophic factor

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BDO

Boom Defence Officer

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BDP

breakdown pressure

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BDPA

Chem. ,-bisdiphenylene-ß-phenylallyl

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Bombardier
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bdrm

bedroom

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Bookbinding boards
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b.d.s.

Med. bis in die sumendus (Latin: to be taken twice a day; in prescriptions)

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BDS

Bachelor of Dental Surgery
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(USA ) Business and Defense Services Administration

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Bachelor of Dental Science

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British Double Summer Time

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BDU

Astronomy baryon-dominated universe
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Physics breakdown voltage

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Physics breakdown voltage
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Bordeaux

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be.

bezüglich (German: regarding or with reference to)

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b.e.

bill of exchange
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Chem. , symbol for beryllium
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Baumé (temperature scale)

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Bachelor of Economics
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• best estimate
• bill of exchange
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• (USA ) Board of Education
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• British vehicle registration for Lincoln

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B/E

bill of entry
• bill of exchange

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British East Africa
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• (formerly) British European Airways

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British Electrical Approvals Board

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Banque des états de l'Afrique centrale (French: Bank of Central African States)

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British Electrical and Allied Industries' Research Association

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BEAM (bi:m)

Med. brain electrical activity mapping

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(Federation of) British Electrotechnical and Allied Manufacturers' Associations

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bearb.

bearbeitet (German: compiled or edited)

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British Educational Administration Society

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bec.

because

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BEc

Bachelor of Economics

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BEC

Building Employers' Confederation
• Bureau européen du café (French: European Coffee Bureau)
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British Exhibition Contractors' Association

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Bech.

Bechuanaland (now Botswana)

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booster-engine cut-off

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Bachelor of Economics

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Bachelor of Economics in Industrial Administration

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Bachelor of Economics in Public Administration

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Broadcasting, Entertainment, Cinematograph, and Theatre Union (formed by amalgamation of BETA with ACTT)

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Bachelor of Education

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BED

Biochem. bio-emf device

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British Electrical Development Association
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Bachelor of Education in Commerce

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Bachelor of Education in Home Economics

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Bachelor of Education in Nursing

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Bachelor of Education in Physical Education

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beds.

bedrooms

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Bedfordshire

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Bachelor of Education in Science (or Educational Science)

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Bachelor of Electrical Engineering

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Colloquial BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation)

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BEEL

biological equivalent exposure limit (of radiation)

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bef.

before

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blunt end first

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BEF

British Equestrian Federation
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British Emigrant Families Association

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beg.

beginning

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(USA ) Bureau of Economic Geology

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British Export Houses Association

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BEI

Bachelor of Engineering (Dublin )
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Beibl.

Beiblatt (German: supplement)

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beigebunden (German: bound, in with something else)

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beiliegend (German: enclosed)

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BEIR

biological effects of ionizing radiation

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Bel.

Belgian
• Belgium

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BEL

British Electrotechnical Committee

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bel ex.

bel exemplaire (French: fine copy; of a book or engraving)

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Belfast

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Belgian Futures and Options Exchange

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Belg.

Belgian
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• Belgium

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BEM

British Empire Medal
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British Essence Manufacturers' Association
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British Exports Marketing Advisory Committee

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British Education Management and Administration Society

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Brigade Electrical and Mechanical Engineer

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British Eastern Merchant Shippers' Association

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ben.

benedictio (Latin: blessing)

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Electronics broadband electrostatic noise

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Bendigo (Australia )

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BenDr

Bachelier en droit (French: Bachelor of Law)

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benef.

benefice

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Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg (customs union)

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Bengal(i)

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Bachelor of Engineering

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Bachelor of Engraving

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BenH

Bachelier en humanités (French: Bachelor of Humanities)

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BEO

Base Engineer Officer

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BEPC

Physics Beijing Electron-Positron Collider
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bequeath

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bequest

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Berlin

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British Electric Resistance Company

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Berkshire

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Bermuda

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Berwickshire (former Scottish county)

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Bachelor of Engineering Science
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Bachelier ès arts (French: Bachelor of Arts)

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British Esperanto Scientific Association

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BESI

bus electronic scanning indicator

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Bachelier ès lettres (French: Bachelor of Letters)

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British Executive Service Overseas

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Bachelier ès sciences (French: Bachelor of Science)

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Bank of England Statistical Summary
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Commerce Bestellung (German: order)

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British Expertise in Science and Technology (database)

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bet.

between

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BET

British Electric Traction Company
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Broadcasting and Entertainment Trades Alliance (see BECTU)
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British Export Trade Advertising Association

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British Export Trade Research Organization

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betw.

between

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BEU

Engineering batch extraction unit
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Bureau européen des unions de consommateurs (French: European Bureau of Consumers' Unions)

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bevel

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(USA ) billion electronvolts

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British Exhibition Venues' Association

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British Exporters Association

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bez.

bezahlt (German: paid)
• bezüglich (German: with reference to)

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beziehungsweise (German: respectively)

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bf (or bf.)

brief

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bankruptcy fee
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b/f

bring forward (date on correspondence)
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Bachelor of Forestry
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• symbol for Belgian franc
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bring forward (date on correspondence)
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Bachelor of Fine Arts
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British Forces Arabian Peninsula

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Nuclear physics BWR fuel assembly sealing system

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Bakers', Food, and Allied Workers' Union

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British Federation of Business and Professional Women

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British and Foreign Bible Society
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British Federation of Commodity Associations

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British Friesian Cattle Society

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British Far Eastern Broadcasting Service

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Electronics ballistic field-effect transistor

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British Film Fund Agency

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British Federation of Folk Clubs

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Big Friendly Giant (title character of a Roald Dahl children's book)

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British Film Institute

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British Flower Industry Association

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Physics boson-fermion coupling model

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British Farm Mechanization Association

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British Federation of Music Festivals
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British Food Manufacturing Industries' Research Association

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British Federation of Master Printers

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Bloemfontein

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British Forces Network

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Electronics beat-frequency oscillator

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Bachelor of Forestry

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Bachelor of Forestry Science

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Bureau of Freelance Photographers

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British Film Producers' Association

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British Farm Produce Council

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British Forces Post Office

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Belgian franc

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Mining blast-furnace slag
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British Fire Services' Association

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British and Foreign Sailors' Society
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Physiol. , Psychol. biofeedback training

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British Fur Trade Alliance

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British Federation of University Women

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Military Bradley fighting vehicle

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Commerce bag

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Horse racing bay gelding

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bonded goods

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BG

airline flight code for Biman Bangladesh
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(USA ) Better Government Association
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Booksellers' Association of Great Britain and Ireland
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bank giro credit
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Botanic Gardens Conservation Secretariat

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Billy Graham Evangelistic Association

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Bachelor of General Education

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bGH (or BGH)

Biochem. bovine growth hormone

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British Glass Industry Research Association

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b.g.l.

below ground level

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Bachelor of General Laws

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bglr

bugler

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BGM

Bethnal Green Museum

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British Gear Manufacturers' Association

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BGMV

Microbiol. bean golden mosaic virus

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Brigadier General Staff
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bought

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below-ground vault

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bh (or b.h.)

barrels per hour
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BH

base hospital
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bill of health

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Mining bottom-hole assembly
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Birmingham

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British Hockey Board

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BHC

Med. benign hereditary chorea
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bhd

beachhead
• billhead
• bulkhead

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British Hospital Doctors' Federation

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Bachelor of Home Economics

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B'head

Birkenhead

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Bahnhof (German: railway station)

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British Hardware Foundation
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British Hang Gliding Association

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British Horological Institute
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Birmingham

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British Hydromechanics' Research Association

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Bhn (or BHN)

Metallurgy Brinell hardness number

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BHort

Bachelor of Horticulture

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Bachelor of Horticultural Science

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bhp

brake horsepower

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(Australia ) Broken Hill Proprietary

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bishopric

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Brigade Headquarters

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British Hydromechanics' Research Association

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British Hotels, Restaurants, and Caterers' Association

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BHS

boys' high school
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BHT

Electronics bipolar heterojunction transistor
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British Herring Trade Association

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Bhu.

Bhutan

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BHy

Bachelor of Hygiene

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Bi

Chem. , symbol for bismuth

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BI

background information
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• Balearic Islands
• base ignition
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• Bermuda Islands
• Med. bone injury
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BIA

British Ironfounders' Association
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British Industrial Advertising Association

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Business and Industry Advisory Committee

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British Institute of Adult Education

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Bristol Industrial Archaeological Society

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British Independent Air Transport Association

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bib.

Med. bibe (Latin: drink)
• bibliothèque (French: library)

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Bible
• Biblical

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BIB

Military baby incendiary bomb
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British Insurance Brokers' Association (now British Insurance and Investment Brokers' Association, BIIBA)

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British Isles Bowling Council

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British and Irish Basketball Federation

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bibl. (or bibliog.)

bibliographer
• bibliographical
• bibliography

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BIBRA

British Industrial Biological Research Association

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BIC

Bahá'í International Community
• Electronics biased ion collector
• Bureau international du cinéma (French: International Cinema Bureau)
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Berne International Copyright Convention

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Bureau international catholique de l'enfance (French: International Catholic Child Bureau)

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British Internal Combustion Engine Manufacturers' Association

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British Industrial Collaborative Exponential Programme

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British Internal Combustion Engine Research Institute

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BICFET ('bk,ft)

Electronics bipolar inversion-channel field-effect transistor

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Electronics (merged) bipolar/complementary metal oxide semiconductor

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BICS

British Institute of Cleaning Science

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b.i.d.

Med. bis in die (Latin: twice a day; in prescriptions)

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BID

Bachelor of Industrial Design
• Bachelor of Interior Design
• Med. brought in dead

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BIDS

British Institute of Dealers in Securities

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BIE

Bachelor of Industrial Engineering
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• Bureau international d'éducation (French: International Bureau of Education)
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BIEE

British Institute of Energy Economics

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bien.

biennial

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British Institute of Engineering Technology

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BIF

Geology banded iron formation
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• Physics beta-induced fluorescence
• British Industries Fair

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BIFFEX ('bfks)

Baltic International Freight Futures Market (formerly Exchange)

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BIFU ('bfu:)

Banking, Insurance, and Finance Union

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BIH

Med. benign intracranial hypertension
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• Bureau international de l'heure (French: International Time Bureau)

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BIHA

British Ice Hockey Association

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British Insurance and Investment Brokers' Association

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bim.

bimestrale (Italian: bimonthly)
• bimestre (Italian: a two-month period)

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BIM

Maths. boundary integral method
• British Institute of Management
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BIMA

Astronomy Berkeley-Illinois-Maryland Association (in BIMA array )

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BIMBO

buy-in management buyout

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BIMCAM

British Industrial Measuring and Control Apparatus Manufacturers' Association

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bin.

Maths. binary

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BIN

(ital.) Bulletin of International News

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BINC

Building Industries' National Council

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bind.

binding

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BIO

(Canada ) Bedford Institute of Oceanography

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biochem.

biochemistry

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biog.

biographer
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biogeography

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biol.

biological
• biologist
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BIOS ('bas)

Computing basic input-output system
• Biological Investigations of Space
• (or bios) Astronautics biological satellite
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BIOT

British Indian Ocean Territory

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BIP

Botswana Independence Party
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• British Institute in Paris

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BIPCA

Bureau international permanent de chimie analytique pour les matières destinées à l'alimentation de l'homme et des animaux (French: Permanent International Bureau of Analytical Chemistry of Human and Animal Food)

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Burmah Industrial Products Limited

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BIPM

Bureau international des poids et mésures (French: International Bureau of Weights and Measures)

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BIPP

Med. bismuth iodoform paraffin paste (formerly used for treating wounds)
• British Institute of Practical Psychology

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BIR

Board of Inland Revenue
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BIRD

Banque internationale pour la reconstruction et le développement (French: International Bank for Reconstruction and Development; IBRD)

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British Institution of Radio Engineers

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Brewing Industry Research Foundation

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Birmingham

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British Infra-Red Manufacturers' Organization

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British Institute of Recorded Sound

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bis.

bissextile

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BIS

Bank for International Settlements
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• British Information Services
• British Interplanetary Society
• Bureau international du scoutisme (French: Boy Scouts International Bureau)

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British International Studies Association

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Biscayan

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British Iron and Steel Federation

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British Industrial and Scientific Film Association

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bish.

bishop

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bis in 7d.

Med. bis in septem diebus (Latin: twice a week; in prescriptions)

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British Independent Steel Producers' Association

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British Iron and Steel Research Association

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BISYNC ('ba,sk)

Computing binary synchronous communications

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bit (bt)

Computing , Maths. binary digit

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BIT

Bureau international du travail (French: International Labour Office)

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British Industrial Truck Association

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bitm.

bituminous

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BITNET ('bt,nt)

Computing Because It's Time Network

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British Institution of Training Officers

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British Incoming Tour Operators' Association

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bitum.

bituminous

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BIU

Bermuda Industrial Union
• Bureau international des universités (French: International University Bureau)

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biv.

bivouac

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BIWF

British-Israel World Federation

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Bureau of International Whaling Statistics

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Bix (bks)

Byte magazine's information exchange service

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BIZ

Bank für Internationalen Zahlungsausgleich (German: Bank for International Settlements)

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BJ

Bachelor of Journalism
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BJA

British Judo Association

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British Joint Communications Electronics Board

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BJJ

Electronics boundary Josephson junction

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BJOS

(ital.) British Journal of Occupational Safety

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(India ) Bharatiya Janata Party

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British Joint Services Mission

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BJT

Electronics bipolar junction transistor

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BJTRA

British Jute Trade Research Association

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BJur (or BJuris)

Bachelor of Jurisprudence

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bk

backwardation
• bank
• bark
• barrack
• black
• block
• book
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Bk

Chem. , symbol for berkelium

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BK

British fishing port registration for Berwick-on-Tweed
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BKA

(Germany ) Bundeskriminalamt (criminal investigations office)

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bkble

bookable

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BKC

Chem. benzalkonium chloride

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bkcy

bankruptcy

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bkd

blackboard
• booked

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BKD

bacterial kidney disease

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bkg

banking
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bkgd

background

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bkkg

book-keeping

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bklt

booklet

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Bklyn

(USA ) Brooklyn

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bkm

buckram

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BKN

Meteorol. broken (cloud)

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bkpt (or bkrpt)

bankrupt

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bks

barracks
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BKSTS

British Kinematograph, Sound, and Television Society

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bkt

basket
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bl

barrel (container or unit of measure)

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bl.

bale
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• blue

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b.l. (or b/l)

bill of lading
• breech-loading (rifle)

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Bl.

Blat (German: newspaper)
• Blessed

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BL

Bachelor of Law
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• base line
• bill lodged
• bill of lading
• Printing black letter
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• boatswain lieutenant
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• (formerly) British Leyland
• British Library
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B/L

bill of lading

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BLA

Bachelor of Landscape Architecture
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• British Legal Association
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BLACC

British and Latin American Chamber of Commerce

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BLAISE (blez)

British Library Automated Information Service

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BLB

Horticulture bacterial leaf blight
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BLC

British Lighting Council

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bld

Printing bold(face)

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bldg

building

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BLE

(USA ) Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers (trade union)

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BLESMA ('blsm)

British Limbless Ex-Servicemen's Association

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BLEU

Belgo-Luxembourg Economic Union
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BLG

(ital.) Burke's Landed Gentry

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BLH

British Legion Headquarters

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BLI

British Lighting Industries

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BLib (or BLibSc)

Bachelor of Library Science

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BLIC

Bureau de liaison des industries du caoutchouc de la CE (French: Rubber Industries Liaison Bureau of the EU)

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BLIS

(USA ) Bibliographic Literature Information System

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Bliss (bls)

baby life support systems
• Military bend, low silhouette, irregular shape, small, secluded (escape technique taught to pilots)

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BLit

Bachelor of Literature

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BLitt

Bachelor of Letters (Latin Baccalaureus Litterarum)

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blk

black
• blank
• block
• bulk

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BLL

Bachelor of Laws

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BLM

Biochem. bilayer lipid membrane
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BLMA

British Lead Manufacturers' Association

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BLMAS

Bible Lands Missions' Aid Society

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BLMRA

British Leather Manufacturers' Research Association

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BLO

Meteorol. below clouds

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BLOF

British Lace Operatives' Federation

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BLOX (blks)

Finance block order exposure system

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BLP

Barbados Labour Party

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b.l.r.

breech-loading rifle

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BLR

Spectroscopy broad-line (emission) region

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BLRA

British Launderers' Research Association

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BLRG

Astronomy broad-line radio galaxy

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BLS

Bachelor of Library Science
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BLSN

Meteorol. blowing snow

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blt

built

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BLT

bacon, lettuce, and tomato (sandwich)

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Microbiol. bovine leukaemia virus
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Boulevard

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British Laboratory Ware Association

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Electronics band-limited white noise

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b.m.

bene merenti (Latin: to the well-deserving)
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BM

airline flight code for Air Sicilia
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Bahrain Monetary Agency
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BM algorithm

Computing Boyer-Moore algorithm

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Bachelor of Mathematics

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BMC

Med. bone marrow cell(s)
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Building Maintenance Cost Information Service

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BMD

ballistic missile defence
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Med. bone-marrow-derived macrophage(s)
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Bmdr

Military Bombardier

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Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering
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British Marine Equipment Council

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Bachelor of Medicine

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Bachelor of Medical Science

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British Mechanical Engineering Federation

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Building Materials Export Group

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British Middle East Office

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Engineering brake mean effective pressure

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Bachelor of Metallurgy

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Bachelor of Metallurgical Engineering

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ballistic missile early-warning system

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Builders' Merchants' Federation

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Boston Museum of Fine Arts

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British Military Hospital

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ballistic missile interceptor
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(ital.) British Medical Journal

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British Museum Library

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British Military Mission

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Bacon and Meat Marketing Association

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business machine operator

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Bournemouth

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brake mean power

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biochemical methane potential (or production)
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British Metalworking Plantmakers' Association

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British Musicians' Pension Society

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Physiol. basal metabolic rate

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Brigade Major Royal Artillery

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British Market Research Bureau

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British Motor Racing Marshals' Club

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(USA ) Brookhaven Medical Research Reactor

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Bachelor of Marine Science
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Baltic Mercantile and Shipping Exchange

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basic motion time-study
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British Motor Trade Association

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Bachelor of Music

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Bachelor of Music Education

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Blessed Mary the Virgin
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Bayerische Motorenwerke (German: Bavarian Motor Works)

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(USA ) Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees (trade union)

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ballistic missile weapon system

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bicycle motocross

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bn

bassoon
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Baron
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Bachelor of Nursing
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Chem. base-neutralized acid
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British North Africa Force

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BNB

Physiol. blood-nerve barrier
• British National Bibliography

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British National Book Centre

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BNC

Chem. base-neutralizing capacity
• Computing bayonet nut couplers
• Brasenose College, Oxford
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British National Committee for Chemistry

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(Madagascar ) Banque nationale pour le commerce et l'industrie (French: National Bank for Commerce and Industry)

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(France ) Bibliothèque nationale du conservatoire de musique (National Library of Music, Paris)

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British National Carnation Society

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British National Committee on Surface-Active Agents

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British National Committee on Space Research

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(Germany ) Bundesnachrichtendienst (national intelligence service)

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B/ND

Bookbinding binding, no date given

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(USA ) Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs

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Bndr

Bandmaster

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BNEC

British National Export Council
• British Nuclear Energy Conference

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British Nuclear Energy Society

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BNF

Computing Backus-Naur (or Backus normal) form
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British National Film Catalogue

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British Non-Ferrous Metals Federation

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British Nursery Goods Association

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British Naval Gunnery Mission

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BNHQ

battalion headquarters

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bnkg

banking

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BNL

Banca Nazionale del Lavoro (Italian: National Bank of Labour)
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Bureau national de metrologie (French: National Bureau of Meteorology)

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Astronomy Becklin-Neugebauer object

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British National Oil Corporation
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Banque nationale de Paris (French: National Bank of Paris)
• Barbados National Party
• British National Party

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BNS

Bachelor of Natural Science
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• British Numismatic Society
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Bachelor of Nursing Science

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British National Space Centre

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BNTA

British Numismatic Trade Association

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BNurs

Bachelor of Nursing

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BNX

British Nuclear Export Executive

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bnzn

Chem. benzoin

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b.o.

back order
• blackout
• Med. bowels open
• branch office
• broker's order
• buyer's option

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b/o

Book-keeping brought over

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BO

biological oceanography
• Colloquial body odour
• British fishing port registration for Borrowstownness
• box office
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• British vehicle registration for Cardiff

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B/O

Book-keeping brought over
• buyer's option

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BOA

British Olympic Association
• British Optical Association
• British Orthopaedic Association
• broad ocean area

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(formerly) British Overseas Airways Corporation

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Banque ouest-africaine de développement (French: West African Development Bank)

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BOA(Disp)

British Optical Association, Dispensing Certificate

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BOAI

Med. balloon occluded arterial infusion

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BOAT (bt)

byroad open to all traffic

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BOBA

British Overseas Banks' Association

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BOBMA

British Oil Burner Manufacturers' Association

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BOC

Computing beginning of cycle
• Computing bimodal optical computer
• British Oxygen Corporation
• Burmah Oil Company

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BOCE

Board of Customs and Excise

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BOC-ON

Chem. 2-(t-butoxycarbonyl-oxyimino)-2-phenylacetonitrile

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Bod. (or Bodl., Bodley)

Bodleian Library (Oxford )

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BOD

biochemical oxygen demand

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BOE

Board of Education
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BOF

Chemical engineering basic oxygen furnace
• Computing beginning of file
• British Orienteering Federation
• British Overseas Fairs

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Bank of England

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Band of Hope Union

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BOGMC

Bangladesh Oil, Gas, and Minerals Corporation

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Boh.

Bohemia(n)

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BOHA

Med. balloon occlusion hepatic angiography

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BoJ (or BOJ)

Bank of Japan

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bol.

Med. bolus (Latin: large pill)

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Bolívar (1783–1830, South American statesman)
• Bolivia(n)

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BOL

beginning of life
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better on lips than on paper (written on the back of envelopes containing love letters)

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b.o.m.

bill of materials (in manufacturing)

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Bom.

Bombay

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BOM

bill of materials
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Bomb.

Bombardier
• Bombay

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Bombay Civil Service

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Bombay Staff Corps

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bon.

bataillon (French: battalion)

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BON acid

Chem. beta-oxynaphthoic acid

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Finance Borrower's Option for Notes and Underwritten Standby

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Boo

Astronomy Bootes

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BOP

Chem. basic oxygen process
• Mining blowout preventer
• Boy's Own Paper (former magazine)

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BOptom

Bachelor of Optometry

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BOQ

US military bachelor officers' quarters
• base officers' quarters

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bor.

borough

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BOr

Bachelor of Orientation

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BORAD

British Oxygen Research and Development Association

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boro.

borough

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Bos

Computing business operating system

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BOS

Chemical engineering basic oxygen steelmaking

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bos'n

boatswain

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(USA ) Boston Pops Orchestra

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BOSS (bs)

Bioastronautic Orbiting Space Station
• (South Africa ) Bureau of State Security

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Boswash ('s,w)

(USA ) Boston-Washington, DC (indicating the urban area between these cities)

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bot.

botanic(al)
• botanist
• botany
• bottle
• bottom
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BOT

Computing beginning of tape (in BOT marker )
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British Overseas Trade Board

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BOT marker

Computing beginning of tape marker

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BOU

British Ornithologists' Union

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boul.

(France ) boulevard

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BOV

brown oil of vitriol (commercial sulphuric acid)

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BOWO

Brigade Ordnance Warrant Officer

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bp (or b.p.)

Biochem. base pair(s) (unit of length of nucleic acid)
• below proof (of alcohol density)
• bills payable
• Chem. boiling point
• bonum publicum (Latin: the public good)

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bp.

baptized
• birthplace

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b/p

blueprint
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Bishop

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BP

airline flight code for Air Botswana
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• back projection
• (or B-P) (Robert) Baden-Powell (1857–1941, founder of the Boy Scout movement
• barometric pressure
• Finance basis point
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• (small caps.) before present (following a number of years)
• Chem. benzoyl peroxide
• be prepared (motto of the Scout movement)
• Shipping between perpendiculars
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• Blue Peter (television programme)
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• Chem. boiling point
• Physics bright point
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B/P

bills payable

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BPA

Bachelor of Professional Arts
• Bahnpostamt (German: railway post office)
• (USA ) Biological Photographic Association
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• British Paediatric Association
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British Poster Advertising Association

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Bicycle Polo Association of Great Britain

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BPAO

Biochem. bovine plasma amine oxidase

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British Pregnancy Advisory Service

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b.p.b.

bank post bills

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British Paper Box Federation

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British Paper and Board Industry Research Association

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British Paper and Board Makers' Association

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BPC

Book Prices Current
• British Pharmaceutical Codex
• British Pharmacopoeia Commission
• British Printing Corporation
• British Productivity Council
• (USA ) Business and Professional Code
• Chem. butyl pyridium chloride

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BPCA

British Pest Control Association

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b.p.c.d.

barrels per calendar day

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BPCF

British Precast Concrete Federation

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BPCR

Brakes on Pedal Cycle Regulations

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British Professional Cycle Racing Association

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b.p.d.

barrels per day

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BPDB

Bangladesh Power Development Board

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BPDMS

Military basic point defence missile system

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BPE (or BPEd)

Bachelor of Physical Education

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BPEA

Chem. 9, 10-bis(phenylethenyl)-anthracene

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BPEN

Chem. 5, 10-bis(phenylethenyl)-naphthacene

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b.p.f.

Commerce bon pour francs (French: value in francs)

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BPF

bottom pressure fluctuation
• British Plastics Federation
• British Polio Fellowship

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BPG

Broadcasting Press Guild

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BPh

Bachelor of Philosophy

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BPH

Bachelor of Public Health
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Bachelor of Pharmacy

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BPhil

Bachelor of Philosophy

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bpi

Computing bits per inch

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BPI

Booksellers' Provident Institution
• British Pacific Islands

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Bureau permanent international des constructeurs d'automobiles (French: International Permanent Bureau of Motor Manufacturers)

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British Printing Industries' Federation

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bpl.

birthplace

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Barnstaple

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BPLA

Physics Beijing Proton Linear Accelerator

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bpm (or b.p.m.)

barrels per minute
• Music beats per minute

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BPMA

British Premium Merchandise Association
• British Pump Manufacturers' Association

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BPMF

British Postgraduate Medical Federation
• British Pottery Manufacturers' Federation

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BPO

base post office
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(USA ) Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks

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Botswana People's Party

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British Power-Press Manufacturers' Association

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BPR

business process re-engineering

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Book Publishers' Representatives' Association

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BPRO

Blind Persons Resettlement Officer

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bps

Computing bits per second

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BPs

Bachelor of Psychology

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BPS

Med. blood-pool scintigraphy
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• British Pharmacological Society
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British Psychological Society

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Bp Suff.

Bishop Suffragan

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Bachelor of Psychology

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bpt

Computing bits per track

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b.pt.

boiling point

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BPT

battle practice target
• British Petroleum Tanker

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BPV

Microbiol. bovine papilloma virus

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bpy

Chem. bipyridine (used in formulae)

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bq. (or bque)

barque

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Bq

Physics , symbol for becquerel

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BQ

bene quiescat (Latin: may he (or she) rest well)

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BQA

British Quality Association

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BQMS

battery quartermaster-sergeant

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br.

bearing
• branch
• bridge
• brief
• brig
• bronze
• (or br) brother
• brown

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b.r.

bank rate
• (or b/r) bills receivable

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Br

symbol for birr (Ethiopian monetary unit)
• Bombardier
• Chem. , symbol for bromine
• RC Church Brother
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Br.

Branch
• Brazil
• Breton
• Britain
• British

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BR

Law Bancus Reginae or Regis (Latin: Queen's (or King's) Bench)
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• Education block release
• book of reference
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• international vehicle registration for Brazil
• breeding ratio
• Physics bremsstrahlung radiation
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• postcode for Bromley
• (poly)butadiene rubber
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• British vehicle registration for Newcastle upon Tyne

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B/R

bills receivable
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BRA

Bee Research Association
• Brigadier Royal Artillery
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braai ('br:)

(South Africa ) Colloquial braaivleis (Afrikaans: barbecue)

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Brad.

Bradford

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BRAD (bræd)

(ital.) British Rates and Data (publications directory)

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British America

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Bras.

Brasil (Portuguese: Brazil)

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BRAS

ballistic rocket air suppression

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Braz.

Brazil(ian)

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Brazza.

Brazzaville

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BRB

Med. blood retinal barrier

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Br. C.

British Columbia

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BRC

(USA ) base residence course
• Biological Records Centre, Nature Conservancy Council
• British Rabbits Council
• British Radio Corporation

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brch (or Brch)

branch

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BRCS

British Red Cross Society

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BRD

British fishing port registration for Broadford
• (USA ) Building Research Division, National Bureau of Standards

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BRDC

British Racing Drivers' Club

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brdcst

broadcast

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BRE

Bachelor of Religious Education
• Building Research Establishment

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b. rec.

bills receivable

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BRE(L)

British Rail Engineering (Limited)

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BREMA

British Radio Equipment Manufacturers' Association

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Bret.

Breton

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brev.

brevet
• breveté (French: patent)
• brevetto (Italian: patent)

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brew.

brewer(y)
• brewing

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brf

Law brief

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BRF

Bible Reading Fellowship
• British Road Federation

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BRFC

Angling British Record Fish Committee

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brg

bearing

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br. g.

Horse racing brown gelding

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BRG

(formerly) international vehicle registration for Guyana (now GUY )

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Br. I.

British India
• British Isles

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BRI

Banque des réglements internationaux (French: Bank for International Settlement)
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• (USA ) Biological Research Institute
• (USA ) Brain Research Institute

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Brig.

Brigade
• Brigadier

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Brigadier General

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brill.

Music brillante (Italian: brilliant)

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BRIMEC ('brmk)

British Mechanical Engineering Confederation

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British Newfoundland Corporation Limited

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Brisb.

Brisbane

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Bristol

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Brit.

Britain
• Britannia
• British
• Briton

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British Museum

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British Patent

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Britt.

Numismatics Britanniarum (Latin: of Great Britain)

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brk

brick

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brkt

bracket

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barrel

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Ballistic Research Laboratory
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Board of Registration of Medical Auxiliaries
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British Rainwear Manufacturers' Federation

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brown

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international vehicle registration for Bahrain

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Britannia Royal Naval College

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Navigation bearing
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brother

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brigade routine order

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brothers

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biological reclamation process

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bright

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(Belgium ) Belgische Radio en Televisie (Dutch broadcasting company)
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bags
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back stage
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symbol for bolívars (see under B)
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bill of sale
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Bachelor of Science in Applied Arts
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British Sub-Aqua Club

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basic (or bottom) sediment and water

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British Society of Animal Production

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British Ship Adoption Society

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British Small Animals Veterinary Association

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Brisbane

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British Satellite Broadcasting (see BSkyB)
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British Social Biology Council

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Botanical Society of the British Isles

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basic

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Bachelor of Science

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British Swimming Coaches' Association
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Bachelor of Applied Science

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British Society of Clinical Cytology
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Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering

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(ital.) British Standard Code of Practice (publication)

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British Steel Castings Research Association

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Bachelor of Science in Design
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boresight datum line

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Computing Berkeley Systems Distribution UNIX

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Bachelor of Science in Economics

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Black Sea Economic Cooperation Project

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Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering
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Bachelor of Science in Electronic Engineering

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Bachelor of Science in Engineering Sciences
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Bachelor of Science in Forestry
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British Science Fiction Association
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British Shipping Federation (Limited)

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Bachelor of Science in Forestry Management

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Bachelor of Science in Forestry

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Bachelor of Science in Foreign Service
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Bachelor of Science in Fuel Technology

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British Standard Gauge

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breveté sans garantie du gouvernement (French: patented without government guarantee)

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Bachelor of Science in General Engineering

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bsh.

bushel

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British Society of Hypnotherapists
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Bachelor of Science in Hospital Administration

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British Society for the History of Science

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Bachelor of Science in Hygiene

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British Sailors' Institute
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British Security Industry Association

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Boy Scouts International Bureau

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British Ski Instruction Council

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Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering

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British Solomon Islands Protectorate

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British Scientific Instrument Research Association

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Business Sponsorship Incentive Scheme

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British Society for International Understanding

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Bachelor of Science in Journalism

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British Show Jumping Association

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bsk. (or bskt)

basket

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British Sky Broadcasting (formed by merger of BSB with Sky Television)

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Bs/L

bills of lading

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Bachelor of Sacred Literature
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Bachelor of Science in Library Science

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BSM

Bachelor of Sacred Music
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British Skate Makers' Association

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Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering
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Bachelor of Science in Metallurgy

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Bachelor of Science in Metallurgical Engineering

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British Society of Master Glass-Painters

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basement

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Bachelor of Science in Medical Technology

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Microbiol. barley stripe mosaic virus

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Bachelor of Science in Nursing

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Bachelor of Science in Nuclear Engineering

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Bachelor of Naval Science

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BSO

base supply officer
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Bachelor of Social Science

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Bachelor of Science in Occupational Therapy

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Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy
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Bachelor of Science in Public Administration

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Bachelor of Science in Physical Education

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Bachelor of Science in Public Health

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Bachelor of Science in Physical Therapy

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Birmingham Sound Reproducers
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British Ship Research Association
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British Society for Research in Agricultural Engineering

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(USA ) Biological Serial Record Center

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Bachelor of Science in Radiological Technology

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Bachelor of Secretarial Science
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Bachelor of Science in Secretarial Administration

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Bachelor of Social Science

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Bachelor of Science in Secondary Education

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(USA ) Biomedical Sciences Support Grant

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British Society for the Study of Orthodontics

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Bachelor of Science in Secretarial Studies
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Bachelor of Sacred Theology
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bill of sight

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British Surgical Trades' Association

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British Student Travel Centre

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bstd

bastard

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Chem. bis(trimethylsilyl)trifluoroacetamide

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booster

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booster rocket

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Engineering bench scale unit

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Bachelor of Surveying

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b.s.w.

barrels of salt water

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Bachelor of Social Work
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Boy Scouts World Bureau

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British Scouts in Western Europe

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British Steel Wire Industries' Association

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bt

beat
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baht (Thai monetary unit)
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airline flight code for Air Baltic
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Billiards Trade Association
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Computing binary tree algebraic computation

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Book Trade Association of South Africa

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Med. blood-tumour barrier
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British Ten Pin Bowling Association

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Book Trade Benevolent Society

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(USA ) Bankers' Trust Company
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btca

biblioteca (Spanish: library)

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Board of Transportation Commissioners of Canada

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Bachelor of Textile Chemistry

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Bachelor of Town and Country Planning

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British Trust for Conservation Volunteers

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bomb testing device

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Bermuda Trade Development Board

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Engineering before top dead centre

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breveté (French: patent)

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Bachelor of Textile Engineering

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Business and Technology Education Council

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Bachelor of Technology

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BTEE

Chem. N-benzoyl-L-tyrosine ethyl ester

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Book Trade Employers' Federation

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British Tanning Extract Manufacturers' Association

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Chem. benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylene (solvents)

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barrels of total fuel
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British Tarpaviors' Federation
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British Technology Group

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bth

bath(room)
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Bachelor of Theology

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British Thomson-Houston Company

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British Toy and Hobby Manufacturers' Association

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British thermal unit

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(ital.) British Technology Index (publication)

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British Tar Industries' Association

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btk

buttock

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bottle

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Meteorol. between layers

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bottom

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Chem. bromotrifluoromethane

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British Typewriter Manufacturers' Association

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Chem. bis(trimethylsilyl)acetylene

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baton
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Brussels Tariff Nomenclature

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big time operator
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Bachelor of Town Planning

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Physics bimetric theory of relativity
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Bombay Textile Industry's Research Association

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Bachelor of Town and Regional Planning

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btry

Military battery

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Blood Transfusion Service
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Baronetess

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British Thoracic and Tuberculosis Association

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British thermal unit

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Board of Trade unit
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Bahamas Trade Union Congress

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by the way (used in electronic mail)

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btwn

between

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BTX

Chem. benzene, toluene, and xylene
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Military battery

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Psychol. Basedow type

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bureau
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base unit
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Chem. , symbol for butyl group (in formulae)

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Baptist Union of Great Britain and Ireland
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(USA ) Bureau of Aeronautics

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British United Air Ferries

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Badminton Umpires' Association of England

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British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection

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Bangor University College

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buck.

buckram

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Buckinghamshire

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(ital.) British Union Catalogue of Periodicals

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bud.

budget

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Buddhism
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US Navy Bureau of Yards and Docks

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Budapest

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British Union of Fascists

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back-up interceptor control

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Bachelor of Canon and Civil Law (Latin Baccalaureus utriusque juris)

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bul.

bulletin

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Bulgaria(n)

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bull.

bulla (seal used on a papal bull)
• bulletin
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buloga (b'lg)

business logistics game

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Belfast and Ulster Licensed Vintners' Association

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US Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery

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Med. blood urea nitrogen

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Trademark butadiene + natrium (i.e. sodium) (type of synthetic rubber)

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British Universities North America Club

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Burroughs, Univac, NCR, Control Data, Honeywell (computer manufacturers)

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US Navy Bureau of Ordnance

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British United Press

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British United Provident Association (health-insurance company)

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US Navy Bureau of Naval Personnel

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(USA ) Bureau of Public Affairs

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bur.

bureau
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Burma
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BUR

international vehicle registration for Myanmar (Burma )

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(USA ) Bureau of Reclamation

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burg.

burgess
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burlesque

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Burma
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Bursar

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bus.

bushel
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US Navy Bureau of Supply and Accounts

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British Universities' Sports Federation

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bush.

bushel

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US Navy Bureau of Ships

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bus. mgr

business manager

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British Union of Social Work Employees

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but.

butter
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buyer
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bv.

Taxonomy biovar

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b.v.

balanced voltage
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BV

Beatitudo Vestra (Latin: Your Holiness)
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BVA

British Veterinary Association

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BVD

Vet. science bovine virus diarrhoea

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Bachelor of Veterinary Medicine

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Bachelor of Veterinary Science

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BVF

Chemical engineering bulk volume fermenter

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BVI

British Virgin Islands (abbrev. or IVR)

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BVJ

(ital.) British Veterinary Journal

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BVK

Bundesverdienstkreuz (German: Federal Cross of Merit)

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BVM

Bachelor of Veterinary Medicine
• Blessed Virgin Mary (Latin Beata Virgo Maria)

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BVMA

British Valve Manufacturers' Association

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BVMS

Bachelor of Veterinary Medicine and Surgery

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Bundesverdienstorden (German: Federal Order of Merit)

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British Visitors' Passport
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British Vehicle Rental and Leasing Association

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Bachelor of Veterinary Surgery

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Bachelor of Veterinary Science

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Bachelor of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry

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bvt

brevet

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bitte wenden (German: please turn over, PTO)
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Photog., etc. black and white

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British fishing port registration for Barrow
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Photog., etc. black and white
• black to white

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backward wave amplifier
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(USA ) Broadway

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British Waterways Board

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(USA ) Board of War Communications
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British Weed Control Conference

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bwd

backward

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Vet. science bacillary white diarrhoea (pullorum disease)

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British Whiting Federation
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Engineering Birmingham Wire Gauge

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British West Indies

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British West Indian Airways

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British West India Regiment

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British West Indies Sugar Association

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brickwork
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British War Medal

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British Woodwork Manufacturers' Association

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British Wool Marketing Board

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BWO

backward wave oscillator

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basic war plan

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backward wave power amplifier
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British Wastepaper Utilization Council

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Nuclear physics boiling-water reactor

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Med. battered woman (or wife) syndrome
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British Water Ski Federation

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Barbados Workers' Union

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b.w.v.

back water valve

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Music Bach Werke-Verzeichnis (German: Catalogue of Bach's Works; precedes the catalogue number of a work by J. S. Bach)

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British War Veterans of America

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bx

box

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US Air Force Base Exchange
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b.y.

billion years

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Barony

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international vehicle registrtion for Belarus
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BYDV

Microbiol. barley yellow dwarf virus

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Byelorussia(n)

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Bulawayo

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bring your own

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bring your own beer (booze, or bottle)

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bring your own girl

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byr

billion years

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Colloquial bright young things

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(USA ) Brigham Young University

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Byzantine

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Bz (or bz)

Chem. , symbol for benzene (in formulae)
• Chem. , symbol for benzoyl group (in formulae)

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BZ

international vehicle registration for Belize
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Chem. Belousov-Zhabotinskii (as in B-Z reaction )

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Chem. basic zirconium sulphate

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bzw.

beziehungsweise (German: respectively)

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c

symbol for centi- (prefix indicating 10-2, as in cm , centimetre)
• Physics charm (a quark flavour)
• Chem. , symbol for concentration
• Maths. , symbol for constant
• cubic (in cc , cubic centimetre)
• (ital.) Physics , symbol for specific heat capacity
• (ital.) Physics , symbol for speed of light in a vacuum
• indicating the third vertical row of squares from the left on a chessboard

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c.

canine (tooth)
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• chairman
• chairwoman
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• Med. cibus (Latin: meal)
• (ital.) circa (Latin: about; preceding a date)
• circiter (Latin: approximately)
• circum (Latin: around)
• city
• cloudy
• cold
• colt
• compound
• consul
• contra (Latin: against)
• contralto
• contrast
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• copy
• copyright
• coupon
• court
• cousin
• crowned
• Med. cum (Latin: with; in prescriptions)
• currency
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c/-

(Australia , New Zealand ) care of (in addresses)
• case
• coupon
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C

Geology Cambrian
• international civil aircraft marking for Canada
• (ital.) Physics , symbol for capacitance
• Chem. , symbol for carbon
• Geology Carboniferous
• (USA ) cargo transport (specifying a type of military aircraft, as in C-5 )
• Celsius (in °C , degree Celsius; formerly degree centigrade)
• Theatre centre (of stage)
• century
• (ital.) Physics , symbol for charm quantum number
• Colloquial cocaine
• cold (water)
• Parliamentary procedure Command Paper (prefix to serial number, 1870–99). See also under Cd; Cmd; Cmnd
• Companion (in British Orders of Chivalry)
• Immunol. , symbol for complement
• Immunol. constant region (of an immunoglobulin chain)
• (ital.) Physics , symbol for compliance
• Pharmacol. congius (Latin: gallon)
• Irish fishing port registration for Cork
• Botany , symbol for corolla (in a floral formula)
• Physics , symbol for coulomb
• crown (a standard paper size; see under C4; C8; C16; C32)
• international vehicle registration for Cuba
• Biochem. , symbol for cytidine
• Biochem. , symbol for cytosine
• (ital.) Physics , symbol for Euler number
• (ital.) Physics , symbol for heat capacity
• Roman numeral for hundred
• (ital.) Chem. , symbol for molecular concentration
• Computing , indicating a programming language (developed from B)
• indicating a musical note or key

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C. (or C)

Caesar
• caldo (Italian: hot)
• caliente (Spanish: hot)
• calle (Spanish: street)
• canon canto
• Cape (on maps)
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• catechism
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• chaud (French: hot)
• chief
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• contract
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• county
• coupon
• cross
• curacy
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C1

indicating supervisory, clerical (occupational grade)

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C2

airline flight code for Air Caribbean
• international civil aircraft marking for Nauru
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C3

indicating a low standard of physical fitness; hence inferior (originally a military grade)

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C4

Television Channel Four
• crown 4to (a standard paper size, 7½ × 10 in)

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C5

Television Channel Five
• international civil aircraft marking for Gambia

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C6

international civil aircraft marking for Bahamas

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C8

crown 8vo (a standard paper size, 5 × 7½ in)

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C9

international civil aircraft marking for Mozambique

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C16

crown 16mo (a standard paper size, 3 3/4 × 5 in)

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C32

crown 32mo (a standard paper size, 2 ½ × 3 1/4 in)

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3C

international civil aircraft marking for Equatorial Guinea

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ca.

Med. carcinoma
• Law cases
• centiare (unit of area)
• (ital.) circa (see under c.)

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c.a.

Commerce capital asset
• Engineering close annealed
• Music coll'arco (Italian: with the bow)
• Physics corriente alterna (Spanish: alternating current)
• Physics courant alternatif (French: alternating current)

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Ca

Chem. , symbol for calcium

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Ca.

Canada
• Canadian
• compagnia (Italian: company)

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Ca

companhia (Portuguese: company; Co.)
• compañia (Spanish: company; Co.)

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CA

airline flight code for Air China
• postcode for California
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• Chem. cellulose acetate
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C/A (or CA)

capital account
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CAA

Canadian Authors' Association
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CAAA

Canadian Association of Advertising Agencies

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CAADRP

civil aircraft airworthiness data recording program

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CAAE

Canadian Association of Adult Education

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CAAIS

computer-assisted action information systems

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CAAR

compressed-air accumulator rocket

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Commonwealth Advisory Aeronautical Research Council

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CAAT

(Canada ) College of Applied Arts and Technology
• Accounting computer-assisted audit technique

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CAAtt

Civil Air Attaché

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Central Association of Agricultural Valuers

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cab.

cabalistic
• cabin
• cabinet
• cable

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CAB

Canadian Association of Broadcasters
• Chem. cellulose acetate butyrate
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City and Borough Architects' Society

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CABEI (or Cabei)

Central American Bank for Economic Integration

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CABG

Med. coronary artery bypass graft(ing)

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Commonwealth of Australia Bureau of Meteorology

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Canadian Association of British Manufacturers and Agencies

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CABS

Med. coronary artery bypass surgery

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cabtmkr

cabinetmaker

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CAC

Canadian Armoured Corps
• Central Advisory Committee
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CACA

Canadian Agricultural Chemicals Association

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CAC&W

continental aircraft control and warning

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CACC

Civil Aviation Communications Centre
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CACD

computer-aided circuit design

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Centre for Advanced Computing and Decision Support

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Central Advisory Council for Education

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CACGP

Commission on Atmospheric Chemistry and Global Pollution

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CACM

Central Advisory Council for the Ministry
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CACSD

computer-aided control system design

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Canadian Association of College and University Libraries

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c-à-d

c'est-à-dire (French: that is to say)

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cad.

Med. cadaver
• Music cadenza
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Cádiz

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cash against documents
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• contract award date
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cadav.

Med. cadaver

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CADC

central air-data computer
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computer-aided design (or drawing), computer-aided manufacturing

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computer-aided drafting and design

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computer-assisted data evaluation

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Commutated Antenna Direction Finder

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(USA ) continental air defense integration north

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computer-aided design information system

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computer-aided design, manufacturing, and testing

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(USA ) central air documents office

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communications and data-processing operation

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computer-aided design system

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Astronomy Caelum

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Canadian Aviation Electronics
• cóbrese al entregar (Spanish: cash on delivery)
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County Agricultural Executive Committee

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(France ) Conseil d'assistance économique mutuelle (Council for Mutual Economic Aid; COMECON)

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Conservative Action for Electoral Reform

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Caern. (or Caerns)

Caernarvonshire (former Welsh county)

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Caesar

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CAES

compressed-air energy storage

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CAF

Med. cardiac assessment factor
• Central African Federation
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CAFBC

Chemical engineering circulating atmospheric fluidized bed combustion (process)

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(USA ) Corporate Average Fuel Economy (standard for minimum fuel consumption by cars)

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Commission on Asian and Far Eastern Affairs of the International Chamber of Commerce

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Combined Allied Forces Information Centre

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c.a.f.m.

commercial air freight movement

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Catholic Fund for Overseas Development

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CAFR

Accounting comprehensive annual financial report

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Computing content-addressable file system

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CAFU

civil aviation flying unit

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CAG

Canadian Association of Geographers
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(USA ) Compressed Air and Gas Institute

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civil (or commercial) advanced gas-cooled reactor

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(USA ) Certificate of Advanced Graduate Study

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CAH

Med. chronic active hepatitis
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Caithness (former Scottish county)
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CAI

Geology calcium-aluminium-rich inclusion
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CAIB

Certified Associate of the Institute of Bankers

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(USA ) Caribbean Air Command

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Computing (USA ) common APSE interface set (now replaced by CAIS-A )

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Central Association of Irish Schoolmistresses

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CAISSE

computer-aided information system on solar energy

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Caithness (former Scottish county)

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cal

symbol for calorie

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cal.

(ital.) Music calando (Italian: calming)
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symbol for kilocalorie (or Calorie)

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Cal.

Calcutta
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computer-aided (or -assisted) learning
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Civil Aviation (Licensing) Act

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CALANS

Caribbean and Latin American News Service

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calc.

calculate(d)
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Calcutta

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Calçada (Portuguese: street)

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cald

calculated

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Canadian Army Liaison Executive

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calg

calculating

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(Canada ) Calgary

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calibr.

calibrate
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California

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(Scotland ) Caledonian MacBrayne (ferry company)

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caln

calculation

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Canadian Air Line Pilots' Association

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computer-aided (acquisition and) logistics support

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California Institute of Technology

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Calvin(ism)

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cam.

camber
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Cam

Astronomy Camelopardalis

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Cam.

Cambodia(n)
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• Cambridge
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CAM

international vehicle registration for Cameroon
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• communication, advertising, and marketing (as in CAM Foundation )
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CAMA

Civil Aerospace Medical Association

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CAMAL ('kæml)

continuous airborne missile-launched and low-level system

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Cambrian
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Cambridgeshire

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Canadian Army Medical Corps

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CAMD

Chem. computer-aided molecular design

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Car and Motorcycle Drivers' Association

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CAMDS

Military chemical agent munitions disposal system

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CAMM

computer-aided (or -assisted) maintenance management

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cAMP

Biochem. cyclic AMP (adenosine 3'-5'-phosphate)

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CAMRA ('kæmr)

Campaign for Real Ale

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CAMRIC ('kæmrk)

Campaign for Real Ice Cream

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CAMS

Certificate of Advanced Musical Study
• Chem. collision activation mass spectrum
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CaMV

Microbiol. cauliflower mosaic virus

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Central Association for Mental Welfare

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can.

canal
• cancel
• cannon
• Music canon
• canto
• canton

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Can.

Canada
• Canadian
• Canberra
• Ecclesiast. Canon(ry)
• Cantoris (Latin: the place of the cantor; indicating the side of a choir where the precentor sits, usually the north side)

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CAN

Chem. ceric ammonium nitrate
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Canad.

Canada
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canc.

cancellation
• cancelled

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Canc.

Cancellarius (Latin: Chancellor)

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CANCIRCO (kæn's:k)

Cancer International Research Cooperative

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cand.

candidate

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c & b

Cricket caught and bowled (by)

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carpets and curtains

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collection and delivery

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cost and freight

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City and Guilds

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cost and insurance

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commerce and industry
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care and maintenance

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carriage and packing
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CANDU ('kændju:)

Canadian Deuterium Uranium Reactor

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country and western (music)

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caution and warning (system) check

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CANEL

(USA ) Connecticut Advanced Nuclear Engineering Laboratory

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Canadian French

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Canary Islands

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CANO

Chief Area Nursing Officer

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Can. Pac.

Canadian Pacific

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Civil Aviation Navigational Services Group

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cant.

cantilever

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Cant.

Canterbury
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Cantab. (kæn'tæb)

Cantabrigiensis (Latin: of Cambridge; used with academic awards)

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canton.

Military cantonment

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CANTRAN ('kæn,træn)

cancel in transmission

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Cantuar. ('kæntj,:)

Cantuariensis (Latin: (Archbishop) of Canterbury)

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CANUS

Military Canada-United States

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canv.

canvas

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CAO

Chief Accountant Officer
• Chief Administrative Officer
• County Advisory Officer
• County Agricultural Officer
• Crimean Astrophysical Observatory

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CAORB

Civil Aviation Operational Research Branch

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CAORG

Canadian Army Operational Research Group

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CAOT

Canadian Association of Occupational Therapy

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cap.

capacity
• Med. capiat (Latin: let him (or her) take; in prescriptions)
• capital
• capitalize
• capital letter
• capitulum or caput (Latin: chapter or heading)
• foolscap

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c.a.p.

(Italy ) codice di avviamento postale (postcode number)

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Cap

Astronomy Capricornus

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Cap.

Captain

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CAP

Canadian Association of Physicists
• Genetics catabolite activator protein
• (USA ) civil air patrol
• Code of Advertising Practice
• College of American Pathologists
• (USA ) combat air patrol
• Common Agricultural Policy (in the EU)
• (USA ) Community Action Program
• computer-aided planning
• computer-aided production

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CAPA

Canadian Association of Purchasing Agents

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CAPAC

Composers', Authors', and Publishers' Association of Canada

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CAPCOM ('kæp,km)

capsule communicator (in NASA)

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CAPD

Med. continuous ambulant peritoneal dialysis

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CAPE

Clifton Assessment Procedures for the Elderly

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CAPM

Accounting capital asset pricing model
• computer-aided production management

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Capn

Captain

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CAPO

Canadian Army Post Office
• Chief Administrative Pharmaceutical Officer

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CAPP

computer-aided process planning

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Capric.

Capricorn

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caps.

capital letters
• capsule

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CAPS

(USA ) Center for Analysis of Particle Scattering

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capt.

caption

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Capt.

Captain

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car.

carat

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c.a.r.

compounded annual rate (of interest)

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Car

Astronomy Carina

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Car.

Carlow

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CAR

Canadian Association of Radiologists
• Central African Republic
• Civil Air Regulations
• Aeronautics cloudtop altitude radiometer
• Chemical engineering coal-alkali reagent
• Nuclear physics collisionally activated reaction
• (ital.) (Australia ) Commonwealth Arbitration Reports
• Finance compound annual return (or rate)
• computer-assisted retrieval
• Computing contents of address register

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CARA

combat air rescue aircraft

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CARAC

Civil Aviation Radio Advisory Committee

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carb.

Chem. carbon
• Chem. carbonate

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CARB

California Air Resources Board

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card.

Maths. , Logic cardinal

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Card.

RC Church Cardinal

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CARD (k:d)

Campaign Against Racial Discrimination
• compact automatic retrieval device
• computer-augmented road design

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CARDE

Canadian Armament Research and Development Establishment

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cards

Cardiganshire (former Welsh county; now called Ceredigion)

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CARE (k)

Christian Action for Research and Education
• Psychiatry communicated authenticity, regard, empathy
• computer-aided risk evaluation
• continuous aircraft reliability evaluation
• Cooperative for American Relief Everywhere
• Cottage and Rural Enterprises

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CAREC ('kærk)

Caribbean Epidemiology Centre

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Carib.

Caribbean

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CARIBANK ('kær,bæk)

Caribbean Investment Bank

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CARICAD ('kær,kæd)

Caribbean Centre for Administration Development

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CARICOM ('kær,km)

Caribbean Community and Common Market

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CARIFTA (kæ'rft)

Caribbean Free Trade Area

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Carliol ('k:lil)

Carlioliensis (Latin: (Bishop) of Carlisle)

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Carms

Carmarthenshire

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carn.

carnival

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Carns

Caernarvonshire (former Welsh county)

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carp.

Carpenter
• carpentry

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Carp.

Carpathian mountains

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carr. fwd

Commerce carriage forward

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CARS (k:z)

Canadian Arthritis and Rheumatism Society
• Physics coherent anti-Stokes Raman spectroscopy

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cart.

cartage

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CART

collision avoidance radar trainer

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Carth.

Carthage

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cartog.

cartographer
• cartography

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cas.

castle
• casual
• casualty

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Cas

Astronomy Cassiopeia

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CAS

Cambridge Antiquarian Society
• (Guyana ) Carib Advertising Services
• Chem. cationic and ampholytic surfactants
• Centre for Administrative Studies
• CERN Accelerator School
• (USA ) Certificate of Advanced Studies
• Chemical Abstracts Service
• Chief of Air Staff
• Children' Aid Society
• close air support
• Aeronautics collision avoidance system
• controlled airspace
• Med. coronary arterial stenosis
• Physics criticality alarm system
• Fellow of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences (Latin Connecticutensis Academiae Socius)

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ca. sa. (ke se)

Law capias ad satisfaciendum (a writ of execution)

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CA(SA)

Chartered Accountant (South Africa)

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CASA

(USA ) Coal Advisory Service Association
• Contemporary Art Society of Australia

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CASAC

(USA ) Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee

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CASB

captured anaerobic sludge bed

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CASE

Centre for Advanced Studies in Environment (of the Architecture Association)
• (USA ) Committee on Academic Science and Engineering
• computer-aided (or -assisted) software (or system) engineering
• Confederation for the Advancement of State Education
• Cooperative Awards in Science and Engineering

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casevac ('kæs,væk)

Military casualty evacuation

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cash.

cashier

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CASI

Canadian Aeronautics and Space Institute

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CASIG

Careers Advisory Service in Industry for Girls

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CASLE

Commonwealth Association of Surveying and Land Economy

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Caspar (or CASPAR) ('kæsp:)

Physics Cambridge analog simulator for predicting atomic reactions

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Cast.

Castile
• Castilian

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CAST

Consolidated African Selection Trust

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CASTE

Civil Aviation Signals Training Establishment

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CASU

Cooperative Association of Suez Canal Users

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CASW

(USA ) Council for the Advancement of Scientific Writing

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cat.

catalogue
• catamaran
• Med. cataplasm (a poultice)
• catapult
• Christianity catechism
• category
• caterpillar tractor
• cattle

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Cat.

Catalan
• Catholic
• Catullus (?84–?54 BC, Roman poet)

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CAT

Centre for Alternative Technology
• Psychol. Children' Apperception Test
• Genetics chloramphenicol acetyl transferase (as in CAT assay )
• Civil Air Transport
• cleanup and treatment
• Aeronautics clear-air turbulence
• College of Advanced Technology
• compressed-air tunnel
• computer-aided (or assisted) teaching
• computer-aided (or assisted) testing
• computer-aided (or assisted) trading
• computer-aided (or assisted) training
• computer-aided (or assisted) translation
• computer-aided (or assisted) typesetting
• (kæt) Med. computerized axial (or computer-assisted) tomography

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Cata ('kæt)

Commonwealth Association of Tax Administrators

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catachr.

catachrestic

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Catal.

Catalan

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CATC

Commonwealth Air Transport Commission

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CATCC

Canadian Association of Textile Colorists and Chemists

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cath.

cathode

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Cath.

Cathedral
• Catholic
• St Catherine' College, Oxford

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CATI

computer-assisted telephone interviewing

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c.atk

counterattack

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CATOR

Combined Air Transport Operations Room

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CATRA

Cutlery and Allied Trades Research Association

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CATS

Education credit accumulation transfer scheme

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CATU

Ceramic and Allied Trade Union

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CATV

cable television
• community antenna television

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caus.

causation
• causative

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cav.

cavalier
• Law caveat

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Cav.

Cavaliere (Italian: Knight)
• (or cav.) cavalry

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CAV

constant air-volume (control system)
• Computing constant angular velocity
• (or c.a.v.) Law curia advisari vult (Latin: the court wishes to consider it; used in law reports when the judgment was given after the hearing)
• Med. cyclophosphamide, adriamycin, and vincristine (in chemotherapy)

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CAVD

Psychol. Completion, Arithmetic Problems, Vocabulary, following Directions (intelligence test)

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CAVI

Centre audio-visuel international (French: International Audio-Visual Centre)

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CAWU

Clerical and Administrative Workers' Union (later amalgamated with APEX, now part of GMB)

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Cay.

Cayenne
• Cayman Islands

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c.b.

cash book
• cast brass
• centre of buoyancy (of a boat, etc.)
• circuit breaker
• compass bearing
• continuous breakdown

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c/b

Cricket caught and bowled

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Cb

Chem. , symbol for columbium
• (ital.) Meteorol. cumulonimbus

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CB

postcode for Cambridge
• Cape Breton (Canada )
• carbon black
• carte blanche
• cavalry brigade
• (USA ) Census Bureau
• Theatre centre back (of stage)
• chemical and biological (weapons or warfare)
• Chief Baron
• Chem. chlorobromo-methane (used for fire extinction)
• Radio Citizens' Band
• Coal Board
• Law Common Bench
• Companion of the (Order of the) Bath
• Physics conduction band
• Navy confidential book
• confined to barracks
• Military construction battalion
• cost benefit
• county borough
• Chem. covalent bonding
• currency bond
• British vehicle registration for Manchester
• airline flight code for Suckling Airways

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CBA

Physics colliding-beam accelerator
• Commercial Bank of Australia
• Commonwealth Broadcasting Association
• (USA ) Community Broadcasters' Association
• cost benefit analysis
• Council for British Archaeology

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CBAA

Canadian Business Aircraft Association

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CB & PGNCS

circuit breaker and primary guidance navigation control system

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CBAT

(USA ) College Board Achievement Test

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CBB

Campaign for Better Broadcasting

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CBBC

Children's BBC

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CBC

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
• Caribbean Broadcasting Company
• (USA ) Children' Book Council
• (Australia ) Christian Brothers' College
• Computing cipher block chaining
• (or c.b.c.) Med. complete blood count
• County Borough Council

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CBCRL

Cape Breton Coal Research Laboratory

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CBCS

(Australia ) Commonwealth Bureau of Census and Statistics

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CBD

cash before delivery
• central business district
• Anatomy common bile duct

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CBDC

Cape Breton Development Corporation

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CBE

chemical, biological, and environmental
• Commander of the Order of the British Empire
• Council for Basic Education

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CBED

Physics convergent-beam electron diffraction

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CBEL

Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature

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CBEVE

Central Bureau for Educational Visits and Exchanges

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CBF

Central Board of Finance
• Med. cerebral blood flow

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CBG

Biochem. corticosteroid-binding (or cortisol-binding) globulin

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c.b.i.

complete background investigation

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CBI

Cape Breton Island
• (USA ) Central Bureau of Identification
• computer-based information
• computer-based instruction
• Confederation of British Industry
• (USA ) Cumulative Book Index

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CBIM

Companion of the British Institute of Management

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CBiol

Chartered Biologist

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CBIS

computer-based information system

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CBIV

computer-based interactive videodisc

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CBJO

Coordinating Board of Jewish Organizations

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cbk

cheque book

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cbl.

cable

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c.b.l.

commercial bill of lading

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CBL

computer-based learning
• Meteorol. convective boundary layer

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CBM

Californian Business Machines
• Chem. carbon-bond mechanism
• confidence building measure
• conveyor belt monitor (or monitoring)

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CBMIS

computer-based management information system

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CBMM

Council of Building Materials Manufacturers

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CBMPE

Council of British Manufacturers of Petroleum Equipment

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CBMS

(USA ) Conference Board of Mathematical Sciences

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C-BN

Chem. cubic boron nitride

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CBNM

(USA ) Central Bureau for Nuclear Measurements

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CBNS

Commander British Navy Staff

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Cbo

Colombo (Sri Lanka)

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CBO

Conference of Baltic Oceanographers
• (USA ) Congressional Budget Office
• Counter-Battery Officer

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CBOE

Chicago Board of Options Exchange

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C-bomb

cobalt bomb

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CBOT

Chicago Board of Trade

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CBPC

Canadian Book Publishers' Council

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CBQ

civilian bachelor quarters

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CBR

(USA ) Center for Brain Research
• chemical, bacteriological, and radiation (weapons or warfare)
• Aeronautics cloud base recorder
• Immunol. complement-binding reaction
• Computing constant bit rate
• Astronomy cosmic background radiation
• crude birth rate

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CBRI

(India ) Central Building Research Institute

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CBS

Canadian Biochemical Society
• (Netherlands ) Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek (Central Statistical Bureau)
• Church Building Society
• Med. citrate-buffered saline
• Computing close binary system
• Physics coherent Bremsstrahlungradiation spectrum (or spectra)
• (USA ) Columbia Broadcasting System
• Med. computerized bone scanning
• RC Church Confraternity of the Blessed Sacrament

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CBSA

Clay Bird Shooting Association

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CBSI

Chartered Building Societies Institute

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CBSM

conveyor-belt service machine

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CBSO

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

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CBT

Chicago Board of Trade
• computer-based teaching (or training)
• Physics conduction-band tail

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c.b.u.

clustered bomb unit
• (or CBU) Commerce completely built-up (of goods for immediate use)

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CBV

Med. cerebral blood volume

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CBW

chemical and biological warfare

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CBWA

Physics counterstreaming electron-beam beta-wave accelerator

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CBX

company branch (telephone) exchange

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CBZ

Chem. carbobenzyloxy
• coastal boundary zone

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cc

carbon copy (or copies)
• cruise control (in motor advertisements)
• cubic centimetre(s)

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cc.

centuries
• chapters

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c.c.

carbon copy (or copies)
• cash credit
• change course
• chronometer correction
• close control
• colour code
• (or c/c) compte courant (French: current account)
• (or c/c) conto corrente (Italian: current account)
• contra credit
• Physics courant continu (French: direct current)
• cubic centimetre(s)

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Cc

(ital.) Meteorol. cirrocumulus

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CC

British vehicle registration for Bangor
• Caius College (Cambridge )
• Cape Colony
• Caribbean Commission
• central committee
• Chamber of Commerce
• Charity Commission
• chess club
• Chief Clerk
• international civil aircraft marking for Chile
• circuit court
• City Council
• City Councillor
• civil commotion
• civil court
• Physics close coupling
• closed circuit (transmission)
• collision course
• colour centre
• Photog. colour correction (or conversion; as in CC filter )
• community council
• Genetics compact chromosome
• Companion of the Order of Canada
• company commander
• Electronics compensating current
• computer code
• concave
• Military confined to camp
• Consular Clerk
• Commerce continuation clause
• control computer
• Med. corpus callosum
• Med. corpus cardiacum
• Physics correction coil
• Physics corriente continua (Spanish: direct current)
• Biology Coulter counter
• Countryside Commission
• County Clerk
• County Commissioner
• County Council
• County Councillor
• County Court
• Electronics coupled channel
• credit card
• cricket club
• croquet club
• Crown Clerk
• cruise control (in motor advertisements)
• cruising club
• Curate in Charge
• cushion craft
• cycling club

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C/C

cruise control (in motor advertisements)

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C-C

Chem. carbon-carbon (as in C-C bond )

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CCA

Canadian Construction Association
• US Navy carrier-controlled approach
• Chief Clerk of the Admiralty
• Chem. chromated copper arsenate
• (USA ) Circuit Court of Appeals
• Med. common carotid artery
• Commonwealth Correspondents' Association
• (USA ) Consumer' Cooperative Association
• continental control area
• (USA ) Council for Colored Affairs
• County Councils' Association
• (USA ) County Court of Appeals
• current-cost accounting

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CCAB

Canadian Circulations Audit Board
• Consultative Committee of Accountancy Bodies

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CCAFS

(USA ) Cape Canaveral Air Force Station

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CCAHC

Central Council for Agricultural and Horticultural Cooperation

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CCAM

Canadian Congress of Applied Mechanics

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CCAMLR

Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources

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c.c.b.

cubic capacity of bunkers

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CCB

(South Africa ) Civil Cooperation Bureau

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CCBI

Council of Churches for Great Britain and Ireland

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CCBN

Central Council for British Naturism

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CCBW

Committee on Chemical and Biological Warfare

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c.c.c.

cwmni cyfyngedig cyhoeddus (Welsh: public limited company; plc)

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CCC

Canadian Chamber of Commerce
• Central Control Commission
• Central Criminal Court
• (USA ) Chemical Control Corporation
• Christ' College, Cambridge
• (USA ) Civilian Conservation Corps
• Club Cricket Conference
• Commodity Credit Corporation
• Conseil de coopération culturelle (French: European Council for Cultural Cooperation)
• Corpus Christi College (Oxford or Cambridge)
• Council for the Care of Churches
• County Cricket Club
• cross-country club
• Physics cryogenic current comparator
• Customs Cooperation Council

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CCCA

Cocoa, Chocolate, and Confectionery Alliance
• Corps Commander, Coast Artillery

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CCCC

Corpus Christi College, Cambridge

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CCCI

Military command, control, communications, and intelligence

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CCCM

Central Committee for Community Medicine

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CCCO

Committee on Climatic Changes and the Ocean

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CCCP

Soyuz Sovietskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Respublik (Russian: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics)

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CCCS

Commonwealth and Continental Church Society

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CCD

Central Council for the Disabled
• Electronics charged-coupled device
• Conseil de coopération douanière (French: Customs Cooperation Council)

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CCDA

(USA ) Commercial Chemical Development Association

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CCE

Chem. carbon-chloroform extract
• Chartered Civil Engineer
• compound-cycle engine
• Conseil des communes d'Europe (French: Council of European Municipalities)
• (USA ) Council of Construction Employers
• Electronics current-carrying element
• Accounting current cash equivalent

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c.c.e.i.

composite cost effectiveness index

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CCES

Physics cold-cathode discharge induced emission spectroscopy

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CCETSW

Central Council for Education and Training in Social Work

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CCETT

(France ) Centre commun d'études de télédiffusion et de télécommunications (national TV and telecommunications research centre)

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CCF

central computing facility
• Combined Cadet Force
• common-cause failure
• Common Cold Foundation
• concentrated complete fertilizer
• Med. congestive cardiac failure
• (Canada ) Cooperative Commonwealth Federation
• Statistics cross-correlation function

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CCFA

Combined Cadet Force Association

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CCFD

Statistics complementary cumulative frequency distribution

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CCFL

Electronics counter-current flow limit

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CCFM

Combined Cadet Forces Medal

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CCFP

Certificate of the College of Family Physicians

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CCG

Control Commission for Germany

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CCGB

Cycling Council of Great Britain

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c.c.h.

commercial clearing house
• cubic capacity of holds

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CCHE

Central Council for Health Education

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CChem

Chartered Chemist

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CCHF

Children's Country Holidays Fund

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CCHMS

Central Committee for Hospital Medical Services

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CCI

Calculated Cetane Index
• Chambre de commerce internationale (French: International Chamber of Commerce)

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CCIA

Commission of the Churches on International Affairs
• (USA ) Consumer Credit Insurance Association

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CCIC

Comité consultatif international du coton (French: International Cotton Advisory Committee)

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CCIR

Catholic Council for International Relations
• Comité consultatif international des radiocommunications (French: International Radio Consultative Committee)

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CCIS

command control information system

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CCITT

Comité consultatif international télégraphique et téléphonique (French: International Telegraph and Telephone Consultative Committee)

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CCJ

Circuit Court Judge
• Council of Christians and Jews
• County Court Judge
• Med. cranio-cervical junction

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CCJO

Consultative Council of Jewish Organizations

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CCK

Biochem. cholecystokinin

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CCL

Canadian Congress of Labour
• (USA ) commodity control list
• Physics coupled-cavity linac

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C.Cls

(USA ) Court of Claims

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CCM

Med. caffeine clearance measurement
• Physics constant current modulation
• Physics controlled carrier modulation

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CCMA

Canadian Council of Management Association
• Commander, Corps Medium Artillery
• Contract Cleaning and Maintenance Association

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CCMD

(USA ) Carnegie Committee for Music and Drama
• Physics continuous-current monitoring device

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CCMS

Committee on the Challenge of Modern Society (in NATO)

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CCN

Meteorol. cloud condensation nuclei
• command control number
• contract change notice (or notification)

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CCNDT

Canadian Council for Non-Destructive Technology

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CCNR

Consultative Committee for Nuclear Research (in the Council of Europe)

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CCNSC

(USA ) Cancer Chemotherapy National Service Center

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CCNY

Carnegie Corporation of New York
• City College of the City University of New York

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CCO

Central Coding Office
• Physics current-controlled oscillator

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CCOA

County Court Officers' Association

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CCOFI

California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations

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CCOP

Chemical engineering Carnot coefficient of performance
• Chem. chlorine-catalysed oxidative pyrolysis

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c.c.p.

credit-card purchase
• Crystallog. cubic close-packed

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CCP

Chinese Communist Party
• Code of Civil Procedure
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Canadian Council of Professional Engineers

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Comité central de la propriété forestière de la CE (French: Central Committee on Forest Property for the EU)

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Cyanamid Canada Pipeline Inc

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China Committee for the Promotion of International Trade

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(USA ) Computer Center Program Library

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Comité central permanent de l'opium (French: Permanent Central Opium Board)

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Central Council of Physical Recreation

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Consultative Committee for Postal Studies

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CCR

cassette camera recorder
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Commander Corps of Royal Artillery

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Commander Corps of Royal Engineers

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Commander Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers

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Commander Corps of Royal Signals

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(USA ) Common Cold Research Unit

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CCS

Computing calculus of communicating systems
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Canadian Committee on Sugar Analysis

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Coordinating Council of South African Trade Unions

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Computing coupled-cluster single and double

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computer-controlled scanning electron microscopy

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centrifugally cast stainless steel

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(USA ) Center for Computer Sciences and Technology

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Council of Civil Service Unions

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CCT

Med. cerebral circulation time
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CCTA

Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency
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CCTG

constant concentration tracer gas (system)

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CCTR

Nuclear physics cassette compact toroid reactor

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CCTS

(USA ) Canaveral Council of Technical Societies
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closed-circuit television

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Med. coronary care unit

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Chamber of Commerce of the United States

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Aeronautics control-configured vehicle

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ccw.

counterclockwise

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CCW

Nuclear physics component cooling water
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Nuclear physics component cooling water system

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cd

Physics , symbol for candela
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Book-keeping carried down
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Chem. , symbol for cadmium
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British vehicle registration for Brighton
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C/D

consular declaration
• customs declaration

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CDA

Canadian Dental Association
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CDAAA

Committee to Defend America by Aiding the Allies

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CD&G

compact disc and graphics

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Cd Armn

Commissioned Airman

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CDAS

Civil Defence Ambulance Service

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Cd B

Commissioned Boatswain

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CDB

Computing comprehensive database

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cdbd

cardboard

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Cd Bndr

Commissioned Bandmaster

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CDC

Canada Development Corporation
• canister decontamination cell (or chamber)
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• Commissioners of the District of Columbia
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Cd CO

Commissioned Communication Officer

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Cd Con

Commissioned Constructor

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CDD

(USA ) certificate of disability for discharge
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• Chem. chlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxin

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CDDI

Computing copper distributed data interface

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CDE

chemical defence ensemble
• (or CD-E) compact disc erasable
• Conference on Confidence- and Security-Building and Disarmament in Europe (as in CDE treaty )

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CDEE

Chemical Defence Experimental Establishment

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C de G

Croix de Guerre (French military decoration)

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CDEM

crop disease environment monitor

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Cd Eng

Commissioned Engineer

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c.d.f.

Statistics cumulative distribution function

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CDF

Computing central database facility
• Collider Detector at Fermilab
• Nuclear physics core-damage frequency

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CDFC

Commonwealth Development Finance Company

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cd fwd

Book-keeping carried forward

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Cdg.

Cardigan
• Cardiganshire (former Welsh county)

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Cd Gr

Commissioned Gunner

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CDH

College Diploma in Horticulture
• Med. congenital dislocation of the hip

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CDHS

California Department of Health Services

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CDI (or CD-I)

compact-disc interactive

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CDIC

(USA ) Carbon Dioxide Information Center

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CDIF

Computing CASE data interchange format

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Cd In O

Commissioned Instructor Officer

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CDipAF

Certified Diploma in Accounting and Finance

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c. div.

Finance cum dividend (i.e. with dividend)

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Cdl

Cardinal

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Central Dockyard Laboratory (in the Ministry of Defence)
• central door locking (in motor advertisements)
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CDLD

chronic diffuse liver disease

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CDM

Astronomy cold dark matter (as in CDM theory )
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Cd MAA

Commissioned Master-at-Arms

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CD-Mo

compact disc magneto optical

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Cdn

Canadian

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CDN

international vehicle registration for Canada
• (ital.) Chicago Daily News

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cDNA

Biochem. complementary DNA

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Cdo

Commando

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Cd O

Commissioned Officer

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Commissioned Observer

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Commissioned Ordnance Engineer

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CDOI

Colorado Department of Institutions

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Cd OO

Commissioned Ordnance Officer

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CDOS ('si:,ds)

Computing concurrent disc operating system

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CDP

Biochem. collagenase-digestible protein
• Committee of Directors of Polytechnics
• Physical chem. condensed dispersed phase
• Biochem. cytidine 5'-diphosphate

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CDPE

continental daily parcels express

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CDPS

Computing compound document protocol specification

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Cdr

Military Commander
• Conductor

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CDR

carbon dioxide research
• (Cuba ) Committees for the Defence of the Revolution
• (or CD-R) compact-disc recordable
• Computing contents of decrement register
• critical design review
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CDRA

Committee of Directors of Research Associations

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Cd Rad O

Commissioned Radio Officer

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CDRB

Canadian Defence Research Board

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CDRC

Civil Defence Regional Commissioner

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CDRD

(USA ) Carbon Dioxide Research Division

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Cdre

Military Commodore

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CDRF

Canadian Dental Research Foundation

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CDRH

(USA ) Center for Devices and Radiological Health

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CDRI

(India ) Central Drug Research Institute

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CD-ROM (,si:,di:'rm)

Computing compact disc read-only memory

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Computing CD-ROM extended architecture

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CDRS

Civil Defence Rescue Service

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CDS

Chief of the Defence Staff
• Civil Defence Services
• Physics coded Doppler sonography

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CDSE

computer-driver simulation environment

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Cd Sh

Commissioned Shipwright

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Cd SO

Commissioned Stores Officer
• Commissioned Supply Officer

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CDSO

Companion of the Distinguished Service Order

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Cdt

Cadet
• Commandant

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CDT

Carnegie Dunfermline Trust
• (USA and Canada ) Central Daylight Time
• Craft, Design, and Technology (a subject on the GCSE syllabus)

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CDTA

Chem. 1, 2-cyclohexylenedinitro-tetraacetic acid

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Cdt Mid

Cadet Midshipman

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CDTV

Computing Commodore Dynamic Total Vision
• compact-disc television

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CDU

Christlich-Demokratische Union (Christian Democratic Union; German political party)

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CDUCE

Christian Democratic Union of Central Europe

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c.d.v.

carte-de-visite (French: visiting card)

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CDV

CD-video (compact-disc player)
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• current domestic value

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c.d.w.

chilled (or cold) drinking water

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CDW

Physics charge density wave
• (USA ) collision damage waiver (in car insurance)
• Physics continuum distorted wave

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CD-Wo

compact disc write once

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Cd Wdr

Commissioned Wardmaster

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CDWR

California Department of Water Resources

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CDWS

Civil Defence Wardens' Service

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Cdz

Cádiz

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c.e.

Law caveat emptor (Latin: let the buyer beware)
• compass error
• critical examination

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Ce

Chem. , symbol for cerium

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CE

Canada East
• carbon equivalent
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• (small caps.) Christian Era (following a date)
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• Computing circular error
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• British fishing port registration for Coleraine
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• (USA ) Combustion Engineering (Inc.)
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• Communauté européenne (French: European Community)
• community education (as in CE Centre )
• compression engine
• Computing computing efficiency
• contrastenhanced (of picture images)
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• Council of Europe
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• British vehicle registration for Peterborough

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CEA

Canadian Electrical Association
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• Comité européen des assurances (French: European Insurance Committee)
• Commerce commodity exchange authority
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• Conference of Educational Associations
• control electronics assembly
• (USA ) Council of Economic Advisers
• Council of Educational Advance

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CEAA

(USA ) Center for Editions of American Authors
• Council of European-American Associations

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CEAC

(USA ) Citizens Energy Advisory Committee
• Commission européenne de l'aviation civile (French: European Civil Aviation Commission)

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CEB

Central Electricity Board

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CEBAR ('si:ba:)

chemical, biological, radiological warfare

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CEC

California Energy Commission
• Canadian Electrical Code (of standardization)
• Catholic Education Council
• Chem. cation exchange capacity
• Church Education Corporation
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• Clothing Export Council
• Commission of the European Communities
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• Community Education Centre
• Council for Exceptional Children

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CECA

Communauté européenne du charbon et de l'acier (French: European Coal and Steel Community)

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Confédération européenne du commerce de détail (French: European Confederation of Retail Trades)

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Committee for European Construction Equipment

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Consumers in the European Community Group

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CECLES

Conseil européen pour la construction de lanceurs d'engins spatiaux (French: European Launching Development Organization)

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CECS

Church of England Children' Society
• civil engineering computing system
• Communications Electronics Coordination Section

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CED

Committee for Economic Development
• computer entry device
• (USA ) Council for Economic Development

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Committee for Economic Development of Australia

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CEDAR ('si:d)

coupling, energetics, and dynamics of atmospheric regions

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CEDEL

Centrale de Livraison de Valeurs Mobilières (French; eurobond settlement service in Luxembourg)

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Centre européen de documentation et d'information (French: European Documentation and Information Centre)

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Church Estates Development and Improvement Company

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Centre for Educational Development Overseas

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CEDR ('si:d)

Centre for Dispute Resolution

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CEE

Central Engineering Establishment
• Certificate of Extended Education
• Commission économique pour l'Europe (French: Economic Commission for Europe)
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• Common Entrance Examination
• Communauté économique européenne (French: European Economic Community)
• Council of Environment Education

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Communauté européenne de l'énergie atomique (French: European Atomic Energy Community)

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(USA ) College Entrance Examination Board

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Council for European Economic Cooperation

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Centre for Economic and Environment Development

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CEEL (si:l)

Physical chem. core electron energy loss

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Centre européen d'études de population (French: European Centre for Population Studies)

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Canadian Expeditionary Force
• Chinese Expeditionary Force
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Central European Free Trade Area

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(India ) Central Food Technological Research Institute

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(France ) collège d'enseignement général (college of general education)

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Central Electricity Generating Board

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Church of England Girls' Grammar School

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Church of England Grammar School

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CEI

(Switzerland ) Centre d'études industrielles (French: Centre for Industrial Studies)
• Commission électrotechnique internationale (French: International Electrotechnical Commission)
• communications-electronics instructions
• cost-effectiveness index
• Council of Engineering Institutions

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CEIF

Council of European Industrial Federations

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CEIR

Corporation for Economic and Industrial Research

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cel.

celebrate(d)
• celebration
• celery
• Music celesta
• celibate

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Cel. (or Cels.)

Celsius

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CEL

(USA ) Constitutional Educational League

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Council for Exports to Latin America

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CELC

Commonwealth Education Liaison Committee

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CELEX

Communitatis Europeae Lex (Latin: European Community Law; a computerized documentation system for community law)

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Conference of Editors of Learned Journals

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CELSS

controlled ecological life-support system

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Celt.

Celtic

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cem.

cement
• cemetery

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CEM

Companhia Electricidade de Macáu (Portuguese: Electricity Company of Macao)
• Physics continuous emission monitoring
• cost and effectiveness method
• Chem. coulomb explosion method
• Astronautics crew-escape module

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CEMA

Canadian Electrical Manufacturers' Association
• Catering Equipment Manufacturers' Association
• (USA ) Conveyor Equipment Manufacturers' Association
• Council for Economic Mutual Assistance
• Council for the Encouragement of Music and the Arts

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CEMAC

Committee of European Associations of Manufacturers of Active Electronic Components
• Communauté économique et monétaire de l'afrique central (French: Central African Economic and Monetary Community)

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Commission européenne des méthodes d'analyse des pesticides (French: Collaborative Pesticides Analytical Committee)

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Electronics counter-electromotive force

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Centro de Estudios Monetarios Latino-Americanos (Spanish: Latin-American Centre for Monetary Studies)

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Council of European Municipalities and Regions

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CEMS

Church of England Men's Society
• Chem. conversion electron Mössbauer spectroscopy

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cen.

central
• centre
• century

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Cen

Astronomy Centaurus

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CEN ('sn)

Comité européen de normalisation (French: European Standardization Committee)

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CEND

Civil Engineers for Nuclear Disarmament
• Physics Compton-emission neutron detector

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CENEL

European Electrical Standards Coordinating Committee

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CENELEC ('sn,lk)

Comité européen normalisation électrotechnique (French: European Electrotechnical Standardization Committee)

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CEng

Chartered Engineer

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cens.

censor(ship)

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cent.

Currency centavo
• Currency centesimo
• centigrade
• centime
• central
• centrifugal
• centum (Latin: hundred)
• century

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CENTAG ('sntæg)

Central (European) Army Group (in NATO)

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centig.

centigrade

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CENTO (or Cento) ('snt)

Central Treaty Organization

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CEO

Chief Education Officer
• Chief Executive Officer
• Confederation of Employee Organizations

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CEOA

Central European Operating Agency (in NATO)

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Cep

Astronomy Cepheus

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CEP

Computing circular error probability

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CEPCEO

Comité d'études des producteurs de charbon d'Europe occidentale (French: Western European Coal Producers' Association)

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CEPES

Comité européen pour le progrès économique et social (French: European Committee for Economic and Social Progress)

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CEPIS

Council of European Professional Informatics Societies

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CEPO

Central European Pipeline Office

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CEPS

Central European Pipeline System
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CEPT

Conférence européenne des administrations des postes et des télécommunications (French: European Conference of Postal and Telecommunications Administrations)

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CEQ

(USA ) Council on Environmental Quality

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CEQA

(USA ) California Environmental Quality Act

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cer. (or ceram.)

ceramic

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CER

carbon dioxide exchange (or evolution) rate
• Physics ceramic electrochemical reactor
• Electronics charge-exchange recombination
• (Australia and New Zealand ) Closer Economic Relations

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CERC

(USA ) Center for Energy Research Computation

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CERCA

Commonwealth and Empire Radio for Civil Aviation

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CERCLA ('s:kl)

(USA ) Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act

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Cerdip ('s:,dp)

Computing ceramic dual in-line package

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CERES ('sri:z)

(USA ) Coalition for Environmentally Responsible Economies

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CERG

Politics Conservative European Reform Group

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Centre for Educational Research and Innovation (of the OECD)

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CERL (s:l)

Central Electricity Research Laboratories

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CERN (s:n)

Conseil européen pour la recherche nucléaire (French: European Organization for Nuclear Research; now called European Laboratory for Particle Physics)

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CERP

Centre européen des relations publiques (French: European Centre of Public Relations)

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cert.

certificate(d)
• certification
• certified
• certify

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CERT

Charities Effectiveness Review Trust
• computer emergency response team

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CertCAM

Certificate in Communication, Advertising, and Marketing

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Cert Ed

Certificate in Education

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CertHE

Certificate in Higher Education

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certif.

certificate

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cert. inv.

certified invoice

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CertlTP

(USA ) Certificate of International Teachers' Program

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cerv.

Med. cervical

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CES

(USA ) Center for Energy Studies
• Christian Evidence Society
• (France ) collège d'enseignement secondaire (college of secondary education)
• community energy system
• cost-estimating system

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CESAR

(USA ) Center for Engineering Systems Advanced Research

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CESE

(USA ) Center for Earth Science and Engineering

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CESLS

Chem. constant energy synchronous luminescence spectrometry

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CESR

(USA ) Cornell electron storage ring

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CESSAC

Church of England Soldiers', Sailors', and Airmen's Clubs

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CESSI

Church of England Sunday School Institution

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CEST

Centre for Exploitation of Science and Technology

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Cestr.

Cestrensis (Latin: (Bishop) of Chester)

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Cet

Astronomy Cetus

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CET

Central European Time
• (France ) collège d'enseignement technique (college of technical education)
• Common External Tariff
• Council for Educational Technology

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CETA ('si:t)

(USA ) Comprehensive Employment and Training Act

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CETEX ('si:tks)

Committee on Extra-Terrestrial Exploration

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CETHV

Council for the Education and Training of Health Visitors

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CETI

communications with extraterrestrial intelligence

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Centre for Educational Television Overseas

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ceteris paribus (Latin: other things being equal)

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chemical energy transmission systems
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Christian Endeavour Union

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Central and Eastern United States

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Committee for Exports to the United States of America

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(USA ) controlled environment vitrification system

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Church of England Working Men's Society

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Ceylon

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Church of England Youth Council

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Ceylon

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Church of England Zenana Missionary Society

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cf.

Bookbinding calfskin
• compare (Latin confer)

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c.f.

Music cantus firmus (Latin: fixed song)
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Chem. , symbol for californium

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RC Church Confessions

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calibration factor
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Canadian Federation of Agriculture
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CFA (Communauté financière africaine) franc

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Current Food Additives Legislation

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cogeneration feasibility analysis model

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Canadian Foundation for the Advancement of Pharmacy

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constant false alarm rate

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Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching

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Computing cipher feedback
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Chemical engineering circulating fluid-bed combustion

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Canadian Federation of Biological Sciences

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carbon-fibre composite
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Conseil des fédérations commerciales d'Europe (French: Council of European Commercial Federations)

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cubic feet per day

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Computing compact floppy disc
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Canadian Film Development Corporation

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(France ) Confederation française démocratique du travail (French Democratic Federation of Labour)

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Central Fighter Establishment
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Chemins de fer fédéraux Suisses (Swiss national railway)
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(USA ) Consortium for Fossil Fuel Liquefaction Science

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cubic feet per hour

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Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope (Mauna Kea, Hawaii)

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Chief Flying Instructor
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Canadian Football League
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cfm

confirm(ation)

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cubic feet per minute

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Cadet Forces Medal
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c.f.o.

calling for orders
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Meteorol. Central Forecasting Office
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Chief Fire Officers' Association

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Catholic Fund for Overseas Development

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Common Fisheries Policy (of the EU)
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CFP (Communauté financière du Pacifique) franc

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coal-fired power plant

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cfr.

chauffeur
• confronta (Italian: compare)

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CFR

(USA ) Code of Federal Regulations
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(USA ) Central Fuel Research Institute

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CFRP

carbon-fibre reinforced plastic

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c.f.s.

cubic feet per second

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CFS

Central Flying School
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(USA ) Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition

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Chem. crystal-field stabilization energy

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common foreign and security policy (in the EU)

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(USA ) Clearinghouse for Federal Scientific and Technical Information

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craft

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Compagnie française de télévision (French television company)
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Commonwealth Forestry and Timber Bureau

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(USA ) Commodity Futures Trading Commission
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Chem. crystal-field theory

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cftmn

craftsman

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Microbiol. colony-forming unit

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continuous-flow ventilation

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County Federation of Women' Institutes

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RC Church Congregatio Fratrum Xaverianorum (Latin: Congregation of Xaverian Brothers)

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symbol for centigram(s)
• (or c.g.) centre of gravity

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British vehicle registration for Bournemouth
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Chaplain-General

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Commerce cargo's proportion of general average
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Central Government Borrowing Requirement

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Chem. capillary gas chromatography
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CGD

Med. chronic granulomatous disease

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Coalition Government of Democratic Kampuchea

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cge

carriage
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Politics Conservative Group for Europe

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CGG

compensated geothermal gradient

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CGH

Cape of Good Hope
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corrugated galvanized iron

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Chief Ground Instructor
• Chief Gunnery Instructor
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• commercial grade item
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• computer graphics interface

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City and Guilds of London Insignia Award

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Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research

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(Italy ) Confederazione Generale Italiana del Lavoro (General Italian Confederation of Labour)

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CGL

Electronics charge-generation layer
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City and Guilds of London Institute

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cgm

centigram(s)

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CGM

computer graphics metafile
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Commission for the Geological Map of the World

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cgo

cargo
• Finance contango

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(USA ) Coast Guard Oceanographic Unit

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College of General Practitioners

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Conférence générale des poids et mesures (French: General Conference of Weights and Measures)
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Canadian Government Purchasing System

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(India ) Central Glass and Ceramic Research Institute

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Commandant-General of the Royal Marines

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Compton Gamma Ray Observatory

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Physics carbon-glass resistance thermometer

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cgs (or c.g.s.)

centimetre, gram, second (in cgs units )

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central gunnery school
• Chief of General Staff
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Canadian Government Specifications Board

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(USA ) Command and General Staff College

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(USA ) Command and General Staff School

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Council of Graduate Schools in the United States

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CGT

capital-gains tax
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• closed gas turbine
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• compressed-gas turbomotor
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• (France ) Confédération générale du travail (General Confederation of Labour)

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Canadian Government Travel Bureau

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(France ) Confédération générale du travail-force ouvrière (General Confederation of Labour-Workers' Force)

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c.g.u.

ceramic glazed units

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ch

Maths. cosh

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ch.

chain (unit of measure; crochet stitch)
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• chambre (French: room)
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• chart
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candle hour(s)
• central heating
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• compass heading
• court house
• custom(s) house

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Chairman
• Chaldean
• Chaldee
• Chamber
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• Chancery
• Chapter
• Chile(an)
• China
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• Christ
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Military Captain of the Horse
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• chapter house
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• clearing house
• Physics collision hypothesis
• Companion of Honour
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• corporate hospitality
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• British vehicle registration for Nottingham
• international vehicle registration for Switzerland (French Confédération Helvétique)

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C/H

central heating

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Astronomy Chamaeleon

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Catholic Hospital Association
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chacom ('tekm)

chain of command

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chal.

chaldron (unit of capacity)
• chaleur (French: heat)
• challenge

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Chaldaic (or Chaldee)
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Chamberlain
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channel

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Chancellor
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Channel Committee (in NATO)

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chap.

chapel
• (or Chap.) chaplain
• chaplaincy
• (or Chap.) chapter

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CHAPS (tæps)

Chem. 3-[(3-cholamidopropyl)dimethylammonio]-1-propanesulphonate
• Clearing House Automatic Payments System

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char.

character
• characteristic
• characterize
• charity
• charter

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Campaign for Homeless People (originally Campaign for the Homeless and Rootless)

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charact.

characterize

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charcoal

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Charles

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(Geoffrey) Chaucer (?1340–1400, English poet)

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Cherbourg

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Bachelor of Surgery (Latin Chirugiae Baccalaureus)
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Companion of Honour of Barbados

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CHC

child health clinic
• choke coil
• Clerk to the House of Commons
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Ch. Ch.

Christ Church (Oxford )

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Chief Clerk

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Christ's College (Cambridge )

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ChD

Doctor of Chemistry
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Law Chancery Division

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CHD

congenital heart disease
• coronary heart disease

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computer hardware description language

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Chemical Engineer
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Campaign for Homosexual Equality

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Council on Higher Education in the American Republics

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Commonwealth Human Ecology Council

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Chrezvychainaya Comissiya (Russian: Extraordinary Commission (for Fighting Counter-Revolution and Sabotage); forerunner of KGB)

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(ital.) Cambridge History of English Literature

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Cheltenham

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chemical(ly)
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chemical health effects (assessment) methodology

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Chemical Engineer

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Cheshire

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CHES

Chem. 2-(cyclohexylamino)-ethanesulphonic acid

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(USA ) Cornell high-energy synchrotron source

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chev.

chevron

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Chevalier

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chf

chief

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Chaplain of the Fleet

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CHF

Carnegie Hero Fund
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ch. fwd

charges forward

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chg.

change
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charged

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chgph.

choreographer
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• choreography

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Church history

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Chicago
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Chichester

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Computing CCITT high-level language

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China
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Clearing House Inter-Bank Payments System

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Civil aviation Confidential Human Incidence Reporting Programme (pilots' comments on safety trends)

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Chi. Trib.

(ital.) Chicago Tribune

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chiv.

chivalry

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Chief Justice

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chk

check

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Christ the King

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chkr

checker

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chl.

chloride
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Chl

Botany , Biochem. chlorophyll (as in Chl a )

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Ch. Lbr.

Chief Librarian

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ChLJ

Chaplain of the Order of St Lazarus of Jerusalem

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chlo.

chloride
• chloroform

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Nuclear engineering commercial high-level waste

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chm. (or Chm., chmn)

chairman
• checkmate
• (or Chm.) choirmaster

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ChM

Master of Surgery (Latin Chirurgiae Magister)

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CHM

Chem. Cape Horn methanol
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(USA ) Children's Hospital Medical Center

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(USA ) Center for Hazardous Materials Research

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CHNT

Community Health Nurse Tutor

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cho.

choral
• chorister
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Crop Husbandry Officer

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choc.

chocolate

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Chamber of Shipping

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Chaplain of the Fleet

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chor.

choral
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CHP

chemical heat pump
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• (Turkey ) Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi (Republican People' Party)

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ch. pd

charges paid

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charges prepaid

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chq.

cheque

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CHQ

Commonwealth Headquarters (central office of the Girl Guides Association for the UK and Commonwealth)
• Military Corps Headquarters

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Chr.

Christ
• Christian(ity)
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• Bible Chronicles

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chrm. (or Chrm.)

chairman

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chron.

chronicle
• (or chronol.) chronological(ly)
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Bible Chronicles

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Chrs

Chambers

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chs

chapters

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CHS

Physics calibration heat source
• Canadian Hydrographic Service
• Church Historical Society
• Computing cylinders, heads, and sectors

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CHSA

Chest, Heart, and Stroke Association

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Central Health Services Council

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ch'ship

championship

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Chief Skipper

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Chaplain of the Order of St John of Jerusalem

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c.h.t.

cylinder-head temperature

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charting

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check valve

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constant hot water

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churchwarden

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chyd

churchyard

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Chy Div.

Law Chancery Division

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c.i.

cast iron

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Ci

(ital.) Meteorol. cirrus
• Physics , symbol for curie

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CI

Med. cardiac index
• Physics cascade ionization
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• Freemasonry Chapter of Instruction
• chemical inspectorate
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• Chief Inspector
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• Chem. collisional ionization
• Astronomy Colour Index
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• Chem. combustion index
• Commonwealth Institute
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• compression-ignition (as in Cl engine )
• Statistics confidence interval
• Chem. configuration interaction
• consular invoice
• continuous improvement (in management)
• Photog. contrast index
• Physics Copenhagen interpretation
• Astronomy coronal index (of solar activity)
• Engineering corrosion inhibitor
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C^3l

Military command, control, communications, and intelligence

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Cia

compagnia (Italian: company; Co.)
• companhia (Portuguese: company; Co.)
• compañia (Spanish: company; Co.)

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CIA

cash in advance
• (USA ) Central Intelligence Agency
• Chemical Industries' Association
• Chief Inspector of Armaments
• Conseil International des archives (French: International Council on Archives)
• Corporation of Insurance Agents
• Culinary Institute of America

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CIAA

Centre international d'aviation agricole (French: International Agricultural Aviation Centre)
• Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs

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CIAB

(USA ) Coal Industry Advisory Board
• Conseil international des agences bénévoles (French: International Council of Voluntary Agencies)

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CIAgrE

Companion of the Institution of Agricultural Engineers

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CIAI

Commerce and Industry Association Institute

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CIAL

Corresponding Member of the International Institute of Arts and Letters

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Confédération Internationale des anciens prisonniers de guerre (French: International Confederation of Former Prisoners of War)

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CIArb

Chartered Institute of Arbitrators

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CIAS

Changi International Airport Services
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CIB

Central Intelligence Board
• Chartered Institute of Bankers
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Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (formerly Chartered Institute of Building Services, CIBS )

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Cic.

(Marcus Tullius) Cicero (106–43 BC, Roman consul, orator, and writer)

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CIC

Capital Issues Committee
• Chemical Institute of Canada
• Immunol. circulating immune complexes
• (USA ) Combat Information Center
• Commander-in-Chief
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• (USA ) Critical Issues Council

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CICA

Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants

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CICADA (s'k:d)

central instrumentation control and data acquisition

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CICAR

Cooperative Investigations of the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions

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Criminal Injuries Compensation Board

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Electronics cable-in-conduit conductor
• Conférénce international des charités catholiques (French: International Conference of Catholic Charities)

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Cicestrensis (Latin: (Bishop) of Chichester)

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Centre international du commerce de gros (French: International Centre for Wholesale Trade)

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Committee for International Cooperation in Higher Education

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Confederation of Information Communication Industries

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(USA ) Committee to Investigate Copyright Problems

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Comité international de la Croix-Rouge (French: International Committee of the Red Cross)

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Commission internationale contre le régime concentrationnaire (French: International Commission Against Concentration Camp Practices)

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Cooperative Industrial and Commercial Reference and Information Service

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Computing customer information control system

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CICT

Conseil international du cinéma et de la télévision (French: International Film and Television Council)

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CID

Electronics charge injection device
• Chem. collision-induced dissociation
• Committee for Imperial Defence
• computer-assisted imaging device
• Council of Industrial Design
• Criminal Investigation Department
• Physics current-image diffraction

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CIDA

Canadian International Development Agency
• Comisión interamericano de desarrollo agrícola (Spanish: Inter-American Committee for Agricultural Development)
• Comité intergouvernemental du droit d'auteur (French: Intergovernmental Copyright Committee)

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Confédération internationale des associations d'experts et de conseils (French: International Confederation of Associations of Experts and Consultants)

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(Uruguay ) Comisión de inversion y desarrollo económico (Spanish: Commission for Investment and Economic Development)

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Centre international de documentation économique et sociale africaine (French: International Centre for African Social and Economic Documentation)

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CIDNP

chemically induced dynamic nuclear polarization

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(Mexico ) Centre for Intercultural Documentation

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Compagnie (French: Company; Co.)

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CIE

captain's imperfect entry
• Centre international de l'enfance (French: International Children's Centre)
• Chem. collisional ionization equilibrium
• Commission Internationale de l'éclairage (French: International Commission on Illumination; ICI)
• Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire (former honour)
• Confédération internationale des étudiants (French: International Confederation of Students)
• (Ireland ) Córas Iompair Éireann (Irish Gaelic: Transport Organization of Ireland)

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Centre international d'études criminologiques (French: International Centre of Criminological Studies)
• Commission Internationale de l'état civil (French: International Commission on Civil Status)

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Companion of the Institution of Electrical Engineers

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Catholic International Education Office

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Conseil international de l'éducation physique et sportive (French: International Council of Sport and Physical Education)

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Commerce cost, insurance, and freight (as in c.i.f. contract )

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Canadian Institute of Forestry
• Clube internacional de futebol (Portuguese: International Football Club)
• Conseil international des femmes (French: International Council of Women)
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Corporation of Insurance and Financial Advisers

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Commerce cost, insurance, freight, and commission

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Commerce cost, insurance, freight, commission, and interest

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Commerce cost, insurance, freight, and exchange

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Colleges and Institutes for Further Education
• Conseil des fédérations industrielles d'Europe (French: Council of European Industrial Federations)
• Conseil international du film d'enseignement (French: International Council for Educational Films)

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Commerce cost, insurance, freight, and interest

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Centre international du film pour la jeunesse (French: International Centre of Films for Children)

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c.i.f.L.t.

Commerce cost, insurance, and freight, London terms

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Chemical engineering coal-iron gasification
• Comité international de géophysique (French: International Geophysical Committee)

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(Italy ) Compagnia Italiana dei Grandi Alberghi (hotel group)

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Nuclear physics channel inspection and gauging apparatus of reactors

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Companion of the Institute of Gas Engineers

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Commission internationale du génie rural (French: International Commission of Agricultural Engineering)

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Chief of the Imperial General Staff

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CIH

Certificate in Industrial Health
• Med. chronic inactive hepatitis

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Comité international d'histoire de l'art (French: International Committee on the History of Art)

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CII

Centre for Industrial Innovation (of the University of Strathclyde)
• Chartered Insurance Institute
• Conseil international des infirmières (French: International Council of Nurses)

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Canadian Institute of International Affairs
• Commission internationale des industries agricoles (French: International Commission for Agricultural Industries)

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Catholic Institute for International Relations

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Commission internationale de juristes (French: International Commission of Jurists)

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Confederation of Irish Labour

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Commission Internationale de lutte biologique contre les ennemis des plantes (French; International Commission for Biological Control)

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Central international de liaison des écoles de cinéma et de télévision (French; International Association of National Film Schools)

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Construction Industry Information Liaison Group

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Canadian Institute of Mining
• China Inland Mission
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• computer input on microfilm
• computer-integrated manufacturing
• Conférence islamique mondial (French: World Muslim Conference)
• Conseil international de la musique (French: International Music Council)
• Cooperative Investment Management

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Chartered Institute of Management Accountants
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Companion of the Institute of Marine Engineers

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continuous iron-making and steel-making

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Comité intergouvernemental pour les migrations européennes (French: Intergovernmental Committee for European Migration)
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Companion of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers

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Companion of the Institute of Mining Electrical and Mining Mechanical Engineers

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Companion of the Institution of Mechanical and General Technician Engineers

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Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy

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Comité international de médecine et de pharmacie militaires (French: International Committee of Military Medicine and Pharmacy)

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CIMS

(USA ) chemical information management systems
• Physical chem. chemical ionization mass spectrometry (or spectroscopy)

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Congrès international de médecine tropicale et de paludisme (French: International Congress of Tropical Medicine and Malaria)

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CIN

Med. cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (in grading cervical smears)
• Commission internationale de numismatique (French: International Numismatic Commission)

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CINAA

Physics cyclic instrumental neutron activation analysis

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C-in-C (or C in C)

Commander-in-Chief

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Commander-in-Chief Allied Forces Mediterranean

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Commander-in-Chief Eastern Atlantic Area

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Commander-in-Chief Allied Forces Central Europe

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Commander-in-Chief Europe

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Commander-in-Chief Channel

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Commander-in-Chief Atlantic

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US Navy Commander-in-Chief, Atlantic Fleet

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Commander-in-Chief British Naval Forces in the Mediterranean

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Commander-in-Chief US Naval Forces in Europe, the East Atlantic, and the Mediterranean

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Commander-in-Chief Allied Forces Northern Europe

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Commander-in-Chief Pacific

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US Navy Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Fleet

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Commander-in-Chief Allied Forces Southern Europe

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Commander-in-Chief Western Atlantic Area

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CINFO

Chief of Information

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Cinn.

Cincinnati

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CINO

Chief Inspector of Naval Ordnance

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(USA ) Central Institute for Nuclear Research

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CINS (snz)

(USA ) Child(ren) In Need of Supervision

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CInstR

Companion of the Institute of Refrigeration

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Companion of the Institution of Radio Engineers (Australia)

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CIO

Physical chem. catalogue of infrared observations
• Church Information Office
• Comité international Olympique (French: International Olympic Committee)
• Commission internationale d'optique (French: International Commission for Optics)
• (USA ) Congress of Industrial Organizations

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CIOB

Chartered Institute of Building

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CIOMS

Council for International Organizations of Medical Sciences

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CIOS

Combined Intelligence Objectives Subcommittee
• Conseil international pour l'organisation scientifique (French: International Committee of Scientific Management)

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CIP

Mining carbon-in-pulp
• Cataloguing-in-Publication
• (Belgium ) Centre d'information de la presse (Catholic news agency)
• Engineering cold isostatic pressing
• Common Industrial Policy (of the EU)
• Engineering constant-injection pressure

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CIPA

Canadian Industrial Preparedness Association
• Chartered Institute of Patent Agents

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CIPFA (or Cipfa)

Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy

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CIPL

Comité international permanent de linguistes (French: Permanent International Committee of Linguists)

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CIPM

Commission Internationale des poids et mesures (French: International Committee on Weights and Measures)
• Companion of the Institute of Personnel Management
• (USA ) Council for International Progress in Management

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CIPO

Comité international pour la préservation des oiseaux (French: International Committee for Bird Preservation)

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CIPP

Conseil indo-pacifique des pêches (French: Indo-Pacific Fisheries Council)

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CIPR

Commission internationale de protection contre les radiations (French: International Commission on Radiological Protection)

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CIPS

Central Illinois Public Service (Company)
• Choice in Personal Safety (organization)

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CIPSH

Conseil international de la philosophie et des sciences humaines (French: International Council for Philosophy and the Humanities)

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CIPW

Geol. Cross, Iddings, Pirsson, Washington (rock classification; named after its devisers)

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cir.

(ital.) circa (see under c.)
• circle
• circuit
• circular
• circulation
• circumference
• circus

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Cir

Astronomy Circinus

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CIR

Canada India reactor
• Commission (or Council) on Industrial Relations
• Commissioners of Inland Revenue
• cost information report
• Computing current instruction register

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CIRA

Conference of Industrial Research Associations

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circ.

(ital.) circa (see under c.)
• circle
• circuit
• circular
• circulation
• circumcision
• circumference
• circus

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CIRCCE

Confédération internationale de la représentation commerciale de la communauté européenne (French: International Confederation of Commercial Representation in the European Community)

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circum.

circumference

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CIRF

Centre international d'information et de recherche sur la formation professionelle (French: International Vocational Training Information and Research Centre)
• Corn Industries Research Foundation

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CIRIA

Construction Industry Research and Information Association

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CIRIEC

Centre international de recherches et d'information sur l'économie collective (French: International Centre of Research and Information on Collective Economy)

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CIRP

Collège internationale pour recherche et production (French; International Institution for Production Engineering Research)

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CIRRPC

(USA ) Committee on Inter-agency Radiation Research and Policy Coordination

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CIRS

Computing cross-interleaved Reed-Solomon (as in CIRS scheme )

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CIRT

Community Initiative Research Trust

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cis

Maths. cos + i sin

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CIS

Med. carcinoma in situ
• (or c.i.s.) cataloguing in source
• (USA ) Catholic Information Society
• (USA ) Center for International Studies
• Central Information Service on Occupational Health and Safety (of ROSPA)
• Chartered Institute of Secretaries (now Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators)
• Coal Industry Society
• Med. combined-injury syndrome
• Commonwealth of Independent States (the former Soviet republics)
• CompuServe Information Service
• Cooperative Insurance Society

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CISA

Canadian Industrial Safety Association

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CISAC

Centre for International Security and Arms Control
• Confédération internationale des sociétés d'auteurs et compositeurs (French: International Confederation of Societies of Authors and Composers)

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CISBH

Comité international de standardisation en biologie humaine (French: International Committee for Standardization in Human Biology)

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CISC

complex instruction-set computer (or chip)

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CISCO ('ssk)

City Group for Smaller Companies
• Civil Service Catering Organization

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CIS-COBOL

Computing compact interactive standard COBOL

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CISF

Confédération internationale des sages-femmes (French: International Confederation of Midwives)

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CISL

Confédération internationale des syndicats libres (French: International Confederation of Free Trade Unions)
• (Italy ) Confederazione italiana sindacati lavoratori (Italian Confederation of Workers' Trade Unions)

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CISM

Conseil international du sport militaire (French: International Military Sports Council)

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CISPR

Comité international spécial des perturbations radioélectriques (French: International Special Committee on Radio Interference)

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CISS

Conseil international des sciences sociales (French: International Social Science Council)

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Cist.

Cistercian

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CISTI

Canadian Institute for Scientific and Technological Information

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CISV

Children's International Summer Village Association

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cit.

citadel
• citation
• cited
• citizen
• citrate

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c.i.t.

compression in transit

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CIT

(USA ) California Institute of Technology
• (USA ) Carnegie Institute of Technology
• (New Zealand ) Central Institute of Technology
• Chartered Institute of Transport
• Astronomy circumstellar imaging telescope
• Comité international des transports par chemins de fer (French: International Railway Transport Committee)
• Nuclear engineering compact ignition tokamak

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CITB

Construction Industry Training Board

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CITC

Canadian Institute of Timber Construction
• Construction Industry Training Centre

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CITCE

Comité international de thermodynamique et de cinétique électrochimiques (French: International Committee of Electrochemical Thermodynamics and Kinetics)

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CITEL

Committee for Inter-American Telecommunications

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CITES ('sati:z)

Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species

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CITI

Confédération internationale des travailleurs intellectuels (French: International Confederation of Professional and Intellectual Workers)

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cito disp.

Med. cito dispensetur (Latin: let it be dispensed quickly)

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CITV

Children's ITV

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CIU

Club and Institute Union

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CIUS

Conseil international des unions scientifiques (French: International Council of Scientific Unions)

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CIUSS

Catholic International Union for Social Service

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civ.

civil
• civilian
• civilization
• civilize

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CIV

City Imperial Volunteers
• Commission internationale du verre (French: International Glass Commission)
• Convention internationale concernant le transport des voyageurs et des bagages par chemin de fer (French: International Convention Concerning the Carriage of Passengers and Baggage by Rail)
• Physics critical ionization velocity

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CivE

Civil Engineer

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CIW

(USA ) Carnegie Institute of Washington

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CIWF

Compassion in World Farming

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CIWO

Companion of the Institute of Welfare Officers

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Cix

Compulink Information eXchange

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CIX

commercial Internet exchange

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cj.

conjectural

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CJ

Chief Justice
• British vehicle registration for Gloucester

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CJA

Commonwealth Journalists' Association
• Criminal Justice Act

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CJCC

Commonwealth Joint Communications Committee

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CJD

Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

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CJM

Code de justice militaire (French: Code of Military Justice)
• RC Church Congregation of Jesus and Mary

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ck

cask
• check
• cook

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CK

Trademark Calvin Klein
• British fishing port registration for Colchester
• Biochem. creatine kinase
• airline flight code for Gambia Airways
• British vehicle registration for Preston

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CKD

Computing centre for key distribution
• (or c.k.d.) Commerce completely knocked down (i.e. in parts; of goods for sale)

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ckpt

cockpit

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ckw.

clockwise

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cl

symbol for centilitre(s)

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cl.

claim
• clarinet
• (or Cl.) class
• classical
• classics
• classification
• clause
• clearance
• clergy(man)
• clerk
• climb
• close
• closet
• closure
• cloth
• clove
• council

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c.l.

carload
• centre line
• cum laude (Latin: with praise)
• cut lengths

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c/l (or C/L)

cash letter
• craft loss

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Cl

Chem. , symbol for chlorine

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CL

calendar line
• British fishing port registration for Carlisle
• cathode luminescence
• central locking (in motor advertisements)
• Chem. chain length
• Electronics Child-Langmuir
• civil law
• Civil Lord
• (Belgium ) Commander of the Order of Leopold
• common law
• Communication Lieutenant
• confidence limits
• craft loss
• critical list
• Med. cruciate ligament
• British vehicle registration for Norwich
• international vehicle registration for Sri Lanka (formerly Ceylon)

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Cla. (or Clack.)

Clackmannan

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CLA

Canadian Library Association
• Canadian Lumbermen's Association
• Copyright Licensing Agency
• Country Landowner's Association

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CL(ADO)

Contact Lens Diploma of the Association of Dispensing Opticians

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CLAM (klæm)

chemical ramjet low-altitude missile

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CLAN (klæn)

Computing cordless local-area network

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CLAPA

Cleft Lip and Palate Association

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clar.

Printing clarendon type
• clarinet

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Clar.

Heraldry Clarenceux (King of Arms)

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Clasc (klæsk)

Confederación latino-americana de sindicalistas cristianos (Spanish: Latin-American Central of Workers; originally Latin-American Federation of Christian Trade Unionists, CLAT)

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class.

classic(al)
• classification
• classified
• classify

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CLASS (kl:s)

Computer-based Laboratory for Automated School Systems

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CLAT

see Clasc

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clav.

Music clavier

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CLB

(USA ) Cape Lookout Bight (North Carolina)
• Church Lads' Brigade

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CLC

Canadian Labour Congress
• Chartered Life Underwriter of Canada
• Commonwealth Liaison Committee

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CLCB

Committee of London Clearing Banks (or Bankers)

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CLCert(BOA)

Supplementary Contact Lens Certificate of the British Optical Association

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CLCert(SMC)

Supplementary Contact Lens Certificate of the Worshipful Company of Spectacle Makers

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CLCr

Communication Lieutenant-Commander

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cld

Stock exchange called
• cancelled
• cleared
• coloured
• cooled
• could

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CLD

chronic liver disease
• Biochem. cross-linked dextran
• Doctor of Civil Law

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CLE

Council of Legal Education

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CLEA

Council of Local Education Authorities

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CLEAPSE

Consortium of Local Education Authorities for the Provision of Science Equipment

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CLEM

Maths. closed loop eigenvector matrix

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cler.

clerical

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CLFT

Physics classical local field theories

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cl.gt.

Bookbinding cloth gilt

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CLH

Croix de la Légion d'Honneur (French: Cross of the Legion of Honour)

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CLI

Computing command-line interface
• (or cli) cost-of-living index

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CLIBS (klbz)

Physical chem. colinear laser ion-beam spectroscopy

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CLIC

Cancer and Leukaemia in Children

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clim.

climate
• climatic

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CLIMAP ('klamæp)

Climate: Long-range Interpretation, Mapping, and Prediction (international project)

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clin.

clinic(al)

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CLIP (klp)

Biochem. corticotrophin-like intermediate lobe peptide

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CLit (or CLitt)

Companion of Literature

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CLJ

(ital.) Cambridge Law Journal
• Commander of the Order of St Lazarus of Jerusalem

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clk

clerk
• clock

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clkw.

clockwise

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cl. L.

classical Latin

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CLL

chronic lymphocytic leukaemia

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Cllr

Councillor

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clm

column

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CLM

coal-liquid mixture
• conservation and load management

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CLML

(ital.) Current List of Medical Literature

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CLNS

Computing connectionless network service

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clo.

closet
• clothing

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CLO

chief liaison officer
• cod liver oil

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CLP

China Light and Power (Company Limited)
• Chemical engineering coal liquefaction process
• Computing concurrent logic programming
• Constituency Labour Party
• Computing constraint logic programming

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CLPA

Common Law Procedure Acts

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clr

clear
• colour
• cooler

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CLR

City of London Rifles
• computer-language recorder
• (USA ) Council on Library Resources

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CLRAE

Conference of Local and Regional Authorities of Europe

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clrm

classroom

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CLRU

Cambridge Language Research Unit

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CLS

Certificate in Library Science
• Christian Literature Society
• Statistics classical least-squares
• Statistics constrained least-squares
• Courts of London Sessions

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CLSES

Chem. closed loop solvent extraction system

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CLT

(ital.) Canadian Law Times
• computer-language translator

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CLTech(ADO)

Contact Lens Diploma of the Association of Dispensing Opticians

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CLU

Chartered Life Underwriter
• Computing colour lock-up table

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CLV

Microbiol. carnation latent virus
• Microbiol. cassava latent virus
• Computing constant linear velocity

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clvd

clavichord

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cm

symbol for centimetre(s)

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c.m.

carat métrique (French: metric carat)
• causa mortis (Latin: by reason of death)
• Music common metre
• court martial

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cM

Genetics , symbol for centimorgan

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Cm

Chem. , symbol for curium

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CM

Canadian Militia
• carboxymethyl (in CM-cellulose )
• Catholic Mission
• (USA ) Central Maine
• central meridian
• Physics centre of mass
• Certificated (or Certified) Master
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• church mission(ary)
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• (USA ) Cleveland Museum (of Art)
• combustion modification
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• Common Market
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• complex mixture
• composite material
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• Computing configuration management
• RC Church Congregation of the Mission
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• corporate membership
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• Microbiol. culture medium
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• British vehicle registration for Liverpool
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C-M

Astronomy colour-magnitude (in C-M diagram )

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CMa

Astronomy Canis Major

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CMA

Cable Makers' Association
• Chem. calcium magnesium acetate
• Canadian Medical Association
• Catering Managers' Association
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• Church Music Association
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• Commonwealth Medical Association
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• (New Zealand ) cost and management accountant
• Court of Military Appeals
• Optics cylindrical mirror analyser

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CMAC

Catholic Marriage Advisory Council

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CMACP

Conseil mondial pour l'assemblée constituante des peuples (French: World Council for the People's World Convention)

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CMAS

Clergy Mutual Assurance Society
• Confédération mondiale des activités subaquatiques (French: World Underwater Federation)

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CMB

Central Medical Board
• Central Midwives Board (superseded by UKCC)
• Chase Manhattan Bank
• Chem. chemical mass balance
• coastal motor boat
• Astronomy cosmic microwave background

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CMBHI

Craft Member of the British Horological Institute

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CMBI

Caribbean Marine Biological Institute

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CMBS

Chemical engineering countercurrent moving-bed separator

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cmbt

combat

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CMC

Canadian Marconi Company
• Canadian Meteorological Centre
• Canadian Music Council
• Chem. carboxymethyl cellulose
• Central Manpower Committee
• ceramic-matrix composite
• (USA ) certified management consultant
• Collective Measures Committee (of the UN)
• Commandant of the Marine Corps
• Physical chem. compact molecular cloud
• Conservation Monitoring Centre

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CMChM

Master of Surgery

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CMCW

Calvinistic Methodist Church of Wales

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Cmd

Parliamentary procedure Command Paper (prefix to serial number, 1919–56). See also under C; Cd; Cmnd

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CMD

Astronomy colour-magnitude diagram
• Music common metre double
• conventional munitions disposal (type of bomb disposal)
• Physics cryogenic magnetic detector

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cmdg

commanding

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Cmdr

Military Commander

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Cmdre

Commodore

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Cmdt

Commandant

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CME

Chem. chemically modified electrode
• Chicago Mercantile Exchange
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CMEA

Council for Mutual Economic Assistance (i.e. COMECON)

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CMF

Cement Makers' Federation
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• Physics coherent memory filter
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CMG

Commission on Marine Geology
• Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George
• Computer Management Group

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CMH

Campaign for the Mentally Handicapped
• combined military hospital
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CMHA

Canadian Mental Health Association

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CMHC

(Canada ) Central Mortgage and Housing Corporation

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CMi

Astronomy Canis Minor

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CMI

Med. cell-mediated immunity
• Comité maritime international (French: International Maritime Committee)
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• Commonwealth Mycological Institute
• computer-managed instruction

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CMIA

Coal Mining Institute of America

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CMIPS

Computing common management information protocol/service

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CMIR

(USA ) Center for Medical Imaging Research

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CMJ

Church's Ministry among the Jews

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cml

commercial
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CML

Central Music Library
• chronic myelocytic (or myelogenous, myeloid) leukaemia

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CMLA

Chief Martial Law Administrator

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CMLJ

Commander of Merit of the Order of St Lazarus of Jerusalem

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CMM

Computing Capability and Maturity Model
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CMMA

Concrete Mixer Manufacturers' Association

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CMMC

(USA ) Coal Mining Management College

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cmn

commission

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Cmnd

Parliamentary procedure Command Paper (prefix to serial number since 1957). See also under C; Cd; Cmd

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cmnr

commissioner

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CMO

(Zambia ) Central Merchandising Office
• Chief Medical Officer
• (USA ) collateralized mortgage-backed obligation
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CMOPE

Confédération mondiale des organisations de la profession enseignante (French: World Confederation of Organizations of the Teaching Profession)

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CMOS (or C/MOS) ('si:ms)

Electronics complementary metal oxide semiconductor (or silicon)

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cmp.

compromise

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CMP

(USA ) Central Maine Power Company
• Astronautics command module pilot
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• Chem. correlation of molecular pairs
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cmpd

compound

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CMPDI

(USA ) Central Mine Planning and Design Institute Ltd

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cm. pf.

cumulative preference (or preferred) shares

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Cmpn

Companion

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CMR

Cape Mounted Rifles
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• Electronics common mode rejection

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CMRA

Chemical Marketing Research Association

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CMRC

(USA ) Coal Mining Research Company

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CMRO

County Milk Regulations Officer

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CMRR

Electronics common mode rejection ratio

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CMRS

(USA ) Central Mining Research Station

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c.m.s.

Med. cras mane sumendus (Latin: to be taken tomorrow morning, in prescriptions)

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CMS

Chem. carbon molecular sieve
• (USA ) Center for Measurement of Science
• central materials supply
• Certificate in Management Studies
• Church Missionary Society
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CMSER

(USA ) Commission on Marine Science, Engineering, and Resources

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CM/SM

command module service module (spacecraft)

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cmt

cement

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CMV

Med. cerebral major vessel
• Med. conventional mechanical ventilation
• Microbiol. cucumber mosaic virus
• Med. , Microbiol. cytomegalovirus

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CMY

Computing cyan, magenta, yellow

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CMYK

Computing cyan, magenta, yellow, black

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CMZS

Corresponding Member of the Zoological Society

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c.n.

Med. cras notice (Latin: tomorrow night)

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Cn.

Ecclesiast. Canon

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CN

British fishing port registration for Campbeltown
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• Code Napoléon (French: Napoleonic Code)
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• Biochem. cyclic nucleotide
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C/N

Biochem. , Ecology carbon-nitrogen (in C/N ratio )
• circular note
• consignment note
• contract note
• Insurance cover note
• Commerce credit note

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CNA

Canadian Nuclear Association
• US Navy Center for Naval Analyses
• (Taiwan ) Central News Agency
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CNAA

Council for National Academic Awards

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CNADS

Conference of National Armaments Directors (in NATO)

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CNAR

Finance compound net annual rate

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CNAS

Chief of Naval Air Services

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Cnc

Astronomy Cancer

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CNC

computerized numerical control

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Cncl

Council

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Cnclr

Councillor

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CNCMH

Canadian National Committee for Mental Hygiene

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cncr.

concurrent

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CND

Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament

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CNDC

China Nuclear Data Centre

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CNE

(Spain ) Comisión nacional de energía (National Energy Commission)

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CNEAF

coal, nuclear, electric, and alternate fuels

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CN(Eng)O

Chief Naval Engineering Officer

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CNES

Centre national d'études spatiales (French space agency)

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CNF

Challis National Forest
• Commonwealth Nurses' Federation
• Maths , conjunctive normal form

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CNFD

(USA ) Commercial Nuclear Fuel Division

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CNG

compressed (or consolidated) natural gas

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CNH

Chem. carbon-nitrogen hydrogenolysis

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CNI

Chief of Naval Information
• Companion of the Nautical Institute

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CNIPA

Committee of National Institutes of Patent Agents

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cnl

cancel

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CNL

Canadian National Library
• (Australia ) Commonwealth National Library
• (USA ) Crocker Nuclear Laboratory

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CNLA

(USA ) Council of National Library Associations

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CNLS

Statistics complex nonlinear least square

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CNM

(USA ) Certified Nurse-Midwife

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CNN

Cable News Network
• Certified Nursery Nurse

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CNO

Chief Nursing Officer
• Chief of Naval Operations

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CNP

Chief of Naval Personnel

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CNPS

Physics compact nuclear power source

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cnr

corner

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CNR

Canadian National Railway
• Civil Nursing Reserve
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• Council of National Representatives

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CNRE

(USA ) cooperative networks on rural energy

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CNRS

(France ) Centre national de la recherche scientifique (National Centre for Scientific Research)

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CNS

Anatomy central nervous system
• (USA ) Cherokee Nuclear Station
• Chief of the Naval Staff
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• Community Nursing Services
• Congress of Neurological Surgeons

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CNSI

(USA ) Chem-Nuclear Systems, Inc.

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CNSLD

chronic nonspecific lung disease

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CNSSO

Chief Naval Supply and Secretariat Officer

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CNT

Canadian National Telegraphs
• celestial navigation trainer
• (USA ) Center for Neighborhood Technology
• (Spain ) Confederación nacional del trabajo (National Confederation of Labour)

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cntn

contain

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cntr.

container
• contribute
• contribution

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cnvt

convict

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c.o.

Med. complains of

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c/o

care of
• Book-keeping carried over
• change over

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Co

Chem. , symbol for cobalt

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Co.

Coalition
• Colorado
• Company
• County

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CO

Cabinet Office
• British fishing port registration for Caernarvon
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• careers officer
• central office
• Chief Officer
• Clerical Officer
• postcode for Colchester
• international vehicle registration for Colombia
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• Military combined operations
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• command order
• Commissioner of Oaths
• Commonwealth Office (now part of the FCO)
• Finance compte ouvert (French: open account)
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• airline flight code for Continental Airlines
• criminal offence
• Crown Office
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• Biochem. cyclo-oxygenase
• British vehicle registration for Exeter

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C/O

case oil
• cash order
• certificate of origin

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CoA

Biochem. coenzyme A

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COA

change of address
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• condition on admission

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coad.

coadjutor

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Coal.

Politics Coalition

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COAS

Council of the Organization of American States

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c.o.b.

close of business

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COBCCEE

Comité des organisations de la boucherie et charcuterie de la CE (French: Committee of the Meat Trade Organizations of the EU)

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COBE

Astronomy Cosmic Background Explorer

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Cobol (or COBOL) ('k,bl)

Computing common business-oriented language

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c.o.b.q.

cum omnibus bonis quiescat (Latin: may he or she rest with all good souls)

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Cobra ('kbr)

Cabinet Office Briefing Room

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coc.

cocaine

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COC

Chamber of Commerce
• Clerk of the Chapel
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• Corps of Commissionaires

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COCA

(USA ) consent order and compliance agreement

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COCAST

Council for Overseas Colleges of Arts, Science, and Technology

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COCEMA

Comité des constructeurs européens de matériel alimentaire (French: Committee of European Machinery Manufacturers for the Food Industries)

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coch. (or cochl.)

Med. cochleare (Latin: spoonful)

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coch. amp.

Med. cochleare amplum (Latin: heaped spoonful)

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coch. mag.

Med. cochleare magnum (Latin: tablespoonful)

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coch. med.

Med. cochleare medium (Latin: dessertspoonful)

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coch. parv.

Med. cochleare parvum (Latin: teaspoonful)

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COCI

Consortium on Chemical Information

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COCOM (or CoCom) ('k,km)

Coordinating Committee for Multinational Export Controls

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COCOMO (or CoCoMo) (k'km)

Computing constructive cost model

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cod.

codicil
• codification

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c.o.d.

cargo on deck
• cash on delivery

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Cod. (or cod.)

codex

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COD

cash on delivery
• Chamber of Deputies
• chemical oxygen demand
• (USA ) collect on delivery
• (ital.) Concise Oxford Dictionary

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CODAG

Engineering combined diesel and gas turbine

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CODAN ('kdæn)

Telecom. carrier-operated device anti-noise

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CODASYL ('kdsl)

Computing Conference on Data Systems Languages

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CODATA

Confederation of Design and Technology Associations

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CODC

cuttings-oil discharge content

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codd.

codices

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codec ('kdk)

Computing coder-decoder

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Codesh ('kd)

Convention for a Democratic South Africa

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Computing coherent digital phased array system

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CODOG

Engineering combined diesel or gas turbine

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CODOT

Classification of Occupations and Directory of Occupational Titles

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COE

Conseil œcuménique des églises (French: World Council of Churches)
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• cost of electricity
• cost of energy

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co-ed (,k'd)

coeducational

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COED

computer-operated electronic display
• (ital.) Concise Oxford English Dictionary

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coeff.

coefficient

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Committee for Environmental Conservation

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COESA

(USA ) Committee on Extension to the Standard Atmosphere

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COF

Comité olympique française (French Olympic Committee)

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C of A

Certificate of Airworthiness
• College of Arms

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COFACE

Compagnie française pour l'assurance du commerce exterieur (French export credit guarantee company)

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C of B

confirmation of balance

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Chamber of Commerce

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Church of England
• Council of Europe

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C of ECS

Church of England Children's Society

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C of F

Chaplain of the Fleet
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centre of gravity

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Cape of Good Hope

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Church of Ireland

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Committee on Fisheries (of the FAO)

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City of London

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C of M

Aeronautics Certificate of Maintenance

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C of S

Chief of Staff
• Church of Scotland
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cog.

cognate
• cognisant
• cognomen

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CoG (or c.o.g.)

centre of gravity

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COG

Cleansing Officers' Guild
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Engineering combined gas and gas turbine

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COGB

certified official government business

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Comité général de la coopération agricole des pays de la CE (French: General Committee for Agricultural Cooperation in the EU Countries)

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COGLA

Canada Oil and Gas Lands Administration

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COGS

Astronautics continuous orbital guidance system
• Accounting cost of goods sold

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coh.

coheir

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c.o.h.

cash on hand

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COHO ('k,h)

Physics coherent oscillator

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COHSE (or Cohse) ('kz)

(formerly) Confederation of Health Service Employees (merged with NALGO and NUPE to form Unison)

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COI

Central Office of Information
• certificate of origin and interest
• Commission océanographique intergouvernementale (French: Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission)
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COIC

Canadian Oceanographic Identification Centre
• Careers and Occupational Information Centre

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CoID

Council of Industrial Design (now Design Council)

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COIL (kl)

chemical oxygen-iodine laser

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COIN (kn)

(USA ) counter-insurgency

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(USA ) Committee on Improvement of National Statistics

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COJO

Conference of Jewish Organizations

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col.

collect(ed)
• collection
• collector
• college
• collegiate
• colon
• colonial
• colony
• colour(ed)
• column

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Col

Astronomy Columba

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Col.

Colombia (n)
• Colonel
• Colorado
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COL

computer-oriented language
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COLA ('kl)

(USA ) cost of living adjustment (clause in employment contracts)

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Col Comdt

Colonel Commandant

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coll.

collateral
• colleague
• collect(ed)
• collection
• collector
• (or Coll.) college
• collegiate
• colloquial(ism)
• Med. collyrium (eyewash)

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collab.

collaborate
• (in) collaboration (with)
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collateral(ly)

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collect.

collective(ly)

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Coll of FE

College of Further Education

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colloq.

colloquial(ly)
• colloquialism

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coll'ott. (or col 8va)

Music coll'ottava (Italian: in octaves)

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collr

collector

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colliery

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Colorado

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cologarithm

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Coloss.

Bible Colossians

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Col. P.

Advertising colour page

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cols

columns

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COLS

Computing communications for online systems

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Col-Sergt (or Col-Sgt)

Colour-Sergeant

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com.

comedy
• comic
• comma
• commentary
• commerce
• commercial
• commission(er)
• committee
• common(ly)
• commoner
• commune
• communicate(d)
• communication(s)
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Astronomy Coma Berenices

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Commander
• Commissary
• Commissioner
• Committee
• Commodore
• Commonwealth
• Communist

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COM

coal-oil mixture
• US Navy Commander
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COMA (or Coma) ('km)

Committee on Medical Aspects of Food Policy

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COMACA

(formerly) Corresponding Member of the Academy of Arts of the USSR

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COMAF

Comité des constructeurs de matériel frigorifique de la CE (French: Committee of Refrigerating Plant Manufacturers of the EU)

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COMAIRCHAN (,km'tæn)

Maritime Air Commander Channel

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COMAIREASTLANT (,kmi:st'lænt)

Air Commander Eastern Atlantic Area

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COMAIRLANT (,km'lænt)

(USA ) Commander Air Force, Atlantic

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COMAL ('kmæl)

Computing common algorithmic language

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COMAR ('km:)

(USA ) Code of Maryland Air Regulations

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(USA ) Committee on Medical Aspects of Radiation in the Environment

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COMART ('kæm:t)

Commander, Marine Air Reserve Training

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comb.

combination
• combine(d)
• combining
• combustible
• combustion

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combu.

combustion

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COMCRULANT (,km,kru:'lænt)

(USA ) Commander Cruisers, Atlantic

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comd

command

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Comd.

Commander

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COMDEV

Commonwealth Development Finance Company

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Comdg

Military Commanding

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Comdr

Military Commander

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Comdt

Military Commandant

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COME

Chief Ordnance Mechanical Engineer

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Council of National Golf Unions

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Comitato olimpico nazionale italiano (Italian National Olympic Committee)

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contributed
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continental United States

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convenient
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conveyance

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(New Zealand ) Certificate of Proficiency (a pass in a university subject)
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Comité des organisations professionnelles agricoles de la CE (French: Committee of Agricultural Organizations in the EU)

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Cocoa Producers' Alliance

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chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

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Conference on Christian Politics, Economics, and Citizenship

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copyright

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Council of Polytechnic Secretaries

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copartner

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Committee on the Public Understanding of Science

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corner
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Christian Organizations Research and Advisory Trust

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chronic obstructive respiratory disease

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(USA ) Congress of Racial Equality

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Commerce (Japan ) Computerized Order Routing and Execution System

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Council for Registration of Gas Installers

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Corresponding Member

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Cornish
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(ital.) Cornhill Magazine

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corollary

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Corporal
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correct(ed)
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Combined Overseas Rehabilitation Relief Appeal

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correlative

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Chem. catalytic oxygen removal system
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(New Zealand ) Council of Organizations for Relief Services Overseas

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cortex

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Colliery Officials and Staffs Association
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combined steam turbine and gas turbine (ship propulsion)

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compression scanning array radar

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Committee on Scientific and Technical Information

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Congress of South African Trade Unions

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Computer Services and Bureaux Association

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Computing common open software environment

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Coordinating Secretariat of the National Union of Students

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Commons, Open Spaces, Footpaths Preservation Society

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Control of Substances Hazardous to Health

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Council for Small Industries in Rural Areas

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Convention of Scottish Local Authorities

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Combined Operations Signals Maintenance Division

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(ital.) Cosmopolitan (magazine)

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Coast Survey Marine Observation System

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come sopra (Italian: as above)

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Committee on Space Research

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Chief of Staff to Supreme Allied Commander

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college of technology

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Physics change of temperature

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Canadian Officers' Training Corps

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Committee for the Accreditation of Teacher Education

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(USA ) contracting officers' technical representative

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(South Africa ) Central Organization for Technical Training

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Heraldry couchant

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courant (French: instant (this month); in correspondence)

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character-oriented windows

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Committee on Water Research

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(USA ) Council on Wages and Price Stability

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Military company

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communications zone indicator

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cp

Chem. cyclopentadienyl (used in formulae)

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compare

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candlepower
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international civil aircraft marking for Bolivia
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C/P

charterparty

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Canadian Pharmaceutical Association
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Physics charged-particle activation analysis

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Collaborative Pesticides Analytical Committee
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Child Poverty Action Group
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Canvas Products Association International

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Crystal Palace

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Committee of Purchasers of Aircraft Material

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Catholic Prisoners' Aid Society
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Book-keeping casual payments book
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(USA ) City Planning Commission
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Comité permanent des congrès internationaux de zoologie (French: Permanent Committee of International Zoological Congresses)

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(USA ) Chartered Property and Casualty Underwriter

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cpd

compound

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Commerce charterers pay dues

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Astronomy Cape Photographic Durchmüsterung (star catalogue)
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Canadian Patents and Developments Limited

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Centre for Physical Distribution Management

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CPE

Certificate of Physical Education
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Catholic Parents' and Electors' Association
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code pénal (French: penal code)

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Corporation of Professional Engineers of Quebec

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contributory pension fund

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cost plus fixed fee

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Council for the Promotion of Field Studies

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Communist Party of Great Britain

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cycles per hour

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Certificate in Public Health

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Canadian Public Health Association

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Chartered Physicist

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cpi

Printing characters per inch

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CPI

Biochem. carboxypeptidase inhibitor
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Cour permanente de justice internationale (French: Permanent Court of International Justice)

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Military Corporal

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CPL

central public library
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cpm

cycles per minute

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(USA ) Certified Property Manager
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Computing , trademark Control Program for Microcomputers

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Council for Postgraduate Medical Education in England and Wales

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Carr-Purcell-Meiboom-Gill (in CPMG sequence )

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coupon

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Copenhagen

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Communistische Partij van Nederland (Netherlands Communist Party)
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Council of Photographic News Agencies

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Copenhagen

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Communist Party of New Zealand

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CPO

cancel previous order
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c.p.p.

controllable pitch propeller

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CPP

chemical processing plant
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Canadian Pulp and Paper Association

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Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference

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CPPO

Chem. bis(2-carbopentyloxy-3, 5, 6-trichlorophenyl) oxalate

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Computing critical path planning and scheduling

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CPR

Canadian Pacific Railway
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Central Price Regulation Committee

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Council for the Protection of Rural England

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Central Policy Review Staff

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Council for the Protection of Rural Wales

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Computing characters per second
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Centre for Policy Studies
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Civil and Public Services Association (clerical civil servants' union)
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(USA ) Consumer Product Safety Commission

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CPSS

Certificate in Public Service Studies

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Communist Party of the Soviet Union

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CPsychol

Chartered Psychologist

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cpt

cockpit
• counterpoint

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Cpt.

Captain

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CPT

Canadian Pacific Telegraphs
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Clay Products Technical Bureau

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CPU

central packaging unit
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Communist Party of the United States of America

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CPVE

Certificate of Pre-vocational Education

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(Burma ) Central People's Workers' Council

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Military charge of quarters
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Chief Quartermaster
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Company Quartermaster-Sergeant

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(ital.) Church Quarterly Review

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Court of Quarter Sessions

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Certificate of Qualification in Social Work

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cr.

created
• creation
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• creek
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• crimson
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con riserva (Italian: with reservations)
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c/r.

company's risk

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Cr

Chem. , symbol for chromium
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Carolina Regina (Latin: Queen Caroline)
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CrA

Astronomy Corona Australis

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CRA

California Redwood Association
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Commander-at-Arms

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Careers Research and Advisory Centre
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Committee for Research into Apparatus for the Disabled

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Companion of the Royal Aeronautical Society

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(USA ) Civil Reserve Air Fleet

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Convention on the Regulation of Antarctic Mineral Resource Activities

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cran. (or craniol.)

craniology

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craniometry

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Commander of the Royal Army Service Corps

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Astronomy Corona Borealis

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Central Radio Bureau

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CRC

Printing camera-ready copy
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Canadian Red Cross Committee

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CRCH

central register and clearing house

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Certificant of the Royal College of Physicians

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Certificant of the Royal College of Surgeons

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CRD

chronic respiratory disease
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(USA ) Chemical Research, Development, and Engineering Center

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cathode-ray direction-finding

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(USA ) Coal Research Establishment
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Centro Regional de Educación Fundamental para la América Latina (Spanish: Regional Centre of Fundamental Education for Latin America)

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cres. (or cresc.)

Music crescendo

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Crescent (in street names)

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CREST (krst)

Med. calcinosis, Raynaud's phenomenon, (o)esophageal malfunction, sclerodactyly, telangiectasia (in CREST syndrome )

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CRF

Finance capital recovery factor
• chronic renal failure
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crg.

carriage

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corticotrophin-releasing hormone

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CRI

Caribbean Research Institute
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• Croce Rossa Italiana (Italian Red Cross)

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Current Research in Britain (publication)

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CRIC

RC Church Canons Regular of the Immaculate Conception

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crim.

criminal

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crim. con.

Law criminal conversation (i.e. adultery)

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criminol.

criminology

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Crimp.

Textiles Crimplene

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CRIS

Med. clinical radiology imaging system
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• current research information system

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crit.

criterion
• critic
• critical(ly)
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Crk

Cork (Ireland )

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CRL

RC Church Canons Regular of the Lateran
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CRM

(USA ) Central Rocky Mountains
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Cotton and Rayon Merchants' Association

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Cancer Relief Macmillan Fund

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Corps of Royal Military Police

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crn.

crane
• crown

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CRNA

Clinical Research Nurses' Association

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CRNCM

Companion of the Royal Northern College of Music

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CRNSS

Chief of the Royal Naval Scientific Service

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CRO

cathode-ray oscilloscope (or oscillograph)
• chief recruiting officer
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• compulsory rights order
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Croat.

Croatia(n)

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CRP

Calendarium Rotulorum Patentium (Latin: Calendar of the Patent Rolls)
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• capacity requirement plan
• (India ) Central Reserve Police
• coordinated research programme
• Immunol. C-reactive protein
• Biochem. cyclic-AMP receptor protein

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CRPL

(USA ) Central Radio Propagation Laboratory

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CRPPH

(USA ) Committee on Radiation Protection and Public Health

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CRR

constant ratio rule
• Curia Regis Roll

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CRS

Catholic Record Society
• cold-rolled steel
• Cooperative Retail Society
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CRSA

Cold Rolled Sections Association
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CRSI

(USA ) Concrete Reinforcing Steel Institute

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Crt

Court
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CRT

cathode-ray tube
• Maths. Chinese remainder theorem
• combat readiness training
• composite rate tax

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CRTC

Canadian Radio-Television Commission

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crtkr

caretaker

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CRTS

Commonwealth Reconstruction Training Scheme

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Cru

Astronomy Crux

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CRU

civil resettlement unit
• Computing control register user

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CRUDESPAC ('kru:ds,pæk)

US Navy Cruiser-Destroyer Forces, Pacific

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US Navy Cruiser Forces, Atlantic

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Crv

Astronomy Corvus

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crypto.

cryptographic
• cryptography

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cryst.

crystal
• crystalline
• (or crystallog.) crystallography

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crystd

crystallized

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crystn

crystallization

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CRZZ

(Poland ) Centralna Rada Zwiazkow Zawadowych (Central Council of Trade Unions)

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cs.

case
• census
• consul

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c.s.

capital stock
• come sopra (Italian: as above)

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c/s

cases
• cycles per second

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Cs

Chem. , symbol for caesium
• (ital.) Meteorol. cirrostratus

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CS

Chem. calcium silicate
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• British vehicle registration for Glasgow
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C/S

channel shank (buttons)
• cycles per second

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CSA

Canadian Standards Association
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• (Canada ) Computer Science Association
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CSAA

Child Study Association of America

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Canadian Society of Agricultural Engineering

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CSAP

Canadian Society of Animal Production

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CSAR

Communication Satellite Advanced Research

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CSB

Bachelor of Christian Science
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• Central Statistical Board
• Med. chemical stimulation of the brain

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CSBGM

Committee of Scottish Bank General Managers

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CSBM

Military Confidence- and Security-Building Measures

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csc

Maths. cosecant

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CSC

Civil Service Commission
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• Comprehensive Schools Committee
• (Belgium ) Confédération des syndicats chrétiens (French: Federation of Christian Trade Unions)
• Congregation of the Holy Cross
• Conspicuous Service Cross (replaced by the DSC)

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CSCBS

Commodore Superintendent, Contract-Built Ships

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Civil Service Commission of Canada
• Council of Scottish Chambers of Commerce

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Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe

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CSCW

computer-supported cooperative working

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CSD

Chartered Society of Designers
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CSDE

RAF Central Servicing Development Establishment

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cse

course

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CSE

Central Signals Establishment
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CSEA

(USA ) Civil Service Employees Association

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CSED

US Navy coordinated ship electronics design

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CSEU

Confederation of Shipbuilding and Engineering Unions

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CSF

Med. cerebrospinal fluid
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CSFA

Canadian Scientific Film Association

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CSFE

Canadian Society of Forest Engineers

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CSG

Catholic Social Guild
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CSGA

Canadian Seed Growers' Association

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CS gas

indicating a tear gas (surname initials of its US inventors, Ben Carson and Roger Staughton)

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CSH

Chem. calcium silicate hydrate

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CSI

Chartered Surveyors' Institution
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• Church of South India
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• Companion of the Order of the Star of India
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CSICC

Canadian Steel Industries Construction Council

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CSIEJB

Certificate of the Sanitary Inspectors Examination Joint Board

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Committee for the Scientific Investigation of the Paranormal

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Council for Scientific and Industrial Research

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Council for Small Industries in Rural Areas

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Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (Australia )

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CSJ

(ital.) Christian Science Journal

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csk

cask
• countersink

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CSL

(Australia ) Commonwealth Serum Laboratories
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• computer simulation language
• Computing control and simulation language
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CSLATP

Canadian Society of Landscape Architects and Town Planners

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CSLO

Canadian Scientific Liaison Office
• Combined Services Liaison Officer

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CSLT

Canadian Society of Laboratory Technologists

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CSM

cerebrospinal meningitis
• (ital.) Christian Science Monitor
• Christian Socialist Movement
• Astronautics command service module
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• (USA ) corn, soya, milk (food supplement)

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CSMA

Chemical Specialities Manufacturers' Association
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CSMA/CD

Computing carrier sense multiple access, collision detection (network protocol)

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Chartered Society of Massage and Medical Gymnastics

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Card Setting Machine Tenters' Society

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Confederate States Navy

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CSNI

(USA ) Committee on the Safety of Nuclear Installations

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CSO

Caltech Submillimeter Observatory
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CSP

Chartered Society of Physiotherapists (or Physiotherapy)
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• Computing communicating sequential processes
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CSPAA

Conférence de solidarité des pays afro-asiatiques (French: Afro-Asian People's Solidarity Conference)

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Canadian Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

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CSPR

Chem. chlorosulphonated polyethylene rubber

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CSR

(Australia ) Colonial Sugar Refining Company
• combat-stress reaction
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CSS

Computing centralized structure store
• Certificate in Social Service
• computer systems simulator
• (or CSSp) (member of the) Congregation of the Holy Ghost (Sanctus Spiritus); Holy Ghost Father
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CSSA

Civil Service Supply Association

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CSSB

Civil Service Selection Board

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CSSDA

(USA ) Council for Social Science Data Archives

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CSSR

RC Church Congregatio Sanctissimi Redemptoris (Latin: Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer; Redemptorists)

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CSSS

Canadian Soil Science Society

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CST

(USA ) Central Standard Time
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Canadian Society of Technical Agriculturists
• (New Zealand ) Canterbury Science Teachers' Association

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CSTI

Council of Science and Technology Institutes

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CStJ

Commander of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem

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CSU

Med. catheter specimen of urine
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CSV

Computing comma-separated variables
• community service volunteer
• Community Service Volunteers

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CSW

(USA ) Certified Social Worker
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CSYS

(Scotland ) Certificate of Sixth Year Studies

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ct

carat
• caught
• cent
• circuit
• courant (French: instant (this month); in correspondence)
• court
• crate
• credit
• current

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ct.

centum (Latin: hundred)
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Canton
• Connecticut
• Count
• (or Ct) Music countertenor
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CT

cable transfer
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• British fishing port registration for Castletown
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• code telegrams
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• commercial traveller
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• US postcode for Connecticut
• corporation tax
• counter trade
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C/T

Californian Terms (in the grain trade)

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c.t.a.

Law cum testamento annexo (Latin: with the will annexed)

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CTA

Camping Trade Association
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• Chem. cellulose triacetate
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• Med. computerized (or computed) tomographic angiography (or arteriography)

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CTAB

Chem. cetyltrimethylammonium bromide

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CTAU

Catholic Total Abstinence Union

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CTB

Commonwealth Telecommunications Board
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CTBT

comprehensive test ban treaty

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CTC

Canadian Transport Commission
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• centralized traffic control
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• city technology college
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• corn trade clauses
• crushing, tearing, and curling (machine)
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ctd

crated

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CTD

central training depot
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ctDNA

Biochem. chloroplast DNA

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Cte

Comte (French: Count)

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CTE

Physics coefficient of (linear) thermal expansion

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CTEB

Council of Technical Examining Bodies

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Ctesse

Comtesse (French: Countess)

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CTETOC

Council for Technical Education and Training for Overseas Countries

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CText

Chartered Textile Technologist

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ctf.

certificate
• certify

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CTF

Chaplain to the Territorial Forces
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ctge

cartage
• cartridge
• cottage

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CTH

Corporation of Trinity House

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CTI

computer telephony integration

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CTIO

Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory (Chile )

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CTK

(formerly) Ceskoslovenská Tisková Kancelá (Czechoslovak Press Bureau)

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ctl

central

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CTL

constant tensile load
• Insurance constructive total loss
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CTM

Med. computerized (or computed) tomographic myelography

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ctn

carton
• Maths. cotangent

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CTO

Philately cancelled to order (of postage stamps)
• Central Telegraph Office
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CTOL ('si:tl)

conventional takeoff and landing

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CTP

Confederación de Trabajadores del Peru (Spanish: Peruvian Confederation of Labour)
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ctpt

Music counterpoint

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ctptal

Music contrapuntal

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ctptst

Music contrapuntist

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ctr.

centre
• contribution
• contributor

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CTR

certified test record
• controlled thermonuclear reaction
• controlled thermonuclear research

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CTRA

Coal Tar Research Association

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Ctrl

Computing control

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CTRP

Confederación de Trabajadores de la Républica de Panama (Spanish: Confederation of Workers of the Republic of Panama)

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CTRU

Colonial Termite Research Unit

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cts

centimes
• cents
• certificates
• crates

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CTS

Med. carpal tunnel syndrome
• Catholic Truth Society
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CTSA

Crucible and Tool Steel Association

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CTT

capital-transfer tax

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CTTB

Central Trade Test Board (of the RAF)

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Cttee (or C'tee)

committee

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CTTSC

Certificate in the Teaching and Training of Subnormal Children

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CTUS

Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland

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CTV

cable television
• Canadian Television Network Limited
• Confederación de Trabajadores de Venezuela (Spanish: Confederation of Venezuelan Workers)

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CTZ

control traffic zone (around an aerodrome or airport)

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cu.

cubic

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Cu

Chem. , symbol for copper (Latin cuprum)
• (ital.) Meteorol. cumulus

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CU

Cambridge University
• Christian Union
• Church Union
• Photog. close-up
• Congregational Union of England and Wales
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CUA

Canadian Underwriters' Association
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CUAC

Cambridge University Athletic Club

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CUAFC

Cambridge University Association Football Club

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CUAS

Cambridge University Agricultural Society
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cubic

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Cambridge University Boat Club
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Canberra University College
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Cambridge University Cricket Club

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Community Urban Development Assistance Team

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Cambridge University Dramatic Society

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Congregational Union of England and Wales

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Catholicarum Universitatum Foederatio (Latin: Federation of Catholic Universities)
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Cambridge University Golf Club

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Cambridge University Hockey Club

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cuisine

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Carnegie United Kingdom Trust

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culinary

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Cambridge University Library

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convertible unsecured loan stock

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Cambridge University Lawn Tennis Club

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Finance cumulative

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Cambridge University Mission

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Cumberland (former county)

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Finance cum dividend (i.e. with dividend)

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Finance cumulative preference (shares)

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Cambridge University Musical Society

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Credit Union National Association

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City University of New York

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Cambridge University Opera Group

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Cambridge University Press
• symbol for Cuban peso (monetary unit)

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currency
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(Australia ) Coal Utilization Research Advisory Committee

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Law curia advisari vult (see under CAV)

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Care, Understanding, and Research (an organization for the welfare of drug addicts)

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curt.

current (i.e. this month)

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Cambridge University Rugby Union Football Club

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US Navy cable-controlled undersea recovery vehicle

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Catholic University School

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Canadian University Services Overseas

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Canada-United States Regional Planning Group (in NATO)

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custodian

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Commonwealth Unit Trust Fund

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Computing cassette users' tape specification
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Botany cultivar

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cheval-vapeur (French: horsepower)
• chief value
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CV

calorific value
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2 cheval-vapeur (deux chevaux; two-horsepower French car)

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Med. cerebrovascular accident
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current-voltage (or capacitance-voltage) characteristics

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Committee of Vice-Chancellors and Principals (of the Universities of the United Kingdom)

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Commerce cash versus documents

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Physics Cerenkov viewing device
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Certificate of Vocational Education
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symbol for escudo (monetary unit of Cape Verde)

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CVI

chemical vapour infiltration
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constant velocity joint (in vehicles)

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centre vertical keel

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Company of Veteran Motorists

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Astronomy Canes Venatici

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Engineering Charpy V-notch

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Commander of the Royal Victorian Order

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Music colla voce (Italian: with the voice; instruction to accompanist)

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Med. central venous pressure
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Med. , Zoology cardiovascular system
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Council of Voluntary Service National Association

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cvt.

Finance convertible

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Maths. canonical variational theory
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Covent Garden

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combat vehicle weapons system

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cw.

clockwise

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Physics carrier wave
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c/w

chainwheel (in cycling)

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airline flight code for Air Marshall Islands
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Catering Wages Act
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Canadian Wheat Board
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chemical warfare-bacteriological warfare

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Catering Wages Commission
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civilian war dead

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Centre for World Development Education

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Commonwealth

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coal-water fuel

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Commonwealth War Graves Commission

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(India ) Central Waterways, Irrigation, and Navigation Commission

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Computing campus-wide information service

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Catholic Women's League

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Commonwealth

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Commission on World Mission and Evangelism (of the World Council of Churches)

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Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association

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cash with order

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Chief Warrant Officer

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Conference of World Organizations Interested in the Handicapped

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(Malta ) Christian Workers' Party
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CWR (or c.w.r.)

continuous welded rail

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continuous-wave radar

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coal-water slurry
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cwt

symbol for hundredweight

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central war time

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Chemical Workers' Union
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cx

Med. cervix
• convex

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CX

airline flight code for Cathay Pacific Airways
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CXR

chest X-ray

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Common External Tariff of the European Community

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cy

capacity
• currency
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CY

calendar year
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cyath.

Med. cyathus (Latin: glassful)

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Med. cyathus vinarius (Latin: wineglassful)

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cybernetics

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cycle(s)
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Clyde Yacht Clubs Association

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cyclo.

cyclopedia

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Central Youth Employment Executive

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Astronomy Cygnus

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cyl.

cylinder
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Cymric

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Catholic Young Men's Society

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(USA ) Catholic Youth Organization

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Cyprian
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Cys (or cys)

Biochem. cysteine

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Geology Cenozoic

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CZ

British vehicle registration for Belfast
• Canal Zone
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Cytology chlor-zinc iodide

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CZMA

(USA ) Coastal Zone Management Act

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D

d

symbol for day
• symbol for deci- (prefix indicating 0.1, as in dB , decibel)
• Biochem. , symbol for deoxyribonucleoside (preceding the nucleoside symbol, as in dT , thymidine)
• Physics , symbol for deuteron
• (ital.) Chem. dextrorotatory (as in d-tartaric acid )
• (ital.) symbol for diameter
• Music doh (in tonic sol-fa)
• Physics down (a quark flavour)
• (ital.) symbol for relative density
• (ital.) symbol for thickness
• Maths. , indicating a small increment in a given variable or function (as in d y/d x)
• Physics , Chem. , indicating the electron state l=2, where l is the orbital angular momentum quantum number
• indicating the fourth vertical row of squares from the left on a chessboard

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d.

dam (in animal pedigrees)
• damn
• date
• daughter
• day
• deacon
• dead
• deceased
• Dentistry deciduous
• decision
• decree
• degree
• delete
• deliver(y)
• delta
• density
• depart(s)
• depth
• deputy
• desert
• deserter
• destro (Italian: right)
• diameter
• died
• dime
• Currency dinar(s) (see also under D; DA; Din; JD)
• discharge
• distance
• dividend
• dollar(s) (symbol $ )
• Med. dose
• Currency drachma(s) (see also under Dr)
• drama
• droite (French: right)
• dump
• (formerly) penny or pennies (Latin denarius)

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D

(ital.) Physics , Med. , symbol for absorbed dose (of radiation)
• symbol for dalasï (Gambian monetary unit)
• Geology , symbol for darcy
• defence (in D notice )
• Government Department
• Chem. , symbol for deuterium
• Geology Devonian
• (ital.) symbol for diameter
• (ital.) Chem. , symbol for diffusion coefficient
• dimension or dimensional (preceded by a number)
• symbol for dinar (Tunisian monetary unit)
• Optics , symbol for dioptre
• (ital.) Physics , symbol for dispersion
• Immunol. diversity region (of an immunoglobulin chain)
• symbol for dong (Vietnamese monetary unit)
• (ital.) Aeronautics , symbol for drag
• Irish fishing port registration for Dublin
• (bold ital.) Physics , symbol for electric flux density (or displacement)
• Roman numeral for five hundred
• international vehicle registration or civil aircraft marking for Germany
• Maths. , indicating the first derivative of a function (in D operator )
• (small cap.) Chem. , indicating an optically active compound having a configuration related to dextrorotatory glyceraldehyde (as in D-glucose )
• indicating a musical note or key
• Med. , indicating a rhesus antigen (as in anti-D )
• indicating semiskilled or unskilled (occupational grade)

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D. (or D)

Damen (German: ladies)
• December
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• demy (paper size)
• destroyer
• Deus (Latin: God)
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• Cards diamonds
• Director
• Diretto (Italian: slow train)
• distinguished
• doctor
• dogana (Italian: customs)
• Dom (monastic title)
• Dominus (Latin: God or Christ)
• Don (Spanish title)
• douane (French: customs)
• Dowager
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• Dutch

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D2

international civil aircraft marking for Angola

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D2T2

Computing dye diffusion thermal transfer

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D4

international civil aircraft marking for Cape Verde Islands

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D6

airline flight code for Inter Air

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2,4-D

2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (herbicide)

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3D

airline flight code for Palair Macedonian
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3-D

three-dimensional

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4D

airline flight code for Air Sinai

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da

symbol for deca- (prefix indicating 10, as in dam , decametre)

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d/a

Commerce days after acceptance
• Commerce documents against acceptance

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Da

Biochem. , symbol for dalton(s)

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Da.

Danish

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D/a

deposit account
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DA

airline flight code for Air Georgia
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• Daughters of America
• deed of arrangement
• Defence Act
• delayed action (bomb)
• (USA ) Department of Agriculture
• Deputy Advocate
• deputy assistant
• design automation
• destructive analysis
• symbol for dinar (Algerian monetary unit)
• Diploma in Anaesthesia (or Anaesthetics)
• Diploma in Art
• direct action
• Chem. dissolved acetylene
• (USA ) District Attorney
• Doctor of Arts
• doesn't answer
• Med. dopamine
• Irish fishing port registration for Drogheda
• duck's arse (hairstyle)

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D/A

Commerce days after acceptance
• Commerce delivery on acceptance
• deposit account
• (or D-A) Computing , Electronics digital-to-analogue (converter)
• Commerce documents against acceptance (as in D/A bill )

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DAA

défense anti-aérienne (French: anti-aircraft defence)
• Chem. diacetone acrylamide
• Chem. diacetone alcohol
• Diploma of the Advertising Association

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DAA&QMG

Deputy Assistant Adjutant and Quartermaster-General

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Deputy Assistant Adjutant-General

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Deputy Adjutant and Quartermaster-General

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DAAS

data acquisition and analysis system

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DAB

daily audience barometer
• Deutsches Apothekerbuch (German Pharmacopoeia)
• (ital.) Dictionary of American Biography
• digital audio broadcasting

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DABCO

Chem. 1,4-diazobicyclooctane

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DABN

Med. diffuse acute bacterial nephritis

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d.a.c.

Insurance deductible average clause
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DAc

Doctor of Acupuncture

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DAC

data analysis and control
• Development Assistance Committee (of the OECD)
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DACC

Dangerous Air Cargoes Committee

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DACG

Deputy Assistant Chaplain-General

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dacr.

dacron (fabric)

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DAD

Deputy Assistant Director (as in DADMS , Deputy Assistant Director of Medical Services; DADOS , Deputy Assistant Director of Ordnance Services; DADQ , Deputy Assistant Director of Quartering; DADST , Deputy Assistant Director of Supplies and Transport)

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DADG

Deputy Assistant Director General (as in DADGMS , Deputy Assistant Director General of Medical Services)

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DAdmin

Doctor of Administration

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DAE

(USA ) Department of Atomic Energy
• (ital.) Dictionary of American English
• differential algebraic equation
• Diploma in Advanced Engineering
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DAEP

Division of Atomic Energy Production

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Department of Aeronautical and Engineering Research

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daf (dæf)

(Netherlands ) Doorn Automobielfabriek (Dutch gearless car)

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d.a.f.

described as follows

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DAF

(USA ) Department of the Air Force
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Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland

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dag

symbol for decagram(s)

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DAG

Deputy Adjutant-General
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DAGMAR ('dægm:)

Commerce defining advertising goals for measured advertising results

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DAgr

Doctor of Agriculture

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Doctor of Agricultural Science

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DAH

Med. disordered action of the heart

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d.a.i.

death from accidental injuries

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DAI

disease activity index
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Deputy Assistant Judge Advocate General

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Dak.

Dakota

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dal

symbol for decalitre(s)

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DAL

direct acid leaching

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DALR

Meteorol. dry adiabatic lapse rate

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dal S.

Music dal segno (Italian: (repeat) from the sign)

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dam

symbol for decametre(s)

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DAM

Diploma in Ayurvedic Medicine

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DAMN

Chem. diaminomaleonitrile

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DAMS

(USA ) defense against missiles system(s)
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Dan.

Bible Daniel
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D&AD

Designers and Art Directors Association

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discipline and bondage

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D & C

dean and chapter
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drunk and disorderly

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death and dying

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Dolce e Gabbana

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Dock and Harbour Authorities' Association

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development and printing

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demand and supply

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Med. diarrhoea and vomiting

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DAO

district advisory officer

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Director of Air Organization and Training

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d.a.p.

do anything possible
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DAP

Chem. diammonium phosphate
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Diploma in Applied Parasitology and Entomology

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Deputy Assistant Provost-Marshal

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Doctor of Applied Science

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Director of Army Postal Services

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Deputy Assistant Quartermaster-General

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Daughters of the American Revolution
• (USA ) Defense Aid Reports
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• (Canada ) Directorate of Atomic Research

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Doctor of Architecture

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Directorate of Aircraft Research and Development

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DARE

demand and resource evaluation

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(USA ) Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (formerly ARPA)

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Doctor of Art

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d.a.s.

Commerce delivered alongside ship

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DAS

Computing data-acquisition system
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• Director of Armament Supply
• double algebraic sum
• Dramatic Authors' Society

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(USA ) Defense Atomic Support Agency

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Doctor of Agricultural Science(s)

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(USA ) Direct Air Support Center

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DASD

Computing direct-access storage device
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DASH

drone antisubmarine helicopter

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DASM

delayed-action space missile

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DAST

Chem. diethylaminosulphur trifluoride

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dat.

dative

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DAT

Med. dementia of the Alzheimer type
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DATEC ('detk)

Art and Design Committee, Technician Education Council

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Datel ('d,l)

Trademark data telex (data transmission service)

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DATV

digitally assisted television

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dau.

daughter

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DAV

Disabled American Veterans

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DAvMed

Diploma in Aviation Medicine

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DAW

Nuclear engineering dry active waste

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DAWS

Director of Army Welfare Services

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DAX

Stock exchange Deutsche Aktienindex (German share price index)

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DAyM

Doctor of Ayurvedic Medicine

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d.b.

Music double bass
• double bed
• double-breasted
• drawbar (on tractors, etc.)

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dB

symbol for decibel(s)

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Db

symbol for dobra (monetary unit of São Tomé and Príncipe)

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DB

Bachelor of Divinity (Latin Divinitatis Baccalaureus)
• airline flight code for Brit Air
• Chem. dangling bond
• database
• (or D/B) Book-keeping daybook
• deals and battens (timber)
• Radio , Television delayed broadcast
• (Germany ) Deutsche Bundesbahn (German Federal Railway)
• (Germany ) Deutsche Bundesbank (German Federal Bank)
• Domesday Book
• double-barrelled
• British vehicle registration for Manchester

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2,4-DB

Chem. 4-(2,4-dichlorophenoxy)-butyric acid

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dBA (or dBa)

symbol for decibel A (decibels above reference noise, adjusted: unit for measuring noise)

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DBA

Computing database administrator (or administration)
• dihydrodimethylbenzopyranbutyric acid (sickle-cell anaemia treatment)
• Doctor of Business Administration
• (or d.b.a.) doing business as (or at)

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DBB

deals, battens, and boards (timber)
• (Germany ) Deutscher Beamtenbund (civil servants' trade union)
• (or DB&B) dinner, bed, and breakfast (in accommodation advertisements)

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DBC

Deaf Broadcasting Council

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DBE

Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire
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DBEATS

dispatch payable both ends all time saved

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DBELTS

dispatch payable both ends on lay time saved

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Dbh (or DBH)

Forestry diameter at breast height

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DBib

Douay Bible

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DBIU

(Canada ) Dominion Board of Insurance Underwriters

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dbk

debark
• drawback

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double

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Diploma in Business Management

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Computing database management system

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DBMT

displacement bone-marrow transplantation

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Durban (South Africa )

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Diploma of the British Orthoptic Board

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diciembre (Spanish: December)

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Physics diffraction back-scattering
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double British summer time

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DBT

Chem. dual-buffer titration

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d.c.

dead centre
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• Music double crochet
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depois de Cristo (Portuguese: after Christ, i.e. AD)
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Music da capo (Italian: from the head; i.e. repeat from the beginning)
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Marine insurance deviation clause

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(USA ) Defense Communications Agency
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Diploma of the College of Aeronautics

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Deputy County Advisory Officer

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d.cap.

double foolscap (standard paper size)

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Deputy Chief of the Air Staff

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Dame Commander of the Order of the Bath
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Deputy Chief Constable
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(USA ) Department of Community Development
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Computing data-communications equipment
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Diploma of Child and Educational Psychology

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Accounting discounted cash flow

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Deputy Chaplain-General
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Deputy Chief of the General Staff

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Doctor of Surgery (Latin Doctor Chirurgiae)

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Diploma in Child Health

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Doctor of Dental Surgery

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Doctor of Chemical Engineering

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desorption chemical ionization
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(USA ) district court judge

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dcl.

declaration

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Distillers' Company Limited
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Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

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Dame Commander of the Order of St Lazarus of Jerusalem

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Doctor of Clinical Science

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Diploma in Community Medicine
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Dame Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George

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Deputy Commissioner Medical Services

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Doctor of Canon Law

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Duke of Cambridge's Own (regiment)

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double column (in advertisements)

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Doctor of Commercial Law

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Doctor of Commerce

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Doctor of Comparative Law

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Diploma in Conservation of Paintings
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(USA ) Defense Civil Preparedness Agency

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Diploma of the College Pathologists

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Doctor of Criminology

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Deputy Chief of Staff
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Deputy Chief Scientific Officer

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Deputy Chief of Supplies and Transport

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dct

document

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Computing discrete cosine transform
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DCU

Chem. N,N-dichlorourethane

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Accounting direct charge voucher

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Dame Commander of the Royal Victorian Order

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DCW

dead carcass weight
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dd

dated
• dedicated
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days after date
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Deo dedit (Latin: gave to God)

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days after date
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Insurance damage done
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delivered at docks
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DDA

Dangerous Drugs Act
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Day Day (the specified day, i.e. 6 June 1944, for the Allied invasion of Europe)

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DDBMS

distributed database management system

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ddC (or DDC)

Med. dideoxycytidine (drug for treating Aids)

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Dewey Decimal Classification (of library books)
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DDCMP

digital data communication message protocol

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DDD

dat, dicat, dedicat (Latin: gives, devotes, and dedicates)
• deadline delivery date
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• dono dedit dedicavit (Latin: gave and consecrated as a gift)

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DDDA

Chem. dodecadien-1-yl acetate

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DDDOL

Chem. dodecadien-1-ol

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DDDS

Deputy Director of Dental Services

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DDE

Computing direct data entry
• Dwight David Eisenhower (1890–1969, US president 1953–61)
• dynamic data exchange

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Deputy Director-General

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Deputy Director-General, Army Medical Services

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Diploma in Dental Health

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ddI (or DDI)

dideoxyinosine (drug used in treating Aids)

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Divisional Detective Inspector

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d.d. in d.

Med. de die in diem (Latin: from day to day)

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DDL

Computing data definition (or description) language(s)
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DDM

Diploma in Dermatological Medicine
• Doctor of Dental Medicine

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Deputy Director of Mechanical Engineering

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Deputy Director of Military Intelligence

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Deputy Director of Military Operations and Intelligence

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Deputy Director of Medical Services

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Deputy Director of Military Training

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Deputy Director of Naval Intelligence

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DDO

Diploma in Dental Orthopaedics
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Chem. dodecen-1-ol

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Deputy Director of Ordnance Services

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DDP

Chem. dichlorodiammineplatinum(II)
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Diploma in Dental Public Health

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Deputy Director of Public Relations

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Deputy Director of Personal Services
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Deutsche Demokratische Republik (German Democratic Republic or East Germany; now part of Germany)
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Deputy Director, Royal Artillery

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Deputy Directorate of Research and Development

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dd/s

delivered sound

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DDS

deep diving system
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• Dewey Decimal System (library-book classification)
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• (or DDSc) Doctor of Dental Science
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Deputy Director of Staff Duties

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DDSM

(USA ) Defense Distinguished Service Medal

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Deputy Director of Scientific Research

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DDST

Deputy Director of Supplies and Transport

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DDT

dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (insecticide)

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DDVP

dimethyldichlorovinyl phosphate (dichlorvos; insecticide)

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DDVS

Deputy Director of Veterinary Services

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DDWE&M

Deputy Director of Works, Electrical and Mechanical

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d.e.

deckle edge
• diesel-electric
• Fencing direct elimination
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DE

Dáil Éireann (lower chamber of the Irish parliament)
• deflection error
• US postcode for Delaware
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• double elephant (standard paper size)
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Dea.

Deacon
• Dean

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DEA

Computing data encryption algorithm
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• Chem. diethanolamine
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DEAD

Chem. diethyl azodicarboxylate

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deb.

Finance debenture
• debit

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deb. stk

Finance debenture stock

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dec

Astronomy declination

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dec.

deceased
• décembre (French: December)
• decimal
• declaration
• declare(d)
• Grammar declension
• decoration
• decorative
• decrease
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Dec.

Decani (Latin: of the dean; indicating the dean's side (usually the south side) of a choir)
• Decanus (Latin: dean)
• (or Dec) December

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Doctor of Economics

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DEC

dental examination centre
• (USA ) Department of Environmental Conservation
• (USA ) Digital Equipment Corporation
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decd

deceased

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decid.

deciduous

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Grammar declension

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decn

decontamination

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Doctor of Economics

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DEconSc

Doctor of Economic Science

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DECR

Meteorol. decrease

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decresc.

Music decrescendo (Italian; decrease loudness)

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ded.

dedicate(d)
• dedication
• deduce
• deduct(ion)

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DEd

Doctor of Education

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de d. in d.

(ital.) Med. de die in diem (Latin: from day to day)

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DEE

Diploma in Electrical Engineering

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(USA ) Department of Energy and Economic Development

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DEEP

Directly Elected European Parliament

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def.

defecate
• defecation
• defect
• defection
• defective
• defector
• defence
• defendant
• deferred
• deficit
• define
• definite
• definition
• deflagrate
• deflect(ion)
• defoliate
• defrost
• defunct
• defunctus (Latin: deceased)

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def. art.

Grammar definite article

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DEFCON ('df,kn)

Military defence readiness condition

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defl.

deflate (or deflation)
• deflect(ion)

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deft.

defendant

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deg.

degree

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DEG

Meteorol. degrees

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DEHA

di-2-ethylhexyl adipate (plasticizer in clingfilm)

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Dutch East Indies (former name for Indonesia)

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del.

delegate
• delegation
• delete
• delineavit (Latin: he (or she) drew it)
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Del

Astronomy Delphinus

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Delaware
• Delhi

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deld.

delivered

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deleg.

delegate
• delegation

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DElo

Doctor of Elocution

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delv.

deliver(ed)

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dely.

delivery

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dem.

demand
• demerara
• democracy
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(USA ) Democrat(ic)

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DEME

Directorate of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering

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demon.

demonstrate
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DEMS

defensively equipped merchant ships

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(Northern Ireland ) Democratic Unionist

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demur.

demurrage

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den.

denier
• denotation
• denote(d)
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Den.

Denbighshire (former Welsh county)
• Denmark
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Department of Energy
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DEN

District Enrolled Nurse

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dend. (or dendrol.)

dendrology

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DenD

Docteur en droit (French: Doctor of Laws)

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Doctor of Engineering

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DEngS

Doctor of Engineering Science

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DenM (or DenMed)

Docteur en médecine (French: Doctor of Medicine)

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denom.

Religion denomination

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DENR

(USA ) Department of Energy and Natural Resources

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dens.

density

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dent.

dental
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DEnt

Doctor of Entomology

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DEOVR

Duke of Edinburgh's Own Volunteer Rifles

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dep.

department
• depart(s)
• departure
• dependant
• dependency
• dependent
• deponent
• depose(d)
• deposit
• depositor
• depot
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dép.

département (administrative division in France)
• député (French: deputy)

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DEP

Department of Employment and Productivity
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department
• deponent

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deputy

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der.

derecha (Spanish: right)
• derivation
• derivative
• derive(d)

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(USA ) Department of Environmental Resources

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Derbyshire

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deriv.

derivation
• derivative
• derive(d)

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DERL

derived emergency reference level (of radiation)

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derm.

dermatitis
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DERR

Duke of Edinburgh's Royal Regiment

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derv (d:v)

diesel-engined road vehicle (diesel oil)

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des.

desert
• design(er)
• designate(d)
• designation
• desire
• dessert

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Des.

Deaconess
• Designer

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DES

Computing data encryption standard
• Department of Education and Science (former government department, replaced by the DfEE)
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desc.

descend
• descendant
• descent
• describe

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desid.

desideratum (Latin: something wanted)

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designate

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Docteur ès lettres (French: Doctor of Letters)

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desp.

despatch(ed)

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Designer of the Royal College of Art

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Docteur ès sciences (French: Doctor of Science)

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Docteur ès science politique (French: Doctor of Political Science)

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dest.

destroyer

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destn

destination

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det.

detach
• detachment
• detail
• determine
• Med. detur (Latin: let it be given)

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Det

Detective (as in Det Con , Detective Constable; Det Insp , Detective Inspector; Det Sgt , Detective Sergeant; Det Supt , Detective Superintendent)

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DET

Linguistics determiner
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detn

determination

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Deut.

Bible Deuteronomy

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dev.

develop(ed)
• developer
• development
• deviate
• Navigation deviation

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Devon (or Devonshire)

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Devonshire

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devp

develop

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devpt

development

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devs.

devotions

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DEW (dju:)

directed-energy weapon
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DEXA

dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry

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dez.

dezembro (Portuguese: December)

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Dezember (German: December)

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df.

draft

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d.f.

Commerce dead freight

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DF

Dean of Faculty
• Nuclear engineering decontamination factor
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• (or D/F) Telecom. direction finder (or finding)
• symbol for Djibouti franc (monetary unit)
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DFA

(USA ) Department of Foreign Affairs
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DFAA

Biochem. dissolved free amino acids

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Distinguished Flying Cross

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DFD

Computing dataflow diagram

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DFDL

dual-frequency dye laser

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Department for Education and Employment

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DFHom

Diploma of the Faculty of Homeopathy

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Dfl

Dutch florin

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DFLS

Day Fighter Leaders' School

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DFM

Diploma in Forensic Medicine
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dfndt

defendant

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DFP

Chem. diisopropyl fluorophosphate

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DFR

Dounreay fast reactor

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DFS

disease-free survival

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dft

defendant
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DFT

Maths. discrete Fourier transform
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DFW

director of fortifications and works

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dg

symbol for decigram(s)

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DG

Dei gratia (Latin: by the grace of God)
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• Deutsche Grammophon (German record company)
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• differential geometry
• Navigation directional gyro
• Director-General
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• postcode for Dumfries
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DGA

Director-General, Aircraft
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DGAA

Distressed Gentlefolks Aid Association

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DGAMS

Director-General, Army Medical Services

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DGB

(Germany ) Deutscher Gewerkschaftsbund (German Trade Union Federation)

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DGC

Biology density-gradient centrifugation
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DGCA

Director-General of Civil Aviation

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Directorate-General of Communications Equipment

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DGCStJ

Dame Grand Cross of the Order of Saint John of Jerusalem

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Director, Gunnery Division

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Director-General, Dockyards and Maintenance

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Directorate-General of Equipment

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Director-General, Electrical and Mechanical Engineering

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DGI

Director-General of Information
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DGLP(A)

Director-General, Logistic Policy (Army)

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DGM

Diploma in General Medicine
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DGMS

Director-General of Medical Services

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DGMT

Director-General of Military Training

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Director-General of Military Works

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Dgn

Dragoon

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Director-General of Naval Personal Services

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DGO

Diploma in Gynaecology and Obstetrics

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Biochem. D-glucose 6-phosphate
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Director-General of Personal Services

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Director of Graves Registration

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Diploma in General Studies
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Directorate-General of Scientific Research and Development

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Director-General of Training

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das heisst (German: that is; i.e.)
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symbol for dirham (monetary unit of United Arab Emirates)

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British fishing port registration for Dartmouth
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District Health Authority

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Chem. 3, 4-dihydroxybenzylamine

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Doctor honoris causa (honorary doctorate)

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(USA ) Department of Health and Human Services

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Doctor of Hebrew Letters (or Literature)
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Diploma in the History of Medicine (Society of Apothecaries)

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Electronics damped harmonic oscillator

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district (or divisional) headquarters

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Nuclear engineering decay heat removal

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Diploma in Horticultural Science
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Department of Health and Social Security (former government department, now split into the DoH and DSS)

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Doctor of Humane Letters

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domestic hot water

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Doctor of Hygiene

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diameter

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daily inspection
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Chem. , symbol for didymium

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dia.

diagram
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(USA ) Defense Intelligence Agency
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DIAD

Chem. diisopropyl azodicarboxylate

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diagnose
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dialect(al)
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diameter

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Philosophy , Economics dialectical materialism

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Direct Information Access Network for Europe

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Music diapason

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diaphragm

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diars

Chem. o-phenylenebis(dimethylarsine) (used in formulae)

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Dublin Institute of Advanced Sciences

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Chem. diisobutylaluminium hydride

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dic.

dicembre (Italian: December)
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Diploma of Membership of the Imperial College of Science and Technology (London )
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Diploma in Industrial Chemistry

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dict.

dictate(d)
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dictaphone

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Diploma of Imperial College of Tropical Agriculture

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Electronics donor-impurity density of states

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Designated Investment Exchange
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Med. diebus alternus (Latin: on alternate days)

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(Advisory Committee on Telecommunications for) Disabled and Elderly People

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Directorate of Inspection of Electrical and Mechanical Equipment

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Chem. diethylenetriamine (used in formulae)

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dietary
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differ
• differential

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data interchange format

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Meteorol. diffuse
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differ
• difference
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digest (book or summary)
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Deputy Inspector-General
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digital image-intensifier radiography

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Dijon (France )

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dilute(d)
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Electronics dual in-line (as in DIL switch )

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dilution

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dimanche (French: Sunday)
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Diploma in Industrial Management

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dimin.

diminutive

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Electronics , Computing dual in-line memory module

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Computing Data and Information Management System

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dining car (or room)
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symbol for dinar (Yugoslavian monetary unit)

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Dinsdag (Dutch: Tuesday)

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Deutsches Institut für Normung (German national standards organization; as in DIN connector , etc.)
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Doctor of Engineering (Latin Doctor Ingeniariae)

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Colloquial double (or dual) income, no kids (used of couples)

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diocese

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district intelligence officer

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diocesan
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diocesan synod

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Chem. di-iso-octyl phthalate

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diploma

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Physics deep inelastic processes
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Diploma in Agriculture

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Diploma in Child Development
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Diploma in Dental Surgery

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Diploma in Economics

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Diploma in Education

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Diploma in Ethnology

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Diploma in Fine Arts

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Diploma in Forestry

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Diploma in Higher Education
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Diploma in Humanities

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diphos

Chem. 1,2-bis(diphenyl-phosphino)ethane (used in formulae)

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Diploma in Home Science

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diphth.

diphthong

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Diploma in Journalism

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diploma
• diplomacy
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Diploma in Languages

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Diploma in Landscape Architecture

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Diploma of Librarianship

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Diploma of Library Science

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Diploma in Marketing

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Diploma of Mechanical Engineering

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Diploma in Metallurgy

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Diploma in Maxial, Facial, and Oral Surgery

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Diploma in Musical Education

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Diploma in Nursing

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Diploma in Obstetrics and Gynaecology

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Diploma in Oriental Learning

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Diploma in Orthodontics

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Diploma in Public Administration

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Diploma in Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy

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Diploma in Physical Education

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Diploma in Quantity Surveying

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Diploma of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art

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Diploma in Rural Estate Management

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digital image-processing system

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Diploma in Social and Public Administration

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Diploma in School Management Studies

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Diploma in Sociology

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Diploma in Special Education

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Diploma in Social Studies

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Diploma in Social Work

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Diploma in Teaching

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Diploma in Tropical Agriculture

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Diploma in Town and Country Planning

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Diploma in Technology

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Diploma in the Teaching of English as a Foreign Language

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Diploma in Theology

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dir.

direct(ed)
• direction
• director
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DIR

Photog. developer inhibitor release

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Dir-Genl

Director-General

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dis.

discharge
• disciple
• discipline
• disconnect
• discontinue
• discount
• dispense
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(USA ) Defense Intelligence School
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disability

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disbursement

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disciple
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disch.

discharge

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DISH

Med. diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis

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dishon.

dishonourable
• dishonourably

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dismac ('ds,mæk)

Military digital scene-matching area correlation sensors

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dispensary
• dispensation
• dispense
• disperse
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displacement

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dissenter
• dissertation
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distance
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(USA ) District Attorney

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distribution
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distributive

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Distinction in Town Planning

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Med. desferrioxamine infusion test
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div (dv)

Maths. divergence

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div.

diversion
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• divine
• division
• divisor
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Divine
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div. in par. aeq.

Med. dividatur in partes aequales (Latin: divide into equal parts; in prescriptions)

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divn

division

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divnl

divisional

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do-it-yourself

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d.J.

der Jüngere (German: junior)
• dieses Jahres (German: of this year)

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DJ (or d.j.)

• dinner jacket
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Deputy Judge Advocate-General

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Finance (USA ) Dow Jones Index

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Finance (USA ) Dow Jones Industrial Average

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Doctor of Juridical Science

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Doctor of Jewish Theology

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Finance (USA ) Dow Jones Transportation Average

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Finance (USA ) Dow Jones Utilities Average

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Doctor of Law (Latin Doctor Juris)

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dk

dark
• deck
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DK

international vehicle registration for Denmark and Greenland
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DKB

Computing distributed knowledge base

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DKNY

Trademark Donna Karan New York

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symbol for krone (monetary unit of Denmark and Greenland)

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Deputy Keeper of the Signet

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docket

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dockyard

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dl (or dL)

symbol for decilitre(s)

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DL

postcode for Darlington
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D/L

data link
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DLA

diffusion limited aggregation

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d.I.c.

direct lift control

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Diploma of Loughborough College
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dld.

delivered

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deadline date

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DLE

Med. discoid lupus erythematosus

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Doctor of Letters in Economic Studies

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Docteur en lettres (French: Doctor of Letters)

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DLG

David Lloyd George (1863–1945, British statesman, prime minister 1916–22)

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Durham Light Infantry

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(USA ) Liberal Democrat

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Doctor of Literature

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Doctor of Letters (Latin Doctor Litterarum)

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Doctor of Sacred Letters

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Dame of Justice of the Order of St Lazarus of Jerusalem

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Computing dynamic link library

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DLM

Genetics dominant lethal mutation

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DLO

dead letter office (see under RLO)
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DLOY

Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry

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DLP

(Australia ) Democratic Labor Party (former political party)
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dlr

dealer

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Docklands Light Railway

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DLS

debt liquidation schedule
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DLTP

dilauryl thiodipropionate (antioxidant for rubber)

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dlvd

delivered

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dlvy

delivery

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DLW

Diploma in Labour Welfare

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dly

daily

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dm

symbol for decimetre(s)

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d.M.

dieses Monats (German: this month; inst.)

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DM

British vehicle registration for Chester
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DMA

Diploma in Municipal Administration
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DMAC

Computing direct memory access control
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Diploma in Maternity and Child Welfare

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DMAP

Chem. dimethylaminopyridine

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D-mark

Deutschmark

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Doctor of Mathematics

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DMC

direct manufacturing costs
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DMD

Computing digital micromirror device
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DME

Chem. • 1, 2-dimethoxyethane
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DMed

Doctor of Medicine

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Doctor of Metallurgy
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DMF

Chem. N,N-dimethylformamide
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DMFOS

Diploma in Maxillofacial and Oral Surgery

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dmg.

damage

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DMGO

Divisional Machine-Gun Officer

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DMGT

Genetics DNA-mediated gene transfer

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DMHS

Director of Medical and Health Services

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DMI

Computing desktop management interface
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DMin

Doctor of Ministry

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DMJ

Diploma in Medical Jurisprudence

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Diploma in Medical Jurisprudence (Pathology)

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DMK

(India ) Dravida Munnetra Kazgham (political party)

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dml.

demolish

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DML

Computing data-manipulation language
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DMLJ

Dame of Merit of the Order of St Lazarus of Jerusalem

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DMLS

Doppler microwave landing system

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Diploma in Medical Laboratory Technology

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DMM

(formerly, USSR) Defence Medal for Moscow
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dmn.

dimension(al)

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DMN (or DMNA)

Chem. dimethylnitrosamine

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DMO

(formerly, USSR) Defence Medal for Odessa
• Astronomy diffuse massive object
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DMO&I

Director, Military Operations and Intelligence

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DMP

Diploma in Medical Psychology
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Diploma in Medical Pathology and Bacteriology

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DMPM

Physics differential mechanical-properties microprobe

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DMPO

Chem. 5, 5-dimethyl-l-pyrroline-N-oxide

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DMPP

Chem. 1, 1-dimethyl-4-phenyl-piperazinium iodide

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DMPS

Chem. 2, 3-dimercapto-1-propanesulphonic acid

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DMPU

Chem. N, N'-dimethyl- propyleneurea

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DMR

Diploma in Medical Radiology
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DMRD

Diploma in Medical Radiological Diagnosis
• Directorate of Materials Research and Development

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DMRE (or DMR&E)

Diploma in Medical Radiology and Electrology

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DMRT

Diploma in Medical Radiotherapy

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DMs ('di:'mz)

Dr Martens (boots)

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DMS

Computing data-management system
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• Chem. dimethyl sulphide
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DMSA

Med. dimercaptosuccinic acid (diagnostic aid)

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DMSO

Med. dimethylsulphoxide (used in ointments)

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DMSSB

Direct Mail Services Standard Board

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dmstn (or dmst.)

demonstration

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dmstr.

demonstrator

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DMSV

(formerly, USSR) Defence Medal for Sevastopol

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DMT

Chem. dimethyl terephthalate
• dimethyltryptamine (hallucinogenic drug)
• Director of Military Training

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DMTF

Computing desktop management task force

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DMU

Commerce decision-making unit (within an organization)
• directly managed unit (of NHS hospitals)

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DMus

Doctor of Music

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DMV

(USA ) Department of Motor Vehicles
• Docteur en médecine vétérinaire (French: Doctor of Veterinary Medicine)

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DMZ

demilitarized zone

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dn

down
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Deacon
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Don (Spanish: Mr)

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DN (or D/N)

debit note
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• Diploma in Nursing
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• Dominus noster (Latin: our Lord)
• postcode for Doncaster
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Dna

Doña (Spanish: Mrs)

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DNA

(USA ) Defense Nuclear Agency
• Genetics deoxyribonucleic acid
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• Deutscher Normenausschuss (German Committee of Standards)
• Med. did not attend
• Director of Naval Accounts
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DNAD

Director of Naval Air Division

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DNase (or DNAase)

Biochem. deoxyribonuclease

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DNB

(ital.) Dictionary of National Biography

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DNC

Nuclear engineering delayed-neutron counting
• Director of Naval Construction
• Computing distributed numerical control

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DND

Director of Navigation and Direction

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dne.

douane (French: customs)

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DNE

Diploma in Nursing Education
• Director of Naval Equipment
• Director of Nurse Education
• Dounreay Nuclear Establishment

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DNES

Director of Naval Education Service

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DNF (or dnf)

did not finish (of competitors in a race)

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Department of National Heritage

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(USA ) Department of National Health and Welfare

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DNI

Director of Naval Intelligence

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DNJC

Dominus noster Jesus Christus (Latin: Our Lord Jesus Christ)

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DNMS

Director of Naval Medical Services

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DNO

Director of Naval Ordnance
• district naval officer
• district nursing officer
• divisional nursing officer

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DNOC

dinitro-o-cresol (pesticide)

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D notice

defence notice

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DNP

declared national programme
• Immunol. dinitrophenyl
• dynamic nuclear polarization

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DNPDE

Dounreay Nuclear Power Development Establishment

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DNPP

Dominus Noster Papa Pontifex (Latin: Our Lord the Pope)

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DNR

(USA ) Department of Natural Resources
• Director of Naval Recruiting
• Med. do not resuscitate

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dns

Cartography downs

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DNS

Department for National Savings
• Chem. 5-dimethylamino-1-naphthalene-sulphonic acid
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DNSA

Diploma in Nursing Service Administration

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DNT

Director of Naval Training

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DNWS

Director of Naval Weather Service

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do.

ditto

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d/o (or DO)

Commerce delivery order

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DO

defence order
• Finance deferred ordinary (shares)
• Diploma in Ophthalmology
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• (or d.o.) Grammar direct object
• (or D/O) Commerce direct order
• dissolved oxygen
• district office (or officer)
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• Doctor of Optometry
• Doctor of Oratory
• Doctor of Osteopathy
• British fishing port registration for Douglas
• drawing office
• British vehicle registration for Lincoln

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DOA

date of availability
• Med. dead on arrival
• (USA ) Department of the Army
• dissolved-oxygen analyser

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DOAE

Defence Operational Analysis Establishment (of the Ministry of Defence)

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d.o.b. (or DOB)

date of birth

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DObstRCOG

Diploma of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists

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doc.

document(s)

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Doc.

Doctor

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DOC

Denominazione di Origine Controllata (Italian: name of origin controlled; Italian wine classification)
• (USA ) Department of Commerce
• direct operating cost
• Chem. dissolved organic carbon
• District Officer Commanding

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d.o.c.a.

date of current appointment

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d.o.c.e.

date of current enlistment

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DocEng

Doctor of Engineering

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DOCG

Denominazione di Origine Controllata Garantita (Italian: name of origin guaranteed controlled; Italian wine classification)

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docu.

document
• documentary
• documentation

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d.o.d.

date of death
• died of disease

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DOD

(USA ) Department of Defense

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DOE

(USA ) Department of Energy
• (or DoE) Department of the Environment
• (or d.o.e.) depends on experience (referring to salary in job advertisements)
• (or DoE) Director of Education

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DOF

Chem. , Physics degrees of freedom

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D. of Corn. LI

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

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D of H

degree of honour

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D of L

Duchy of Lancaster

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D of S

director of stores

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DoH (or DOH)

Department of Health

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DOHC

double (or dual) overhead camshaft

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DOHS

(USA ) Department of Health Services

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DOI

(USA ) Department of the Interior
• died of injuries
• Director of Information

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DOJ

(USA ) Department of Justice

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dol.

Music dolce (Italian: sweetly; i.e. gently)
• dollar

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DOL

(USA ) Department of Labor
• Doctor of Oriental Learning

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dolciss.

Music dolcissimo (Italian: very sweetly)

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dom.

domain
• domenica (Italian: Sunday)
• domestic
• domicile
• dominant
• domingo (Spanish, Portuguese: Sunday)
• dominion

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Dom.

Dominica
• Dominical
• RC Church Dominican
• Dominus (Latin: Lord)

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DOM

Deo Optimo Maximo (Latin: to God, the best, the greatest)
• Colloquial dirty old man
• dissolved (or dispersed) organic material
• international vehicle registration for Dominican Republic
• Dominus omnium magister (Latin: God the Lord of all)

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Dom. Proc.

Law Domus Procerum (Latin: House of Lords)

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DOMS

Diploma in Ophthalmic Medicine and Surgery

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don.

donec (Latin: until)

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Don. (or Doneg.)

Donegal

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DON

(USA ) Department of the Navy
• Diploma in Orthopaedic Nursing
• dissolved organic nitrogen

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DOPC

Biochem. dioleoylphosphatidylcholine

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DOPS

Chem. DL-threo-3,4-dihydroxyphenylserine

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DOpt

Diploma in Ophthalmic Optics

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Dor

Astronomy Dorado

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Dor.

Dorian
• Doric

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DOr

Doctor in Orientation

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DOR

Director of Operational Requirements
• Chem. direct oxide reduction

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DORA ('d:r)

Defence of the Realm Act (1914)

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Dors.

Dorset

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DOrth

Diploma in Orthodontics
• Diploma in Orthoptics

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DOS

day of sale
• Physics density of states
• (USA ) Department of State
• Diploma in Orthopaedic Surgery
• Directorate of Overseas Surveys
• Director of Ordnance Services
• (ds) Computing disk operating system
• Doctor of Ocular Science

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DOSV

deep ocean survey vehicle

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dot.

Law dotation (endowment)

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DoT

Department of Transport

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DOT

Department of Overseas Trade
• (USA ) Department of Transportation
• Finance (USA ) designated order turnaround (on the New York Stock Exchange)
• Computing digital optical tape
• Diploma in Occupational Therapy
• Med. directly observed therapy
• Physiol. dissolved oxygen tension

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dott.

dottore (Italian: doctor)

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DOV

double oil of vitriol (commercial sulphuric acid)

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DOVAP

Physics Doppler velocity and position

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dow. (or Dow.)

dowager

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DOW (or d.o.w.)

died of wounds

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doz.

dozen

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dp

deep
• Baseball double play

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d.p.

damp-proof(ing)
• deep penetration
• departure point
• Finance depreciation percentage
• Med. directione propria (Latin: with proper direction; in prescriptions)
• direct port
• double paper
• dry powder
• dual purpose

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DP

airline flight code for Air 2000
• data processing
• Chem. degree of polymerization
• delivery point
• Democratic Party
• diametral pitch
• Diploma in Psychiatry
• (by) direction of the president
• Director of Photography
• disabled person
• displaced person
• Doctor of Philosophy
• domestic prelate
• Law Domus Procerum (Latin: House of Lords)
• durable press
• duty paid
• Computing dynamic programming
• British vehicle registration for Reading

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D/P

delivery on payment
• Commerce documents against payment (or presentation)

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2, 4-DP

Chem. 2-(2, 4-dichlorophenoxy)-propionic acid

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d.p.a.

deferred payment account

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DPA

Deutsche-Presse Agentur (German news agency)
• Diploma in Public Administration
• discharged prisoners' aid
• (USA ) Doctor of Public Administration

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DPath

Diploma in Pathology

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DPB

Finance deposit pass book
• Chem. 1, 4-diphenyl-1, 3-butadiene

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DPC

Defence Planning Committee (in NATO)
• Biochem. DNA-protein crosslinks (or complex)

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DPCM

Telecom. differential pulse code modulation

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DPCP

Department of Prices and Consumer Protection

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DPCS

data personal communications service

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DPD

Data Protection Directive
• Botany diffusion pressure deficit
• Diploma in Public Dentistry
• Statistics discrete probability distributions

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DPE

Diploma in Physical Education

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DPEc

Doctor of Political Economy

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DPed

Doctor of Pedagogy

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DPh

Doctor of Philosophy

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DPH

Chem. 1, 6-diphenylhexatriene
• Diploma in Public Health
• Director of Public Health
• (USA ) Doctor of Public Health

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DPharm

Doctor of Pharmacy

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DPHD

Diploma in Public Health Dentistry

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DPhil ('di: 'fl)

Doctor of Philosophy

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DPHN

Diploma in Public Health Nursing

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DPhysMed

Diploma in Physical Medicine

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dpi

Computing dots per inch

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dpl.

diploma
• (or DPL) diplomat
• duplex

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DPM

Chem. bis(diphenylphosphino)-methane
• data-processing manager
• Deputy Prime Minister
• Deputy Provost-Marshal
• Diploma in Psychological Medicine

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DPMI

Computing DOS/Protected Mode Interface

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DPMS

Computing display power management system

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DPN

Biochem. diphosphopyridine nucleotide (now called NAD)

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DPO

distributing post office
• district pay office

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d.p.o.b.

date and place of birth

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DPoISc

Doctor of Political Science

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DPP

Insurance deferred payment plan
• Diploma in Plant Pathology
• Director of Public Prosecutions
• Finance (USA ) direct participation program

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DPPA

Chem. diphenylphosphoryl azide

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DPPH

Chem. 2, 2-di(4-t-octylphenyl)-1-picrylhydrazyl

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DPR

Data Protection Register
• Director of Public Relations

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DPRK

Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea )

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DPS

Chem. trans-4, 4'-diphenylstilbene
• Director of Personal Services
• Director of Postal Services
• dividend per share
• Doctor of Public Service

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DPSA

Diploma in Public and Social Administration

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DPSK

Computing differential phase shift keying

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DPSN

Diploma in Professional Studies in Nursing

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DPsSc

Doctor of Psychological Science

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DPsy

Docteur en psychologie (French: Doctor of Psychology)

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DPsych

Diploma in Psychiatry
• Doctor of Psychology

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dpt

department
• deponent
• deposit
• depot

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DPT

Med. dental pantomogram
• diphtheria, pertussis (whooping cough), tetanus (in DPT vaccine )

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dpty

deputy

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DPW

Department of Public Works

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dpx

duplex

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d.q.

direct question

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DQ

dispersion quotient
• Sport disqualify
• international civil aircraft marking for Fiji

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DQDB

Computing distributed queue dual bus

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DQMG

Deputy Quartermaster-General

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DQMS

Deputy Quartermaster-Sergeant

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dr

debtor
• symbol for dram
• Meteorol. drizzle and rain

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dr.

debit
• door
• drachm
• drachma (see also under Dr)
• drama
• draw(n)
• (or Dr.) drawer
• dresser
• driver
• drum(mer)

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d.r.

deficiency report
• design requirements
• development report
• document report

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Dr

Director
• Doctor
• symbol for drachma (Greek monetary unit)
• Drive (in street names)

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DR

(USA ) Daughters of the Revolution
• Navigation dead reckoning
• Physics decay ratio
• defence regulation
• dining room
• Diploma in Radiology
• discount rate
• dispatch rider
• dispersion relation
• district railway
• district registry
• double royal (standard paper size)
• British fishing port registration for Dover
• Theatre down right (of stage)
• dry riser (pipe with attachment for fireman's hose)
• dynamic relaxation
• British vehicle registration for Exeter

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D/R

deposit receipt

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Dra

Astronomy Draco

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Dra

Doctora (Spanish: (female) doctor)
• Doutora (Portuguese: (female) doctor)

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DRA

de-rating appeals

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DRAC

Director, Royal Armoured Corps

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DrAgr

Doctor of Agriculture

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dram.

drama
• dramatic
• dramatist

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DRAM (dræm)

Computing dynamic random-access memory

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dram. pers.

dramatis personae (Latin: characters in a play)

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DRAO

Dominion Radio Astrophysical Observatory

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Drav.

Dravidian (language)

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DRAW (dr:)

Computing direct read after write

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DrBusAdmin

Doctor of Business Administration

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DRC

Diploma of the Royal College of Science and Technology, Glasgow
• Theatre down right centre (of stage)
• Dutch Reformed Church

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DrChem

Doctor of Chemistry

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DRCOG

Diploma of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists

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DRCPath

Diploma of the Royal College of Pathologists

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DRCS

Computing dynamically redefinable character set

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DRD

Diploma in Restorative Dentistry

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DRDOS

Digital Research's disk-operating system

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DRDW

Computing direct read during write

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DRE

Med. digital rectal examination
• Director of Religious Education
• (or DRelEd) Doctor of Religious Education

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DrEng

Doctor of Engineering

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DRG

Med. diagnosis-related group

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Dr hc

Doctor honoris causa (Latin: honorary doctor)

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Dr ing

Doctor of Engineering

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Dr jur

Doctor of Laws

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DRK

Deutsches Rotes Kreuz (German Red Cross)

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DRLS

dispatch-rider letter service

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DRM

Diploma in Radiation Medicine
• Diploma in Resource Management

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DrMed

Doctor of Medicine

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drn

drawn

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DrNatSci

Doctor of Natural Science

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DRO

daily routine order
• disablement resettlement officer
• divisional routine order

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DrOecPol

Doctor of Political Economics (Latin Doctor Oeconomiae Politicae)

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DRP

dividend reinvestment plan

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DrPH

Doctor of Public Health

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DrPhil

Doctor of Philosophy

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DrPolSci

Doctor of Political Science

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Dr rer. nat.

Doctor of Natural Science

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DRS

Diploma in Religious Studies

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DRSAMD

Diploma of the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama

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DRSE

Med. drug-related side effects

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DRSN

Meteorol. drifting snow

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DRT

Psychiatry diagnostic rhyme test

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DrTheol

Doctor of Theology

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Dr. und Vrl. (or Dr. u Vrl.)

Druck und Verlag (German: printed and published (by))

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DRurSc

Doctor of Rural Science

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DRW

Computing draw format

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drx.

drachma

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ds.

destro (Italian: right)

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d.s.

date of service
• daylight saving
• days after sight
• day's sight
• document signed

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Ds

Deus (Latin: God)
• Dominus (Latin: Lord or Master)

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DS

airline flight code for Air Senegal
• Music dal segno (Italian: (repeat) from the sign)
• Finance debenture stock
• defect score
• Physics defect size
• Chem. dehydroepiandrosterone sulphate
• dental surgeon
• Department of State
• Deputy Secretary
• Detective Sergeant
• Physics diffractive system
• Directing Staff
• Doctor of Science
• Doctor of Surgery
• Computing double-sided (floppy disk)
• Down's syndrome
• driver seated (in DS vehicle )
• British fishing port registration for Dumfries
• British vehicle registration for Glasgow

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DSA

Med. digital subtraction angiography
• Diploma in Social Administration
• Docteur en sciences agricoles (French: Doctor of Agriculture)
• Driving Standards Agency

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DSAC

Defence Scientific Advisory Council

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DSAO

Diplomatic Service Administration Office

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DSASO

Deputy Senior Air Staff Officer

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DSB (or d.s.b.)

double sideband
• Drug Supervisory Body (of the UN)

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DSc

Doctor of Science

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DSC

Physics differential scanning calorimetry
• (the) Discovery Channel
• Military Distinguished Service Cross
• Chem. N,N'-disuccinimidyl carbonate
• Doctor of Surgical Chiropody

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DScA

Docteur en sciences agricoles (French: Doctor of Agricultural Sciences)
• Docteur en sciences appliquées (French: Doctor of Applied Sciences)

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DSc(Agr)

Doctor of Science in Agriculture

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DScEng

Doctor of Science in Engineering

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DScFor

Doctor of Science in Forestry

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DSCHE

Diploma of the Scottish Council for Health Education

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DScMil

Doctor of Military Science

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DScTech

Doctor of Technical Science

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DSD

Director of Signals Division
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dsDNA

Genetics double-stranded DNA

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DSDP

Deep-Sea Drilling Project

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DSE

Doctor of Science in Economics

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dsgn.

design(er)

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DSIR

(New Zealand ) Department of Scientific and Industrial Research

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DSL

district scout leader
• Doctor of Sacred Letters

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DSM (or d.s.m.)

deputy stage manager
• (ital.) Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (of the American Psychiatric Association)
• Computing digital storage medium
• Directorate of Servicing and Maintenance
• Military Distinguished Service Medal
• Doctor of Sacred Music

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dsmd

dismissed

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DSN

Astronautics Deep Space Network

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DSO

Military (Companion of the) Distinguished Service Order
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DSocSc

Doctor of Social Science(s)

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d.s.p.

decessit sine prole (Latin: died without issue)

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DSP

Democratic Socialist Party
• Electronics digital signal processing (or processor)
• (Canada ) Doctor of Political Science (French Docteur en sciences politiques)
• dye sublimation printing

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dspl

disposal

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d.s.p.l.

decessit sine prole legitima (Latin: died without legitimate issue)

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d.s.p.m.

decessit sine prole mascula (Latin: died without male issue)

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d.s.p.m.s.

decessit sine prole mascula superstite (Latin: died without surviving male issue)

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dspn

disposition

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d.s.p.s.

decessit sine prole superstite (Latin: died without surviving issue)

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decessit sine prole virile (Latin: died without male issue)

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d.s.q.

discharged to sick quarters

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DSR

Commerce debt service ratio
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DSRD

Directorate of Signals Research and Development

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Dss

Deaconess

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DSS

Computing decision-support system
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Diploma in Sanitary Science
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Daylight Saving Time
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DStJ

Dame of Justice (or of Grace) of the Order of St John of Jerusalem

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dstn

destination

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D. Surg.

Dental Surgeon

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DSW

(New Zealand ) Department of Social Welfare
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d.t.

delirium tremens
• double throw

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dT

Biochem. , symbol for thymidine

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DT

(ital.) Daily Telegraph
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DTA

Physics differential thermal analysis
• Diploma in Tropical Agriculture
• Distributive Trades' Alliance

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DTAM

data transfer, access, and manipulation

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d.t.b.a.

Commerce date to be advised

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DTC

(USA ) Depository Trust Company
• Diamond Trading Company
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(USA ) Department of Technical Cooperation for Development
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dtd

dated

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d.t.d.

Med. detur talis dosis (Latin: let such a dose be given)

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Diploma in Tuberculous Diseases
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DTDP

ditridecyl phthalate (plasticizer for PVC)

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DTE

Computing data terminal equipment
• Chem. dithioerythritol

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Doctor of Technology

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Dtg

Dienstag (German: Tuesday)

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DTh (or DTheol)

Doctor of Theology

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DTH

Immunol. delayed-type hypersensitivity
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Diploma in Theory and Practice of Teaching

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Department of Trade and Industry

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DTIC

dacarbazine (anticancer drug)

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DTL

Electronics diode-transistor logic
• down the line (in shooting)
• Physics drift-tube linac (linear accelerator)

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Diploma in Tropical Medicine

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Diploma in Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

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DTNB

Chem. 5, 5'-dithiobis-(2-nitrobenzoic acid)

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dto

direito (Portuguese: right)

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DTOD

Director of Trade and Operations Division

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Department of Transport

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DTP

desktop publishing

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DTPA

Med. diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid (diagnostic aid)

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Diploma in Tropical Public Health

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Photog. diffusion-transfer reversal
• Diploma in Therapeutic Radiology
• double taxation relief

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Diploma in Town and Regional Planning

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DTRT

Meteorol. deteriorate (or deteriorating)

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Colloquial delirium tremens

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DTS

deep-sleep therapy
• Med. dual tracer scintigraphy

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Chem. dithiothreitol

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DTV

digital television

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Diploma in Tropical Veterinary Medicine

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Du.

Ducal
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• Duke
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DU

British vehicle registration for Coventry
• Physics depleted uranium
• died unmarried
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• Med. duodenal ulcer

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DUART ('dju:,:t)

Electronics , Computing dual universal asynchronous receiver transmitter

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dub.

dubious
• dubitans (Latin: doubting)

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Dub. (or Dubl.)

Dublin

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DUC

Meteorol. dense upper cloud

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DUI

(USA ) driving under the influence (of alcohol or drugs)

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Dumfries and Galloway Region

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Dundee

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Dunelm.

Dunelmensis (Latin: (Bishop) of Durham)

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Doctor of the University

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duo.

duodecimo (standard paper size)

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dup.

duplicate

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DUP

(Northern Ireland ) Democratic Unionist Party
• Docteur de l'Université de Paris (French: Doctor of the University of Paris)

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Dur.

Durban
• Durham

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DUS

Diploma of the University of Southampton

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DUSC

US Air Force deep underground support center

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Dut.

Dutch

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DUV

damaging ultraviolet (radiation)

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DV

defective (or double) vision
• Deo volente (Latin: God willing)
• Diploma in Venereology
• direct vision
• distinguished visitor
• district valuer
• Douay Version (of the Bible)
• British vehicle registration for Exeter

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DVA

Med. digital video angiography
• Diploma of Veterinary Anaesthesia

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Diploma in Venereology and Dermatology

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DVC

Microbiol. direct viable count

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DVD

Computing digital versatile disc

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DVD-R

Computing digital versatile disc-recordable

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DVH

Diploma in Veterinary Hygiene

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DVI

Computing digital video imaging (or interactive)

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DVLA

Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority

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DVLC

Driver and Vehicle Licensing Centre (Swansea )

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d.v.m.

decessit vita matris (Latin: died in the lifetime of the mother)

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DVM

digital voltmeter
• Doctor of Veterinary Medicine

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DVMS

Doctor of Veterinary Medicine and Surgery

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DVO

District Veterinary Officer

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d.v.p.

decessit vita patris (Latin: died in the lifetime of the father)

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DVPH

Diploma in Veterinary Public Health

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dvr

driver

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DVR

Diploma in Veterinary Radiology
• Computing discrete-variable representation

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DVS

Doctor of Veterinary Surgery

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DVSc (or DVSci)

Doctor of Veterinary Science

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DVT

Med. deep-vein thrombosis

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d.w.

dead weight
• delivered weight

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d/w

dust wrapper

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DW

British vehicle registration for Cardiff
• Chem. deionized water
• (or D/W) Commerce dock warrant

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DWA

driving without awareness

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d.w.c.

deadweight capacity

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DWEM

Colloquial (USA ) dead white European male

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dwg

drawing
• (or dwel.) dwelling

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DWI

(USA ) driving while intoxicated
• Dutch West Indies (former name for Netherlands Antilles)

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dwr

drawer

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DWR

Duke of Wellington's Regiment

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dwt

pennyweight

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d.w.t. (or DWT)

deadweight tonnage

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DWU

(USA ) Distillery, Wine, and Allied Workers International Union

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DX

Photog. daylight exposure (indicating that the speed of a film can be set automatically in a suitably equipped camera)
• British vehicle registration for Ipswich
• Telecom. long-distance (or -distant)

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DXF

data exchange format

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DXR

Med. deep X-ray

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DXRT

deep X-ray therapy

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DXS

diagnostic X-ray spectrometry

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dy.

delivery
• demy (standard paper size)

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Dy

Chem. , symbol for dysprosium

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DY

international vehicle registration for Benin (formerly Dahomey)
• British vehicle registration for Brighton
• dockyard
• postcode for Dudley

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Dyd.

Dockyard

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dyn

Physics , symbol for dyne

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dyn.

dynamics
• dynamite
• dynamo
• dynasty

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DYS

Duke of York's Royal Military School

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dz.

dozen

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DZ

international vehicle registration for Algeria
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• Doctor of Zoology
• Meteorol. drizzle
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DZool

Doctor of Zoology

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D-Zug

Durchgangszug (German: express train)

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e

Maths. , symbol for the base of natural (Napierian) logarithms
• (ital.) Maths. , symbol for eccentricity (of an ellipse or other conic)
• (or e.) electromotive
• (or e) Physics , symbol for electron
• (ital.) Physics , symbol for electron (or proton) charge
• (ital.) Chem. , symbol for equatorial conformation (of molecules)
• Physics , symbol for positron (in e+ )
• Maths. , symbol for the transcendental number 2.718.282 …
• (bold ital.) Maths. , symbol for unit coordinate vectors (in e x, e y, e z)
• Meteorol. , symbol for wet air
• indicating the fifth vertical row of squares from the left on a chessboard

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e.

edition
• educated
• elder
• eldest
• electric
• electricity
• engineer(ing)
• Telephony , symbol for Erlang (unit of traffic intensity)
• Baseball error
• excellence
• excellent

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E

earth (indicating the terminal in an electrical circuit)
• east(ern)
• postcode for east London
• Colloquial Ecstasy (hallucinogenic drug)
• (ital.) Physics , symbol for electric field strength (light ital. in nonvector equations; bold ital. in vector equations)
• (ital.) Chem. , symbol for electrode potential
• Chem. , symbol for electromeric effect
• (ital.) Physics , symbol for electromotive force
• Chem. , symbol for elimination reaction
• Astronomy , symbol for elliptical galaxy (followed by a number)
• symbol for emalangeni (sing. lilangeni; monetary unit of Swaziland)
• (ital.) Physics , symbol for energy
• Numismatics English shilling
• E-number (EU-approved code number of a food additive, as in E200 )
• symbol for exa- (prefix indicating 10^18, as in EJ , exajoule)
• British fishing port registration for Exeter
• (ital.; or Ev) Physics , symbol for illuminance
• (ital.; or Ee) Physics , symbol for irradiance
• symbol for second-class merchant ship (in Lloyd's Register)
• international vehicle registration for Spain
• (ital.) Physics , symbol for Young modulus
• indicating casual workers (occupational grade)
• indicating a musical note or key
• Logic , indicating a universal negative categorical proposition

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E. (or E)

Earl
• earth (planet)
• east(ern)
• Easter (in the Book of Common Prayer)
• Edinburgh
• efficiency
• Egypt(ian)
• elocution
• eminence
• enemy
• engineer(ing)
• England
• English
• envoy
• equator
• España (Spanish: Spain)
• evening
• evensong (in the Book of Common Prayer)

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E2

airline flight code for Everest Air

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E9

airline flight code for Compagnie Africaine D'Aviation

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7E

airline flight code for Nepal Airways

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8E

airline flight code for Bering Air

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ea.

each

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EA

British vehicle registration for Dudley
• early antigen
• East Anglia
• economic adviser
• educational age
• effective action
• effective agent (in EA content )
• electrical artificer
• Ente Autonomo (Italian: Autonomous Corporation)
• Freemasonry Entered Apprentice
• enterprise allowance
• environmental assessment
• Chem. ethylacrylate
• Evangelical Alliance
• experimental area
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E/A

enemy aircraft
• experimental aircraft

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EAA

Edinburgh Architectural Association
• Electrical Appliance Association
• (USA ) Engineer in Aeronautics and Astronautics
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EAAA

European Association of Advertising Agencies

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EAAC

European Agricultural Aviation Centre

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EAAFRO

East African Agriculture and Forestry Research Organization (Kenya )

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EAAP

European Association for Animal Production

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EAB

Med. extra-anatomic bypass

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EAC

East African Community
• Educational Advisory Committee
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EACA

East Africa Court of Appeal Reports
• Med. epsilon aminocaproic acid

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EACC

East Asia Christian Conference

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EACN

Chem. equivalent alkane carbon number

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EACSO (i:':ks)

East African Common Services Organization

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EAEG

European Association of Exploration Geophysicists

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EAES

European Atomic Energy Society

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e.a.f.

emergency action file

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EAF

electric-arc furnace

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EAFFRO (or EAFRO)

East African Freshwater Fisheries Research Organization

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EAG

Economists Advisory Group

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European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (in the EU)

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EAK

international vehicle registration for (East Africa ) Kenya

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EAM

Physics embedded-atom method
• Ethniko Apelentherotiko Metopo (Greek: National Liberation Front; in World War II)

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EAMF

European Association of Music Festivals

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EAMFRO

East African Marine Fisheries Research Organization

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EAMTC

European Association of Management Training Centres

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EAN

Chem. effective atomic number
• Computing European Academic Network

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e. & e.

each and every

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E & O

Accounting errors and omissions

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E & OE

errors and omissions excepted (on invoice forms)

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e.a.o.n.

except as otherwise noted

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EAP

East Africa Protectorate
• Edgar Allan Poe (1809–49, US writer)
• (USA ) employee-assistance program
• English for academic purposes

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EAPR

European Association for Potato Research

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EAPROM ('i:prm)

Computing electrically alterable programmable read-only memory

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EAR

employee attitude research
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EARCCUS

East African Regional Committee for Conservation and Utilization of Soil

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EARN (:n)

Computing European Academic and Research Network

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Computing electrically alterable read-only memory

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EAROPH

East Asia Regional Organization for Planning and Housing

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EAS

Med. endotoxin-activated serum
• Aeronautics equivalent air speed
• Physics extensive air (or atmospheric) shower (of cosmic rays)

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EASA

Entertainment Arts Socialist Association

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EASEP

Astronautics Early Apollo Scientific Experiments Package

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EASHP

European Association of Senior Hospital Physicians

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east.

eastern

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EASTROPAC ('i:str,pæk)

Eastern Tropical Pacific

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e.a.t.

earliest arrival time

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EAT

Med. Ehrlich ascites tumour
• Employment Appeals Tribunal
• Med. experimental autoimmune thyroiditis
• international vehicle registration for (East Africa ) Tanzania (see also EAZ)

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EATF

Physics externally applied thermal field

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EATRO

East African Trypanosomiasis Research Organization

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EAU

international vehicle registration for (East Africa ) Uganda

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EAVRO

East African Veterinary Research Organization

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EAW

Electrical Association for Women
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EAX

Telecom. electronic automatic exchange

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EAZ

international vehicle registration for (East Africa ) Tanzania (Zanzibar; see also under EAT)

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Eb

symbol for exabyte(s)

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EB

electricity board
• electron beam
• electronic book
• (ital.) Encyclopaedia Britannica
• Epstein-Barr (in EB virus )
• Evans blue (dye)
• British vehicle registration for Peterborough

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EBA

English Bowling Association

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e.b.a.r.

edited beyond all recognition

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EBC

English Benedictine Congregation
• European Billiards Confederation
• European Brewery Convention

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EBCDIC ('ps,dk)

Computing extended binary-coded decimal-interchange code

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e-beam

electron beam

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EBIC ('bk)

Physics electron-beam induced (or induction) current

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Physics electron-bombardment-induced conductivity

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EBIS ('bs)

Physics electron-beam ion source

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EBIT ('bt)

Accounting earnings before interest and tax
• Physics electron-beam ion trap

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EBL

electron-beam lithography
• European Bridge League

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EBM

electron-beam machined (or machining)
• Physics energy-balance model
• Med. expressed breast milk

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EBMC

English Butter Marketing Company

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EbN

east by north

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EBNF

Computing extended BNF (Backus normal form)

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E-boat

Enemy War Motorboat (German torpedo boat in World War II)

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Ebor. ('i:b:)

Eboracensis (Latin: (Archbishop) of York)

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EBP

Physics electron-beam process
• Physics electron-beam-pumped

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EBR

electron-beam recording
• experimental breeder reactor

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EBRA (or EB & RA)

Engineer Buyers' and Representatives' Association

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EBRD

European Bank for Reconstruction and Development

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EbS

east by south

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EBS

Emergency Bed Service
• emergency broadcast system
• engineered barrier system
• English Bookplate Society

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EBT

Med. electron-beam therapy
• Physics Elmo Bumpy Torus

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EBU

English Bridge Union
• European Badminton Union
• European Boxing Union
• European Broadcasting Union

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EBV

Physics electron-beam vaporization
• Med. Epstein-Barr virus

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EBW

electron-beam welding

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EBWR

Nuclear physics experimental boiling-water reactor

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e.c.

earth closet
• enamel-coated (or -covered)
• error correction
• exempli causa (Latin: for example)
• extended coverage
• extension course

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Ec.

Ecuador

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EC

East Caribbean
• postcode for East Central London
• east coast
• Eastern Command
• Ecclesiastical Commissioner
• international vehicle registration for Ecuador
• Physics eddy current
• education (or educational) committee
• Chem. effective concentration
• electricity council
• electrolytic corrosion
• Physics electron capture
• Physics electron cyclotron
• electronic computer
• emergency commission
• Med. endothelial cell
• Engineering Corps
• Biochem. Enzyme Commission (preceding the code number of an enzyme)
• Episcopal Church
• Established Church
• Chem. ethylene (or ethene) carbonate
• (Canada ) Etoile du Courage (French: Star of Courage)
• European Commission
• European Community (see also under EU)
• executive committee
• British vehicle registration for Preston
• international civil aircraft marking for Spain

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ECA

Early Closing Association
• Economic Commission for Africa (UN agency)
• (USA ) Economic Cooperation Administration
• Educational Centres Association
• Electrical Contractors' Association
• European Confederation of Agriculture
• European Congress of Accountants

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ECAC

Engineering College Administrative Council
• European Civil Aviation Conference

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ECAFE

Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East (see ESCAP)

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ECAPO ('k:p)

Chem. ethoxy carbonyl amino pyridine N-oxide

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ECAS

Electrical Contractors' Association of Scotland

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ECB

electronic codebook
• electronic components board
• European Central Bank

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ECBS

engineering of computer-based systems

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ecc.

eccetera (Italian: et cetera; etc.)

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Ecc.

Eccellenze (Italian: Excellency)

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ECC

Electrical engineering earth continuity conductor
• Chem. electrochemical concentration cell
• Physics electron capture to the continuum
• Physics emergency core cooling (or coolant)
• energy-conscious construction
• Computing error-correction code
• European Cultural Centre

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ECCD

electron-cyclotron current drive

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Ecc. Hom.

Ecce Homo (Latin: Behold the Man)

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eccl. (or eccles.)

ecclesiastic(al)

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Eccles. (or Eccl.)

Bible Ecclesiastes

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ecclesiast.

ecclesiastical

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Ecclus.

Bible Ecclesiasticus

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ECCM

Military electronic counter-countermeasure(s)

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ECCP

European Committee on Crime Problems

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ECCS

Physics emergency core-cooling system

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ECCU

English Cross Country Union

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ECD

early closing day
• Physics electron-capture detector (or detection)
• Electronics electrostatic charge decay
• Computing enhanced colour display
• estimated completion date
• Chem. ethyl cysteinate dimer

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ECDR

electrostatic corona discharge reactor

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ECE

Economic Commission for Europe (UN agency)
• Physics electron-cyclotron emission

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ECF

Med. (USA ) extended-care facility

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ECFA

European Committee for Future Accelerators

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Educational Council for Foreign Medical Graduates

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Educational Council for Foreign Medical Students

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Med. electrocardiogram (or electrocardiograph)
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East Coast of Great Britain

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Empire Cotton Growing Corporation

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Export Credits Guarantee Department

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echelon

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Physics electron-cyclotron heating

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(USA ) Environmental Compliance and Health Protection

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European Court of Human Rights

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East Coast of Ireland
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European Committee of Interior Architects

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European Central Inland Transport Organization

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European Court of Justice

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Physics emergency cooling limit
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Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (UN agency)

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eclectic(ism)

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eclipse
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Electronics emitter-coupled logic operator

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Ecumenical Church Loan Fund

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environmental control and life-support systems

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electric coding machine
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Geology East Coast Magnetic Anomaly
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Med. extracorporeal membrane oxygenation

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Electric Cable Makers' Federation

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European Chemical Market Research Association

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European Conference of Ministers of Transport

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European Centre for Medium-range Weather Forecast

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epoxy-cresol-novolak (synthetic resin)

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Electricity Commission of New South Wales

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energy conservation opportunity
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European Control Data Users

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Med. electrocochleography

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ecological
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Ecological Society of America

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economical
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(ital.) Economic Journal

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(ital.) Economic Review

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(USA ) Engineering Committee on Ocean Resources

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Economic and Social Council (of the UN)

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European Council for the Village and Small Town

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Economic Community of West African States

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Finance Euro-commercial paper
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Electric Consumers Protection Act (1986)

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(USA ) Engineers' Council for Professional Development

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European Centre for Population Studies

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Electronic Components Quality Assurance Committee

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Physics electron-cyclotron resonance
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Physics electron-cyclotron-resonance heating

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Physics electron-capture spectroscopy
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European Coal and Steel Community

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Med. electroconvulsive therapy
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Electrical Contractors' Trading Association

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(USA ) Emission Control Technology Division

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Enterprise Computer Telephony Forum

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European Currency Unit (in the EU)

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English Church Union
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Ecuador

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East Coast of the United Kingdom

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Obstetrics external cephalic version

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Economic Commission for Western Asia (UN agency)

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European Community Wind Energy Conference and Exhibition

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European Conservation Year

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European Community Youth Orchestra

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edile (or edilizia) (Italian: building)
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édition (French: edition)

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edge distance
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Edinburgh
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(USA ) Department of Education
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early departure authorized

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(USA ) Economic Development Administration
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(ital.) English Dance and Song (publication of the English Folk Dance and Song Society)

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Computing enhanced data-acquisition system

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Physics energy-dispersive analysis of X-rays

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Bachelor of Education

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ethene dibromide (antiknock agent and soil fumigant)

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Computing expert database system

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error detection and correction
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Economic Development Committee
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edd.

ediderunt (Latin: published by)
• editiones (Latin: editions)

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Doctor of Education

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EDD

exactly delayed detonator
• Obstetrics expected date of delivery

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Physics effective dose equivalent (of radiation)

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Electricité de France (French electricity corporation)
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emergency diesel generator
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experimental data handling equipment

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Computing electronic data interchange

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Edin.

Edinburgh

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Ed.in Ch.

Editor in Chief

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EDIP

European Defence Improvement Programme (in NATO)

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Engineering Data Information System

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edit.

edited
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e.d.l.

edition de luxe

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EDL

economic discard limits
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Master of Education

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electrical-discharge machined (or machining)
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European Direct Marketing Association

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Edm. and Ipswich

(Bishop of) St Edmundsbury and Ipswich

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Edmonton (Canada )

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edn

edition

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Edinburgh

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EDNS

expected demand not supplied

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Computing extended data out

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e.d.o.c.

effective date of change

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EDO DRAM

Computing extended data out dynamic random-access memory

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EDP

Physics electron-diffraction pattern
• (or e.d.p.) electronic data processing
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Computing electronic data-processing system

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Computing enhanced-drive parameter table

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EDR

electronic decoy rocket
• (Japanese ) Electronic Dictionary Research
• European Depository Receipts
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EDRF

Med. endothelium-derived relaxing factor

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European Demonstration Reprocessing Plant (for nuclear fuel)

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Education Specialist

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Electronic Data Systems Corporation
• Physics energy-dispersive spectrometry (or spectroscopy)
• Physics energy-dispersive spectrum (or spectra)
• English Dialect Society
• Computing exchangeable disk store

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Computing Electronic Delay Storage Automatic Calculator

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Educational Television Satellite

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Exchange Delivery Settlement Price

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expert decision-support system

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EDT

(USA , Canada ) Eastern Daylight Time
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EDTA (or edta)

Chem. ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid
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EDTN

Chem. 1-ethoxy-4-(dichloro-1,3,5-triazinyl)naphthalene

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European Democratic Union

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educ.

educated
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EDV

Med. end-diastolic volume

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Computing Electronic Discrete Variable Automatic Computer

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Edw.

Edward

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EDX

Physics energy-dispersive X-ray

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EDXA

Physics energy-dispersive X-ray analysis (or analyser)

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EDXD

Physics , Crystallog. energy-dispersive X-ray diffraction

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Physics , Chem. energy-dispersive X-ray fluorescence

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Physics , Chem. energy-dispersive X-ray spectrometer
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e.e.

errors excepted
• eye and ear

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EE

Early English
• Eastern Electricity
• edge-to-edge
• electrical engineer(ing)
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• employment exchange
• environmental education
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• errors excepted
• (New Zealand ) ewe equivalent
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• British vehicle registration for Lincoln

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Electronic Engineering Association
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EEAIE

Electrical, Electronic, and Allied Industries, Europe

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EE & MP

Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary

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European Environmental Bureau

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Physics energy-energy correlation
• English Electric Company
• European Economic Community (replaced by the EC)
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European Electronic Component Manufacturers' Association

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EECS

electrical-energy conversion system

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EED

Physics effective equivalent dose (of radiation)
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Economic Development Committee for the Electronics Industry

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EEDQ

Chem. 1-ethoxycarbonyl-2-ethoxy-1,2-dihydroquinoline

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Egyptian Expeditionary Force
• Engineering Employers' Federation
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EEG

electroencephalogram (or electroen-cephalograph)
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EEI

(USA ) Edison Electric Institute
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Electrical and Electronic Industries Benevolent Association

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Physics electron energy loss

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Physics electron energy loss spectroscopy

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EEMJEB

Electrical and Electronic Manufacturers' Joint Education Board

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Computing enhanced expanded memory specification

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Engineering Equipment and Materials Users Association

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Early English

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Med. eye, ear, nose, and throat

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equal employment opportunity

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(USA ) Equal Employment Opportunities Commission

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Computing electrically erasable programmable logic device

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Computing electrically erasable programmable read-only memory

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EER

energy-efficiency ratio
• Physics equilibrium equivalent radon

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(USA ) Earthquake Engineering Research Institute

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Computing electrically erasable read-only memory

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Physics electron-energy spectroscopy (or spectrum)
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Eastern European Time

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Electrical, Electronic, Telecommunications, and Plumbing Union (see AEEU)

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Early English Text Society

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exclusive economic zone

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edge-to-face
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• expeditionary force
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engine fault analysis
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EFB

energy from biomass

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European Federation of Corrosion
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European Federation of Chemical Engineering

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European Federation of Conference Towns

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Engineering early fault detection

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English Folk Dance and Song Society

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eff.

effetto (Italian: bill or promissory note)
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Electronic Frontier Foundation
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EFG

electric-field gradient

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Electronics epitaxial ferrite-garnet film

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electronic fuel injection (of car engines)

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Aeronautics electronic flight-information system

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English as a foreign language
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Med. electronic fetal monitor
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Educational Foundation for Nuclear Science

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Maths. Einstein-Fokker-Planck (differential equation)
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effective full-power day

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effective full-power hour

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European Federation for the Protection of Waters

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effective full-power year

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Astronomy emerging flux region
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(USA ) Edwards Flight Research Center

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European Federation of Sea Anglers

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European Federation of Soroptimist Clubs

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electronic funds-transfer

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European Free Trade Association

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Electrical Fair Trading Council

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electronic funds-transfer at point of sale

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electronic funds-transfer system
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Engineering and Fastener Trade Union

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energetic feed unit
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Educational Foundation for Visual Aids

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electric front windows (in motor advertisements)
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ejusdem generis (Latin: of a like kind)
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Egypt(ian)
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EG

Engineers' Guild
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EGA

Elizabeth Garrett Anderson (Hospital for Women)
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environmental gamma-ray and radon detector

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Educational Grants Advisory Service

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Med. ECG gated blood pool scintigraphy

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Export Group for the Construction Industries

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English Guernsey Cattle Society

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epithermal gold deposit

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Electric Generating Expansion Analysis System

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Med. epidermal growth factor

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Med. epidermal-growth-factor receptor

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Edward Grey Institute of Field Ornithology (Oxford )

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Engineers' Guild Limited

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Empire Gallantry Medal (replaced by the George Cross)
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(Germany ) Eingetragene Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung (registered limited company)

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eccentric (orbit) geophysical observatory

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Finance earned growth rate
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electronics glossary and symbol panel

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e.g.t.

exhaust gas temperature

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Physics Einstein-invariant gauge theory (of gravitation)

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English Golf Union
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Egyptian

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Egyptol.

Egyptologist
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eh.

ehrenhalber (German: honorary)

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EH

postcode for Edinburgh
• Music English horn (cor anglais)
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effective heat capacity (of a building)
• European Hotel Corporation
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Physics extraordinary Hall effect

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Physics European Hadron Facility
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EHG

electro-hydraulic governor

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Physics effective half-life
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Chem. extended Hückel molecular orbital

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Environmental Health Officer

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ehp

effective horsepower

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electric and hybrid propulsion
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Environmental Hazard Ranking

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(USA ) Environmental Health Services
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Electronics extra-high tension

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electric and hybrid vehicle
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extreme high water-level spring tides

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airline flight code for Aer Lingus
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EIA

East Indian Association
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• environmental impact analysis (or assessment)
• Environmental Investigation Agency
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• Med. exercise-induced asthma

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European Investment Bank
• Export-Import Bank

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East India Company
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• Physics electrostatic ion cyclotron
• Engineering Institute of Canada

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EICM

employer's inventory of critical manpower

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EICS

East India Company's Service

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Physics electrostatic ion cyclotron wave

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EID

East India Dock
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EIDCT

Educational Institute of Design, Craft, and Technology

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E-IDE

enhanced integrated-drive electronics

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EIE

Chem. equilibrium isotope effect

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EIEE

Med. early infantile epileptic encephalopathy

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Electrical Installation Equipment Manufacturers' Association

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EIF

Elderly Invalids Fund

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EIFAC

European Inland Fisheries Advisory Committee (of the FAO)

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E-in-C

Engineer-in-Chief

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E Ind.

East Indies

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einschl.

einschliesslich (German: including or inclusive)

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Einwohner (German: inhabitant)

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EIO

extended interaction oscillator

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EIPC

European Institute of Printed Circuits

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EIR

Taxation earned income relief
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EIRMA

European Industrial Research Management Association

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EIS

economic information system
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• Enterprise Investment Scheme (replaced the BES)
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EISA

Computing enhanced (or extended) industry standard architecture

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EITB

Engineering Industry Training Board

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EITF

Accounting (USA ) Emerging Issues Task Force

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EIU

Economist Intelligence Unit

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EIVT

European Institute for Vocational Training

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ej.

ejemplo (Spanish: example)

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EJ

Physics , symbol for exajoule(s)
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EJC

(USA ) Engineers' Joint Council

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EJMA

English Joinery Manufacturers' Association

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ejusd.

ejusdem (Latin: of the same)

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etter Kristi (Norwegian: after Christ; AD)

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international civil aircraft marking for Armenia
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Evangelische Kirche in Deutschland (German: Protestant Church in Germany)

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Physics equatorial Kerr effect

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(USA , Germany ) electrocardiogram or electrocardiograph (German Elektrokardiogramme

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elect(ed)
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electronic learning aid
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elasticity

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Ethnikos Laikos Apeleutherotikos Stratos (Greek: Hellenic People's Army of Liberation; in World War II)

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Bachelor of English Literature

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English Language Book Society

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Physics electron loss to continuum
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elder
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economic load distribution

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economic load dispatching centre
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Astronautics European Launcher Development Organization (now part of ESA)

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election
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European League for Economic Cooperation

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electrical

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electronics

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element(s)
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elevation
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early lunar flare

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Eritrean Liberation Front
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Astronomy emission-line galaxy

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Elias
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Elizabethan

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European Long Lines Agency

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elliptical

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edge-localized mode

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electromechanical aid

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elocution
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European Large Orbiting Instrumentation for Solar Experiments

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elongate(d)
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east longitude

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equivalent local potential

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Meteorol. environment lapse rate
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Electronic Lodgement Service
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elsewhere

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electronic speech information equipment

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Physics effective Lagrangian theory
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English Lacrosse Union

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expendable launch vehicle
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easterly

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electromagnetic
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effective medium approximation
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engine maintenance and disassembly

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electronic mail

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Computing Edinburgh multiaccess system
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embargo
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(USA ) Energy Mobilization Board

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European Molecular Biology Laboratory (Heidelberg )

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European Molecular Biology Organization

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embroider(y)

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embryology

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(USA ) Einstein Medical Center
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earth-mounded concrete bunker

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European Municipal Credit Community

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European Military Communications Coordinating Committee

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European Monetary Cooperation Fund

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energy monitoring and control system

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Chem. electrolytic manganese dioxide

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East Midlands Electricity

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emergency

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Engineer of Metallurgy

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East Midlands Educational Union

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electromagnetic force
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(USA ) Energy and Minerals Field Institute

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Med. electromyogram (or electro-myograph)

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(USA ) Earth Mechanics Institute
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emergency maternity and infant care

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elektromotorische Kraft (German: electromotive force)
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Environmental Measurement(s) Laboratory
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Med. eutectic mixture of local anaesthetics (in EMLA cream )

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Emmanuel College, Cambridge

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Computing expanded memory manager

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Early Modern English

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Energy, Minerals, and Natural Resources Department

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earth's mean orbital speed

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Med. emplastrum (Latin: a plaster)

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Emperor
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ecological monitoring programme
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employment agency

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Chem. electrostatic molecular potential contour

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employed

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Eastern Mediterranean Region
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(USA ) Educational Media Research Information Center

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East Malling Research Station

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emergency management system
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Electron Microscopy Society of America

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(USA ) Electrical Manufacturers' Standards Council

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Physics effective-mass theory
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Electro-Medical Trade Association

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emu (or e.m.u.)

Physics electromagnetic unit

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electrical multiple unit
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Accounting expected monetary value

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energy from municipal waste

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Chem. ethylenediamine (used in formulae)

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enemy

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Engineer
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airline flight code for Air Dolomiti
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Eastern North America
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Physics epithermal neutron activation analysis

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Evening Newspaper Advertising Bureau

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enamel(led)

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English National Ballet
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enc.

enclosed
• enclosure

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equivalent noise charge

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European Naval Communications Agency

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Encyclopaedia Britannica

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enclosed
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encyclopedia
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European Nuclear Disarmament

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Ethiopian National Democratic Organization

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Physics electron-nuclear double resonance

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endowment

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endp.

endpaper

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Euratom Nuclear Documentation System

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east-northeast

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European Nuclear Energy Agency

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European Nuclear Force

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engine
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England
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electronic news gathering (in TV broadcasting)

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Enrolled Nurse (General) (formerly SEN)

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Doctor of Engineering

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engineering

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Music English horn

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engineer(ing)

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England
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engineer
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engrave(d)
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Doctor of Engineering Science

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Engineering Technician

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Electronic Numerical Integrator and Calculator (first electronic calculator)

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(Italy ) Ente Nazionale Industrie Turistiche (state tourist office)

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enl.

enlarge(d)
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enero (Spanish: January)

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English National Opera

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Energy and Natural Resources

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Music ensemble
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empty nest syndrome

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Entertainments National Service Association (in World War II)

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Evaluated Nuclear Structure Data File

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Meteorol. El Niño southern oscillation

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entomology
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enter (stage direction)

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Med. ear, nose, and throat

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entomological
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entered (registered) at Stationers' Hall (requirement to secure copyright on books before 1924)

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envelope
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Envoy

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Envoy Extraordinary

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ex officio

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Easter offerings

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Christianity Eastern Orthodox
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(USA ) Essential Oil Association
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(USA ) European Office of the Air Research and Development Command

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Computing end of block
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Geology Eocene

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electron-optical camera
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e.o.d.

entry on duty
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end of data (computing code)
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enemy-occupied Europe
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EOF

(USA ) Emergency Operations (or Operating) Facility
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EOG

Med. electrooculogram (or electro-oculography)

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except otherwise herein provided

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Computing end of job

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Eoka (or EOKA) ('k)

Ethniki Organosis Kypriakou Agonos (Greek: National Organization of Cypriot Struggle; for union with Greece)

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end of life

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EOLM

electro-optical light modulator

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Commerce end of the month
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Egyptian Order of Merit
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European Organization for Nuclear Research

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e.o.o.e.

Commerce erreur ou omission exceptée (French: errors and omissions excepted; on invoice forms)

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Microbiol. efficiency of plating
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Examined Officer of Public Health

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Accounting economic order quanity

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European Organization for Quality Control

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EOQL

end of qualified life

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Astronautics earth-orbit rendezvous
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(USA ) Economic Opportunity Research Institute

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European Organization for Research on Treatment of Cancer

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Physics equation of state
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enemy-occupied territory

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Computing end of tape (as in EOT marker )
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European Organization for Trade Promotion

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e.p.

easy projection
• editio princeps (Latin: first edition)
• electrically polarized
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Episcopus (Latin: Bishop)
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EP

early picture
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EPA

educational priority area
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(USA ) Emergency Petroleum Allocation Act

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Economic Planning and Advisory Council for the Construction Industries

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electronic parts of assessed quality

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EPB

equivalent pension benefit

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easy-processing channel (in EPC black , filler in rubber compounding)
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(USA ) Energy Policy and Conservation Act
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Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow (Florida )

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EPD

earliest practicable date
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Emergency Powers Defence Act

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(USA ) Electric Power Development Company

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Chem. ethylene-propylene diene monomer

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Electrical Power Engineers' Association

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EPF

emulsified petroleum fuel
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elastic-plastic fracture mechanics

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EPG

(USA ) Electronic Proving Ground
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electric power generating system

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Eph. (or Ephes.)

Bible Ephesians

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echo planar imaging
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Engineering and Production Information Control
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Epictetus (c. 55–c. 110 AD, Greek Stoic philosopher)

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epidemic

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epilogue

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Epiphany

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Navigation emergency position indicator radio beacon

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Episcopal(ian)
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epit.

epitaph
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EPL

exact power law

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Computing erasable programmable logic device

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Eritrean People's Liberation Front

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EPM (or EPMA)

electron-probe micro-analysis
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Esso Production Malaysia Inc.

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EPN

elemental point number

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EPNdB

effective perceived noise decibels

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El Paso Natural Gas Company

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electroplated nickel silver
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EPO

Med. erythropoietin

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Eastern Pacific Oceanic Conference

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EPOS ('i:ps)

Commerce electronic point of sale (as in EPOS terminal , EPOS system )

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e.p.p. (or EPP)

Physiol. endplate potential

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Computing enhanced (or extended) parallel port
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European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organization

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EPPS

Chem. 4-(2-hydroxyethyl)-1-piperazinepropanesulphonic acid

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Computing European printer performance test

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electropneumatic proportional valve

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electron paramagnetic resonance (as in EPR spectroscopy )
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Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front

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(USA ) Electric Power Research Institute

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EPROM ('i:prm)

Computing erasable programmable read-only memory

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e.p.s.

earnings per share

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electric(al) power system
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Physiol. excitatory postsynaptic potential

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EPSRC

Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council

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electrical power supervision system

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EPT

Med. early pregnancy test
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EPTA

Expanded Programme of Technical Assistance (in the UN)

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Ep. tm.

Law Epiphany term

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EPU

European Payments Union

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Epus.

Episcopus (Latin: Bishop)

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EPW

earth-penetrator weapon
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eq.

equal
• equate
• equation
• equator(ial)
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• equitable
• equity
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Eq.

Equerry

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EQ

educational quotient
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EQA

Commerce European Quality Award

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EQC

external quality control

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EQD

Electrical Quality Assurance Directorate

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EQDB

equipment qualification data bank

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EQ gate

Electronics equivalence gate

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EQI

exhaust quality index

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eqn

equation

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eqpt

equipment

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Equ

Astronomy Equuleus

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equil.

equilibrium

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equipment

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EQUIP ('kwp)

equipment usage information programme

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equiv.

equivalent

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er

elder

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e.r.

echo ranging
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• electronic reconnaissance
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Er

Chem. , symbol for erbium

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ER

Eastern Region (British Rail)
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• Eduardus Rex (Latin: King Edward)
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• Elizabeth Regina (Latin: Queen Elizabeth)
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ERA

Baseball earned run average
• (USA ) Economic Regulatory Administration
• Education Reform Act (1988)
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• engine-room artificer
• Computing entity relationship attribute (as in ERA diagram , ERA model )
• (USA ) Equal Rights Amendment
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ERAB

Energy Research Advisory Board

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ERAMS

Environmental Radiation Ambients Monitoring System

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Eras.

(Desiderius) Erasmus (1466–1536, Dutch scholar and humanist)

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ERBM

extended-range ballistic missile

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ERBS

Earth Radiation Budget Satellite

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ERC

Economic Research Council
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• Med. endoscopic retrograde cholangiography
• (USA ) Energy Research Corporation

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ERC & I

Economic Reform Club and Institute

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ERCB

(USA ) Energy Resources Conservation Board

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ERCH

Physics electron-resonance cyclotron heating

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ERCP

Med. endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography

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ERCS

emergency response computer system

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ERD

elastic recoil detection
• Emergency Reserve Decoration
• emergency return device
• environmental radiation data
• Physics equivalent residual dose (of radiation)
• extrapolated response dose

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ERDA (':d)

Electronics elastic recoil detection analysis
• (Australia ) Electrical and Radio Development Association
• (USA ) Energy Research and Development Administration

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(USA ) Energy Research and Development in Agriculture and Food

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Engineering Research and Development Establishment
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European Regional Development Fund

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ERDIC

Energy Research, Development, and Information Centre

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Engineering Research and Development Laboratory

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ERDS

emergency response data system

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ERE

(Greece ) Ethniki Rizospastiki Enosis (National Radical Union; political party)
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erec.

erection

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Erf (:f)

Chem. electrorheological fluid

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European Radio Frequency Agency

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ERG

electrical resistance gauge
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European Research Group on Management

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ergon.

ergonomics

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Eri

Astronomy Eridanus

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ERI (or ER(I), ER et I)

Edwardus Rex et Imperator (Latin: Edward King and Emperor)

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ERIC

(USA ) Educational Resources Information Center
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ERIM

Environmental Research Institute of Michigan

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ERIS

Emergency Response Information System
• Astronautics Exo-atmospheric Re-entry Vehicle Interceptor Subsystem

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ERISA ('rs)

(USA ) Employee Retirement Income Security Act (1974)

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Erit.

Eritrea

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Erl.

Erläuterung (German: explanatory note)

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Energy Research Laboratory

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ERLL

Computing enhanced run length limited

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erm.

ermine

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ERM

Finance Exchange Rate Mechanism

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Ernie (or ERNIE) (':n)

electronic random number indicating equipment (premiumbond computer)

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ERO

European Regional Organization of the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions

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EROPA

Eastern Regional Organization for Public Administration

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EROS ('rs)

earth resources observation satellite
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e.r.p.

effective radiated power

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ERP

Med. endoscopic retrograde pancreatography
• Biochem. enzyme-releasing peptide
• European Recovery Programme

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ERPF

Med. effective renal plasma flow

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ERR

energy release rate

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erron.

erroneous(ly)

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ERS

earnings-related supplement
• earth resources satellite
• emergency radio service
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• engine repair section
• Ergonomics Research Society
• (USA ) Experimental Research Society

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ERT

(Greece ) Elliniki Radiophonia Tileorasis (Hellenic National Radio and Television Institute)
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ERTS

Earth Resources Technology Satellite
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ERU

English Rugby Union

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ERV

English Revised Version (of the Bible)
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erw. (or erweit.)

erweitert (German: enlarged or extended)

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ERW

enhanced radiation weapon

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es.

esempio (Italian: example)

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e.s.

eldest son
• electrical sounding
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• Med. enema saponis (Latin: soap enema)

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e/s

en suite (bathroom) (in property or accommodation advertisements)

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Es

Chem. , symbol for einsteinium

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ES

British vehicle registration for Dundee
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• electrostatic
• international vehicle registration for El Salvador
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Ecological Society of America
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• energy system analysis
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• environmentally sensitive area
• European Space Agency
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(USA ) Energy System Acquisition Advisory Board

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Economic Society of Australia and New Zealand

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ESAR

electronically steerable array radar

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ESB

electrical stimulation of the brain
• (USA ) Electricity Supply Board
• electric storage battery
• Empire State Building
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English Schools' Badminton Association

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English Schools' Basket Ball Association

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(USA ) European Space Battery Test Center

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esc.

escompte (French: discount)
• escutcheon

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Esc

Computing escape key
• symbol for escudo (Portuguese monetary unit)

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ESC

Economic and Social Council (of the UN)
• electronic structural correlator
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• Energy Study Centre (Netherlands )
• English Stage Company
• English Steel Corporation
• Entomological Society of Canada
• European Space Conference
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ESCA

Physical chem. electron spectroscopy for chemical analysis
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ESCAP

Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UN agency; formerly ECAFE)

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ESCC

Engineering external stress corrosion cracking

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ESCCD

electrical short-circuit current decay

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eschat.

eschatology

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ESCO ('sk)

Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (of the UN)

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ESCOM ('skm)

Electricity Supply Commission of South Africa

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ESCR

external standard channel ratio

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Esd.

Bible Esdras

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ESD

echo-sounding device
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• Computing electrostatic discharge
• (USA ) Environmental Sciences Division
• Euratom Safeguards Directorate

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Esda ('zd)

electrostatic deposition (or document) analysis (as in Esda test )

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ESDAC ('sdæk)

European Space Data Centre

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ESDI ('zd)

enhanced small-device interface

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ESE

east-southeast
• Physics electron spin echo
• engineers stores establishment

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ESECA

(USA ) Energy Supply and Environmental Coordination Act

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Electrotyping and Stereotyping Employers' Federation

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environmentally sound energy system

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European Science Foundation

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ESG

Education Support Grant
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ESH

Environmental Safety and Health
• equivalent standard hours
• European Society of Haematology

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Electricity Supply Industry
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Electricity Supply Industry Training Board

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Esk.

Eskimo

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e.s.l.

expected significance level

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ESL

English as a second language

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ESLAB ('slæb)

European Space Research Laboratory

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Electrical Sign Manufacturers' Association

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esn. (or esntl)

essential

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ESN

educationally subnormal

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ESNS

educationally subnormal, serious

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ESNZ

Entomological Society of New Zealand

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ESO

Energy Services Operator
• European Southern Observatory (Chile )

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European Space Operations Centre (Germany )

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ESOL ('i:sl)

English for speakers of other languages

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ESOMAR ('s,m:)

European Society for Opinion Surveys and Market Research

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ESOP ('i:sp)

employee share-ownership plan
• (USA ) employee stock-option plan

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employee share-ownership trust

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esp.

especially
• Music espressivo (Italian: expressively)

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Esp.

Espagne (French: Spain)
• España (Spanish: Spain)
• Esperanto

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ESP

electric submersible pump (or pumping)
• Physics electron spin polarization
• Commerce emotional selling proposition
• English for specific (or special) purposes
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• extrasensory perception

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espg.

espionage

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espr. (or espress.)

Music espressivo (Italian: expressively)

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ESPRIT ('sprt)

European strategic programme for research and development in information technology

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Esq.

esquire (in correspondence)

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ESQA

English Slate Quarries Association

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esqo

esquerdo (Portuguese: left)

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ESR

electric sunroof (in motor advertisements)
• Physics electron-spin resonance
• Med. erythrocyte sedimentation rate
• Physics experimental storage ring

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ESRC

Economic and Social Research Council (formerly SSRC)
• Electricity Supply Research Council

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ESRD

Med. end-stage renal disease

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ESRF

Med. end-stage renal failure

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ESRIN ('zrn)

European Space Research Institute (Italy )

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European Space Research Organization (now part of ESA)

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European Society for Rural Sociology

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ess.

essence
• Pharmacol. essentia (Latin: essence)
• essential

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Essex

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ESS

energy storage system

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English Schools' Swimming Association
• (USA ) Environmental Science Services Administration (of the Department of Commerce)

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ESSI ('s)

European Systems and Software Initiative

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Esso ('s)

Standard Oil (phonetic spelling of SO)

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est.

establish(ed)
• Law estate
• estimate(d)
• estimation
• estimator
• estuary

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Est.

Established
• Estonia(n)

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EST

earliest start time
• (USA , Canada ) Eastern Standard Time
• electroshock therapy (or electric-shock treatment)
• Nuclear engineering ellipsoidal shell tokamak
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estab.

establish(ed)
• establishment

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ESTEC ('ztk)

European Space Technology Centre (Netherlands )

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estg

estimating

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Esth.

Bible Esther

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ESTI

European Space Technology Institute

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estn

estimation

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e.s.u. (or ESU)

Physics electrostatic unit

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ESU

English-Speaking Union

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ESV

Astronautics earth satellite vehicle
• Engineering emergency shutdown valve
• Med. end-systolic (left ventricular) volume

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ESWL

Med. extracorporeal shock-wave lithotripsy

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e.t.

educational therapy
• electric telegraph
• engineering time
• English text (or translation)
• entertainment tax
• exchange telegraph

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Et

Chem. , symbol for ethyl (used in formulae)

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ET

(USA ) Eastern Time
• international vehicle registration for (Arab Republic of) Egypt
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• Med. embryo transfer
• emerging technology (in NATO)
• Employment Training (for the unemployed)
• emptying time
• ephemeris time
• Physics equation of time
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• Electronics excitation transport
• extraterrestrial
• British vehicle registration for Sheffield

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ETA

Physics emanation thermal analysis
• Entertainment Trades' Alliance
• estimated time of arrival
• European Teachers' Association
• (or Eta; 't) Euzkadi ta Askatsuna (Basque: Basque Nation and Liberty; nationalist organization)

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Étab.

Établissement (French: business establishment)

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ETAC

Education and Training Advisory Council

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et al.

et alibi (Latin: and elsewhere)
• et alii (Latin: and others)

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ETB

English Tourist Board

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etc.

et cetera (Latin: and other things)

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ETC

Eastern Telegraph Company
• European Translation Centre

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ETCTA

Electrical Trades Commercial Travellers' Association

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ETD

estimated time of departure
• Telecom. extension trunk dialling

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ETE

estimated time en route
• evacuation-time estimate
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ETF

Banking electronic transfer of funds

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eth.

ether
• ethical
• ethics

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Eth.

Ethiopia(n)
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ETH

(Switzerland ) Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (German: Federal Institute of Technology)
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ethnog.

ethnography

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ethnol.

ethnological
• ethnology

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e.t.i.

elapsed time indicator

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ETI

estimated time of interception
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ETJC

Engineering Trades Joint Council

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e.t.k.m.

every test known to man

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ETMA

English Timber Merchants' Association
• European Television Magazine Association

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e.t.o.

estimated time off

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ETO

European Theatre of Operations (in World War II)
• European Transport Organization

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e.t.p.

estimated turnaround (or turning) point

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Etr.

Etruscan

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ETR

engineering test reactor
• estimated time of return
• Nuclear engineering experimental thermonuclear (or test) reactor

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ETS

earth thermal storage
• (USA ) Educational Testing Service
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• estimated time of sailing
• Military (USA ) estimated time of separation (i.e. discharge from service)
• Med. exercise thallium scintigraphy
• expiration of time of service

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ETSA

Electricity Trust of South Australia
• Chem. ethyl (trimethylsilyl) acetate

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et seq.

et sequens (Latin: and the following)
• (or et seqq.) et sequentia (Latin: and those that follow)

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ETSI

European Telecommunications Standards Institute

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e.t.s.p.

entitled to severance pay

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et sqq.

et sequentes or sequentia (Latin: and the following)

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ETSU

Energy Technology Support Unit (of the Department of Energy)

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ETTA

English Table Tennis Association

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ETTU

European Table Tennis Union

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ETU

experimental test unit

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ETUC

European Trade Union Confederation

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ETUI

European Trade Union Institute

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et ux.

et uxor (Latin: and wife)

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ETV

educational television
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ety. (or etym., etymol.)

etymological
• etymologist
• etymology

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Eu

(ital.) Physics , symbol for Euler number
• Chem. , symbol for europium

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EU

British vehicle registration for Bristol
• European Union (now often used in place of EC)
• Evangelical Union
• Med. excretory urography
• experimental unit
• (France , Spain ) United States (French États-Unis; Spanish Estados Unidos)

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EUA

Finance European unit of account
• Med. examination under anaesthesia
• (France , Portugal , Spain ) United States of America (French États-Unis d'Amerique; Spanish and Portuguese Estados Unidos da (Portuguese ) or de (Spanish ) América)

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Euc. (or Eucl.)

Euclid (c. 330–c. 275 BC, Greek mathematician)

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EUCOM ('ju:km)

Military (USA ) European Command

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EUDISED ('ju:d,sd)

European Documentation and Information Service for Education

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EUFTT

European Union of Film and Television Technicians

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eugen.

eugenics

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EUI

energy utilization index
• energy utilization intensity

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EUL

Everyman's University Library

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EUM

(Mexico , Spain ) Mexico (Spanish Estados Unidos Mexicanos)

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EUMETSAT ('ju:mt,sæt)

European Meteorological Satellite System

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EUP

English Universities Press

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Eur.

Europe(an)

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EUR

Esposizione Universale di Roma (Italian: Roman Universal Exhibition)

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Euratom (j'rætm)

European Atomic Energy Community

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Eureca (j'ri:k)

Astronautics European retrievable carrier

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Eur Ing

European Engineer

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Eurip.

Euripides (c. 480–406 BC, Greek dramatist)

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European Regional Office (of the FAO)

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European Organization for Civil Aviation Electronics

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European Oceanographic Association

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EUROCHEMIC

European Company for the Chemical Processing of Irradiated Fuels

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EUROCOM ('jr,km)

European Coal Merchants' Union

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EUROFINAS

Association of European Finance Houses

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EuroJazz ('jr,jæz)

European Community Youth Jazz Orchestra

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EUROM ('jrm)

European Federation for Optics and Precision Mechanics

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European data-transmission network

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EUROP

European Railway Wagon Pool

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EUROSPACE ('jr,spes)

European Industrial Space Study Group

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EUROTOX ('jr,tks)

Comité européen permanent de recherches sur la protection de populations contre les risques de toxicité à long terme (French: European Standing Committee for the Protection of Populations against the Risks of Chronic Toxicity)

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Eus. (or Euseb.)

Eusebius of Caesarea (fl. 4th century AD, churchman and historian)

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EUS

Eastern United States

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EUV

Physics extreme ultraviolet

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EUVE

Astronomy Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer

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EUW

European Union of Women

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ev.

evangelisch (German: Protestant)

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e.v.

efficient vulcanization

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eV

eingetragener Verein (German: registered society)
• Physics , symbol for electronvolt

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EV

British vehicle registration for Chelmsford
• electric vehicle
• English Version (of the Bible)
• Astronautics entry vehicle
• Med. equilibrium venography
• Med. erythrocyte volume
• Accounting expected value
• Image technol. exposure value

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EVA

Electric Vehicle Association of Great Britain
• Engineer Vice-Admiral
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• Astronautics extravehicular activity

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evac.

evacuate(d)
• evacuation

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eval.

evaluate(d)
• evaluation

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evangelical
• evangelist

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evap.

evaporate(d)
• evaporation
• evaporator

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EVBA

Physics equivalent vector-boson approximation

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evce

evidence

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EVCS

Astronautics extravehicular communications system

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EVFU

Computing electronic vertical format unit

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evg

evening

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EVGA

Computing enhanced video graphics array

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evid.

evidence

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EVN

Astronomy European VLBI Network

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evng

evening

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evol.

evolution(ary)
• evolutionist

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EVR

electronics video broadcasting system

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EVT

Educational and Vocational Training

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EVW

European Voluntary Workers

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evy

every

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e.w.

each way (betting)

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EW

international civil aircraft marking for Belarus
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• electric windows (in motor advertisements)
• electronic warfare
• (USA ) enlisted woman
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EWA

(USA ) Education Writers' Association

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EWF

Electrical Wholesalers' Federation

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EWICS

European Workshop for Industrial Computer Systems

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EWL

evaporative water loss

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EWO

Educational Welfare Officer
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emergency war plan

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early-warning radar

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European Weed Research Association

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emergency water supply
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European Work Study Federation

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ex.

examination
• examine(d)
• examiner
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• exclude
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Ex.

Exeter
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postcode for Exeter
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EXAFS

extended X-ray absorption fine structure

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exag.

exaggerate
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examination
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examd

examined

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examining

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examination

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ex aq.

Med. ex aqua (Latin: from water)

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Finance ex bonus (without bonus)

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exc.

excellent
• except(ed)
• exception
• exchange
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Excellency

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ex cap.

Finance ex capitalization (without capitalization)

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exch.

exchange
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excl. (or exclam.)

exclamation
• (or exclam.) exclamatory
• exclude
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ex cp.

Finance ex coupon (without the interest on the coupon)

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exd

examined

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Finance ex dividend (without dividend)

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exec.

execute
• execution
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execx

executrix

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EXELFS

electron energy-loss finestructure spectroscopy

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exempl.

exemplaire (French: copy of a printed work)

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expenses

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Exeter College, Oxford

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exempli gratia (Latin: for example)

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exh.

exhaust
• exhibition

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exhib.

exhibit
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(USA ) Export-Import Bank

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Banking ex interest (without interest)

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ex libris (Latin: from the books (or library) of)

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Stock exchange ex new (of shares)

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EXNOR ('ksn:)

Computing , Electronics exclusive-NOR (as in EXNOR gate )

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Exod.

Bible Exodus

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ex off.

ex officio (Latin: by right of office)

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Exonia (Latin: Exeter)
• Exoniensis (Latin: (Bishop) of Exeter)

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exor

executor

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Computing , Electronics exclusive-OR (as in EXOR gate )

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ex p.

Law ex parte (Latin: on behalf of one party only)

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exp

Maths. , symbol for exponential

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exp.

expand
• expansion
• expedition
• expenses
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Exchange of Persons Office (in UNESCO)
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expdn

expedition

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exper.

experimental

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expl.

explain
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exploit.

exploitation

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expn

exposition

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exp. o.

experimental order

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expr.

express

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ex-Pres.

ex-President

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experiment

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experimental

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exporter

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expurgate

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exr

executor

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executrix

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expenses

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ext.

extend
• extension
• extent
• exterior
• external(ly)
• extinct
• extra
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EXTD

Meteorol. extend

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EXTEL ('kstl)

Exchange Telegraph (news agency)

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EXTEND (k'stnd)

Exercise Training for the Elderly and/or Disabled

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ext. liq.

extractum liquidum (Latin: liquid extract)

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extn

extension

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extr.

extraordinary

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extrad.

extradition

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exx

examples
• executrix

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EY

British vehicle registration for Bangor
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European Youth Campaign

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EYR

East Yorkshire Regiment

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Ez.

Bible Ezra

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EZ

British vehicle registration for Belfast
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Ezek.

Bible Ezekiel

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Ezr.

Bible Ezra

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F

f

Numismatics face value
• Music fah (in tonic sol-fa)
• symbol for femto- (prefix indicating 10-15, as in fm , femtometre)
• (or f/, f:) Photog. f-number (ratio of the focal length of a lens to its aperture, as in f8 )
• (ital.) Physics , symbol for focal length
• foreign
• (ital.) Music forte (Italian; loudly)
• (ital.) Physics , symbol for frequency
• (ital.) Physical chem. , symbol for fugacity
• (ital.) Maths. , symbol for function (as in f(x))
• (ital.) Biochem. , symbol for furanose
• Chem. , Physics , indicating electron state l=3 (where l is orbital angular momentum quantum number)
• indicating the fifth vertical row of squares from the left on a chessboard

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f.

facing
• fair
• farthing
• father
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• feet
• female
• Grammar feminine
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• fluid
• folio
• following (page)
• foot
• for
• forecastle
• Botany form (in plant taxonomy)
• formula
• Sport foul
• founded
• franc(s)
• freehold
• from
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• furlough
• symbol for guilder (monetary unit of the Netherlands)

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F

Fahrenheit (in °F , degree Fahrenheit)
• Logic , Maths. false
• symbol for farad(s)
• (ital.) Physics , symbol for Faraday constant
• fast (on a clock or watch regulator)
• British fishing port registration for Faversham
• (USA ) fighter (specifying a type of military aircraft, as in F-106 )
• Genetics , symbol for filial generation (as in F_1 , first generation)
• Chem. , symbol for fluorine
• (or F/, F:) Photog. f-number (as in F4 ; see under f)
• Fokker (aircraft)
• (ital.) Physics , symbol for force
• symbol for franc (monetary unit of various countries)
• international vehicle registration or international civil aircraft marking for France
• (ital.) Thermodynamics , symbol for Helmholtz function
• indicating a musical note or key
• Astronomy , indicating a spectral type

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F. (or F)

family
• Father
• fathom(s)
• February
• Federation
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• female
• Grammar feminine
• ferrovia (Italian: railway)
• Med. fiat (Latin: let it be made)
• fiction
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• finance
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• fleet
• folio
• foolscap
• Sport foul
• Frauen (German: women)
• freddo (Italian: cold)
• French
• Ecclesiast. Frère (French: Brother)
• Friday
• frio (Portuguese or Spanish: cold)

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5F

airline flight code for Arctic Circle Air

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6F

airline flight code for Laker Airways

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fa

factura (Spanish: invoice)

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f.a.

Slang Fanny Adams (or fuck all; i.e. nothing)
• fire alarm
• first aid
• Commerce free alongside
• Optics free aperture
• freight agent
• friendly aircraft
• fuel—air (ratio)

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Fa.

Faeroes
• Firma (German: firm or business)
• Florida

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FA

Statistics factor analysis
• Factory Act
• Faculty of Actuaries
• family allowance
• Slang Fanny Adams (or fuck all; i.e. nothing)
• farm adviser
• Chem. fatty acid
• field activities
• field allowance
• field ambulance
• Military field artillery
• filtered air
• Finance Act
• financial adviser
• fine art
• Immunol. fluorescent antibody
• Building trades fly (or fuel) ash
• Biochem. folic acid
• Biochem. folinic acid
• Football Association
• freight agent
• Nuclear engineering fuel assembly
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• British vehicle registration for Stoke-on-Trent

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F-A

Chem. fenitrothion in acetone

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f.a.a.

Marine insurance free of all averages

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FAA

(USA ) Federal Aviation Administration
• Fellow of the Australian Academy (of Science)
• Film Artistes' Association
• Fleet Air Arm
• Chem. formalin acetic alcohol
• Biochem. free amino acid

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FAAAS

Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
• Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science

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FAAC

Food Additives and Contaminants Committee

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Fellow of the American Academy of Optometry

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Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics

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Fellow of the American Academy of Reproductive Medicine

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Fellow of the Central Association of Agricultural Valuers

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fab.

fabric
• fabricate
• Commerce fabrication (French: make)

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f.a.b.

first aid box

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f. à b.

Commerce franco à bord (French: free on board)

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FAB

Physics , Electronics fast-atom bombardment (or beam)
• Flour Advisory Bureau
• French—American—British
• fuel-air bomb

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fabbr.

fabbrica (Italian: factory)

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FABMDS

(USA ) field army ballistic missile defense system

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FABP

Biochem. fatty-acid-binding protein

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fabr.

fabricate
• fabrication

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Fab. Soc.

Fabian Society

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fabx.

fire alarm box

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fac.

façade
• facial
• facility
• facsimile
• factor
• factory
• (or Fac.) faculty

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f.a.c.

(as) fast as can (be)
• Marine insurance franc d'avarie commune (French: free of general average)

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FAC

Federation of Agricultural Cooperatives
• Military forward air controller

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Fellow of the American College of Anesthesiologists

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Fellow of the American College of Cardiology
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Fellow of the Association of Certified and Corporate Accountants (now the Chartered Association of Certified Accountants; see FCCA)

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Fellow of the American College of Chest Physicians

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Fellow of the American College of Dentistry

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FACE

Fellow of the Australian College of Education
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FACEM

Federation of the Associations of Colliery Equipment Manufacturers

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Fellow of the American Ceramic Society

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facet.

facetious

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Fellow of the American College of Gastroenterology

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facil.

facility

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(USA ) Federal Advisory Council on Medical Training

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Fellow of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists

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Fellow of the Australian College of Occupational Medicine

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Fellow of the American College of Physicians

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Fellow of the American College of Radiology

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Fellow of the Australian College of Reproductive Medicine

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facs.

facsimile

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FACS

Fellow of the American College of Surgeons
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facsim.

facsimile

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fact. (or facta)

factura (Spanish: invoice)

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Fact (or FACT) (fækt)

Federation Against Copyright Theft
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f.a.d.

free air delivered

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FAD

Biochem. flavin adenine dinucleotide

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FADEC

Computing fully authorized digital engine control

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FADO

Fellow of the Association of Dispensing Opticians

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FAE

Military fuel-air explosive(s)

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Faer.

Faeroe Islands

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FAeSI

Fellow of the Aeronautical Society of India

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FAGO

Fellowship in Australia in Obstetrics and Gynaecology

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FAGS

Federation of Astronomical and Geophysical Services
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Fah. (or Fahr.)

Fahrenheit

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FAHA

Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities

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FAI

Fédération aéronautique internationale (French: International Aeronautical Federation)
• Football Association of Ireland
• fresh-air inlet

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Fellow of the American Institute of Architects
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Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics

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Fellow of the Australian Institute of Agricultural Science

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Fellow of the Australian Institute of Builders

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Fellow of the Australian Institute of Biology

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Fellow of the American Institute of Chemists

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Fellow of the Australian Institute of Energy

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Fellow of the Australian Institute of Export

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Fellow of the Australian Institute of Food Science and Technology

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Fellow of the Australian Insurance Institute

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Fellow of the Australian Institute of Management

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Fellow of the Australian Institute of Physics

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Fak.

Faktura (German: invoice)

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FAK

Shipping freights all kinds

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Falk. I. (or Falk. Is.)

Falkland Islands

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(Puerto Rico ) Fuerzas Armadas de Liberación Nacional (Spanish: Armed Forces of National Liberation)

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fam.

familiar
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FAM

Free and Accepted Masons

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FAMA

Fellow of the American Medical Association
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FAME

Chem. fatty-acid methyl ester

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Fellow of the Association of Mining Electrical and Mechanical Engineers

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Fellow of the Australian Marketing Institute

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Fellow of the American Nuclear Society

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Fellow of the Ancient Monuments Society
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f & a

fore and aft

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F & AP

Insurance fire and allied perils

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F & C

full and change (tides)

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fill and drain
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f & f

fixtures and fittings

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Bookbinding folded and gathered pages

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foot and mouth disease

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f & t (or F & T)

Insurance fire and theft

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FANY (or Fany, Fanny) (fæn)

First Aid Nursing Yeomanry

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f.a.o.

finish all over
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FAO

Fleet Accountant Officer
• Food and Agriculture Organization (of the UN)

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FAP

(USA ) Family Assistance Program
• first aid post
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• Força Aérea Portuguesa (Portuguese Air Force)
• (or f.a.p.) Marine insurance franc d'avarie particulière (French: free of particular average)

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Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association
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Fellow of the American Public Health Association

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FAPS

Fellow of the American Phytopathological Society

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f.a.q.

Commerce fair average quality
• Commerce free alongside quay

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FAQ (fæk)

Computing frequently asked question

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f.a.q.s.

fair average quality of season

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far.

farriery
• farthing

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FAR

(USA ) Federal Aviation Regulation(s)
• Insurance free (of claim) for accident reported
• front arm rests (in motor advertisements)

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Fellow of the Arboricultural Association

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FARE

Federation of Alcoholic Rehabilitation Establishments

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FARELF

Far East Land Forces

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f.a.s.

firsts and seconds
• Commerce free alongside ship

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FAS

Federation of American Scientists
• Fellow of the Anthropological Society
• Fellow of the Antiquarian Society
• Med. fetal alcohol syndrome
• Commerce free alongside ship

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Fellow of the Australian Society of Accountants

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FASB

(USA ) Financial Accounting Standards Board

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fasc.

Anatomy , Printing fasciculus

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Fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences

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Fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers

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Fellow of the Antiquarian Society, Edinburgh

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Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology

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Fellow of the Architects' and Surveyors' Institute

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Federation of the Associations of Specialists and Subcontractors

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Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia

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FAST (f:st)

factor analysis system
• fast automatic shuttle transfer
• Federation Against Software Theft
• first atomic ship transport
• forecasting and assessment in science and technology (in the EU)

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fastnr

fastener

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FAT

Computing file allocation table

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fath.

fathom

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FATIS

Food and Agriculture Technical Information Service (of the OEEC)

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FAU

Friends' Ambulance Unit

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FAusIMM

Fellow of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy

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fav.

favour
• favourite

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FAVO

Fleet Aviation Officer

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FAWA

Federation of Asian Women's Associations

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fax (or FAX) (fæks)

facsimile transmission
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f.b.

flat bar
• fog bell
• freight bill
• Sport fullback

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FB

British vehicle registration for Bristol
• Fenian Brotherhood
• Physics film badge (for radiation protection)
• fire brigade
• fisheries (or fishery) board
• Railways flat bottom
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• flying boat
• Med. foreign body
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• Free Baptist

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F-B

full-bore

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FBA

Farm Buildings Association
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• Federation of British Artists
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• Fellow of the British Academy
• fluorescent brightening agent (used in detergents)
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FBAA

Fellow of the British Association of Accountants and Auditors

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f'ball

football

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f.b.c.

Insurance fallen building clause

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FBC

Chemical engineering fluidized-bed combustion (or combustor)

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Federation of British Carpet Manufacturers

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Fellow of the British College of Ophthalmic Opticians (or Optometrists)

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Fellow of the British College of Physiotherapists

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Fellow of the British Computer Society

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f.b.c.w.

Insurance fallen building clause waiver

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fbd

freeboard

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Fellow of the British Esperanto Association

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FBEC(S)

Fellow of the Business Education Council (Scotland)

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FBFM

Federation of British Film Makers

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FBH

fire brigade hydrant

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Fellow of the British Horological Institute

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Fellow of the British Horse Society

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Federation of British Hand Tool Manufacturers

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FBI

(USA ) Federal Bureau of Investigation

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Fellow of the British Insurance Brokers' Association

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Fellow of the British Institute of Interior Design

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Fellow of the British Institute of Management

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Fellow of the Bankers' Institute of New Zealand

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Fellow of the British Institute of Professional Photography

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FBIS

Fellow of the British Interplanetary Society

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FBL

flight-by-light (aircraft control system)

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FBM

fleet ballistic missile

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FBMA

Food and Beverage Managers' Association

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FBO (or f.b.o.)

for the benefit of

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FBOA

Fellow of the British Optical Association

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FBOU

Fellow of the British Ornithologists' Union

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FBP

Chem. final boiling point
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FBPS

Fellow of the British Phrenological Society

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FBPsS

Fellow of the British Psychological Society

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fbr.

fibre

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FBR

Nuclear engineering fast breeder reactor
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FBRAM

Federation of British Rubber and Allied Manufacturers

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fbro.

febrero (Spanish: February)

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FBS

Fellow of the Botanical Society
• Med. fetal bovine serum
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Fellow of the British Society of Commerce

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Fellow of the Botanical Society, Edinburgh

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Fellow of the Birmingham School of Music

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FBSS

Med. failed back-surgery syndrome

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FBT

(France ) Fédération des bourses du travail (Federation of Labour Exchanges; trade union)
• fringe benefit tax

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FBu

symbol for Burundi franc (monetary unit)

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FBU

Fire Brigades Union

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FBW

Aeronautics fly-by-wire

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f.b.y.

future budget year

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f.c.

Baseball fielder's choice
• fin courant (French: at the end of this month)
• Printing follow copy
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Fc

Immunol. crystallizable fragment (of an immunoglobulin)

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FC

(Australia ) Federal Cabinet
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• fidei commissum (Latin: bequeathed in trust)
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• fifth column
• Fighter Command
• fire cock
• Fishmongers' Company
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• Forestry Commission
• Med. free cholesterol
• Free Church
• fuel cell
• Med. full course (of therapy)
• Meteorol. funnel cloud
• British vehicle registration for Oxford

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FCA

(USA ) Farm Credit Administration
• Federation of Canadian Artists
• Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants (in England and Wales or in Ireland)

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FCAATSI

(Australia ) Federal Council for the Advancement of Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders

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FCA(Aust)

Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia

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FCAI

Fellow of the New Zealand Institute of Cost Accountants

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FC-AL

Computing fibre-channel arbitrated loop

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FCAnaes

Fellow of the College of Anaesthetists

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fcap (or f/cap, f'cap)

foolscap

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FCAR

Insurance free of claim for accident reported

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Fellow of the Canadian Aeronautics and Space Institute

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FCAST

Meteorol. forecast

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FCB

Computing file control block

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FCBA

Federal Communications Bar Association
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Fellow of the Chartered Building Societies Institute

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FCC (or f.c.c.)

Crystallog. face-centred cubic
• (USA ) Federal Communications Commission
• Federal Council of Churches
• first-class certificate
• Chemical engineering fluid catalytic cracking

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FCCA

Fellow of the Chartered Association of Certified Accountants

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Fellow of the Commonwealth Council for Educational Administration

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Fellow of the College of Craft Education

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Fellow of the Corporation of Secretaries (formerly Certified Secretaries)

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FCCSET

(USA ) Federal Coordinating Council on Science, Engineering, and Technology

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Fellow of the Canadian College of Teachers

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First Chief Directorate (of the KGB)

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(USA ) Federal Civil Defense Administration

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Federation of Civil Engineering Contractors

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FCFC

Free Church Federal Council

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Fellow of the Clothing and Footwear Institute

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fcg

facing

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FCGB

Forestry Committee of Great Britain

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FCGI

Fellow of the City and Guilds London Institute

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Fellow of the Society of Chiropodists

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FCI

Fédération cynologique internationale (French: International Federation of Kennel Clubs)
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FCIA

Fellow of the Canadian Institute of Actuaries
• Fellow of the Corporation of Insurance Agents
• Foreign Credit Insurance Association

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Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators

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Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Bankers
• Fellow of the Corporation of Insurance Brokers

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Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Bankers in Scotland

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Fellow of the Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers

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FCIC

(USA ) Federal Crop Insurance Corporation
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FCII

Fellow of the Chartered Insurance Institute

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Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Loss Adjusters

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Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Marketing

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Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Building

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Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Patent Agents (now CPA, Chartered Patent Agent)

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Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply

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Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators (formerly Chartered Institute of Secretaries)

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Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Secretaries and Administrators (Australia )

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FCIT

Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Transport
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FCMA

Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants
• Fellow of the Institute of Cost and Management Accountants

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FCMS

Fellow of the College of Medicine and Surgery

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FCMSA

Fellow of the College of Medicine of South Africa

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FCNA

Fellow of the College of Nursing, Australia

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fco

Commerce franco (French: free of charge)

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f. co.

Printing fair copy

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FCO

Farmers' Central Organization
• fire-control officer
• Foreign and Commonwealth Office

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FCOG(SA)

Fellow of the South African College of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

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FCollP

Fellow of the College of Preceptors

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FCOphth

Fellow of the College of Ophthalmologists

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FCOT

Fellow of the College of Occupational Therapists

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fcp.

foolscap

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FCP

Engineering fatigue-crack propagation
• Fellow of the College of Clinical Pharmacology
• Fellow of the College of Preceptors
• Physics Franck-Condon pumping (or principle)

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FCPA

Fellow of the Canadian Psychological Association
• (USA ) Foreign Corrupt Practices Act

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FCPO

Fleet Chief Petty Officer

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FCPS

Fellow of the College of Physicians and Surgeons

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Fellow of the College of Physicians, South Africa

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FCPSO(SoAf)

Fellow of the College of Physicians and Surgeons and Obstetricians, South Africa

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fcs (or Fcs)

francs

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f.c.s. (or f.c. & s.)

Insurance warranted free of capture, seizure, arrest, detainment, and the consequences thereof

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FCS

Federation of Conservative Students
• Fellow of the Chemical Society (now part of the Royal Society of Chemistry; see under FRSC)
• Med. fetal calf serum

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FCSD

Fellow of the Chartered Society of Designers

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FCSP

Fellow of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy

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f.c.s.r.c.c.

Insurance warranted free of capture, seizure, arrest, detainment, and the consequences thereof, and damage caused by riots and civil commotions

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FCSSA

Fellow of the College of Surgeons, South Africa

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FCST

(USA ) Federal Council for Science and Technology
• Fellow of the College of Speech Therapists

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FCT

Fellow of the Association of Corporate Treasurers

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FCTB

Fellow of the College of Teachers of the Blind

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FCTU

Federation of Associations of Catholic Trade Unionists

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fcty

factory

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FCU

fighter control unit

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fd

field
• fiord
• ford
• forward
• found(ed)
• fund

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f.d.

flight deck
• focal distance
• (or f/d) free delivery
• free discharge
• free dispatch

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FD

British vehicle registration for Dudley
• Physics Fermi-Dirac (as in FD statistics )
• Fidei Defensor (Latin: Defender of the Faith (Henry VIII); e.g. on British coins)
• Computing finite difference
• fire department
• fleet duties
• British fishing port registration for Fleetwood
• Med. folate deficiency
• (or f/d) free-delivered (at docks)
• free delivery
• Free Democrat

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FDA

Association of First Division Civil Servants (formerly First Division Association)
• (USA ) Food and Drug Administration

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FD&C

(USA ) Food, Drug, and Color Regulations (as in FD&C colour)

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FDC

(USA ) Fire Detection Center
• Philately first-day cover
• (or f.d.c.) Numismatics fleur de coin (French: mint condition)

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FDDI

Computing fibre distributed data interface (high-speed local area network system)

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FDF

Food and Drink Federation

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fdg

funding

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FDG

Biochem. fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose

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FDHO

Factory Department, Home Office

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FDI

Fédération dentaire internationale (French: International Dental Federation)

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FDIC

(USA ) Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
• Food and Drink Industries Council

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FDIF

Fédération démocratique internationale des femmes (French: Women's International Democratic Federation)

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FDM

Computing finite-difference method
• Telecom. frequency-division multiplexing

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FDO

Fleet Dental Officer
• Taxation for declaration (purposes) only

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FDP

(Germany ) Freie Demokratische Partei (Free Democratic Party)

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fdr

founder

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FDR

Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882–1945, US president 1933–45)

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fdry

foundry

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FDS

Fellow in Dental Surgery
• Physics Fermi-Dirac-Sommerfeld (in FDS law )
• Aeronautics flight-director system

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FDSRCPSGLas

Fellow in Dental Surgery of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow

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FDSRCS

Fellow in Dental Surgery of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

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FDSRCSE

Fellow in Dental Surgery of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh

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f.e.

first edition
• for example

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Fe

Chem. , symbol for iron (Latin ferrum)

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FE

Far East
• British fishing port registration for Folkestone
• foreign editor
• further education
• British vehicle registration for Lincoln

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FEA

(USA ) Federal Energy Administration
• (USA ) Federal Executive Association
• Fédération internationale pour l'éducation artistique (French: International Federation for Art Education)
• Maths. finite-element analysis

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FEAF

Far East Air Force

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FEANI

Fédération européenne d'associations nationales d'ingenieurs (French: European Federation of National Associations of Engineers)

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feb. (or febb.)

febbraio (Italian: February)

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Feb

February

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FEB

(USA ) Fair Employment Board
• functional electronic block

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FEBS

Federation of European Biochemical Societies

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Feby

February

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fec.

fecit (Latin: (he or she) made it; on works of art next to the artist's name)

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FEC

(USA ) Federal Election Commission
• First Edition Club
• Fondation européenne de la culture (French: European Cultural Foundation)
• Foreign Exchange Certificate (tourist currency used in China; compare RMB)

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FECB

Foreign Exchange Control Board

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FECDBA

Foreign Exchange and Currency Deposit Brokers' Association

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FECI

Fellow of the Institute of Employment Consultants

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Fed. (or fed.)

Federal(ist)
• Federated
• Federation

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FED

Federal Reserve System

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FEDC

Federation of Engineering Design Consultants

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FedEx ('fd,ks)

(USA ) Trademark Federal Express

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FEER

Banking fundamental equilibrium exchange rate

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FEF

Far East Fleet

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FEI

Fédération équestre internationale (French: International Equestrian Federation)
• (USA ) Financial Executive Institute

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FEIDCT

Fellow of the Educational Institute of Design Craft and Technology

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FEIS

Fellow of the Educational Institute of Scotland

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FEL

free-electron laser

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FELF

Far East Land Forces

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Fell.

Fellow

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FeLV

Microbiol. feline leukaemia virus

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fem.

female
• feminine

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f.é.m.

force électromotrice (French: electromotive force; emf)

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FEM

Physics field-emission microscope (or microscopy)
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FEMA

(USA ) Federal Emergency Management Agency

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FEMO

Chem. , Physics free-electron molecular orbital (in FEMO theory )

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fenc.

fencing

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FEng

Fellow of the Fellowship of Engineering
• Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering

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FENSA ('fns)

Film Entertainments National Service Association

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FEO

Fleet Engineer Officer

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FEOGA

Fonds européen d'orientation et de garantie agriculturel (French: European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund; in the EU)

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FEP

fluorinated ethene propene (a plastic)

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FEPA

(USA ) Fair Employment Practices Act

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FEPC

(USA ) Fair Employment Practices Committee

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FEPEM

Federation of European Petroleum Equipment Manufacturers

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Fer.

Fermanagh

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FERA

(USA ) Federal Emergency Relief Administration

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FERC

(USA ) Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

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FERDU

Further Education Review and Development Unit

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Ferm.

Fermanagh

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ferr.

ferrovia (Italian: railway)

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ferv.

Pharmacol. fervens (Latin: boiling)

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FES

Federation of Engineering Societies
• Fellow of the Entomological Society
• Fellow of the Ethnological Society
• Fencing foil, épée, and sabre
• F(rederick) E(dwin) Smith, Earl of Birkenhead (1872–1930, British statesman and lawyer)

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Fest.

Festival

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FET ('f'i:'ti: or ft)

(USA ) federal estate tax
• (USA ) federal excise tax
• field-effect transistor
• fossil-energy technology

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FEU

Further Education Unit

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feud.

feudal(ism)

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fev.

Fevereiro (Portuguese: February)

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fév.

février (French: February)

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FEV

Med. forced expiratory volume

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FEX

US Navy fleet exercise

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ff (or ff.)

fecerunt (Latin: (they) made it; on works of art next to the artists' names)
• folios
• following (pages, lines, etc.)
• forms
• (ital.) Music fortissimo (Italian; very loudly)
• Nautical thick fog

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f.f.

fixed focus

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f/f

fully fitted (kitchen) (in property advertisements)
• fully furnished (in property advertisements)

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FF

British vehicle registration for Bangor
• Felicissimi Fratres (Latin: Most Fortunate Brothers)
• Fellows
• Fianna Fáil (Irish Gaelic: warriors of Ireland; Irish political party)
• Military field force
• (USA ) Ford Foundation
• Military frontier force
• fully fitted (kitchen) (in property advertisements)
• fully furnished (in property advertisements)

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f.f.a.

free foreign agency
• Commerce free from alongside (ship)

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FFA

(Scotland ) Fellow of the Faculty of Actuaries
• Fellow of the Institute of Financial Accountants
• Biochem. free fatty acid
• Future Farmers of America

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FFARACS

Fellow of the Faculty of Anaesthetists of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons

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FFARCS

Fellow of the Faculty of Anaesthetists of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

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FFARCSI

Fellow of the Faculty of Anaesthetists of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland

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FFAS

Fellow of the Faculty of Architects and Surveyors

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FFA(SA)

Fellow of the Faculty of Anaesthetics (South Africa)

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FFB

Fellow of the Faculty of Building

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FFC

Foreign Funds Control

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FFCM

Fellow of the Faculty of Community Medicine

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FFCMI

Fellow of the Faculty of Community Medicine of Ireland

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FFD

Fellow of the Faculty of Dental Surgeons

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FFDRCSI

Fellow of the Faculty of Dentistry of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland

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fff

(ital.) Music fortississimo (Italian; as loudly as possible)

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FFF

Free French Forces

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FFHC

Freedom from Hunger Campaign

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FFHom

Fellow of the Faculty of Homoeopathy

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FFI

Finance for Industry
• (or f.f.i.) free from infection
• French Forces of the Interior

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FFJ

Franciscan Familiar of Saint Joseph

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FFL

Forces françaises libres (Free French Forces)

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ffly

faithfully

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FFOM

Fellow of the Faculty of Occupational Medicine

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FFOMI

Fellow of the Faculty of Occupational Medicine of Ireland

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FFPath, RCPI

Fellow of the Faculty of Pathologists of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland

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FFPHM

Fellow of the Faculty of Public Health Medicine

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FFPM

Fellow of the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Medicine

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FFPS

Fauna and Flora Preservation Society

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FFr (or Ffr)

French franc

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FFRR

full-frequency range recording

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FFS

(Algeria ) Front des Forces Socialistes (French: Front of Socialist Forces)

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f.f.s.s.

full-frequency stereophonic sound

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FFT

Computing fast Fourier transform
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FFV

(USA ) First Families of Virginia

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FFWM

free-floating wave meter

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ffy

faithfully

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FFY

Fife and Forfar Yeomanry

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fg

fog

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f.g.

Sport field goal
• fine grain
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FG

airline flight code for Ariana Afghan Airlines
• British vehicle registration for Brighton
• Federal Government
• Fine Gael (Irish Gaelic: tribe of the Gaels; Irish political party)
• fire guard
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• Meteorol. fog
• foot guards
• frais généraux (French: overheads)
• full gilt

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FGA

Fellow of the Gemmological Association
• (or f.g.a.) foreign general average

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FGCH

full gas central heating (in property advertisements)

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FGCM

Fellow of the Guild of Church Musicians
• field general court martial

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FGDS

(France ) Fédération de la gauche démocrate et socialiste (Federation of the Democratic and Socialist Left)

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f.g.f.

Commerce fully good, fair

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FGI

Fédération graphique internationale (French: International Graphical Federation)
• Fellow of the Institute of Certified Grocers

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Fgn

Foreign

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FGO

Fleet Gunnery Officer

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Fg. Off.

Flying Officer

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FGS

Fellow of the Geological Society

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FGSM

Fellow of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama

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fgt

freight

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FGT

(USA ) federal gift tax

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FGTB

Fédération générale du travail de Belgique (French: Belgian General Federation of Labour)

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f.h.

Med. fiat haustus (Latin: make a draught)
• fog horn
• fore (or forward) hatch

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FH

Med. fetal heart
• British fishing port registration for Falmouth
• Med. family history
• Med. Ficoll-Hypaque (used in radiography and gradient separation)
• field hospital
• fire hydrant
• Rugby fly-half
• British vehicle registration for Gloucester

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F/H

freehold

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FHA

(USA ) Farmers' Home Administration
• (USA ) Federal Housing Administration

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FHAS

Fellow of the Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland

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FHB (or f.h.b.)

Colloquial family hold back

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FHCIMA

Fellow of the Hotel Catering and Institutional Management Association

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FHH

Med. fetal heart heard

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FHI

Fédération haltérophile internationale (French: International Weightlifting Federation)

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FHLB

(USA ) Federal Home Loan Bank

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FHLBA

(USA ) Federal Home Loan Bank Administration

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FHLBB

(USA ) Federal Home Loan Bank Board

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fhld (or f'hold)

freehold

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FHLMC

(USA ) Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation

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FHM

(ital.) For Him Magazine

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FHNH

Med. fetal heart not heard

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fhp

friction horsepower

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FHR

(Australia ) Federal House of Representatives
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FHS

Fellow of the Heraldry Society

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FHSA

Family Health Services Authority

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FHSM

Fellow of the Institute of Health Services Management

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FHWA

(USA ) Federal Highway Administration

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f.i.

for instance
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FI

Faeroe Islands
• Falkland Islands
• Fiji Islands
• fire insurance
• Engineering flow injection
• airline flight code for Icelandair
• Irish vehicle registration for Tipperary (N Riding)

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FIA

(USA ) Federal Insurance Administration
• Fédération internationale de l'automobile (French: International Automobile Federation)
• Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries
• Chem. flame ionization analyser
• (or f.i.a.) Commerce full interest admitted

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FIAA

Fédération internationale athlétique d'amateur (French: International Amateur Athletic Federation)
• Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries of Australia

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FIAA&S

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Fédération internationale des associations de bibliothécaires (French: International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions)
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Fédération internationale des archives du film (French: International Federation of Film Archives)

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Fellow of the Institution of Agricultural Engineers

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Fédération internationale des associations d'instituteurs (French: International Federation of Teachers' Associations)
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Fédération internationale des auberges de la jeunesse (French: International Youth Hostel Federation)

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Fellow of the International Institute of Arts and Letters

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Fellow of the Institute of Administrative Management
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Fédération internationale de l'art photographique (French: International Federation of Photographic Art)
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Fédération internationale des associations de producteurs de films (French: International Federation of Film Producers' Associations)

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Fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences

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Fabbrica Italiana Automobili Torino (Italian Motor Works in Turin)

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fib.

Med. fibula

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f.i.b.

free into barge
• free into bond
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Fédération internationale de basketball amateur (French: International Amateur Basketball Federation)
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FIBOR

Frankfurt Inter-Bank Offered Rate

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FIBOT

Fair Isle Bird Observatory Trust

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FIBT

Fédération internationale de bobsleigh et de toboganning (French: International Bobsleighing and Toboganning Federation)

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fic.

fiction(al)
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FIC

Falkland Islands Company
• Fellow of Imperial College, London
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FICA ('fi:k)

(USA ) Federal Insurance Contributions Act
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Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland

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Fédération internationale de camping et de caravanning (French: International Federation of Camping and Caravanning)
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Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry

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Fellow of the Indian College of Dentists
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Fellow of the Institution of Chartered Shipbrokers
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FICSA

Federation of International Civil Servants' Associations

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fict.

fictilis (Latin: made of pottery)
• fiction(al)
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Fellow of the Institute of Concrete Technologists

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fid.

fidelity
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FID

Falkland Island Dependencies
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Fellow of the Institute of Directors, Australia

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Fid. Def. (or FID DEF)

Fidei Defensor (see under FD)

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FIDDI

Computing fibre-distributed data interface

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FIDE

Fédération internationale des échecs (French: International Chess Federation)
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FIDO ('fad)

Film Industry Defence Organization
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Fellow of the Institute of Data Processing

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FIE

Fédération internationale d'escrime (French: International Fencing Federation)
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Fellow of the Institution of Engineers, Australia

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Fellow of the Institution of Engineering Designers

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Fellow of the Institution of Electrical Engineers

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(USA ) Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

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Fellow of the Institution of Engineers in Ireland

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FIEJ

Fédération internationale des éditeurs de journaux et publications (French: International Federation of Newspaper Publishers)

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Fellow of the Institution of Electronic Incorporated Engineers

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Fellow of the Institution of Electronic and Radio Engineers

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FIET

Fédération internationale des employés, techniciens et cadres (French: International Federation of Commercial, Clerical, and Technical Employees)

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Fellow of the Institute of Export

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fi. fa.

Law fieri facias (writ of execution; Latin: have it done)

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FIFA ('fi:f)

Fédération internationale de football association (French: International Federation of Association Football)
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FIFCLC

Fédération internationale des femmes de carrières libérales et commerciales (French: International Federation of Business and Professional Women)

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Fédération internationale des femmes diplômées des universités (French: International Federation of University Women)

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FIFF

Fellow of the Institute of Freight Forwarders

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Fellow of the Institution of Fire Engineers

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FIFO (or fifo) ('fi:f)

Computing , Accounting first in first out

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FIFSP

Fédération internationale des fonctionnaires supérieurs de police (French: International Federation of Senior Police Officers)

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FIFST

Fellow of the Institute of Food Science and Technology

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fig.

figurative(ly)
• (or Fig.) figure(s)

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FIG

Fédération internationale de gymnastique (French: International Gymnastic Federation)

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FIGasE

Fellow of the Institution of Gas Engineers

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FIGC

Federazione Italiana Gioco Calcio (Italian Football Association)

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FIGCM

Fellow of the Incorporated Guild of Church Musicians

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FIGED

Fédération internationale des grandes entreprises de distribution (French: International Federation of Distributors)

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Fédération internationale de gynécologie et d'obstétrique (French: International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics)

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FIGRS

Fellow of the Irish Genealogical Research Society

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FIH

Fédération internationale de hockey (French: International Hockey Federation)
• Fédération internationale des hôpitaux (French: International Hospital Federation)
• Fellow of the Institute of Housing
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Fellow of the Institution of Health Education

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Fellow of the Institute of Horticulture

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Fellow of the Institute of Hospital Engineering

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Fellow of the Institute of Housing

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Fellow of the Institution of Highways and Transportation

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FII

franked investment income

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Fellow of the Institute of Internal Auditors

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Fellow of the International Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works

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Fellow of the Institution of Industrial Managers

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Fellow of the Institute of Information Scientists

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Fellow of the Imperial Institute

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Fellow of the International Institute of Security

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Fellow of the Institute of Industrial Technicians

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FIJ

Fédération internationale de judo (French: International Judo Federation)
• Fédération internationale des journalistes (French: International Federation of Journalists)

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fil.

filament
• fillet
• filter
• filtrate

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FIL

Fédération internationale de laiterie (French: International Dairy Federation)
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FILA

Fédération internationale de lutte amateur (French: International Amateur Wrestling Federation)

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FILDM

Fellow of the Institute of Logistics and Distribution Management

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FILO

first in last out

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FILT

Fédération internationale de lawn tennis (French: International Lawn Tennis Federation)

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FIM

Fédération internationale des musiciens (French: International Federation of Musicians)
• Fédération internationale motocycliste (French: International Motorcycle Federation)
• Fellow of the Institute of Metals
• field-ion microscope (or microscopy)

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FIMA

Fellow of the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications

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Fellow of the Institute of Marine Engineers

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Financial Intermediaries, Managers, and Brokers Regulatory Association

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Fellow of the Institute of Management Consultants

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Fellow of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers

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Fellow of the Institution of Mechanical and General Technician Engineers

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Fellow of the Institute of Military History

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Fellow of the Institute of the Motor Industry

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Fellow of the Institution of Mining Engineers

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Fellow of the Institute of Medical Laboratory Sciences (formerly Technology, FIMLT)

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Fellow of the Institution of Mining and Metallurgy

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FIMP

Fédération internationale de médecine physique (French: International Federation of Physical Medicine)

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FIMS

Fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics
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fin.

ad finem (Latin: at (or near) the end)
• final
• finance
• financial
• financier
• finis (Latin: the end)
• finish

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Fin.

Finland
• Finnish

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FIN

international vehicle registration for Finland

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f.i.n.a.

following items not available

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FINA

Fédération internationale de natation amateur (French: International Amateur Swimming Federation)

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Fin. Sec.

Financial Secretary

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Fellow of the Institute of Administrative Management

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Fellow of the Institution of Buyers

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Fellow of the Institute of Fuel

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Fellow of the Institute of Freight Forwarders

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Fellow of the Institute of Legal Executives

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Fellow of the Institute of Physics

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Fellow of the Institute of Patentees and Inventors

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Fellow of the Institute of Sales and Marketing Management

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FINucE

Fellow of the Institution of Nuclear Engineers

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f.i.o.

for information only
• Commerce free in and out

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FIOA

Fellow of the Institute of Acoustics

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FIOP

Fellow of the Institute of Plumbing
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FIP

Fédération internationale de philatélie (French: International Philatelic Federation)
• Fédération internationale pharmaceutique (French: International Pharmaceutical Federation)

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Fédération internationale des producteurs agricoles (French: International Federation of Agricultural Producers)
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Fellow of the Institution of Professional Engineers, New Zealand

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Fellow of the Institute of Professional Goldsmiths

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Fellow of the Institute of Personnel Management

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Fellow of the Institute of Public Relations

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Fellow of the Institution of Production Engineers

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FIPS (fps)

Computing Federal Information Processing Standards

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FIQ

Fédération internationale de quilleurs (French: International Bowling Federation)
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Fellow of the Institute of Quality Assurance

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FIQS

Fellow of the Institute of Quantity Surveyors

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fir.

firkin

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f.i.r.

flight information region
• floating-in rate
• fuel-indicator reading

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FIR

far-infrared radiation

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FIRA

Fédération internationale de rugby amateur (French: International Amateur Rugby Federation)
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FIREE(Aust)

Fellow of the Institute of Radio and Electronics Engineers (Australia)

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FIRS

Fédération internationale de patinage à roulettes (French: International Roller Skating Federation)

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FIRST (f:st)

Far Infrared and Submillimetre Telescope
• Computing Forum of Incident and Response Teams

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FIRTE

Fellow of the Institute of Road Transport Engineers

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FIRSE

Fellow of the Institute of Railway Signalling Engineers

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FIS

Family Income Supplement
• farm improvement scheme
• Fédération internationale de sauvetage (French: International Life Saving Federation)
• Fédération internationale de ski (French: International Ski Federation)
• Fellow of the Institute of Statisticians
• flight information service
• (or f.i.s.) free into store
• (fi:s) (Algeria ) Front Islamique du Salut (French: Islamic Salvation Front)

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FISA

Fédération internationale des sociétés d'aviron (French; International Rowing Federation)
• Fédération internationale du sport automobiles (French; International Motoring Federation)
• Fellow of the Incorporated Secretaries Association

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FISE

Fédération internationale syndicale de l'enseignement (French; World Federation of Teachers' Unions)
• Fellow of the Institution of Sales Engineers
• Fellow of the Institution of Sanitary Engineers
• Fonds international de secours à l'enfance (French; United Nations Children's Fund)

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fish.

fishery
• fishes
• fishing

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FISITA

Fédération internationale des sociétés d'ingénieurs des techniques de l'automobile (French: International Federation of Automobile Engineers' and Technicians' Associations)

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Fellow of the Institute of Science Technology

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Fellow of the Institute of Scientific and Technical Communicators

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Fellow of the Institution of Structural Engineers

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Fédération internationale du sport universitaire (French: International University Sports Federation)

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Fellow of the Incorporated Society of Valuers and Auctioneers

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FISW

Fellow of the Institute of Social Work

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f.i.t.

Commerce free in truck
• free of income tax

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FIT

(USA ) Federal Income Tax
• Fédération internationale des traducteurs (French: International Federation of Translators)

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FITA

Fédération internationale de tir á l'arc (French: International Archery Federation)

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FITC

Immunol. fluorescein isothiocyanate

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FITCE

Fédération des ingénieurs des télécommunications de la communauté européenne (French: Federation of Telecommunications Engineers in the European Community)

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FITD

Fellow of the Institute of Training and Development

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FITE

Fellow of the Institution of Electrical and Electronics Technician Engineers

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FITS

Astonomy flexible image transport system

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FITT

Fédération internationale de tennis de table (French: International Table Tennis Federation)

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f.i.t.w.

(USA ) federal income tax withholding

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FIVB

Fédération internationale de volley-ball (French: International Volley-Ball Federation)

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f.i.w.

Commerce free in (or into) wagon(s)

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FIWC

Fiji Industrial Workers' Congress

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Fellow of the Institution of Water and Environmental Management

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Fellow of the Institute of Wood Science

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fix.

fixture

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Fj.

Fjord

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FJ

airline flight code for Air Pacific
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FJA

Future Journalists of America

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Fjd

Fjord

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FJI

Fellow of the Institute of Journalists
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fk

fork

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f.k.

flat keel

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FK

British vehicle registration for Dudley
• postcode for Falkirk
• Astronomy Fundamental Katalog (German: Fundamental Catalogue, as in FK5 )

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Fellow of King's College (London )

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Fellow of King's College Hospital Medical School

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Fkr

symbol for Faeroese krone (monetary unit)

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fl.

fleuve (French: river)
• floor
• Med. flores (Latin: flowers; powdered form of a drug)
• florin
• floruit (Latin: flourished; indicates the period of greatest activity of a person whose birth and death dates are not known)
• flourish
• fluid
• Music flute
• (Netherlands ) guilder (from its former name florin)

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f.l.

falsa lectio (Latin: false reading; in a text)

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Fl.

Flanders
• Flemish

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FL

Flag Lieutenant
• Flight Lieutenant
• US postcode for Florida
• football league
• international vehicle registration for Liechtenstein
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Fla.

Florida

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FLA

Fellow of the Library Association
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flag.

Music flageolet

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FLAI

Fellow of the Library Association of Ireland

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FLCD

Electronics ferroelectric liquid-crystal display

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Fellow of the London College of Music

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FLCO

Fellow of the London College of Osteopathy

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fld

field

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FLD

Metallurgy forming limit diagram

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fldg

folding

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fl. dr.

fluid dram

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Flem.

Flemish

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flex.

flexible

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flg

flagging
• flooring
• flying
• following

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FLHS

Fellow of the London Historical Society

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FLI

Fellow of the Landscape Institute

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FLIA

Fellow of the Life Insurance Association

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Flint.

Flintshire

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FLIP (flp)

US Navy floating instrument platform

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FLIR

Military forward-looking infrared

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Flli

Fratelli (Italian: Brothers)

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FLN

(Algeria ) Front de Liberation Nationale (French: National Libération Front)

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FLOOD (fld)

(USA ) fleet observation of oceanographic data

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flops (or FLOPS) (flps)

Computing floating-point operations per second (a measure of computer power, as in Mflops , megaflops)

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flor.

floruit (see under fl.)

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Flor.

Florence
• Florentine
• Florida

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fl oz

symbol for fluid ounce

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f.l.p.

Aeronautics fault location panel

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fl. pl.

Botany flore pleno (Latin: with double flowers)

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FLQ

(Canada ) Front de Liberation du Québec (French: Quebec Liberation Front)

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flr.

florin

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FLRA

(USA ) Federal Labor Relations Authority

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flrg

flooring

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fl. rt.

flow rate

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FLS

Fellow of the Linnean Society

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FLSA

(USA ) Fair Labor Standards Act

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flst.

flautist

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Flt

Air force Flight

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F/Lt (or F.Lt)

Flight Lieutenant

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Flt Cmdr

Flight Commander

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fltg

floating

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Flt Lt

Flight Lieutenant

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Flt Off.

Flight Officer

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Flt Sgt

Flight Sergeant

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fluc.

fluctuant
• fluctuate(d)
• fluctuation

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FLUC

Meteorol. fluctuating

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fluor.

fluorescent
• fluoridation
• fluoride
• fluorspar

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fly.

Boxing flyweight

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fm

farm(er)
• fathom(s)
• Physics , symbol for femtometre(s)
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f.m.

face (or facial) measurement
• femmes mariées (French: married women)
• Med. fiat mistura (Latin: let a mixture be made)
• fine measure(ment)
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Fm

Chem. , symbol for fermium

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F.m.

facing matter (in advertisement placing)

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FM

British vehicle registration for Chester
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• Metallurgy ferritic and martensitic (describing iron)
• Electrical engineering field magnet
• Field Marshal
• Aeronautics figure of merit
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• foreign mission
• Fraternitas Medicorum (Latin: Fraternity of Physicians)
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Farm Management Association
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fman

foreman

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Fellow of the Medical Association of New Zealand

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Farm Machinery Advisory Officer

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Foreign Marriage Advisory Service

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(Malawi ) Farmers' Marketing Board
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(USA ) Federal Maritime Commission
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Federation of Manufacturers of Construction Equipment

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fast-moving consumer goods

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Federation of Manufacturers of Contractors' Plant

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(USA ) Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service

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Electronics frequency modulated continuous wave

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fmd

formed

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foot and mouth disease

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failure mode and effect analysis

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Fellow of the Minerals Engineering Society

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FMF

Med. fetal movements felt
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(USA ) Fleet Marine Forces, Pacific

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(Nigeria ) Federal Military Government
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Fellow of the Motor Industry
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Food Manufacturers' Industrial Group

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Fmk (or FMk)

symbol for markka (Finnish monetary unit)
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formal

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(El Salvador ) Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front (left-wing guerrilla movement)

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formation

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Biochem. flavin mononucleotide

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Fleet Medical Officer
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fmr

former

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formerly

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Foreign Member of the Royal Society

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(formerly) Federated Malay States
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Fellow of the Mineralogical Society of America

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FMTS

field maintenance test station

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Computing full-motion video

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(USA ) Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards

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f.n.

footnote

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FN

British vehicle registration for Maidstone

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f.n.a.

for necessary action

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Fellow of the Indian National Science Academy
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Fellow of the National Association of Estate Agents

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Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory

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(USA ) First National City Bank

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Fleet Naval Constructor Officer

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fnd

found
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founded

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founder

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foundry

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fine

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Fédération naturiste internationale (French: International Naturist Federation)
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Florence Nightingale International Foundation

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Friends of the National Libraries

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Frente Nacional de Libertação de Angola (Portuguese: National Front for the Liberation of Angola)

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(USA ) Federal National Mortgage Association

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Fleet Navigation Officer

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Forces des Nations Unies (French: United Nations Forces)

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(USA ) Fleet Numerical Weather Center

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Fellow of the New Zealand Institution of Engineers

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folio

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fast operating
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(ital.) Physics , symbol for Fourier number

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federal official
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Commerce free on board

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Federation of British Fire Organizations

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Military fractional orbital bombardment system

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forward observer target survey unit

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father of the (trade-union) chapel

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Commerce free of charge
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fibre-optic communications line

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Federation of Coin-Operated Launderettes

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flag officer carrier training

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Focus on Computing in the United States

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free of damage

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Fellow of the Overseas Doctors' Association

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(USA ) Fraternal Order of Eagles
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follow-on forces attack

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Firth of Forth

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Theatre front of house

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(USA ) freedom of information

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(USA ) Freedom of Information Act

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Flag Officer in charge

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f.o.k.

Stock exchange fill or kill (carry out instruction or cancel)

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fol.

folio
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(New Zealand ) Federation of Labour

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folg.

following

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followed
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FOM

Statistics figure of merit

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(USA ) Federal Open Market Committee

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Flag Officer, Naval Aviation

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Flag Officer, Naval Air Command

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forward observation post

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Commerce free on quay

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foreign(er)
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Fellowship of Operational Research
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Forum atomique européen (French: European Atomic Forum)

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(Kenya ) Forum for the Restoration of Democracy

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Freedom Organization for the Right to Enjoy Smoking Tobacco

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Foreign exchange

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formn

foreman
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form. wt

Chem. formula weight

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foreign rights

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fort.

fortification
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Commerce full out rye terms

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Fortran (or FORTRAN) ('f:træn)

Computing formula translation (a programming language)

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Forts.

Fortsetzung (German: continuation)

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forz.

Music forzando (Italian: with force)

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Finance free of stamp
• Commerce free on ship (or steamer)
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Fisheries Organization Society

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Computing film optical sensing device

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Commerce free of tax
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Found.

Foundation
• Foundry

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(USA ) four-wheel drive

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field of view

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Commerce first open water
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Commerce Futures and Options Exchange (in London FOX )

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fp

(ital.) Music forte-piano (Italian; loud (then) soft)
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fp.

fireplace
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Med. fiat pilula (Latin: let a pill be made)
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Fp.

frontispiece

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Federal Parliament
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FPA

Family Planning Association
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f.p.b.

fast patrol boat

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fast patrol boat with guided missiles

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f.p.c.

for private circulation

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(formerly) Family Practitioner Committee
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Fellow of the Physical Education Association

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FPF

Federação Portuguesa de Futebol (Portuguese Football Federation)

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FPGA

Computing field-programmable gate array

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(USA ) Federal Public Housing Authority

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Fellow of the Philosophical Society of England

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Fellow of the Physical Society

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FPI

Physics Fabry—Perot interferometer
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Fellow of the Plastics Institute of Australia

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Electronics , Computing field-programmable logic array

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fpm (or FPM)

feet per minute

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Fellow of the Pensions Management Institute

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(USA ) Federal Property Management Regulation

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FPO

field post office
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Flying Personnel Research Committee

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Fellow of the Plastics and Rubber Institute

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Computing fusible-link programmable (or field-programmable) read-only memory

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fps (or f.p.s.)

feet per second
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• Photog. frames per second

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Fellow of the Philharmonic Society
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fpsps

feet per second per second

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FPT

Commerce fixed price tenders
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FPU

Computing floating point unit

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f.q.

Finance fiscal quarter

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FQ

airline flight code for Air Aruba

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FQDN

Computing fully qualified domain name

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FQS

(USA ) Federal Quarantine Service

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fr.

fragment
• frame
• franc(s)
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• frequent
• from
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• (ital.) Physics , symbol for Froude number
• fruit
• Botany fruiting

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f.r.

folio recto (Latin: on the right-hand page)

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Fr

RC Church Brother (Latin Frater)
• Christianity Father
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Fr.

France
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• French
• Friar
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FR

international vehicle registration for Faeroe Islands
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• Chem. fluorine rubber
• Forum Romanum (Latin: Roman Forum)
• British fishing port registration for Fraserburgh
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• frequency rate
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F/R

folio reference

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f.r.a.

flame retardant additive

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Fra (fr:)

RC Church Brother (Italian frate)

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Finance forward rate agreement

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Fellow of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners

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Fellow of the Royal Australian College of Medical Administrators

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Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians

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Fellow of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada

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Fellow of the Royal Australian Institute of Public Administration

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Fellow of the Royal Academy of Music
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Fund for the Replacement of Animals in Medical Experiments

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Franciscan

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Insurance free of riot and civil commotions

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Frankish

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(Chile ) Frente de Acción Popular (Spanish: Popular Action Front)

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Fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society
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Railways formulae for routes and technical equipment

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fraud.

fraudulent

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(USA ) Federal Reserve Bank
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Fellow of the Royal Botanic Society
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(USA ) Federal Radiation Council
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Fellow of the Royal College of Anaesthetists
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French-Canadian

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Banking floating-rate certificate of deposit
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Fellow of the Royal College of General Practitioners

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Fellow of the Royal College of Nursing

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Fellow of the Royal College of Organists

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(Canada ) Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada

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Fellow of the Royal College of Pathologists

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Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh

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frd

friend

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(USA ) Federal Reserve District

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fre

fracture (French: invoice)

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Freitag (German: Friday)
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Fellow of the Royal Economic Society

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Fast Reactor Experiment, Dounreay
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(USA ) freeway

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Free Range Egg Association

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Frente de Libertação de Moçambique (Portuguese: Mozambique Liberation Front)

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freq.

frequency
• frequent(ly)
• Grammar frequentative

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FRES

Federation of Recruitment and Employment Services
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FRESH (fr)

foil research hydrofoil

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French Guiana

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Federal Republic of Germany

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Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society

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Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society of Australasia

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frgt

freight

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Federation of Registered House Builders

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Fellow of the Royal Historical Society

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Freiherr (German: Baron)

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Fribourg
• Friday

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Fellow of the Royal Institution
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Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects

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fric. (or frict.)

friction(al)

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Fellow of the Royal Institute of Chemistry (now part of the Royal Society of Chemistry; see under FRSC)

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Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors

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(New Zealand ) Fellow of the Royal Institute of Horticulture

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Fellow of the Royal Institute of International Affairs

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Fellow of the Royal Institute of Navigation

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Fellow of the Royal Institution of Naval Architects

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Fellow of the Royal Institute of Public Administration

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Fellow of the Royal Institute of Public Health and Hygiene

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Friesland
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Frøken (Danish or Norwegian: Miss)
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Fräulein (German: Miss)

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FRL

full repairing lease

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frld

foreland
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frm

from

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Fellow of the Royal Manchester College of Music

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Fellow of the Royal Medical and Chirurgical Society

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Fellow of the Royal Medical Society

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Fellow of the Royal Meteorological Society

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Finance floating-rate note

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Fellow of the Royal Numismatic Society

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Fellow of the Royal Navy School of Architects

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Fellow of the Register of Osteopaths
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Insurance fire risk on freight

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Front de Libération Nationale Tchadienne (French: Chad National Liberation Front)

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front. (or frontis.)

frontispiece

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FRP

fibre- (or fibreglass-) reinforced plastic
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frpf

fireproof

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Fellow of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society

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Fellow of the Royal Philatelic Society, London

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Meteorol. frequent

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(USA ) Financial Reporting Release

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Financial Reporting Review Panel

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Frs.

Frisian

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(USA ) Federal Reserve System
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• Financial Reporting Standard
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Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts

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Fellow of the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama

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Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada
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Fellow of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

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frt (or Frt)

freight

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Frt fwd

freight forward

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freight prepaid

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Fru

Biochem. fructose

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frum

fratrum (Latin: of the brothers)

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frust.

Med. frustillatim (Latin: in small portions)

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Fellow of the Royal Veterinary College

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frwk

framework

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frwy (or fry.)

freeway

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FRZSScot

Fellow of the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland

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fs.

facsimile

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f.s.

factor of safety
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FS

British vehicle registration for Edinburgh
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f.s.a.

fuel storage area

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FSA

(USA ) Farm Security Agency
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Fellow of the Society of Incorporated Accountants and Auditors

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Fellow of the Society of Art Education
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Fellow of the Society of Architectural Illustrators

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Fellow of the South African Institute of Electrical Engineers

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Fellow of the Society of Art Masters

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Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland
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Fellow of the Savings Bank Institute

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Financial Statement and Budget Report

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FSC

(USA ) Federal Supreme Court
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Fellow of the Society of Company and Commercial Accountants

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FSD

full-scale deflection (of a measuring instrument)

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Fellow of the Society of Dyers and Colourists

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Fellow of the Society of Engineers
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Fellow of the Institute of Shipping and Forwarding Agents
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FSFMV

Computing full-screen, full-motion video

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Fellow of the Society of Genealogists

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FSgt

Flight Sergeant

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Fellow of the Society of Glass Technology

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FSH

Biochem. follicle-stimulating hormone
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Fellow of the Society of Housing Managers

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FSI

Fédération spirite internationale (French: International Spiritualist Federation)
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FSK

Telecom. frequency shift keying

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First Sea Lord

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Fellow of the Society of Licensed Aircraft Engineers and Technologists

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(USA ) Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation

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(Nicaragua ) Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional (Spanish: Sandinista National Liberation Front)

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Fellow of the Society of Leather Technologists and Chemists

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Fédération syndicale mondiale (French: World Federation of Trade Unions)
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Freeman of the Spectacle-Makers' Company

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Fellow of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers

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FSN

federal stock number

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Fellow of the Society of Naval Architects

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FSO

field security officer
• Fleet Signals Officer
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FSP

field security police
• foreign service pay

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FSR

Field Service Regulations
• (ital.) Fleet Street Patent Law Reports

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Fellow of the Society for Radiological Protection

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Fellow of the Royal Statistical Society
• (Algeria ) Front des forces socialistes (French: Socialist Forces Front)

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Fellow of the Statistical Society of Ireland

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FSSU

Federated Superannuation Scheme for Universities

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FST

Computing flatter squarer tube

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Fellow of the Society of Typographic Designers

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FSU

family service unit

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FSUC

Federal Statistics Unit Conference

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FSVA

Fellow of the Incorporated Society of Valuers and Auctioneers

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ft

feint
• Med. fiat (Latin: let there be made)
• symbol for foot (or feet)
• fort

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ft.

fortification
• fortify

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f.t.

formal training
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Ft

symbol for forint (Hungarian monetary unit)
• Fort

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FT

Meteorol. feet (unit)
• Financial Times
• (or F-T) Chem. Fischer—Tropsch (in FT process )
• Physics , Maths. Fourier transform
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FTA

Med. fluorescent treponemal antibody
• Free Trade Agreement
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FTA (Index)

Financial Times Actuaries Share Index

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FTAM

Computing file transfer, access, and method

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FTASI

Financial Times Actuaries All-Share Index

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FTAT

Furniture, Timber, and Allied Trades Union

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FTB

fleet torpedo bomber

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ftbrg.

footbridge

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FTC

(USA ) Federal Trade Commission
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• flying training command
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Fellow of Trinity College, Dublin

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Fellow of Trinity College of Music, London

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FTD

foreign technology division

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FTDA

Fellow of the Theatrical Designers and Craftsmen's Association

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f.t.e.

full-time equivalent

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FTESA

Foundry Trades Equipment and Supplies Association

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FTFL

Computing fixed-to-fixed-length (in FTFL code )

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ftg

fitting

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FTG

Fuji Texaco Gas

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fth. (or fthm)

fathom

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FTI

Fellow of the Textile Institute

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FTII

Fellow of the Institute of Taxation

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FT (Index)

Financial Times Ordinary Share Index

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FT-IR

Chem. Fourier-transform infrared (in FT-IR spectroscopy )

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ft-lb

foot-pound

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Ft Lieut

Flight Lieutenant

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FTM

flying training manual
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ft. mist.

Med. fiat mistura (Latin: let a mixture be made)

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FT-NMR

Chem. Fourier-transform nuclear magnetic resonance (in FT-NMR spectroscopy )

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FTO

Fleet Torpedo Officer

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FT Ord

Financial Times (Industrial) Ordinary Share Index

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FTP

Fellow of Thames Polytechnic
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FTPA

Fellow of the Town and Country Planning Association

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ft. pulv.

Med. fiat pulvis (Latin: let a powder be made)

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ft/s

feet (or foot) per second

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ft/s^2

feet (or foot) per second squared

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FTS

Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering
• Fellow of the Tourism Society
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• Chem. Fourier-transform spectroscopy

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FTSC

Fellow of the Tonic Sol-Fa College

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FTSE 100 (or FT-SE 100)

Financial Times Stock Exchange 100 Index (or Footsie)

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FTT

Med. failure to thrive

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fttr

fitter

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FTU

(Hong Kong ) Federation of Trade Unions
• Photog. Freeman time-unit

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FTVL

Computing fixed-to-variable-length (in FTVL code )

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FTW

Commerce free-trade wharf

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FTZ

free-trade zone

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FU

Farmers' Union
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• (Germany ) Freie Universität (Free University of Berlin)
• British vehicle registration for Lincoln

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FUACE

Fédération universelle des associations chrétiennes d'étudiants (French: World Student Christian Federation)

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FUEN

Federal Union of European Nationalities

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FUMIST

Fellow of the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology

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fund.

fundamental

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fur.

furlong(s)
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furn.

furnace
• furnish(ed)
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fus.

fuselage
• fusilier

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FUSE

Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer

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fut.

future
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FUW

Farmers' Union of Wales

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f.v.

fire vent
• fishing vessel
• flush valve
• (or fv) folio verso (Latin: on the reverse (i.e. left-hand) page)

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FV

British vehicle registration for Preston

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FVC

Med. forced vital capacity (in respiratory function tests)

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FVRDE

Fighting Vehicle Research and Development Establishment

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FW

Chem. formula weight
• fresh water
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FWA

Factories and Workshops Act
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• Fellow of the World Academy of Arts and Sciences
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FWAG

Farming and Wildlife Advisory Group

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f.w.b.

four wheel brake (or braking)

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Free Will Baptists

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FWCC

Friends' World Committee for Consultation

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fwd

forward

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f.w.d.

four-wheel drive
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fwdg

forwarding

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FWeldI

Fellow of the Welding Institute

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FWFM

Federation of Wholesale Fish Merchants

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f.w.h.

flexible working hours

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FWHM

Physics full width at half maximum (in spectroscopy)

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FWI

Federation of West Indies
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FWL

Foundation of World Literacy

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FWO

Federation of Wholesale Organizations
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(USA ) Federal Water Pollution Control Administration

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FWS

fighter weapons school
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FWSG

farm water supply grant

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fwt

Boxing featherweight

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f.w.t. (or FWT)

fair wear and tear

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FX

British vehicle registration for Bournemouth
• (or f.x.) foreign exchange
• Francis Xavier (1506–52, Spanish Jesuit missionary)
• Films , Theatre special effects (from phonetic spelling of effects)

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fxd

fixed
• foxed

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fxg

fixing

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fxle

Nautical forecastle

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FY

postcode for Blackpool
• (or f.y.) (USA , Canada ) fiscal year
• British fishing port registration for Fowey
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FYC

Family and Youth Concern

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FYI (or f.y.i.)

for your information

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FYM

farmyard manure

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FYP

Economics Five-Year Plan

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fz.

Music forzando or forzato (Italian; to be strongly accentuated)

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FZ

British vehicle registration for Belfast
• Meteorol. freezing
• Free Zone
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FZA

(USA ) Fellow of the Zoological Academy

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FZDZ

Meteorol. freezing drizzle

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Meteorol. freezing fog

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Federation of Zoological Gardens of Great Britain and Ireland

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Meteorol. freezing rain

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Fellow of the Zoological Society

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F-Zug

Fernschnellzug (German: longdistance express train)

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G

g

Physics , symbol for acceleration of free fall
• (ital.) Physics , symbol for degeneracy
• Meteorol. , symbol for gale
• gallon(s)
• gas
• Chem. gaseous (as in H_2O(g) )
• Physics gerade (German: even; in spectroscopy)
• Physics , symbol for gluon
• (superscript) Maths. , symbol for grade (as in 20g )
• symbol for gram(s)
• Physics , symbol for grav
• indicating the seventh row of vertical squares from the left on a chessboard

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g.

garage
• gauche (French: left)
• gauge
• gelding
• gender
• general
• genitive
• geographical (as in g. mile )
• gilt
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• gold
• government
• grand
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• green
• grey
• gros or grosse (French: large)
• guardian
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• guinea(s)
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G

(ital.) Physics , symbol for conductance
• international vehicle registration for Gabon
• Irish fishing port registration for Galway
• Magnetism , symbol for gauss
• Films (Australia , USA ) general exhibition (certification)
• (ital.) Thermodynamics , symbol for Gibbs function
• symbol for giga- (prefix indicating 10^9, as in GHz (gigahertz), or (in computing) 2^30)
• postcode for Glasgow
• Biochem. , symbol for glycine
• symbol for gourde (Haitian monetary unit)
• Slang grand (1000 pounds or dollars)
• (ital.) Physics , symbol for gravitational constant
• Biochem. , symbol for guanine
• Biochem. , symbol for guanosine
• symbol for guarani (Paraguayan monetary unit)
• Botany gynoecium (in a floral formula)
• (ital.) Physics , symbol for shear modulus
• Meteorol. , symbol for storm
• international civil aircraft marking for UK
• indicating a musical note or key
• Astronomy , indicating a spectral type

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G. (or G)

German(y)
• good
• green
• Guernsey
• Gulf (on maps, etc.)

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G^3

Electronics gadolinium gallium garnet

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G3

Group of Three (most powerful western economies)

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G5

Finance Group of Five (nations that agreed to exchange-rate stabilization)
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G7

Group of Seven (leading industrial nations)
• airline flight code for Guinea Airlines

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G10

Finance Group of Ten (nations leading money to the IMF)

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G24

Group of Twenty Four (industrialized nations)

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G77

Group of Seventy Seven (developing countries)

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6G

airline flight code for Las Vegas Airlines

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9G

airline flight code for Caribbean Air
• international civil aircraft marking for Ghana

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g.a.

Marine insurance general average

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Ga

Chem. , symbol for gallium

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Ga.

Gallic
• Georgia

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GA

Gaelic Athletic (Club)
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• general agent
• Linguistics General American
• general anaesthetic
• General Assembly (of the UN)
• general assignment
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• US postcode for Georgia
• Botany , symbol for gibberellin (as in GA_3 )
• British vehicle registration for Glasgow
• Sport goal attack
• government actuary
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G/A

Marine insurance general average
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GAA

(Ireland ) Gaelic Athletic Association

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GAAP

generally accepted accounting principles

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GAAS

generally accepted auditing standards

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Gab.

Gabon

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GAB

general arrangements to borrow (in the IMF)

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GABA ('gæb)

Biochem. gammaaminobutyric acid (a neurotransmitter)

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GAC

Chem. granular activated carbon

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GAD

Biochem. glutamic acid decarboxylase

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Gael. (or Gae.)

Gaelic

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GAFTA ('gæft)

Grain and Free Trade Association

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GAG

Biochem. glycosaminoglycan

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GAI

(USA ) guaranteed annual income
• Guild of Architectural Ironmongers

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gal (or gal.)

gallon(s)

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Gal

Geophysics , symbol for gal
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Gal.

Bible Galatians
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gall.

gallery
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GALP

glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate

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GALT

Med. gut-associated lymphoid tissue

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galv.

galvanic
• galvanize(d)
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Gam.

Gambia

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GAM (gæm)

guided aircraft missile

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G&AE

Accounting general and administrative expense

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G and O

Med. gas and oxygen (in anaesthetic)

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G & S

Gilbert and Sullivan

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G & T (or g and t)

gin and tonic

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GAO

(USA ) General Accounting Office

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GAP (gæp)

general assembly programme
• Great American Public

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Guild of Air Pilots and Air Navigators

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GAPCE

General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of England

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gar.

garage
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GAR

Grand Army of the Republic (in the American Civil War)
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gard.

garden

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GARIOA

government aid and relief in occupied areas

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GARP (g:p)

Global Atmospheric Research Programme

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GASC

German-American Securities Corporation

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(USA ) Group Against Smokers' Pollution

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gastroent.

gastroenterological
• gastroenterology

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GATCO ('gæt,k)

Guild of Air Traffic Control Officers

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GATT (or Gatt) (gæt)

General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade

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GAUFCC

General Assembly of Unitarian and Free Christian Churches

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GAV

Accounting gross annual value

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GAW

guaranteed annual wage

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GAWF

Greek Animal Welfare Fund

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gaz.

gazette
• gazetteer

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Gb

Computing , symbol for gigabyte(s)
• Magnetism , symbol for gilbert

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GB

Med. gall bladder
• Gas Board
• Computing , symbol for gigabyte(s)
• Girls' Brigade
• British vehicle registration for Glasgow
• government and binding
• Crystallog. grain boundary
• Great Britain (abbrev. or IVR)
• guide book
• gunboat

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GBA

international vehicle registration for Alderney
• Governing Bodies Association

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GB and I

Great Britain and Ireland

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GBCW

Governing Body of the Church in Wales

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GBDO

Guild of British Dispensing Opticians

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GBE

(Knight or Dame) Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire

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GBG

international vehicle registration for Guernsey

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Governing Bodies of Girls' Schools Association

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grievous bodily harm

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GBJ

international vehicle registration for Jersey

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GBM

international vehicle registration for Isle of Man

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GBN

Chem. graphite boron nitride

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g.b.o.

goods in bad order

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GBP

Biochem. glutamate-binding protein
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GBRE

General Board of Religious Education

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GBS

George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950, Irish-born dramatist and critic)
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Graduate of Birmingham and Midland Institute School of Music

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Green Bank Telescope

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Guild of Business Travel Agents

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international vehicle registration for Gibraltar

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GC

Astronomy galactic centre
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Girls' Clubs of America
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Group Captain

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(Knight or Dame) Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath

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General Council of British Shipping

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GCC

Gas Consumers Council
• Girton College, Cambridge
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GCD

general and complete disarmament
• (or g.c.d.) Maths. greatest common divisor

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GCE

General Certificate of Education
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GCF (or g.c.f.)

Maths. greatest common factor

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(Knight) Grand Cross of the Hanoverian Order
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GCHQ

Government Communications Headquarters

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GCI

Aeronautics ground-controlled interception

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GCIE

(Knight) Grand Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire

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GC-IR

gas chromatography infrared

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(USA ) Graphic Communications International Union

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Guild of Cleaners and Launderers

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Grand Cross of St Lazarus of Jerusalem

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Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour

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GCM

Meteorol. general circulation model
• general court martial
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• (or g.c.m.) Statistics greatest common measure
• (or g.c.m.) Maths. greatest common multiple

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(Knight or Dame) Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George

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GCMS

gas-chromatography mass spectroscopy

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GCO

Navy Gun Control Officer

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GCON

Grand Cross of the Order of the Niger

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GCR

Computing grey component replacement
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General Council and Register of Osteopaths

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GCSE

General Certificate of Secondary Education

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(Knight) Grand Cross of the Order of St Gregory the Great

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(Knight) Grand Commander of the Order of the Star of India

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(Knight) Grand Cross of Justice of the Order of St John of Jerusalem

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(Bailiff or Dame) Grand Cross of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem

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GCVO

(Knight or Dame) Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order

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gd

good
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g.d.

general duties
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Gd

Chem. , symbol for gadolinium

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GD

Obstet. gestational day
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Glasgow Development Agency

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GDBA

Guide Dogs for the Blind Association

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GDC

General Dental Council
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GDI

Computing graphical device interface

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Gdansk

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gdn

garden
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Gardens

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gross domestic product
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German Democratic Republic (East Germany; now part of Germany)

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gds

goods

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Guards

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Guardsman

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Bookbinding gilt edges

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Ge

Chem. , symbol for germanium

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GE

garrison engineer
• general election
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GEA

Garage Equipment Association

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geb.

geboren (German: born)
• gebunden (German: bound)

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GEBCO ('gbk)

general bathymetric chart of the oceans

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Gebrüder (German: brothers)

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(UK ) General Electric Company

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general educational development

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Gedcom ('dzd,km)

Computing genealogical data communications

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gegr.

gegründet (German: founded)

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gel.

gelatin

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Gem

Astronomy Gemini
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GEM

genetically engineered microorganism
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Global Environmental Monitoring System (in the UN)

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gen.

gender
• genealogy
• general(ly)
• generator
• generic
• genetic(s)
• genital
• genitive
• genuine
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Gen.

General
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• Geneva
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gen. av.

Marine insurance general average

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gendarme (French: policeman)

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genealogy

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genitive

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General

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gennaio (Italian: January)

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Gen X (,dzn 'ks)

Generation X

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George

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GEO

geostationary (or geosynchronous) earth orbit

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geodesy
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geographer
• geographic(al)
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geologic(al)
• geologist
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geometric(al)
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geon (or GEON) ('dzn)

gyro-erected optical navigation

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geophysics

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geopolitics

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GEOREF ('dz,rf)

World Geographic Reference System

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ger.

gerund(ive)

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German(y)

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GER

gross energy requirement

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Gerbil ('dz:bl)

Great Education Reform Bill (1988)

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Gesellschaft (German: company or society)

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gestorben (German: deceased)

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Geheime Staatspolizei (German: secret state police; in Nazi Germany)

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GETT

(USA ) Grants Equal To Tax

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GeV

Physics , symbol for gigaelectronvolt(s)

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gez.

gezeichnet (German: signed)

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g/f

ground floor (in property advertisements)

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GF

General Foods Ltd
• glass fibre
• government form
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• symbol for Guinean franc
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g.f.a.

Commerce good fair average
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GFCM

General Fisheries Council for the Mediterranean (in the FAO)

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GFD

geophysical fluid dynamics

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GFG

(ital.) Good Food Guide

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GFH

George Frederick Handel (1685–1759, German composer)

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GFOFs

Stock exchange geared futures and options and funds

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GFR

German Federal Republic
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GFS

Girls' Friendly Society

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Glasgow Film Theatre

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GFTU

(USA ) General Federation of Trade Unions

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General Federation of Women's Clubs

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g.g.

gas generator

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GG

Med. gamma globulin
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• Governor General
• great gross
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GGC

generalized genetic code

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ggd (or g.gd.)

great grand-daughter

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gge

garage

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GGF

Glass and Glazing Federation

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GGG

Electronics gadolinium gallium garnet

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g.gr.

great gross (144 dozen)

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great grandson

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GGSM

Graduate (in Music) of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama

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GH

general hospital
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• Greenwich Hospital
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GHA

Astronomy Greenwich hour angle

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GHB

gamma hydroxybutyrate

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GHCIMA

Graduate of the Hotel Catering and Institutional Management Association

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g.h.e.

ground handling equipment

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GHI

Good Housekeeping Institute

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GHM

Physics generalized Hall model

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GHMS

Graduate in Homeopathic Medicine and Surgery

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GHOST (gst)

global horizontal sounding technique (for collecting atmospheric data)

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GHQ

Military General Headquarters

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GHRH

Biochem. growth-hormone-releasing hormone

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GHS

Girls' High School

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GHz

symbol for gigahertz

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gi.

gill (unit of measure)

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Gi

Magnetism , symbol for gilbert

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GI (or g.i.)

galvanized iron
• (or g.i.) gastrointestinal
• generic issue
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GIA

Garuda Indonesian Airways

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Gib.

Gibraltar

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GIB

Gulf International Bank

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GIBiol

Graduate of the Institute of Biology

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GIC

Chem. graphite intercalation compound
• Guilde internationale des coopératrices (French: International Cooperative Women's Guild)

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GIE

Graduate of the Institute of Engineers and Technicians

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GIEE

Graduate of the Institution of Electrical Engineers

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GIF (gf)

Computing graphics image (or interchange) format

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GIFT (gft)

Med. gamete intrafallopian transfer (for assisting conception)

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GIGO (or gigo) ('gag)

Computing garbage in, garbage out

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GIMechE

Graduate of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers

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GINO ('dzi:n)

graphical input output (for computer graphics)

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GlnstAEA

Graduate of the Institute of Automotive Engineer Assessors

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GInstT

Graduate of the Institute of Transport

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GINucE

Graduate of the Institution of Nuclear Engineers

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gio. (or giov.)

giovedì (Italian: Thursday)

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GIP (or g.i.p.)

glazed imitation parchment (a type of paper)

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GIS

Computing geographical (or geological) information system
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GISS

Goddard Institute for Space Studies

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giu.

giugno (Italian: June)

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GIUK

Greenland, Iceland, United Kingdom

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GIXS

Physics grazing-incidence X-ray scattering

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GJ

British vehicle registration for SW London

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GJD

Freemasonry Grand Junior Deacon

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Gk

Greek

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GK

goalkeeper
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GKA

Garter King of Arms

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GKC

G(ilbert) K(eith) Chesterton (1874–1936, British journalist and author)

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GKS

graphical kernel system (for computer graphics)

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gl.

gill (unit of measure)
• glass
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g/l

grams per litre

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Gl.

Gloria (Latin: glory; in the liturgy)

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GL

Shipping (Germany ) Germanischer Lloyd (classification society)
• postcode for Gloucester
• Printing gothic letter
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• ground level
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4GL

Computing fourth-generation language

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glab.

Botany glabrous

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GLAB

Greater London Arts Board

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glam (glæm)

Colloquial greying, leisured, affluent, married

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Glam.

Glamorgan

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Glasgow

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glau.

Botany glaucous

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GLB

gay, lesbian, bisexual
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GLC

Chem. gas-liquid chromatography
• Greater London Council (abolished 1986)
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• Guild of Lettering Craftsmen

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GLCM

Graduate of the London College of Music
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gld.

guilder

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GLDP

Greater London Development Plan

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GLM

Skiing graduated length method

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Gln (or gln)

Biochem. glutamine

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GLOBECOM ('glbkm)

US Air Force Global Communications System

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GLOMEX ('glmks)

Global Oceanographic and Meteorological Experiment (1975–80)

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GLORIA ('gl:r)

Geological Long Range Asdic

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Glos

Gloucestershire

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gloss.

glossary

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GLS

Freemasonry Grand Lodge of Scotland

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glt

Bookbinding gilt

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GLT

greetings letter telegram

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Glu (or glu)

Biochem. glutamic acid

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Gly (or gly)

Biochem. glycine

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gm

gram

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g.m

symbol for gram metre

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gm^2

grams per square metre (used in measuring weight of paper)

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GM

airline flight code for Air Slovakia
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• geometric mean
• George Medal
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GMAG

Genetic Manipulation Advisory Group

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G-man

(USA ) Government man (an FBI agent)

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g.m.b.

good merchantable brand

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GMB

General and Municipal Boilermakers Union
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GMBE

Grand Master of the Order of the British Empire

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GmbH

(Germany ) Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung (private limited company; Ltd)

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Gmc

Germanic

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GMC

general management committee
• General Medical Council
• Astronomy giant molecular cloud
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GMF

Glass Manufacturers' Federation

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GMIE

Grand Master of the Order of the Indian Empire

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GMKP

Grand Master of the Knights of St Patrick

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GMMG

Grand Master of the Order of St Michael and St George

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GMO

genetically modified organism

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GMP

(USA ) Glass, Molders, Pottery, Plastics, and Allied Workers International Union
• Grand Master of the Order of St Patrick
• gross material product
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g.m.q.

good merchantable quality

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GMR

ground-mapping radar

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GMRT

Giant Metre-wave Radio Telescope

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GMS

Education grant-maintained status

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GMSC

General Medical Services Committee

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GMSI

Grand Master of the Order of the Star of India

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GMST

Astronomy Greenwich Mean Sidereal Time

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GMT

Greenwich Mean Time

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GMV

Microbiol. golden mosaic virus

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GMW

gram-molecular weight

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gn.

guinea

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g.n.

grandnephew
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GN

airline flight code for Air Gabon
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GNAS

Grand National Archery Society

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GNC

General Nursing Council (replaced by UKCC)

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gnd

ground

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GND

Meteorol. ground

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GNMA

(USA ) Government National Mortgage Association

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GNP

gross national product

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Gnr

Military Gunner

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GNR

(Portugal ) Guarda Nacional Republicana (National Republican Guard)

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GnRH

Biochem. gonadotrophin-releasing hormone

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gns

guineas

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GNTC

Girls' Nautical Training Corps

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GNVQ

General National Vocational Qualification

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GO

gas operated
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• Music great organ
• Group Officer
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g.o.b.

good ordinary brand

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GOC

General Officer Commanding
• General Optical Council
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GOC-in-C

General Officer Commanding-in-Chief

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GOCO

government-owned, contractor-operated

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GOE

General Ordination Examination

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GOES

(USA ) Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite

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GOM

Grand Old Man

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GONG

Astronomy Global Oscillations Network Group

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GOP

(USA ) Grand Old Party (the Republican Party)

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Gopa ('gp)

Government Oil and Pipeline Agency

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GORD

gastro-oesophageal reflux disease

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Gos.

(formerly, USSR) Gosudarstvo (Russian: state)

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GOSIP ('gsp)

Computing government open systems interconnection profile

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Gosplan ('gs,plæn)

(formerly, USSR) State Planning Commission (Russian Gos(udarstvennaya) Plan (ovaya Comissiya))

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Gosud.

Gosudarstvo (Russian: state)

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GOT

Biochem. , Med. glutamatic oxaloacetatic transaminase (renamed aspartate aminotransferase, AST)

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Goth.

Gothic

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gou.

gourde (Haitian monetary unit)

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Gov. (or gov.)

government
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Gov-Gen

Governor-General

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Govt (or govt)

government

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gox (or GOX) (gks)

Chem. gaseous oxygen

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gp (or Gp)

group

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g.p.

Printing galley proofs
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GP

Gallup Poll
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• Music general pause
• general practitioner
• general purpose
• general-purpose computer
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GPA

General Practitioners' Association
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GPALS

Global Protection Against Limited Strikes (reduced SDI programme)

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GPC

Chem. gel permeation chromatography
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Gp Capt

Group Captain

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Gp Comdr

Group Commander

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gpd

gallons per day

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GPDST

Girls' Public Day School Trust

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gph (or GPH)

gallons per hour

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GPh

Graduate in Pharmacy

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GPHI

Guild of Public Health Inspectors

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GPI

Med. general paralysis of the insane

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GPIB

Computing general-purpose interface bus

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GPKT

Grand Priory of the Knights of the Temple

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GPM (or gpm)

gallons per minute
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Graphical, Paper, and Media Union (formed by merger of NGA and SOGAT)

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General Post Office
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genio populi Romani (Latin: to the genius of the Roman people)
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gallons per second
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Biochem. , Med. glutamic pyruvic transaminase (renamed alanine aminotransferase, ALT)
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General Postal Union (see UPU)
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Military general quarters

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Grand Quartier Général (French: General Headquarters)

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grade
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(ital.) Physics , symbol for Grashof number
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Grecian
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Science gamma ray
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Game Research Association
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Maths. gradient

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grading
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Graduate of the Institution of Automobile Engineers

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Graduate of the Institute of Metals

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Graduate Member of the Institution of British Engineers

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Graduate of the Institute of Physics

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grammar(ian)
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(USA ) generally regarded as safe

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Astronomy gamma-ray burst

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Gardeners' Royal Benevolent Institution

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Great Britain

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Gardeners' Royal Benevolent Society

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General Research Corporation

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Group Captain

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Graduate of the Royal College of Music

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Gulf Rapid Deployment Force

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(USA ) Graduate Record Examination
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Horse racing grey filly

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Biochem. growth-hormone releasing factor

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(New Zealand ) guaranteed retirement income

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Graeco-Latin

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green

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goods received note

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gross (unit of quantity)

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Gamma Ray Observatory
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General Register Office for Births, Deaths, and Marriages

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gross tons (or tonnage)

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group

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Biochem. gastrin-releasing peptide
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grains
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Astronomy Great Red Spot (Jupiter)

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Graduate of the Royal Society of Chemistry

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Guild of Radio Service Engineers

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Graduate of the Royal Schools of Music

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gross ton

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gross registered tonnage

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Astronomy Grus

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(ex-USSR) Glavnoye Razvedyvatelnoye Upravleniye (Central Intelligence Office)

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gross weight

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Finance gross redemption yield

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guineas

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g.s. (or gs)

grandson
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Magnetism , symbol for gauss

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(USA ) General Schedule (civil service job-classification scheme)
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(USA ) General Services Administration
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(Ireland ) Great Southern and Western Railway

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Government Savings Bank

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Chem. gas-solid chromatography
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general supply depot
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ground service (or support) equipment

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Geniki Synomospondia Ergaton Hellados (Greek General Confederation of Labour)

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Med. genuine stress incontinence

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Geological Society of London
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gsm

gram per square metre (unit indicating paper thickness)

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g.s.m.

Commerce good sound merchantable (quality)

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Garrison Sergeant-Major
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General Staff Officer

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good sense of humour (in personal advertisements)

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Chem. glassfibre-strengthened polyester
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galvanic skin reflex (or response)

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geostationary satellite
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(New Zealand , Canada ) goods and services tax
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g-st

Knitting garter-stitch

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General Scottish Vocational Qualification

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gunshot wound

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gt

Bookbinding gilt
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gt.

Med. gutta (Latin: a drop)

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g.t.

gas tight
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gas turbine
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GTA

gas-tungsten arc

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Great Britain

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(Scotland ) General Teaching Council
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Graduate of Trinity College of Music, London

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guaranteed

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guarantee

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Gran Turismo Injection (sports car)

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g.t.m.

good this month

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Gran Turismo Omologata (Italian: certified for grand touring; of sports cars)

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Biochem. guanosine triphosphate

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gtr

greater

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GTR

general theory of relativity

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GTS

gas turbine ship
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gtt.

Med. guttae (Latin: drops)
• Med. guttatim (Latin: drop by drop)

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Med. glucose tolerance test

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g.t.w.

good this week

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gu.

guinea
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Guinea

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GU

gastric ulcer
• (or g.u.) genitourinary
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GUALO

General Union of Associations of Loom Overlookers

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guar.

guarantee(d)

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Guatemala

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gui.

Music guitar

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Golfing Union of Ireland
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Astronautics (USA ) Guidance Officer

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guil.

guilder

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Guinea

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Gulag ('gu:læg)

Glavnoye Upravleniye Lagerei (Soviet prison and labour camp system)

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GUM

genito-urinary medicine
• (gm) (Russia ) Gosudarstvenni Universalni Magazin (Universal State Store)

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gun.

gunnery

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GUR

Med. glucose utilization rate

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Great Universal Stores

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Physics grand unified theory

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guttat.

Med. guttatim (Latin: drop by drop)

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g.u.v.

gerecht und vollkommen (German: correct and complete)

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GUY

international vehicle registration for Guyana

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g.v.

gravimetric volume
• gross valuation

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(France ) grande vitesse (fast goods train)
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GVH

Med. graft-versus-host

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Med. graft-versus-host disease

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gvt (or Gvt)

government

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gross vehicle weight

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GW

George Washington (1732–99, US president 1789–97)
• symbol for gigawatt(s)
• British fishing port registration for Glasgow
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GW-Basic

Computing gee whizz beginners' all-purpose symbolic instruction code

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GWP

Government White Paper
• gross world product

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Great Western Railway

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Physics Glashow-Weinberg-Salam (in GWS theory )

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GX

airline flight code for Pacificair
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Gy

Physics , symbol for gray

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GY

British fishing port registration for Grimsby
• airline flight code for Guyana Airways
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gyn. (or GYN, gynaecol.)

gynaecological
• gynaecology

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GZ

British vehicle registration for Belfast

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G-Z

Astronomy Giacobini-Zinner (a comet)

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h

(ital.) Physics , symbol for heat transfer coefficient
• symbol for hecto- (prefix indicating 100, as in hm , hectometre)
• (ital.) symbol for height
• symbol for hour
• (ital.) Physics , symbol for Planck constant
• (ital.) Thermodynamics , symbol for specific enthalpy
• (ital.) Maths. , indicating a small increment
• indicating the eighth vertical row of squares from the left on a chessboard

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h.

harbour
• hard(ness)
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• height
• high
• hip
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H

(bold ital.) Mechanics , symbol for angular impulse
• (ital.) Physics , Med. , symbol for dose equivalent
• (ital.) Thermodynamics , symbol for enthalpy
• (ital.) Physics , symbol for Hamiltonian
• hard (indicating the degree of hardness of lead in a pencil; also in HB , hard black; HH (or 2H ), double hard; etc.)
• Immunol. heavy (in H-chain of an immunoglobulin molecule)
• Physics , symbol for henry(s)
• Slang heroin
• Med. , Pharmacol. histamine receptor (in H_1 , H_2 ; used in specifying types of antihistamines)
• Biochem. histidine
• British fishing port registration for Hull
• international vehicle registration for Hungary
• Chem. , symbol for hydrogen
• (ital.) Physics , Photog. , symbol for light exposure
• (bold ital.) Physics , symbol for magnetic field strength

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H. (or H)

Advertising halfpage
• Harbour
• hardness
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• herbaceous
• Holy
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• hour
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H4

airline flight code for Hainan Airlines
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5H

international civil aircraft marking for Tanzania

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9H

international civil aircraft marking for Malta

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ha

symbol for hectare

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h.a.

heir apparent
• Gunnery high angle
• hoc anno (Latin: in this year)

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Ha

Chem. , symbol for hahnium (element 105)

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Ha.

Haiti(an)
• Hawaii(an)

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British vehicle registration for Dudley
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heavy anti-aircraft
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(USA ) Harper Adams Agricultural College

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(ital.) Hymns Ancient and Modern

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hab.

habitat
• habitation

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Bible Habakkuk

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HAB

high-altitude bombing

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HABA

Chem. 2-(4-hydroxyphenylazo)-benzoic acid

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hab. corp.

Law habeas corpus (writ)

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habt.

habeat (Latin: let him have)

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HAC

high-alumina cement
• Honourable Artillery Company
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h.a.d.

hereinafter described

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haem.

haemoglobin
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Hellenic Air Force

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Bible Haggai

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hagiology

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hospital-acquired infection

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hal.

halogen

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Hal

Computing hard-array logic

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Hallé Orchestra

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Hamburg

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Hanover(ian)

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Botany Humboldt and Bonpland (indicating the authors of a species, etc.)

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hot and cold (water)

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hardened and tempered

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Harland and Wolff (shipbuilders)

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Hampshire

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hydrogenated anthracene oil

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hazardous air pollutant

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h. app.

heir apparent

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Microbiol. hamster polyomavirus

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harbour

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Honorary Associate of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons

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harm.

harmonic
• harmony

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Military high-speed antiradiation missile

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harpsichord

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(New Zealand ) Halt All Racist Tours (antiracist sports organization)

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(USA ) Harvard University

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Headmasters' Association of Scotland
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Health and Safety at Work Act

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housing action (or association) trust

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Med. haustus (Latin: draught)

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hepatitis A virus

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horizontal-axis wind turbine

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haz.

hazard(ous)

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HAZOP ('hæzp)

Computing hazard and operability study

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h.b.

Sport halfback
• handbook
• hardback (of books)
• homing beacon
• human being

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Hb

Biochem. haemoglobin

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HB

British vehicle registration for Cardiff
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Botany Humboldt, Bonpland, and Kunth (indicating the authors of a species, etc.)

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Electrical engineering high breaking capacity
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(USA ) Historically Black Colleges and Universities

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had (or has) been drinking

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Hbf.

Hauptbahnhof (German: central (or main) station)

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HBIG

hepatitis B immunoglobulin

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HBLV

Med. human B-lymphotropic virus

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Her (or His) Britannic Majesty (or Majesty's)

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H-bomb

hydrogen bomb

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high blood pressure

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harbour

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Harvard Business School

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Hobart (Australia )

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Electronics heterojunction bipolar transistor

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hepatitis B virus

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hby

hereby

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h.c.

habitual criminal
• hand control
• heating cabinet
• high capacity
• (or hc) honoris causa (Latin: for the sake of honour; honorary)
• hot and cold (water)

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h/c

Insurance held covered

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HC

British vehicle registration for Brighton
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• highly commended
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Insurance held covered

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Hospital Caterers' Association

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Homeless Children's Aid and Adoption Society

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hcap (or h'cap)

handicap

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House of Commons Bill

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Hotel and Catering Benevolent Association

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h.c.c.

hydraulic cement concrete

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h.c.d.

high current density

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h.c.e.

human-caused error

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h.c.f.

Maths. highest common factor
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HCF

high-calorific fuel
• high carbohydrate and fibre
• Maths. highest common factor
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HCFC

hydrochlorofluorocarbon

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hCG (or HCG)

Biochem. , Med. human chorionic gonadotrophin

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HCH

Herbert Clark Hoover (1874–1964, US president 1929–33)
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Hotel and Catering Institute
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Hague Conference on International Law

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Hotel Catering and Institutional Management Association

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High Court of Justice
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h.c.l.

high cost of living

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High Court Master
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HCO

Harvard College Observatory
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hcp

handicap

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h.c.p.

Crystallog. hexagonal close-packed

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House of Commons Paper

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Historic Churches Preservation Trust

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hcptr

helicopter

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High Chief Ranger
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h.c.s.

high-carbon steel

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Home Civil Service

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Hospital Consultants and Specialists Association

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HCT

Computing high-speed CMOS with TTL inputs

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hd

hand
• head

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h.d.

heavy duty
• high density
• Med. hora decubitus (Latin: at bedtime)

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HD

Chemical engineering heavy distillate
• Med. herniated disc
• high-density
• Physics high dose (of radiation)
• (51st) Highland Division
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• honourable discharge
• Hoover Dam
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• Chem. hydrogen-deuterium

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H-D

Photog. Hurter-Driffield (in H-D curve )

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H/D

Shipping Havre-Dunkirk

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HDA

(Australia ) Hawkesbury Diploma in Agriculture
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HDAL

Chem. hexadecenal

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h.d.a.t.z.

high-density air-traffic zone

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hdbk

handbook

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HDC

Med. high-dose chemotherapy
• Law holder in due course

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HDCD

high-density CD-ROM (see CD-ROM)

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HDCR

Higher Diploma of the College of Radiographers

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Computing hard disk drive
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hdg

heading

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Higher Diploma in Education

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hdkf

handkerchief

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hdl.

handle

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HDL

Biochem. , Med. high-density lipoprotein

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HDLC

Computing high-level data link control (a communications protocol)

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hdle

Horse racing hurdle

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hdlg

handling

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high-duty metal

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hdn

harden

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Chem. 1, 6-hexanediol diacrylate

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HDP

heavy-duty petrol
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hdqrs

headquarters

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Physics high dose rate (of radiation)
• hot dry rock (in HDR energy )

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high-definition television

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heavy-duty vehicle
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Computing hardware

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hardwood
• headword

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h.e.

heat engine
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• hub end

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Chem. , symbol for helium

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Hebrew

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Med. hepatic encephalopathy
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Health Education Authority
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High Energy Astronomy (or Astrophysical) Observatory

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Hebrew (language)
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Hebrew (language)
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(école des) hautes études commerciales (French: (college of) higher commercial studies)
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• Chem. hydroxyethyl cellulose

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US Air Force headquarters command

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Chem. hydroxyethylethylenediaminotriacetate

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Physics high-energy electron diffraction

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high-energy fuel

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His (or Her) Exalted Highness

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high-explosive incendiary

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Honourable East India Company

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Honourable East India Company's Service

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heir apparent

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heir presumptive

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helicopter

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high-energy laser

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Hellenic
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Med. haemolysis, elevated liver enzymes, low platelet count (in HELLP syndrome )

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helo.

heliport

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helicopter electronic landing path
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Physics hybrid electromagnetic wave

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heavy earth-moving machinery

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helicopter-based emergency medical services

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Electronics high-electron-mobility transistor

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Higher Executive Officer
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high-elliptic-inclined-orbit satellite

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Statistics human error probability

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(USA ) hydroelectric power commission

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HEPCAT ('hp,kæt)

helicopter pilot control and training

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heraldic
• heraldry
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Astronomy Hercules

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high-explosive rocket-assisted

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herbaceous
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heredity

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Herodotus (c. 484–c. 424 BC, Greek historian)

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herpetologist
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Hertford College, Oxford

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Hertfordshire

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Higher Education Research Unit

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heavy-equipment transporter

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Chem. height equivalent per theoretical plate

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highly enriched uranium

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(USA ) Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (former government department; replaced by HHS)

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Computing hexadecimal (notation)

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hex.

hexachord
• hexagonal

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hexa.

hexamethylene tetramine (type of synthetic rubber)

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half

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h.f.

hold fire
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Chem. , symbol for hafnium

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hard firm (on pencils; indicating hard lead)
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Haifa (Israel )

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hydrofluoroalkane

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Honorary Foreign Associate of the Royal Academy

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hf. bd.

Bookbinding half binding (or bound)

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Electricity high-frequency current
• Chem. hydrofluorocarbon

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high-frequency direction finder

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heavy fuel oil
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Nuclear engineering high-flux reactor

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Honorary Foreign Member of the Royal Academy

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heated front seats (in motor advertisements)

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symbol for hectogram(s)

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Chem. , symbol for mercury (Latin hydrargyrum)

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postcode for Harrogate
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Computing Hercules graphics card

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Home Grown Cereals Authority

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hogshead

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His (or Her) Grand Ducal Highness

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Med. hypogammaglobulinaemia

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Biochem. human growth hormone

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Hereditary Grand Master Mason

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hard gloss paint

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hangar
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height

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Home Grown Timber Advisory Committee

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heavy goods vehicle (replaced by LGV)

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heat-generating waste
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highway

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hands (height measurement for horses)

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British vehicle registration for Carlisle
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• Astronomy Herbig-Haro (in HH object )
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Horticulture half-hardy annual
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Horticulture half-hardy biennial

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hhd

hogshead

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(USA ) Doctor of Humanities (Latin Humanitatum Doctor)
• hypertensive heart disease

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heavy handy deadweight scrap

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(USA ) Housing and Home Finance Agency

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treble hard (on pencils; indicating very hard lead)

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Highland Home Industries

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Med. hyperglycaemic hyperosmolar nonketoacidotic coma (in diabetes)

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Hour Hour (i.e. the specified time at which an operation is to begin)

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Horticulture half-hardy perennial

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(USA ) Department of Health and Human Services (replaced HEW)

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human herpesvirus

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Hindi

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international civil aircraft marking for Dominican Republic
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Housing Improvement Association

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hi. ac. (or hiac)

high accuracy

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(USA ) Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society

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Med. Haemophilus influenzae type B (as in Hib vaccine )

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Hibernia(n)

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Physics heavy-ion beam

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(Scotland ) Hibernian (football club)

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high-altitude clear air turbulence

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High Command
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Highlands and Islands Development Board

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hieroglyphics

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high fidelity

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high-level forecast

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His (or Her) Imperial Highness

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Chem. hazardous immiscible liquid

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Nuclear physics heavy-ion linear accelerator

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high-latitude (in HILAT satellite )

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His (or Her) Imperial Majesty

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Hindi
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(USA ) health-insurance plan
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high-power acquisition radar

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HIPDA

Chem. hydroxyisophthalyl dihydroxamic acid

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hipot ('ha,pt)

high potential

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Hippocrates (c. 460–c. 375 BC, Greek physician)

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high-performance parallel processor interface

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high-impact polystyrene (type of synthetic plastic)

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hirel ('ha,rl)

high reliability

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Physics high resolution

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Biochem. histidine

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hic iacet sepultus or sepulta (Latin: here lies buried; on gravestones)

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hist. (or histol.)

histology
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Hittite

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Hispanic Institute of the United States

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human immunodeficiency virus (the cause of AIDS)

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British vehicle registration for Chelmsford
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Electronics heterojunction bipolar transistor

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hic jacet sepultus or sepulta (Latin: here lies buried; on gravestones)

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British vehicle registration for Chelmsford
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• Hong Kong (abbrev. or IVR)
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hkf

handkerchief

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international vehicle registration for (Hashemite Kingdom of) Jordan

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hl (or hL)

symbol for hectolitre(s)

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h.l.

hoc loco (Latin: in this place)

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Heilige(r) (German: Saint)

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hard labour
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HLA

Immunol. human lymphocyte antigen (as in HLA system )

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Chem. hydrophilic-lipophilic balance

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(USA ) Home Loan Bank Board

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Doctor of Humane Letters

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Physics high-level exposure (to radiation)

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Computing hidden-line/hiddensurface removal

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Highland Light Infantry

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Computing high-level language

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high-level nuclear waste

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hlpr

helper

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Howard League for Penal Reform

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high-level radioactive waste

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Harvard Law School

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headlamp wipe(rs) (in motor advertisements)
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highest low water of neap (tides)

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headlamp wash and wipe (in motor advertisements)

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symbol for hectometre(s)

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hallmark
hoc mense (Latin: in this month)

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airline flight code for Air Seychelles
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Head Masters' Association
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Her (or His) Majesty's Aircraft Carrier

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Her (or His) Majesty's Australian Ship

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Her (or His) Majesty's Boom Defence Vessel

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Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference
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Hospital and Medical Care Association

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Her (or His) Majesty's Chief Inspector of Constabulary

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Her (or His) Majesty's Chief Inspector of Factories

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Her (or His) Majesty's Canadian Navy

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Her (or His) Majesty's Canadian Ship

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Her (or His) Majesty's Civil Service Commissioners

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humid

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Computing head-mounted display
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Chem. heavy-metal fluoride
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Her (or His) Majesty's Factory Inspectorate

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heavy machine gun
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Her (or His) Majesty's Hospital Ship

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Her (or His) Majesty's Inspector (of schools)
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Honorary Member of the Institute of Engineering Designers

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Her (or His) Majesty's Inspectorate of Pollution

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Her (or His) Majesty's Inspector of Taxes

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Her (or His) Majesty's Lieutenant

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Her (or His) Majesty's Land Registry

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Her (or His) Majesty's Motor Launch

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Her (or His) Majesty's Mine Sweeper

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Her (or His) Majesty's New Zealand Ship

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(USA ) health maintenance organization

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Her (or His) Majesty's Overseas Civil Service

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h.m.p.

handmade paper

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Her (or His) Majesty's Prison
• hoc monumentum posuit (Latin: he (or she) erected this monument)

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Chem. hexamethylphosphoramide

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Chem. hexamethylphosphorous triamide

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Her (or His) Majesty's Rescue Tug

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h.m.s.

hours, minutes, seconds

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Mining heavy media separation
• Her (or His) Majesty's Service
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Her (or His) Majesty's Stationery Office

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hmstd

homestead

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Her (or His) Majesty's Trawler
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His Master's Voice (music retailer)

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Biochem. high molecular weight

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Hairdressing Manufacturers' and Wholesalers' Association

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Astronomy high-mass X-ray binary

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hn

Music horn

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h.n.

Med. hac nocte (Latin: tonight)

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British vehicle registration for Middlesbrough

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Education Higher National Certificate

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Education Higher National Diploma

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hndbk

handbook

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Physics helium-neon laser

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hnRNA

Biochem. heterogeneous nuclear RNA

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hnRNP

Biochem. heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein

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Honours

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house

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hold over

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Chem. , symbol for holmium

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airline flight code for Airways International
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h.o.c.

held on charge

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Chem. halogenated organic compound
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House of Commons

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head of department

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House of Commons

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House of Keys

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House of Lords

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(USA ) House of Representatives

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Geology Holocene

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Hol. (or Holl.)

Holland

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(USA ) Home Owners' Loan Corporation

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hope our love lasts (or lives) and never dies

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Home Office Large Major Enquiry System (computer used in crime investigation)

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Homer (8th century BC, Greek poet)

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homeo. (or homo.)

homeopath(ic)
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Chem. highest occupied molecular orbital

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hon.

honorary
• honour
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Honorary (in titles, as in HonFlnstP , Honorary Fellow of the Institute of Physics)
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Hond.

Honduras

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Honolulu

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hons

honours

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Honorary Secretary

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Computing hierarchical object-oriented design

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Hook.

Botany (Sir William) Hooker (indicating the author of a species, etc.)

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Hook. fl.

Botany Hooker fils (Sir Joseph Hooker, son of Sir William Hooker; indicating the author of a species, etc.)

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hor.

horizon
• horizontal
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Astronomy Horologium

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Horace (65–8 BC, Roman poet)

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hor. decub.

Med. hora decubitus (Latin: at bedtime)

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(International Union of National Associations of) Hotel, Restaurant, and Café Keepers

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horol.

horological
• horology

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hort.

horticultural
• horticulture

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Home Office Research Unit

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Hos.

Bible Hosea

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hosp.

hospital

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Hotol ('h,tl)

Astronautics horizontal takeoff and landing (launch vehicle)

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HOV

Transport high-occupancy vehicle

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how.

howitzer

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hp

symbol for horsepower

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h.p.

half pay
• heir presumptive
• Electricity high power
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• horizontally polarized

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HP

airline flight code for America West Airlines
• British vehicle registration for Coventry
• Handley Page (aircraft)
• Horticulture hardy perennial
• Hautes-Pyrénées (department of France)
• postcode for Hemel Hempstead
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• high performance
• Electricity high power
• high pressure
• high priest
• Himachal Pradesh (India )
• hire purchase
• hot-pressed (paper)
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• Houses of Parliament
• Horticulture hybrid perpetual (rose)
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HPA

Hospital Physicists' Association

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HPC

Med. history of present complaint

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hpch. (or hpd)

harpsichord

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HPF

Computing highest priority first

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HPFS

Computing high-performance filing system

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HPGL

Computing , trademark Hewlett-Packard graphics language

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HPIB

Computing , trademark Hewlett-Packard interface bus

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HPk

Hilal-e-Pakistan (Pakistani honour)

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HPLC

Chem. high-performance liquid chromatography
• Chem. high-pressure liquid chromatography

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HPP

Chem. high-pressure polyethylene (or polyethene)

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HPS

high-pressure steam
• high-protein supplement

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HPT

high-pressure turbine

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HPTA

Hire Purchase Trade Association

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HPTLC

Chem. high-performance thin-layer chromatography

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HPV

Med. human papilloma virus

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h.q.

headquarters
• hoc quaere (Latin: look for this)

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HQ

headquarters

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HQA

Hilal-i-Quaid-i-Azam (Pakistani honour)

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HQBA

Headquarters Base Area

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HQMC

(USA ) Headquarters, Marine Corps

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hr

Meteorol. hail and rain
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h.r.

Baseball home run

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Hr

Herr (German: Mr, Sir)
• Hussar

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HR

international vehicle registration for Croatia
• Med. heart rate
• postcode for Hereford
• Highland Regiment
• Optics high resolution
• Home Rule(r)
• Baseball home run
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• (USA ) House of Representatives
• human resources
• British vehicle registration for Swindon

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H-R

Astronomy Hertzsprung-Russell (in H-R diagram )

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HRA

(USA ) Health Resources Administration

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HRC

Chem. high-resolution chromatography
• Holy Roman Church

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HRCA

Honorary Royal Cambrian Academician

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HRCT

Med. high-resolution computerized (or computed) tomography

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HRE

Holy Roman Emperor (or Empire)

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HREM

high-resolution electron microscopy

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HRGC

Chem. high-resolution gas chromatography

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HRGI

Honorary Member of the Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts

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HRH

His (or Her) Royal Highness

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HRHA

Honorary Member of the Royal Hibernian Academy

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Honorary Member of the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours

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HRIP

hic requiescit in pace (Latin: here rests in peace; on gravestones)

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HRM

human resource management

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HRMS

Chem. high-resolution mass spectrometry

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Hrn

Herr(e)n (German: Messrs, Sirs)

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HROI

Honorary Member of the Royal Institute of Oil Painters

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HRP

Home Responsibilities Protection
• Military human remains pouch

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HRR

Taxation higher reduced rate

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hrs

hours

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HRSA

Honorary Member of the Royal Scottish Academy

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hrsg.

herausgegeben (German: edited or published)

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HRSW

Honorary Member of the Royal Scottish Water Colour Society

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HRT

Med. hormone replacement therapy

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HRTEM

high-resolution transmission electron microscopy

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hs

Meteorol. hail and snow

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h.s.

highest score
• hoc sensu (Latin: in this sense)
• Med. hora somni (Latin: at bedtime)

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Hs.

Handschrift (German: manuscript)

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HS

British vehicle registration for Glasgow
• Haute-Saône (department of France)
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• hic sepultus or sepulta (Latin: here is buried; on gravestones)
• airline flight code for Highland Air
• high school
• Home Secretary
• hospital ship
• house surgeon
• Numismatics , symbol for sesterce (Roman coin)
• international civil aircraft marking for Thailand

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HSA

(USA ) Health Systems Agency
• Med. human serum albumin

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HSAB

Chem. hard and soft acids and bases

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HSB

Computing hue, saturation, brightness

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HSC

Med. haemopoietic stem cell
• Health and Safety Commission
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HSD

heat-storage device
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HSDU

hospital sterilization and disinfection unit

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hse (or Hse)

house

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HSE

Health and Safety Executive
• hic sepultus (or sepulta) est (Latin: here lies buried; on gravestones)

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hsekpr

housekeeper

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hsg

housing

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HSH

His (or Her) Serene Highness

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HSI

Computing human-system interface (or interaction)

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HSL

Computing hue, saturation, lightness
• Huguenot Society of London

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HSLA

high-strength, low-alloy (steel)

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HSM

Computing hierarchical storage management
• His (or Her) Serene Majesty

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HSO

Hamburg Symphony Orchestra

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HSP

Med. heat-shock protein

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HSR

Genetics homogeneously staining region

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Hss.

Handschriften (German: manuscripts)

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HSS

Fellow of the Historical Society (Latin Historicae Societatis Socius)
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HSSU

hospital sterile supply unit

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HST

Harry S Truman (1884–1972, US president 1945–53)
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• highest spring tide
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HSV

herpes simplex virus

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HSWA

(USA ) Hazardous and Solid Waste Act (or Amendments)

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ht

heat
• height

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h.t.

Sport half time
• halftone
• heavy tank
• hoc tempore (Latin: at this time)
• hoc titulo (Latin: in (or under) this title)

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HT

British vehicle registration for Bristol
• Sport half time
• Hawaii Time
• heat treatment
• high temperature
• Electrical engineering high tension
• high tide
• high treason
• Horticulture hybrid tea (rose)

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5-HT

Biochem. 5-hydroxytryptamine

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HTA

Horticultural Traders' Association
• Household Textile Association

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h.t.b.

high-tension battery

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HTB

Metallurgy hexagonal tungsten bronze

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HTC

Physics heat-transfer coefficient

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htd

heated

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Hte (pl. Htes)

Haute (French: High; used in placenames)

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HTGR

Nuclear engineering high-temperature gas-cooled reactor

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HTLV

Med. human T-cell lymphotropic virus

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HTM

heat-transfer medium

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HTML

computing hypertext mark-up language

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HTO

Chem. hydrous titanium oxide (catalyst)

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HTOL

Astronautics horizontal takeoff and landing

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htr

heater

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HTR

Nuclear engineering high-temperature (gas-cooled) reactor

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H. Trin.

Holy Trinity

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h.t.s.

half-time survey
• high-tensile steel

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Hts

Heights (in place names)

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HTS

high-temperature superconductor (or superconductivity)

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HTT

heavy tactical transport

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HTTL

Computing high-speed transistor transisitor logic

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HTTP

Computing hypertext transfer (or transport) protocol

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Nuclear engineering high-temperature test reactor

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HTU

Chemical engineering height of a transfer unit

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HTV

Harlech Television

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ht wkt

Cricket hit wicket

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HU

British vehicle registration for Bristol
• Harvard University
• postcode for Hull

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HUAC ('hju:æk)

House (of Representatives) Un-American Activities Committee

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HUD

Aeronautics , Computing head-up display
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Hugo ('hju:g)

Human Genome Organization

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HUJ

Hebrew University of Jerusalem

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HUKFORLANT

US Navy hunter-killer forces, Atlantic

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HUKS

US Navy hunter-killer submarine

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hum

• human
• humane
• (or Hum.) humanities (classics)
• humanity
• humble
• humorous

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HUMINT (or humint) ('hju:mnt)

Military human intelligence (espionage activities)

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HUMRRO

Human Resources Research Office

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HUMV ('hm, vi:)

Military human light vehicle

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hund.

hundred

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Hung.

Hungarian
• Hungary

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Hunts

Huntingdonshire (former county)

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HUP

Harvard University Press
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hur. (or hurr.)

hurricane

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HURCN

Meteorol. hurricane

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Husat ('hju:sæt)

Human Science and Advanced Technology Research Institute

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husb.

husbandry

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h.v.

high vacuum
• high velocity

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HV

health visitor
• Anatomy hepatic vein
• high velocity
• high voltage
• hoc verbum (Latin: this word)
• British vehicle registration for London (central)
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HVA

Health Visitors' Association (trade union; now a section of the MFS)
• Chem. homovanillic acid

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HVAC

heating, ventilation, air conditioning
• high-voltage alternating current

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HVAR

high-velocity aircraft rocket

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HVCA

Heating and Ventilating Contractors' Association

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HVCert

Health Visitor's Certificate

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HVDC

high-voltage direct current

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HVEM

high-voltage electron microscope

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HVO

Hrvatsko vijee odbrane (Croatian Defence Council)

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HVP

hydrolysed vegetable protein

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HVT

Physics half-value thickness
• health visitor teacher

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hvy

heavy

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h.w.

Cricket hit wicket

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h/w

herewith
• husband and wife

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HW

British vehicle registration for Bristol
• hazardous waste
• high water
• hot water

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HWL

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807–82, US poet)
• (or h.w.l.) highwater line

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HWM

high-water mark

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HWONT

high water, ordinary neap tides

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HWOST

high water, ordinary spring tides

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HWR

Nuclear physics heavy-water reactor

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HWS

hurricane warning system

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HWW

headlamp wash and wipe (in motor advertisements)
• Engineering hot-and-warm worked

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hwy

highway

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HX

postcode for Halifax
• British vehicle registration for London (central)

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HXR

hard X-ray

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hy

heavy
• highway

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Hy.

Henry

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HY

British vehicle registration for Bristol
• airline flight code for Uzbekistan Airways

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Hya

Astronomy Hydra

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hyb.

hybrid

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HYCOSY (or HyCoSy) (ha'kz)

Med. hysterosalpingo-contrast sonography.

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hyd.

hydrate
• hydraulic
• (or hydrog.) hydrographic

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hydt

hydrant

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hyg.

hygiene

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Hyi

Astronomy Hydrus

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hyp.

hypodermic
• Maths. hypotenuse
• (or hypoth.) hypothesis
• (or hypoth.) hypothetical

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Hz

Physics , symbol for hertz

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HZ

Meteorol. dust haze
• international civil aircraft marking for Saudi Arabia
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HZD

Chem. hydrated zirconium dioxide

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HZO

Chem. hydrated zirconium oxide

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hzy

Meteorol. hazy

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I

i

symbol for the imaginary number v–1
• (ital.) Physics , symbol for instantaneous current
• (bold ital.) Maths. , symbol for unit coordinate vector
• (ital.) Chem. , symbol for a van't Hoff factor

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i.

id (Latin: that)
• incisor (tooth)
• indicate
• Banking interest
• Grammar intransitive

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I

(ital.) Physics , symbol for electric current
• Chem. , symbol for inductive (or inductomeric) effect
• Biochem. inosine
• symbol for inti (Peruvian monetary unit)
• Chem. , symbol for iodine
• (ital.) Chem. , symbol for ionic strength
• (ital.) Chem. , Physics , symbol for ionization potential
• Biochem. isoleucine
• (ital.) Physics , symbol for isospin quantum number
• international vehicle registration or international civil aircraft marking for Italy
• (ital.; or Iv) Physics , symbol for luminous intensity
• (ital.) Mechanics , symbol for moment of inertia
• Roman numeral for one
• (ital.; or Ie) Physics , symbol for radiant intensity
• (ital.) Maths. , symbol for unit matrix
• Logic , indicating a particular affirmative categorial statement

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I. (or I)

Iesus (Latin: Jesus)
• Imperator (Latin: Emperor)
• Imperatrix (Latin: Empress)
• Imperial
• Imperium (Latin: Empire)
• (single column) inch (of advertisements)
• incumbent
• Independence
• Independent
• India(n)
• Infidelis (Latin: unbeliever, infidel)
• Inspector
• Institute
• Instructor
• intelligence
• interceptor
• International
• interpreter
• Ireland
• Irish
• Island (or Isle)
• issue
• Italian

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7I

airline flight code for Imperial Air

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i.a.

immediately available
• in absentia (Latin: while absent)
• Aeronautics indicated altitude
• initial appearance

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i.A.

im Auftrage (German: by order of)

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Ia.

Iowa

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IA

British vehicle registration for Antrim
• Incorporated Accountant
• Indian Army
• infected area
• information anxiety
• Taxation initial allowance
• Institute of Actuaries
• Inter-American
• Med. intra-arterial
• US postcode for Iowa
• airline flight code for Iraqi Airways

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I/A

Isle of Anglesey

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IA5

Computing International Alphabet, Number 5

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IAA

indoleacetic acid (plant hormone)
• Institute of Industrial Administration
• International Academy of Astronautics
• International Actuarial Association
• International Advertising Association

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IAAA

Irish Amateur Athletic Association
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IAAE

(USA ) Institution of Automotive and Aeronautical Engineers

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International Amateur Athletic Federation

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IAAP

International Association of Applied Psychology

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IAAS

Incorporated Association of Architects and Surveyors

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IAB

Industrial Advisory Board
• Industrial Arbitration Board
• Inter-American Bank
• Internet architecture board

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IABA

International Association of Aircraft Brokers and Agents

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IABO

International Association of Biological Oceanography

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i.a.c.

integration, assembly, and checkout

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IAC

(USA ) Industrial Advisory Council
• Institute of Amateur Cinematographers

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IACA

Independent Air Carriers' Association

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IACB

International Advisory Committee on Bibliography (in UNESCO)

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Inter-American Council of Commerce and Production

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IACOMS

International Advisory Committee on Marine Sciences (in the FAO)

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IACP

International Association for Child Psychiatry and Allied Professions
• International Association of Chiefs of Police
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IACS

International Annealed Copper Standard

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IADB

Inter-American Defense Board
• Inter-American Development Bank

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IADR

International Association for Dental Research

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IAE

(USA ) Institute of Atomic Energy
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IAEA

International Atomic Energy Agency

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IAEC

Israel Atomic Energy Commission

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IAECOSOC

Inter-American Economic and Social Council

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IAEE

International Association of Energy Economists

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i.a.f.

Aviation interview after flight

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IAF

Indian Air Force
• Indian Auxiliary Force
• International Astronautical Federation

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IAFD

International Association on Food Distribution

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IAG

International Association of Geodesy
• International Association of Geology
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IAGB & I

Ileostomy Association of Great Britain and Ireland

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IAgrE

Institution of Agricultural Engineers

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IAH

International Association of Hydrogeologists
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IAHA

Inter-American Hotel Association

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IAHM

Incorporated Association of Headmasters

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IAHP

International Association of Horticultural Producers

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IAHR

International Association for Hydraulic Research
• International Association for the History of Religions

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IAI

International African Institute

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IAL

Imperial Arts League
• Computing international algorithmic language
• Irish Academy of Letters

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IALA

International African Law Association
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IALL

International Association of Law Libraries

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IALS

International Association of Legal Science

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IAM

Institute of Administrative Management
• Institute of Advanced Motorists
• Institute of Aviation Medicine
• Anatomy internal auditory meatus
• (USA ) International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (trade union)
• International Association of Meteorology
• International Association of Microbiologists

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IAMA

Incorporated Advertising Managers' Association

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IAMAP

International Association of Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics

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IAMC

Indian Army Medical Corps

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IAML

International Association of Music Libraries

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IAMS

International Association of Microbiological Societies (or Studies)

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IANC

International Airline Navigators' Council

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IANE

Institute of Advanced Nursing Education (of the Rcn)

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IANEC

Inter-American Nuclear Energy Commission

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IAO

Meteorol. in and out of cloud
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IAOC

Indian Army Ordnance Corps

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IAOS

Irish Agricultural Organization Society

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IAP

Physics imaging atom probe
• International Academy of Pathology
• Internet access provider

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IAPA

Inter-American Press Association

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IAPB

International Association for the Prevention of Blindness

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IAPC

International Auditing Practices Committee

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IAPG

International Association of Physical Geography

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IAPH

International Association of Ports and Harbours

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International Association of Physical Oceanography

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IAPS

Incorporated Association of Preparatory Schools

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IAPSO

International Association for the Physical Sciences of the Oceans

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IAPT

International Association for Plant Taxonomy

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IARA

Inter-Allied Reparations Agency

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IARC

Indian Agricultural Research Council
• International Agency for Research on Cancer

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IARD

International Association for Rural Development

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International Association for Religious Freedom

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IARI

Indian Agricultural Research Institute

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IARO

Indian Army Reserve of Officers

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IARU

International Amateur Radio Union

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IAS

Computing immediate access store
• Indian Administrative (formerly Civil) Service
• (or i.a.s.) Aeronautics indicated air speed
• Chem. infrared absorbed spectroscopy
• (USA ) Institute for Advanced Studies (as in IAS computer )
• (USA ) Institute of the Aerospace Sciences
• (or i.a.s.) Aeronautics instrument approach system
• International Accounting Standard

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IASA

International Air Safety Association

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IASC

Indian Army Service Corps
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IASH

International Association of Scientific Hydrology

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IASI

Inter-American Statistical Institute

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i.a.s.o.r.

ice and snow on runway

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IASS

International Association for Scandinavian Studies
• International Association of Soil Science

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i.a.t.

inside air temperature

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IAT

International Atomic Time

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IATA (a ' :t, i:':t)

International Air Transport Association
• International Amateur Theatre Association

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IATUL

International Association of Technological University Libraries

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IAU

International Association of Universities
• International Astronomical Union

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IAUPL

International Association of University Professors and Lecturers

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IAV

International Association of Vulcanology

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IAVG

International Association for Vocational Guidance

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i.a.w.

in accordance with

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IAW

International Alliance of Women

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IAWPRC

International Association on Water Pollution Research and Control

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ib.

ibidem (see ibid.)

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IB

British vehicle registration for Armagh
• airline flight code for Iberia
• in bond
• incendiary bomb
• industrial business
• information bureau
• instruction book
• intelligence branch
• Physics internal bremsstrahlung
• International Bank (for Reconstruction and Development)
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IBA

Independent Bankers' Association
• Independent Broadcasting Authority
• Horticulture indole 3-butyric acid (rooting compound)
• Industrial Bankers' Association
• Taxation industrial buildings allowances
• International Bar Association
• International Bowling Association
• Investment Bankers' Association
• Chem. ion-beam analysis

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IBAA

Investment Bankers' Association of America

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IBAE

Institution of British Agricultural Engineers

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IBB

Institute of British Bakers
• International Bowling Board
• Invest in Britain Bureau

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IBBISB/BF&H

(USA ) International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Iron Shipbuilders, Blacksmiths, Forgers, and Helpers

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IBBR

Finance interbank bid rate

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International Broadcasting Corporation

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Institute of British Engineers
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Finance interest-bearing eligible liability

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(USA ) International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers

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Institute of British Foundrymen
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Physics interacting boson-fermion model

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Incorporated Brewers Guild
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Book-keeping invoice book inwards

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ibidem (Latin: in the same place; indicating a previously cited reference to a book, etc.)

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international bibliographical description

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Institute of Biology

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Institute of Book-Keepers

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Physics interacting boson model
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initial boiling point

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Institute of British Photographers
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(USA ) International Brotherhood of Painters and Allied Trades

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Insurance Brokers Registration Council

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International Bank Research Organization
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Institution of British Telecommunications Engineers

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International Bureau of Weights and Measures

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index correction
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in charge (of)
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Indo-China

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Invalid Children's Aid Association

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International Commission on Agricultural Engineering

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Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland
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Indian Council of Agricultural Research

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International Council of Ballroom Dancing

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International Code of Botanical Nomenclature

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International Council for Bird Preservation

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(USA ) Indian Claims Commission
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International Cocoa Agreement

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Intergovernmental Consultation and Coordination Board

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International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (of the UN)

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International Centre for Conservation at Rome

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International Centre of Criminological Studies

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Institute of Cooperative Directors
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International Civil Defence Organization

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Iceland(ic)

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International Council for Educational Development

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International Federation of Chemical, Energy, and General Workers' Unions

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Institution of Civil Engineers of Ireland

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Iceland(ic)

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internal-combustion engine

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Physical chem. internal-conversion electron spectroscopy
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Industrial Council for Educational and Training Technology

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Industrial and Commercial Finance Corporation (now part of Investors in Industry)
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International Confederation of Free Trade Unions

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interactive computer-graphics system
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ichthyology

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Nuclear engineering ion cyclotron heating

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International Cargo Handling Co-ordination Association

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Institution of Chemical Engineers

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Inter-University Council for Higher Education Overseas

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International Council for Health, Physical Education, and Recreation

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ichthyology

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Imperial Chemical Industries
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International Credit Insurance Association

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Imperial Chemical Industries, Australia and New Zealand

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International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage

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International Classification of Impairments, Disabilities, and Handicaps (WHO publication)

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International Commission of Jurists
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International Council of Jewish Women

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International Computers Ltd
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International Committee on Laboratory Animals

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Iceland

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Institute for Complementary Medicine
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International Committee of Military Medicine and Pharmacy

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International Centre for Mathematical Sciences (Edinburgh )

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in Christi nomine (Latin: in Christ's name)
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Infection Control Nurses' Association

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International Code of Nomenclature of Bacteria

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International Code of Nomenclature of Cultivated Plants

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International Code of Nomenclature of Viruses

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Institute of Careers Officers
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International Council of Museums

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International Council of Monuments and Sites

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icon.

iconography

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Intergovernmental Conference on Oceanic Research (in UNESCO)

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Institution of Corrosion Science and Technology

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Physics inductively coupled plasma
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International Commission for the Prevention of Alcoholism
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International Council for Philosophy and Humanistic Studies

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International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol)

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International Catholic Press Union

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ICQ

Accounting internal control questionnaire

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Computing intelligent character recognition
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International Committee of the Red Cross

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Imperial Cancer Research Fund

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Nuclear engineering ion cyclotron resonance heating

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International Commission on Radiological Protection

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International Commission on Radiation Units (and Measurements)

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Imperial College of Science and Technology (London )
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• International Chamber of Shipping
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Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators

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Biochem. interstitial-cell-stimulating hormone

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Med. intracytoplasmic sperm injection

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International Council of Societies of Industrial Design

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International Convention for Safety of Life at Sea

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International Council of Sport and Physical Education

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Imperial College of Science and Technology (London )

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International Council of Scientific Unions (in UNESCO)

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International Council of Travel Agents

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International Centre for Theoretical Physics

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Irish Congress of Trade Unions

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ICTV

International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses

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ICU

Med. intensive care unit
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International Council of Voluntary Agencies

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i.c.w.

in connection with

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ICW

Institute of Clerks of Works of Great Britain
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Indian Council of World Affairs
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International Cooperative Women's Guild

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(USA ) International Chemical Workers Union

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International Catholic Youth Federation

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ICZN

International Code of Zoological Nomenclature

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id.

idem (Latin: the same)

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i.d.

inner diameter

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Id.

Idaho

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ID

Irish vehicle registration for Cavan
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• (or i.d.) inside diameter
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• (or i.d.) Med. intradermal
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IDA

Industrial Diamond Association
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IDB

illicit diamond buying (or buyer)
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IDC

industrial development certificate
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ID card

identification card

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IDD

insulin-dependent diabetes
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Interior Decorators' and Designers' Association

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Telecom. international direct distance dial(ling)

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IDDM

insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus

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IDE

Computing intelligent (or integrated) drive electronics
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iden. (or ident.)

identification
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International Dairy Federation
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IDGS

Physics isotope-dilution gamma spectrometry

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Industrial Diamond Information Bureau

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IDL

Biochem. , Med. intermediate-density lipoprotein
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IDLH

immediately dangerous to life and health

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Computing integrated data-management system
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in Dei nomine (Latin: in God's name)
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IDOE

International Decade of Ocean Exploration (1970–80)

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IDP

Biochem. inosine diphosphate
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Institute of Data Processing Management

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Finance International Depository Receipt

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International Development Research Centre

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Income Data Services
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Indian Distinguished Service Medal

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industrial design technology

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International Distillers and Vintners

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i.e.

id est (Latin: that is)
• inside edge

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IE

Irish vehicle registration for Clare
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Institute of Economic Affairs
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IEC

industrial energy conservation
• integrated environmental control
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IED

improvised explosive device
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IEDD

improvised explosive device disposal (type of bomb disposal)

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(USA ) Institute of Energy Economics
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(USA ) Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

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Institution of Electrical and Electronics Incorporated Engineers

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Indian Expeditionary Force

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Institution of Environmental Health Officers

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Industrial Engineering Institute
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Inspectorate of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering

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Incorporated Engineer

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Institute of Environmental Research

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Institution of Electronic and Radio Engineers

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IES

Indian Educational Service
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IET

interest equalization tax

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Internet Engineering Task Force

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IEW

intelligence and electronic warfare

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Institute of Explosives Engineers

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i.f.

information feedback
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IF

Irish vehicle registration for Cork
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Med. immunofluorescence assay
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International Federation of Accountants
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International Fund for Agricultural Development (of the UN)

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International Federation of Air Line Pilots' Associations

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International Federation of Agricultural Producers

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International Federation of Air Traffic Controllers' Associations

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International Fund for Animal Welfare

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Finance invitation for bid

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International Federation of Business and Professional Women

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International Finance Corporation
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International Federation of Camping and Caravanning

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International Federation of Commercial, Clerical, Professional, and Technical Employees

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International Fisheries Cooperative Organization

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International Federation of Christian Trade Unions (now called World Confederation of Labour, WCL)

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Maths. integrated finite-difference method

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(USA ) Institute for Energy Technology
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Physics induction free-electron laser

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Logic , Maths. if and only if

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Identification, Friend or Foe (radar identification system)
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International Federation of Film Archives

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International Federation of Film Producers' Associations

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International Federation of Film Societies

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International Federation of Free Teachers' Unions

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International Federation of Grocers' Association

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International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics

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International Federation for Information Processing

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International Federation of Journalists

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Maths. integral equation of the first kind

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International Friendship League

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International Federation of Landscape Architects
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International Folk Music Council

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International Federation of Medical Students' Associations

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(NATO-led Peace) Implementation Force (in Bosnia)
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International Federation of Operational Research Societies

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Irish Futures and Options Exchange

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(South Africa ) Inkatha Freedom Party

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Industrial Film Producers' Association

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International Federation of Plantation, Agricultural, and Allied Workers

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International Federation of Unions of Employees in Public and Civil Services

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International Federation of the Phonographic Industry

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International Federation of Physical Medicine

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International Federation of Petroleum (and Chemical) Workers

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IFR

Aeronautics instrument flying regulations
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International Frequency Registration Board

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Indian Forest Service
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International Federation of Senior Police Officers

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Institute of Food Science and Technology

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International Federation of Social Workers

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International Federation of Teachers' Associations
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International Film and Television Council

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International Federation of Trade Unions (forerunner of WFTU)

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International Federation of University Women

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International Federation of Workers' Educational Associations

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International Federation of Women Lawyers

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ig.

ignition

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Immunol. immunoglobulin (as in IgA , IgE , IgG )

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IG

postcode for Ilford
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International Geographical Association
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Intergovernmental Authority on Drought and Development

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Institution of Gas Engineers

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Computing insulated-gate bipolar transistor

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Intergovernmental Conference

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IGD

illicit gold dealer

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Computing initial graphics exchange specification

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Inspector-General of Fortifications
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IGFA

International Game Fish Association

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Electronics insulated-gate field-effect transistor

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IGH

Incorporated Guild of Hairdressers

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IGM

Chess International Grandmaster

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ign.

ignite(s)
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IGO

intergovernmental organization

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IGPP

Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics

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IGS

Imperial General Staff
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IGSCC

Engineering intergranular stress corrosion cracking

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IGU

International Gas Union
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IGY

International Geophysical Year (1.7.57 to 31.12.58)

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IH

Irish vehicle registration for Donegal
• iacet hic (Latin: here lies; on gravestones)
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International Hotel Association

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International Horticultural Advisory Bureau

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International Hydrographic Bureau

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(New Zealand ) intellectually handicapped child

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International Hebrew Christian Alliance

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International Hydrological Decade (1965–74)
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Metallurgy internal hydrogen embrittlement

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International Humanist and Ethical Union

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Industrial Hygiene Foundation
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IHM

Jesus Mundi Salvator (Latin: Jesus, Saviour of the World)

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International Nuclear Law Association
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International Maritime Satellite Organization

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Iesus Nazarenus Rex Iudaeorum (Latin: Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews)

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Indian National Science Academy

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International Nuclear Safety Advisory Group

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inscribe
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installation

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inter alia (Latin: among other things)

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International Telecommunications Satellite Consortium

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International Criminal Police Organization

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interrogate
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Indian National Trade Union Congress

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India Office
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Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission
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Isle of Man

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Indian Order of Merit
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Indian Ocean National Association for Regional Cooperation

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International Organization for Pure and Applied Biophysics

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(ital.) The Independent on Sunday

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Industrial Operations Unit
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i.p.

identification point
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IP

Electronics image processing
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IP_3

Biochem. inositol triphosphate

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IPA

India Pale Ale
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International Petroleum Association of America
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International Programmed Airline Reservation System

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IPC

Astronomy imaging proportional counter
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Intergovernmental Panel on Climatic Change (of the UN)

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Astronomy , Physics image photon counting system
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individual package delivery
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Institution of Plant Engineers
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Med. interstitial pulmonary fibrosis
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(Member or Associate of the Chartered) Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy

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Indo-Pacific Fisheries Council (of the FAO)

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Independent Publishers' Guild
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Med. idiopathic portal hypertension
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Institution of Public Health Engineers (see IWEM)

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i.p.i.

in partibus infidelium (Latin: in the regions of unbelievers)

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IPI

Computing Image Processing and Interchange
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Computing initial program load

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Institution of Plant Engineers

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Irish People's Liberation Organization

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Freemasonry immediate past master
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Institution of Professionals, Managers, and Specialists

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Computing input-process-output
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Institute for Plasma Physics
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Independent Programme Producers' Association

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International Planned Parenthood Federation

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Institute for Public Policy Research

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Institute of Physics and the Physical Society

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Med. intermittent positive-pressure ventilation

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Institute of Public Relations

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International Public Relations Association

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Incorporated Practitioners in Radio and Electronics

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Institution of Production Engineers

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ips

inches per second
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Ipswich

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inches per second
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International Political Science Association

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Computing integrated project support environment

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Physiol. inhibitory post-synaptic potential

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Institute of Petroleum Technologists

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Astronautics independent power takeoff

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International Professional Tennis Players' Association

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Physics International Practical Temperature Scale

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Inter-Parliamentary Union

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Internet package exchange

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i.q.

idem quod (Latin: the same as)

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airline flight code for Augsburg Airways
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Institute of Quality Assurance

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inside radius

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im Ruhestand (German: retired or emeritus)

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Chem. , symbol for iridium

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Ireland
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Meteorol. ice on runway
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(USA ) individual retirement account
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Institute for Research on Animal Diseases

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Astronomy image reduction and analysis facility

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(France ) Institut de Radioastronomie Millimétrique (Institute of Millimetre Radioastronomy)

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Iranian

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Infrared Astronomical Satellite

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Irish Republican Brotherhood

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intermediate-range ballistic missile

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Industrial Reorganization Corporation
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Industrial Relations Certificate

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International Research and Development Company

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Industrial Research and Development Authority
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Ireland

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(USA ) Institute of Radio Engineers

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Institution of Radio and Electronics Engineers (Australia)

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International Road Federation
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International Rugby Football Board

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Irish Rugby Football Union

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Institution of the Rubber Industry (now part of the Plastics and Rubber Institute)
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irid.

iridescent

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infrared intruder system

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International Research and Information Service

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international vehicle registration for Republic of Ireland

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Navigation interrogation recording location system

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Ethology innate releasing mechanism
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Independent Radio News

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industrial relations officer
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International Radiation Protection Association

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IRQ

Computing interrupt request
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irr.

Finance irredeemable
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infrared radiation
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irreg.

irregular(ly)

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International Rice Research Institute

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Institute of Revenues, Rating, and Valuation

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Computing information retrieval system
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Inland Revenue Staff Federation (merged with the NUCPS to form the PTC)

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Institute of Road Transport Engineers

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Infrared Telescope Facility (Mauna Kea, Hawaii)

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industrial rehabilitation unit
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International Registry of World Citizens

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Bible Isaiah
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international vehicle registration for Iceland
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Isa ('as)

individual savings account

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Bible Isaiah

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ISA

Independent Schools' Association
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• International Sociological Association
• Aeronautics International Standard Atmosphere (formerly Interim Standard Atmosphere)
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Institute for the Study of Animal Behaviour

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Industrial Safety Advisory Council

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Computing indexed sequential access method

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(Japan ) Institute of Space and Astronautical Science

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Incorporated Society of British Advertisers

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ISBN

International Standard Book Number

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ISC

Imperial Service College (Haileybury )
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International Society of Christian Endeavour

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Incorporated Society of Chiropodists

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International Society for Contemporary Music

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Independent Schools Careers Organization
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ISD

international standard depth
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International Swaps and Derivatives Association

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ISDN

Computing , Telecom. Integrated Services Digital Network

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Indian Service of Engineers
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• International Stock Exchange of the UK and the Republic of Ireland Ltd

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International Sun-Earth Explorer

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Computing integrated systems factory
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International Society of Gastroenterology

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International Society of Haematology

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International Society for Horticultural Science

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Indian Standards Institution
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Independent Schools Information Service
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Independent Schools Joint Council

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ISK

symbol for króna (Icelandic monetary unit)

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isl. (or Isl.)

island
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ISM

Iesus Salvator Mundi (Latin: Jesus, Saviour of the World)
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International Securities Market Association

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International Society for Musical Education

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Inter-Services Metallurgical Research Council

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ISO

Imperial Service Order
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isol.

isolate(d)
• isolation

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Meteorol. isolated

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ISP

Institute of Sales Promotion
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International Society for the Protection of Animals
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Industrial Safety (Personal Equipment) Manufacturers' Association

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ISQ

Med. in statu quo (Latin: in the same state; unchanged)

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ISR

information storage and retrieval
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Inter-Services Research Bureau

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International Society for Rehabilitation of the Disabled

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International Securities Regulatory Organization

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iss.

issue

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Institute of Space Sciences (or Studies)
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International Social Security Association

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International Social Science Council

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International Standard Serial Number

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International Society of Soil Science

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IST

Indian Standard Time
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Institute of Scientific and Technical Communicators
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Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing

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Iron and Steel Trades Employers' Association

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isth. (or Isth.)

isthmus

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Institution of Structural Engineers

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ISU

International Seamen's Union
• International Shooting Union
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ISV

independent software vendor
• International Scientific Vocabulary

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Incorporated Society of Valuers and Auctioneers

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Engineering Imperial Standard Wire Gauge

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italic

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i.t.

inspection tag
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• in transit

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Italian
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IT

airline flight code for Air Inter
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i.t.a (or ITA)

initial teaching alphabet

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ITA

Independent Television Authority (superseded by the IBA)
• industrial and technical assistance
• Industrial Transport Association
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ITAI

Institution of Technical Authors and Illustrators

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ital.

italic

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Italian
• Italy

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ITALY

I trust and love you

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ITB

Industry Training Board
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i.t.c.

installation time and cost

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ITC

Imperial Tobacco Company
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ITCZ

Meteorol. intertropical convergence zone

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ITDA

Military indirect target damage assessment

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ITE

Institute of Terrestrial Ecology

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ITEME

Institution of Technician Engineers in Mechanical Engineering

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ITER

international thermonuclear engineering reactor
• international tokamak engineering reactor

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Accounting integrated test facility
• International Tennis Federation
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itin.

itinerary

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Italian

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Institute of Trade Mark Agents
• ('tm) It's That Man Again (BBC radio series)

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Independent Television News

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ITO

Electronics indium-tin oxide
• International Trade Organization

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ITP

Biochem. inosine triphosphate

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ITS

Industrial Training Service
• (USA ) Intermarket Trading System
• International Trade Secretariat

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ITT

Med. insulin tolerance test
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ITTF

International Table Tennis Federation

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Computing intelligent thermal update
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• International Typographical Union

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International Telecommunications Union Technical Committee

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Independent Television
• (USA ) instructional television

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International Television Association

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International Transport Workers' Federation

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IU

immunizing unit
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• (Spain ) Izquierda Unida (United Left; political party)
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International Union Against Alcoholism
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International Union of Advertisers' Associations

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International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences

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International Union of Aviation Insurers

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International Union for Applied Ornithology

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International Union of Air Pollution Prevention Associations

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International Union of Biochemistry
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International Union of Biological Sciences

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Med. intrauterine contraceptive device

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International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources

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International Union of Crystallography

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International Union for Child Welfare

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IUD

Med. intrauterine death
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Astronomy International Ultraviolet Explorer
• (USA ) International Union of Electronic, Electrical, Salaried, Machine, and Furniture Workers (trade union)

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International Union of Food and Allied Workers' Associations

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International Union of Family Organizations

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International Union of Forest Research Organizations

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International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics

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Med. intrauterine growth retardation

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International Union of Geological Sciences

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International Union of the History and Philosophy of Science

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Med. intrauterine insemination

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International Union of Local Authorities

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(France ) institut d'universitaires de formation des maîtres (advanced teacher-education institute)

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International Union of Marine Insurance

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Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers of America

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International Union of Nutritional Sciences

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(USA ) International Union of Operating Engineers

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International Union of Pure and Applied Biophysics

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International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry

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International Union of Pure and Applied Physics

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International Union of Physiological Sciences

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Astronautics inertial upper stage
• International Union of Students
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International Union of Scientific Psychology

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IUSY

International Union of Socialist Youth

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IUT

Med. intrauterine transfusion

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International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics

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i.v.

increased value
• Med. intravenous(ly)
• invoice value

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i.V.

in Vertretung (German: by proxy)

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IV

airline flight code for Fujian Airlines
• Chem. intermediate valency
• Med. intravenous(ly)
• postcode for Inverness
• invoice value
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IVA

individual voluntary arrangement (in bankruptcy proceedings)
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IVB

Physics intermediate vector boson
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International Volley-Ball Federation

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Med. inferior vena cava

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IVF

Med. in vitro fertilization

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IVP

Med. intravenous pyelogram

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IVR

international vehicle registration

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International Voluntary Service

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IVT

Astronautics intravehicular transfer

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IVU

International Vegetarian Union

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i.w.

indirect waste
• inside width

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IW

Inspector of Works
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IWA

Inland Waterways Association
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International Whaling Commission
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Inland Waterways and Docks

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Institution of Water and Environmental Management (formerly IPHE; IWPC)

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Imperial War Graves Commission (now Commonwealth War Graves Commission)

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Imperial War Museum

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IWO

Institute of Welfare Officers

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Institute of Water Pollution Control (see IWEM)

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IWS

International Wool Secretariat

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IWW

Industrial Workers of the World
• International Workers of the World

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IX

Iesus Christus (Latin: Jesus Christ)
• Chem. ion exchange
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IY

Imperial Yeomanry
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IYHF

International Youth Hostels Federation

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IYRU

International Yacht Racing Union

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iyswim ('z,wm)

if you see what I mean

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IZ

airline flight code for Arkia Israeli Airlines
• I Zingari (cricket club)
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IZS

Med. insulin zinc suspension (diabetes treatment)

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J

j

(ital.) Physics , symbol for current density
• Electrical engineering , symbol for the imaginary number v–1
• (bold ital.) Maths. , symbol for a unit coordinate vector

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j.

juris (Latin: of law)
• jus (Latin: law)

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J

Engineering , symbol for advance ratio
• (bold ital.) Physics , symbol for angular momentum
• (ital.) Physics , symbol for coupling constant
• (ital.) Physics , symbol for current density
• British vehicle registration for Durham
• Cards jack
• Maths. , symbol for Jacobian determinant
• international vehicle registration for Japan
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• Immunol. joining region (of an immunoglobulin chain)
• Science , symbol for joule(s)
• Geology Jurassic
• (bold ital.) Physics , symbol for magnetic polarization
• (ital.) Physics , obsolete symbol for mechanical equivalent of heat
• (ital.) Physics , symbol for nuclear spin quantum number
• (ital.) Chem. , symbol for rotational quantum number
• (ital.) Physics , symbol for sound intensity
• (ital.) Physics , symbol for total angular momentum quantum number

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J. (or J)

Jacobean
• Jahr (German: year)
• January
• Jesus
• jet
• Jew(ish)
• Journal
• Judaic
• Judaism
• Judge
• July
• June
• Justice

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J2

airline flight code for Azerbaijan Hava Yollary
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international civil aircraft marking for Grenada

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international civil aircraft marking for St Lucia

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international civil aircraft marking for Dominica

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5J

airline flight code for Cebu Pacific Air

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9J

international civil aircraft marking for Zambia

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Ja.

January

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international vehicle registration for Jamaica
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JAA

Japan Aeronautic Association
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Military joint air attack team

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Jacobean

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(USA ) Joint Apprenticeship Committee
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Jacq.

Botany J. F. Jacquin (1766–1839) or N. J. Jacquin (1727–1817) (indicating the author of a species, etc.)

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Joint Association of Classical Teachers

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Julian Astronomical Day

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(USA ) Joint Air Defense Board

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Japan Atomic Energy Commission
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Judge Advocate of the Fleet

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Japan Atomic Fuel Corporation

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Jafo (dzæf)

Military slang just another fucking observer

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Jaguar (car)

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Judge Advocate General

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Joint Atomic Information Exchange Group

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JAL

Japan Airlines
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Jamaica
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(ital.) Journal of the American Medical Association

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jan.

janitor

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Jan (or Jan.)

January

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J. & K.

Jammu and Kashmir (Indian state)

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j. & w.o.

Insurance jettisoning and washing overboard

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Computing Joint Academic Network

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janv.

janvier (French: January)

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japanned

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jargon

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Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition

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Bible James

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Jamaica Agricultural Society
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Aeronautics jet-assisted stop

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Jugoslovenski Aero-Transport (Yugoslav Airlines)

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Joint Aviation Telecommunications Coordination Committee

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joint air traffic control radar unit

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Aeronautics jet-assisted takeoff

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joint air transportation service

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jaundice

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Java(nese)
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jet bomb
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Jahrbuch (German: annual or yearbook)

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Bachelor of Laws (Latin Juris Baccalaureus)
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(ital.) Journal of the British Archaeological Association

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Jamaica Broadcasting Corporation
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Joint Board of Clinical Nursing Studies

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Jahresbericht (German: annual report)

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Jodrell Bank Experimental Station

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(ital.) Journal of Business Law

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(USA ) John Birch Society

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j.c.

joint compound

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JC

British vehicle registration for Bangor
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Jésus-Christ (French: Jesus Christ)

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(USA ) Joint Civil Affairs Committee

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Joint Commission on Applied Radioactivity

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JCB

Bachelor of Canon Law (Latin Juris Canonici Baccalaureus)
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Jesus College, Cambridge
• Joint Consultative Committee
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Doctor of Canon Law (Latin Juris Canonici Doctor)
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Junior Chamber International

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JCL

Computing job-control language
• Licentiate in Canon Law (Latin Juris Canonici Licentiatus)
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James Clerk Maxwell Telescope

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Joint Canadian Navy-Army-Air Force

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Junior Chamber of Commerce

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Japan Communist Party

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junior common room (in certain universities)

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Joint Chiefs of Staff
• Joint Commonwealth Societies
• (ital.) Journal of the Chemical Society

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jct. (or jctn)

junction

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Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants

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jd

joined

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JD

Diploma in Journalism
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• symbol for Jordan dinar (monetary unit)
• Astronomy Julian date
• junior deacon
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• (USA ) Justice Department
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Japan Defence Agency

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Japan Development Bank

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JDipMA

Joint Diploma in Management Accounting Services

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JDL

(USA ) Jewish Defense League

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j.d.s.

job data sheet

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JDS

Accounting Joint Disciplinary Scheme

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JE

airline flight code for Manx Airlines
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j.e.a.

joint export agent

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Jesuit Educational Association
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Joint Economic Committee (of US Congress)

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Jeunesse étudiante catholique internationale (French: International Young Catholic Students)

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(ital.) Journal of Education

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Joint Electronic Devices Engineering Council

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Japanese Electronic Industry Development Association

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Jer.

Bible Jeremiah
• Jersey
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Joint Electronic Research Committee

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JERI

Japan Economic Research Institute

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jerob.

jeroboam

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Jesus

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Japanese Engineering Standards Association

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Joint European Submicron Silicon Initiative

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jet.

jetsam
• jettison

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JET (dzt)

Nuclear engineering Joint European Torus (Culham, Oxfordshire)
• Joint European Transport

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JETCO ('dzt,k)

Jamaican Export Trading Company
• Japan Export Trading Company

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JETP

(ital.) Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Physics

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JETRO ('dztr)

Japan External Trade Organization

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jett.

jettison

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jeu.

jeudi (French: Thursday)

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JF

British vehicle registration for Leicester

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J/F

Book-keeping journal folio

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JFET ('dzeft)

Electronics junction field-effect transistor

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John Fitzgerald Kennedy (US president 1961–63)

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Jeunesses fédéralistes mondiales (French: Young World Federalists)

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Joint Fur Trade Committee

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JFU

Jersey Farmers' Union

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j.g.

junior grade

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JGTC

Junior Girls' Training Corps

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JGW

Freemasonry Junior Grand Warden

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Jh.

Jahrehundert (German: century)

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Numismatics Jubilee head-Victoria
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j.h.a.

job hazard analysis

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JHDA

Junior Hospital Doctors' Association

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JHMO

junior hospital medical officer

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JHS

Jesus Hominum Salvator (Latin: Jesus Saviour of Men)
• (USA ) junior high school

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(USA ) Johns Hopkins University

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Jehovah

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British vehicle registration for Tyrone

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JIB

joint intelligence bureau

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jic

just in case

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joint industrial council
• (USA ) joint intelligence center

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JICRAR ('dzkr:)

Joint Industry Committee for Radio Audience Research

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Joint Industry Committee for Television Advertising Research

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JIM

Japan Institute of Metals

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JINS (dznz)

(USA ) Juvenile(s) In Need of Supervision

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JINucE

Junior Member of the Institution of Nuclear Engineers

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JIS

Jamaica Information Service
• Japan Industrial Standard
• Jewish Information Society
• joint intelligence staff

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JIT (or jit)

just-in-time (manufacturing method)

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JJ

Electronics Josephson junction
• (or JJ.) Judges
• (or JJ.) Justices
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JK

British vehicle registration for Brighton
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jkt

jacket

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j.k.t.

job knowledge test

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JKT

Jacobus Kapteyn Telescope

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Jl. (or jl.)

journal
• July

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JL

airline flight code for Japan Airlines
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Jewish Librarians' Association

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Jewish Lads' Brigade

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(USA ) Jewish Labor Committee

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JLP

Jamaica Labour Party

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JM

airline flight code for Air Jamaica
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JMA

Japanese Meteorological Agency

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JMB

James Matthew Barrie (1860–1937, Scottish dramatist and novelist)
• Joint Matriculation Board

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JMBA

(ital.) Journal of the Marine Biological Association

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JMCS

Junior Mountaineering Club of Scotland

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JMJ

RC Church Jesus, Mary, and Joseph

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JMSAC

Joint Meteorological Satellite Advisory Committee

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jn

join
• (or Jn) junction
• (or Jn) junior

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British vehicle registration for Chelmsford

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JNA

Jordan News Agency

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jnc. (or Jnc.)

junction

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JNC

joint negotiating committee

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j.n.d.

just noticeable difference

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JNEC

Jamaican National Export Corporation

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JNF

Jewish National Fund

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jnl (or Jnl)

journal

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jnlst

journalist

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jnr (or Jnr)

junior

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JNR

Japanese National Railways

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j.n.s.

just noticeable shift

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jnt

joint

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JNTO

Japan National Tourist Organization

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jnt stk

joint stock

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JO

job order
• (ital.) Journal Officiel (French: Official Gazette)
• junior officer
• British vehicle registration for Oxford

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Joburg ('dz,b:g)

Colloquial Johannesburg

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joc.

jocose
• jocular

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JOC

Jeunesse ouvrière chrétienne (French: Young Christian Workers)
• (USA ) joint operations center

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j.o.d.

joint occupancy date

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J. of E.

(ital.) Journal of Education

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JOG

Yachting junior offshore group

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Johan.

Johannesburg

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join.

joinery

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Jon.

Bible Jonah

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Jos.

Joseph

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Bible Joshua

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JOT

joint observer team

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jour.

journal (ist)
• journey
• journeyman

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JOVIAL ('dzvl)

Computing Jules' own version of international algorithmic language (named after Jules Schwarz, computer scientist)

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JP

airline flight code for Adria Airways
• (or j.p.) jet propulsion (or jet-propelled)
• Justice of the Peace
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JPA

Jamaica Press Association

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JPC

joint planning council
• Joint production council
• Judge of the Prize Court

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JPCAC

Joint Production, Consultative, and Advisory Committee

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JPEG ('dzepg)

Computing Joint Photographic Expert Group

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JPL

Jet Propulsion Laboratory (California )
• (ital.) Journal of Planning Law

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Jpn

Japan

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JPRS

(USA ) Joint Publications Research Service

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JPS

jet-propulsion system(s)
• (USA ) Jewish Publications Society
• Joint Parliamentary Secretary
• joint planning staff
• Junior Philatelic Society

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JPTO

Astronautics jet-propelled takeoff

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jr.

jour (French: day)

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Jr (or jr)

Junior

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journal
• juror

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JR

airline flight code for Aero California
• Jacobus Rex (Latin: King James)
• joint resolution
• Judges' Rules
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JRA

juvenile rheumatoid arthritis

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JRAI

(ital.) Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute

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JRC

Junior Red Cross

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JS

British vehicle registration for Inverness
• (USA ) Japan Society
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JSA

Jobseeker's Allowance

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Joint Services Amphibious Warfare Centre

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JSB

joint-stock bank

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Johnson Space Center (Texas )

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JSD

Doctor of Juristic Science
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Joint Service Defence College

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Johannesburg Stock Exchange

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Jersey

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Joint Services Liaison Staff

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JSP

Computing , tradename Jackson structured programming (named after Michael Jackson, computer scientist)
• Japan Socialist Party

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Japan Society for the Promotion of Science

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JSS

joint services standard

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Joint Services Staff College
• joint shop stewards' committee

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J-stars ('dze,st:z)

joint surveillance and targeting acquisition radar system

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jt

joint

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j.t.

Law joint tenancy

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JT

British vehicle registration for Bournemouth

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Junior Training Corps

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Jt Ed.

Joint Editor

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Joint Tactical Information Distribution Systems

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jtly

jointly

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JTMP

Job Transfer and Manipulation Protocol

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JTO

jump takeoff (of an aircraft)

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job training standards

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Meteorol. jet stream

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Joint Trade Union Advisory Committee

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j.U.

joint use

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Ju.

June

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JU

airline flight code for Yugoslav Airlines (JAT)
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jud.

judgment
• judicial
• judo

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Jud.

Bible Judah
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JUD

Doctor of Canon and Civil Law (Latin Juris Utriusque Doctor)

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Judg.

Bible Judges

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judgt

judgment

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juev.

jueves (Spanish: Thursday)

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Electronics junctiongate field-effect transistor

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juil.

juillet (French: July)

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jul.

julho (Portuguese: July)
• julio (Spanish: July)

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July

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June
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junction

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junior partner

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Junr (or junr)

junior

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JurD

Doctor of Law (Latin Juris Doctor)

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jurisd.

jurisdiction

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jurisprudence

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jus. (or just.)

justice

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JUSMAG

Joint United States Military Advisory Group

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Grammar jussive

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Juss.

Botany Jussieu (indicating the author of a species, etc.)

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juv.

juvenile

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Juvenal (Decimus Junius Juvenalis, ?60–?140 A.D., Roman poet)

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Joint Unconventional Warfare Task Force, Atlantic

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jux.

juxtaposition

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Java(nese)

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Commerce joint venture
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British vehicle registration for Birmingham
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Jewish Welfare Board
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Joinery and Woodwork Employers' Federation

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jwlr

jeweller

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j.w.o.

Insurance jettisoning and washing overboard

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Joint Warfare Staff

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Jewish War Veterans

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JX

British vehicle registration for Huddersfield
• Jesus Christ

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Jy

Astronomy , symbol for jansky
• July
• (or jy) jury

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JY

British vehicle registration for Exeter
• airline flight code for Jersey European Airways
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JZ

British vehicle registration for Down

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K

k

(ital.) Physics , symbol for Boltzmann constant
• Maths. , symbol for a constant
• Maths. , symbol for curvature
• symbol for kilo- (prefix indicating 1000, as in km , kilometre; or (in computing) 1024, as in kbyte , kilobyte)
• (ital.) Mechanics , symbol for radius of gyration
• (ital.) Chem. , symbol for rate coefficient (or constant)
• (ital.) Physics , symbol for thermal conductivity
• (bold ital.) Maths. , symbol for a unit coordinate vector

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k.

(USA ) karat
• keel
• killed
• king
• knight
• knot

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K

(ital.) Physics , symbol for bulk modulus
• Botany , symbol for calyx (in a floral formula)
• international vehicle registration for Cambodia
• (ital.) Ecology , symbol for carrying capacity (as in K-strategist )
• Geology , symbol for Cretaceous
• (ital.) Chem. , symbol for equilibrium constant
• Physics , symbol for kaon
• Science , symbol for kelvin(s)
• (ital.) Physics , symbol for kerma (kinetic energy released)
• Immunol. killer (in K cell )
• Computing , symbol for kilo- (see under k)
• symbol for kina (monetary unit of Papua New Guinea)
• (ital.) Physics , symbol for kinetic energy
• Chess , symbol for king
• kip (Laotian monetary unit; see also under KN)
• Music Kirkpatrick (preceding a number in Ralph Kirkpatrick's catalogue of Domenico Scarlatti's works)
• British fishing port registration for Kirkwall
• Music Köchel (preceding a number in Ludwig von Köchel's catalogue of Mozart's works)
• symbol for (Zambian ) kwacha (monetary unit; see also under MK)
• symbol for kyat (Burmese monetary unit)
• British vehicle registration for Liverpool
• (ital.) Physics , symbol for luminous efficacy
• Biochem. , symbol for lysine
• Chem. , symbol for potassium (Latin kalium)
• Astronomy , symbol for solar constant
• Baseball , symbol for strikeout
• Astronomy , indicating a spectral type
• indicating one thousand

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K. (or K)

Kalt (German: cold)
• King (or King's)
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K2

airline flight code for Kyrgyzstan Airlines

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K4

airline flight code for Kazakhstan Airlines

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K9

Military canine (K9 dogs; army dogs)

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8K

airline flight code for Air Ostrava

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9K

airline flight code for Cape Air
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KA

airline flight code for Dragonair-Hong Kong Dragon Airlines
• postcode for Kilmarnock
• King of Arms
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KADU ('ka:du:)

Kenya African Democratic Union (now absorbed by KANU)

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KAK

(Sweden ) Kungl Automobil Klubben (Royal Automobile Club)

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Kal.

Kalendae (Latin: calends; first day of each month)

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Kan. (or Kans.)

Kansas

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k & b

kitchen and bathroom

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KANTAFU

Kenya African National Traders' and Farmers' Union

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KANU ('ka:nu:)

Kenya African National Union

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KANUPP ('kænp)

(Pakistan ) Karachi Nuclear Power Plant

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KAO

Kuiper Airborne Observatory

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Kap.

Finance Kapital (German: capital)
• Kapitel (German: chapter)

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Karachi

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KAR

King's African Rifles

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Karel.

Karelia(n)

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Kashmir

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KASSR

(formerly) Karelian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic

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kb

Physics , symbol for kilobar(s)
• Genetics , symbol for kilobase(s)

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KB

Computing kilobyte
• King's Bench
• Chess king's bishop
• Knight Bachelor
• Knitting knit into back of stitch
• Computing knowledge base
• Koninkrijk België (Flemish: Kingdom of Belgium)
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KBASSR

(formerly) Kabardino-Balkar Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic

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KBC

Law King's Bench Court

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kbd

keyboard

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KBD

Law King's Bench Division

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KBE

Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire

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KBES

Computing knowledge-based expert system

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Kbhvn

København (Danish: Copenhagen)

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kbp

Genetics , symbol for kilobase pair

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KBP

Chess king's bishop's pawn

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KBS

Knight of the Blessed Sacrament
• Computing knowledge-based system

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KBW

King's Bench Walk (Temple, London)

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kbyte

Computing kilobyte

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kc

Physics kilocycle

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KC

Kansas City
• Kennel Club
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• King's Cross (London )
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• Knight Commander
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KCA

Keesing's Contemporary Archives

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kcal

symbol for kilocalorie(s)

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KCB

Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath

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KCC

King's College, Cambridge
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K cell

Immunol. killer cell

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KCH

King's College Hospital (London )
• Knight Commander of the Hanoverian Order

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KCHS

Knight Commander of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre

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KCIE

Knight Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire

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King's College, London

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KCLJ

Knight Commander of the Order of St Lazarus of Jerusalem

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Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George

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KCMS

Trademark Kodak colour management system

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kcs (or kc/s)

kilocycles per second

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Ks

symbol for koruna (Czech and Slovak monetary unit)

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KCSA

Knight Commander of the Military Order of the Collar of St Agatha of Paterna

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Knight Commander of the Order of St Gregory the Great

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Knight Commander of the Order of the Star of India

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Knight Commander of the Order of St John of Jerusalem (Knights Hospitaller)

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Knight Commander of the Order of St Silvester

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KCVO

Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order

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kd

killed

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KD

kiln dried
• (or k.d.) knock down (at an auction sale)
• (or k.d.) Commerce knocked down (of goods for sale)
• Kongeriget Danmark (Danish: Kingdom of Denmark)
• symbol for Kuwaiti dinar (monetary unit)
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KDC (or k.d.c.)

Computing key distribution centre
• Commerce knocked-down condition (of goods)

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KDD

Computing Knowledge discovery in databases

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KDF (or KdF)

Kraft durch Freude (German: Strength through Joy; Nazi holiday scheme)

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KDG

King's Dragoon Guards

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KDM

Kongelige Danske Marine (Royal Danish Navy)

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KE

kinetic energy
• kinetic equation
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KEAS (or k.e.a.s.)

Aeronautics knots equivalent airspeed

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Keb

Keble College, Oxford

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KEH

King Edward's Horse

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Ken.

Kensington
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KEO

King Edward's Own

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keV

Physics , symbol for kiloelectronvolt(s)

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KEY (ki:)

keep extending yourself

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KF

British vehicle registration for Liverpool

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KFA

Kenya Farmers' Association

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KFAED

Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development

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KFAT

National Union of Knitwear, Footwear, and Apparel Trades

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Trademark Kentucky Fried Chicken

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Kenya Federation of Labour

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kfm.

kaufmännisch (German: commercial)

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Kaufmann (German: merchant)

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Kfz.

Kraftfahrzeug (German: motor vehicle)

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kg

keg
• symbol for kilogram(s)

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KG

British vehicle registration for Cardiff
• Physics Klein-Gordon (as in KG equation )
• Knight of the Order of the Garter
• Kommanditgesellschaft (German: limited partnership)

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KGB

Komitet Gosudarstvennoi Bezopasnosti (Russian: Committee of State Security)

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Knight Grand Cross of the Bath

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kgf

Physics , symbol for kilogram-force

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KGFR

Med. kidney glomerular filtration rate

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Kgl.

Königlich (German: Royal)

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Kgs

Bible Kings

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KGS

known geological structure

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KH

British vehicle registration for Hull
• Physics Kelvin-Helmholtz (as in KH formula )
• kennel huntsman
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• King's Hussars
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KHC

Honorary Chaplain to the King

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KHDS

Honorary Dental Surgeon to the King

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Honorary Nursing Sister to the King

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Honorary Physician to the King

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KHS

Honorary Surgeon to the King
• Knight of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre

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kHz

symbol for kilohertz

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KI

Irish vehicle registration for Waterford

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KIA

killed in action

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KIAS (or k.i.a.s.)

Aeronautics knots indicated airspeed

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K-i-H

Kaisar-i-Hind (Emperor of India; medal)

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kil. (or kild.)

Brewing kilderkin (size of cask)

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Kildare

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Kilk.

Kilkenny

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KIM (kim)

Chem. kinetic isotope method

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Kincardine (former Scottish county)

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kind.

kindergarten

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kingd.

kingdom

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Kinross (former Scottish county)

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KIO

Kuwait Investment Office

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Kirkcudbright (former Scottish county)

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KISS (ks)

Colloquial (USA ) keep it simple, stupid
• Stock exchange (Germany ) Kurs Information Service System

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kJ

symbol for kilojoule(s)

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KJ

airline flight code for British medeterranean Airways
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KJV

King James Version (of the Bible)

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KK

Kabushiki Kaisha (Japanese: joint-stock company)
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KKASSR

(formerly) Kara-Kalpak Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic

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KKK

Ku Klux Klan

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KKt

Chess king's knight

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KKtP

Chess king's knight's pawn

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kl

symbol for kilolitre(s)

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KL

Astronomy Kleinmann-Low (as in KL nebula )
• airline flight code for KLM – Royal Dutch Airlines
• Kuala Lumpur
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KLH

Immunol. keyhole-limpet haemocyanin
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KLJ

Knight of the Order of St Lazarus of jerusalem

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KLM

Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij (Royal Dutch Airlines)

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KLSE

Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange

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km

symbol for kilometre(s)

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KM

airline flight code for Air Malta
• King's Medal
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KMO

Kobe Marine Observatory (Japan )

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KMP

Computing Kunth-Morris-Partt (in KMP algorithm )

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KMT

Kuomintang (Chinese Nationalist Party)

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KMUL

(Germany ) Karl Marx Universität Leipzig

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kn

Nautical , symbol for knot
• krona (Swedish monetary unit; see also SKr)
• krone (Danish or Norwegian monetary unit; see also Dkr; NKr)

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KN

Chess king's knight
• Numismatics King's Norton (mint-mark, Birmingham)
• symbol for kip (Laotian monetary unit)
• Kongeriket Norge (Norwegian: Kingdom of Norway)
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KNA

Kongelig Norsk Automobil-klubb (Royal Norwegian Automobile Club)

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Kongelige Norske Marine (Royal Norwegian Navy)

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KNP

Chess king's knight's pawn
• Kruger National Park (South Africa)

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KNPC

Kuwait National Petroleum Company

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Knt

Knight

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k.o.

keep off
• keep out
• Football kick off
• Colloquial knock out (or knockout)

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KO

airline flight code for Alaska Central Express
• Colloquial knock out (or knockout)
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KOC

Kuwait Oil Company

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KOD

Navigation kick-off drift

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K of C

RC Church Knights of Columbus

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K of K

(Lord) Kitchener of Khartoum

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(USA ) Knights of Pythias

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Communist International (Russian Kom(munistícheski) Intern(atsionál)

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Komp.

Kompanie (German: company)

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Kor.

Koran
• Korea(n)

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KORR

King's Own Royal Regiment

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KOSB

King's Own Scottish Borderers

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KOYLI

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

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k.p.

key personnel

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KP

King's Parade
• Chess king's pawan
• Military (USA ) kitchen police
• Knight of the Order of St Patrick
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KPD

Kommunistische Partei Deutschlands (German Communist Party)

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KPFSM

King's Police and Fire Service Medal

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kph

kilometres per hour

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KPM

King's Police Medal

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Kpmtr

Music Kapellmeister (German: conductor)

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KPNLF

Khmer People's National Liberation Front

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KPNO

Kitt Peak National Observatory (Arizona )

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KPP

Keeper of the Privy Purse

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kpr

keeper

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KPTT

Med. kaolin partial thromboplastin time

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KPU

Kenya People's Union

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KQ

airline flight code for Kenya Airways

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kr.

krona (Swedish monetary unit; see also SKr)
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• krone (Danish or Norwegian monetary unit; see also Dkr; NKr)

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Kr

Chem. , symbol for krypton

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KR

King's Regiment
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• Chess king's rook
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KRL

Computing knowledge representation language (in artificial intelligence)

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KRP

Chess king's rook's pawn

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KRR

King's Royal Rifles

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KRRC

King's royal Rifle Corps

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KS

British vehicle registration for Edinburgh
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• Med. Kaposi's sarcoma
• King's Scholar
• King's School
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• Kitchener Scholar
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KSA

Kitchen Specialists' Association

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KSC

Kennedy Space Center (Florida )
• King's School, Canterbury
• Knight of St Columba
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KSG

Knight of the Order of St Gregory the Great

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KSh

symbol for Kenya shilling (monetary unit)

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KSI

Knight of the Order of the Star of India

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KSIE

Chem. kinetic solvent isotope effect

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KSJ

Knight of the Order of St John of Jerusalem (Knights Hospitaller)

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KSLI

King's Shropshire Light Infantry

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KSM

Korean Service Medal
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KSS

Knight of the Order of St Silvester

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KSSR

Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic (non Kazakhstan)

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KSSU

KLM, SAS, Swissair, UTA (international airline organization)

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KStJ

Knight of the Order of St John of Jerusalem (Knights Hospitaller)

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KSU

Kansas State University

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kt

(USA ) karat
• symbol for kilotonne(s)
• Nautical knot

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Kt

knight

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KT

postcode for Kingston-upon- Thames
• Knight Templar
• Knight (of the Order) of the Thistle
• Meteorol. knot
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Kt Bach.

Knight Bachelor

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Kto

Banking Konto (German: account)

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Ku

Chem. , symbol for kurchatovium (element 104)

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KU

airline flight code for Kuwait Airways
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Kuw.

Kuwait

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kV

symbol for kilovolt(s)

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KV

British vehicle registration for Coventry
• airline flight code for Eastern Air
• Music Köchel Verzeichnis (German: Köchel catalogue; see under K)

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kVAr

Electrical engineering , symbol for kilovar(s)

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kVp

kilovolts, peak (applied across an X-ray tube)

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kW

symbol for Kilowatt(s)

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KW

postcade for Kirkwall, Orkney
• British vehicle registration for Sheffield

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kWh (or kW h)

symbol for kilowatt hour(s)

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KWIC (kwk)

key word in context (as in KWIC index )

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KWOC (kwok)

key word out of context (as in KWOC index )

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KWP

Korean Workers' Party

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KWT

international vehicle registration for Kuwait

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KX

airline flight code for Cayman Airways
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ky.

kyat (Burmese monetary unit; see also under K)

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Ky.

Kentucky

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KY

US postcode for Kentucky
• Kirkcaldy (postcode or British fishing port registration)
• Kol Yisrael (Israeli broadcasting station)
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kybd

keyboard

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Kyr.

Ecclesiast. Kyrie eleison

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kz

Meteorol , symbol for duststorm or sandstorm

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KZ

British vehicle registration for Antrim
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L

l

(ital.) Chem. laevorotatory (as in l-tartaric acid )
• Music lah (in tonic sol-fa)
• (ital.) symbol for length
• (ital.) Physics , symbol for lepton number
• Meteorol. lightning
• Chem. liquid (as in H_2O(I) )
• symbol for litre(s)
• (ital.) Physics , symbol for orbital angular momentum quantum number

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l.

lake
• lambda
• land
• late
• lateral
• law
• leaf
• league
• leasehold
• left
• legitimate
• length
• light
• line (of written matter)
• link
• literate
• little
• loch
• long
• lost
• lough
• low
• Currency pound (Latin libra; symbol: £)

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L

(bold ital.) Physics , symbol for angular momentum
• (ital.) Chem. , symbol for Avogadro constant
• Roman numeral for fifty
• Electrical engineering , symbol for inductor
• (ital.) Physics , symbol for Lagrangian function
• Physics , symbol for lambert (obsolete unit of luminance)
• Linguistics language (as in L_1 , first language; L_2 , second language)
• (ital.) Physics , symbol for latent heat
• learner (driver; on British motor vehicles)
• symbol for lempira (Honduran monetary unit)
• (ital.) symbol for length
• Biochem. , symbol for leucine
• Aeronautics lift
• Immunol. light (in L-chain of an immunoglobulin molecule)
• Irish fishing port registration for Limerick
• linear
• (ital.) Biochem. , symbol for linking number
• symbol for litre(s)
• live (on electric plugs)
• postcode for Liverpool
• (ital.) Geography , symbol for longitude
• (ital.; or Lv) Physics , symbol for luminance
• (ital.) Astronomy , symbol for luminosity
• international vehicle registration for Luxembourg
• (ital.) Physics , symbol for orbital angular momentum quantum number
• (ital., or Le) Physics , symbol for radiance
• (ital.) Electrical engineering , symbol for self-inductance
• (ital.) Physics , symbol for sound intensity
• (small cap.) Chem. , indicating an optically active compound having a configuration related to laevorotatory glyceraldehyde (as in L-lactic acid )

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L. (or L)

Lady
• Lake
• Military Lancers
• large
• Latin
• law
• League
• left or (in the theatre) stage left
• lethal
• liber (Latin: book)
• Politics Liberal
• Licentiate (in degrees, etc.)
• Lieutenant
• line (of written matter)
• link
• Biology Linnaeus (indicating the author of a species, etc.)
• lira or (pl.) lire (Italian monetary unit; see also Lit)
• Loch
• locus (Latin: place)
• Lodge (fraternal)
• London
• Lord
• Sport lost
• Lough
• low
• Currency pound (Latin libra; symbol: £)

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L6

airline flight code for Air Maldives

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L9

airline flight code for Air Mali

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4L

international civil aircraft marking for Georgia

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7L

airline flight code for AB Shannon

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9L

international civil aircraft marking for Sierra Leone

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l.a.

landing account
• leading article
• Med. lege artis (Latin: as directed; in prescriptions)
• lighter than air

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La

Chem. , symbol for lanthanum

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La.

Lancastrian
• Lane
• Louisiana

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LA

postcode for Lancaster
• airline flight code for Lan Chile
• Photog. large aperture
• Latin America(n)
• law agent
• leave allowance
• Med. left atrium (or atrial)
• legal adviser
• Legislative Assembly
• letter of authority
• Library Association
• Licensing Act
• licensing authority
• Lieutenant-at-Arms
• Physics linear accelerator
• computing linear arithmetic
• Literate in Arts
• Liverpool Academy
• British fishing port registration for Llanelly
• Lloyd's agent
• local agent
• local anaesthetic
• local association
• local authority
• British vehicle registration for London NW
• long acting
• Los Angeles
• US postcode for Louisiana
• low altitude

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LAA

(USA ) League of Advertising Agencies
• Library Association of Australia
• Libyan Arab Airlines
• Lieutenant-at-Arms
• (USA ) Life Assurance Advertisers
• light anti-aircraft

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LAADS

(USA ) Los Angeles Air Defense Sector

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LAAOH

Ladies' Auxiliary, Ancient Order of Hibernians

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LAAR

liquid-air accumulator rocket

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lab.

label
• laboratory
• labourer

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Lab

Computing lightness, red-green axis (A), yellow-blue axis (B)

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Lab.

(USA ) Laborite
• Politics Labour
• Labrador

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LAB

Chem. linear alkyl benzene
• load aboard barge
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LABA

(USA ) Laboratory Animal Breeders' Association

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lac.

lacquer
• lactation

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Lac

Astronomy Lacerta

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LAC

Laboratory Animals Centre
• leading aircraftman
• Licentiate of the Apothecaries' Company
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LACES

London Airport cargo electronic processing scheme
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LACONIQ

Computing laboratory computer online inquiry

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LACSA

Lineas Aéreas Costarricenses (Costa Rican Airlines)

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LACSAB

Local Authorities' Conditions of Service Advisory Board

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LACW

leading aircraftwoman

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LAD

Linguistics language acquisition device
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ladar ('led:)

laser detection and ranging

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Ladp

Ladyship

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L. Adv.

Lord Advocate

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LAE

Maths. linear algebraic equation

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laev.

Med. laevus (Latin: left)

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LaF

Louisiana French

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LAF

L' Académie Française (French Academy)

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LAFC

Latin-American Forestry Commission

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La Font.

(Jean de) La Fontaine (1621–95, French poet)

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LAFTA ('læft)

Latin American Free Trade Association (see LAIA)

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lag.

lagoon

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Lah.

Lahore

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LAH

Licentiate of the Apothecaries' Hall (Dublin )

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LAHS

low altitude, high speed

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LAI

Botany leaf area index
• Library Association of Ireland

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LAIA

Latin American Integration Association (formerly LAFTA)

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LAK (læk)

Med. lymphokine-activated killer (in LAK cell ; used in cancer treatment)

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LAL

(France ) Laboratoire de l'accélérateur linéaire (Linear Accelerator Laboratory)

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lam.

laminate(d)

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Lam.

Botany Lamarck (indicating the author of a species, etc.)
• Bible Lamentations

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LAM

London Academy of Music
• Master of the Liberal Arts (Latin Liberalium Artium Magister)

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LAMA

Locomotive and Allied Manufacturers' Association of Great Britain

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LAMC

Livestock Auctioneers' Market Committee of England and Wales

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LAMCO

Liberian-American-Swedish Mineral Corporation

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London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art

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LAMIDA

Lancashire and Merseyside Industrial Development Association

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LAMP (læmp)

low-altitude manned penetration
• (USA ) Lunar Analysis and Mapping Program

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LAMS

launch acoustic measuring system

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LAMSAC

Local Authorities' Management Services and Computer Committee

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LAN

Meteorol. inland
• (or Lan; læn) Linea Aérea Nacional (de Chile)
• (Chilean national airlines; Lan Chile)
• local apparent noon
• (læn) Computing local-area network

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LANBY ('lænb)

large automatic navigation buoy

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Lanc.

Lancaster
• Military Lancers

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Lancs

Lancashire

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L & D

loans and discounts
• loss and damage

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London and India Docks

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(USA ) Louisville and Nashville Railroad

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London and North-Western Railway

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London and South-Western Railway

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Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway

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Lan. Fus.

Lancashire Fusiliers

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lang.

language

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Lang.

Languedoc

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LANICA

Lineas Aéreas de Nicaragua (Nicaraguan national airlines)

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LANL

(USA ) Los Alamos National Laboratory

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LANRAC (or Lanrac) ('lænræk)

Land Army Reunion Association Committee

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LanR(PWV)

Lancashire Regiment (Prince of Wales' Volunteers)

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Lantirn ('læntn)

Military low-altitude navigation and targeting infrared system

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LAO

international vehicle registration for Laos
• Licentiate in the Art of Obstetrics

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LAOAR

US Air Force Latin American Office of Aerospace Research

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Lap.

Lapland
• Lappish

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LAP

(USA ) Laboratory of Aviation Psychology
• Lineas Aéreas Paraguayas (Paraguayan national airlines)
• Computing link access protocol

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LAPD

Los Angeles Police Department

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LAPES

low-altitude parachute extraction system

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LAPO

Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

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LAPT

London Association for the Protection of Trade

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LAR

Botany leaf area ratio
• international vehicle registration for Libya
• Taxation life assurance relief
• Computing limit address register

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LARA

light armed reconnaissance aircraft

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larg.

Music largamente (Italian; broadly)
• largeur (French: width)
• Music largo (Italian; very slowly)

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LARO

Latin American Regional Office (in the FAO)

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LARSP

Language Assessment, Remediation, and Screening Procedure

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laryngol.

laryngologist
• laryngology

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LAS

Land Agents' Society
• large astronomical satellite
• League of Arab States
• Legal Aid Society
• London Archaeological Service
• Lord Advocate of Scotland
• low-altitude satellite
• Physics low-angle scattering
• lower airspace

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laser ('lez)

light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation

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LASER

London and South Eastern Library Region

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LASH (læ)

Commerce lighter aboard ship

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LASL

(USA ) Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory

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LASMO

London and Scottish Marine Oil

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LASP

low-altitude space platform

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LASS

lighter-than-air submarine simulator

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lat.

lateral
• (or lat) Geography latitude
• latus (Latin: wide)

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Lat.

Latin
• Latvia(n)

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LAT

local apparent time
• (ital.) Los Angeles Times

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LATCC

London air traffic control centre

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LATCRS

London air traffic control radar station

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lat. ht

latent heat

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LATS (læts)

Med. long-acting thyroid stimulator

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Latv.

Latvia

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Latvn

Latvian

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LAUK

Library Association of United Kingdom

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laun.

launched

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LAUTRO (or Lautro) (':tr)

Life Assurance and Unit Trust Regulatory Organization

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LAV

light armoured vehicle
• Lineas Aéreas Venezolanas (Venezuelan Airlines)
• lymphadenopathy-associated virus (original name for the Aids virus, HIV)

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law.

lawyer

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LAW

League of American Writers
• light anti-tank weapon

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Lawn (l:n)

Computing local area wireless network

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Law Rept. (or Law Rpts)

Law Reports

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LAWRS

limited airport weather reporting system

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LAWS

Meteorol. low-altitude wind shear

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lax.

laxative

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LAX

Los Angeles international airport

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lb

symbol for binary logarithm
• (or lb.) pound(s) (weight; Latin libra)

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l.b.

landing barge
• Sport left back
• Cricket leg bye
• letter box
• link belt

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L.b.

Lectori benevolo (Latin: to the kind reader)

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LB

Bachelor of Letters (or Literature) (Latin Litterarum Baccalaureus)
• international vehicle registration for Liberia
• light bomber
• airline flight code for Lloyd Aereo Boliviano
• local board
• British vehicle registration for London NW

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LBA

late booking agent (euphemism for ticket tout)
• linear-bounded automation
• Computing logical block address

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LB & SCR

London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway

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LBB

Engineering leak before break

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LBBB

Med. left bundle-branch block

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Lbc.

Lübeck

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LBC

Land Bank Commission
• London Broadcasting Company

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LBCH

London Bankers' Clearing House

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LBCM

Licentiate of the Bandsmen's College of Music
• London Board of Congregational Ministers

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LBD

League of British Dramatists

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L/Bdr (or LBdr)

Lance-Bombardier

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lbf

Physics , symbol for pound-force

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lb-ft

pound-foot

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LBH

length, breadth, height

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LBI

Astronomy long baseline interferometry

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LBJ

Lyndon Baines Johnson (1908–73, US president 1963–69)

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LBO

Commerce leveraged buyout

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LBP

length between perpendiculars

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lbr

labour
• lumber

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L.b.s.

Lectori benevolo salutem (Latin: to the kind reader, greeting)

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LBS

Libyan Broadcasting Service
• lifeboat station
• London Business School

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LBV

landing barge vehicle
• Late Bottled Vintage (of port wine).
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lbw

Cricket leg before wicket

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LBW

live body weight

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l.c.

label clause
• law courts
• lead covered
• leading cases
• left centre
• legal currency
• letter card
• (or lc, l/c) letter of credit
• loco citato (Latin: in the place cited; textual annotation)
• low-calorie
• low-carbon
• (or lc) Printing lower case

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LC

Cross of Leo
• landing craft
• Med. Langerhans cells
• Leander Club
• Legislative Council
• (or L/C) letter of credit
• level crossing
• (USA ) Library of Congress
• Lieutenant-Commander
• Chem. linear chain
• Electronics linear contact
• Military slang line crosser (a defector)
• Chem. liquid chromatography
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• livestock commissioner
• airline flight code for Loganair
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• Lord Chamberlain
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• Lower Canada
• Electronics lumped constant

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LCA

Library Club of America
• Licensed Company Auditor
• Computing logic cell array
• low-cost automation

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LCAD

London Certificate in Art and Design

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LCAO

Chem. linear combination of atomic orbitals

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LCAP

Computing loosely coupled array of processors

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l.c.b.

longitudinal centre of buoyancy

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LCB

Theatre left centre back (of stage)
• (USA ) Liquor Control Board
• London Convention Bureau
• Lord Chief Baron

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LCC

Electronics leadless chip carrier
• Accounting , Computing life-cycle cost(ing)
• Electrical engineering load-carrying capability
• London Chamber of Commerce
• London County Council (superseded by the Greater London Council, GLC)

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LCCC

(USA ) Library of Congress Catalog Card

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LCD

Electronics liquid-crystal display
• Lord Chamberlain's Department
• Lord Chancellor's Department
• lower court decisions
• (or l.c.d.) Maths. lowest common denominator

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LCDT

London Contemporary Dance Theatre

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LCE

Licentiate in Civil Engineering
• London Commodity Exchange

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l.c.f.

longitudinal centre of flotation
• (or LCF) Maths , lowest common factor

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LCFA

Chem. long-chain fatty acid

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l.c.g.

longitudinal centre of gravity

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LCG

Chem. lamellar compound of graphite

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LCGB

Locomotive Club of Great Britain

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LCh

Licentiate in Surgery (Latin Licentiatus Chirurgiae)
• Lord Chancellor

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LCH

London Clearing House

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LCIGB

Locomotive and Carriage Institution of Great Britain and Ireland

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LCIOB

Licentiate of the Chartered Institute of Building

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LCJ

Lord Chief Justice

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l.c.l.

lower control limit

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LCL

Commerce (USA ) less-than-carload lot
• Commerce less-than-container load
• Licentiate in Canon Law

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LCLS

Livestock Commission Levy Scheme

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LCM

landing craft mechanized
• Computing life-cycle management
• London College of Music
• (or l.c.m.) Maths. lowest (or least) common multiple

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LC-MS

Chem. liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry

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Lcn

Lincoln

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LCN

Aeronautics load classification number
• local civil noon

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LCO

landing craft officer
• launch control officer

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L-Col

Lieutenant-Colonel

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L-Corp.

Lance-Corporal

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LCP

last complete programme
• least-cost planning
• Licentiate of the College of Preceptors
• Chem. liquid-crystal polymer
• London College of Printing
• low-cost production

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LCP&SA

Licentiate of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of America

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LCP&SO

Licentiate of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario

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L/Cpl

Lance-Corporal

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LCPS

Licentiate of the College of Physicians and Surgeons

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l/cr.

lettre de crédit (French: letter of credit)

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LCS

London Cooperative Society

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LCSAJ

Computing linear code sequence and jump

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LCSP

London and Counties Society of Physiologists

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LCST

Licentiate of the College of Speech Therapists

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LCT

landing craft tank
• local civil time

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LCU

Photog. large close-up

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LCV

Licentiate of the College of Violinists

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ld

land
• Printing lead
• load

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l.d.

legal dose
• light difference
• line of departure
• line of duty

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Ld

Limited (company)
• Lord (title)

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LD

Doctor of Letters or Literature (Latin Litterarum Doctor). Lady Day
• Laus Deo (Latin: Praise be to God)
• Education , Psychol. learning-disabled
• lepide dictum (Latin: wittily said)
• Pharmacol. lethal dose (as in LD_50 , median lethal dose)
• Liberal and Democratic
• Liberal Democrat
• symbol for Libyan dinar (monetary unit)
• Licentiate in Divinity
• Light Dragoons
• Litera Dominicalis (Latin: Dominical letter)
• postcode for Llandrindod Wells
• London Docks
• British vehicle registration for London NW
• low density
• Low Dutch

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L/D

letter of deposit

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Lda (or Lda)

(Portugal ) Sociedade de responsabilidade limitada (limited company; Ltd)

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LDA

Lead Development Association

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l.d.b.

light distribution box

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l.d.c.

long-distance call
• lower dead centre

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LDC

less-developed country
• local distribution company

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LDDC

London Docklands' Development Corporation

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LDEF

Astronomy long duration exposure facility

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LDEG

laus Deo et gloria (Latin: praise and glory be to God)

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LDentSc

Licentiate in Dental Science

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Lderry

Londonderry

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ldg

landing
• leading
• loading
• lodging

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Ldg

Navy Leading (rank)

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Ldge

Lodge

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L.d'H.

Légion d'Honneur

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LDiv

Licentiate in Divinity

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ldk

lower deck

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LDL

Biochem. low-density lipoprotein

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LDM

Physics liquid-drop model (of the nucleus)

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ldmk

landmark

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Ldn

London

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LDN

less-developed nation

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LDOS

Physics local density of occupied states
• Lord's Day Observance Society

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Ldp

Ladyship
• Lordship

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LDP

(Japan ) Liberal-Democratic Party
• Finance London daily price
• long-distance path

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LDPE

Chem. low-density polyethylene (used in packaging materials)

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ldr

leader
• ledger
• lodger

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LDR

low dose rate

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ldry

laundry

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lds

loads

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LDS

Latter-day Saints
• laus Deo semper (Latin: praise be to God for ever)
• Licentiate in Dental Surgery

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LDSc

Licentiate in Dental Science

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LDV

Physics laser Doppler velocity (or velocimetry)
• Local Defence Volunteers (Home Guard)

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LDX

long-distance xerography

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LDY

Leicestershire and Derbyshire Yeomanry

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l.e.

leading edge
• left eye
• library edition
• light equipment
• limited edition
• low explosive

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Le

symbol for leone (monetary unit of Sierra Leone)
• (ital.) Physics , symbol for Lewis number

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Le.

Lebanese
• Lebanon

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LE (or £E)

symbol for Egyptian pound (monetary unit)
• postcode for Leicester
• London Electricity
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• low energy
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lea.

league
• leather
• leave

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LEA

Local Education Authority

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LEAJ

(USA ) Law Enforcement and Administration of Justice

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LEAP (li:p)

Life Education for the Autistic Person
• lift-off elevation and azimuth programmer
• Loan and Educational Aid Programme

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LEAR (l)

Physics low-energy antiproton ring

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Leb.

Lebanese
• Lebanon

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LEB

London Electricity Board
• Astronautics low-energy booster

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LEC

Chem. ligand-exchange chromatography
• Electronics liquid-encapsulated Czochralski
• Local Employment Committee
• Local Enterprise Company

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lect.

lectio (Latin: lesson)
• lecture(r)

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lectr

lecturer

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led.

ledger

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LED

Electronics light-emitting diode

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LEDC

Lighting Equipment Development Council

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LEED (li:d)

Physics , Chem. low-energy electron diffraction

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LEFM

linear elastic fracture mechanics

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leg.

legal
• legate
• (or Leg.) legation
• Music legato (Italian: bound; i.e. smoothly)
• (or legis.) legislation
• (or legis.) legislative
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legg.

Music leggero (Italian: light or rapid)

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Leics

Leicestershire

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Leip.

Leipzig

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Leit.

Leitrim

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LEL

Laureate in English Literature
• Physics linear energy loss

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LEM (lm)

Astronautics lunar excursion module

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LEMA

Lifting Equipment Manufacturers' Association

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LEO ('li:)

Astronautics low earth orbit
• Lyons Electronic Office (early computer built by J. Lyons & Co.)

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Lep

Astronomy Lepus

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LEP (lp)

Physics Large Electron-Positron (collider; at CERN)

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LEPMA

(USA ) Lithographic Engravers' and Plate Makers' Association

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LEPORE

(USA ) long-term and expanded program of oceanic research and exploration

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LEPRA ('lpr)

Leprosy Relief Association

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LEPT

long-endurance patrolling torpedo

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LES

launch escape system
• Liverpool Engineering Society

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LèsL

Licencié ès lettres (French: Bachelor of Arts)

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LèsS

Licencié ès sciences (French: Bachelor of Science)

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LESS

least-cost estimating and scheduling

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LEST

large earth-based solar telescope

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LET

Physics linear energy transfer

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LETS

Local Employment and Trade System
• Local Exchange and Trading System

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Leu (or leu)

Biochem. leucine

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LEU

Physics low-enriched uranium

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lev (or LEV)

lunar excursion vehicle

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Lev.

Levant
• (or Levit.) Bible Leviticus

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lex.

lexicon

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LEX (lks)

land exercise
• Computing lexical analyser generator

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lexicog.

lexicographer
• lexicographical
• lexicography

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LEY

Liberal European Youth

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lf

leaf
• Printing light face

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l.f.

ledger folio
• life float

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Lf

limit of flocculation (in toxicology)

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LF

Lancashire Fusiliers
• British vehicle registration for London NW
• Radio low frequency
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l.f.a.

local freight agent

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LFB

London Fire Brigade

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LFBC

London Federation of Boys' Clubs

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l.f.c.

low-frequency current

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LFC

Lutheran Free Church

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LFCDA

London Fire and Civil Defence Authority

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LFD

least fatal dose
• low-fat diet

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LFE

laboratory for electronics

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Lfg

Lieferung (German: delivery)

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LFO

low-frequency oscillator

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LFRD

lot fraction reliability deviation

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LFS

laser (or laser-induced) fluorescent spectroscopy

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lft

leaflet

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LFTU

landing force training unit

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lg

symbol for common logarithm
• long

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lg.

lagoon
• large

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LG

British vehicle registration for Chester
• Lady Companion of the Order of the Garter
• landing ground
• Lewis gun
• Lieutenant-General
• Life Guards
• (David) Lloyd George (1863–1945, British statesman)
• London Gazette
• Low German
• airline flight code for Luxair

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LGAR

(USA ) Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic

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LGB

Local Government Board

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LGC

lunar (module) guidance computer

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lge

large
• league

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LGEB

Local Government Examination Board

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L-Gen

Lieutenant-General

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LGer

Low German

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LGIO

Local Government Information Office

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LGk

Late Greek

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LGM

Little Green Men
• Lloyd's Gold Medal

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LGO

(USA ) Lamont Geological Observatory

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LGPRA

Local Government Public Relations Association

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LGr

Late Greek

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LGR

leasehold ground rent
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LGSM

Licentiate of the Guildhall School of Music

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LGTB

Local Government Training Board

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lgth

length

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lg tn

long ton

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LGU

Ladies' Golf Union

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LGV

Large goods vehicle (replaced HGV)

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l.h.

left half
• left hand(ed)

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LH

left hand(ed)
• British fishing port registration for Leith
• licensing hours
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L/H

leasehold

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LHA

landing helicopter assault
• local health authority
• local hour angle
• Lord High Admiral
• lower hour angle

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lhb

Sport left halfback

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LHC

Physics Large Hadron Collider (at CERN)
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LHCIMA

Licentiate of the Hotel Catering and Institutional Management Association

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l.h.d.

left-hand drive

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LHD

Doctor of Humanities or of Literature (Latin Litterarum Humaniorum Doctor)

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LHDC

lateral homing depth charge

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LHeb

Late Hebrew

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LHMC

London Hospital Medical College

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LHO

livestock husbandry officer

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lhr

Physics lumen-hour

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LHRC

Light and Health Research Council

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LH-RH

Biochem. , Med. luteinizing-hormone-releasing hormone

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LHS

left hand side

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LHSM

Licentiate of the Institute of Health Services Management

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LHT

Lord High Treasurer

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LHWN

lowest high water neap (tides)

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li.

link

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l.i.

letter of introduction
• longitudinal interval

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Li

Chem. , symbol for lithium

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LI

Leeward Islands
• airline flight code for Liat
• Liberal International
• (USA ) Licentiate in Instruction
• Light Infantry
• Law Lincoln's Inn
• British fishing port registration for Littlehampton
• Long Island (New York)
• Irish vehicle registration for Westmeath

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LIA

(USA ) Laser Industry Association
• (USA ) Lead Industries Association
• Leather Industries of America
• Physics linear-induction accelerator

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LIAB

Licentiate of the International Association of Book-Keepers

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LIAT

London International Arbitration Trust

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lib.

liber (Latin: book)
• liberty
• librarian
• library
• libretto

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Lib

Astronomy Libra

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Lib. (or Lib)

Politics Liberal
• Liberia

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LIB

Physical chem. light-ion beam

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LIBA

Lloyd's Insurance Brokers' Association

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lib. cat.

library catalogue

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Lib. Cong.

(USA ) Library of Congress

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Lib Dem

Liberal Democrat

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LIBER

Ligue des bibliothèques européennes de recherche (French: League of European Research Libraries)

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LIBID ('li:bd)

London Inter-Bank Bid Rate

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LIBOR ('li:b:)

Finance London Inter-Bank Offered Rate

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libst

librettist

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Lic.

Licenciado (Spanish: Bachelor; in academic degrees)
• (or Lic) Licentiate (in degrees, etc.)

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LIC

Lands Improvement Company
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LicAc

Licentiate of Acupuncture

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LICeram

Licentiate of the Institute of Ceramics

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LicMed

Licentiate in Medicine

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LICS

Computing Lotus international character set

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LicTheol

Licentiate in Theology

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LICW

Licentiate of the Institute of Clerks of Works

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lidar ('li:d:)

light detection and ranging

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LIDC

Lead Industries Development Council

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Lieut

Lieutenant

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Lieut-Cdr

Lieutenant-Commander

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Lieut-Col

Lieutenant-Colonel

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Lieutenant-Commander

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Lieut-Gen

Lieutenant-General

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Lieut-Gov

Lieutenant-Governor

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LIF

Chem. laser-induced fluorescence
• Med. left iliac fossa
• Computing low insertion force

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LIFFE (laf)

London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange

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LIFireE

Licentiate of the Institution of Fire Engineers

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LIFO ('laf)

Accounting , Computing last in, first out

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LIFS

Physics laser-induced fluorescence spectroscopy

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Lig.

Liguria
• Limoges

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LILO

last in, last out

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lim.

limit

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Lim.

Limerick

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LIM

Licentiate of the Institute of Metals
• linear-induction motor
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LIMEAN

London Inter-Bank Mean Rate

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lin.

lineal
• linear
• liniment

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linac ('lnæk)

Physics linear accelerator

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Linc

Lincoln College, Oxford

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Lincs

Lincolnshire

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ling.

linguistics

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lin-log

Physics , Maths. linear-logarithmic

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Linn.

(Carolus) Linnaeus (1707–78, Swedish botanist)

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LlnstP

Licentiate of the Institute of Physics

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LIOB

Licentiate of the Institute of Building

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LIP

life insurance policy
• Med. lymphocytic (or lymphoid) interstitial pneumonitis

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LIPA ('lp)

Liverpool Institute for the Performing Arts

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LIPM

Lister Institute of Preventive Medicine

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LIPS (or lips) (lps)

Computing logical inferences per second

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liq.

liquid
• liquor

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LIRA

Linen Industry Research Association

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LIRMA ('l:m)

London International Insurance and Reinsurance Market Association

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Lis.

Lisbon

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LIS

laser isotope separation

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LISA

(ital.) Library and Information Science Abstracts

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LISM

Licentiate of the Incorporated Society of Musicians

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LISP (lsp)

Computing list processing (a programming language)

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lit.

literal(ly)
• literary
• literature
• litre(s)
• litter
• little

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Lit

symbol for lira (Italian monetary unit)

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LitB

Bachelor of Letters or Literature (Latin Litterarum Baccalaureus)

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lit. crit. (lt krt)

Colloquial literary criticism

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Doctor of Letters or Literature (Latin Litterarum Doctor)

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lith.

lithograph(y)

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Lith.

Lithuania(n)

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litho. (or lithog.)

lithograph(ic)
• lithography

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lithol.

lithology

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Lit. Hum.

Literae Humaniores (Latin: the humanities; classics course at Oxford University)

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LitM

Master of Letters or Literature (Latin Litterarum Magister)

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Lit. Sup.

(ital.) Times Literary Supplement

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Bachelor of Letters or Literature (Latin Litterarum Baccalaureus)

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Doctor of Letters or Literature (Latin Litterarum Doctor)

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Master of Letters or Literature (Latin Litterarum Magister)

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liturg.

liturgical
• liturgy

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LIUNA

Laborers' International Union of North America

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liv.

Commerce livraison (French: delivery)

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Liv.

Liverpool
• Livy (59 BC–17 AD, Roman historian)

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liv. st.

livre sterling (French: pound sterling)

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Lix

Computing legal information exchange

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l.j.

Life jacket

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LJ

British vehicle registration for Bournemouth
• Chem. Lennard-Jones (as in LJ potential )
• Library Journal
• Athletics long jump
• Lord Justice (of Appeal)
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LJC

London Juvenile Courts

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LJJ

Electronics long Josephson junction
• Lords Justics

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LK

British fishing port registration for Lerwick
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lkd

locked

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lkg

locking

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lkge

Commerce leakage

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lkr

locker

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ll.

leaves
• leges (Latin: laws)
• lines (of written matter)

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l.l.

live load
• loco laudato (Latin: in the place quoted)
• lower left
• lower limit

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LL

Physics Landau-Lifshitz (as in LL splitting factor )
• Late Latin
• Law Latin
• (ital.) Law List
• (or £L, £Leb.) symbol for Lebanese pound (monetary unit)
• lending library
• limited liability
• Physics , Maths. linear-linear
• British fishing port registration for Liverpool
• postcode for Llandudno
• London Library
• British vehicle registration for London NW
• Lord-Lieutenant
• Med. lower limb
• Low Latin

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LL.

laws
• lines (of written matter)
• Lords

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L/L

(Norway ) Lutlang (limited company; Ltd)

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LLA

Lady Literate in Arts

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LL.AA.II.

Leurs Altesses Impériales (French: Their Imperial Highnesses)

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LL.AA.RR.

Leurs Altesses Royales (French: Their Royal Highnesses)

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LLB (or LIB)

Bachelor of Laws (Latin Legum Baccalaureus)

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l.l.c.

lower left centre

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LLCM

Licentiate of London College of Music

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LLCO

Licentiate of the London College of Osteopathy

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LLD (or LID)

Doctor of Laws (Latin Legum Doctor)

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LIds

Insurance Lloyd's

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LLE

Chemical engineering liquid-liquid extraction
• low-level exposure (to radiation)

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LL.EE.

Leurs Éminences (French: Their Eminences)
• Leurs Excellences (French: Their Excellencies)

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LLett

Licentiate of Letters

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l.l.i.

latitude and longitude indicator

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LLI

Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland

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LLL

Licentiate in Laws
• loose leaf ledger
• Computing low-level logic (or language)

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LLLW

liquid low-level (radioactive) waste

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LLM

Master of Laws (Latin Legum Magister)

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LLMCom

Master of Laws in Commercial Law

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LL.MM.

Leurs Majestés (French: Their Majesties)

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LLN

(USA ) League for Less Noise

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LLNL

(USA ) Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

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LLNW

low-level nuclear waste

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LLRW

low-level radioactive waste

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LLS

Astronautics lunar logistics system

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LLSV

Astronautics lunar logistics system vehicle

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LLU

lending library unit

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LLV

Astronautics lunar logistics vehicle

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LLW

low-level (radioactive) waste

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lm

Physics , symbol for lumen

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l.m.

land mine
• light metal
• locus monumenti (Latin: place of the monument)

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l.M.

laufenden Monats (German: of the current month)

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Lm

symbol for Maltese lira (monetary unit)

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LM

Legion of Merit
• Licentiate in Medicine
• Licentiate in Midwifery
• Licentiate in Music
• light microscopy
• liquid metal
• Electrical engineering load management
• London Museum
• British vehicle registration for London NW
• Music , Prosody long metre
• (Scotland ) Lord Marquis
• Lord Mayor
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LMA

Physics laser microprobe analyser
• Linoleum Manufacturers' Association
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LMBC

Lady Margaret Boat Club (St John's College, Cambridge)
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LMBCS

Computing Lotus multibyte character set

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LMC

Astronomy Large Magellanic Cloud
• Nuclear engineering liquid-metal coolant
• Lloyd's Machinery Certificate
• Local Medical Committee

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LMCC

Licentiate of the Medical Council of Canada

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lmd

leafmould

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LMD

local medical doctor
• Music , Prosody long metre double

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LME

London Metal Exchange

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LMed

Licentiate in Medicine

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LMFBR

Nuclear engineering liquid-metal-cooled fast breeder reactor

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LMG

light machine gun

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LMH

Lady Margaret Hall (Oxford University)

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LMi

Astronomy Leo Minor

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LMI

(USA ) Logistics Management Institute

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LMMS

Chem. laser microprobe mass spectrometry

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LMO

lens-modulated oscillator
• light machine oil

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LMP

Med. last menstrual period
• lunar module pilot

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LMR

Nuclear engineering liquid-metal reactor
• Railways London Midland Region

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LMRCP

Licentiate in Midwifery of the Royal College of Physicians

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LMRSH

Licentiate Member of the Royal Society for the Promotion of Health

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LMRTPI

Legal Member of the Royal Town Planning Institute

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LMS

Chem. laser mass spectrometry
• Licentiate in Medicine and Surgery
• Education local management of schools
• London Mathematical Society
• London Medical Schools
• (or LMS(R)) (formerly) London, Midland and Scottish Railway
• London Missionary Society
• Med. loss of memory syndrome

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LMSSA

Licentiate in Medicine and Surgery of the Society of Apothecaries

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LMT

Physics length, mass, time
• Astronomy local mean time

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LMus

Licentiate in Music

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LMVD

(New Zealand ) Licensed Motor Vehicle Dealer

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LMW

Biochem. low molecular weight (as in LMW protein )

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LMX

London Market Excess of Loss (at Lloyd's)

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LMXB

Astronomy low-mass X-ray binary

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ln

symbol for natural logarithm

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Ln

Lane (in place names)

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LN

British fishing port registration for King's Lynn
• postcode for Lincoln
• liquid nitrogen
• British vehicle registration for London NW
• Med. lymph node
• international civil aircraft marking for Norway

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LNat

Liberal National

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LNB

low noise blocker (on a satellite dish)

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LNC

League of Nations Covenant

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LNER

London and North Eastern Railway

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LNG

liquefied natural gas

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Lnrk

Lanark

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LNS

land navigation system

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LNT

liquid-nitrogen temperature

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LNU

League of Nations Union

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LNWR

London and North-Western Railway

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l.o.

lubricating oil

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l/o

Commerce leur ordre (French: their order)

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Lo.

Lord

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LO

Landsorganisationen i Sverige (General Federation of Swedish Trade Unions)
• launch operator
• liaison officer
• British fishing port registration for London
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• London office
• airline flight code for LOT Polish Airlines

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l.o.a.

length over all (in technical drawing)

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LOA

leave of absence
• light observation aircraft

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LOB

Baseball left on base
• line of balance
• Location of Offices Bureau

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LOBAL ('lbæl)

long-base-line buoy

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LOBAR ('lb:)

long-base-line radar

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loc.

local
• location
• Grammar locative

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l.o.c.

lines of communication

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LOC

launch operations centre
• (USA ) Library of Congress
• Meteorol. locally

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LOCA

Nuclear engineering loss-of-coolant accident

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loc. cit.

loco citato (see under l.c.)

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loc. laud.

loco laudato (Latin: in the place cited with approval)

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locn

location

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loco.

locomotion
• locomotive

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loc. primo cit.

loco primo citato (Latin: in the place first cited)

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LOD

limit(s) of detection

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LOF

loss of flow (or fluid)
• loss of function

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L of C

(USA ) Library of Congress
• lines of communication

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League of Nations

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LOFT (lft)

low-frequency radio telescope

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log (lg)

logarithm

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log.

logic(al)
• logistic

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loge (,lg'i:)

natural logarithm

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LOH

light observation helicopter

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LOI

lunar orbit insertion

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LOL

(Northern Ireland ) Loyal Orange Lodge

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LOLA ('ll)

library on-line acquisition
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LOM

(USA ) Loyal Order of Moose

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LOMA

(USA ) Life Office Management Association

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Lomb.

Lombard(y)

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Lond.

London
• Londonderry

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Londin.

Londiniensis (Latin: (Bishop) of London)

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long. (or long)

longitude

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Long.

Longford

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longl

longitudinal

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Lonrho ('lnr)

Finance London Rhodesian

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LOOM

(USA ) Loyal Order of Moose

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l.o.p. (or LOP)

Navigation line of position

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LOPAR ('lp:)

low-power acquisition radar

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loq.

loquitur (Latin: he (or she) speaks)

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LOR

light output ratio
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LORAC ('lræk)

long-range accuracy

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LORAD ('lræd)

long-range active detection

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LORAN ('lræn)

long-range navigation

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LORAPH ('lræf)

long-range passive homing system

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LORCS

League of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies

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LORV (l:v)

low observable re-entry vehicle

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LOS

Latin Old Style
• Law of the Seas
• line of sight
• loss of signal

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LOSS

large-object salvage system

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lot.

lotion

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Lot (lt)

Polskie Linie Lotnicze (Polish Air Lines)

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LOT

large orbital telescope

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LOTC

Finance London over-the-counter market

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Lou.

Louisiana

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LOX (or lox) (lks)

liquid oxygen

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loy.

loyal(ty)

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LOYA

League of Young Adventurers

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l.p.

last paid
• latent period
• launch platform
• long primer (a size of printer's type)
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Lp

Ladyship
• Lordship

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LP

Labour Party
• large paper (edition of a book)
• large post (a standard paper size)
• last post
• legal procurator
• Liberal Party
• life policy
• Limited Partnership
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• liquid petroleum
• liquid propellant
• British vehicle registration for London NW
• long-playing (of a gramophone record)
• Lord Provost
• low pressure
• Med. lumbar puncture

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L/P

letterpress
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LPA

Leather Producers' Association for England
• Local Productivity Association

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l.p.c.

low pressure chamber

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LPC

leaf protein concentrate (in nutrition)
• Legal Practice Course
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LPE

Electronics liquid-phase epitaxy

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LPEA

Licentiate of the Physical Education Association

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LPed

Licentiate in Pedagogy

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LPF

Computing League for Programming Freedom

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LPG

liquefied petroleum gas

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LPGA

Ladies' Professional Golf Association

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LPh (or LPH)

Licentiate in Philosophy

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lpi

lines per inch

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LPLC

low-pressure liquid chromatography

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lpm

lines per millimetre
• lines per minute

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LPN

(USA ) Licensed Practical Nurse

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LPNA

(USA ) Lithographers' and Printers' National Association

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LPO

local purchasing officer
• London Philharmonic Orchestra

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L'pool

Liverpool

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LPRP

Laotian People's Revolutionary Party

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LPS

Biochem. lipopolysaccharide
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• London Philharmonic Society
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LPSO

Lloyd's Policy Signing Office

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LPU

low pay unit

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l.p.w.

Optics lumens per watt

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Lpz.

Leipzig

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l.q.

lege quaeso (Latin: please read)

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LQ

international civil aircraft marking for Argentina
• Computing letter quality (of printed output)
• Maths. linear-quadratic

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lqdr

liquidator

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LQR

(ital.) Law Quarterly Review

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LQT

Commerce Liverpool quay terms

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lr

lower

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l.r.

landing report
• log run
• long range
• long run

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l.R.

laufen de Rechnung (German: current account)

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Lr

Lancer
• Chem. , symbol for lawrencium
• ledger

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LR

British fishing port registration for Lancaster
• Land Registry
• Law Report
• left-right (or left-to-right)
• liquor/liquor-to-goods ratio (in dyeing)
• Lloyd's Register (of Shipping)
• British vehicle registration for London NW
• Lowland Regiment
• Loyal Regiment

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LRA

Local Radio Association

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LRAC

Law Reports, Appeal Cases

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LRAD

Licentiate of the Royal Academy of Dancing

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LRAM

Licentiate of the Royal Academy of Music

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LRB

London Residuary Body (in local government)
• London Rifle Brigade

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LRC

Labour Representation Committee
• Langley Research Center (in NASA)
• Leander Rowing Club
• London Rowing Club
• Computing longitudinal redundancy check

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LRCh

Law Reports, Chancery Division

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LRCM

Licentiate of the Royal College of Music

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LRCP

Licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians

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LRCPE (or LRCPEd)

Licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh

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LRCPI

Licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland

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LRCPSGlas

Licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow

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LRCS

League of Red Cross Societies
• Licentiate of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

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LRCSE

Licentiate of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh

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LRCSI

Licentiate of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland

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LRCVS

Licentiate of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons

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LREC

Med. Local Research Ethics Committee

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LRHL

Law Reports, House of Lords

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LRIBA

Licentiate of the Royal Institute of British Architects (now Member; see RIBA)

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LRKB

Law Reports, King's Bench

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LRM

language reference manual

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LRP

Law Reports, Probate Division

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LRPS

Licentiate of the Royal Photographic Society

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LRQB

Law Reports, Queen's Bench

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Lrs

Lancers

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LRS

Land Registry Stamp
• Physical chem. laser Raman spectroscopy
• (ital.) Lloyd's Register of Shipping

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LRSC

Licentiate of the Royal Society of Chemistry

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LRSM

Licentiate of the Royal Schools of Music

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LRT

light rail transit
• London Regional Transport
• long-range transport

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LRTI

Med. lower respiratory tract infection

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LRU

least recently used
• line replaceable unit

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LRV

light rail vehicle
• lunar roving vehicle

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LRWES

long-range weapons experimental station

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l.s.

landing ship
• left side
• (or L.s.) letter signed
• local sunset
• Law locus sigilli (Latin: the place of the seal)
• long sight
• low speed
• lump sum

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LS

British vehicle registration for Edinburgh
• Law Society
• Leading Seaman
• postcode for Leeds
• legal seal
• international vehicle registration for Lesotho
• letter service
• Licensed Surveyor
• Licentiate in Surgery
• Psychol. liminal sensitivity
• Linnean Society
• locus sigilli (see under l.s.)
• London Scottish
• London Sinfonietta
• Films long shot
• loudspeaker
• (or £S, £Syr.) symbol for Syrian pound (monetary unit)

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LSA

Land Settlement Association
• leading supply assistant
• Licence in Agricultural Sciences
• Licentiate of the Society of Apothecaries

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LSAA

Linen Supply Association of America

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LS&GCM

Long Service and Good Conduct Medal

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LSB

Computing least significant bit
• London School Board

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LSByte

Computing least significant byte

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l.s.c.

loco supra citato (Latin: in the place before cited)

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LSC

Licentiate in Sciences
• liquid scintillation counting (or counter)
• Chem. liquid-solid chromatography
• London Salvage Corps

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LScAct

Licentiate in Actuarial Science

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LSCF

Statistics least squares curve fitting

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LSCS

Obstetrics lower segment Caesarean section

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LSd (or £Sd)

symbol for Sudanese pound (monetary unit)

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LSD

League of Safe Drivers
• Computing least significant digit
• Lightermen, Stevedores, and Dockers
• lysergic acid diethylamide (hallucinogenic drug)

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L.S.D. (or £.s.d., l.s.d.)

librae, solidi, denarii (Latin: pounds, shillings, pence)

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l.s.e.

limited signed edition

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LSE

Chem. liquid-solid extraction
• Chem. liquid-solvent extraction
• London School of Economics and Political Science
• London Stock Exchange

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L-Sgt

Lance-Sergeant

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LSHTM

London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

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LSI

Labour and Socialist International
• Electronics large-scale integration (or integrated)

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LSJ

London School of Journalism

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LSJM

laus sit Jesu et Mariae (Latin: praise be to Jesus and Mary)

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LSL

landing ship logistic
• low-speed logic

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l.s.m.

litera scripta manet (Latin: the written word remains)

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LSM

laser scanning microscope
• Maths. , Physics least-squares method
• Electrical engineering linear synchronous motor

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LSO

London Symphony Orchestra

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LSQ

Meteorol. line squall

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LSR

Astronomy local standard of rest

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LSS

large-scale structure (or system)
• Licentiate in Sacred Scripture
• (USA ) Lifesaving Service
• life-saving station
• life-support system

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LSSc

Licentiate in Sanitary Science

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l.s.t.

local standard time

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LST

landing ship (for) tank(s) or transport
• Licentiate in Sacred Theology
• Astronomy local sidereal time
• local standard time

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LSTTL

Computing low-power Schottky transistor transistor logic

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LSU

Louisiana State University

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LSZ

(New Zealand ) limited speed zone

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lt

light

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l.t.

landed terms
• landing team
• large tug
• local time
• locum tenens
• long ton
• loop test

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Lt

Lieutenant
• Military Light

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LT

lawn tennis
• Med. leukotriene
• Licentiate in Teaching
• international vehicle registration for Lithuania
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• London Transport
• Physics Lorentz transformation
• British fishing port registration for Lowestoft
• low temperature
• Electrical engineering low tension
• airline flight code for LTU International Airways
• symbol for Turkish lira (monetary unit)

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LTA

Lawn Tennis Association
• Chem. lead tetraacetate
• lighter than air (of an aircraft)
• London Teachers' Association

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LTAA

Lawn Tennis Association of Australia

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LT & SR

London, Tilbury, and Southend Railway

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l.t.b.

low-tension battery

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LTB

London Tourist Board

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LTBT

Limited Test Ban Treaty

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LTC

Lawn Tennis Club
• Chemical engineering low-temperature carbonization

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Lt-Cdr

Lieutenant-Commander

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LTCL

Licentiate of Trinity College of Music, London

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Lieutenant-Colonel

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Lieutenant-Commander

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Ltd

Limited (after the name of a private limited company)

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LTDP

long-term defence programme

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LTE

Astronomy local thermodynamic equilibrium

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LTF

Lithographic Technical Foundation

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ltg

lettering
• lighting

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ltge

Commerce lighterage

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Lt-Gen

Lieutenant-General

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Lt-Gov

Lieutenant-Governor

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LTh (or LTheol)

Licentiate in Theology

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LTH

light training helicopter
• Biochem. luteotrophic hormone

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LTI

Licentiate of the Textile Institute

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LTIB

Lead Technical Information Bureau

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Lt Inf.

Light Infantry

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LTL

Commerce (USA ) less-than-truckload lot

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LTM

Licentiate in Tropical Medicine
• London Terminal Market

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LTO

leading torpedo operator

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LTOM

London Traded Options Market

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LTOS

Law Times, Old Series

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LTP

Biochem. lipid-transfer protein
• Science long-term potentiation

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ltr

letter
• lighter

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LTR

Genetics long terminal repeat

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LTRA

Lands Tribunal Rating Appeals

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LtRN

Lieutenant, Royal Navy

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LTRS

Low Temperature Research Station

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LTSC

Licentiate of Tonic Sol-Fa College

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LTTE

(Sri Lanka ) Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam

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LTTL

Computing low-power transistor transistor logic

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lu.

luglio (Italian: July)

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l/u

Shipping laid (or lying) up

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Lu

Chem. , symbol for lutetium

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Lu.

Lucerne

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LU

Liberal Unionist
• British vehicle registration for London NW
• loudness unit
• postcode for Luton

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LUA

Liverpool Underwriting Association

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lub. (or lubr.)

lubricant
• lubricate
• lubrication

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LUC

London Underwriting Centre

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LUCOM ('lu:km)

lunar communication system

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lug.

luggage
• lugger

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LUG

light utility glider
• Computing local users group

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LUHF

Electronics lowest useful high frequency

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LULOP

(ital.) London Union List of Periodicals

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lum.

lumbago
• lumber
• luminous

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LUM

lunar excursion module

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LUMAS ('lu:mæs)

lunar mapping system

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LUMO ('lu:m)

Chem. lowest unoccupied molecular orbital

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lun.

lundi (French: Monday)
• lunedí (Italian: Monday)
• lunes (Spanish: Monday)

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LUNCO

Lloyd's Underwriters Non-Marine Claims Office

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LUOTC

London University Officers' Training Corps

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Lup

Astronomy Lupus

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LUS

Land Utilization Survey

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LUSCS

Obstetrics lower uterine segment Caesarean section

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LUSI

lunar surface inspection

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lusing.

Music lusingando (Italian: coaxing or caressing)

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LUT

Astronautics launch umbilical tower
• Computing look-up table

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Luth.

Lutheran

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lux.

luxurious

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Lux.

Luxembourg

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LuxF

symbol for Luxembourg franc (monetary unit)

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lv.

leave (of absence, as from military duty)
• livre (French: book)

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l.v.

low voltage

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Lv

lev (Bulgarian monetary unit)

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LV

airline flight code for Albanian Airlines
• international civil aircraft marking for Argentina
• international vehicle registration for Latvia
• Med. left ventricle (or ventricular)
• licensed victualler
• Meteorol. light and variable
• British vehicle registration for Liverpool
• luncheon voucher

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LVA

Licensed Victuallers' Association

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LVF

Med. left ventricular function

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LVI

laus Verbo Incarnato (Latin: praise to the Incarnate Word)
• low viscosity index

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LVLO

Local Vehicle Licensing Office

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LVN

(USA ) licensed vocational nurse

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LVO

Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order

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lvs

leaves

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LVS

Licentiate in Veterinary Science

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LVT

landing vehicle, tracked

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Lw

(formerly) Chem. , symbol for lawrencium (see under Lr)

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LW

airline flight code for Air Nevada
• left wing
• light weight
• British vehicle registration for London NW
• Radio , etc. long-wave (or long waves)
• low water

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LWA

London Welsh Association

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l.w.b.

long wheelbase

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LWEST

low water equinoctial spring tide

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LWF

Lutheran World Federation

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LWL (or lwl)

length (at) waterline (of a ship)
• Shipping load waterline

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LWM (or lwm)

low water mark

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LWONT

low water, ordinary neap tides

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LWOST

low water, ordinary spring tides

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LWR

Nuclear engineering light-water reactor

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LWRA

London Waste Regulation Authority

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LWT

London Weekend Television

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LWV

(USA ) League of Women Voters

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lx

Physics , symbol for lux

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LX

British vehicle registration for London NW
• international civil aircraft marking for Luxembourg

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Lxmbrg

Luxembourg

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LXX

Bible , symbol for Septuagint (from its 70 translators)

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l.y.

Astronomy light year

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LY

airline flight code for El Al Israel Airlines
• international civil aircraft marking for Lithuania
• British fishing port registration for Londonderry
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Lyn

Astronomy Lynx

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lyr.

lyric(al)

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Lyr

Astronomy Lyra

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LYR

Meteorol. layer(ed)

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Lys (or lys)

Biochem. lysine

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LZ

British vehicle registration for Armagh
• airline flight code for Balkan-Bulgarian Airlines
• international civil aircraft marking for Bulgaria

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LZT

Chem. lead zirconate-titanate

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LZW

Computing Lempel-Ziv-Welch (in LZW compaction )

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M

m

(ital.) Astronomy , symbol for apparent magnitude
• (bold ital.) Physics , symbol for magnetic moment
• (ital.) Physics , symbol for magnetic quantum number
• (ital.) Chem. , symbol for mass
• Music me (in tonic sol-fa)
• (ital.) Chem. meta (as in m-dichlorobenzene )
• symbol for metre(s)
• symbol for milli- (prefix indicating 1/1000 (i.e. 10-3), as in mm , millimetre)
• million
• (ital.) Chem. , symbol for molality

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m.

Cricket maiden (over)
• male
• manipulus (Latin: handful)
• mare
• Currency mark(s)
• married
• masculine
• medical
• medicine
• medium
• memorandum
• meridian
• meridies (Latin: noon)
• meridional
• midday
• middle
• mile(s)
• (USA , Canada ) mill(s) (monetary unit)
• mille (French: thousand)
• minim (liquid measure)
• minor
• minute(s)
• Med. misce (Latin: mix)
• Meteorol. mist
• mixture
• moderate
• mois (French: month)
• molar (tooth)
• month
• moon
• morning
• mort or morte (French: dead)
• morto (Italian: dead)
• mountain

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M

(ital.)Astronomy , symbol for absolute magnitude
• Printing , symbol for em
• symbol for loti (monetary unit of Lesotho; pl. maloti)
• (ital.; or Mv) Physics , symbol for luminous exitance
• Aeronautics Mach (followed by a number)
• (ital.) Physics , symbol for magnetic quantum number
• (bold ital.) Physics , symbol for magnetization
• international vehicle registration for Malta
• postcode for Manchester
• (ital.) symbol for mass, especially molar mass
• Films (Australia ) mature audience (certification)
• medium (size)
• symbol for mega- (prefix indicating one million, as in MW , megawatt; or (in computing) 2^20, as in Mbyte , megabyte)
• Chem. , symbol for mesomeric effect
• Astronomy Messier Catalogue (followed by a number)
• Chem. , symbol for metal (in a chemical formula, as in MOH )
• Biochem. , symbol for methionine
• British fishing port registration for Milford
• million
• minim (liquid measure)
• (bold ital.) Physics , symbol for moment of a force
• Economics monetary aggregate (as in M0 , M1 , etc.; measures of the money supply)
• motorway (as in M1 , M4 , etc.)
• mud (on charts)
• (ital.) Electrical engineering , symbol for mutual inductance
• (ital.; or Me) Physics , symbol for radiant exitance
• Navigation , symbol for sea mile
• Roman numeral for thousand
• Astronomy , indicating a spectral type
• Logic , indicating the middle term of a syllogism

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M. (or M)

Magister (Latin: Master)
• magistrate
• Majesty
• Manitoba
• March
• Marquess
• Marquis
• martyr
• Master (in titles)
• May
• medal
• Medieval
• Member (in titles)
• Methodist
• Music metronome
• metropolitan
• mezzo or mezza (Italian: half)
• Middle
• militia
• minesweeper
• Monday
• Monsieur (French: Mr or Sir)
• Monte (Italian: mount)
• mother
• Mountain

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2M

airline flight code for Moldavian Airlines

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3M

airline flight code for Gulfstream International Airlines

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9M

international civil aircraft marking for Malaysia

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m.a.

manufacturing assembly
• map analysis
• menstrual age

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m/a

Book-keeping my account

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mA

symbol for milliampere(s)

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Ma

(ital.) Aeronautics , symbol for Mach number

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Ma.

Mater (Latin: Mother)

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MA

British vehicle registration for Chester
• Magistrates' Association
• airline flight code for Malev Hungarian Airlines
• (USA ) Manpower Administration
• (USA ) Maritime Administration
• US postcode for Massachusetts
• Master of Arts
• Mathematical Association
• medieval archaeology
• Psychol. mental age
• Middle Ages
• Military Academy
• military assistant
• military attaché
• Missionarius Apostolicus (Latin: Apostolic Missionary)
• mobility allowance
• international vehicle registration for Morocco
• Mountaineering Association

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MAA

Manufacturers' Agents Association of Great Britain
• master-at-arms
• Mathematical Association of America
• Member of the Architectural Association
• Chem. methacrylic acid
• Motor Agents' Association

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MAAF

Mediterranean Allied Air Forces

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MAAT

Member of the Association of Accounting Technicians

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MABS

(USA ) marine air base squadron

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Mac.

Macao
• (or Macc.) Maccabees (books of the Apocrypha)

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MAc

Master of Accountancy

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MAC (or m.a.c.)

maximum allowable concentration
• Computing media access control (in MAC layer )
• (mæk) Television multiplexed analogue components
• (USA ) Municipal Assistance Corporation

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MACA ('mæk)

Mental After Care Association

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MACC

military aid to the civilian community

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MACE

Member of the Association of Conference Executives
• Member of the Australian College of Education

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Maced.

Macedonia(n)

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mach.

machine(ry)
• machinist

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MACHO ('mæt)

Astronomy massive astrophysical compact halo object

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MACM

Member of the Association of Computing Machines

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macroecon.

macroeconomics

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MACS

Member of the American Chemical Society

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Mad.

Madeira

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MAD (mæd)

magnetic anomaly detection
• maintenance, assembly, and disassembly
• Psychiatry major affective disorder
• Commerce mean absolute deviation
• Military mutual assured destruction

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Madag.

Madagascar

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MADD (mæd)

(USA ) Mothers Against Drunk Driving

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MADO

Member of the Association of Dispensing Opticians

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Madr.

Madras
• Madrid

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MaE

Master in Engineering

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MAE

Master of Aeronautical Engineering
• Master of Art Education
• Master of Arts in Education

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MA(Econ)

Master of Arts in Economics

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MA(Ed)

Master of Arts in Education

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MAEE

Marine Aircraft Experimental Establishment

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maesto.

Music maestoso (Italian: majestic, stately)

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MAFA

Manchester Academy of Fine Arts

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MAFF (mæf)

Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Food

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mag.

magazine
• maggio (Italian: May)
• magnesium
• magnet(ic)
• magnetism
• magneto
• magnitude
• magnum

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Mag.

Magyar

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MAg

Master of Agriculture

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Magd

Magdalen College, Oxford
• Magdalene College, Cambridge

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MAgEc

Master of Agricultural Economics

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magg.

maggio (Italian: May)
• Music maggiore (Italian: major)

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maglev ('mæg, lv)

magnetic levitation

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MAGPI ('mægpa)

Surgery meatal advancement and glanuloplasty (operation)

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MAgr

Master of Agriculture

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MAgrSc

Master of Agricultural Science

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mah. (or mahog.)

mahogany

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MAI

Master of Engineering (Latin Magister in Arte Ingeniaria)
• Forestry mean annual increment
• Member of the Anthropological Institute
• Med. Mycobacterium avium and intracellulare (in MAI complex )

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MAIAA

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Marine Accident Investigation Branch

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maintenance

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major
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Military Major

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Major-General

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international vehicle registration for Malaysia

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Master of Arts in Law and Diplomacy

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malleable

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Computing multiple allocation memory

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Mediterranean Association for Marine Biology and Oceanography

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management
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Manchester
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British vehicle registration for Isle of Man
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Master of Anaesthesiology

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Manchester
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Law mandamus (an order from the High Court)
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Finance mergers and acquistions

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May and Baker (pharmaceutical company)
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music and effects

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Managing Director

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maintenance and supply

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Marks & Spencer plc

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Managing Editor

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manufacturer

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May, August, November, February (months for quarterly payments)

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manganese bronze

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Manitoba

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manually operated

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Med. mane primo (Latin: early in the morning)

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Mansfield College, Oxford

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manufacture(d)
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Merseyside and North Wales Electricity Board

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Master of Obstetric Art
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monoamine oxidase inhibitor (antidepressant)

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Member of the Association of Occupational Therapists

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Member of the American Ornithologists' Union

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MAP

major air pollutant
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MAPI ('mæp)

messaging application program interface

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Master of Applied Science

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Member of the Australian Psychological Society

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mar.

Music marimba
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March

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Taxation marginal age relief
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Member of the Australasian Register of Agricultural Consultants

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marc.

Music marcato (Italian: marked; i.e. each note emphasized)

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Bibliog. machine-readable cataloguing

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Marchioness

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Master of Architecture

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margin(al)

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marine insurance

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maritime

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marriage licence

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MARMAP ('m:,mæp)

(USA ) Marine Resources Monitoring Assessment and Prediction

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Marquess
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meteorological automatic reporting station (or system)

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martyr

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Military manoeuvrable re-entry vehicle

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masculine

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Malaysian Airline System
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Member of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers

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masculine

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Master of Applied Science

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Member of the Australian Society of Calligraphers

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Electronics masking-pattern adaptive sub-band coding and multiplexing

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Member of the American Society of Civil Engineers

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mascon ('mæskn)

Astronomy mass concentration

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maser ('mez)

microwave amplification by stimulated emission of radiation

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(USA ) mobile army surgical hospital

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Member of the Architects' and Surveyors' Institute

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Member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers

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Massachusetts

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Master of Arts in Social Science

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mat.

maternity
• matinée
• matins
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MAT

Insurance marine, aviation, and transport
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MATA ('mæt)

multiple answering teaching aid

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math.

mathematical(ly)
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Master of Arts in Theology

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mathematics

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MATIF

marché à terme des instruments financiers (French: financial futures market)

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matrimonium (Latin: marriage)

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US Air Force Military Air Transport Service

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Managerial Administrative Technical Staff Association

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Matt.

Bible Matthew

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Military multiple airborne target trajectory system

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MATV

master antenna television

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MAU

Computing multi-station access unit

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Maur.

Mauritius

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Mau Re (pl. Mau Rs)

symbol for Mauritian rupee (monetary unit)

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MAusIMM

Member of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy

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Military medium assault weapon

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max.

maxim
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mb

Meteorol. , symbol for millibar(s)

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m.b.

magnetic bearing
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• medium bomber
• Med. misce bene (Latin: mix well)
• (or m/b) motor boat (or barge)

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MB

Bachelor of Medicine (Latin Medicinae Baccalaureus)
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• British vehicle registration for Chester
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• (Canada ) Medal of Bravery
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• Meteorol. millibar(s)
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Mombasa

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MBA

Master of Business Administration

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Member of the British Association of Chemists

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Member of the British Acupuncture Association

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mbar

Meteorol. , symbol for millibar(s)

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Member of the British Association of Social Workers

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MBBA

Chem. N-(4-methoxybenzylidene)-4-butylaniline

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m.b.c.

Med. maximum breathing capacity

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MBC

Chem. methyl benzimidazole carbamate
• metropolitan borough council
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MBCO

Member of the British College of Ophthalmic Opticians (or Optometrists)

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Member of the British College of Physical Education

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Member of the British Computer Society

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MBD

Med. minimal brain dysfunction

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MBdgSc

Master of Building Science

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MBE

Member of the Order of the British Empire
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Member of the Association of Building Engineers

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MBF

Musicians Benevolent Fund

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MBFR

Military mutual and balanced force reduction

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MBG

microemulsion-based gel

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mbH

mit beschränkter Haftung (German: with limited liability)

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Astronomy massive black hole

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Member of the British Horological Institute

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Member of the British Institute of Funeral Directors

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Military missing, believed killed

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Member of the British Kinematograph, Sound, and Television Society

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Master of Business Management

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MBMS

Chem. molecular-beam mass spectrometry

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Member of the British Naturopathic and Osteopathic Association

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Commerce Malcolm Baldridge National Quality Award

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Finance management buyout
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Member of the British Ornithologists' Union

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MBP

Med. mean blood pressure

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Member of the British Production and Inventory Control Society

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Member of the British Psychological Society

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MBPT

Physics , Astronomy many-body perturbation theory

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mbr

member

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MBR

Astronomy microwave background radiation

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MBS

Manchester Business School

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MBSc

Master of Business Science

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MBT

Military main battle tank
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MBuild

Master of Building

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MBWA

management by wandering around

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Mbyte

Computing megabyte

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m.c.

mois courant (French: current month)
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m/c

machine
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Mc

megacycle(s)

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MC

British vehicle registration for London NE
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M/C

Manchester
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MCA

Management Consultants' Association
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MCAB

(USA ) Marine Corps air base

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MCAM

Member of the CAM Foundation

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MC&G

mapping, charting, and geodesy

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MCAV

Computing modified constant angular velocity

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MCB

(USA ) Marine Corps Base
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Member of the Chartered Building Societies Institute

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MCC

Manchester Computer Centre
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MCCA

Minor Counties Cricket Association

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MCCC

Middlesex County Cricket Club

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MCCD RCS

Member in Clinical Community Dentistry of the Royal College of Surgeons

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MCD

Chem. magnetic circular dichroism
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• Movement for Christian Democracy
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MCE

Master of Civil Engineering
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MCF

Nuclear engineering magnetic confinement fusion

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MCFP

(Canada ) Member of the College of Family Physicians

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MCG

Melbourne Cricket Ground

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MCGA

Computing multicolour graphics array

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MCGB

Master Chef of Great Britain

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McGU

McGill University (Canada )

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MCh (or MChir)

Master of (or in) Surgery (Latin Magister Chirurgiae)

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MCH

Med. mean cell (or corpuscular) haemoglobin
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MCHC

Med. mean cell (or corpuscular) haemoglobin concentration

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MChD

Master of Dental Surgery (Latin Magister Chirurgiae Dentalis)

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Master of Chemical Engineering

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MChemA

Master in Chemical Analysis

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Master of Orthopaedic Surgery (Latin Magister Chirurgiae Orthopaedicae)

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Member of the Society of Chiropodists

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mcht

merchant

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machinery

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m.c.i.

malleable cast iron

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mCi

millicurie(s)

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Member of the Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers

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Member of the Chartered Institute of Marketing

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Member of the Chartered Institute of Building

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Member of the International Institution for Production Engineering Research (French Collège internationale pour recherche et production)

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Member of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators (formerly Chartered Institute of Secretaries)

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Member of the Chartered Institute of Transport

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MCL

Master of (or in) Civil Law
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Master of Clinical Psychology

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MCISc

Master of Clinical Science

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MCLV

Computing modified constant linear velocity

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MCM

Maths. Monte Carlo method
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MCMES

Member of the Civil and Mechanical Engineers' Society

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Mco

Morocco

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MCO

Managed Care Organization

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mcol.

musicological
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Member of the College of Handicrafts

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Master of Commerce

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Master of Community Health

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Member of the Association of Consulting Engineers

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MCOphth

Member of the College of Ophthalmologists

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MCP (or m.c.p.)

male chauvinist pig
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MCPA

Chem. 2-methyl-4-chlorophenoxy- acetic acid (used in herbicides)

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MCPB

Chem. 4-(2-methyl-4-chlorophenoxy) butanoic acid (weedkiller)

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MCPBA

Chem. m-chloroperoxybenzoic acid

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MCPP

Member of the College of Pharmacy Practice

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MCPS

Mechanical Copyright Protection Society
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MCR

Engineering maximum continuous rating
• Med. metabolic clearance rate
• middle common room (in certain universities)
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MCS

Madras Civil Service
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• Master of Commercial Science
• Military College of Science
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Mc/s

megacycles per second

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MCSEE

Member of the Canadian Society of Electrical Engineers

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Member of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy

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Member of the College of Speech Therapists

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MCT

mainstream corporation tax
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MCU

main control unit
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MCV

Med. mean cell (or corpuscular) volume

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MCW

Telecom. modulated continuous wave

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Md

Chem. , symbol for mendelevium

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Md.

Maryland

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M/d

Commerce months after date

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MD

airline flight code for Air Madagascar
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• Middle Dutch
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• international vehicle registration for Moldova
• molecular dynamics
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MDA

3, 4-methylenedioxyamphetamine (hallucinogenic drug; ice)
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MDAM

Computing multidimensional access memory

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MD&A

management discussion and analysis

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MDAP

(USA ) Mutual Defense Assistance Program

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M-day

(USA ) mobilization day

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MdB

Mitglied des Bundestages (German: Member of the Bundestag)

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MDB

Movimento Democrático Brasileiro (Spanish: Brazilian Democratic Movement)

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MDC

metropolitan district council
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MDD

minimal detectable dose

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Mddx

Middlesex

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MDEA

Chem. N-methyldiethanolamine

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MDentSc

Master in Dental Science

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MDes

Master of Design

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MDF

medium-density fibreboard

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MDG

medical Director-General

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MDHB

Mersey Docks and Harbour Board

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MDI

Chem. methylene diisocyanate

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m. dict.

Med. more dicto (Latin: in the manner directed; in prescriptions)

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MDip

Master of Diplomacy

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mdise

merchandise

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MDiv

Master of Divinity

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mdl

model

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MDL

minimum detectable level (of radioactivity)

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Mdlle

Mademoiselle (French: Miss)

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Mdm

Madam

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MDMA

methylenedioxymethamphetamine (hallucinogenic drug; Ecstasy)

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Mdme

Madame (French: Mrs)

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mdn

median

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MDNS

Computing managed data network service

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mdnt

midnight

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MDP

Mongolian Democratic Party

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MDQ

minimum detectable quantity

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MDR

Computing memory data register
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MDRam (,m'di:'ræm)

multibank dynamic random access memory

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MDS

Master of Dental Surgery
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MDSc

Master of Dental Science

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mdse

merchandise

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MDT

Computing mean downtime
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MDu

Middle Dutch

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MDU

Medical Defence Union

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MDV

Doctor of Veterinary Medicine

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MDW

Military Defence Works

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m.e.

maximum effort
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Me

Maine (USA )
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• Messerschmitt (German aircraft)
• Chem. , symbol for methyl (used in formulae)

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ME

British vehicle registration for London NE
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• postcode for Medway
• Med. metabolizable energy
• Methodist Episcopal
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• Middle English
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• British fishing port registration for Montrose
• Physics Mössbauer effect
• Most Excellent (in titles)
• mottled edges (of book pages)
• Med. myalgic encephalomyelitis

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MEA

Member of the European Assembly
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MEAF

Middle East Air Force

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meas.

measurable
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MEB

Midlands Electricity Board

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MEBA/NMU

(USA ) Marine Engineer Beneficial Association/National Maritime Union

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MEc

Master of Economics

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MEC

Master of Engineering Chemistry
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MECAS

Middle East Centre for Arab Studies

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mech.

mechanic
• mechanical(ly)
• mechanics
• mechanism

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MechE

Mechanical Engineer

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ME(Chem)

Master of Chemical Engineering

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MECI

Member of the Institute of Employment Consultants

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MECO ('mi:k)

Astronautics main engine cut off

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MEcon

Master of Economics

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med.

medallist
• median
• medical
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Med.

Mediterranean

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MEd

Master of Education

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MED

maximum equivalent dose
• minimum effective dose
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Medico ('mdk)

Medical International Corporation (or Cooperation Organization) (US medical agency)

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Medit.

Mediterranean

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med. jur.

medical jurisprudence

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MEDLARS ('md,l:z)

(USA ) Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System

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MedRC

Medical Reserve Corps

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MedScD

Doctor of Medical Science

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med. tech.

medical technician
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MEE (or ME(Elec))

Master of Electrical Engineering

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MEF

Middle East Force

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meg (mg)

Computing megabyte

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MEIC

Member of the Engineering Institute of Canada

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Mej.

Mejuffrouw (Dutch: Miss)

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MEK

Chem. methyl ethyl ketone

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Melan.

Melanesia(n)

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Melb.

Melbourne

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MELF

Middle East Land Forces

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mem.

member
• memento (Latin: remember)
• memoir(s)
• memorandum
• memorial

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ME(Mech)

Master of Mechanical Engineering

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Men

Astronomy Mensa

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MEN

Med. multiple endocrine neoplasia

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MENCAP (or Mencap) ('mnkæp)

Royal Society for Mentally Handicapped Children and Adults

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MEng

Master of Engineering

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MENS (mnz)

multiple endocrine neoplasia syndromes

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mensur.

mensuration

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mentd

mentioned

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MEO

Marine Engineering Officer

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MEP

(Sri Lanka ) Mahajana Eksath Peramuna (People's United Front)
• Master of Engineering Physics
• (or m.e.p.) mean effective pressure
• Member of the European Parliament

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MEPA

Master of Engineering and Public Administration

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mer.

mercantile
• merchandise
• mercoledi (Italian: Wednesday)
• mercredi (French: Wednesday)
• mercury
• meridian
• meridional

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Mer.

Merionethshire (former Welsh county)

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merc.

mercantile
• mercoledi (Italian: Wednesday)
• mercury

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MERCOSUR ('m:ks)

Mercado Común del Sur (Spanish: Southern (American) Common Market)

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MERLIN ('m:n)

Astronomy Multi-Element Radio-linked Interferometer Network (UK)

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Mert

Merton College, Oxford

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MES

Chem. molecular emission spectrometry
• Chem. Mössbauer emission spectroscopy

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MèsA

Maître ès arts (French: Master of Arts)

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MESc

Master of Engineering Science

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MESFET ('msft)

Electronics metal-semiconductor field-effect transistor

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Messrs ('msz)

Messieurs (French: gentlemen or sirs; used in English as pl. of Mr; see also under MM)

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met.

metallurgical
• metallurgist
• metallurgy
• metaphor
• metaphysics
• (or met; mt) meteorological (as in met. office )
• meteorology
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Met (or met)

Biochem. methionine
• (mt) Metropolitan Opera House (New York)
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metal. (or metall.)

metallurgical
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metaph.

metaphor(ical)
• metaphysical
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METAR

Meteorological Airfield Report

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met. bor.

metropolitan borough

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MetE

Metallurgical Engineer

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meteorol. (or meteor.)

meteorological
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Meth.

Methodist

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M-et-L

Maine-et-Loire (department of France)

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Meurthe-et-Moselle (department of France)

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m. et n.

Med. mane et nocte (Latin: morning and night; in prescriptions)

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MetR

Metropolitan Railway (London )

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metrol.

metrological
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metrop. (or metropol.)

metropolis
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metsat ('mtsæt)

meteorological satellite

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Mev.

Mevrouw (Dutch: Mrs)

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MeV

symbol for megaelectronvolt(s)

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MEW

Military microwave early warning (system)

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Mex.

Mexican
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MEX

international vehicle registration for Mexico

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MEXE

Military Engineering Experimental Establishment

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Mex.Sp.

Mexican Spanish

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mez.

Music mezzo or mezza (Italian: half or medium)

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Mez

mezzo-soprano

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MEZ

Mitteleuropäische Zeit (German: Central European Time)

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mezzo.

mezzotint

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mf

(ital.) Music mezzo forte (Italian; moderately loudly)
• Slang (USA ) motherfucker

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mF

symbol for millifarad(s)

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MF

British vehicle registration for London NE
• machine finish(ed) (of paper)
• magnetic field
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• melamine-formaldehyde (as in MF resin )
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• Middle French
• mill finish
• Slang (USA ) motherfucker
• Telecom. multifrequency

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M/F (or m/f)

male or female (in advertisements)

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MFA

Master of Fine Arts

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MFAMus

Master of Fine Arts in Music

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MFARCS

Member of the Faculty of Anaesthetists of the Royal College of Surgeons

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MFB

Metropolitan Fire Brigade

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MFC

Mastership in Food Control
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MFCM

Member of the Faculty of Community Medicine

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mfd

manufactured

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MFD

minimum fatal dose

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mfg

manufacturing

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MFH

Master of Foxhounds
• mobile field hospital

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MFHom

Member of the Faculty of Homeopathy

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MFlem

Middle Flemish

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MFLOPS ('m,flps)

Computing millions of floating-point operations per second

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MFM

Computing modified frequency modulation

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MFN

most favoured nation (in trade agreements)

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MFOM

Member of the Faculty of Occupational Medicine

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MFP

Physics mean free path

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MFPA

Mouth and Foot Painting Artists

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mfr. (or mfre)

manufacture
• manufacturer

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MFr

Middle French

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MFS

Master of Food Science
• Master of Foreign Study

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m. ft.

Med. mistura fiat (Latin: let a mixture be made; in prescriptions)

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m.f.t.

motor freight tariff

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MFT

Computing master file table

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MFV

motor fleet vessel

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mg

symbol for milligram(s)

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Mg

Chem. , symbol for magnesium

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MG

airline flight code for Djibouti Airlines
• British vehicle registration for London NE
• machine glazed (of paper)
• machine gun
• Music main gauche (French: left hand)
• Major-General
• Building trades make good
• Morris Garages (sports car; named after its original manufacturer)
• motor generator
• Med. myasthenia gravis

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MGA

Major-General in charge of Administration

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m.g.a.w.d.

make good all works disturbed (in commercial contracts)

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MGB

metropolitan green belt
• Ministerstvo Gosudarstvennoi Bezopasnosti (Russian: Ministry of State Security; Soviet secret police, 1946–54)
• motor gunboat

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MGC

Machine Gun Corps
• (formerly) Marriage Guidance Council (renamed Relate)

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MGDS RCS

Member in General Dental Surgery of the Royal College of Surgeons

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mge

message

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MGGS

Major-General, General Staff

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MGI

Member of the Institute of Certificated Grocers

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MGk

Medieval Greek

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M. Glam

Mid Glamorgan

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MGM

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (film studio)
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MGO

Master General of the Ordnance
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MGP

manufactured-gas plant

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Mgr

Manager
• Monseigneur (French: my lord)
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MGr

Medieval Greek

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MGR

Nuclear engineering modular gascooled reactor

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Mgrs

Managers
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mgt

management

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mH

Physics , symbol for millihenry(s)

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MH

British vehicle registration for London NE
• Navigation magnetic heading
• Nautical main hatch
• airline flight code for Malaysia Airlines
• marital history
• Master of Horse
• Master of Horticulture
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• Master of Hygiene
• (USA ) Medal of Honor
• mental health
• British fishing port registration for Middlesbrough
• military hospital
• Ministry of Health

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MHA

(USA ) Master of (or in) Hospital Administration
• (Australia , Canada ) Member of the House of Assembly
• Methodist Homes for the Aged
• Chem. methyl-3-hydroxyanthranilic acid

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MHC

Immunol. major histocompatibility complex

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MHCIMA

Member of the Hotel Catering and Institutional Management Association

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MHD

Physics magnetohydrodynamics

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MHE

Master of Home Economics

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MHeb

Middle Hebrew

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MHF

massive hydraulic fracture (or fracturing)

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MHG

Middle High German

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MHK

(Isle of Man) Member of the House of Keys

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MHLG

Ministry of Housing and Local Government

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M.Hon.

Most Honourable

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MHortSc

Master of Horticultural Sience

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MHR

(USA , Australia ) Member of the House of Representatives

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MHRA

Modern Humanities Research Association

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MHRF

Mental Health Research Fund

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MHS

medical history sheet
• Member of the Historical Society
• Computing message-handling system (or service)

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MHTGR

Nuclear engineering modular high-temperature gas-cooled reactor

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MHum

Master of Humanities

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MHW

mean high water (of tides)

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MHWN

mean high water neaps (tides)

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MHWS

mean high water springs (tides)

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MHy

Master of Hygiene

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MHz

symbol for megahertz

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mi.

mile
• (USA , Canada ) mill(s) (monetary unit)

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Mi.

minor (in names)

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MI

malleable iron
• US postcode for Michigan
• Military Intelligence (see MI5; MI6)
• Ministry of Information
• Biology mitotic index
• moment of inertia
• mounted infantry
• Med. myocardial infarction
• Irish vehicle registration for Wexford

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MI5

Military Intelligence, section five (British counterintelligence agency)

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MI6

Military Intelligence, section six (British intelligence and espionage agency)

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MIA

Master of International Affairs
• Military missing in action
• (Australia ) Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area

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MIAA&S

Member of the Incorporated Association of Architects and Surveyors

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MIAeE

Member of the Institute of Aeronautical Engineers

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MIAgrE

Member of the Institution of Agricultural Engineers

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MIAM

Member of the Institute of Administrative Management

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MIAP

Member of the Institution of Analysts and Programmers

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MIAS

Member of the Institute of Accounting Staff

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MIB

Computing management information base

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MIBF

Member of the Institute of British Foundrymen

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MIBiol

Member of the Institute of Biology

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MIBK

Chem. methyl isobutyl ketone

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MIBritE

Member of the Institution of British Engineers

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MIB(Scot)

Member of the Institute of Bankers in Scotland

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Mic

Astronomy Microscopium

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Mic.

Bible Micah

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MICE

Member of the Institution of Civil Engineers

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MICEI

Member of the Institution of Civil Engineers of Ireland

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MICFor

Member of the Institute of Chartered Foresters

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Mich.

Michaelmas
• Michigan

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MIChemE

Member of the Institution of Chemical Engineers

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MICorrST

Member of the Institution of Corrosion Science and Technology

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MICR

Computing magnetic-ink character recognition

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micRNA

Biochem. messenger-RNA-interfering complementary RNA

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Micro.

Micronesia

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microbiol.

microbiology

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micros. (or micro.)

microscope
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MICS

Member of the Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers

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MICV

Military mechanized infantry combat vehicle

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mid.

middle
• midnight

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Mid.

Midlands
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MIDAS ('mads)

Computing measurement information and data analysis system
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Middx

Middlesex

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MIDELEC ('mdlk)

Midlands Electricity Board

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MIDI (or Midi) ('md)

musical instrument digital interface

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Midl.

Midlands
• Midlothian (Scotland )

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Mid. Lat.

Middle Latin

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MIDPM

Member of the Institute of Data Processing Management

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MIE(Aust)

Member of the Institution of Engineers, Australia

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MIED

Member of the Institution of Engineering Designers

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MIEE

Member of the Institution of Electrical Engineers

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MIEEE

(USA ) Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

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MIEI

Member of the Institution of Engineering Inspection

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MIE(Ind)

Member of the Institution of Engineers, India

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MIES

Member of the Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders, Scotland

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MIEx

Member of the Institute of Export

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MIExpE

Member of the Institute of Explosives Engineers

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MIF

Computing management information format
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MIFA

Member of the Institute of Field Archaeologists

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MIFF

Member of the Institute of Freight Forwarders

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MIFG

Meteorol. shallow fog

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MIFireE

Member of the Institute of Fire Engineers

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MiG (mg)

Mi(koyan and) G(urevich) (Soviet jet fighter; named after its designers)

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MIG (mg)

metal-inert gas (as in MIG welding )

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MIGasE

Member of the Institution of Gas Engineers

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MIGeol

Member of the Institution of Geologists

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MIH

Master of Industrial Health
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MIHort

Member of the Institute of Horticulture

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MIHT

Member of the Institution of Highways and Transportation

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MIIE

Member of the Institution of Industrial Engineers

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MIIM

Member of the Institute of Industrial Managers

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MIInfSc

Member of the Institute of Information Sciences

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MIISec

Member of the International Institute of Security

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mil.

mileage
• military
• militia

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Mil.

Milan

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MIL

Member of the Institute of Linguists
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Mil. Att.

Military Attaché

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MILGA

Member of the Institute of Local Government Administrators

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milit.

military

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mill.

million

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MILocoE

Member of the Institution of Locomotive Engineers

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Milw.

Milwaukee

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MIM

Member of the Institute of Metals

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MIMarE

Member of the Institute of Marine Engineers

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MIMC

Member of the Institute of Management Consultants

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MIMD

Computing multiple instruction (stream), multiple data (stream)

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MIME (mam)

multimedia Internet mail extension
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MIMechE

Member of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers

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MIMGTechE

Member of the Institution of Mechanical and General Technician Engineers

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MIMI

Member of the Institute of the Motor Industry

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MIMinE

Member of the Institution of Mining Engineers

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MIMM

Member of the Institution of Mining and Metallurgy

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MIMS (mmz)

Monthly Index of Medical Specialities

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MIMunE

Member of the Institution of Municipal Engineers (now amalgamated with the Institution of Civil Engineers)

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min

minimum
• symbol for minute(s)

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min.

mineralogical
• mineralogy
• minim (liquid measure)
• minimum
• mining
• ministerial
• minor
• minute(s)

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Min.

Minister
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MIND

indicating National Association for Mental Health

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mineral.

mineralogical
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Minn.

Minnesota

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Min. Plen.

Minister Plenipotentiary

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Min. Res.

Minister Resident (or Residentiary)

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MINS (mnz)

(USA ) minor(s) in need of supervision

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MInstAM

Member of the Institute of Administrative Management

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MInstBE

Member of the Institution of British Engineers

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MInstD

Member of the Institute of Directors

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MInstE

Member of the Institute of Energy

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MInstEnvSci

Member of the Institute of Environmental Sciences

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MInstMC

Member of the Institute of Measurement and Control

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MInstME

Member of the Institution of Mining Engineers

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MInstMM

Member of the Institution of Mining and Metallurgy

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MInstP

Member of the Institute of Physics

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MInstPet

Member of the Institute of Petroleum

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MInstPI

Member of the Institute of Patentees and Inventors

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MInstPkg

Member of the Institute of Packaging

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MInstPS

Member of the Institute of Purchasing and Supply

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MInstR

Member of the Institute of Refrigeration

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MInstRA

Member of the Institute of Registered Architects

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MInstT

Member of the Institute of Transport

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MInstTM

Member of the Institute of Travel Managers in Industry and Commerce

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MInstWM

Member of the Institute of Wastes Management

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MINucE

Member of the Institution of Nuclear Engineers

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Mio

Geology Miocene

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MIOSH

Member of the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health

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m.i.p.

mean indicated pressure

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MIP

marine insurance policy
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MIPA

Member of the Institute of Practitioners in Advertising

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MIPD

Member of the Institute of Personnel Development

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MIPM

Member of the Institute of Personnel Management

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MIPR

Member of the Institute of Public Relations

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MIProdE

Member of the Institution of Production Engineers

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MIPS (or mips) (mps)

Computing millions of instructions per second

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MIQ

Member of the Institute of Quarrying

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MIQA

Member of the Institute of Quality Assurance

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MIRA

Member of the Institute of Registered Architects
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MIRAS ('ma,ræs)

mortgage interest relief at source

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MIRD

medical internal radiation dose

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MIREE(Aust)

Member of the Institution of Radio and Electronics Engineers (Australia)

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MIRT

Member of the Institute of Reprographic Technicians

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MIRTE

Member of the Institute of Road Transport Engineers

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MIRV (m:v)

Military multiple independently targeted re-entry vehicle

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Mis

Geology Mississippian

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MIS

management information system
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• Member of the Institute of Statisticians
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misc.

miscellaneous
• miscellany

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MISD

Computing multiple instruction (stream), single data (stream)

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MISFET ('msft)

Electronics metal-insulator-semiconductor field-effect transistor

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MIS(India)

Member of the Institution of Surveyors (India)

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Miss.

Mission
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mist.

Med. mistura (Latin: mixture)

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mistrans.

mistranslation

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MIStructE

Member of the Institution of Structural Engineers

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Mit.

Mittwoch (German: Wednesday)

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MIT

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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MITA

Member of the Industrial Transport Association

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MITD

Member of the Institute of Training and Development

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MITE

Member of the Institution of Electrical and Electronics Technician Engineers

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MITI

(Japan ) Ministry of International Trade and Industry

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MITL

magnetically insulated transmission line

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MITT

Member of the Institute of Travel and Tourism

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Mitts (mts)

minutes of telecommunications traffic

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MIWEM

Member of the Institution of Water and Environmental Management

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MIX

Chem. 1-methyl-3-isobutylxanthine

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mixt.

mixture

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MJ

British vehicle registration for Luton
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MJA

Medical Journalists' Association

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MJD

management job description

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MJI

Member of the Institute of Journalists

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MJQ

Modern Jazz Quartet

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MJS

Member of the Japan Society

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MJSD

March, June, September, December (months for quarterly payments)

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MJur

Magister Juris (Latin: Master of Law)

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mk

Currency mark

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Mk. (or Mk)

mark (type of car)
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MK

airline flight code for Air Mauritius
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• symbol for Malawi kwacha (monetary unit)
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mkd

marked

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MKO

Mauna Kea Observatory (Hawaii )

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mks

Currency marks
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mksA (or MKSA)

metre kilogram second ampere (as in mksA system )

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mkt

market

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ml (or mL)

symbol for millilitre(s)

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ml.

mail

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ML

airline flight code for Aero Costa Rica
• Licentiate in Medicine (Latin Medicinae Licentiatus)
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• British vehicle registration for London NE
• Master of Law(s)
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• Medieval Latin
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• motor launch
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MLA

Accounting mandatory liquid assets
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• (or MLArch) Master of (or in) Landscape Architecture
• Master of the Liberal Arts
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• (USA ) Modern Language Association

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MLC

Meat and Livestock Commission
• (India , Australia ) Member of the Legislative Council
• Chem. micellar liquid chromatography
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MLCOM

Member of the London College of Osteopathic Medicine

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MLCT

Chem. metal-to-ligand charge transfer

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mld.

mould(ed)

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MLD

Master of Landscape Design
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mldg

moulding

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MLF

Mouvement de libération des femmes (French: Women's Liberation Movement)
• Military multilateral (nuclear) force

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MLG

Middle Low German

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MLib (or MLibSc)

Master of Library Science

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MLitt

Master of Letters (Latin Magister Litterarum)

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MLK

Martin Luther King Jr. (1929–68, US Black civil-rights leader)

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Mlle

Mademoiselle (French: Miss)

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MLNS

Med. mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome

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MLO

military liaison officer
• Microbiol. mycoplasma-like organism(s)

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MLR

Banking minimum lending rate
• Med. mixed lymphocyte reaction (test for donor-recipient compatibility)
• (ital.) Modern Language Review
• Statistics multiple linear regression

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MLRS

multiple-launch rocket system

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MLS

main-line station
• Master of Library Science
• Aeronautics microwave landing system
• mixed language system
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MLSO

Medical Laboratory Scientific Officer

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MLW

mean low water (of tides)

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MLWN

mean low water neaps (tides)

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MLWS

mean low water springs (tides)

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mm

symbol for millimetre(s)

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m.m. (or M/m)

made merchantable
• mutatis mutandis (Latin: with the necessary changes)

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MM

British vehicle registration for London NE
• Music Maelzel's metronome (indicating the tempo of a piece)
• maintenance manual
• Majesties
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MMA

Metropolitan Museum of Art
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MMath

Master of Mathematics

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MMB

(formerly) Milk Marketing Board

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MMC

Chem. magnesium methyl carbonate
• metal-matrix composite
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MMD

(Zambia ) Movement for Multiparty Democracy

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MMDA

(USA ) money market deposit account

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MMDS

Radio multipoint microwave distribution system

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Mme

Madame (French: Mrs)

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MME

Master of Mechanical Engineering
• Master of Mining Engineering
• Master of Music Education

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MMechE

Master of Mechanical Engineering

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MMed

Master of Medicine

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MMedSci

Master of Medical Science

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Mmes

Mesdames (French: pl. of Mme)

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MMet

Master of Metallurgy

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MMetE

Master of Metallurgical Engineering

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mmf

Physics magnetomotive force

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MMG

Military medium machine gun

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MMGI

Member of the Mining, Geological, and Metallurgical Institute of India

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mmHg

millimetre(s) of mercury (unit of pressure)

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MMin

Master of Ministry

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MMI

Computing man-machine interface
• Municipal Mutual Insurance

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MMM

(Canada ) Member of the Order of Military Merit

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3M

Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company

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m.m.p.

Chem. mixture melting point

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MMP

matrix metalloproteinase (enzyme)
• Military Mounted Police

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MMPI

Psychol. Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory

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MMQ

minimum manufacturing quantity

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MMR

Med. mass miniature radiography
• measles, mumps, rubella (in MMR vaccine )

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MMRBM

Military mobile medium-range ballistic missile

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MMS

Marine Meteorological Services
• Member of the Institute of Management Services
• Chem. methyl methanesulphonate
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MMSA

Master of Midwifery of the Society of Apothecaries

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MMSc

Master of Medical Science

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MMT

methylcyclopentadienyl manganese tricarbonyl (antiknock petrol additive)
• Multiple Mirror Telescope (Arizona )

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MMTS

Chem. methyl methylthiomethyl sulphoxide

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MMU

Computing memory management unit
• Finance million monetary units

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MMus

Master of Music

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MMusEd

Master of Musical Education

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MMX

multimedia extension

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mn.

midnight

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m.n.

mutato nomine (Latin: with the name changed)

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Mn

Chem. , symbol for manganese
• Modern (of languages)

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MN

magnetic north
• British fishing port registration for Maldon
• Merchant Navy
• US postcode for Minnesota

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MNA

Master of Nursing Administration
• Member of the National Assembly (of Quebec)
• Chem. molybdenum-nickel-alumina (catalyst)

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MNAD

Multinational Airmobile Division (of NATO)

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MNAEA

Member of the National Association of Estate Agents

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MNAS

(USA ) Member of the National Academy of Sciences

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MNC

multinational company

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MND

motor neurone disease

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MnE

Modern English

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MNE

multinational enterprise

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MNECInst

Member of the North East Coast Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders

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mng

managing

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mngmt

management

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mngr

manager

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MnGr (or MnGk)

Modern Greek

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MNI

Member of the Nautical Institute

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MNIMH

Member of the National Institute of Medical Herbalists

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Mnl.

Manila

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MNM

Meteorol. minimum

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MNOS

Electronics metal-nitride-oxide semiconductor

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MNP

microcomputer networking protocol

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Mnr

Mjnheer (Dutch: Mr or Sir)

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MNR

marine nature reserve
• mean neap rise (of tides)
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MNT

mean neap tide

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MNurs

Master of Nursing

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mo.

moment
• month
• mouth

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m.o.

mail order
• modus operandi
• money order

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m-o

months old

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Mo

Computing magneto-optical
• Chem. , symbol for molybdenum

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Mo.

Missouri
• Monday

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MO

mail order
• manually operated
• mass observation
• Master of Obstetrics
• Medical Officer
• Medical Orderly
• Meteorological Office
• military operations
• US postcode for Missouri
• modus operandi
• Chem. molecular orbital
• money order
• motor-operated
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• British vehicle registration for Reading

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MoA

Ministry of Aviation

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MOA

memorandum of agreement

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MO&G

Master of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

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mob.

mobile
• (or mobizn) mobilization
• mobilize

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MOB (mb)

movable object block

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MOBS (mbz)

multiple-orbit bombardment system (nuclear-weapon system)

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MoC

mother of the (trade-union) chapel

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MOC

management and operating contractor
• international vehicle registration for Mozambique

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MOCVD

Electronics metal-organic chemical vapour deposition

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mod (md)

Maths. , Computing modulo

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mod.

moderate
• Music moderato (Italian; at a moderate tempo)
• modern
• modification
• modified
• Maths. modulus

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MoD

Ministry of Defence

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MOD

mail-order department
• Meteorol. moderate (icing, etc.)

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mod. dict.

Med. modo dicto (Latin: as prescribed)

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modem ('mdm)

Computing modulator demodulator

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MODFET ('d, ft)

Electronics modulation-doped field-effect transistor

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modif.

modification

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mod. praes.

Med. modo praescripto (Latin: in the manner directed)

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Mods

Honour Moderations (at Oxford University)

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modto

Music moderato (see under mod.)

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MODU

mobile offshore drilling unit

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MOEH

Medical Officer for Environmental Health

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MOF

Med. multiple organ failure

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MoH

Ministry of Housing and Local Government

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MOH

Master of Otter Hounds
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MOHLG

Ministry of Housing and Local Government

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MOHLL (ml)

machine-oriented high-level language

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Moho ('mh)

Geology Mohorovii discontinuity

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MOI

military operations and intelligence
• Ministry of Information
• Ministry of the Interior

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mol

Chem. , symbol for mole(s)

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mol.

molecular
• molecule

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MOL

Astronautics manned orbital laboratory
• Ministry of Labour

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Mold. (or Moldv.)

Moldavia(n)

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mol. wt.

molecular weight

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m.o.m.

middle of month

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MOM

milk of magnesia

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MOMA ('mm)

Museum of Modern Art (New York)

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MOMI ('mm)

Museum of the Moving Image

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MOMIMTS

Military and Orchestral Instrument Makers' Trade Society

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mon.

monastery
• monastic
• monetary
• monitor
• monsoon

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Mon

Astronomy Monoceros

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Mon.

Monaco
• Monaghan
• Monday
• Monmouthshire
• Montag (German: Monday)

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MON

Meteorol. above mountains

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MONEP

Marché des options négotiables de Paris (French traded option market)

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Mong. (or Mongol.)

Mongolia(n)

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monog.

monograph

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Mont.

Montana
• (or Montgom.) Montgomeryshire (former Welsh county)

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Montr.

Montreal

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MOO (mu:)

Computing multiuser object-oriented

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MOPA

Electronics master oscillator power amplifier

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MOPH

(USA ) Military Order of the Purple Heart

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mor.

Music morendo (Italian; dying away)
• Bookbinding morocco

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Mor.

Moroccan
• Morocco

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MOR

middle-of-the-road
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MORB

Geology mid-oceanic ridge basalts

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MORC

Medical Officers Reserve Corps

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mor. dict.

Med. more dicto (Latin: in the manner directed)

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MORI (or Mori) (':r)

Market and Opinion Research Institute (as in MORI poll )

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morn.

morning

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morph. (or morphol.)

morphological
• morphology

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MORS

Geology mid-oceanic ridge system

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mor. sol.

Med. more solito (Latin: in the usual manner; in prescriptions)

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mort.

mortal
• mortality
• mortar
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• mortuary

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mos.

months

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Mos.

Moscow
• Moselle

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MOS

magneto-optical system
• (ms) Electronics metal-oxide-silicon (or-semiconductor)

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MOSFET ('msft)

Electronics metal-oxide-silicon (or-semiconductor) field-effect transistor

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MOST (mst)

Electronics metal-oxide-silicon (or -semiconductor) transistor
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mot.

motor(ized)

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MOT (or MoT)

Ministry of Transport (usually referring to the road-vehicle test, as in MOT certificate )

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MOTNE

meteorological operational telecommunications network

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MOUSE (or mouse) (ma)

Military minimum orbital unmanned satellite of the earth (for gathering data)

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mov.

Music movimento (Italian: movement or speed)

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MOV

Engineering motor-operated valve
• Meteorol. move (or moving)

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MOVE (mu:v)

Men Over Violence (association for wife batterers)

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movt

movement

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MOW

(New Zealand ) Ministry of Works
• Movement for the Ordination of Women

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MOX

mixed oxide (as in MOX fuel )

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Moz.

Mozambique

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mp

melting point
• (ital.) Music mezzo piano (Italian; moderately softly)

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m.p.

meeting point
• melting point
• Cartography mile post
• months after payment
• mooring post

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MP

British vehicle registration for London NE
• Madhya Pradesh (Indian state)
• Metallurgy martensitic phase
• airline flight code for Martinair Holland
• medium pressure
• Member of Parliament
• Physiol. membrane potential
• Cartography Mercator's projection
• metal pollutant
• Chem. methyl-2-pyrrolidone
• Metropolitan Police
• Cartography mile post
• Military Police(man)
• mille passuum (Latin: 1000 paces; i.e. the Roman mile)
• Minister Plenipotentiary
• miscellaneous papers (or publications)
• Mounted Police(man)

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M/P

memorandum of partnership

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MPA

Master of Professional Accounting
• Master of Public Administration
• Master Printers Association
• Member of the Parliamentary Assembly of Northern Ireland
• Music Publishers' Association

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MPAA

Motion Picture Association of America

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MPAGB

Modern Pentathlon Association of Great Britain

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MPB

(USA ) Missing Persons Bureau

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MPBW

Ministry of Public Building and Works

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MPC (or m.p.c.)

mathematics, physics, chemistry
• maximum permissible concentration
• Metropolitan Police College
• Metropolitan Police Commissioner
• multimedia personal computer

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MPD

maximum permissible dose

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MPE

Master of Physical Education
• maximum permissible exposure (to radiation)

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MPEA

Member of the Physical Education Association

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MPEG ('mpg)

Computing Moving Picture Expert Group

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MPF

Med. maturation-promoting factor

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mpg

miles per gallon

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MPG

Education main professional grade (teacher's basic salary)
• (Germany ) Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Wissenschaften (Max Planck Society for the Advancement of Science)

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mph

miles per hour

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MPh

Master of Philosophy

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MPH

Master of Public Health

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MPhil ('m 'fl)

Master of Philosophy

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MPI

Max Planck Institute

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MPIA

Master of Public and International Affairs

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MPIR (or MPIfR)

Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy

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MPL

maximum permissible level

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MPLA

Movimento Popular de Libertação de Angola (Portuguese: Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola)

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mpm

metres per minute

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MPO

management and personnel office
• Metropolitan Police Office
• military post office
• mobile printing (or publishing) office

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m.p.p.

most probable position

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MPP

Computing massively parallel processor
• Member of the Provincial Parliament (of Ontario)

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MPPH

Chem. 5-(4-methylphenyl)-5-phenylhydantoin

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MPR

(Indonesia ) Majelis Permusya-waratan Rakyat (People's Consultative Assembly)
• maximum permitted radiation
• Mongolian People's Republic

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MPRISA

Member of the Public Relations Institute of South Africa

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MPRP

Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party (communists)

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mps

metres per second

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MPs

Master of Psychology

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MPS

manufacturer's part specification
• master production schedule
• Medical Protection Society
• Member of the Philological Society
• Member of the Physical Society
• Meteorol. metres per second
• Med. mucopolysaccharide (as in MPS disease )

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MPsSc

Master of Psychological Science

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MPsych

Master of Psychology

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MPsyMed

Master of Psychological Medicine

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m. pt.

melting point

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MPU

Computing microprocessor unit

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Mpy

(Netherlands ) Maatschappij (Company; Co.)

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mq.

mosque

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MQ

metol-quinol (photographic developer)

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Mqe

Martinique

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MQS

Electronics modified Q-switching

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m.r.

memorandum receipt

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Mr

Mister

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MR

airline flight code for Air Mauritanie
• magnetic resonance (as in MR scanner )
• Computing magneto-resistive (as in MR heads )
• British fishing port registration for Manchester
• map reference
• Law Master of the Rolls
• match rifle
• (or M/R) Commerce mate's receipt
• mental retardation
• metabolic rate
• Middlesex Regiment
• Minister Residentiary
• motivation(al) research
• motorways (traffic) regulations
• municipal reform
• British vehicle registration for Swindon

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MRA

Maritime Royal Artillery
• Moral Rearmament

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MRAC

Member of the Royal Agricultural College

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MRACP

Member of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians

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MRACS

Member of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons

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MRadA

Member of the Radionic Association

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MRAeS

Member of the Royal Aeronautical Society

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MRAF

Marshal of the Royal Air Force

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MRAIC

Member of the Royal Royal Architectural Institute of Canada

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MRAO

Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory

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MRAS

Member of the Royal Academy of Science
• Member of the Royal Asiatic Society
• Member of the Royal Astronomical Society

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MRB

Mersey River Board

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MRBM

Military medium-range ballistic missile

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MRBS

Member of the Royal Botanic Society

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MRC

Medical Registration Council
• Medical Research Council
• Medical Reserve Corps
• Model Railway Club

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MRCA

multirole combat aircraft

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MRCGP

Member of the Royal College of General Practioners

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MRC-LMB

Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology

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MRCO

Member of the Royal College of Organists

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MRCOG

Member of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists

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MRCP

Member of the Royal College of Physicians

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MRCP(UK)

Member of the Royal College of Physicians (United Kingdom)

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MRCPA

Member of the Royal College of Pathologists of Australia

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MRCPath

Member of the Royal College of Pathologists

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MRCPE

Member of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh

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MRCPGlas

Member of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow

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MRCPI

Member of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland

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MRCPsych

Member of the Royal College of Psychiatrists

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Member of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh

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Member of the Royal College of Surgeons of Ireland

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Member of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons

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MRD

machine-readable dictionary

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MRe

Mauritian rupee (monetary unit)

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MRE

Master of Religious Education
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Master of Research

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Minority Rights Group

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Member of the Royal Geographical Society

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Member of the Royal Household

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Member of the Royal Horticultural Society

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MRI

Med. magnetic resonance imaging (or image)
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Member of the Royal Irish Academy

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Member of the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland

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Member of the Royal Institute of Chemistry (see MRSC)

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Member of the Royal Institution of Naval Architects

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Member of the Royal Institute of Public Health and Hygiene

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mrkr

marker

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MRM

mechanically recovered meat (in food processing)

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Member of the Royal Meteorological Society

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MRN

materials return note

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mRNA

Biochem. messenger RNA

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mrng

morning

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MRO

Member of the Register of Osteopaths

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MRP

manufacturers' recommended price
• Master in (or of) Regional Planning
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Member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society

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Member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society

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Mrs ('msz)

Mistress (title of a married woman)

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MRS

Physics magnetic resonance spectroscopy
• Market Research Society
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MRSA

Med. methicillin-resisant Staphylococcus aureus

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Member of the Royal Society of Chemistry (formerly MRIC)

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Member of the Royal Society for the Promotion of Health

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Member of the Royal Society of Literature

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Member of the Royal Society of Medicine
• Member of the Royal Society of Musicians of Great Britain

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Member of the Royal Society of Painter-Etchers and Engravers

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Member of the Royal Society of Portrait Painters

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Member of the Royal Society of Teachers

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MRT

Med. magnetic resonance tomography
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Member of the Royal Town Planning Institute

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MRU

manpower research unit
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Member of the Royal United Service Institution

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MRV

Military multiple re-entry vehicle

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Member of the Rating and Valuation Association

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ms

manuscript
• symbol for millisecond(s)

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m.s.

mail steamer
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m/s

metre(s) per second
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m/s^2

metre(s) per second squared

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Ms (mz or mz)

Miss or Mrs (unspecified)

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MS

British vehicle registration for Edinburgh
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• mess sergeant
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MSA

Malaysia-Singapore Airways
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(USA ) Master of Science in Aeronautical Engineering
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MSAgr

Master of Science in Agriculture

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MSAICE

Member of the South African Institution of Civil Engineers

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Member of the South African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy

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MS&R

Merchant Shipbuilding and Repairs

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MSArch

Master of Science in Architecture

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MSAutE

Member of the Society of Automobile Engineers

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MSB

Maritime Safety Board
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MSBA

Master of Science in Business Administration

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MSBus

Master of Science in Business

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MSByte

Computing most significant byte

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msc.

miscellaneous

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m.s.c.

moved, seconded, and carried

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MSc

Master of Science

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MSC

Manchester Ship Canal
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MScA (or MSc(Ag))

Master of Science in Agriculture

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MScApp

Master of Applied Science

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MSc(Arch)

Master of Science in Architecture

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MScD

(USA ) Doctor of Medical Science
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Master of Science in Civil Engineering

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Master of Science in Economics

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Master of Science in Education

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MSChE

Master of Science in Chemical Engineering

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Master of Science in Horticulture

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MSCI Index

Finance Morgan Stanley Capital International World Index

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MScMed

Master of Medical Science

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MSc(Nutr)

Master of Science in Nutrition

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MSCP

Master of Science in Community Planning

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MScTech

Master of Technical Science

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MSD

Doctor of Medical Science
• Master of Science in Dentistry
• Master Surgeon Dentist
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MSDent

Master of Science in Dentistry

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MS-DOS (,m's, ds) ,

Computing trademark Microsoft Disk Operating System

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Master of Science in Education
• Master of Science in Engineering
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MSEd

Master of Science in Education

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Master of Science in Electrical Engineering

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Master of Science in Engineering Mechanics
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Manufacturing, Science, Finance (Union)
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• Médecins sans frontières (French: Doctors Without Frontiers; charitable organization)
• mine-sweeping flotilla

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MSFC

(USA ) Marshall Space Flight Center

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msg.

message

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MSG

monosodium glutamate (food additive)

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msgr

messenger

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Msgr

Monseigneur (French: my lord)
• RC Church Monsignor

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MSgt

US military Master Sergeant

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MSH

Master of Staghounds
• Biochem. melanocyte-stimulating hormone

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MSHE (or MSHEc)

Master of Science in Home Economics

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Mshl

Marshal

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MSHyg

Master of Science in Hygiene

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MSI

Electronics medium-scale integration
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• (Italy ) Movimento Sociale Italiano (Italian Social Movement)

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MSIAD

Member of the Society of Industrial Artists and Designers

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MSIE

Master of Science in Industrial Engineering

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MSINZ

Member of the Surveyors' Institute of New Zealand

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MSJ

Master of Science in Journalism

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MSL

Master of Science in Linguistics
• (or msl) mean sea level

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MSLS

Master of Science in Library Science

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MSM

Master of Sacred Music
• Master of Science in Music
• Meritorious Service Medal

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Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering

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MSMed

Master of Medical Science

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MSMetE

Master of Science in Metallurgical Engineering

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MSMus

Master of Science in Music

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MSN

Master of Science in Nursing
• Microsoft Network

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MSO

Member of the Society of Osteopaths

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MSocIS

Membre de la société des ingénieurs et scientifiques de France (French: Member of the Society of Engineers and Scientists of France)

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MSocSc

Master of Social Science(s)

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MSP

matched sale-purchase agreement
• Microsoft Paint

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MSPE

Master of Science in Physical Education

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MSPH

Master of Science in Public Health

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MSPhar (or MSPharm)

Master of Science in Pharmacy

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MSPHE

Master of Science in Public Health Engineering

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MSQ

managing service quality

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MSR

Computing magnetic stripe reader
• (or m.s.r.) main supply route
• mean spring rise (of tides)
• Member of the Society of Radiographers
• Military missile-site radar

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MSRP

(USA ) manufacturer's suggested retail price

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MSS (or MS(S), mss)

manuscripts
• Computing mass storage system
• (or MSSc) Master of Social Science
• Master of Social Service
• Member of the Royal Statistical Society
• Med. midstream specimen (of urine)
• Physics multichannel spectrum (or multispectral) scanner

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MSSE

(USA ) Master of Science in Sanitary Engineering

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MSt

Master of Studies

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MST

Master of Sacred Theology
• Master of Science in Teaching
• mean spring tide
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• (USA ) Mountain Standard Time

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MStat

Master of Statistics

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MSTD

Member of the Society of Typographic Designers

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Mstr

Master

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MSTS

US Navy Military Sea Transportation Service

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MSU

Med. midstream specimen of urine

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MSUL

Medical Schools of the University of London

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MSurv

Master of Surveying

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MSurvSc

Master of Surveying Science

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MSw

Middle Swedish

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MSW

magnetic surface wave(s)
• Master in (or of) Social Work
• Master of Social Welfare
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MSX

Microsoft extended Basic

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MSY

maximum sustainable yield (of a natural resource)

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mt.

Military megaton

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m.t.

metric ton(s)
• missile test
• (USA ) Mountain Time

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Mt

symbol for metical (monetary unit of Mozambique)
• Mount
• Mountain

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MT

British vehicle registration for London NE
• magnetic tape
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• mandated territory
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• mass transport
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• Law Middle Temple
• US postcode for Montana
• motor tanker
• motor transport
• (USA ) Mountain Time

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M/T

empty (used on gas cylinders)
• mail transfer

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MTA

Computing message transfer agent
• minimum terms agreement
• Music Teachers' Association
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MTAI

Member of the Institute of Travel Agents

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MTB

motor torpedo boat
• mountain bike

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MTBE

methyl t-butyl ether (lead-free antiknock petrol additive)

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MTBF

Computing mean time between failures

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MTBI

Computing mean time between incidents

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MTC

Mechanized Transport Corps
• Music Teacher's Certificate

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MTCA

Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation

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mtd

mounted

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MTD

maximum tolerated dose
• mean temperature difference
• Midwife Teacher's Diploma

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mtDNA

Biochem. mitochondrial DNA

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MTech

Master of Technology

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MTEFL

Master in the Teaching of English as a Foreign (or Second) Language

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MTF

Image technol. modulation transfer function

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MTFA

medium-term financial assistance

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mtg

meeting
• (or mtge) mortgage
• mounting

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MTG

(USA ) methanol to gasoline

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mtgee

mortgagee

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mtgor

mortgagor

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mth

month

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MTh

Master of Theology

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MTI

Radar moving-target indicator (or indication)

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mtl.

material
• monatlich (German: monthly)

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MTL

mean tide level

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MTM

methods-time measurement

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mtn

motion
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MTN

Finance medium-term note
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MTNA

Music Teachers' National Association

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MTO

made to order
• Mechanical Transport Officer

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MTP

Master of Town Planning

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mtr.

meter

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MTR

US Air Force mean time to restore
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Mt Rev

Most Reverend (title of archbishop)

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Mts

Mountains
• Mounts

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MTS

Master of Theological Studies
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MTT

Electronics mean transit time

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MTTR

mean time to repair (or restore)

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MTU

Computing magnetic tape unit
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MTV

motor torpedo vessel
• (USA ) music television

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MTW

Meteorol. mountain waves

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m/u

make up

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MU

airline flight code for China Eastern Airlines
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• maintenance unit
• monetary unit
• Mothers' Union
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MUC

Missionary Union of the Clergy

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MU car

Railways (USA ) multiple-unit car

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Mud (md)

Computing multi-user dungeon

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MUF

Telecom. maximum usable frequency

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MUFTI ('mft)

Military minimum use of force tactical intervention

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Mug (mg)

Computing multi-user game

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MUGA ('mg)

Med. multiple-gated arteriography (as in MUGA scan )

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Multics ('mltiks)

Trademark multiplexed information and computing service

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mun. (or munic.)

municipal(ity)

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MUniv

Master of the University

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mus.

museum
• music(al)
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Mus

Astronomy Musca

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musa ('mju:z)

multiple unit steerable aerial (or antenna)

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MusB

Bachelor of Music (Latin Musicae Baccalaureus)

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MusD

Doctor of Music (Latin Musicae Doctor)

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MusM

Master of Music (Latin Musicae Magister)

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musn

musician

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mut.

mutilated
• mutual

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MUX (or mux) (mks)

multiplexer

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mv

(ital.) Music mezza voce (Italian: half voice; i.e. softly)

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m.v.

market value
• mean variation
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mV

symbol for millivolt(s)

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MV

airline flight code for Great American Airways
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• symbol for megavolt(s)
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• Chem. mixed valence
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• muzzle velocity (of firearms)

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MVB

Bachelor of Veterinary Medicine

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MVD

Doctor of Veterinary Medicine
• Ministerstvo Vnutrennikh Del (Russian: Ministry of Internal Affairs; Soviet police organization, 1946–60)
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MVEE

Military Vehicles and Engineering Establishment

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MVetMed

Master of Veterinary Medicine

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MVetSc

Master of Veterinary Science

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MVL

motor-vehicle licence

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MVO

Member of the Royal Victorian Order

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MVP

most valuable (or valued) player

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MVRA

Motor Vehicle Repairers' Association

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MVSc (or MVS)

Master of Veterinary Science

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mvt

movement

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mW

symbol for milliwatt(s)

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MW

international vehicle registration for Malawi
• Master of Wine
• airline flight code for Maya Airways
• Radio medium wave
• symbol for megawatt(s)
• Middle Welsh
• Nuclear engineering mixed waste
• Chem. molecular weight
• Most Worshipful
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• British vehicle registration for Swindon

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MWA

Mystery Writers of America

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MWC

municipal-waste combustion

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MWeldl

Member of the Welding Institute

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MWF

Medical Women's Federation

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m.w.g.

music wire gauge

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MWGM

Freemasonry Most Worshipful (or Worthy) Grand Master

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MWh (or MW h)

symbol for megawatt hour

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MWI

municipal-waste incineration (or incinerator)

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MWIA

Medical Women's International Association

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MWO

Meteorological Watch Office

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MWP

mechanical wood pulp

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MWPA

Married Women's Property Act

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Mx

Magnetism , symbol for maxwell
• Middlesex

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MX

British vehicle registration for London SE
• airline flight code for Mexicana
• missile, experimental
• Meteorol. mixed (types of icing)

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mxd

mixed

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my

million years (following a number)

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my.

myopia

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MY

British vehicle registration for London SE
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myc. (or mycol.)

mycological
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MYOB

Colloquial mind your own business

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MYRA

Finance multiyear rescheduling agreement

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myst.

mystery (or mysteries)

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myth. (or mythol.)

mythological
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Mz

Geology Mesozoic

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MZ

British vehicle registration for Belfast

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N

n

(ital.) Chem. , symbol for amount of substance
• Printing , symbol for en
• (ital.) Genetics , symbol for haploid chromosome number (also in 2n (diploid), 3n (triploid), etc.)
• (ital.) Maths , symbol for indefinite number
• symbol for nano- (prefix denoting 10-9, as in nm , nanometre)
• Physics , symbol for neutron
• (ital.) Chem. normal (i.e. unbranched, as in n-butane )
• Electronics n-type (semiconductor)
• (ital.) Physics , Chem. , symbol for number density (of atoms, particles, etc.)
• (ital.) Physics , symbol for principal quantum number
• (ital.) Optics , symbol for refractive index
• (ital.) Physics , symbol for rotational frequency

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n.

nail (obsolete unit; 21/4 inches)
• name
• natus (Latin: born)
• near
• negative
• nephew
• Commerce net
• neuter
• new
• night
• nominative
• noon
• nostro (Italian: our)
• note
• notre (French: our)
• noun
• nous (French: us or we)
• number

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'n'

and (as in rock ‘n’ roll )

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N

Biochem. , symbol for asparagine
• Printing , symbol for en
• Chess , symbol for knight
• naira (Nigerian monetary unit)
• Electrical engineering neutral
• (ital.) Physics , symbol for neutron number
• British fishing port registration for Newry
• Physics , symbol for newton(s)
• ngultrum (monetary unit of Bhutan; see also under Nu)
• Chem. , symbol for nitrogen
• north(ern)
• postcode for north London
• international vehicle registration for Norway
• nuclear (as in N-weapon )
• Physics , symbol for nucleon
• (ital.) Chem. , Physics , symbol for number of molecules, particles, etc
• international civil aircraft marking for USA
• (ital.) Chem. , indicating substitution on a nitrogen atom (as in N-phenylhydroxylamine )

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N. (or N)

National(ist)
• navigation
• Navy
• New
• Norse
• north(ern)
• November
• Law nullity
• nurse (or nursing)

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N4

airline flight code for National Airlines Chile

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N6

airline flight code for Aero Continente

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N7

airline flight code for Nordic East Airways

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4N

airline flight code for Air North

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5N

airline flight code for Aerotour Dominicano Airlines
• international civil aircraft marking for Nigeria

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7N

airline flight code for Air Manitoba

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9N

international civil aircraft marking for Nepal
• airline flight code for Trans States Airlines

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n/a

not applicable
• not available

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Na

Chem. , symbol for sodium (Latin natrium)

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NA

British vehicle registration for Manchester
• (USA ) Narcotics Anonymous
• (USA ) National Academician
• National Archives
• Nautical Almanac
• naval architect
• naval attaché
• naval auxiliary
• international vehicle registration for Netherlands Antilles
• Engineering neutral axis
• Banking new account
• Biochem. nicotinic acid
• Med. Nomina Anatomica (Latin: Anatomical Names; official anatomical terminology)
• Biochem. noradrenaline
• North America(n)
• Optics numerical aperture
• nursing auxiliary

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N/A (or N/a)

Banking new account
• (or N/a) Banking no account
• (or N/a) Banking no advice
• Banking , Commerce nonacceptance
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national(ist)
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national

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Naval Attaché

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navigation
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Cricket no ball
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Chem. , symbol for niobium

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(USA ) National Basketball Association
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Computing natural binary-coded decimal

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Statistics negative binomial distribution

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north by east

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(USA ) National Bureau of Economic Research

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National Benevolent Institution
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National Bank of Kuwait

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National Book League (formerly Council)
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Chem. normal boiling point

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National Board for Prices and Incomes

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National Buildings Record
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noviembre (Spanish: November)

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National Building Research Institute

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Accounting net book value (of an asset)

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north by west

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new charter
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National Certificate of Agriculture
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(USA ) National Collegiate Athletic Association
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national command and control system
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National Children's Home
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nach Christus (German: after Christ; AD)

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no common interest

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(USA ) National Cancer Institute
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National Cancer Institute of Canada
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National Central Library
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noncommissioned officer

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noncontributory pension scheme

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National Cash Register (Company Ltd)
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Naval Construction Research Establishment

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(USA ) National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements

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(Australia ) National Companies and Securities Commission
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no commission until paid

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no commercial value

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National Council of Voluntary Child Care Organizations

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Photog. neutral density
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Chem. , symbol for neodymium

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airline flight code for Airlink
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Notre-Dame (French: Our Lady; in church names, etc.)

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National Diploma in Agriculture
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(USA ) National Defense Advisory Commission

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North Dakota

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Aeronautics nondirectional beacon

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National Defence College

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National Dairy Council
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National Deaf Children's Society

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National Diploma in Dairying
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near-death experience
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National Diploma in Forestry

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National Diploma in Horticulture

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National Defence Industries Council

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National District Nurse Certificate

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Engineering normal diametric pitch

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National Democratic Party (of various countries)
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Electronics negative differential resistance (or resistivity)
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National Defence Research Committee

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Narcotic Drugs Supervisory Body (of the UN)

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Engineering nondestructive testing
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(USA ) National Defense Transportation Association

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Nursing Development Unit

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Vet. science Newcastle disease virus

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n.e.

not essential
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n/e

new edition
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Ne

Chem. , symbol for neon

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Nepal(ese)
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British vehicle registration for Manchester
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new edition
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(USA ) National Education Association
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New English Art Club

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(USA ) National Emergency Airborne Command Post (aircraft in readiness for nuclear war)

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Near East Air Force

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North-East Atlantic Fisheries Commission

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Near East Land Forces

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Nebraska

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(USA ) National Electricity Board
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National Examination Board in Occupational Safety and Health

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National Examinations Board for Supervisory Studies

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not elsewhere classified

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(USA ) National Electric Code
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National Educational Closed Circuit Television Association

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North East Coast Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders

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necr.

necrosis

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necrology

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Med. no evidence of disease

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National Economic Development Council (or Neddy)
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National Economic Development Office

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North Eastern Electricity Board

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Acoustics noise exposure forecast (value)

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Chem. nonesterified fatty acid

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neg.

negation
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negative (in transformational grammar)

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Bible Nehemiah

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National Endowment for the Humanities

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n.e.i.

non est inventus (or inventa, inventum) (Latin: he (or she, it) has not been found)
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(USA ) National Electronics Laboratory
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Chem. N-ethylmaleimide

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nemine contradicente (or nemine dissentiente) (Latin: no-one opposing; unanimously)

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new edition, no date given

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New England
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neologism

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new edition pending

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not elsewhere specified

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not earlier than

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(USA ) National Educational Television
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no further requirements

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no good
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Chem. , symbol for nickel

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not in contact

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National Institute for the Deaf
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Finance note issuance facility

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(USA ) National Institutes of Health
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(Ireland ) National Institute for Higher Education

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Colloquial not in my back yard (indicating liberals, reformers, etc., in principle but not in practice)

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nickel-metal hydride

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National Institute of Medical Herbalists
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new impression

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national information network

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(USA ) National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

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Northern Ireland

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Nauchno-Issledovatel'skaya Rabota (Russian colour-television system)
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(USA ) National Industrial Recovery Act (1933)

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Northern Ireland

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Nuclear Industry Radioactive Waste Executive

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(USA ) National Institute of Radiological Sciences

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not in stock

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Northern Ireland Science and Technology Regional Organization

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National Institute for Social Workers

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negative income tax

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Northern Ireland Tourist Board

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New International Version (of the Bible)

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nächsten Jahres (German: next year)

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British vehicle registration for Luton
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Immunol. natural killer cell

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symbol for Norwegian krone (monetary unit)

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Narodny Komissariat Vnutrennikh Del (Russian: People's Commissariat of Internal Affairs; Soviet agency, 1934–46)

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symbol for new kwanza (Angolan monetary unit)

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Printing new line
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National

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National Library for the Blind

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National Liberal Club
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(Burma ) National League for Democracy

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nearest landing field

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National Labour Federation
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National Library of Medicine

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National League for Nursing

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naval liaison officer

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Computing natural language processing
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Computing near letter quality

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Astronomy narrow-line region

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National Library of Scotland

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not later than
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northerly

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symbol for nanometre(s)

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nutmeg

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nautical mile(s)
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nächsten Monats (German: next month)

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Nachmittag (German: afternoon)

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next matter (in advertisement placing)

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no mark(s) (on a bill of lading)

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British vehicle registration for Luton
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National Management Association
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National Maritime Board

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no more credit

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National Marketing Council
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NMDA

Biochem. N-methyl-D-aspartate (as in NMDA receptor )

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New Mexico

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(USA ) National Marine Fisheries Service

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Computing non-maskable interrupt

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nautical mile

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Economics net material product

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Physical chem. nuclear magnetic resonance

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Med. nuclear magnetic resonance imaging

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(USA ) National Market System
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(USA ) National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test

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(USA ) National Multiple Sclerosis Society

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not more than

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National Market Traders' Federation

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National Maritime Union

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national minimum wage (as in NMW policy )

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nn.

names
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Chem. neutralization number
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Banking not to be noted

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north-northeast

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National Nursery Examination Board

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Northern Nurses' Federation

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Nuffield Nursing Homes Trust

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noise and number index (to evaluate aircraft noise)
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Nigerian National Merit Award

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Nigerian National Order of Merit

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Economics net national product

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National Nature Reserve

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(USA ) National Nuclear Safety Administration

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nuclear nonproliferation treaty

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north-northwest

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n°

numéro (French: number)

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no.

north(ern)
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n.o.

normally open
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No

Chem. , symbol for nobelium

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north(ern)
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NO

airline flight code for Aus Air
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Banking no orders

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National Opera Association
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(USA ) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

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(USA ) National Optical Astronomy Observatories

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nobis (Latin: for (or on) our part)
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naval operating base

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notation of content
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National Olympic Committee
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Colloquial not our class, dear

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northern counties

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Med. nocte (Latin: at night)

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Naval Ordnance Department
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National Operatic and Dramatic Association

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notice of exception
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nuclear Overhauser effect

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North of England Regional Consortium

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not otherwise herein provided

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not otherwise indexed by name

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Naval Officer in Charge

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(USA ) National Organization to Insure a Sound-controlled Environment

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next of kin

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(USA ) Naval Ordnance Laboratory

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nol. con.

Law nolo contendere (Latin: I do not wish to contend)

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Law nolle prosequi (Latin: do not prosecute; procedure for ending criminal proceedings)

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nom.

nomenclature
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Finance nominal capital

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nomenclature

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nominative

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nomination

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nomen novum (Latin: new name)

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(USA ) National Operational Meteorological Satellite System

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noncommissioned

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Nonconformist

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non culpabilis (Latin: not guilty)

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non obstante (Latin: notwithstanding)

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Law non prosequitur (Latin: he does not prosecute; former judgment in favour of defendant)

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Med. non repetatur (Latin: do not repeat; in prescriptions)

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non sequitur (Latin: (a statement that) does not follow logically)

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nonstand. (or nonstd)

nonstandard

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not otherwise provided (for)

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National Opinion Poll
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nor.

normal

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Nor

Astronomy Norma

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Norman
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Computing , Electronics not OR (as in NOR gate , NOR operation )
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North American Air Defense Command

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Norfolk

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norm.

normal
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Norman

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NORM

not operationally ready maintenance

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NORML

(USA ) National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws

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NORS

not operationally ready supplies (or supply)

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Northamptonshire

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Northd (or Northumb.)

Northumberland

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Norvicensis (Latin: (Bishop) of Norwich)

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Norway
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North Western Electricity Board

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nos

numéros (French: numbers)

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n.o.s.

not otherwise specified

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Nos. (or nos.)

numbers (from Italian numeros)

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NOS

Nederlandse Omroep Stichting (Netherlands Broadcasting Corporation)
• (ns) network operating system

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US Navy Naval Ordnance Systems Command

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NOSIG

Meteorol. no significant change

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not.

notice

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Notary

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Computing , Electronics not (from its sense in logic, as in NOT gate , NOT operation )

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no-tail rotor (of an aircraft)

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National Ophthalmic Treatment Board

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Nottingham

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Nottinghamshire

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notwithstanding

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nov.

novel(ist)
• novembre (French or Italian: November)
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November

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NOW

(USA ) National Organization for Women
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NOX (nks)

nitrogen oxide(s)

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not out yet

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noz.

nozzle

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np

neap (tides)
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n.p.

near point
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• nisi prius (Latin: unless previously)
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n/p

net proceeds

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napalm
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national park
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National Park Authority
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National Production Advisory Council on Industry

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NPB

Physics neutral particle beam

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National Pig Breeders' Association

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NPC

(China ) National People's Congress
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Narrowband Personal Communications Service

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NPD

Nationaldemokratische Partei Deutschlands (German: National Democratic Party; neo-Nazis)
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n.p.f.

not provided for

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(Syria ) National Progressive Front
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National Playing Fields Association

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National Portrait Gallery
• Nuclear Planning Group (in NATO)

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NPH

Chem. normal paraffin hydrocarbon

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nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium (in fertilizers; from the chemical symbols of these elements)

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National Physical Laboratory (Teddington, Middlesex)

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npn (or n-p-n)

Electronics n-type p-type n-type semiconductor (as in npn transistor )

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NPN

Med. nonprotein nitrogen

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n.p.n.a.

Commerce no protest for nonacceptance

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not published, no date given

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n.p.o.

Med. ne per oris (Latin: not by mouth)

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NPO

New Philharmonia Orchestra

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no place or date

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no passed proof

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nuclear power plant

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(USA ) National Public Radio
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National Petroleum Refiners Association

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n.p.s.

nominal pipe size
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nuclear power source
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non-proliferation treaty

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ne plus ultra (Latin: nothing beyond; i.e. extreme or perfect state)

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National Pharmaceutical Union
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Finance net present value
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nuclear-powered warship

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airline flight code for Orbi Georgian Airways

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Finance net quick assets

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NQOC

Colloquial not quite our class

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NQR

Physics nuclear quadrupole resonance

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nr

near

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n.r.

net register
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Nummer (German: number)

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British vehicle registration for Leicester
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n.r.a.

never refuse anything

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National Reclamation Association
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National Rifle Association of America

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(USA ) National Radio Astronomy Observatory

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(Ghana ) National Redemption Council
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National Retail Credit Association

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National Research Council of Canada

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National Register of Designers (or Registered Designer)

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National Research Development Corporation
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Med. neonatal respiratory distress syndrome

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Physiol. non-rapid eye movement (as in NREM sleep )

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Computing national research and education network

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National Relief Fund

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Northern Rugby Football League

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National Resources Institute

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(Norway ) Norsk Rikskringkasting (state broadcasting company)

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National Reference Library
• (USA ) Naval Research Laboratory

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(Uganda ) National Resistance Movement

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(Australia ) National Roads and Motorists Association

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nrml

normal

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Physics neutron-rich nucleus

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Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps

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NRP

nuclear reprocessing plant

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National Radiological Protection Board

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NRR

net reproduction rate (of populations)
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symbol for Nepalese rupee (monetary unit)

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NRS

National Readership Survey
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NRT (or n.r.t.)

net registered tonnage

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(USA ) National Retired Teachers Association

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NRV

Finance net realizable value
• nonreturn valve

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Norwegian

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NRZ

Computing nonreturn to zero (method of encoding binary signals)

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ns

symbol for nanosecond(s)
• (Graduate of the Royal) Naval Staff (College, Greenwich)

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n.s.

near side
• new series
• nickel steel
• not satisfactory
• not specified
• Banking not sufficient (funds)

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n/s

nonsmoker
• Banking not sufficient (funds)

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Ns

(ital.) Meteorol. , symbol for nimbostratus

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NS

British vehicle registration for Glasgow
• Nachschrift (German: postscript; PS)
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• National Service
• National Society
• natural science
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• Irish fishing port registration for New Ross
• new series
• Newspaper Society
• New Style (method of reckoning dates)
• Meteorol. nimbostratus
• (or N/S) nonsmoker
• not significant
• Nova Scotia
• nuclear science
• nuclear ship
• Numismatic Society

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Notre-Seigneur (French: Our Lord)

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(USA ) Abbey National Staff Association
• (USA ) National Security Agency
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• (USA ) National Standards Association
• (USA ) National Student Association
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• nonsterling area

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National Society for the Abolition of Cruel Sports

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National Society of Art Education

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National Service Armed Forces Act

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NSAID

Med. nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug

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National Savings Bank
• (USA ) National Science Board

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National Sheep Breeders' Association

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National Safety Council
• National Savings Certificate(s)
• (USA ) National Security Council
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(USA ) National Securities Clearing Corporation

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National Society for Cancer Relief

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NSD

naval supply depot

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Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei (German: National Socialist German Workers' Party; Nazi party)

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NSERC

(USA ) Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council

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NSF

(USA ) National Science Foundation
• (or N/S/F, n.s.f.) Banking not sufficient funds
• Nuclear Structure Facility (Daresbury , Cheshire )

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National Ski Federation of Great Britain

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NSG

Education nonstatutory guidelines (concerning the National Curriculum)

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non-self-governing territory (or territories)

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North of Scotland Hydroelectric Board

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(USA ) National Security Information

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National Sporting League

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NSLR

Physics nuclear spin-lattice relaxation

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NSM

new smoking material
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National Solar Observatory
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National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children

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(USA ) National Society of Professional Engineers

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n.s.p.f.

not specially provided for

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National Small-bore Riffle Association

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NSS

national sample survey
• New Shakespeare Society
• Med. normal saline solution

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National School Sailing Association

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National Sunday School Union

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Newfoundland Standard Time

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Nova Scotia Technical College

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Nuffield Science Teaching Project

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NSU

Med. nonspecific urethritis

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New South Wales

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NSY

New Scotland Yard

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n.t.

net terms
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NT

(Ireland ) National Teacher
• National Theatre
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• neap tide(s)
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• new technology
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• not titled
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NTA

(USA ) National Technical Association
• net tangible assets

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Economics nontariff barrier

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Physics negative temperature coefficient

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NTD

Colloquial not top drawer

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National Trade Development Association

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(USA ) National Treasury Employees Union

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NTFS

new technology filing system

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ntfy

notify

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North Thames Gas

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North Thames Gas Board

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New Testament Greek

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North

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nthn

northern

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NTI

noise transmission impairment

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(USA ) National Telecommunications and Information Administration

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n.t.l.

no time lost

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NTL

Electronics nonthreshold logic

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Economics nontariff measure

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n.t.o.

not taken out

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NTO

Naval Transport Officer

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n.t.p.

no title page

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NTP

Physics normal temperature and pressure
• Biochem. nucleoside triphosphate

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National Trust for Scotland
• Nevada Test Site
• not to scale

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(USA ) National Transportation Safety Board

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(USA ) National Television System Committee

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New Technology Telescope

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(Singapore ) National Trades Union Congress

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Nippon Television

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National Television Licence Records Office

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nt. wt. (or nt wt)

net weight

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n.u.

name unknown
• number unobtainable

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Nu

symbol for ngultrum (monetary unit of Bhutan)
• (ital.) Physics , symbol for Nusselt number

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National Union
• Nations Unies (French: United Nations; UN)
• natural uranium
• Northern Union
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National Union of Agricultural and Allied Workers

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nuc. (or nucl.)

nuclear

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(formerly) National Union of Civil and Public Servants (merged with the IRSF to form the PTC)

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National Union of Conservative and Unionists Associations

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nud.

mudism
• nudist

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National Union of Domestic Appliances and General Operatives

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NUDETS ('nju:dtz)

nuclear detection system

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National Union of Footwear, Leather, and Allied Trades (now amalgamated with the NUHKW to form the National Union of Knitwear, Footwear, and Apparel Trades)

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National Union of Hosiery and Knitwear Workers (see NUFLAT)

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National University of Ireland

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National Union of Insurance Workers

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National Union of Journalists

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Northern Universities Joint Matriculation Board

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(USA ) National Urban League

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National Union of Lock and Metal Workers

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num.

number
• numeral(s)
• numerical
• numerology

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Bible Numbers

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NUM

National Union of Mineworkers
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National Union of Marine, Aviation, and Shipping Transport Officers

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numis. (or numism.)

numismatic(s)

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naval underwater ordnance station

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(formerly) National Union of Public Employees (merged with COHSE and NALGO to form Unison)

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NUR

National Union of Railwaymen (see RMT)

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NURBS (n:bz)

Computing nonuniform rational B-splines

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National Union of Seamen (see RMT)
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National Union of Teachers

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Newcastle-upon-Tyne

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National Union of Townswomen's Guilds

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National Union of Tailors and Garment Workers (now amalgamated with the GMB)

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National Union of Trained Nurses

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nutr.

nutrition

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New University of Ulster

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NV

(Netherlands ) Naamloze Vennootschap (after the name of a public limited company; equivalent to plc)
• (or n.v.) needle valve
• US postcode for Nevada
• New Version
• nonvintage (of wine, etc.)
• (or n.v.) Finance nonvoting (shares)
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N/V

nonvintage (of wine etc.)
• Banking no value

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NVB

National Volunteer Brigade

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Military night-vision goggles

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(USA ) National Vocational Guidance Association

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nonvalue indicator (type of postage stamp)

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Nativity of the Virgin Mary
• Chem. nonvolatile matter

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National Vocational Qualification

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non-volatile random access memory

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NVRS

National Vegetable Research Station

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n.w.

net weight
• no wind

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NW

British vehicle registration for Leeds
• net worth
• North Wales
• north-west (ern)
• airline flight code for Northwest Airlines
• postcode for northwest London

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(USA ) National War College

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North Western Electricity Board

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Newfoundland

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North-West Frontier Province (Pakistan )

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National Wool Growers' Association

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North West Industrial Development Association

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North-Western Province (India )

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(USA ) National Weather Service
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net weight

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nonwatertight

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Northwest Territories (Canada )

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NWTV

North West Television

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NX

airline flight code for Air Macau
• British vehicle registration for Dudley

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NY

British vehicle registration for Cardiff
• New Year
• New York (abbrev. or state postcode)
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(USA ) National Youth Administration

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New York City

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New York Coffee, Sugar, and Cocoa Exchange

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Med. not yet diagnosed

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New York Futures Exchange

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nyl.

nylon

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New York Mercantile Exchange

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NYMT

National Youth Music Theatre

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NYO

National Youth Orchestra

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NYOS

National Youth Orchestra of Scotland

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NYP

not yet published

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New York Police Department

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NYS

New York State

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NYSE

New York Stock Exchange

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NYT

National Youth Theatre
• (ital.) New York Times

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NZ

airline flight code for Air New Zealand
• British vehicle registration for London-derry
• neutral(ity) zone
• New Zealand (abbrev. or IVR)

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(formerly) New Zealand Associated Press

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New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation

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NZDSIR

New Zealand Department of Scientific and Industrial Research

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N. Zeal.

New Zealand

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NZEF

New Zealand Employers' Federation
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New Zealand Expeditionary Force in the Pacific (in World War II)

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New Zealand Educational Institute

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New Zealand Federation of Labor

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New Zealand Institute of Architects

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New Zealand Law Reports

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New Zealand Medical Association

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New Zealand Press Association

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New Zealand Rugby Football Union

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NZRN

New Zealand Registered Nurse

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O

o

Computing , Maths. , symbol for order (see under O)
• (ital.) Chem. ortho (as in o-cresol )

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o.

occasional
• Printing octavo
• off
• old
• only
• optimus (Latin: best)
• order
• organ
• Baseball out(s)
• over
• Meteorol. overcast
• overseer

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O

Genetics , symbol for operator
• Slang opium
• Computing , Maths. , symbol for order (followed in brackets by limiting value of a function)
• Geology Ordovician
• Chem. , symbol for oxygen
• Pharmacol. pint (Latin octarius)
• Med. , indicating a blood group (see also under ABO)
• Logic , indicating a particular negative categorial proposition
• (ital.) Chem. , indicating a substitution on an oxygen atom (in names of compounds)

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O. (or o)

observer
• occupation
• Ocean
• Printing octavo
• October
• Med. oculus (Latin: eye)
• Oddfellows
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60

international civil aircraft marking for Somalia

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7O

international civil aircraft marking for Yemen

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8O

airline flight code for West Coast Air

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o/a

on account (of)
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British vehicle registration for Birmingham
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Organisation pour l'alimentation et l'agriculture (French: Food and Agriculture Organization; FAO)
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Chem. organo-aluminium compound(s)

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Organisation de l'aviation civile internationale (French: International Civil Aviation Organization; ICAO)

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o.a.d.

overall depth

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(USA ) Official Airline Guide

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o.a.h.

overall height

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o. alt. hor.

Med. omnibus alternis horis (Latin: every other hour)

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Medal of the Order of Australia

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OAMDV

omnia ad majorem Dei gloriam (Latin: all to greater glory of God)

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Organization of Asian News Agencies

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October and April (on bills)

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Oxford and Cambridge (Schools Examination Board)

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(USA ) Operations and Engineers

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organization and method(s)

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Oriental and Occidental Steamship Company
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off and on

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one and only
• Orbiting Astronomical Observatory

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old age pension(er)

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(USA ) Office of Alien Property Custodian

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Organization of Arab Petroleum-Exporting Countries

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Old Arabic

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RC Church (of the) Order of Augustinian Recollects

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Military offensive air support
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• Organization of American States

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optimal aircraft sequencing using intelligent systems

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outside air temperature

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Oceanic Air Traffic Control

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Organization of African Trade Union Unity

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Organization of African Unity

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obiit (Latin: (he or she) died)
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• observation
• obsolete
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o.b.

ordinary building (grade; of timber)

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on or before (preceding a date)

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Bible Obadiah

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British vehicle registration for Birmingham
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optical bleaching agent (in detergents)

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Bible Obadiah

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Music obbligato (Italian: obligatory)

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Österreichische Bundesbahnen (German: Federal Railways of Austria)

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old boys' club
• on-board computer (in motor advertisements)

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observation deck

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obedient

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Officer of the Order of the British Empire
• out-of-the-body experience

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OBEV

(ital.) Oxford Book of English Verse

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obstetrics-gynaecology

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Order of British India

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obituary

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Grammar object(ive)
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obligation
• oblige
• oblique
• oblong

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Oxford and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

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Surveying Ordnance benchmark

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or best offer

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ore-bulk-oil (ship)

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Military on-board oxygen-generating system

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Surveying oblique photograph(y)

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obre.

octobre (French: October)

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obscure
• observation
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• observe(d)
• observer
• obsolete
• obstetric(s)

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Observatory
• (ital.) The Observer

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Meteorol. observe(d)
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obscure

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Meteorol. obscure(d)

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obscd

obscured

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Accounting off balance sheet finance

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obsol.

obsolescent
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o.b.s.p.

obiit sine prole (Latin: died without issue)

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oboist

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obstetric(s)
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obstruction

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obedient

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obtained

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offshore banking unit
• One Big Union

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obv.

obverse

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ocean boarding vessel

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o.c.

office copy
• official classification
• Architect. on centre
• (or oc) only child
• Shipping open charter
• open cover
• opere citato (see op. cit.)

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o/c

officer commanding
• overcharge

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Oc.

Ocean

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OC

British vehicle registration for Birmingham
• Observer Corps
• Officer Commanding
• Electrical engineering operating characteristic
• operations centre
• oral contraceptive
• (officer of the) Order of Canada
• Orienteering Club
• Philately original cover
• Oslo Convention
• Ottawa Convention
• overseas command
• overseas country

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oca.

Music ocarina

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OCA

Old Comrades Association

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OCAM (or OCAMM)

Organisation commune africaine et malgache (or africaine, malgache, et mauritienne) (French: African and Malagasy (or African, Malagasy, and Mauritian) Common Organization)

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O.Carm.

(of the) Order of Carmelites

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O.Cart.

(of the) Order of Carthusians

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OCAS

Organization of Central American States

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OCAW

(USA ) Oil, Chemical, and Atomic Workers International Union

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Oc.B/L

Shipping ocean bill of lading

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occ. (or occn)

occasion
• (or occas.) occasional(ly)
• occident(al)
• occupation
• occurrence

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OCD

Med. obsessive compulsive disorder
• (USA ) Office of Civil Defense
• Computing on-line communications driver
• Ordo (or Ordinis) Carmelitarum Discalceatorum (Latin: (of the) Order of Discalced Carmelites; Discalced Carmelite Fathers)

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OCDE

Organisation de coopération et de développement economiques (French: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development; OECD)

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OCDM

(USA ) Office of Civil Defense Mobilization (1958–61)

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OCDS (or ocds Can)

(Canada ) Overseas College of Defence Studies

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O/Cdt

Officer-Cadet

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oceanog.

oceanography

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OCelt

Old Celtic

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OCF

Officiating Chaplain to the Forces

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och.

ochre

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OCH

oil central heating (in property advertisements)

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OCNL

Meteorol. occasional(ly)

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OCorn

Old Cornish

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OCP

Chem. organic conducting polymer

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OCPSF

organic chemicals, plastics, and synthetic fibers

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OCR

Computing optical character recognition (or reader)
• Ordo (or Ordinis) Cisterciensium Reformatorum (Latin: (of the) Order of Reformed Cistercians; Trappists)

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OCS

(USA ) Officer Candidate School
• Old Church Slavonic
• outer continental shelf

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OCSO

(of the) Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance (Trappists)

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ocst.

Meteorol. overcast

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oct.

Music octave
• Printing octavo

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Oct

Astronomy Octans
• (or Oct.) October

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OCTU ('ktu:)

Officer Cadet Training Unit

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OCTV

open-circuit television

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OCU

Operational Conversion Unit

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OCUC

Oxford and Cambridge University Club

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OCV

open-circuit voltage

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od.

oder (German: or)

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o.d.

Med. oculus dexter (Latin: right eye)
• Military olive drab
• outer (or outside) diameter

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OD

Med. oculus dexter (Latin: right eye)
• Doctor of Optometry
• British vehicle registration for Exeter
• international civil aircraft marking for Lebanon
• officer of the day
• Old Dutch (language)
• Military olive drab
• operations division
• (Jamaica ) (Officer of the) Order of Distinction
• ordinary seaman
• Ordnance datum (standard sea level of the Ordnance Survey)
• ordnance department
• ordnance depot
• organization development
• other denominations
• outer (or outside) diameter
• (or o/d) overdose

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O/D (or O/d, o/d)

on deck
• Banking on demand
• Banking overdraft (or overdrawn)

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ODA

Chem. 4, 4'-oxydianiline
• Computing open (formerly office) document architecture
• Med. Operating Department Assistant
• Overseas Development Administration (former government department; replaced by the Department of International Development)

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ODan

Old Danish

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ODAS

Ocean Data Station

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ODC

(of the) Order of Discalced Carmelites

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ODCh

Chaplain for Other Denominations

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ODE

Maths. ordinary differential equation

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ODECA

Organización de estados centroamericanos (Spanish: Organization of Central American States)

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ODESSA ('ds)

Organisation der SS-Angehörigen (German: Organization of SS members)

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ODI

Computing open datalink interface
• Overseas Development Institute

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ODO

outdoor officer (at customs)

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ODP

official (or overall) development planning
• Computing open distributed processing
• open-door policy

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ODS

Metallurgy oxide dispersion strengthening

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ODV

Colloquial eau de vie (French: cognac)

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o.e.

omissions excepted
• open end

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Oe

Physics , symbol for oersted

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OE

international civil aircraft marking for Austria
• British vehicle registration for Birmingham
• (USA ) Office of Education
• Old English (language)
• Old Etonian
• Med. on examination
• (Guyana ) Order of Excellence
• original error
• outboard engine

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OEA

Overseas Education Association
• oxygen-enriched air

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OEC

oxygen-enriched combustion

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OECD

Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development

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OECS

Organization of Eastern Caribbean States

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OED

(ital.) Oxford English Dictionary

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OEEC

Organization for European Economic Cooperation (superseded by OECD)

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OEF

Organization of Employers' Federations and Employers in Developing Countries

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OEL

occupational exposure limit (of radiation)

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OEM

Computing original equipment manufacturer

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OEO

(USA ) Office of Economic Opportunity

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OEP

(USA ) Office of Economic Preparedness

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OER

Officers' Emergency Reserve
• Organization for European Research
• Chem. oxygen enhancement ratio

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OES

ocean (wave and tidal) energy system(s)
• (USA ) Office of Economic Stabilization
• Physics optical emission spectroscopy
• Order of the Eastern Star
• Organization of European States

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o.f.

optional form
• outside face

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OF

British vehicle registration for Birmingham
• Oddfellows
• oil-filled
• oil-fired
• Printing old-face (type)
• Old French (language)
• operational (or operating) forces
• Order of the Founder (of the Salvation Army)
• oxidizing flame
• airline flight code for Travaux Aériens de Madagascar

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OFA

Med. oncofetal antigen

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O factor

Psychol. oscillation factor

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OFB

Computing output feedback

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OFEMA

Office français d'exportation de matériel aéronautique (French: Office for the Export of Aeronautical Material)

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off.

offer(ed)
• office
• (or offr) officer
• (or offcl) official
• officinal

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OFFER (or Offer) ('f)

Office of Electricity Regulation

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offic.

official(ly)

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OFGAS (or Ofgas) ('f,gæs)

Office of Gas Supply

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OFHC

Engineering oxygen-free high-conductivity copper

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OFlem

Old Flemish

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OFLOT (or Oflot) ('f,lt)

Office of the National Lottery

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OFM

(of the) Order of Friars Minor (Franciscans)

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OFMCap.

(of the) Order of Friars Minor Capuchin (Franciscan order)

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OFMConv.

(of the) Order of Friars Minor Conventual (Franciscan order)

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OFr

Old French

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OFR

Order of the Federal Republic of Nigeria

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OFris

Old Frisian

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OFS

Orange Free State

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OFSTED (or Ofsted) ('f,std)

Office for Standards in Education

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OFT

Office of Fair Trading

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Office of Telecommunications

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OFWAT (or Ofwat) ('f,wt)

Office of Water Services

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o.g.

Philately original gum
• Sport own goal

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OG

British vehicle registration for Birmingham
• Astronomy object glass
• Officer of the Guard
• Architect. ogee
• Olympic Games
• (USA ) original gangster (used in the criminal world for a respected elder)
• Brewing original gravity
• Philately original gum
• outside guard

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OGael

Old Gaelic

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ÖGB

Österreichischer Gewerkschaftsbund (German: Austrian Federation of Trade Unions)

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OGCM

Meteorol. ocean general circulation model

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OGD

Med. oesophagogastroduodenoscopy

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OGL

Commerce open general licence

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OGM

ordinary general meeting

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OGO

Orbiting Geophysical Observatory

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Ogpu (or OGPU) ('gpu:)

Obyedinyonnoye Gosudarst vennoye Politicheskoye Upravleniye (Russian: United State Political Administration; Soviet state security system, 1923–34)

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OGS

Oratory of the Good Shepherd
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o.h.

observation helicopter
• office hours
• Med. omni hora (Latin: hourly)
• on hand

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OH

British vehicle registration for Birmingham
• international civil aircraft marking for Finland
• US postcode for Ohio
• Physics ohmic heating
• Numismatics old head (of Victoria)

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OHBMS

On Her (or His) Britannic Majesty's Service

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OHC (or o.h.c.)

overhead cam (or camshaft)

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OHDETS ('dtz)

over-horizon detection system

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OHG

Commerce Offene Handelsgesellschaft (German: partnership)
• Old High German

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OHMS

On Her (or His) Majesty's Service

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OHN

occupational health nurse

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OHNC

occupational health nursing certificate

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OHP

overhead projector

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OHS

occupational health service
• Metallurgy open-hearth steel

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OHV (or o.h.v.)

overhead valve

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OI

British vehicle registration for Belfast
• office instruction
• Old Irish (language)
• operating instructions
• Med. osteogenesis imperfecta

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OIC (or O i/c)

officer in charge
• Organisation internationale du commerce (French: International Trade Organization; ITO)
• Organization of Islamic Conference

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Olcel

Old Icelandic

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OIEO

offers in excess of

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OIG

organisation intergouvernementale (French: Intergovernmental organization)

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OII

Physics optical imaging instrument

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OIPC

Organisation internationale de police criminelle (French: International Criminal Police Organization; Interpol)

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OIr

Old Irish

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OIRO

offers in the region of

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OIS

organizer industrial safety
• overnight indexed swap

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OIt

Old Italian

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OIT

Organisation internationale du travail (French: International Labour Organization; ILO)

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o.j.

open joist (or joint)

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OJ

British vehicle registration for Birmingham
• Official Journal (of the EU)
• (USA , Australia ) orange juice
• Order of Jamaica

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OJAJ

October, January, April, July (months for quarterly payments)

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OJCS

Office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

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OJR

old Jamaica rum

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OJT

on-the-job training

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OK

all correct (from orl korrect, phonetic spelling)
• British vehicle registration for Birmingham
• airline flight code for Czech Airllines
• international civil aircraft marking for the Czech Republic
• US postcode for Oklahoma
• Chem. oxidation kinetics

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o.k.a.

otherwise known as

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OKE

Physical chem. optical Kerr effect

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OKH

Oberkommando der Heeres (German Army High Command, World War II)

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Okla.

Oklahoma

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Okt.

Oktober (German: October)

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OKTA

Meteorol. , indicating one-eighth of the sky area

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ol.

Med. oil (Latin oleum)
• olive

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Ol.

Olympiad
• Olympic

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OL

British vehicle registration for Birmingham
• (or o.l.) Med. oculus laevus (Latin: left eye)
• Postcode for Oldham
• Old Latin
• airline flight code for OLT- Ostfriesische Lufttransport
• Computing on-line
• operating licence
• (Officer of the) Order of Leopold
• Ordnance Lieutenant
• Sport outside left
• overflow level
• overhead line

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Old Test.

Old Testament

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OLE

Computing object linking and embedding

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O level

Education Ordinary level (replaced by GCSE)

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OLG

Old Low German

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Oli

Geology Oligocene

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OLQ

officer-like qualities

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OLR

off-line reader

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OLRT

Computing on-line real time

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OLS

Statistics ordinary least squares

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o.m.

old measurement
• Med. omni mane (Latin: every morning)

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Om.

Oman

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OM

British vehicle registration for Birmingham
• airline flight code for MIAT-Monglian Airlines
• old man
• optical microscopy
• Optimus Maximus (Latin: greatest and best; title given by Romans to Jupiter)
• Order of Merit
• ordnance map
• organic matter
• international civil aircraft marking for Slovakia

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OMA

Physics optical multichannel analyser
• ('m) Finance (USA ) orderly marketing agreement

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OMB

(USA ) Office of Management and Budget

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OMC

operation and maintenance costs
• Chem. organometallic compound

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OMC-1

Astronomy Orion molecular cloud

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OMCS

Office of the Minister for the Civil Service

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OMI

Oblate(s) of Mary Immaculate

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OMM

(Canada ) Officer of the Order of Military Merit

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omn. hor.

Med. omni hora (Latin: every hour)

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omn. noct.

Med. omni nocte (Latin: every night)

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OMO

one-man operator or operation (of buses)

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OMPA

Chem. octamethyl pyrophosphoramide

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OMR

Computing optical mark reading

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o.m.s.

output per man shift

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OMS

Computing object management system
• Astronautics orbital manoeuvring system
• Organisation mondiale de la santé (French: World Health Organization; WHO)

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OMT

Computing object modelling technique

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OMV

open-market value

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o.n.

Med. omni nocte (Latin: every night)

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ON

airline flight code for Air Nauru
• British vehicle registration for Birmingham
• octane number
• Old Norse
• Ontario
• (Jamaica ) Order of the Nation
• orthopaedic nurse

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ONC

Ordinary National Certificate
• Orthopaedic Nursing Certificate

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OND

Ophthalmic Nursing Diploma
• Ordinary National Diploma

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ONERA

Office national d'études et de recherches aerospatiales (French: National Office of Aerospace Study and Research)

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Old Norman (or Northern) French

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organisation non-gouvernementale (French: nongovernmental organization)

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(USA ) Oil and Natural Gas Commission

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Office of Naval Intelligence

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o.n.o.

or near(est) offer

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onomat.

onomatopoeia
• onomatopoeic

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Old Norwegian

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(USA ) Office of Naval Research

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Officer for National Statistics

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Ont.

Ontario

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Order of New Zealand

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o/o (or o.o.)

on order
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offers over

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OO

international civil aircraft marking for Belgium
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• operation order
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OOD

Computing object-oriented design
• officer of the day
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Computing object-oriented database management system

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OOG

officer of the guard

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OOL

Computing object-oriented language

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Officer of the Order of the Niger

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Computing object-oriented programming

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out of town

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officer of the watch

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opaque
• opera (Latin: works)
• operation
• operator
• opinion
• opposite
• optical
• optimus (Latin: excellent)
• opus (Latin: a work; see also Op.)

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o.p.

Theatre opposite prompt side (i.e. actor's right)
• out of print
• overproof (of alcohol)

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Music Opus (preceding a number; indicating a piece by a particular composer)

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British vehicle registration for Birmingham
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• Old Persian (language)
• old prices
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• Ordo (or Ordinis) Praedictatorum (Latin: (of the) Order of Preachers; Dominicans)
• organophosphate
• osmotic pressure
• Colloquial other people (or people's; see also under OPM; OP's)
• out of print
• outpatient
• overproof (of alcohol)
• Chem. oxide precipitate

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OPA

(USA ) Office of Price Administration (during World War II)
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op-amp

Electronics operational amplifier

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op art

optical art

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Occupational Pensions Advisory Service

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Occupational Pensions Board

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OPC

Computing optical photoconductor
• (or opc) ordinary Portland cement
• outpatients' clinic
• Overseas Press Club of America

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op. cit.

opere citato (Latin: in the work cited; used in textual annotations)

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OPCON ('p,kn)

operational control

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Office of Population Censuses and Surveys

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OPD

outpatients'department

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optical detection and ranging

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OPE

Chem. organic phosphate ester

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Organization of Petroleum-Exporting Countries

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(USA ) opposite editorial (page; of a newspaper)

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(USA ) Office and Professional Employees International Union

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Organisation des pays exportateurs de pétrole (French: Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries; OPEC)

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Old Persian

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operational, executive, and administrative personnel (in the UN)

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Old Portuguese

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Dentistry orthopantomogram

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Astronomy Ophiuchus

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ophthalmic
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(USA ) Overseas Private Investment Corporation

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operational

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(USA ) Office of Personnel Management
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Overseas Press and Media Association

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opn

operation
• opinion
• option

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ora pro nobis (Latin: pray for us)

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one-person operator or operation (of buses)

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Old Polish

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opp. (or Opp.)

opuses (or opera; see also under Op.)
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• opposed
• opposite
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oriented polypropene (in OPP film , used for packaging)
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opportunity

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occupational personality questionnaire

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opr.

operate
• operator

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Old Provençal

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Office of Passenger Rail Franchising

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Old Prussian

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operations

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Colloquial other people's (as in OP's cigarettes )

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Office of Public Service

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opt.

Grammar optative
• optical
• optician
• optics
• optimal
• optimum
• optional

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OPT

optimized production technology
• Chem. orientation phase transition

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OptD

Doctor of Optometry

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OQ

Officer of the National Order of Quebec
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or.

orange
• oratorio
• orient(al)
• original
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operationally risky
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• operations room
• out of range
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Or

Oriel College, Oxford

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OR

Statistics odds ratio
• official receiver
• official referee
• Old Roman
• Med. (USA ) operating room
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• operational (or operations) research
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• orderly room
• US postcode for Oregon
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Österreichischer Rundfunk (Austrian broadcasting service)

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optional reception of announcements by coded line electronics (teletext service of Independent Television)

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orat.

oration
• orator
• oratorical(ly)
• oratorio
• oratory

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Insurance owner's risk of breakage

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ORB

oceanographic research buoy
• omnidirectional radio beacon

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ORBIS (':bs)

orbiting radio beacon ionospheric satellite

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(USA ) Officers' Reserve Corps
• Overseas Research Council

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Ocean Resources Conservation Association

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orch.

orchestra(l)
• (or orchd) orchestrated by
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ordain(ed)
• order
• ordinal
• ordinance
• ordinary
• ordnance

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Insurance owner's risk of damage

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ORD

Chem. once-run distillate
• Chem. optical rotary dispersion

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ordn.

ordnance

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Oregon

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ORE

occupational radiation exposure

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Oregon

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(USA ) Oak Ridge Electron Linear Accelerator

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Overseas Research Council

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o.r.f.

Insurance owner's risk of fire

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ORF

Genetics open reading frame

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org.

organ
• organic
• organism
• organist
• organization
• organized

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Organisme de liaison des industries métalliques européennes (French: Liaison Group for the European Metal Industries)

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organ.

organic
• (or orgzn) organization

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orgst.

organist

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Ori

Astronomy Orion

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orient.

oriental
• orientalist

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orig.

origin
• original(ly)
• originate(d)

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ORIT

Organización regional inter-americana de trabajadores (Spanish: Inter-American Regional Organization of Workers)

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Ork. (or Orkn.)

Orkney Islands

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o.r.l.

Insurance owner's risk of leakage

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ORL

Med. otorhinolaryngology (ear, nose, and throat specialty; ENT)

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orn.

ornament
• ornithology

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ornithol. (or ornith.)

ornithological
• ornithology

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ORNL

(USA ) Oak Ridge National Laboratory

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OROM

Computing optical read-only memory

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orph.

orphan(age)

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Insurance owner's risk rates

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ORR

Office of the Rail Regulator

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ors.

others

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ORS

Geology Old Red Sandstone
• Operational Research Society

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ORSL

Order of the Republic of Sierra Leone

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ORSORT

Oak Ridge School of Reactor Technology

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ORT

Ooty Radio Telescope
• Med. oral rehydration therapy
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(France ) Office de Radiodiffusion-Télévision Française (former state radio and television service)

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orth.

orthography
• orthopaedic(s)

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Orthodox (religion)

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Old Russian

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ORV

(USA ) off-road vehicle

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o.s.

ocean station
• Med. oculus sinister (Latin: left eye)
• oil switch
• old series
• (or os) only son
• on station
• outside (measurement)

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o/s

on sale
• out of service
• (or O/s) out of stock
• outsize (of clothing)
• (or O/s) Banking outstanding

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Os

Chem. , symbol for osmium

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OS

airline flight code for Austrian Airlines
• British vehicle registration for Glasgow
• Med. oculus sinister (Latin: left eye)
• Old Saxon (language)
• Old School
• old series
• Old Side
• Old Style (method of reckoning dates)
• Computing operating system (see also OS/2)
• Ordinary Seaman
• Ordnance Survey
• out of stock
• outsize (of clothing)

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OS/2

Computing Operating System/2 (produced by IBM and Microsoft)

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(USA ) Office of the Secretary of the Army
• Official Secrets Act
• Typography old style antique
• (of the) Order of St Augustine (Augustinians)
• Overseas Sterling Area

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(USA ) Office of the Secretary of the Air Force

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OS&W

Building trades oak, sunk and weathered

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Old Saxon

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OSB

(of the) Order of St Benedict (Benedictines)

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osc

Military (graduate of) overseas staff college

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osc.

oscillator

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OSC

(of the) Order of St Clare (Poor Clares)
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Old Scandinavian

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OSCAR ('sk)

Orbital Satellites Carrying Amateur Radio
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OSD

(USA ) Office of the Secretary of Defense
• (of the) Order of St Dominic (Dominicans)

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OSE

operational support equipment

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OSerb

Old Serbian

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OSF

Computing Open Software Foundation
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(of the) Order of St Francis, Capuchin

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OSHA (')

(USA ) Occupational Safety and Health Administration

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OSI

(USA ) Office of Scientific Integrity
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• Computing open systems interconnection

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Ordinary Signalman

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Oslo

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Old Slavonic

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OSL

Old Style Latin

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OSM

(of the) Order of the Servants of Mary (Servites)

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(USA ) Office of the Secretary of the Navy

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Orient Steam Navigation Company

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OSO

orbiting solar observatory

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off-street parking (in property advertisements)

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o.s.p

obiit sine prole (Latin: died without issue)

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Old Spanish

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(USA ) Office of Science and Research

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Overseas Service Resettlement Bureau

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(USA ) Office of Scientific Research and Development

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Office for Special Relief Operations (in the FAO)

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OSS

Office for the Supervision of Solicitors
• (USA ) Office of Space Sciences (in NASA)
• (USA ) Office of Strategic Services (during World War II)

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Ordo (or Ordinis) Sanctissimi Salvatoris (Latin: (of the) Order of the Most Holy Saviour; Bridgettines)

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Ordo (or Ordinis) Sanctissimae Trinitatis Redemptionis Captivorum (Latin: (of the) Order of the Most Holy Trinity for the Redemption of Captives; Trinitarians)

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OST

(USA ) Office of Science and Technology

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osteo.

osteopath(ic)
• osteopathy

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(USA ) Office of Scientific and Technical Information
• (USA ) Organization for Social and Technological Innovation

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OStJ

Officer of the Order of St John of Jerusalem

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OSU

(of the) Order of St Ursula (Ursulines)

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Ophthalmological Society of the United Kingdom

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OSw

Old Swedish

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OT

airline flight code for Evergreen Alaska
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• Old Testament
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• (Australia ) Overland Telegraph (from Adelaide to Darwin)
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OTA

(USA ) Office of Technology Assessment
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OTAN

Organisation du traité de l'Atlantique nord (French: North Atlantic Treaty Organization; NATO)

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OTASE

Organisation du traité de défense collective pour l'Asie du sud-est (French: South-East Asia Treaty Organization; SEATO)

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OTB

(USA ) off-track betting
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otbd

outboard

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OTC

(USA ) officer in tactical command
• Officers' Training Corps
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• over the counter (as in OTC market (in securities), OTC medicines )
• oxytetracycline (an antibiotic)

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OTE

on-target earnings (for a salesman)

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OTEC ('tk)

ocean thermal-energy conversion

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OTeut

Old Teutonic

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OTF

Photog. off the film

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OTG

outside temperature gauge (in motor advertisements)

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OTH

Telecom. over the horizon (as in OTH radar )

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otol.

otological
• otology

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OTP

Meteorol. on top

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OTP EPRom

Computing one-time programmable erasable programmable read-only memory

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OTR

Physics optical transition radiation

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OTS

Office of Technical Services
• Officers' Training School
• Advertising opportunities to see

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ott.

Music ottava (Italian: octave)
• ottobre (Italian: October)

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Ott.

Ottawa

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OTT

Med. oesophageal transit test
• Colloquial over the top (i.e. excessive)

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OTU

Biology operational taxonomic unit
• operational training unit

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OTurk

Old Turkish

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OU

British vehicle registration for Bristol
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• official use
• Open University
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Oxford University Appointments Committee
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Oxford University Association Football Club

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Oxford University Boat Club

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Oxford University Cricket Club

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Oxford University Dramatic Society

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(Northern Ireland ) Official Unionist Party
• Oxford University Press

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Oxford University Rifle Club

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Oxford University Rugby Football Club

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Order of the United Republic of Tanzania

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out.

outlet

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outbd

outboard

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ov.

ovary
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Ov.

Ovid (43 BC–AD 17, Roman poet)

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OV

British vehicle registration for Birmingham
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ovbd

overboard

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ovc. (or OVC)

Meteorol. overcast

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other valuable consideration (in contract law)

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ovfl.

overflow

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OVH

overhead projector

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ovhd

overhead

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ovld

overload

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or very near offer

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ÖVP

(Austria ) Österreichische Volkspartei (People's Party)

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ovpd

overpaid

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Opera di vigilanza e di repressione dell'anti-fascismo (Italian secret police of the Fascist regime)

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ovrd.

override

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OVV

Astronomy optically violently variable (in OVV quasars )

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o.w.

one way
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OW

Office of Works
• Old Welsh (language)
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O/W

oil in water (emulsion)

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Ordnance Weapons Command

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OWF

optimum working frequency

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(USA ) Office of War Information (during World War II)
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(USA ) Office of Water Regulations and Standards

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OWS

ocean weather service
• ocean weather ship (or station)

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ox

Chem. oxalate ion (used in formulae)

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Ox.

Oxford

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OX

British vehicle registration for Birmingham
• postcode for Oxford

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Oxbridge ('ks,brdz)

Oxford and Cambridge (Universities; regarded collectively)

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Oxf.

Oxford (shire)

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OXFAM (or Oxfam) ('ksfæm)

Oxford Committee for Famine Relief

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Oxon

Oxfordshire (Latin Oxonia)
• Oxoniensis (Latin: of Oxford)

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OY

international civil aircraft marking for Denmark
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oz (or oz.)

ounce(s) (Italian onza)

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OZ

airline flight code for Asiana Airlines
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oz ap

apothecaries' ounce

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oz av (or oz avdp)

avoirdupois ounce

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oz T

troy ounce

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P

p

(bold ital.) Physics , symbol for electric dipole moment
• (ital.) Physics , symbol for momentum (bold ital. in vector equations)
• (ital.) Chem. para (as in p-cresol )
• symbol for penny (or pence)
• (bold ital.) Chem. , symbol for permanent dipole moment of a molecule
• Biochem. , symbol for (terminal) phosphate (in a polynucleotide)
• (ital.) Music piano (Italian; softly, quietly)
• symbol for pico- (prefix indicating 10-9 as in ps , picosecond)
• (ital.) Physics , symbol for pressure
• Physics , symbol for proton
• Electronics p-type (semiconductor)
• (ital.) Biochem. , symbol for pyranose
• Meteorol. , symbol for shower
• Physics , Chem. , indicating the electron state l=1 (where l is orbital angular momentum quantum number)

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p.

page
• pamphlet
• paragraph
• part
• participle
• particle
• partim (Latin: in part)
• pass(ed)
• Nautical passing showers
• past
• peak
• Ichthyol. pectoral
• per (Latin: by, for)
• perch (solid measure for stone)
• Music percussion
• Grammar person
• Currency piastre
• pied (French: foot)
• pint
• pipe
• pius (Latin: holy)
• polar
• pole
• pondere (Latin: by weight)
• population
• port
• post (Latin: after)
• pouce (French: inch)
• pour (French: for or per)
• primus (Latin: first)
• pro (Latin: for, in favour of)
• professional
• Knitting purl

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P

(bold ital.) Physics , symbol for dielectric polarization
• medieval Roman numeral for four hundred
• international civil aircraft marking for North Korea
• Genetics , symbol for parental generation
• (ital.) Physics , symbol for parity
• symbol for parking (on road signs)
• Education (USA ) passing (performance rating)
• Chess , symbol for pawn
• pedestrian crossing
• Botany perianth (in a floral formula)
• Geology Permian
• symbol for peta- (prefix indicating 10-15 as in PJ , petajoule)
• pharmacy (on medicines obtained without a prescription from a pharmacy)
• Biochem. , symbol for phosphate
• Chem. , symbol for phosphorus
• Botany , symbol for phytochrome
• Physics , symbol for poise
• Computing polynomial (referring to a class of formal languages recognizable in polynomial time)
• British fishing port registration for Portsmouth
• international vehicle registration for Portugal
• Post Office (on maps)
• (ital.) Physics , symbol for power
• (ital.) Physics , symbol for pressure
• Biochem. , symbol for proline
• (ital.) Genetics , symbol for promoter
• proprietary (product)
• symbol for pula (monetary unit of Botswana)

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P. (or P)

RC Church Papa (Latin: Pope)
• parson
• Pastor
• pater (Latin: father)
• Music pedal
• Ecclesiast. Père (French: Father)
• Horticulture perennial
• period
• personnel
• pitch
• populus (Latin: people)
• positive
• post
• postage
• Med. posterior
• Presbyterian
• President
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P2

international civil aircraft marking for Papua New Guinea
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P4

international civil aircraft marking for Aruba

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P5

airline flight code for AeroRepublica

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P6

airline flight code for Trans Air

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P45

indicating a form relating to unemployment benefit issued by the DSS

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7P

international civil aircraft marking for Lesotho

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8P

international civil aircraft marking for Barbados
• airline flight code for Pacific Coastal Airlines

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pa.

past

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p.a.

participial adjective
• per annum
• permanent address
• personal appearance
• press agent

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p/a

Book-keeping personal account

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p.A.

per Adresse (German: care of)

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Pa

Physics , symbol for pascal
• Chem. , symbol for protactinium

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Pa.

Pennsylvania

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PA

British vehicle registration for Guildford
• postcode for Paisley
• Pakistan Army
• airline flight code for Pan Air Lineas Aereas
• international vehicle registration for Panama
• Chem. parent atom
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• (or P/A) Insurance particular average
• US postcode for Pennsylvania
• performance assessment
• Med. pernicious anaemia
• Insurance personal accident
• Accounting personal account
• Taxation personal allowance
• personal appearance
• personal assistant
• Chem. phosphoric acid
• (USA ) physician assistant
• Pierre Allain (climbing boot; named after its inventor)
• Piper Aircraft (as in PA-28 )
• Engineering pitch angle
• Med. plasminogen activator
• political agent
• por autorización (Spanish: by authority of)
• Astronomy position angle
• Military Post Adjutant
• power amplifier
• (or P/A) power of attorney
• RC Church Prefect Apostolic
• press agent
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• press attaché
• (or P/A) Banking , Book-keeping private account
• product analysis
• programme assistant
• Med. psoriatic arthritis
• (USA ) public accountant
• public address (system)
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• Publishers Association
• Engineering pulsed annealing
• purchasing agent
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PAA

Chem. peracetic acid
• Physics photon activation analysis
• Chem. polyacrylic acid
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PAADC

Principal Air Aide-de-camp

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PAB

Chem. p-aminobenzamidine

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PABA ('p:b)

Biochem. , Pharmacol. p-aminobenzoic acid

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PABLA ('pæbl)

problem analysis by logical approach

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PABP

Biochem. poly(A)-binding protein

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PABX

Telephony private automatic branch exchange

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pac

passed (final examination of the) advanced class (of the Military College of Science)

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Pac.

Pacific

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PAC

US Air Force Pacific Air Command
• Pan-African(ist) Congress
• Pan-American Congress
• Building trades passive air cycle
• (pæk) (USA ) political action committee
• Chem. polycyclic aromatic compound
• polymer-asphalt composite
• Chem. powdered activated carbon
• Public Accounts Committee
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P-A-C

Psychol. parent, adult, child (in transactional analysis)

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PACAF

US Air Force Pacific Air Forces

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PACE (pes)

performance and cost evaluation
• Police and Criminal Evidence Act (1984)
• precision analogue computing equipment
• Protestant and Catholic Encounter

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Pacif.

Pacific

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PACOM ('pækm)

(USA ) Pacific Command

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PACS (pæks)

Pacific area communications system
• Med. picture archiving and communication system

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PACT (or Pact) (pækt)

Producers' Alliance for Cinema and Television

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PaD

Pennsylvania Dutch

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PAD (pæd)

Computing packet assembler/disassembler
• (pæd) passive air defence
• payable after death

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PADAR ('ped:)

Military passive detection and ranging

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PADLOC ('pædlk)

Military passive detection and location of countermeasures

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p.Adr.

per Adresse (German: care of; c/o)

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p.ae.

Pharmacol. partes aequales (Latin: equal parts)

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p.a.f.

puissance au frein (French: brake horsepower)

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PAF

Computing peripheral address field
• Med. platelet-activating factor
• (Northern Ireland ) Protestant Action Force

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PAFC

phosphoric acid fuel cell

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PaG

Pennsylvania German

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PAg

Professional Agronomist

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PAGB

Proprietary Association of Great Britain

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PAGE

Biochem. polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis

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PAH

Chem. polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon

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PAHO

Pan American Health Organization

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PAI

Med. platelet accumulation index

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PAICV

(Cape Verde ) Partido Africano da Independencia de Cabo Verde (Portuguese: African Party for the Independence of Cape Verde)

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PAIS

(USA ) Public Affairs Information Service

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Pak.

Pakistan(i)

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Pak Re

Pakistan rupee (monetary unit)

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pal.

palaeography
• palaeontology

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Pal

Geology Palaeocene

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Pal.

Palace
• Palestine

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PAL (pæl)

(USA ) Parcel Air Lift
• Computing peripheral availability list
• Television phase alternation (or alternating) line
• Botany phenylalanine ammonia lyase
• Philippine Airlines
• (USA ) Police Athletic League
• present atmospheric level
• Computing , Electronics programmable array logic

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palaeob. (or palaeobot.)

palaeobotanical
• palaeobotany

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palaeog.

palaeographical
• palaeography

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palaeontol.

palaeontology

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PALS (pælz)

Computing permissive action link systems

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pam. (or pamph.)

pamphlet

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PAM (pæm)

Telecom , pulse-amplitude modulation

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PAMA

Pan-American Medical Association
• Press Advertisement Managers' Association

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pan.

panchromatic
• panoramic
• pantomime
• pantry

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Pan.

Panama

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PAN

(Mexico ) Partido Acción Nacional (Spanish: National Action Party)
• peroxyacetyl nitrate (atmospheric pollutant)
• polyacrylonitrile (polymer)

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PANAFTEL (pæn'æftl)

Pan-African Telecommunications Network

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Pan Am

Pan American World Airways

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Pan. Can.

Panama Canal

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P&E

plant and equipment

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P&F chart

point-and-figure chart

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P & G

Procter and Gamble (pharmaceutical company)

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P & L

profit and loss (as in P & L account )

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P & O

Peninsular and Oriental (Steamship Company)

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Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company

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p & p

postage and packing

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P&RT

physical and recreational training

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P&S

Stock exchange (USA ) purchase and sales

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PANH

Chem. polycyclic aromatic nitrogen heterocyclic (compound)

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PANS

procedures for air navigation services

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PAO

Med. peak acid output
• Prince Albert's Own (regiment)
• public affairs officer

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Pap.

Papua(n)

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PAP

(Singapore ) People's Action Party
• Polska Agencja Prasowa (Polish Press Agency)
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PAPS (pæps)

periodic armaments planning system

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par.

paragraph
• parallax
• parallel
• paraphrase
• parenthesis
• parish
• parochial

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p.a.r.

planed all round (in woodworking)

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Par.

Paraguay

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PAR (p:)

Military perimeter acquisition radar
• phased-array radar
• Botany photosynthetically active radiation
• Computing positive acknowledgment and retransmission
• Aeronautics precision approach radar
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• Electronics pulse acquisition radar

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para.

paragraph

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parab.

parabola

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par. aff.

Pharmacol. pars affecta (Latin: (to the) part affected)

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parch.

parchment

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Par. Ch.

parish church

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paren.

parenthesis

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parens.

parentheses

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Parl.

Parliament
• (or parl.) parliamentary

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parl. agt.

parliamentary agent

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parl. proc.

parliamentary procedure

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Parly Sec.

Parliamentary Secretary

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PARM

programme analysis for resource management

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part.

partial
• participate
• participial
• participle
• particle
• particular
• partition
• partner(ship)

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part. aeq.

Pharmacol. partes aequales (Latin: in equal parts)

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pas.

Grammar passive

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p.a.s.

power-assisted steering

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PAS

Med. p-aminosalicylic acid (tuberculosis treatment)
• Chem. periodic acid-Schiff (as in PAS reaction )
• Physics plasma activated source
• Physics positron annihilation spectroscopy
• public-address system

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PASCAL (or Pascal) ('pæs,kæl)

Computing , indicating a programming language (named after Blaise Pascal (1623–62), French philosopher, mathematician, and physicist)

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PASH (pæ)

Chem. polynuclear aromatic sulphur heterocyclic (compound)

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Pasok

Panhellenic Socialist Movement

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pass.

passage
• passenger
• passim (Latin: here and there throughout)
• Grammar passive

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Pass.

Passover

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PASSIM ('pæsm)

(USA ) Presidential Advisory Staff on Scientific Management

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pat.

patent(ed)
• pattern

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p.a.t.

Chem. poids atomique (French: atomic weight)

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PAT

Football (USA ) point(s) after touchdown
• (pæt) Physics positron annihilation technique
• Banking preauthorized automatic transfer
• Professional Association of Teachers

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Pata.

Patagonia

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patd

patented

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path. (or pathol.)

pathological
• pathology

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Pat. Off.

Patent Office

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pat. pend.

patent pending

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PAU

Pan American Union
• programmes analysis unit

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pav.

pavilion

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Pav

Astronomy Pavo

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PAW

plasma-arc welding
• powered all the way

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PAWA

Pan American World Airways

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PAWR

(USA ) Public Authority for Water Resources

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PAX

Telephony private automatic exchange

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PAYE

pay as you earn (income tax)
• pay as you enter

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paymr

paymaster

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payt

payment

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PAYV

pay as you view

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p.b.

Baseball passed ball(s)

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Pb

Chem. , symbol for lead (Latin plumbum)
• symbol for petabyte(s)

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PB

airline flight code for Air Burundi
• Bachelor of Philosophy (Latin Philosophiae Baccalaureus)
• British vehicle registration for Guildford
• pass book
• permanent base
• Athletics personal best
• Pharmacopoeia Britannica (Latin: British Pharmacopoeia)
• Pharmacol. phenobarbitone
• plastic-bonded
• Plymouth Brethren
• power brakes
• Prayer Book
• premium bond
• Primitive Baptists
• (USA ) Publications Board
• Knitting purl into back of stitch

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PBA

Colloquial poor bloody assistant
• (USA ) Professional Bowlers Association
• (USA ) Public Buildings Administration

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PBAB

please bring a bottle

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PBB

Chem. polybrominated biphenyl (toxic constituent of plastics, etc.)

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PBC

powerboat club

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PBI

Colloquial poor bloody infantry(man)
• Med. protein-bound iodine

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pbk

paperback (book)

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PBM

Surveying permanent benchmark
• play by mail (of games)

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PBR

payment by results

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PBS

Med. phosphate-buffered saline
• Public Broadcasting Service

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p.b.t.

Finance profit before tax

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PBT

Accounting pay-back time

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PBX

Telephony private branch exchange

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pc

Astronomy , symbol for parsec

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pc.

percentage
• Printing pica
• piece
• price

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p.c.

per cent
• postcard
• Med. post cibum (Latin: after meals; in prescriptions)

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PC

airline flight code for Air Fiji
• British vehicle registration for Guildford
• Panama Canal
• Chem. paper chromatography
• Chem. paraffin concentration
• Parish Council(lor)
• Parliamentary Commissioner (ombudsman)
• (France ) Partie Communiste (Communist Party)
• Past Commander
• Paymaster Captain
• (Ireland ) Peace Commissioner
• (USA ) Peace Corps
• perpetual curate
• personal computer
• Physics phase conjugation
• Military pioneer corps
• Machinery pitch circle
• Politics Plaid Cymru
• Police Constable
• (USA ) politically correct (or political correctness)
• Chem. polycarbonate
• polymer concrete
• Chem. polypropylene (or polypropene) carbonate (plastic)
• Portland cement
• Post Commander
• potentially correct
• preparatory commission
• Press Council
• prestressed concrete
• Prince Consort
• Electronics printed circuit
• Prison Commission
• Privy Council
• Privy Counsellor
• process control
• (USA ) professional corporation
• (Canada ) Progressive Conservative
• propositional calculus
• Chem. propylene (or propene) carbonate
• public convenience (on maps)
• pulverized coal
• Microbiol. pure culture

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P/C (or p/c)

petty cash
• price(s) current

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PCA

Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration (ombudsman)
• Med. patient-controlled analgesia
• Permanent Court of Arbitration
• Statistics principal component analysis

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PCAS

(formerly) Polytechnics Central Admissions System (merged with UCCA to form UCAS)

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PC-AT

personal computer, advanced technologies

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PCB

petty cash book
• Chem. polychlorinated biphenyl (toxic constituent of plastics, etc.)
• (or pcb) Electronics printed-circuit board
• Insurance private car benefits

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pcc

Chem. precipitated calcium carbonate

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PCC

parochial church council
• Partido Comunista de Cuba (Spanish: Communist Party of Cuba)
• political consultative committee
• Press Complaints Commission
• Privy Council cases

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PCD

Electronics photo compact disc

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PC-DOS (,pi:'si:,ds)

Computing , trademark Personal Computer Disk Operating System

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PCE

Partido Comunista de España (Communist Party of Spain)
• Postgraduate Certificate of Education
• Engineering pyrometric cone equivalent

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P-Celtic

Linguistics , indicating one of two main groups of languages that developed from Common Celtic. see also Q-Celtic

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pcf

pounds per cubic foot

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PCF

Parti Communiste Français (French Communist Party)
• pistol, centre fire (calibre of pistol)

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PCFC

Polytechnics and Colleges Funding Council

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PCGC

pulverized coal gasification and combustion

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PCGN

Permanent Committee on Geographical Names

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P. Ch.

parish church

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pci

pounds per cubic inch

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PCI

Partito Comunista Italiano (Italian Communist Party; now renamed Partito Democratico della Sinistra, Democratic Party of the Left)
Computing peripheral component interconnect
• personal computer interface

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PCIUG

personal computer independent user group

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pcl

parcel

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PCL

Computing printer control language

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pcm

per calendar month

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PCM

Physics phase-change material
• phase-contrast microscope
• photochemical machinery
• (USA ) plug-compatible manufacturer
• polyatomic ceramic material
• protein-calorie malnutrition
• Telecom. pulse-code modulation

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PCMCIA

Personal Computer Memory Card International Association

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PCMI

photochromic microimage

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PCMO

Principal Colonial Medical Officer

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PCN

(El Salvador ) Partido de Conciliación Nacional (Spanish: National Conciliation Party)
• Computing personal communications network

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PCNB

Chem. pentachloronitrobenzene

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PCOB

Permanent Central Opium Board (in the UN)

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PCOD

polycystic ovary disease

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p-code

Computing , indicating an intermediate language designed as the target language for UCSD Pascal

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PCP

Past Chief Patriarch
• Chem. pentachlorophenol (wood preservative)
• Finance permissible capital payment
• phencyclohexylpiperidine (the drug phencyclidine; angel dust)
• Med. Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (complication of Aids)
• polychloroprene (rubber)
• prime commercial paper

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PCPA

Pharmacol. p-chlorophenylalinine

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PCR

Pedestrian Crossings Regulations
• Med. plasma clearance rate
• Biochem. polymerase chain reaction
• Physics primary cosmic rays

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PCRS

Poor Clergy Relief Society

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pcs.

pieces
• prices

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PCS

Physics photon-correlation spectroscopy
• Electronics plasma-current switch
• (Scotland ) Principal Clerk of Session

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PCSP

Permanent Commission for the South Pacific

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pct

per cent

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PCT

Med. positron computed tomography
• product consistency test

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PCTCT

Accounting profit chargeable to corporation tax

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PCTE

Computing portable common tool environment

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PCTFE

polychlorotrifluoroeth(yl)ene (plastic coating)

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p.c.u.

passenger car unit

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PCU

plant control unit
• power-control (or -conversion) unit
• pressurization-control unit

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PCV

Med. packed cell volume
• passenger-carrying vehicle
• passenger-controlled vehicle
• (USA ) Peace Corps Volunteers
• positive crankcase ventilation (in a car)
• pressure containment vessel

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PCX

Computing picture exchange format

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PC-XT

personal computer extended

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PCZ

Panama Canal Zone

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PCZST

Panama Canal Zone Standard Time

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pd

paid
• passed

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p.d.

per diem (Latin: daily)
• Engineering pitch diameter
• poop deck
• postage due
• (or p/d) post-dated
• Physics potential difference
• preliminary design
• printer's devil

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Pd

Chem. , symbol for palladium

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PD

Doctor of Pharmacy (Latin Pharmaciae Doctor)
• British vehicle registration for Guildford
• per diem (Latin: daily)
• British fishing port registration for Peterhead
• Pharmacopoeia Dublinensis (Latin: Dublin Pharmacopoeia)
• polar distance
• (USA ) Police Department
• port dues
• posdata (Spanish: postscript; PS)
• postal district
• preventive detention (or detainee)
• (Germany ) Privatdozent (unsalaried university teacher)
• probability of detection
• production department
• (Ireland ) Progressive Democrat(s)
• progressive disease
• Insurance property damage
• (USA ) Public Defender
• Computing public domain (software)
• Chem. pyrimidine dimer

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P/D

price-dividend (in P/D ratio )

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PDA

Med. patent ductus arteriosus
• Computing personal digital assistant
• pour dire adieu (French: to say goodbye)
• Navigation predicted drift angle

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PDAD

Probate, Divorce, and Admiralty Division (former division of the High Court)

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PdB

(USA ) Bachelor of Pedagogy

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PDC

(El Salvador ) Partido Demócrata Cristiano (Spanish: Christian Democratic Party)
• personnel dispatch (or dispersal) centre
• Engineering pulse-discharge cleaning
• Chem. pyridinium dichromate

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PDCI

Parti Démocratique de la Côte d'Ivoire (French: Democratic Party of Côte d'Ivoire)

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PdD

(USA ) Doctor of Pedagogy

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PDD

precise delay detonator

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PDE

Maths. partial differential equation
• Projectile Development Establishment

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P-de-C

Pas-de-Calais (department of France)

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P-de-D

Puy-de-Dôme (department of France)

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PDF

Statistics probability density function

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PDFLP

Popular Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine

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PDG

Parti Démocratique de Guinée (French: Democratic Party of Guinea)
• Paymaster Director-General
• président directeur général (French: chairman and managing director)

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PDGF

Med. , Biochem. platelet-derived growth factor

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PDH

Computing plesiochronous digital hierarchy

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p.d.i.

predelivery inspection

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PDI

Astronautics powered descent initiation

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pdl

Physics , symbol for poundal

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PDL

Computing page description (or definition) language
• poverty datum line
• Computing program design language

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PdM

(USA ) Master of Pedagogy

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PDM

physical distribution management
• Telecom. pulse-duration modulation

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pdn

production

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PDN

public data network

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PDOS

Physics partial density of states

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PDP

Computing parallel distributed processing
• program development plan (in NASA)
• programmed data processor

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PDPA

People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan

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pdq (or PDQ)

Colloquial pretty damn quick

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PDR

People's Democratic Republic
• Astronomy photodissociation region
• Engineering pitch-to-diameter ratio
• price-dividend ratio

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PDRA

postdoctoral research assistant

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P/D ratio

price-dividend ratio

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PDS

Parkinson's Disease Society
• (Germany ) Party of Democratic Socialism (formerly the Communist Party)
• Physics phase differential scattering
• previously digested sludge
• Computing programming documentation standards

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PDSA

People's Dispensary for Sick Animals

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PDSR

Principal Director of Scientific Research

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PDT

Pacific Daylight Time
• personal development technology
• Med. photodynamic therapy

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PDTC

Professional Dancer's Training Course Diploma

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PDU

process-development unit

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p.e.

Law personal estate
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Pe

RC Church (Spain ) Padre

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PE

British vehicle registration for Guildford
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• Protestant Episcopal
• Med. pulmonary embolism

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P/E

part exchange (in property or motor advertisements)
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PEA

Physical Education Association of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

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PEC (or p.e.c.)

photoelectric cell
• photoelectrochemical cell
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PECD

Electronics photoelectric conversion device

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ped.

pedal
• pedestal
• pedestrian

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(USA ) Doctor of Pedagogy

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pediat.

pediatrics

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PEDir

Director of Physical Education

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Peeb.

Peebles (former Scottish county)

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PEEP (pi:p)

pilot's electronic eye-level presentation

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PEF

Insurance (USA ) personal effects floater
• Electronics pulsed electric field

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PEFCO ('pfk)

Private Export Funding Corporation

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Peg

Astronomy Pegasus

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PEG

Chem. polyethylene glycol

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PEI

(Canada ) Prince Edward Island

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p.ej.

por ejemplo (Spanish: for example; e.g.)

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Pek.

Peking

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PEL

permissible exposure level (or limit)

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Pemb

Pembroke College (Oxford or Cambridge)

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Pembs

Pembrokeshire

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Petróleos Mexicanos (Mexican oil company)

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pen.

penal
• penetration
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Pen

Geology Pennsylvanian

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Peninsula
• Penitentiary

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PEN (pn)

International Association of Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists, and Novelists

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PEng

Member of the Society of Professional Engineers
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Pennsylvania

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penology

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pent.

pentagon

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Pentateuch
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PEO

(USA ) Philanthropic Educational Organization
• Chem. polyeth(yl)ene oxide

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PEP

Radio peak envelope power
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(USA ) Professional Engineers in Private Practice

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per.

percentile
• period
• person

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Per

Astronomy Perseus

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Persia(n)

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PER

price-earnings ratio
• Professional and Executive Recruitment
• Professional Employment Register

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PERA

Production Engineering Research Association of Great Britain

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per an. (or per ann.)

per annum (Latin: yearly)

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P/E ratio

price-earnings ratio

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perc.

Music percussion

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per con

Book-keeping per contra (Latin: on the other side)

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perd.

Music perdendosi (Italian: dying away)

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perf.

perfect
• perfection
• perforated
• perforation
• performed (by)
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peri. (or perig.)

perigee

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PERK (p:k)

perchloreth(yl)ene (solvent)

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PERL (p:l)

Computing practical extraction and report language

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Perm (p:m)

pre-embossed rigid magnetic technology

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PERME

Propellants, Explosives, and Rocket Motor Establishment

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perp.

perpendicular
• perpetual

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per pro.

per procurationem (see under PP)

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pers.

person
• personal(ly)
• (or persp.) perspective

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Persia(n)

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pert.

pertaining

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PERT (p:t)

Computing , Management project (or program, performance) evaluation and review technique

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Peruv.

Peruvian

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PES

Chem. photoelectron spectroscopy
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PESA

Physics particle elastic scattering analysis
• Med. percutaneous epididymal sperm aspiration

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PESC

Public Expenditure Survey Committee

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Pesh.

Peshawar (Pakistan )

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PESM

photoelectron spectromicroscopy

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PEST (pst)

Political, Environmental, Social, and Technological (framework for analysing these aspects of a business environment)
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pet.

petroleum
• petrological
• petrologist
• petrology

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Pet.

Bible Peter
• Peterhouse (Cambridge college)
• (Gaius) Petronius (Ist-century Roman satirist)

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PET

Chem. polyeth(yl)ene terephthalate (plastic used in food packaging)
• (pt) Med. positron-emission tomography (as in PET scan )
• Taxation potentially exempt transfer

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PETA

Chem. pentaerythritol triacrylate
• People for Ethical Treatment of Animals

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Pet.E

(USA ) Petroleum Engineer

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petn

petition

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PETN

pentaerythritol tetranitrate (explosive)

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PETP

polyethylene (or polyethene) terephthalate (polyester)

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petr.

petrification
• petrify
• petrology

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PETRAS ('ptrs)

Polytechnic Educational Technology Resources Advisory Service

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Petriburg.

Petriburgensis (Latin: (Bishop) of Peterborough)

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petro.

petrochemical

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petrog.

petrography

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petrol.

petrology

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PETS

Computing posting and enquiry terminal system

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p.ex.

par exemple (French: for example; e.g.)

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P/Ex

part exchange (in property or motor advertisements)

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PEX

indicating a discounted airline fare (probably a back formation from APEX, advance-purchase excursion)

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pf

pfennig (German currency)
• Music piano (instrument; from pianoforte)

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pf.

perfect
• Finance preferred (stock)
• proof

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p.f.

(ital.) Music piano e forte (Italian; soft and then loud)
• (ital.) Music più forte (Italian; louder)
• pneumatic float
• proforma (invoice)

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pF

Physics , symbol for picofarad(s)

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PF

British vehicle registration for Guildford
• panchromatic film
• Patriotic Front
• phenol-formaldehyde (as in PF resin )
• Building trades plain face
• Physics poloidal field
• Physical chem. polycrystalline film
• power factor
• Procurator-Fiscal
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• pulverized fuel

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PFA

(USA ) Private Fliers' Association
• Professional Footballers' Association
• pulverized fuel ash

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P factor

Psychol. preservation factor

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PFB

Building trades preformed beams
• Chemical engineering pressurized fluidized bed

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PFBC

Chemical engineering pressurized fluidized-bed combustion (or combustor)

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PFBG

Chemical engineering pressurized fluidized-bed gasification (or gasifier)

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PFBR

Nuclear engineering prototype fast breeder reactor

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pfc

passed flying college (in the RAF)

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PFC

Chem. perfluorocarbon
• polychlorinated fluorocarbon (synthetic resin)
• Colloquial (USA ) poor foolish (or forlorn) civilian
• (or Pfc) Military (USA ) Private first class

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pfce

performance

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pfd

Finance preferred

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Pfd

Pfund (German: pound)

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PFD

personal flotation device
• position-fixing device

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pfd sp.

preferred spelling

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PFF

pathfinder force

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pfg

pfennig (German currency)

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PFGE

Biochem. pulsed-field gel electro-phoresis

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PFLO

Popular Front for the Liberation of Oman

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PFLP

Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine

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PFM

Telecom. pulse-frequency modulation

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PFP

(NATO) Partnership for Peace
• personal financial planning
• (South Africa ) Progressive Federal Party

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PFR

Nuclear engineering prototype fast reactor

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PFRT

preliminary flight rating test

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PFSA

pour faire ses adieux (French: to say goodbye)

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PFT

Med. pulmonary function test

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pft acct

Music piano(forte) accompaniment

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PFV

pour faire visite (French: to make a call)

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pfx

prefix

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pg.

page

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p.g.

pay group
• paying guest
• persona grata (Latin: acceptable person)
• proof gallon (of alconol)
• proving ground

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Pg

Geology Palaeogene

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Pg.

Portugal
• Portuguese

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PG

airline flight code for Bangkok Airways
• British vehicle registration for Guildford
• Films parental guidance (certification)
• Freemasonry Past Grand
• paying guest
• postgraduate
• Preacher General
• Colloquial (USA ) pregnant
• prisonnier de guerre (French: prisoner of war)
• Procurator-General
• Pharmacol. prostaglandin (as in PGE_1 , etc.)
• Chem. pyrolytic graphite

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PGA

Biochem. , Botany phosphoglyceric acid
• Electronics pin grid array
• Professional Golfers' Association
• Computing programmable gate array
• Biochem. pteroylglutamic acid (folic acid)

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PGAL

Biochem. phosphoglyceraldehyde

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p.g.c.

Navigation per gyrocompass

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PGCE

Postgraduate Certificate of Education

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PG Cert

Postgraduate Certificate

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PGD

Freemasonry Past Grand Deacon

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PG Dip

Postgraduate Diploma

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PgDn

page down (on a keyboard)

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PGDRS

psychogeriatric dependency rating scale

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PGF

Med. polypeptide growth factor

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PGJD

Freemasonry Past Grand Junior Deacon

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PGL

Med. persistent generalized lymphadenopathy (a stage of Aids)
• Freemasonry Provincial Grand Lodge

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PGM

Freemasonry Past Grand Master
• precision-guided munition

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PGP

Computing pretty good privacy

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PGR

Films (Australia ) parental guidance recommended (certification)
• population growth rate
• Psychol. psychogalvanic response

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PGSD

Freemasonry Past Grand Senior Deacon

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p.g.t.

per gross ton

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PgUp

page up (on a keyboard)

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ph

Optics , symbol for phot(s)

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ph.

phase

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p.h.

Engineering precipitation hardening

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pH

Chem. potential of hydrogen ions (measure of acidity or alkalinity)

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Ph

Geology Phanerozoic
• Chem. , symbol for phenyl group (in formulae)
• (or Ph.) Philosophy (in degrees)

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PH

British vehicle registration for Guildford
• international civil aircraft marking for Netherlands
• postcode for Perth
• petroleum hydrocarbon
• British fishing port registration for Plymouth
• airline flight code for Polynesian Airlines
• previous (medical) history
• public health
• public house (on maps)
• Med. pulmonary hypertension
• (USA ) Purple Heart (military decoration)

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PHA

Immunol. phytohaemagglutinin
• Public Health Act
• (USA ) Public Housing Administration
• (USA ) public housing authority
• Physics pulse-height analyser (or analysis)

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PHAB (fæb)

Physically Handicapped and Able-Bodied (a charity)

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phal.

phalanx

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phar.

pharmaceutical
• pharmacist
• (or Phar.) pharmacopoeia
• pharmacy

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PharB (or PharmB)

Bachelor of Pharmacy (Latin Pharmaciae Baccalaureus)

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PharD (or PharmD)

Doctor of Pharmacy (Latin Pharmaciae Doctor)

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pharm.

pharmaceutical
• pharmacist
• pharmacology
• (or Pharm.) pharmacopoeia
• pharmacy

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PharM (or PharmM)

Master of Pharmacy (Latin Pharmaciae Magister)

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pharmacol.

pharmacology

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pharm. chem.

pharmaceutical chemistry

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PhB

Bachelor of Philosophy (Latin Philosophiae Baccalaureus)

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ph. brz.

phosphor bronze

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PHC

Pharmaceutical Chemist
• primary health care

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PhD

Doctor of Philosophy (Latin Philosophiae Doctor)

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PHD

Doctor of Public Health

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PhDEd

Doctor of Philosophy in Education

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Phe (or phe)

Biochem. phenylalanine
• Astronomy Phoenix

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PHE

Public Health Engineer

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phen

Chem. 1, 10-phenanthroline (used in formulae)

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PhG

(USA ) Graduate in Pharmacy

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PHI

permanent health insurance
• Public Health Inspector

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PHIBLANT ('fblænt)

US Navy Amphibious Forces, Atlantic

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PHIBPAC ('fb,pæk)

US Navy Amphibious Forces, Pacific

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PHIGS (fgs)

Computing programmers' hierarchical interactive graphics standard

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phil.

philological
• philology
• philosopher
• philosophical
• philosophy

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Phil. (or Phila.)

Philadelphia
• Philharmonic
• Bible Philippians
• Philippines

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Philem.

Bible Philemon

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Phil. I. (or Phil. Is.)

Philippine Islands

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philol.

philological
• philology

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philos.

philosopher
• philosophical
• philosophy

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Phil. Soc.

Philharmonic Society

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Phil. Trans.

(ital.) Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London

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PhL.

Licentiate in (or of) Philosophy

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PHLS

Public Health Laboratory Service

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PhM

Master of Philosophy (Latin Philosophiae Magister)

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PhmB

Bachelor of Pharmacy

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PHN

Public Health Nurse

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Phoen.

Phoenician

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phon. (or phonet.)

phonetics
• (or phonol.) phonology

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phot. (or photog.)

photograph(ic)
• photographer
• photography

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photom.

photometrical
• photometry

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p.h.p.

pounds per horsepower
• pump horsepower

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phr.

phrase
• phraseology

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PHR

Engineering power-to-heat ratio

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phren. (or phrenol.)

phrenological
• phrenology

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PHS

(USA ) Public Health Service

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PHTS

(USA ) Psychiatric Home Treatment Service

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PHWR

Nuclear engineering pressurized heavy-water reactor

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phys.

physical(ly)
• physician
• physicist
• physics
• physiological
• physiology

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phys. ed.

physical education

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physiog.

physiography

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physiol.

physiological
• physiologist
• physiology

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phys. sc.

physical science

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p.i.

Insurance professional indemnity (policy)

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PI

Irish vehicle registration for Cork
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• Pasteur Institute
• Maths. path integral
• Law (USA ) personal injury
• petrol-injected
• Pharmacopoeia Internationalis (Latin: International Pharmacopoeia)
• Philippine Islands
• photographic interpretation (or interpreter)
• Colloquial (USA ) pimp
• (USA ) principal investigator
• private investigator
• Accounting profitability index
• Computing programmed instruction

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PIA

Pakistan International Airlines Corporation
• Computing peripheral interface adaptor
• Personal Investment Authority

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piang.

Music piangendo (Italian: plaintive)

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pianiss.

Music pianissimo (Italian: very soft)

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PIARC

Permanent International Association of Road Congresses

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PIAT

Military projector infantry antitank (portable weapon)

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PIB

Petroleum Information Bureau
• Chem. polyisobutylene
• Prices and Incomes Board (superseded by NBPI)

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PIBOR ('pi:b:)

Finance Paris InterBank Offered Rate

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PIBS

permanent interest-bearing share

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pic.

music piccolo
• (or pict.) pictorial

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Pic

Astronomy Pictor

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PIC

Computing picture format
• Computing problem isolation code
• product of incomplete combustion
• Computing programmable interrupt controller

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PICS

platform for Internet content selection

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PID

pelvic inflammatory disease
• Computing personal identification device
• prolapsed intervertebral disc (slipped disc)

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PIDE

(Portugal ) Polícia Internacional e de Defesa do Estado (International Police for the Defence of the State; former state security system)

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PIDS (pdz)

Med. primary immune deficiency syndrome

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PIE

Physics positive-ion emission
• Proto-Indo-European (language)

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PIF (pf)

Computing program information file

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PIGE

Physics proton-induced gamma-ray emission

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pigmt

pigment

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pigmtn

pigmentation

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PIH

pregnancy-induced hypertension

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PIK

payment in kind

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pil.

pilula (Latin: pill; in prescriptions)

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PIL

Computing paper interchange language
• payment in lieu

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PILL (pl)

Computing programmed instruction language learning

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PILOT ('palt)

Computing programmed inquiry, learning, or teaching

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PIM (or Pim)

Computing personal information manager
• Telecom , pulse-interval modulation

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PIMS

profit impact of market strategy

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p-i-n

Electronics p-type, intrinsic, n-type (semiconductor)

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PIN (pn)

personal identification number (used, with cash or credit card, to access computer-based bank accounts, etc.)

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P-in-C

Priest-in-Charge

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PINC

property income certificate

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Pind.

Pindar (518–438 BC, Greek lyric poet)

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Ping (p)

Computing Packet Internet groper

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PINS (pnz)

(USA ) person in need of supervision

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pinx.

pinxit (Latin: (he or she) painted it)

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PIO

Computing parallel input/output
• photographic interpretation officer
• Military (USA ) public information office (or officer)

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PIP

(Peru ) Policía de Investigiones del Peru Federales (Spanish: Peruvian Federal Investigation Police; Peruvian equivalent of the FBI)

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PIPO

Computing parallel in, parallel out

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PIPPY (or Pippy) ('ppi:)

Colloquial person inheriting parent's property

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PIR

passive infrared

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PIRA

Paper Industries Research Association
• Provisional Irish Republican Army

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Pis.

Astrology Pisces

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PISO

Computing parallel in, serial out

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PITCOM ('ptkm)

Parliamentary Information Technology Committee

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PIX

Computing picture exchange format

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PIXE ('pks)

Physics particle-induced X-ray emission

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pixel ('pksl)

Computing picture element

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pizz.

Music pizzicato (Italian: pinched or plucked)

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p.j.

physical jerks
• (or p-j) Colloquial pyjama

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PJ

British vehicle registration for Guildford
• international civil aircraft marking for Netherlands Antilles
• Physics , symbol for petajoule(s)
• Presiding Judge
• Probate Judge
• Colloquial pyjama

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pk

pack
• package
• park
• peak
• peck (unit)

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pK

Chem. potential of K (symbol for the dissociation constant; a measure of the strength of acids)

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PK

British vehicle registration for Guildford
• international civil aircraft marking for Indonesia and West Irian
• international vehicle registration for Pakistan
• airline flight code for Pakistan International
• personal knowledge
• Immunol. Prausnitz-Kustner (as in PK test )
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PKD

polycystic kidney disease

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pkg. (or pkge)

package
• packing

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PKI

Partai Komunis Indonésia (Indonesian Communist Party)

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PKP

Polskie Koleje Panstwowe (Polish State Railways)

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pkt

packet
• pocket

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PKU

Med. phenylketonuria

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pkwy

(USA ) parkway

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pl.

place
• plate
• platoon
• plural
• pole (measure)

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Pl.

Place (in street names)
• Plate(s) (in books, etc.)
• (Germany ) Platz (in street names)

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PL

airline flight code for Aeroperu
• British vehicle registration for Guildford
• (or P/L) Marine insurance partial loss
• Insurance passenger liability
• patrol leader (in the Scouting movement)
• Paymaster Lieutenant
• British fishing port registration for Peel
• Pharmacopoeia Londiniensis (Latin: Pharmacopoeia of London)
• Plimsoll line (on a ship)
• postcode for Plymouth
• Poet Laureate
• international vehicle registration for Poland
• position line
• Primrose League
• (or P/L) Law product liability
• product licence (on labels of medicinal products)
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P-L

Astronomy period-luminosity (as in P-L relation )

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PL/I (or PL/1)

Computing Programming Language I

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p.l.a.

passengers' luggage in advance

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Pla.

Plaza

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PLA

(China ) People's Liberation Army
• Port of London Authority
• Computing , Electronics programmed (or programmable) logic array

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plan.

planet
• planetarium

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plas.

plaster
• plastic

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plat.

plateau
• (or platf.) platform
• platinum
• platonic
• platoon

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PLATO (or Plato) ('plet)

Computing programmed logic for automatic teaching operation

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Plaut.

(Titus Maccius) Plautus (c. 254–184 BC, Roman dramatist)

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plc

public limited company (following the name of a company)

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PLC

Poor Law Commissioners
• Marketing product life cycle
• Computing programmable logic controller
• public limited company (following the name of a company)

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PLCC

Computing plastic leadless chip carrier

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PLCWTWU

Power Loom Carpet Weavers' and Textile Workers' Union

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plcy

policy

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pld

payload

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PLD

potentially lethal damage
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Ple

Geology Pleistocene

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Plen.

Plenipotentiary

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plf (or plff)

plaintiff

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PLF

Med. (serum) placental fementin

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PLG

private/light goods (vehicle)

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Pli

Geology Pliocene

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PLI

Partito Liberale Italiano (Italian Liberal Party)
• President of the Landscape Institute

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PLL

Computing phase-locked loop

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PLM

Paris-Lyons-Mediterranean (Railway)
• Telecom. pulse-length modulation

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PL/M

Computing Programming Language for Microcomputers

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plmb.

plumber
• plumbing

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plng

planning

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PLO

Palestine Liberation Organization

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PLP

Parliamentary Labour Party
• (Bermuda ) Progressive Labour Party
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PLR

public lending right

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Pls

Plates (in books, etc.)

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PLS

Statistics partial least-squares
• Computing programmable logic sequencer

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Pl Sgt

Platoon Sergeant

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PLSS (pls)

Astronautics personal (or portable) life-support system

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plstr

plasterer

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plt

pilot

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PLT

Princeton Large Torus (experimental fusion reactor)

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pltc.

political

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pltf

plaintiff

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plu.

plural

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PLU

Colloquial people like us

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Pluna (or PLUNA) ('plu:n)

Primeras Líneas Uruguayas de Navegación Aérea (Uruguayan airline)

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plup. (or plupf.)

pluperfect

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plur.

plural
• plurality

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Pluto (or PLUTO) ('plu:t)

pipe line under the ocean (conveying fuel to Allied forces, World War II)

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Ply.

Plymouth

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plywd

plywood

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PL/Z

Computing Programming Language Zilog

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pm.

premium

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p.m.

permanent magnet
• post meridiem (Latin: after noon)
• postmortem (examination)
• (or pm) premolar (tooth)

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Pm

Chem. , symbol for promethium

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PM

British vehicle registration for Guildford
• Pacific mail
• parachute mine
• Music particular (or peculiar, proper) metre
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• Paymaster
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• piae memoriae (Latin: of pious memory)
• Pipe Major
• Police Magistrate
• polícia militar (Portuguese: military police)
• polizia militare (Italian: military police)
• Pope and Martyr
• Postmaster
• post meridiem (see under p.m.)
• postmortem (examination)
• powder metallurgy
• preventive (or predictive) maintenance (esp. of computers)
• Prime Minister
• product manager
• Military Provost Marshal
• airline flight code for Tropic Air

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PMA

Pakistan Medical Association
• Dentistry papillary, marginal, attached (gingivitis; in PMA index )
• paramethoxyamphetamine (hallucinogenic drug)
• personal military assistant
• Chem. phenylmercuric acetate
• Chem. polymethyl acrylate (synthetic polymer)
• (USA ) Purchasing Management Association

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PMAF

(USA ) Pharmaceutical Manufacturers' Association Foundation

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PM & ATA

Paint Manufacturers' and Allied Trades Association

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PM&R

physical medicine and rehabilitation

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PMB

Potato Marketing Board

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PMBX

Telephony private manual branch exchange

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PMC

Personnel Management Centre
• Building trades plaster-moulded cornice

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PMD

(USA ) Program for Management Development

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PME

Electronics protective multiple earthing

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PM-ECM

Electrical engineering permanentmagnet electronically commutated motor

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PMF

probable maximum flood
• Physics pulsating magnetic field

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PMG

(ital) Pall Mall Gazette
• Paymaster General
• Electrical engineering permanent-magnet generator
• Postmaster General
• Military Provost Marshal General

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p.m.h.

per man-hour

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PMH

previous medical history

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pmk

postmark

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PML

Prime Minister's list
• Insurance probable maximum loss

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PMLA

(ital), (USA ) Publications of the Modern Language Association

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PMM

platinum-metal minerals
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PMMA

polymethylmethacrylate (synthetic resin)

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PMN

Med. polymorphonuclear (leucocyte or neutrophil)

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PMO

Principal Medical Officer

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pmr

paymaster

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PMR

Pacific missile range
• Med. polymyalgia rheumatica

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PMRAFNS

Princess Mary's Royal Air Force Nursing Service

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PMS

Printing Pantone Matching System
• Med. pregnant mare's serum
• Med. premenstrual syndrome
• President of the Miniature Society
• Computing processor-memory-switch (notation)
• project management system

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PMSF

Chem. phenylmethylsulphonyl fluoride

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PMSG

Med. pregnant mare's serum gonadotrophin

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pmt

payment

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PMT

Photog. photomechanical transfer
• (USA ) Finance post-market trading
• Med. premenstrual tension
• project management team

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PMTS

commerce predetermined motiontime standards

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PMV

predicted mean vote

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PMX

Telephony private manual exchange

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pn

Chem. propylenediamine (used in formulae)
• (or p-n) Electronics p-type n-type semiconductor (as in pn Junction )

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p.n.

percussion (or percussive) note
• please note
• Commerce promissory note
• Physics proton number

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PN

British vehicle registration for Brighton
• Pakistan Navy
• Med. parenteral nutrition
• Engineering performance number
• Astronomy planetary nebula
• Med. postnatal
• Physics post-Newtonian
• British fishing port registration for Preston
• Commerce promissory note
• Computing pseudonoise (as in PN sequence )
• psychoneurotic

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P/N

part number
• Commerce promissory note

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Pna

Panama

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PNA

Pakistan National Alliance
• paranitroaniline (dye)
• Chem. polynuclear aromatic (compound)
• Psychiatric Nurses Association

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PNAA

Physics prompt-neutron activation analysis

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PNB

Philippine National Bank

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PNC

Palestinian National Council
• Physics parity nonconserving
• (Guyana ) People's National Congress

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PND

Med. postnatal depression

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PNdB

symbol for perceived noise decibel(s)

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pndg

pending

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pneu. (or pneum.)

pneumatic

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PNEU

Parents' National Educational Union

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p.n.g.

persona non grata

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PNG

Papua New Guinea (abbrev. or IVR)

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PNI

Med. psychoneuroimmunology

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pnl

panel

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PNL

Pacific Northwest Laboratory
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PNM

(Trinidad and Tobago ) People's National Movement

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PNO

Principal Nursing Officer
• Computing public network operator

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pnp (or p-n-p)

Electronics p-type n-type p-type semiconductor (as in pnp transistor )

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PnP

Computing plug ‘n’ play

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PNP

(Puerto Rico ) Partido Nuevo Progresista (New Progressive Party)
• (Jamaica ) People's National Party

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pnr

pioneer

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p.n.r.

prior notice required

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PNR

Physics prompt nuclear reaction

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PNS

Med. parasympathetic nervous system

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PNSB

Microbiol. purple nonsulphur bacteria

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Pnt.

(USA ) Pentagon

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PNTO

Principal Naval Transport Officer

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pntr

painter

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PNV

(Spain ) Partido Nacional Vasco (Basque Nationalist Party)

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pnxt

pinxit (Latin: (he or she) painted it)

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PNYA

Port of New York Authority

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Pnz.

Penzance

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p.o.

part of
• Med. per os (Latin: by mouth; in prescriptions)
• postal order
• power oscillator
• previous order(s)
• Baseball putout(s)

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Po

Chem. , symbol for polonium

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PO

parcels office
• parole officer
• par ordre (French: by order)
• Passport Office
• Patent Office
• personnel officer
• petty officer
• Philharmonic Orchestra
• pilot officer
• Portsmouth (postcode or British vehicle registration)
• postal order
• Post Office
• power-operated
• Chem. propylene oxide
• Province of Ontario
• public office(r)
• Pyrénées-Orientales (department of France)

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POA

Engineering post-oxidation annealing
• price on application (in property or motor advertisements)
• primary optical area (in graphic design)
• Prison Officers' Association (trade union)

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POAC

Post Office Advisory Council

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POB

Post Office Box

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POC

Chem. particulate organic carbon
• (or p.o.c.) port of call
• Chem. product of combustion

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Pod

Computing power-on diagnostics

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POD

pay on death
• pay(ment) on delivery
• (ital.) Pocket Oxford Dictionary
• port of debarkation
• (USA ) Post Office Department

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POE

port of embarkation
• port of entry

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POED

Post Office Engineering Department

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poet.

poetic(al)
• poetry

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POETS day ('ptz)

Colloquial , indicating Friday (piss off early tomorrow's Saturday)

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POEU

Post Office Engineers Union

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P. of W.

Prince of Wales

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POG

passion fruit, orange, and guava juice

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POGO ('pg)

Polar Orbiting Geophysical Observatory

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poi.

poison(ous)

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pol.

polar
• polarize
• police
• political
• politician
• politics

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Pol.

Poland
• Polish

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POL

Patent Office Library
• petroleum, oil, and lubricants
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pol. ad.

political adviser

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pol. econ.

political economy

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pol. ind.

pollen index

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Polis ('pls)

Parliamentary On-Line Information Service

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polit.

political
• politics

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poll.

pollution

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pol. sci.

political science

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Poly. (or Polyn.)

Polynesia(n)

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Polyb.

Polybius (c. 200–c. 120 BC, Greek historian)

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POM

particulate organic matter
• prescription-only medicine (or medication)

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POMEF

Political Office Middle East Force

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PON

Computing passive optical network

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PONI ('pn)

product of Northern Ireland

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Ponsi ('pns)

Military slang person of no strategical importance

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pont. br.

pontoon bridge

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Ponti ('pnt)

Military slang person of no tactical importance

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POO

Post Office order

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POOF

Computing peripheral on-line oriented function

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pop.

popular(ly)
• population

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POP

plaster of Paris
• (or p.o.p.) point of purchase
• point of presence
• Post Office preferred (size of envelopes, etc.)
• (pp) Computing post office protocol
• Photog. printing-out paper
• Med. progestogen-only pill
• proof of purchase

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POPA

Property Owners Protection Association

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POPL ('ppl)

Computing Principles of Programming Languages

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por.

porosity
• porous
• portion

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p.o.r.

pay(able) on receipt
• pay on return
• port of refuge

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port.

portable
• portrait(ure)

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Port.

Portugal
• Portuguese

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pos.

position
• positive

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POS

point of sale
• Med. polycystic ovary syndrome
• Port of Spain (Trinidad )
• Computing product of sums (in POS expression )

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posn

position

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pos. pro.

possessive pronoun

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poss.

possession
• Grammar possessive
• possible
• possibly

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POSS

Palomar Observatory Sky Survey
• passive optical suveillance system
• prototype optical surveillance system

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POSSLQ ('psl,kju:)

Colloquial (USA ) person of the opposite sex sharing living quarters

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Possum ('psm)

patient-operated selector mechanism (phonetic spelling of POSM)

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POST (pst)

Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology
• point-of-sales terminal (in supermarkets, etc.)
• Computing power-on self test

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posth. (or posthum.)

posthumous(ly)

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pot.

potash
• potassium
• potential
• potentiometer

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poul.

poultry

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POUM

(Spain ) Partido Obrero de Unificación Marxista (Workers' Party of Marxist Unity)

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POUNC

Post Office Users' National Council

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p.o.v.

privately owned vehicle

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POV

Films point of view

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POW

please oblige with
• Prince of Wales
• prisoner of war

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powd.

powder

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POY

Textiles partially oriented yarn

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pp

past participle
• per procurationem (Latin: by authority of; in correspondence, used by signatory on behalf of someone else)
• (ital.) Music pianissimo (Italian; very quietly)

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pp.

pages

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p.p.

parcel post
• per person
• per procurationem (see under pp)
• play or pay
• post-paid
• Med. post prandium (Latin: after a meal; in prescriptions)
• prepaid
• present position
• privately printed

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PP

international civil aircraft marking for Brazil
• British vehicle registration for Luton
• Geophysics Pacific plate
• parcel post
• parish priest
• parliamentary papers
• (Spain ) Partido Popular (Popular Party)
• Pastor Pastorum (Latin: Shepherd of the Shepherds)
• Past President
• Pater Patriae (Latin: Father of his Country)
• Patres (Latin: Fathers)
• Med. pellagra-preventive (in PP factor , former name for the vitamin nicotinic acid)
• permanent pass
• petrol point
• Chem. phenolphthalein (test paper for alkalinity)
• pilot plant
• Chem. polyprop(yl)ene
• prepositional phrase

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p.p.a.

Chem. polyphosphoric acid

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PPA

Pakistan Press Association
• Parti Populaire Algérian (French: Popular Party of Algeria)
• Periodical Publishers' Association
• Pre-School Playgroups Association

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PPARC

Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council

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ppb

parts per billion

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PPB

paper, printing, and binding
• party political broadcast
• planning-programming-budgeting (system)
• private posting box

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PPBAS

planning-programming-budgeting-accounting system

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PPBS

planting-programming-budgeting system

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PPC

Patres Conscripti (Latin: Conscript Fathers, members of the Roman Senate)
• (or p.p.c.) pour prendre congé (French: to take leave)
• Professional Purposes Committee
• Med. progressive patient care
• (USA ) Public Power Corporation

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PPCLI

Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry

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PPCS

(New Zealand ) Primary Producers' Cooperation Society

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ppd

post-paid
• prepaid

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PPD

(Puerto Rico ) Partido Popular Democrático (Popular Democratic Party)
• Med. purified protein derivative (of tuberculin)

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PPE

personal protective equipment
• philosophy, politics, and economics (course at Oxford University)

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PPF

Insurance (USA ) personal property floater

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PPFA

Planned Parenthood Federation of America

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PPG

Pacific proving grounds

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pph.

pamphlet

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PPH

(USA ) paid personal holidays
• Med. post-partum haemorrhage

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p.p.i.

parcel post insured

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PPi

Biochem. , symbol for pyrophosphate

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PPI

(USA ) patient package insert (instructions included with a prescription)
• Radar plan-position indicator
• Insurance policy proof of interest
• Economics producer price index

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PPInstHE

Past President of the Institute of Highway Engineers

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PPIStructE

Past President of the Institution of Structural Engineers

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PPITB

Printing and Publishing Industry Training Board

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PPK

Polizei Pistole Kriminal (German: police criminal pistol)

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PPL

Phonographic Performance Limited
• private pilot's licence

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pple

participle

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PPLO

Microbiol. pleuropneumonia-like organism(s)

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ppm

pages per minute
• parts per million
• pulse per minute

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PPM

pages per minute
• Electronics peak programme meter
• Telecom. pulse-position modulation

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PPMA

Produce Packaging and Marketing Association

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PPN

Computing public packet network

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PPO

(USA ) Med. preferred-provider organization

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ppp

(ital.) Music pianississimo (Italian; as quietly as possible)

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PPP

Pakistan's People's Party
• Biochem. pentose phosphate pathway
• (Gambia , Guyana ) People's Progressive Party
• personal pension plan
• Computing point-to-point protocol
• private patients plan
• psychology, philosophy, and physiology (course at Oxford University)
• Economics purchasing power parity

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PPPS (or ppps)

post post postscriptum (Latin: third postscript)

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ppr

paper
• (or p.pr.) present participle
• proper

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PPR

printed paper rate (of postage)

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PPRA

Past President of the Royal Academy

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PPRBA

Past President of the Royal Society of British Artists

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PPRBS

Past President of the Royal Society of British Sculptors

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PPRE

Past President of the Royal Society of Painter-Etchers and Engravers

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p.pro.

per procurationem (see under pp)

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PPROI

Past President of the Royal Institute of Oil Painters

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PPRTPI

Past President of the Royal Town Planning Institute

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PPS

Parliamentary Private Secretary
• Med. pelvic pain syndrome
• Biochem. pentose phosphate shunt
• (or pps) post postscriptum (Latin: further postscript)
• (Australia ) prescribed payments system
• Principal Private Secretary
• (ital.) Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society
• purchasing power standard

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PPSIAD

Past President of the Society of Industrial Artists and Designers

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ppt.

Chem. precipitate

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PPT

Parti Progressiste Tchadien (Chad Progressive Party)
• Electrical engineering peak power transfer

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PPTA

(New Zealand ) Post-primary Teachers Association

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pptd

Chem. precipitated

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pptg

Chem. precipitating

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pptn

Chem. precipitation

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ppty

property

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PPU

Peace Pledge Union
• Primary Producers' Union

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pq

previous (or preceding) question

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PQ

parliamentary question
• Politics (Canada ) Parti Québecois (French: Quebec Party)
• personality quotient
• Province of Quebec

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pr

painter
• pair
• paper
• per
• power

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pr.

prayer
• Finance (USA ) preferred (stock)
• present
• pressure
• price
• print(ed)
• printer
• printing
• pronoun
• proper
• prove
• provincial

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p.r.

parcel receipt
• Med. per rectum (Latin: by the rectum)

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Pr

(ital.) Physics , symbol for Prandtl number
• Chem. , symbol for praseodymium
• Chem. , symbol for propyl group (in formulae)

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Praça (Portuguese: square; in place names)
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PR

British vehicle registration for Bournemouth
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PRA

Med. plasma renin activity
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prag.

pragmatic
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PRB

People's Republic of Bulgaria
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President of the Royal Society of British Sculptors

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People's Republic of China
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PRCA

President of the Royal Cambrian Academy
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prchst

parachutist

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prcht

parachute

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PRCP

President of the Royal College of Physicians

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prcs.

process

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President of the Royal College of Surgeons

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PRE

Petroleum Refining Engineer
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Prebend(ary)

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prec.

preceding
• precision

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Precentor

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PRECIS ('pres)

preserved context index system

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pred.

predicate
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preface
• prefatory
• preferably
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Prefect

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prehistoric(al)
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prejudice

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preliminary

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premium

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pre-mRNA

Biochem. precursor messenger RNA

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(USA ) Professional Engineer

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prep.

preparation
• preparatory
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prepd

prepared

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preparing

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preparation

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Med. Post-Registration Education and Practice Project (for establishing standards of nursing practice)

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present (time)
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• presidency
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pressure

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(USA ) program reporting and evaluation system for total operation

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presv.

preservation
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Grammar preterite

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previous(ly)

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proof

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PRF

Petroleum Research Fund
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prfnl

professional

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prfr

proofreader

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President of the Royal Hibernian Academy

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pri.

primate
• primer
• priority
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(Mexico ) Partido Revolucionario Institucional (Institutional Revolutionary Party)
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President of the Royal Irish Academy

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PRIAS

President of the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland

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President of the Royal Institute of British Architects

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Public Relations Institute of Ireland

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prim.

primary
• primate
• primer
• primitive

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primip.

Med. primipara (woman who has borne one child)

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prin.

principal
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Principal
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print.

printing

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Public Relations Institute of South Africa

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prism.

prismatic

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(USA ) program reliability information system for management

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private
• privative

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premium

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PRM

personal radiation monitor

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PRML

Computing partial-response maximum-likelihood

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p.r.n.

Med. pro re nata (Latin: as the situation demands; in prescriptions)

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pro.

procedure
• proceed
• procure
• profession(al)

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Pro (or pro)

Biochem. proline

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Press Officer

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Public Record Office
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Sport professional-amateur

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prob.

probability
• probable
• probably
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probation officer

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proc.

procedure
• proceedings
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Proceedings
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(ital.) Proceedings of the Royal Society

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produce(d)
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• product
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profession(al)

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Professor

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(USA ) Professional Engineer

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prog.

prognosis
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Progressive (party, movement, etc.)

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President of the Royal Institute of Oil Painters

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project
• projectile
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prol.

prologue

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PROLOG (or Prolog) ('prlg)

Computing programming in logic (a programming language)

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prom.

promontory
• promote(r)
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PROM (prm)

Computing programmable read-only memory

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pronominal
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• pronounceable
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• pronouncement
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pronominal adjective

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PRONED ('pr,nd)

Promotion of Non-Executive Directors

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Finance promissory note

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pronunc.

pronunciation

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prop.

proper(ly)
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Preservation of the Rights of Prisoners

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propl

proportional

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propn

proportion

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proprietor

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Pay and Records Office, Royal Marines

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pros.

prosodical
• prosody
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preventive maintenance, repair, and operational services

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Prosecuting Attorney

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prost.

Med. prostate
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Protectorate
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pro tem.

pro tempore (Latin: for the time being)

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proverb
• (or provb.) proverbial(ly)
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• provincial
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Provençal
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• Bible Proverbs
• Province
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Freemasonry Provincial Grand Master

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Provisional (a member of PIRA)

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prox.

proximo (Latin: in (or of) the next (month))

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prox. acc.

proxime accessit (Latin:(he or she) came nearest, next in order of merit to the winner)

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proxima luce (Latin: the day before)

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pr.p.

present participle

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PrP

Biochem. prion protein (constituent of scrapie agent)

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petrol refilling point
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pr. pr.

praeter propter (Latin: about, nearly)

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Electronics pulse repetition rate

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prs

pairs

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PRs

symbol for Pakistan rupee (monetary unit)

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PRS

Performing Right Society Ltd
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President of the Royal Scottish Academy
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prsd

pressed

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President of the Royal Society of Edinburgh

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PRSH

President of the Royal Society for the Promotion of Health

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(USA ) Prairie Standard Time

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President of the Royal Scottish Water Colour Society

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PRT

(USA ) personal rapid transit
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prtg

printing

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PRU

photographic reconnaissance unit(s) (in the RAF)

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President of the Royal Ulster Academy of Arts

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Prussia(n)

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p.r.v.

pour rendre visite (French: to return a call)

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PRV

pressure-reducing valve

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PRWA

President of the Royal West of England Academy

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President of the Royal Society of Painters in Water Colours

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ps

Military passed school of instruction (of officers)
• Physics , symbol for picosecond(s)
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ps.

pieces
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p.s.

particle size
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Physics , symbol for positronium

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Bible (Book of) Psalms
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PS

British vehicle registration for Aberdeen
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PS/2

Computing Personal System/2

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psa

indicating Graduate of RAF Staff College

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Psa.

Bible (Book of) Psalms
• Psalm

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PsA

Astronomy Piscis Austrinus

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PSA

Passenger Shipping Association
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PSAB

Public Schools Appointments Bureau

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PSAC

(USA ) President's Science Advisory Committee

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p's and q's

Colloquial , indicating manners (phonetic spelling of p(lea)se and (than)k you's)

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PSAT

(USA ) Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test

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PSB

pistol, small-bore
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Public School Bursars' Association

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PSBR

public sector borrowing requirement

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psc

Military passed staff college

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Psc

Astronomy Pisces

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PSC

(Belgium ) Parti Social Chrétien (Francophone Christian Social Party)
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PSCD

patrol service central depot

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PSCM

Meteorol. progression, southerly, cyclonicity, and meridionality (in PSCM index )

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PSD

(Portugal ) Partido Social Democrata (Social Democratic Party)
• (Madagascar ) Parti Social Démocrate (Social Democratic Party)
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• (USA ) prevention of significant deterioration
• Physics proportional scintillation detector

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PSDI

Partito Socialista Democratico Italiano (Italian Democratic Socialist Party)

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PSDR

public sector debt requirement

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PSE

Pacific Stock Exchange
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pseud.

pseudonym

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psf (or p.s.i.)

pounds per square foot

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PSF

Image technol. point spread function

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PSG

Linguistics phrase-structure grammar

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PSHFA

Public Servants Housing Finance Association

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psi (or p.s.i.)

pounds (or pound-force) per square inch

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PSI

Partito Socialista Italiano (Italian Socialist Party)
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• Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland
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psia

pounds per square inch, absolute

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PSIAD

President of the Society of Industrial Artists and Designers

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psid

pounds per square inch, differential

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psig

pounds per square inch, gauge

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PSIS

Permanent Secretaries Committee on the Intelligence Services

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PSIUP

Partito Socialista Italiano di Unità Proletaria (Italian Socialist Party of Proletarian Unity)

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PSK

Telecom. phase shift keying

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PSL

Paymaster Sublieutenant
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• public-sector loan(s)

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PSL/PSA

Computing problem statement language/problem statement analyser

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psm

passed school of music (Certificate of the Royal Military School of Music)

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PSM

product sales manager

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PSMA

President of the Society of Marine Artists

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PSN

Computing packet-switching network
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PSNC

Pacific Steam Navigation Company

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PSO

personal staff officer
• Principal Scientific Officer

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PSOE

(Spain ) Partido Socialista Obrero Español (Spanish Workers Socialist Party)

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PSP

(Netherlands ) Pacifistich Socialistische Partij (Pacifist Socialist Party)
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PSPACE

Computing polynomial space

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PSR

Commerce profit-sharing ratio
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PSRAM (,pi:'s,ræm)

pseudo static RAM

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PSRO

(USA ) Professional Standards Review Organization

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Pss

Psalms

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PSS

Computing packet Switching service
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• (or pss.) postscripts
• power-system stabilizer
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• professional services section

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PSSC

Personal Social Services Council

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psso

Knitting pass slipped stitch over

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PST

(USA , Canada ) Pacific Standard Time

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pstl

postal

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PSTN

public switched telephone network

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PSU

(Italy ) Partito Socialista Unitario (Unitary Socialist Party)
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p. surg.

plastic surgery

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PSV

public service vehicle

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PSW

Computing processor (or program) status word
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psych.

psychic(al)
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psychoanal.

psychoanalysis

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psychol.

psychological
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pt

part
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• pint (abbrev. or symbol)
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pt.

Grammar preterite

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p.t.

part time
• past tense
• point of turn(ing)
• primary target
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Pt

Chem. , symbol for platinum
• Point (in place names)
• Port (in place names)

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PT

international civil aircraft marking for Brazil
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• Insurance perte totale (French: total loss)
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• British fishing port registration for Port Talbot
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Pta

symbol for peseta (Spanish monetary unit)
• Pretoria

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PTA

Parent-Teacher Association
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• Printing Trades Alliance
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ptbl.

portable
• potable

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PT boat

(USA ) patrol torpedo boat

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PTBT

partial test-ban treaty

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PTC

Med. percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography
• Diving personnel transfer capsule
• Genetics phenylthiocarbamide (referring to the inherited ability to taste it)
• photographic type composition
• Med. plasma thromboplastin component
• primary training centre
• Public Services, Tax, and Commerce Union (formed from merger of IRSF and NUCPS)

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PTCA

Med. percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty

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ptd

painted
• printed

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Pte

Plate (in books, etc.)
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• (India , etc.) private limited company (after company name; equivalent to Ltd)

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PTE

Passenger Transport Executive
• post-test examination

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pt ex. (or pt exch.)

part exchange

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PTFCE

Chem. polytrifluorochloroeth(yl)ene

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PTFE

polytetrafluoroeth(yl)ene

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ptg

printing

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Ptg

Geology Pleistogene

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Ptg.

Portugal
• Portuguese

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PTH

Biochem. parathyroid hormone
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PTI

physical training instructor
• Press Trust of India
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PTIME

Computing polynomial time

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PTM

Telecom , pulse-time modulation

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PTMA

phosphotungstomolybdic acid (used in manufacture of certain pigments)

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ptn

partition
• portion

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PTN

Colloquial pay through the nose
• public telephone network (of British Telecom)
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ptnr

partner

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PTO

(USA ) Patent and Trademark Office
• (or pto) please turn over
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ptp

past participle

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pt/pt

point-to-point

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ptr

printer

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pts

parts
• payments
• pints
• points
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Pts.

Portsmouth

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PTS

Philatelic Traders' Society
• pressurized thermal shock
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ptsc

Military passed technical staff college

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PTSD

Med. post-traumatic stress disorder

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pts/hr

parts per hour

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Ptsmth

Portsmouth

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PTT

Med. partial thromboplastin time
• Postal, Telegraph, and Telephone Administration

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pt-tm.

part-time

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PTV

(USA ) public television (noncommercial television)

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p.t.w.

per thousand words

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pty

party

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Pty

(Australia , South Africa , etc.) Proprietary (after a company name; equivalent to Ltd)

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p.u.

paid up

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Pu

Chem. , symbol for plutonium

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PU

British vehicle registration for Chelmsford
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• public utility

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pub.

public
• publican
• publication
• publish(ed)
• publisher
• publishing

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Advertising publishers' announcement

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pubd

published

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public document

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public
• publican
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• publicity
• published
• publisher
• publishing

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pubn

publication

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publisher

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pub. wks

public works

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PUC

papers under consideration
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PUD

pick-up and delivery
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pug.

pugilist

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PUHCA

(USA ) Public Utility Holding Company Act

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pulv.

Pharmacol. pulvis (Latin: powder)

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p.u.m.s.

permanently unfit for military service

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pun.

punish(ment)

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punc.

punctuation

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Punj.

Punjab

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PUO

Med. pyrexia (fever) of unknown origin

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Pup

Astronomy Puppis

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PUP

People's United Party
• (USA ) Princeton University Press
• (Northern Ireland ) Progressive Unionist Party

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pur. (or purch.)

purchase(r)
• purification
• purify
• (or purp.) purple
• pursuit

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PURV

powered underwater research vehicle

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p.u.s.

permanently unfit for service

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PUS

Parliamentary Undersecretary
• Permanent Undersecretary

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PUVA ('pu:v)

Med. psoralen ultraviolet A (treatment for psoriasis)

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PUWP

Polish United Workers' Party

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pv.

Microbiol. pathovar

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p.v.

Med. per vaginam (Latin: by the vagina)

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PV

British vehicle registration for Ipswich
• Physics parity violation
• patrol vessel
• petite vitesse (French: goods or slow train)
• Sport pole vault
• positive vetting
• power-voltage
• pressure vessel
• (or P-V) pressure-volume
• profit-volume (as in PV chart , PV ratio )

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PVA

polyvinyl acetate (synthetic resin)
• Chem. polyvinyl alcohol

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PVB

Chem. polyvinyl butyral

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p.v.c.

pigment volume concentration (in paint technology)

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PVC

Computing permanent virtual circuit
• polyvinyl chloride (synthetic resin)

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PVCH

Chem. polyvinylcyclohexane

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PVD

Med. peripheral vascular disease
• physical vapour deposition

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PVDA (or PvdA)

(Netherlands ) Partij van de Arbeid (Labour Party)

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PVDC

Chem. polyvinylidenechloride

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PVF

polyvinyl fluoride (synthetic resin)

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PVG

Chem. polyvinylene glycol

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PVO

Principal Veterinary Officer

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PVP

polyvinyl pyrrolidone (synthetic resin)

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PVS

Med. persistent vegetative state
• post-Vietnam syndrome
• Med. postviral (fatigue) syndrome (myalgic encephalo-myelitis)

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PVSM

(India ) Param Vishishc Seva Medal

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p.v.t.

par voie télégraphique (French: by telegraph)

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Pvt.

Military Private

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PVT

Chem. polyvinyltoluene
• pressure, volume, temperature

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PVTCA

Chem. polyvinyltrichloro-acetate

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PVX

Microbiol. potato virus X

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PVY

Microbiol. potato virus Y

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p.w.

per week

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PW

British vehicle registration for Norwich
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• Physics plane wave
• police-woman
• power windows (in vehicles)
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• public works
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PWA

Med. person with Aids
• (USA ) Public Works Administration (1933–43)

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(USA ) personal watercraft
• post-war credits (after World War II)

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pwd

powered

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Public Works Department

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Political Welfare Executive

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Public Works Loan Board

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PWM

Telecom. pulse-width modulation

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PWO

Military Prince of Wales's Own

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p.w.p.

price when perfect

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pwr

power

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PWR

Nuclear engineering pressurized-water reactor

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pwr sup.

power supply

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pwt

pennyweight

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(formerly) Pretoria-Witwatersrand-Vereeniging (now Gauteng province)

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px

Pedro Ximénez (grape; referring to sweet wines and sherries)

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PX

part exchange (in property or motor advertisements)
• physical examination
• please exchange
• British vehicle registration for Portsmouth
• (USA ) Post Exchange (army or navy retail store)
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pxt

pinxit (Latin: (he or she) painted it)

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py

Chem. pyridine (used in formulae)

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PY

British vehicle registration for Middlesbrough
• international vehicle registration for Paraguay
• airline flight code for Surinam Airways

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PYB

Accounting preceding-year basis

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pyo (or PYO)

pick your own (fruit, etc.)

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pyro. (or pyrotech.)

pyrotechnics

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Pyx

Astronomy Pyxis

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Pz

Geology Palaeozoic

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PZ

British vehicle registration for Belfast
• British fishing port registration for Penzance
• international civil aircraft marking for Surinam

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PZI

Med. protamine zinc insulin (diabetes treatment)

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PZS

President of the Zoological Society

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PZT

Astronomy photographic zenith tube

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Q

q

(ital.) Physics , symbol for density of heat flow rate
• (ital.) Physics , symbol for electric charge
• (bold ital.; or qi) Maths. , symbol for a generalized coordinate
• (ital.) Chem. , symbol for partition function (individual entity)
• Physics , symbol for quark
• (ital.) symbol for quintal (100 kg)
• (ital.) Meteorol. , symbol for specific humidity
• Meteorol. , symbol for squall

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q.

quaere (Latin: inquire)
• quaque (Latin: every)
• quart
• quarter
• quarterly
• quarto
• quasi (Latin: almost)
• quench
• query
• question
• quick
• quire

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Q

Biochem. , symbol for glutamine
• (ital.) Chem. , symbol for partition function (whole system)
• international vehicle registration for Qatar
• Electronics quality (in Q factor )
• (ital.) Electrical engineering , symbol for quality factor
• (ital.) Physics , symbol for quantity of electricity (i.e. electric charge)
• (ital.) Physics , symbol for quantity of heat
• (ital.) Physics , symbol for quantity of light
• Geology Quaternary
• Chess , symbol for queen
• query (hence camouflaged or disguised, as in Q-boat (or Q-ship ), Q car )
• symbol for quetzal (Guatemalan monetary unit)
• (ital.) Electrical engineering , symbol for reactive power
• (ital.) Chemical engineering , symbol for throughput
• indicating the highest level of security according to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (as in Q clearance )

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Q. (or Q)

quantity
• quarterly
• Quartermaster
• quarter-page (in advertisement placing)
• Quarto (Shakespeare manuscript)
• Quebec
• Queen (or Queen's)
• Queensland
• question
• pseudonym of (Sir Arthur Thomas) Quiller-Couch (1863–1944, British writer)

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Q4

airline flight code for Mustique Airways

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Q7

airline flight code for Qatar Airways

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airline flight code for Interbrasil Star

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3Q

airline flight code for Yunnan Airlines

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8Q

international civil aircraft marking for the Maldives

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9Q

international civil aircraft marking for Zaïre (now Democratic Republic of Congo)

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q.a.

quick assembly

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QA (or Q/A)

qualification approval
• quality assurance
• quarters allowance

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QAB

Church of England Queen Anne's Bounty

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QADS

quality-assurance data system

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QAIMNS

Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service

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QAM

Telecom. quadrature amplitude modulation

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Q & A

question and answer

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Qantas ('kwnts)

Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Service (Australian national airline)

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QARANC

Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps

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QARNNS

Queen Alexandra's Royal Naval Nursing Service

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QAS

Chem. quaternary ammonium sulphanilamide

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QB (or q.b.)

Football (USA ) quarterback
• Law Queen's Bench
• Chess queen's bishop

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Qbc

Quebec

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QBD

Queen's Bench Division

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QBE

Computing query by example

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QBI

Slang quite bloody impossible

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QBO

Meteorol. quasi-biennial oscillation

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QBP

Chess queen's bishop's pawn

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QC

quality control
• Quartermaster Corps
• Queen's College
• Queen's Counsel
• Law quit claim

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QCD

Physics quantum chromodynamics

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QCE

quality-control engineering

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Q-Celtic

Linguistics , indicating one of two main groups of languages developed from Common Celtic. See also P-Celtic

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QC Is

Queen Charlotte Islands (Canada )

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QCM

Physics quark cluster (or confinement) model

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QCR

quality-control reliability

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QCT

quality-control technology
• Med. quantitative computed tomography

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QCVSA

Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service in the Air

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q.d.

Med. quaque die (Latin: every day)
• quasi dicat (Latin: as if one should say)
• quasi dictum (Latin: as if said)

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QDE

Physics quantum detection efficiency

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QDRI

(USA ) qualitative development requirement information

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q.d.s.

Med. quater in die sumendus (Latin: to be taken four times a day)

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q.e.

quod est (Latin: which is)

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QE

Physics quantum efficiency
• quantum electronics

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QE2

(ital.) Queen Elizabeth II (passenger liner)

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QED

Physics quantum electrodynamics
• quod erat demonstrandum (Latin: which was to be proved)

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QEF

quod erat faciendum (Latin: which was to be done)

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QEH

Queen Elizabeth Hall (London )

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QEI

quod erat inveniendum (Latin: which was to be discovered or found out)

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QEO

Queen Elizabeth's Own

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QER

(ital.) Quarterly Economic Review

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QF

airline flight code for Qantas Airways
• Electronics quality factor
• quick-firing

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QFA

Computing quick file access

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QFD

Commerce quality function deployment
• Physics quantum flavourdynamics

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QFSM

Queen's Fire Service Medal for Distinguished Service

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QFT

Physics quantum field theory

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QG

Quartermaster-General
• quartiere generale (Italian: headquarters)
• quartier-général (French: headquarters)

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QGM

Queen's Gallantry Medal

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QGP

Physics quark-gluon plasma

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q.h.

Med. quaque hora (Latin: every hour)

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QHC

Queen's Honorary Chaplain

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QHDS

Queen's Honorary Dental Surgeon

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QHM

Queen's Harbour Master

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QHNS

Queen's Honorary Nursing Sister

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QHP

Queen's Honorary Physician

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QHS

Queen's Honorary Surgeon

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QI

quartz-iodine (in QI lamp )

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QIC

Computing quarter-inch committee (or cartridge)

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q.i.d.

Med. quarter in die (Latin: four times a day)

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QIP

quiescat in pace (Latin: may (he or she) rest in peace)

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QISAM

Computing queued indexed sequential access method

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qk

quick

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QKt

Chess queen's knight

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QKtP

Chess queen's knight's pawn

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ql

quintal (100 kg)

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q.l.

Med. quantum libet (Latin: as much as you please; in prescriptions)

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QL

airline flight code for Lesotho Airways
• Queen's Lancers
• Computing query language

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Qld (or QLD)

Queensland

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QLF

Commerce quality loss function

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qlty

quality

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qly

quarterly

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qm.

quomodo (Latin: by what means)

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q.m.

Med. quaque mane (Latin: every morning; in prescriptions)

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QM

airline flight code for Air Malawi
• Physics quantum mechanics
• Physics quark model
• Quartermaster
• Queen's Messenger

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QMAAC

Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps

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QMC

Quartermaster Corps
• Queen Mary College, London (now part of QMW)

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QMD

Physical chem. quantum molecular dynamics

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Q. Mess.

Queen's Messenger

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QMG

Quartermaster-General

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QMGF

Quartermaster-General to the Forces

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Qmr

Quartermaster

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QMR

qualitative material requirement

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QMS

Physics quadrupole mass spectrometry (or spectrometer)
• Quartermaster Sergeant

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QMW

Queen Mary and Westfield College, London

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qn

question
• quotation

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q.n.

quaque nocte (Latin: every night; in prescriptions)

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Qn

Queen

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QN

Chess queen's knight

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QNI

Queen's Nursing Institute

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QNP

Chess queen's knight's pawn

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QNS

quantity not sufficient

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qnt.

quintet

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qnty

quantity

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QO

Navy qualified in ordnance
• qualified officer

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QOCH

Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders

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Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars

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Q(ops)

Quartering (operations)

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QOR

qualitative operational requirement

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q.p.

Med. quantum placet (see q.pl.)

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QP

airline flight code for Airkenya Aviation
• qualification pay
• Chess queen's pawn
• Computing query processing

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QPC

Qatar Petroleum Company

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QPFC

Queen's Park Football Club

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q.pl.

Med. quantum placet (Latin: as much as seems good; in prescriptions)

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QPM

Queen's Police Medal

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QPO

Astronomy quasi-periodic oscillation

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QPR

Queen's Park Rangers (football club)

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qq.

questions

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Qq.

Quartos (Shakespeare manuscripts)

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QQ

airline flight code for Reno Air

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qq. hor.

Med. quaque hora (Latin: every hour; in prescriptions)

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qq.v.

quae vide (Latin: which (words, items, etc.) see; textual cross reference)

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qr.

quarter
• quarterly
• quire

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QR

Quarterly Review
• Chess queen's rook
• Marketing quick response
• symbol for riyal (monetary unit of Qatar)

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QRA

quick reaction alert (of military aircraft)

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QRIH

Queen's Royal Irish Hussars

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QRP

Chess queen's rook's pawn

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QRR

Queen's Royal Rifles

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qrs

quarters

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QRV

Qualified Valuer, Real Estate Institute of New South Wales

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q.s.

Med. quantum sufficit (Latin: as much as will suffice; in prescriptions)
• quarter section (of land)

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QS

quadraphonic-stereophonic (of audio equipment)
• quantity surveyor
• quarantine station
• quarter sessions
• Queen's Scholar
• Building trades quick sweep
• airline flight code for Tatra Air

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QSAR

quantitative structure-activity relationship

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QSM

Physics quantum-statistical model
• (New Zealand ) Queen's Service Medal

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QSMR

quantitative structure-metabolism relationship

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QSO

Astronomy quasistellar object
• (New Zealand ) Queen's Service Order

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QSS

Astronomy quasistellar source

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QSTOL ('kju:,stl)

Aeronautics quiet short takeoff and landing

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QSTS

quadruple screw turbine ship

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qt

symbol for quart

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qt.

quantity
• quartet

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q.t. (or QT)

Colloquial quiet (as in on the q.t. )

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qtly

quarterly

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qto

quarto

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QTOL ('kj:,tl)

Aeronautics quiet take-off and landing

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qtr

quarter

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qty

quantity

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qu.

quart
• quarter
• quarterly
• queen
• query
• question

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QU

airline flight code for Uganda Airlines

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quad.

quadrant
• quadraphonic
• quadrilateral
• quadruple
• (or quadr., quadrupl.) quadruplicate

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qual.

qualification
• qualitative
• quality

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qualgo ('kwælg)

quasi-autonomous local government organization

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quango ('kwæg)

quasi-autonomous nongovernmental (or national government) organization

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quant.

quantitative
• quantity

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quant. suff.

Med. quantum sufficit (see under q.s)

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quar. (or quart.)

quarter
• quarterly

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quasar ('kwez:)

Astronomy quasistellar object

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quat.

Med. four (Latin quattuor, in prescriptions)

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QUB

Queen's University, Belfast

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Que.

Quebec

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ques.

question

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questn.

questionnaire

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quint.

quintuplicate

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QUIP (kwp)

Computing query interactive processor

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quor.

quorum

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quot.

quotation
• quote

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quotid.

Med. quotidie (Latin: daily)

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q.v.

Med. quantum vis (Latin: as much as you wish)
• quod vide (Latin: which (word, item, etc.) see; textual cross reference)

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QV

airline flight code for Lao Aviation

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QVR

Queen Victoria Rifles

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QW

airline flight code for Turks and Caicos Airways

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QWERTY ('kw:t)

indicating a standard keyboard in English-speaking countries (from the first six of the upper row of keys on a typewriter)

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QWL

quality of work(ing) life

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qy

quay
• query

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7QY

international civil aircraft marking for Malawi

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qz

quartz

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R

r

(ital.) Electricity , symbol for internal resistance
• (ital.) Maths. , symbol for a polar coordinate
• (bold ital.) Maths. , Physics , symbol for position vector
• (ital.) symbol for radius
• (bold ital.) Maths. , symbol for radius vector
• (ital.) Ecology , symbol for rate of increase (as in r-strategist )
• Music ray (in tonic sol-fa)
• Biochem. , symbol for ribonucleoside (preceding the nucleoside symbol; as in rA , ribosyladenine)

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r.

radius
• (USA ) railroad
• railway
• rain
• range
• rare
• ratio
• Commerce received
• recipe
• Printing recto
• red
• replacing
• reply
• reserve
• residence
• resides
• response
• retired
• right
• rises
• river
• road
• rod (unit of length)
• rouble
• Cards rubber
• ruled
• Cricket , Baseball , etc. run(s)
• rupee

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R

Biochem. , symbol for arginine
• Medieval Roman numeral for eighty
• (ital.) Chem. , symbol for molar gas constant
• Chem. , symbol for a radical (in formulae, as in ROH )
• symbol for radius
• British fishing port registration for Ramsgate
• symbol for rand (South African monetary unit)
• Maths. , symbol for ratio
• Physics , symbol for Réaumur (temperature scale)
• (ital.) Chem. rectus (as in (R)-butan-2-ol )
• Electrical engineering , symbol for resistance
• Chem. , symbol for resonance effect
• Films (Australia , USA ) restricted (certification)
• retarder (French: slow down; on a clock or watch regulator)
• return (ticket or fare)
• reverse (on selector mechanism of vehicle with automatic transmission)
• Physics , symbol for roentgen
• Chess , symbol for rook
• Microbiol. rough (in R-form of a bacterial colony)

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R. (or R)

rabbi
• Politics Radical
• radius
• (USA ) railroad
• railway
• Rapido (Italian: express train)
• Recht (German: law)
• Med. recipe (Latin: take; in prescriptions)
• recommendation
• rector
• red
• redactor
• Regiment
• Regina (Latin: Queen)
• registered
• Regius
• regular (clothing size)
• Navigation relative
• report
• Republic
• Republican
• reserve
• response (in Christian liturgy)
• Respublica (Latin: Republic)
• reward
• Rex (Latin: King)
• Military Rifles
• right or (in the theatre) stage right
• River
• road
• Roman
• Romania(n)
• Rome
• rosary
• rouble
• route
• Royal
• Rue (French: street)
• Nautical run (i.e. deserted)

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R3

airline flight code for Armenian Airlines

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3R

airline flight code for Air Moldova International

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3 Rs (or three Rs)

reading, (w)riting, and (a)rithmetic

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4R

international civil aircraft marking for Sri Lanka

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5R

international civil aircraft marking for Madagascar

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6R

airline flight code for Air Affaires Afriques

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8R

airline flight code for Avia Air
• international civil aircraft marking for Guyana

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ra.

radio

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Ra

Chem. , symbol for radium
• (ital.) Physics , symbol for Rayleigh number

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RA

international vehicle registration for Argentina
• British vehicle registration for Nottingham
• Meteorol. rain
• Ramblers' Association
• Rear-Admiral
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rapid automatic checkout equipment
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radar beacon

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Royal Australasian College of Physicians

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Music raddolcendo (Italian: becoming calmer)

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Royal Air Forces Association
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Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund

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Royal Air Force Germany

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Royal Air Force Medical Services

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Royal Air Force Small Arms Association

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Royal Air Force Staff College

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Royal Australian Garrison Artillery

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Royal Albert Hall

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Radiotelevisione Italiana (Italian broadcasting corporation; originally Radio Audizioni Italiane)
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Royal Architectural Institute of Canada

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Computing redundant array of independent (or inexpensive) disks

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Rajasthan (India )

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Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (Harwell, Oxfordshire)

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Music rallentando (Italian: becoming slow)

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relative atomic mass

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Radio Marine Associated Companies

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rambler (rose)

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Royal Army Medical Corps

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request for authority to negotiate
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Rating and Valuation Association

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(USA ) Research Applied to National Needs

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Royal Australian Naval Reserve

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Royal Antediluvian Order of Buffaloes

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Royal Army Ordnance Corps

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Royal Australian Ornithologists' Union

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rapid

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ready-assembled price
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Royal Army Pay Corps

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Register for the Ascertainment and Prevention of Inherited Diseases

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Rubber and Plastics Research Association of Great Britain

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Royal Australian Regiment

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Royal Armament Research and Development Establishment

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Computing réseaux associés pour la recherche européenne (French: Associate Networks for European Research)

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Regular Army Reserve of Officers

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Aeronautics rectified air speed
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Royal Army Service Corps (now called Royal Corps of Transport, RCT)

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Royal Agricultural Society of England

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radio-frequency amplification by stimulated emission of radiation

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Meteorol. rain shower

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Immunol. radio-allergosorbent test

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rateable
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rocket-assisted torpedo

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radar and television aid to navigation

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rocket-assisted takeoff

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(France ) Régie autonome des transports parisiens (Paris transport authority)

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Royal Auxiliary Air Force

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Royal Army Veterinary Corps

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Telephony rural automatic exchange

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Sport right back
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Chem. , symbol for rubidium

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British vehicle registration for Nottingham
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(Member of the) Royal Society of British Artists

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Royal Belgian Air Force

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Med. red blood cell
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relative biological effectiveness (of radiation)

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Royal Berkshire Regiment

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Royal Botanic Gardens (Kew )

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r.b.i.

require better information
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resource-based industry
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Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea

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rouble

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Royal British Legion

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Royal British Nurses' Association

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Skating right back outside (of skate)

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Biochem. retinol-binding protein

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Med. radionuclide bone scintigraphy
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(Member of the) Royal Birmingham Society of Artists

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roundabout

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random breath testing
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Royal Bucks Yeomanry

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radio code (or coding)
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airline flight code for Atlantic Airways Faeroe Islands
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R/C

recredited

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international vehicle registration for Central African Republic
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Royal Canadian Armoured Corps

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Royal Canadian Air Force

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(Member of the) Royal Cambrian Academy

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Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps

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Royal Canadian Army Service Corps

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international vehicle registration for Republic of the Congo
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recovery control centre
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rcd

received

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(Tunisia ) Rassemblement Constitutionnel Démocratique (pro-government political party)
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Royal Canadian Dental Corps

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Royal College of Defence Studies

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Engineering rotary combustion engine

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Royal Canadian Flying Clubs' Association

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Royal Canadian Golf Association

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Royal College of General Practitioners

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Royal Canadian Geographical Society

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railway clearing house
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Royal Canadian Horse Artillery

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Royal Commission on Historical Monuments

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radar coverage indicator

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Royal Canadian Institute

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Royal Courts of Justice

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Royal Canadian Legion
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radar (or radio) countermeasures
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Royal Canadian Mounted Police (formerly RNWMP)

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Royal Canadian Navy
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Royal Corps of Naval Constructors

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Royal Canadian Naval Reserve

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Registered Clinical Nurse Teacher

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Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve

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Royal College of Organists

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Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists

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Royal College of Physicians

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Royal College of Pathologists

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Royal College of Physicians of Ireland

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Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow

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Royal College of Psychiatrists

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rcpt

receipt

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Royal College of Radiologists

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reaction control system (in a spacecraft)
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Royal Commonwealth Society for the Blind

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Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland

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Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists

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random communications-satellite system

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receipt
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regimental combat team
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remote-control unit
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rcvr

receiver

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Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons

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rd

rendered
• road
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• Physics , symbol for rutherford

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r.d.

Physics relative density
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Road

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radiation dose
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Rassemblement Démocratique Africain (French: African Democratic Rally; political party)
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research, development, and demonstration

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research, development, and engineering

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rotary-head digital audio tape

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Military Research and Development Board
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Computing relational database management system

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Royal Defence Corps
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Rural District Councils' Association

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r.d.d.

required delivery date

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Marketing (USA ) random digital dialing

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Research and Development Establishment
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radio direction finder (or finding)
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Royal Designer for Industry (of the Royal Society of Arts)

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Biochem. ribosomal DNA

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(South Africa ) Reconstruction and Development Programme
• Botany ribulose diphosphate (see RuBP)

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international civil aircraft marking for Laos

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rdr

radar

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Shipping roadstead

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radio data system (for automatic tuning of receivers)
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research, development, testing, and engineering

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rendezvous

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Research Department Explosive (cyclonite)

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ready

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Royal Dockyard

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radiation danger zone

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r.e.

Football (USA ) right end

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Re

(ital.) Physics , symbol for Reynolds number
• Chem. , symbol for rhenium
• symbol for rupee (Indian monetary unit; see also Rs)

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RE

Chem. rare earth
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• Med. right eye
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Radar and Electronics Association
• request for engineer's authorization
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reac.

reactor

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Regional Education Advisory Committee (of the TUC)

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Retired Executives' Action Clearing House

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react (r'ækt)

research education and aid for children with potentially terminal illness

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Rear-Adm.

Rear-Admiral

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reasm.

reassemble

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REB

regional examining body
• Physics relativistic electron beam

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rec.

receipt
• receive
• Med. recens (Latin: fresh; in prescriptions)
• recent
• reception
• recipe
• record(ed)
• recorder
• recording
• recreation

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Railway Executive Committee
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recd

received

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recep.

reception

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RECHAR ('ri:t:)

Reconversion de Bassins Charbonniers (French: Reconversion of Coal Fields; an EU funding programme for the redevelopment of depressed mining areas)

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recip.

reciprocal
• reciprocity

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recirc.

recirculate

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recit.

recitation
• Music recitative

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reclamation

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recm.

recommend

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RECMF

Radio and Electronic Component Manufacturers' Federation

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recog.

recognition
• recognize

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recom.

recommend

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recon.

reconciliation
• (or recond.) recondition
• reconnaissance
• reconnoitre
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• (or reconst.) reconstruct(ion)

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REconS

Royal Economic Society

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recpt

receipt

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recryst.

Chem. recrystallized

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rec. sec.

recording secretary

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rect.

receipt
• rectangle
• rectangular
• Med. rectificatus (Latin: rectified; in prescriptions)
• rectify

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Rector(y)

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rec-v (or recvee) ('rk'vi:)

(USA ) recreational vehicle (e.g. a motorized caravan)

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red.

Finance redeemable
• reduce(d)
• reduction

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redisc.

rediscount

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redox ('rdks)

Chem. reduction-oxidation

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Register of Engineers for Disaster Relief

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redupl.

reduplicate
• reduplication

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REE

Chem. rare-earth element

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ref.

refer(red)
• referee
• reference
• refining
• reform(ed)
• reformation
• reformer
• refrigerated ship
• refund(ing)
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refash.

refashioned

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Ref. Ch.

Reformed Church

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refd

referred
• refund

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refl.

reflect(ion)
• reflective
• reflex
• reflexive

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Reformed Presbyterian

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refrig.

refrigerate
• refrigeration
• refrigerator

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Reformed Spelling

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reg.

regiment
• region
• register(ed)
• registrar
• registration
• registry
• regular(ly)
• regulation
• regulator

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Reg.

Regent
• (or Reg) Regent's Park College, Oxford
• Regina (Latin: Queen)

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REGAL ('ri:gl)

Aeronautics range and elevation guidance for approach and landing

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regd

registered

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Reg-Gen.

Registrar-General

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Regius Professor

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regr.

registrar

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Regt

Regent
• Regiment

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regtl

regimental

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Reg. TM

Registered Trade Mark

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REHAB ('ri:hæb)

Med. , Psychiatry Rehabilitation Evaluation of Hall and Baker

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reinf.

reinforce

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reinfmt

reinforcement

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reit.

Printing reiteration

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REIT

(USA ) real-estate investment trust

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rej.

reject

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rel.

relate
• relating
• relation
• relative(ly)
• release(d)
• relic
• Bibliog. relié (French: bound)
• religion
• religious
• reliquiae (Latin: relics)

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REL

recommended exposure limit (for radiation)

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rel. pron.

relative pronoun

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rem (rm)

roentgen equivalent man (former unit of radioactivity)

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rem.

remark(s)
• remit
• remittance

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REM (rm or ': 'i: 'm)

Physiol. rapid eye movement (as in REM sleep )
• Chem. rare-earth metal

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REME ('ri:mi:)

Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers

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remitt.

remittance

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Renaissance

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Renfrewshire (former Scottish county)

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Red Nacional de Ferrocarriles Españoles (Spanish state railways)

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REngDes

Registered Engineering Designer

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renv.

renovate
• renovation

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REO

regional education officer

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rep (rp)

repetition

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rep.

repair
• repeat
• Med. repetatur (Latin: let it be repeated; in prescriptions)
• report(ed)
• reporter
• represent(ing)
• (rp) representative
• reprint

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Rep.

(USA ) Representative
• Republic
• (USA ) Republican

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REPC

Regional Economic Planning Council

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repl.

replace(d)
• replacement

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repo.

repossess

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repr. (or repres.)

represent (ative)
• represented
• representing
• reprint(ed)

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repro.

reproduced
• reproduction

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rept

receipt
• report

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repub.

republish

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Repub.

Republic
• (USA ) Republican

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req.

request
• require(d)
• requisition

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reqd

required

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reqn

requisition

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reqs

requires

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RER

renewable energy resource(s)
• Cytology rough endoplasmic reticulum

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RERO

Royal Engineers Reserve of Officers

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res.

rescue
• research(er)
• reservation
• reserve(d)
• residence
• resident
• reside(s)
• resigned
• resolution

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renewable energy source (or system)
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resgnd

resigned

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resig.

resignation

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resp.

respective(ly)
• respiration
• respondent
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resident physician

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resident secretary

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rest. (or restr.)

restaurant
• restoration
• restrict(ion)

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Rest.

History Restoration

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ret.

retain
• retire(d)
• return(ed)

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Ret

Astronomy Reticulum

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RET

Computing resolution enhancement technology

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retd

retained
• retired
• returned

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R. et I.

Regina et Imperatrix (Latin: Queen and Empress)
• Rex et Imperator (Latin: King and Emperor)

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retnr

retainer

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RETRA ('rtr)

Radio, Electrical, and Television Retailers' Association

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RETRO (or Retro) ('rtr)

Astronautics (USA ) Retrofire Officer

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rev.

revenue
• reverse(d)
• review(ed)
• revise(d)
• revision
• revolution
• revolve
• revolver
• revolving

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Rev.

Bible Revelation
• (or Rev) Reverend
• Review

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Astronautics re-entry vehicle

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rev. a/c

revenue account(s)

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Reverend

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Revised Statutes

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Rev. Ver.

Revised Version (of the Bible)

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rew.

reward

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REXX

Computing restructured extended executor

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rf

reef

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rf.

Music rinforzando (Italian: reinforcing)

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r.f.

radio frequency
• range finder
• rapid fire
• Telecom. reception fair
• relative flow
• Baseball right field(er)
• rough finish (of paper)

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Rf

symbol for rufiyaa (monetary unit of Maldives)
• Chem. , symbol for rutherfordium

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RF

radio frequency
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• Military regular forces
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Royal Field Artillery
• Royal Fleet Auxiliary

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Royal Fine Art Commission

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R factor

Genetics resistance factor (see R plasmid)

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r.f.b. (or RFB)

Football (USA ) right fullback

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RFC

(USA ) Reconstruction Finance Corporation
• Computing request for comments
• Royal Flying Corps
• Rugby Football Club

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RFD

radio-frequency device
• reporting for duty
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(Australia ) Royal Flying Doctor Service

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Radio Free Europe

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Royal Festival Hall (London )

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RFI

radio-frequency interference
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Rugby Football League

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Genetics restriction fragment length polymorphism

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Rifleman

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RFN

Registered Fever Nurse

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RFO

Skating right forward outside (of skate)

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r.f.p.

retired on full pay

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RFP

Nuclear engineering reversed-field pinch

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RFPC

Electronics radio-frequency pulse compression

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RFQ

Physics radio-frequency quadrupole
• Commerce request for quotation

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Royal Fleet Reserve

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rfrd

referred

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RFS

Registry of Friendly Societies
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RFSU

Rugby Football Schools' Union

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RFT

Computing revisable form text
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RFU

Rugby Football Union

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rfz.

Music rinforzando (Italian: reinforcing)

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r.g.

Football (USA ) right guard
• rive gauche (French: left bank)

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RG

international vehicle registration for Guinea
• British vehicle registration for Newcastle upon Tyne
• postcode for Reading
• reserve guard
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RGA

remote geological analysis
• residual gas analyser
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• Royal Guernsey Artillery

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RGB

Electrical engineering , Image technol. red, green, blue (as in RGB signals )

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RGBI

red, green, blue intensity

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rgd

registered
• reigned

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rge

range

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Registrar-General

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Royal Grenadier Guards

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Royal Gloucestershire Hussars

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Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts

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Royal Green Jackets

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rgn

region

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Rangoon

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Registered General Nurse (formerly SRN)

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RGNP

Economics real gross national product

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Royal Greenwich Observatory (now in Cambridge)

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Royal Geographical Society

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Royal Geographical Society of Australasia

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Rgt

Regiment

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Physics relativistic gravitational theory

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rgtl

regimental

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r.h.

right half
• right hand(ed)

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Rh

Med. rhesus (factor) (as in Rh positive )
• Chem. , symbol for rhodium

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RH

British vehicle registration for Hull
• postcode for Redhill
• Meteorol. relative humidity
• remote handling (or handled)
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• right hand(ed)
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• Royal Highness
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Regional Health Authority
• Road Haulage Association
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Royal Hampshire Regiment

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rhap.

rhapsody

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RHAS

Royal Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland

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RHB

Regional Hospital Board
• (or r.h.b.) Football (USA ) right halfback

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RHBNC

Royal Holloway and Bedford New College, London

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r.h.d.

right-hand drive (of a motor vehicle)

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RHEED

Physics reflection high-energy electron diffraction

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rheo.

rheostat

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rheol.

rheological
• rheology

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rhet.

rhetoric(al)

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Royal Highland Fusiliers

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Royal Horse Guards

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RHHI

Royal Hospital and Home for Incurables (Putney )

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RHIC

Physics relativistic heavy-ion collider (or collisions)

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Royal Historical Society

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RHM

Ranks Hovis McDougall

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RHMS

Royal Hibernian Military School

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rhom. (or rhomb.)

rhombic
• rhomboid
• rhombus

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r.h.p.

rated horsepower

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RHQ

regimental headquarters

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r/h/r

rearhead restraints (in motor advertisements)

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RHR

rearhead restraints (in motor advertisements)
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r.h.s.

right-hand side
• round-headed screw

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Royal Highland Show
• Royal Historical Society
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RHSI

Royal Horticultural Society of Ireland

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RHV

Registered Health Visitor

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r.i.

reflective insulation
• rubber insulation

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Ri

(ital.) Meteorol. , symbol for Richardson number

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RI

Irish vehicle registration for Dublin
• radio interference
• radioisotope
• Railway Inspectorate
• refractive index
• Regimental Institute
• Regina et Imperatrix (Latin: Queen and Empress)
• Shipping (Italy ) Registro Italiano Navale (classification society)
• (or R/I) reinsurance
• religious instruction
• report of investigation
• international vehicle registration for Republic of Indonesia
• Rex et Imperator (Latin: King and Emperor)
• Rhode Island (abbrev. or postcode)
• Rockwell International Corporation
• Rotary International
• (Member of the) Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours
• Royal Institution

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RIA

Med. radioimmunoassay
• Royal Irish Academy

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Recording Industry Association of America

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Royal Irish Automobile Club

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Royal Indian Air Force

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Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland

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Royal Irish Academy of Music

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Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland

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Royal Indian Army Service Corps

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Rib

Biochem. ribose

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RIB

Racing Information Bureau
• rigidhull inflatable boat
• Rural Industries Bureau

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RIBA

Member of the Royal Institute of British Architects
• (or Riba) Royal Institute of British Architects

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RIBI

Rotary International in Great Britain and Ireland

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RIC

Chem. radiation-induced change
• Physics radiation-induced conductivity
• Radio Industry Council
• Royal Institute of Chemistry (now called Royal Society of Chemistry, RSC)
• Royal Irish Constabulary

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RICA

Research Institute for Consumer Affairs

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RICE (ras)

rest, ice, compression, elevation (for treating sports injuries)

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RICO

(USA ) Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act

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RICS

Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors

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RID

Physics radiation-induced defect
• Physics radiation-induced diffusion

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RIE

Commerce recognized investment exchange
• Royal Indian Engineering (College)

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RIF

Military reduction in force
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Rif. Brig.

Rifle Brigade

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RIFF (rf)

Computing raster image file format

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RIIA

Royal Institute of International Affairs

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RIM

international vehicle registration for Islamic Republic of Mauritania
• Royal Indian Marines

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RIMB

(South Africa ) Research Institute for Medical Biophysics

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RIN

Aeronautics reference indicator number
• Royal Indian Navy

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RINA

Royal Institution of Naval Architects

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rinf.

Music rinforzando (Italian: reinforcing)

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RINVR

Royal Indian Naval Volunteer Reserve

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RIO

reporting in and out

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RIOP

Royal Institute of Oil Painters

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rip.

Music ripieno (Italian; all instrumentalists)

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RIP

Computing raster input processor
• requiescat (or requiescant) in pace (Latin: may (he, she, or they) rest in peace)

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Royal Institute of Public Administration

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Royal Institute of Public Health and Hygiene

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RIR

Royal Irish Regiment

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RIrF

Royal Irish Fusiliers

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RIS

Research Information Service
• resonance ionization spectroscopy

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RISC (rsk)

reduced-instruction-set computer

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rit.

Music ritardando (Italian: holding back)
• Music ritenuto (Italian: held back)

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RIT

Psychiatry Rorschach inkblot test

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riten.

Music ritenuto (Italian: held back)

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riv. (or Riv.)

river

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RIY

Physics relative ion yield

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RJ

British vehicle registration for Manchester
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• Military road junction
• airline flight code for Royal Jordanian

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RJA

Royal Jersey Artillery

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RJE

Computing remote job entry

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RJLI

Royal Jersey Light Infantry

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RJM

Royal Jersey Militia

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RK

airline flight code for Air Afrique
• British vehicle registration for London NW
• Med. radical keratotomy (used in treatment of shortsightedness)
• religious knowledge

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RKO

(USA ) Radio-Keith-Orpheum (film studio, now broadcasting company)

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rky

rocky

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RL

reference library
• international vehicle registration for Republic of Lebanon
• research laboratory
• rocket launcher
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RLD

(USA ) retail liquor dealer

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RLF

Royal Literary Fund

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R Lincolns

Royal Lincolnshire Regiment

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RLL

Computing run length limited

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RLO

railway liaison officer
• returned letter office (formerly dead letter office, DLO)

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RLPO

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

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RLPS

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Society

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RIs

symbol for rial (monetary unit of Iran)

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RLS

Robert Louis Stevenson (1850–94, Scottish writer)

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RLSS

Royal Life Saving Society

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rly (or Rly)

railway
• relay

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rm

ream
• room

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RM

British vehicle registration for Carlisle
• radiation monitoring
• radio monitoring
• Computing Reed-Muller (in RM code )
• Registered Midwife
• symbol for Reichsmark (former German currency)
• remote monitoring
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• Resident Magistrate
• riding master
• postcode for Romford
• Royal Mail
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RMA

Royal Marine Artillery
• Royal Marines Association
• Royal Military Academy (Sandhurst; formerly Woolwich)
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RMB (or Rmb)

(China ) renminbi (Chinese: people's money (the currency used by the indigenous population); compare FEC, Foreign Exchange Certificate)

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RMC

regional meteorological centre
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RMCC

Royal Military College of Canada

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RMCM

(Member of the) Royal Manchester College of Music

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RMCS

Royal Military College of Science

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r.m.d.

ready money down

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RMedSoc

Royal Medical Society, Edinburgh

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RMetS

Royal Meteorological Society

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RMFVR

Royal Marine Forces Volunteer Reserves

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RMH

Royal Marsden Hospital (London )

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RMI

Resource Management Initiative (for the NHS)

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RMIT

Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology

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RMLI

Royal Marine Light Infantry

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r.m.m.

Chem. relative molecular mass

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RMM

international vehicle registration for Republic of Mali

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RMN

Registered Mental Nurse

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RMO

Regimental Medical Officer
• Regional Medical Officer
• resident medical officer
• Royal Marine Office

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RMP

Royal Marine Police
• Royal Military Police

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RMPA

Royal Medico-Psychological Association

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RMRA

Royal Marines Rifle Association

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rms

Maths. root mean square

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RMS

radiation-monitoring system
• (USA ) Railway Mail Service
• remote monitoring system
• Maths. root mean square
• Royal Mail Service
• Royal Mail Ship (or Steamer)
• Royal Microscopical Society
• Royal Society of Miniature Painters

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RMSchMus

Royal Marines School of Music

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RMSM

Royal Military School of Music

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RMT

National Union of Rail, Maritime, and Transport Workers (formed by amalgamation of the NUR with the NUS)

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r.n.

Telecom. reception nil

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Rn

Chem. , symbol for radon

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RN

British vehicle registration for Preston
• Registered Nurse
• international vehicle registration for Republic of Niger
• Royal Navy (or Naval)
• British fishing port registration for Runcorn

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RNA

Biochem. ribonucleic acid
• Royal Naval Association

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RNAS

Royal Naval Air Service
• Royal Naval Air Station

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RNase (or RNAase)

Biochem. ribonuclease

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RNAW

Royal Naval Aircraft Workshop

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RNAY

Royal Naval Aircraft Yard

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R 'n' B

rhythm and blues

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RNB

Royal Naval Barracks

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RNBT

Royal Naval Benevolent Trust

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RNC

(USA ) Republican National Committee
• Royal Naval College

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RNCM

(Member of the) Royal Northern College of Music

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rnd

round

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RND

Royal Naval Division

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RNEC

Royal Naval Engineering College

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Rnf.

Renfrewshire (former Scottish county)

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RNF

Royal Northumberland Fusiliers

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RNIB

Royal National Institute for the Blind

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RNID

Royal National Institute for the Deaf

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RNLAF

Royal Netherlands Air Force

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RNLI

Royal National Lifeboat Institution

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RNLO

Royal Naval Liaison Officer

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RNMDSF

Royal National Mission to Deep Sea Fishermen

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RNMH

Registered Nurse for the Mentally Handicapped

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RNMS

Royal Naval Medical School

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RNoN

Royal Norwegian Navy

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RNP

Biochem. ribonucleoprotein

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RNPFN

Royal National Pension Fund for Nurses

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R 'n' R

rock and roll

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RNR

Royal Naval Reserve

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RNRA

Royal Naval Rifle Association

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rns

runs

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RNS

Stock Exchange Regulatory News Service
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• Royal Numismatic Society

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RNSA

Royal Naval Sailing Association

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RNSC

Royal Naval Staff College

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RNSR

Royal Naval Special Reserve

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RNSS

Royal Naval Scientific Service

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RNT

Registered Nurse Tutor
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RNTE

Royal Naval Training Establishment

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RNTNEH

Royal National Throat, Nose, and Ear Hospital

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RNTU

Royal Naval Training Unit

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RNVR

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

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RNVSR

Royal Naval Volunteer Supplementary Reserve

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RNWMP

(formerly, in Canada ) Royal Northwest Mounted Police (see RCMP)

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rnwy

runway

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RNXS

Royal Naval Auxiliary Service

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RNZAC

Royal New Zealand Armoured Corps

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RNZAF

Royal New Zealand Air Force

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RNZIR

Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment

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Royal New Zealand Navy

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Royal New Zealand Naval Volunteer Reserve

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ro. (or r°)

Printing recto
• roan

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r.o.

Rowing rowed over
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RO

British vehicle registration for Luton
• radar operator (or observer)
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• Chem. reverse osmosis
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• international vehicle registration for Romania
• British fishing port registration for Rothesay
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ROA (or RoA)

Education record of achievement
• Reserve Officers' Association
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ROAM

Finance return on assets managed

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ROAR

right of admission reserved

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ROB

remaining on board

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ROC

Finance return on capital
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ROCE

Finance return on capital employed

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ROE

Finance return on equity
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ROF

Royal Ordnance Factory

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Roffen.

Roffensis (Latin: (Bishop) of Rochester)

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R of O

Reserve of Officers

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ROG (or r.o.g.)

receipt of goods

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ROI

region of interest
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• (Member of the) Royal Institute of Oil Painters

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ROK

international vehicle registration for Republic of Korea

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Rolls (rlz)

Rolls-Royce (car)

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rom.

roman (type)

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Rom.

Roman
• Romance or Romanic (languages)
• Romania(n)
• Bible Romans

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ROM (rm)

Computing read-only memory

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Rom. Cath.

Roman Catholic

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RONA

Finance return on net assets

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ROP

Advertising run of paper (as in ROP printing )

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RORC

Royal Ocean Racing Club

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ro-ro (or RORO) ('rr)

roll-on/roll-off (ferry)

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Ros.

Roscommon

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ROS (rs)

Computing remote operations service

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Rosa ('rz)

Computing recognition of open systems achievement

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ROSAT

Astronomy Röntgenstrahlen Satellit (German: X-ray satellite)

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ROSE

Computing Research Open Systems in Europe

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ROSLA ('rzl)

raising of school-leaving age

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RoSPA (or Rospa) ('rsp)

Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents

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rot (rt)

Maths. , symbol for curl (of a function)

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rot.

rotary
• rotating
• rotation
• rotor

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Rot.

Rotterdam

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ROT

remedial occupational therapy
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ROTC

(USA ) Reserve Officers' Training Corps

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ROU

international vehicle registration for Republic of Uruguay

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rout.

routine

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ROV

remotely operated vehicle

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ROW

right of way

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ROWPU

reverse osmosis water-purification unit

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Rox.

Roxburghshire (former Scottish county)

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Roy.

Royal

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r.p.

Telecom. reception poor
• regimental policeman
• reply paid

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Rp

symbol for rupiah (Indonesian monetary unit)

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RP

British vehicle registration for Northampton
• radiation protection
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• (or rp) Received Pronunciation
• recommended practice
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• recovery phase
• Chem. redox potential
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• Reformed Presbyterian
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• reinforced plastic
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• República Portuguesa (Republic of Portugal)
• international vehicle registration or international civil aircraft marking for Republic of the Philippines
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• research paper
• Med. retinitis pigmentosa
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• rocket projectile
• (Member of the) Royal Society of Portrait Painters
• rules of procedure

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RPA

radiation protection adviser
• Education record of personal achievement
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RPB

Finance recognized professional body

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RPC

rapid Portland cement
• Computing remote procedure call
• (USA ) Republican Party Conference
• request the pleasure of your company
• Royal Pioneer Corps

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RPD

Doctor of Political Science (Latin Rerum Politicarum Doctor)
• regional port director

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RPE

radio production executive
• Reformed Protestant Episcopal
• Med. retinal pigment epithelium (of the eye)

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RPF

Med. real plasma flow
• Med. retroperitoneal fibrosis

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r.p.g.

rounds per gun

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RPG

Computing report program generator
• Military rocket-propelled grenade
• role-playing game

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rph

revolutions per hour

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RPhilS

Royal Philharmonic Society

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RPI

retail price index

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R plasmid

Genetics resistance plasmid (formerly factor)

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RPLC

Chem. reverse-phase liquid chromatography

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rpm

revolutions per minute

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RPM

reliability performance measure
• resale price maintenance

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RPMS

Royal Postgraduate Medical School

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RPN

Registered Psychiatric Nurse
• Computing , Maths. reverse Polish notation

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RP/ND

reprinting, no date

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RPO

railway post office
• regional personnel officer
• Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

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RPQ

request for price quotation

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RPR

(France ) Rassemblement pour la République (French: Rally for the Republic; Gaullists)

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r-protein

Biochem. ribosomal protein

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rps

revolutions per second

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RPS

radiological protection service
• rapid processing system
• Royal Philharmonic Society
• Royal Photographic Society

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RPSGB

Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain

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rpt

repeat
• report
• reprint

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RPV

Nuclear engineering reactor pressure vessel
• Military remotely piloted vehicle

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RQ (or r.q.)

regraded (or remoulded) quality (of tyres)
• (or R/Q) Commerce request for quotation
• Med. respiratory quotient

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RQL

reference quality level

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RQMS

regimental quartermaster sergeant

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rqmt

requirement

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rqr.

require(ment)

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rr.

rare

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r.r.

ready reckoner

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RR

British vehicle registration for Nottingham
• radiation resistance
• (USA ) railroad
• Remington Rand (US company)
• research report
• return rate
• Right Reverend
• Cycling road race
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• (or R-R) Rolls-Royce
• (USA ) rural route

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RRA

Royal Regiment of Artillery

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RRB

Race Relations Board

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RRC

Cycling Road Racing Club
• (Lady of the) Royal Red Cross

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RRE

Royal Radar Establishment (see RSRE)

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RRF

Royal Regiment of Fusiliers

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RRI

Rowett Research Institute (Aberdeen )

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RRK

Chem. Rice-Ramsperger-Kassel (in RRK theory )

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RRKM

Chem. Rice-Ramsperger-Kassel-Marcus (in RRKM theory )

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RRL

Registered Record Librarian
• Road Research Laboratory

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RRM

(USA ) renegotiable-rate mortgage

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rRNA

Biochem. ribosomal RNA

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RRP

recommended retail price

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RR. PP.

Révérends Pères (French: Reverend Fathers)

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RRR

(USA ) return receipt requested (of registered mail)

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3 Rs (or three Rs)

reading, (w)riting, and (a)rithmetic

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RRS

Royal Research Ship

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RRT

rail rapid transit

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rs

Meteorol. , symbol for sleet (rain and snow)

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r.s.

right side

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Rs

symbol for rupees (see also under Re)

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RS

British vehicle registration for Aberdeen
• Physics Raman scattering
• Received Standard (English)
• reconnaissance squadron
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• recording secretary
• recruiting service
• Computing Reed-Solomon (as in RS code )
• Reformed Spelling
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• Law Revised Statutes
• Military Royal Scots
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R/S

rejection slip

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RSA

Republic of South Africa
• (New Zealand ) Returned Services Association
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RSA cipher, RSA system)

• Road Safety Act
• Royal Scottish Academy (or Academician)
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RSAA

Royal Society for Asian Affairs

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RSAD

Royal Surgical Aid Society

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RSAF

Royal Small Arms Factory

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RSAI

Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland

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RSAMD

Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama

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RSAS

Royal Surgical Aid Society

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r.s.b.

range safety beacon

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RSC

Royal Shakespeare Company
• Royal Society of Canada
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RSCDS

Royal Scottish Country Dance Society

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rsch

research

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RSCJ

Religiosae Sacratissimi Cordis Jesus (Latin: Nuns of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus; Sacred Heart Society)

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RSCM

Royal School of Church Music

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RSCN

Registered Sick Children's Nurse (formerly SRCN)

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RSD

recovery, salvage, and disposal
• Royal Society of Dublin

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RSE

Received Standard English
• Royal Society of Edinburgh

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RSF

Building trades rough sunk face
• Royal Scots Fusiliers

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RSFS

Royal Scottish Forestry Society

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RSFSR

(formerly) Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic

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RSG

rate-support grant
• recirculating steam generator
• regional seat of government (in civil defence)
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RSGB

Radio Society of Great Britain (amateur radio operators)

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RSGS

Royal Scottish Geographical Society

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RSH

Royal Society for the Promotion of Health

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RSHA

Reichssicherheitshauptamt (Reich Security Central Office; in Nazi Germany)

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RSI

Med. repetitive strain (or stress) injury

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R. Signals

Royal Corps of Signals

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RSJ

Building trades rolled-steel joist

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RSL

(Australia ) Returned Services League
• Royal Society of Literature

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RSLA

raising of school-leaving age

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RSM

regimental sergeant major
• regional sales manager
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RSMA

Royal Society of Marine Artists

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RSME

Royal School of Military Engineering

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rsn

reason

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RSNA

Radiological Society of North America

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RSNC

Royal Society for Nature Conservation

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RSNZ

Royal Society of New Zealand

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RSO

radiological safety officer
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• railway sorting office
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RSocMed

Royal Society of Medicine

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r.s.p.

rain stopped play

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RSPB

Royal Society for the Protection of Birds

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RSPCA

Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

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RSPP

Royal Society of Portrait Painters

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rsq.

rescue

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RSRE

Royal Signals and Radar Establishment (formerly RRE)

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RSS

Fellow of the Royal Society (Latin Regiae Societatis Socius)
• Royal Statistical Society

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RSSA

Royal Scottish Society of Arts

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RSSPCC

Royal Scottish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children

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RSTM&H

Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

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rstr.

restricted

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RSU

road safety unit

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RSUA

Royal Society of Ulster Architects

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RSV

Med. respiratory syncytial virus
• Revised Standard Version (of the Bible)
• Microbiol. Rous sarcoma virus

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RSVP

répondez s'il vous plaît (French: please reply)

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rsvr

reservoir

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RSW

(Member of the) Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Water Colours

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RSWC

right side up with care

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RSwN

Royal Swedish Navy

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rt

right

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r.t.

Football (USA ) right tackle

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RT

British vehicle registration for Ipswich
• radiation therapy
• (or R/T) radio telegraph (or telegraphy)
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• return ticket
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• round table
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RTA

reciprocal trade agreement(s)
• Med. road traffic accident
• Road Traffic Act

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RTB

Military return to base

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RTBA

rate to be agreed

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RTBF

(Belgium ) Radio-Télévision Belge de la Communauté Française (French broadcasting company)

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rtc.

ratchet

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RTC

Computing real-time clock
• (India ) Road Transport Corporation
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rtd

returned

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rtd ht

Cricket retired hurt

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RTDS

Computing real-time data system

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rte

route

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RTE

Radio Telefis Éireann (Gaelic: Irish Radio and Television)
• Computing real-time execution

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RTECS (':tks)

Registry of Toxic Effects of Chemical Substances

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RTF

Radiodiffusion-Télévision Française (French television network)
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• Computing rich text format

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RTFM

Computing read the flippin' manual

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rtg

rating

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RTG

Astronomy radioisotope thermoelectric generator
• Physics relativistic theory of gravitation

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Rt Hon.

Right Honourable

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RTI

Round Table International

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RTITB

Road Transport Industry Training Board

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RTK

right to know

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RTL

Computing real-time language
• Electronics resistor-transistor logic

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RTM

Computing read the manual

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rtn

retain
• return

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rtng

returning

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RTO

(USA ) railroad transportation officer
• railway transport officer

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RTOL (':,tl)

Aeronautics reduced takeoff and landing

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RTP

Engineering rated thermal power
• Physics room temperature and pressure

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RTPI

Royal Town Planning Institute

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RTR

Royal Tank Regiment

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RTRA

Road Traffic Regulation Act

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Rt Rev.

Right Reverend

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RTS

Religious Tract Society
• Computing request to send
• reserve tug service
• Royal Television Society
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RTSA

Retail Trading Standards Association

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RTT (or RTTY)

radioteletype

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RTTC

Cycling Road Time Trials Council

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RTU

Military returned to unit

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RTV

real-time video

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Rt W

Right Worshipful

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RTW (or rtw)

ready to wear

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RTYC

Royal Thames Yacht Club

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RTZ

Rio Tinto Zinc Corporation Limited

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Ru

Chem. , symbol for ruthenium

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Ru.

Russia (n)

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RU

British vehicle registration for Bournemouth
• Readers' Union
• Computing registered user
• reprocessed uranium
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• Med. , Pharmacol. Roussel-Uclaf (French pharmaceutical company; in RU-486 , abortion pill)
• Rugby Union

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RUA

Royal Ulster Academy of Painting, Sculpture, and Architecture

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RUAS

Royal Ulster Agricultural Society

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RUBISCO (ru:'bsk)

Botany RuBP carboxylase

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RuBP (or RUBP)

Botany ribulose 1,5-bisphosphate (formerly diphosphate, RuDP or RDP)

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RUBSSO

Rossendale Union of Boot, Shoe, and Slipper Operatives

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RUC

Royal Ulster Constabulary

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RUCR

Royal Ulster Constabulary Reserve

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rud.

rudder

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RuDP

Botany ribulose diphosphate (see RuBP)

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RUF

Banking revolving underwriting facility

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RUG

Computing restricted users group

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RUI

Royal University of Ireland

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RUKBA (or Rukba)

Royal United Kingdom Beneficent Association

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rumpie ('rmp)

Colloquial rural upwardly mobile professional

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RUPP

road used as public path

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RUR

Royal Ulster Regiment

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RURAL ('rrl)

Society for the Responsible Use of Resources in Agriculture and on the Land

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Rus.

Russia(n)

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RUS

international vehicle registration for Russia Federation

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RUSI

Royal United Services Institute for Defence Studies (formerly Royal United Service Institution)

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RUSM

Royal United Service Museum

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Russ.

Russia(n)

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Rut. (or Rutd)

Rutland

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r.v.

Statistics random variable
• rendezvous

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RV

British vehicle registration for Portsmouth
• rateable value
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• Astronautics re-entry vehicle
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• rendezvous
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• Med. residual volume
• Revised Version (of the Bible)
• Rifle Volunteers
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RVB

Chem. resonating valence bond

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RVC

Rifle Volunteer Corps
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RVCI

Royal Veterinary College of Ireland

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RVLR

Road Vehicles Lighting Regulations

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RVM

Royal Victorian Medal

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RVO

Royal Victorian Order

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RVR

runway visual range

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RVSVP

répondez vite, s'il vous plaît (French: please reply quickly)

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RVU

research vessel unit

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Rw.

Rwanda

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RW

British vehicle registration for Coventry
• rainwater
• airline flight code for Rheinland Air Service
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• Right Worshipful
• Right Worthy
• Royal Warrant
• runway

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RWA

Race Walking Association
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RWAFF

Royal West African Frontier Force

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R War. R

Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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RWAS

Royal Welsh Agricultural Society

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r.w.d.

rear-wheel drive

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RWD

radioactive-waste disposal

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RWEA

(Member of the) Royal West of England Academy

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RWF

Radio Wholesalers' Federation
• Royal Welch Fusiliers

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RwFr

Rwanda franc

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RWGM

Freemasonry Right Worshipful Grand Master

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RWGR

Freemasonry Right Worth Grand Representative

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RWGS

Freemasonry Right Worthy Grand Secretary

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RWGT

Freemasonry Right Worthy Grand Templar
• Freemasonry Right Worthy Grand Treasurer

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RWGW

Freemasonry Right Worthy Grand Warden

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R Wilts Yeo.

Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry

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RWK

Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment

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RWM

radioactive waste management
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RWP

rainwater pipe

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RWS

(Member of the) Royal Society of Painters in Water Colours

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rwy (or Rwy)

railway

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Rx

Broadcasting recording

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RX

British vehicle registration for Reading
• British fishing port registration for Rye

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ry (or Ry)

railway

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RY

airline flight code for Air Rwanda
• British vehicle registration for Leicester
• British fishing port registration for Ramsey

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RYA

Royal Yachting Association

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RYC

in reply to your cable

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RYS

Royal Yacht Squadron

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r.z.

return to zero

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RZ

British vehicle registration for Antrim

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RZSI

Royal Zoological Society of Ireland

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RZSScot (or RZSS)

Royal Zoological Society of Scotland

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S

s

Physics , symbol for electron state l=0 (where l is orbital angular momentum quantum number)
• (ital.) Chem. , Physics , symbol for path length
• symbol for second(s)
• (ital.) Chem. secondary (isomer; as in s-butyl alcohol )
• (ital.) Chem. , symbol for sedimentation coefficient
• Spectroscopy , symbol for singlet
• Music soh (in tonic sol-fa)
• Chem. solid (as in NaCl(s) )
• (ital.) Physics , symbol for specific entropy
• (ital.) Physics , symbol for spin quantum number
• Physics strange (a quark flavour)
• Spectroscopy , symbol for strong absorption
• (ital.) Chem. symmetric (as in s-dichloroethane )

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school
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• Grammar singular
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• sinistra (Italian: left)
• sire
• sister
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• son
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• suit
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s/

sur (French: on; in place names)

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(ital.) Electrical engineering , symbol for apparent power
• (ital.) Physics , symbol for entropy
• (bold ital.) Physics , symbol for Poynting vector
• symbol for Schilling (Austrian monetary unit)
• Biochem. , symbol for serine
• Medieval Roman numeral for seven(ty)
• postcode for Sheffield
• Electrical engineering , symbol for siemens
• Med. sign (see under Sig.)
• Geology Silurian
• (ital.) Chem. sinister (as in (S)-butan-2-ol )
• Irish fishing port registration for Skibbereen
• slow (on a clock or watch regulator)
• small (size)
• Microbiol. smooth (in S-form of a bacterial colony)
• Astronomy , symbol for solar mass
• south(ern)
• (ital.) Physics , symbol for spin quantum number (of a system)
• Astronomy , symbol for spiral galaxy (followed by letter(s))
• (ital.) Physics , symbol for strangeness quantum number
• Chem. , symbol for substitution reaction
• sucre (Ecuadorian monetary unit)
• Chem. , symbol for sulphur
• Shipping summer loading (on load line)
• Biochem. , symbol for Svedberg unit (as in S value , 70S ribosome )
• international vehicle registration for Sweden
• (ital.) Chem. , indicating substitution on a sulphur atom (in names of compounds)

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S. (or S)

Sabbath
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• satisfactory
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• (ital.) Music segno (Italian: sign)
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• sentence
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• series
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• solar
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• south(ern)
• Cards spades
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• summer
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S2

international civil aircraft marking for Bangladesh

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S5

international civil aircraft marking for Slovenia

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S7

international civil aircraft marking for Seychelles
• airline flight code for Siberia Airlines

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airline flight code for Estonian Aviation Company

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2S

airline flight code for Island Express

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airline flight code for East West Airlines

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7S

airline flight code for Ryan Air

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sa.

Heraldry sable

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s.a.

safe arrival
• Med. secundum artem (Latin: by skill)
• see also
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• sex appeal
• siehe auch (German: see also)
• sine anno (Latin: without date; undated)
• Chem. soluble in alkali
• special agent
• storage area
• subject to approval
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Sa.

Saturday

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SA

British vehicle registration for Aberdeen
• Salvation Army
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• Saudi Arabian
• seaman apprentice
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• small arms
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• Son Altesse (French: His or Her Highness)
• South Africa(n)
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• South America(n)
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• Astronomy spherical aberration
• Computing structured systems analysis
• Sturmabteilung (German: storm troopers; Nazi terrorist militia)
• surface area
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• Swansea (postcode or British fishing port registration)

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S/A

subject to acceptance
• Banking (USA ) survivorship agreement

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SAA

small arms ammunition
• South African Airways
• Speech Association of America
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• Chem. surface-active agent
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SAAA

Scottish Amateur Athletic Association

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SAAAU

South African Amateur Athletic Union

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Svensk Aeroplan Aktiebolag (Swedish aircraft and car company)

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SAAD

small-arms ammunition depot

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South African Air Force

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Special Arab Assistance Fund for Africa

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South African Astronomical Observatory

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South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation

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SAAU

South African Agricultural Union

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sab.

sábado (Portuguese: Saturday)
• sabato (Italian: Saturday)

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Sab.

Sabbath

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SAB

Science (or Scientific) Advisory Board
• Society of American Bacteriologists
• Music soprano, alto, bass
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SABA

Scottish Amateur Boxing Association

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Sabat.

Sabbatical

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SABC

Scottish Association of Boys' Clubs
• South African Broadcasting Corporation

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Société anonyme belge d'exploitation de la navigation aérienne (Belgian World Airlines)

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seaborne antiballistic missile intercept system

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sabo.

sabotage

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South African Bureau of Racial Affairs

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South African Bureau of Standards

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sac

Military , indicating qualified at a small-arms technical long course

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Scientific Advisory Committee
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• South Atlantic coast
• (USA ) State Athletic Commission
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SACEUR (or Saceur) ('sæk,j)

Supreme Allied Commander Europe

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SACL

South African Confederation of Labour

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Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic

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Sveriges Akademikers Centralorganisation (Swedish Confederation of Professional Associations; trade union)

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South African Communist Party

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Sacr.

Sacramento (USA )
• Sacrist

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SACSEA ('sæk,si:)

Supreme Allied Command, SE Asia

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SACSIR

South African Council for Scientific and Industrial Research

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SACU

single-application computer user
• Southern African Customs Union

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SACW

Senior Aircraftwoman

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Sad

systems analysis and design

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Psychiatry seasonal affective disorder

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South African Development Community

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Southern Africa Development Coordinating Conference (or Committee)

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South African Defence Force

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Sociéeté des architectes diplômés par le gouvernment (French: Society of Government-Certified Architects)

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SADT

Computing , trademark structured analysis and design technique

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SAE (or s.a.e.)

self-addressed envelope
• (USA ) Society of Automotive Engineers (designating a viscosity scale for motor oils)
• (or s.a.e.) stamped addressed envelope

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SAEF

Stock Exchange Automatic Execution Facility

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SAF

(USA ) Secretary of the Air Force
• Society of American Foresters
• (USA ) Strategic Air Force

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SAFA

South Africa Freedom Association

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s.a.f.e.

stamped addressed foolscap envelope

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S. Afr.

South Africa(n)

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S.Afr.D.

South African Dutch

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SAFU

Scottish Amateur Fencing Union

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(USA ) Screen Actors' Guild

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Society of American Graphic Artists

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Spiritualist Association of Great Britain

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SAGE (sedz)

Military (USA , Canada ) semiautomatic ground environment

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SAH

Med. subarachnoid haemorrhage
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Sai.

Saigon

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SAIDS (sedz)

simian acquired immune deficiency syndrome

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SAIF

South African Industrial Federation

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SAIMR

South African Institute of Medical Research

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SAIRR

South African Institute of Race Relations

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sal.

salary

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SAL

South Arabian League
• surface airlifted mail

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SALA

South African Library Association

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SALC

symmetry-adapted linear combinations

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Salop ('sælp)

Shropshire

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SALP

South African Labour Party

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SALR

Meteorol. saturated adiabatic lapse rate
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Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (or Treaty)

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salv.

salvage

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Salvador

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sam.

samedi (French: Saturday)

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Sam.

Samaria
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• Samoa
• Samstag (German: Saturday)
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South America(n)

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SAM (sæm)

Physics scanning Auger microprobe (or microscopy)
• (USA ) shared-appreciation mortgage
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Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency

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Samaritan

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South African Medical Corps

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South America(n)

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SAMH

Scottish Association for Mental Health

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san.

sanitary

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SAN

Chem. styrene-acrylonitrile (polymer)

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sanat.

sanatorium

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Scottish Association for National Certificates and Diplomas

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s & d

song and dance

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sand.

sandwich

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Colloquial shopping and fucking (type of popular fiction)
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shipping and forwarding agents

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shipping and handling (charges)

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(USA ) savings and loan association

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s & m

sausages and mash

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sadism and masochism
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S & P 500

(USA ) Standard and Poors 500 Stock Index

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s & s

Colloquial sex and shopping (type of popular fiction)

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SANDS (or Sands) (sændz)

Stillbirth and Neonatal Death Society

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s. & s.c.

sized and supercalendered (of paper)

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S & T

Salmon & Trout Association
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Sane (sen)

Schizophrenia – A National Emergency

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SANE (sen)

(USA ) Committee for a Sane Nuclear Policy

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sanit.

sanitary
• sanitation

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s.a.n.r.

subject to approval, no risk

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SANROC ('sæn,rk)

South African Non-Racial Olympics Committee

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sans.

Printing sanserif

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Sanskrit

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SANS

Physics small-angle neutron scattering

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SANZ

Standards Association of New Zealand

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SAO

Scottish Association of Opticians

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SAOS

Scottish Agricultural Organization Society

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s.a.p.

soon as possible

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SAP

South African Police

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SAPA (sæp)

South African Press Association
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sapfu ('sæpfu:)

Slang surpassing all previous foul-ups (or fuck-ups)

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s.a.p.l.

Shipping sailed as per list (i.e. Lloyd's List)

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sap. no.

Chem. saponification number

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Sar.

Sarawak
• Sardinia(n)

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SAR

search and rescue
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• (China ) Special Administrative Region
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• synthetic-aperture radar

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SARAH ('sr)

search and rescue homing (radar system)
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SARBE ('s:b)

search and rescue beacon equipment (of SARAH)

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Sarl. (or Sàrl.)

(France , Belgium , Luxembourg , Switzerland ) société à responsabilité limitée (private limited company; Ltd)

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SARs

Substantial Acquisition Rules (for takeovers and mergers)

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SARSAT ('s:sæt)

search and rescue satellite-aided tracking

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SA/RT

Computing structured systems analysis for real time

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Sarum.

Sarumensis (Latin: (Bishop) of Salisbury)

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Sas.

(Italy ) società in accomandita semplice (limited partnership)

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SAS

Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries (Latin Societatis Antiquariorum Socius)
• Scandinavian Airline System
• Physics small-angle scattering
• Small Astronomical Satellite
• Son Altesse Sérénissime (French: His (or Her) Most Serene Highness)
• Military Special Air Service
• Statement of Auditing Standards

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SASC

Small Arms School Corps

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SASE (or sase)

(USA ) self-addressed stamped envelope

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Sasi

Trademark Shugart Associates system interface

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Sask.

Saskatchewan

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SASO

Senior Air Staff Officer
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SASR

Special Air Service Regiment

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sat.

satellite
• saturate(d)

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Sat.

Saturday
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S. At.

South Atlantic

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SAT

(USA ) scholastic aptitude test
• Senior Member of the Association of Accounting Technicians
• ship's apparent time
• South Australian Time
• (sæt) Education standard assessment task

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SATB

Music soprano, alto, tenor, bass

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SATCO ('sætk)

signal automatic air-traffic control system

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SATEX ('setks)

semiautomatic telegraph exchange

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satn

saturation

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SATRO

Science and Technology Regional Organization

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SATS

South African Transport Services

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s. Aus. (or S. Austral.)

South Australia(n)

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s.a.v.

sale at valuation
• stock at valuation

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SAV

Microbiol. simian adenovirus

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SAVAK (or Savak) ('sævæk or 's:væk)

(Iran ) Szmn-i-Attalt Va Amnyat-i-Keshvar (National Security and Intelligence Organization, 1957–79)

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SAVS

Scottish Anti-Vivisection Society

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SAW

space at will (of advertisements)
• submerged arc welding
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SAWS

synoptic automatic weather station

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sax.

saxophone

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Sax.

Saxon
• Saxony

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SAXS

Physics small-angle X-ray scattering

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SAYE

save as you earn (savings scheme)

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sb

Physics , symbol for stilb

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sb.

Grammar substantive

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s.b.

single-breasted
• small bore (rifle)
• smooth bore
• Baseball stolen base(s)

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Sb

Chem. , symbol for antimony (Latin stibium)

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SB

airline flight code for Air Calédonie International
• (USA ) Bachelor of Science (Latin Scientiae Baccalaureus)
• Astronomy , symbol for barred spiral galaxy (as in SBa , SBb )
• British vehicle registration for Glasgow
• sales book
• Sam Browne (military officer's belt and strap)
• savings bank
• selection board
• Serving Brother (of an order)
• Commerce short bill (of exchange)
• sick bay
• Signal Boatswain
• signal book
• simultaneous broadcast(ing)
• Chemical engineering slurry bed
• Commerce small business
• Chem. sodium borate
• South Britain (i.e. England and Wales)
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• Statute Book
• Med. stillborn
• stretcher bearer
• sub-branch

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SBA

School of Business Administration
• sick-bay (or -berth) attendant
• (USA ) Small Business Administration
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SBAA

Sovereign Base Areas Administration

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SBAC

Society of British Aerospace Companies (formerly Aircraft Constructors)

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SBB

Schweizerische Bundesbahnen (Swiss Federal Railways)

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SBBNF

Ship and Boat Builders' National Federation

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SBC

School Broadcasting Council
• single-board computer
• Electrical engineering small bayonet cap

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SBD

Soviet Block Division (of the CIA)
• Electronics surface-barrier (or Schottky-barrier) diode

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SbE

south by east

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SBE

Southern British English (dialect)

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SBGI

Society of British Gas Industries

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SBH

Scottish Board of Health

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SBIC

(USA ) small business investment company

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SBL

Electronics surface boundary layer

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SBLI

(USA ) savings bank life insurance

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SBM

single buoy mooring

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SBN

Standard Book Number (replaced by ISBN)

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SBNO

Senior British Naval Officer

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s'board

starboard

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SBOT

Sacred Books of the Old Testament

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SBP

Med. systolic blood pressure

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SBR

styrene-butadiene rubber

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sbre.

septiembre (Spanish: September)

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SBS

Med. sick-building syndrome
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SBStJ

Serving Brother of the Order of St John of Jerusalem

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SBT

Shipping segregated ballast tanks

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SBU

strategic business unit

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SBV

seabed vehicle

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SbW

south by west

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S by E

south by east

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S by W

south by west

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sc

Printing small capitals
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sc.

scale
• scene
• science
• scientific
• scilicet (namely or that is; from Latin scire licet)
• screw
• scruple (unit of weight)
• sculpsit (Latin: (he or she) carved (or engraved) this)

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s.c.

salvage charges
• self-contained
• Printing single column
• Printing small capitals
• steel casting
• supercalendered (of paper)

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s/c

self-contained
• Commerce son compte (French: (on) his account)

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Sc

Chem. , symbol for scandium
• (ital.) Physics , symbol for Schmidt number
• (ital.) Meteorol. , symbol for stratocumulus

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Sc.

Scandinavia(n)
• Scotch
• Scotland
• Scots
• Scottish

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SC

British vehicle registration for Edinburgh
• safe custody
• sailing club
• Salvage Corps
• Law same case
• Military (USA ) Sanitary Corps
• (Australia , New Zealand ) School Certificate
• Schools Council
• British fishing port registration for Scilly
• Security Council (of the UN)
• self-contained
• Senatus Consultum (Latin: decree of the Senate)
• Senior Counsel
• service certificate
• Law Sessions Cases
• airline flight code for Shandong Airlines
• shooting club
• short course
• Signal Corps
• Printing single column
• Chem. single crystal
• skating club
• skiing club
• small craft
• social club
• solar cell
• South Carolina (abbrev. or postcode)
• Military Southern Command
• special case
• Special Constable (or Constabulary)
• sports club
• Staff Captain
• staff college
• Staff Corps
• standing committee
• standing conference
• (Canada ) Star of Courage
• statutory committee
• Meteorol. stratocumulus
• Engineering stress corrosion
• structural change (in transformational grammar)
• Suffolk and Cambridgeshire (regiment)
• supercalendered (paper)
• Supreme Court
• surface contamination
• swimming club

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SCA

sickle-cell anaemia
• Computing synchronous concurrent algorithm

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SCAAA

Southern Counties Amateur Athletic Association

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Scada ('sk:d)

system control and data acquisition

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SCAHT

Scottish Churches Architectural Heritage Trust

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Scand. (or Scan.)

Scandinavia(n)

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SCAO

Senior Civil Affairs Officer

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SCAP (skæp)

Supreme Command (or Commander) Allied Powers

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SCAPA

Society for Checking the Abuses of Public Advertising

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s. caps

Printing small capitals

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SCAR (sk:)

Scientific (or Special) Committee on Antarctic Research

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SCARA ('skr)

selective compliance assembly robot arm

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Scarab ('skærb)

submerged craft assisting repair and burial

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SCARF

Accounting Systems Control and Review File

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Scart (or SCART) (sk:t)

Syndicate des Constructeurs des Appareils Radio Récepteurs et Téléviseurs (French designers of a plug and socket system used in video equipment, as in Scart socket )

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SCAT

Med. sheep-cell agglutination test

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Bachelor of Science (Latin Scientiae Baccalaureus)

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Solicitors Complaints Bureau
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Med. special-care baby unit

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Printing single column centimetre
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Sea Cadet Corps
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Sports Car Club of America

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Scottish Council for Commercial, Administrative, and Professional Education

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Scottish Council for Civil Liberties

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scheduled

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sickle-cell disease

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Doctor of Science in Hygiene

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scenario

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schedule compliance evaluation
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Scottish Community Education Council

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Scottish Council for Educational Technology

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standard cubic feet

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Save the Children Fund
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standard cubic feet per hour

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standard cubic feet per minute

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scoring

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Scottish Gaelic

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Ski Club of Great Britain

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scholar
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Taxation schedule (followed by a letter)
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schedule

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schematic

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Music scherzando (Italian: playful, humorous)

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scholar
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schooner

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science
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Printing single-column inch

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Scottish Central Institutions
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scire facias (Latin: that you cause to know)

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Scottish Central Library
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Med. small-cell lung cancer (or carcinoma)
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Somerset and Cornwall Light Infantry

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Master of Science (Latin Scientiae Magister)

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(Ireland ) Stock exchange smaller companies market
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Society of Consulting Marine Engineers and Ship Surveyors

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Select Committee on National Expenditure

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Astronomy Scorpius

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Scottish Business Education Council

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Computing scan conversion object description language

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(USA ) Senate concurrent resolution

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Standing Conference of National and University Libraries

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Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research
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(formerly) Scottish Vocational Education Council (merged with SEB to form SQA)

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Commerce Shared Currency Option Under Tender

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single-cell protein (in food technology)
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Scottish Council of Physical Recreation

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Finance scrip
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Chemical engineering selective catalytic reactor (or reaction)
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Scottish Council for Research in Education

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Scriptural
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Biochem. small cytoplasmic RNA

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Biochem. small cytoplasmic ribonucleoprotein

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(USA ) Soil Conservation Service
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signal computing system architecture
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small computer systems interface

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Scottish Council of Social Service

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Astronomy Scutum

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Scottish Cricket Union
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Suez Canal Users' Association

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self-contained underwater breathing apparatus

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sculpsit (see under sc.)
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Stato della Città del Vaticano (Italian: Vatican City State)

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Scottish Christian Youth Assembly

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said
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safe deposit
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(USA ) school district
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(formerly) Scottish Development Agency
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South Dakota

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staff duties and training

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Med. senile dementia of the Alzheimer type

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stationary digital audio tape

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Society of Dyers and Colourists
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Scottish Development Department
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(France ) Service de documentation étrangère et de contre-espionage (counterintelligence agency)

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Social Democratic Federation

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Soli Deo Gloria (Latin: Glory to God Alone)

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Computing synchronous digital hierarchy

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spacecraft data-handling equipment

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selective dissemination of information
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(USA ) Strategic Defense Initiative Office

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sdl.

saddle

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special duties list

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Computing synchronous data link control

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(Northern Ireland ) Social Democratic and Labour Party

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September, December, March, June (dates for quarterly payments)

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Senior Dental Officer
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(USA ) Senate document

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(formerly) Social Democratic Party (merged with Liberal Party to form SLD)
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software development process model

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special despatch rider
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synchronous dynamic random access memory

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scientific data system
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SDS-PAGE

Biochem. sodium dodecyl sulphate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis

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Society of Dairy Technology

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s.e.

single end (ed)
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Chem. , symbol for selenium

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British vehicle registration for Aberdeen
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South-East Asia

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South-East Asia Air Command

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School Examination and Assessment Council
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Stock Exchange Automated Exchange Facility

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US Navy sea-air-land

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South-East Asia Land Forces

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South Eastern and Chatham Railway

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Stock Exchange Automated Quotations System

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Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (1954–77)

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Stock Exchange Alternative Trading Service

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(formerly) Scottish Education Board (merged with SCOTVEC to form SQA)
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sec (sk)

Maths. secant

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second (of time or an angle)
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(USA ) Securities and Exchange Commission
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séquentiel couleur à mémoire (colour-television broadcasting system developed in France)

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Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre

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Secretary General

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Maths. hyperbolic secant

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secundum legem (Latin: according to law)

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secundum naturam (Latin: according to nature, naturally)

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secundum regulam (Latin: according to rule)

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section

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secretary

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sed.

sedative
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Scottish Education Department
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Navigation submerged electrode detection and ranging

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sediment

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sedimentation

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Physics secondary electron emission
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Southeastern Electricity Board

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Shipbuilding Employers' Federation

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seg.

segment
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Taxation Self Employment Group
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St Edmund Hall (Oxford University)

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(Portugal ) Secretaria de Estado da Informação e Turismo (State Information and Tourist Board)

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submarine escape immersion suit

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seismological
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(USA ) Service Employees International Union

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select(ed)
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Selwyn College, Cambridge

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Selkirk

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South-East Lancashire, North-East Cheshire

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semester
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Seminary
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Statistics standard error (of the mean)

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SEM

scanning electron microscope (or microscopy)

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semp.

Music sempre (Italian: always)

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senior
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Senate
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special educational needs
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(France ) société en commandite (limited partnership)

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(France ) société en nom collectif (partnership)

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Senior

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sentence

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SEO

Senior Executive Officer
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s.e.o.o. (or s.e. ou o.)

sauf erreur ou omission (French: errors or omissions excepted)

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sepal
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September
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(USA ) simplified employee pension

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Society of Economic Palaeontologists and Mineralogists

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separation

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Stock Exchange Pool Nominees Ltd

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septem (Latin: seven)
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September
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sequel
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• sequitur (Latin: it follows)

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Med. sequenti luce (Latin: the following day; in prescriptions)

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sequentia (Latin: the following (ones))
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serial
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Biochem. serine
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Cytology smooth endoplasmic reticulum

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Socialist Environment and Resources Association

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Serbia(n)

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Science and Engineering Research Council (formerly SRC)

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Sergeant

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Services Electronics Research Laboratory

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US Navy Service Forces, Atlantic

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State Earnings-Related Pension Scheme

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Society of Electronic and Radio Technicians

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servant
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(USA ) socioeconomic status
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secure submarine communications

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Stock Exchange of Singapore Dealing and Automated Quotation System

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Stock Exchange of Singapore Index

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Senior Equipment Staff Officer

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session

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Sweden-ESO Submillimetre Telescope

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setembro (Portuguese: September)
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Securities Exchange of Thailand
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Astronomy search for extraterrestrial intelligence

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Saône-et-Loire (department of France)

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Seine-et-Oise (department of France)

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Stock Exchange electronic trading system

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settembre (Italian: September)

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sever
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Meteorol. severe (icing, etc.)

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several

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sewage
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safety-equipment worker

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sextet
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surface-extended X-ray absorption fine-structure spectroscopy

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Sexagesima

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sextant

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sf (or sf.)

Baseball sacrifice fly
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Commerce sans frais (French: no expenses)
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symbol for Suriname guilder (monetary unit)

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British vehicle registration for Edinburgh
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Scottish Football Association
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Statement of Financial Accounting Concepts

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Statement of Financial Accounting Standards

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Sender Freies Berlin (German: Broadcasting Station of Free Berlin)

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Small Farm Business Management Scheme

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(USA ) Sergeant first class

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specific fuel consumption (of jet engines)
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Med. small for dates (of babies)

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Scottish Further Education Unit

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Computing small form factor

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sfgd

safeguard

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Senior Fellow, Institute of Energy

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Scottish Football League
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sfm

surface feet per minute

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Senior Flag Officer
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spaceflight operations facility (in NASA)

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(NATO-led) Stabilization Force (in Bosnia)

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sfp

Music sforzato-piano (Italian; strong accent, followed immediately by soft)

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Swiss franc

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Finance sinking fund rate of return

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supercritical fluid technology

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Senior Fellow, Trinity College Dublin

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signals flying unit
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sfz (or sfz.)

Music sforzando (see under sf)

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Grammar singular

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s.g.

specific gravity
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Sg.

Surgeon

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SG

British vehicle registration for Edinburgh
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Med. small for gestational age
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Schweizerischer Gewerkschaftsbund (German: Swiss Federation of Trade Unions)

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Schoolmistresses' and Governesses' Benevolent Institution

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Surgeon Captain

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Surgeon Commander

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sgd

signed

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Freemasonry Senior Grand Deacon

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sans garantie du gouvernement (French: without government guarantee; of patents)

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Astronomy Sagitta

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Scottish Grocers' Federation

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steam-generating heavy-water reactor

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sgl.

single

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South Glamorgan

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Surgeon Lieutenant-Commander

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Sea Gallantry Medal

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Computing standard generalized markup language

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Squadron Gunnery Officer

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SGOT

Med. serum glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase

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international vehicle registration for Singapore

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Med. serum glutamic pyruvic transaminase

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Astronomy Sagittarius

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Surgeon Rear-Admiral

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synchronous graphics random-access memory

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Sergeant

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Society of Glass Technology

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Sergeant Major

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Scottish Gliding Union
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Surgeon Vice-Admiral

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Freemasonry Senior Grand Warden

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sh

Maths. hyperbolic sine
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sh.

shall
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s.h.

second-hand
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Military Shipwright

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Scottish Hockey Association
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Shelter Housing Aid Centre

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Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Forces

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William Shakespeare (1564–1616, English dramatist and poet)

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Scottish Horse and Motormen's Association

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Physics specific heat capacity

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Society of the Holy Child Jesus

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should

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safety, health, and ergonomics

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Sheffield

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Scottish Higher Education Funding Council

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Shetland Islands

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shareholders' funds

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Radio , etc. superhigh frequency

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Scottish Home and Health Department

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shipt

shipment

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SHM

Physics simple harmonic motion
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Society of Headmasters and Headmistresses of Independent Schools

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Senior Hospital Medical Officer

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Baseball shutout

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Senior House Officer

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shoran (':ræn)

short-range navigation

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shp

shaft horsepower (of an engine)

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Chemical engineering selective hydrogenation process
• Horticulture single-flowered hardy perennial (or hybrid perpetual) (rose)

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shipping

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shipment

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station headquarters
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share(s)

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shrapnel

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Shropshire

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Fellow of the Historical Society (Latin Societatis Historicae Socius)
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Bookbinding sheet

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single-flowered hybrid tea (rose)

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shortage

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sub hac voce (or hoc verbo) (Latin: under this word)

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safety, health, and welfare

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sum insured

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Chem. , symbol for silicon

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Irish vehicle registration for Dublin
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Society of Investment Analysts
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(USA ) Securities Industry Automation Corporation

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Society of Industrial Artists and Designers (now called Chartered Society of Designers, CSD)

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(USA ) Society of Industrial and Applied Mathematics

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Statement on Internal Auditing Standards

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Siberia(n)

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Securities and Investments Board
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Finance Singapore Inter-Bank Offered Rate

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sic.

Pharmacol. siccus (Latin: dry)

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Sicilian
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(USA ) Scientific Information Center
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(France ) société d'investissement à capital variable (unit trust)

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Société internationale de chirurgie orthopédique et de traumatologie (French: International Society of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology)

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Society for International Development
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• (or s.i.d.) Radio sudden ionospheric disturbance

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Swedish International Development Authority

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SIDF

system independent data format

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Med. sudden infant death syndrome (cot death)

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Physics secondary ion emission

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Scottish Industrial Estates Corporation

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Society of Industrial and Emergency Service Officers

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SIF

selective identification feature
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special instructors flying school

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sig.

signal
• signature
• signetur (Latin: let it be written or labelled)
• signification
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Med. sign (Latin: write; in prescriptions, preceding instructions to be written on the label for the patient's use)
• Signor (Italian: Mr)
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SIG

Numismatics signature of engraver present
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Scottish Industrial Groups Advisory Council

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sig. fig.

Maths. significant figures

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sigill.

sigillum (Latin: seal)

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SIGINT (or Sigint) ('sgnt)

signals intelligence (gathering network)

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Science in General Management

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Navy Signalman

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sign.

signature

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Med. signa nomine proprio (Latin: label with the proper name)

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Signal Officer

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SIGWEX

Meteorol. significant weather

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SII

Société internationale de la lèpre (French: International Leprosy Association)

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Sil.

Silesia

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SIL (sl)

Electronics single in-line (as in SIL device )

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sim.

similar(ly)
• simile

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SIM

Physics secondary-ion microscopy
• self-inflicted mutilation
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• survey information on microfilm

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SIMA

Scientific Instrument Manufacturers' Association of Great Britain
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Société internationale pour la musique contemporaine (French: International Society for Contemporary Music)

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SIMCA (or Simca) ('smk)

Société industrielle de mécanique et carrosserie automobiles (French car manufacturers)

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SIMD

Computing single instruction (stream), multiple data (stream)

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Security Intelligence Middle East

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SIMEX ('samks)

Singapore International Monetary Exchange

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International Society of General Modicine (Latin Societas Internationalis Medicinae Generalis)

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SIMM

Computing , Electronics single in-line memory module

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SIMPL

Scientific, Industrial, and Medical Photographic Laboratories

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SIMS

Chem. secondary-ion mass spectrometry (or spectroscopy)

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sin (san)

Maths. sine

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sin.

sinecure

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SIN

Accounting stores issue note

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SinDrs

Doctor of Chinese

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sing.

Grammar singular
• Med. singulorum (Latin: of each; in prescriptions)

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Sing.

Singapore

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sinh (san)

Maths. hyperbolic sine

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Sinh.

Sinhalese

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SINS (snz)

ship's inertial navigation system

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SIO

Senior Intelligence Officer
• Computing serial input/output

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SIOP ('sap)

(USA ) single integrated operations plan (for nuclear war)

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SIP

Computing single in-line package
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(USA ) Securities Investor Protection Corporation

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SIPO

Computing serial in, parallel out

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Society of Independent Public Relations Consultants

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Stockholm International Peace Research Institute

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Side Impact Protection System

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Sir

Computing serial infrared

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Taxation small income relief

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Scientific Instrument Research Association

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SIRS

systemic inflammatory response syndrome

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Space Infrared Telescope Facility

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sis.

sister

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SIS

Secret Intelligence Service (MI6)
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SISD

Computing single instruction (stream), single data (stream)

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SISO

Electronics serial in, serial out
• Electronics single input, single output

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SISS

submarine integrated sonar system

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SISTER ('sst)

Special Institutions for Scientific and Technological Education and Research

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sit.

sitting room
• situation

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s.i.t.

stopping in transit
• storing in transit

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SIT

Society of Industrial Technology
• Society of Instrument Technology
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Société internationale de télécommunications aéronautiques (French: International Society of Aeronautical Telecommunications)
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Standard International Trade Classification

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SITC(R)

Standard International Trade Classification (Revised)

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SITPRO ('stpr)

Simpler Trade Procedures Board (formerly Simplification of International Trade Procedures)

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sitt.

sitting-room

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sit. vac. (pl. sits vac.)

situation vacant

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SIUNA

Seafarers International Union of North America

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SIV

Microbiol. simian immunodeficiency virus

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SIW

self-inflicted wound

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s.j.

Law sub judice

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SJ

British vehicle registration for Glasgow
• Society of Jesus
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St John Ambulance (Brigade or Association)

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St John Ambulance Association

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St John Ambulance Brigade

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Standing Joint Committee
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Doctor of Juristic (or Juridical) Science (Latin Scientiae Juridicae Doctor)

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S. J. Res.

(USA ) Senate joint resolution

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sk

sack
• sick

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sk.

sketch

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SK

British vehicle registration for Inverness
• Saskatchewan
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SKAMP (skæmp)

station keeping and mobile platform (unmanned self-navigating sailing boat)

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SKC

Scottish Kennel Club
• Meteorel. sky clear

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South Kensington (London )

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skid (skd)

Med. see SCID

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Stockholm

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s.k.p.o.

Knitting slip one, knit one, pass slipped stitch over

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symbol for Swedish krona (monetary unit)

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Sanskrit

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SKU

Commerce stock-keeping unit

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sl.

sleet
• slightly
• slip

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s.l.

Insurance salvage loss
• secundum legem (see sec. leg.)
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• Bibliog. sine loco (Latin: without place (of publication)
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SI.

Slovak(ian)

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SL

British vehicle registration for Dundee
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• south latitude
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SLA

Scottish Library Association
• special landscape area (in conservation)
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Stanford Linear Accelerator Center

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Society of Lithographic Artists, Designers, Engravers, and Process Workers

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Society of Licensed Aircraft Engineers and Technologists

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SLAM (or Slam) (slæm)

standoff land-attack missile

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s.l.a.n.

sine loco, anno, vel nomine (Latin: without place, year, name (of printer))

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SLAR (or Slar) (sl:)

Military side-looking airborne radar

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Society for Latin American Studies

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S. Lat.

south latitude

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Slav.

Slavonian
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submarine-launched ballistic missile

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SLC

Stanford Linear Collider (at SLAC)
• Statute Law Committee
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SLCM

sea- (or ship-, submarine-) launched cruise missile

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sld

sailed
• sealed
• sold
• solid

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SLD

self-locking device
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S. Ldr.

Squadron Leader

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SLE

Med. systemic lupus erythematosus

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sine loco et anno (Latin: without place and year (of publication)

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Education Special (formerly Scholarship) level

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s.l.f.

Telecom. straight-line frequency

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Scottish Landowners' Federation

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Sri Lanka Freedom Party

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(USA ) (Federal) Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation

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South London Industrial Mission

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Computing serial line Internet protocol

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Military short light pulse alerting receiver (in an aircraft)

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Scottish Ladies Lacrosse Association

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solid low-level (radioactive) waste

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ship-launched missile

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(USA ) Student Loan Marketing Association

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Scottish Ladies' Mountaineering Club

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s.l.n.d.

sine loco nec data (Latin: without indication of date or place (of printing))

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SLO

Senior Liaison Officer
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SLOC (slk)

Computing source lines of code

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(Burma ) State Law and Order Restoration Council

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slp

slip

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sine legitime prole (Latin: without lawful issue)

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Scottish Labour Party
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SLR

satellite laser ranging
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SL Rs

symbol for Sri Lanka rupee (monetary unit)

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SLS

sodium lauryl sulphate (detergent)
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SLSC

surf life-saving club

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SLSI

super large-scale integration

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Scottish Licensed Trade Association

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Slud (sld)

Military slang salivate, lachrymate, urinate, defecate (effects of chemical weapons)

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SLV

space (or standard) launch vehicle

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SLW

Meteorol. slow
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sly

slowly
• southerly

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sm.

small

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s-m (or s/m)

sadomasochism (or sadomasochist)

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Sm

Chem. , symbol for samarium

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SM

British vehicle registration for Carlisle
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• Master of Science (Latin Scientiae Magister)
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• Sa Majesté (French: His (or Her) Majesty)
• sanctae memoriae (Latin: of holy memory)
• Seine Majestät (German: His (or Her) Majesty)
• senior magistrate
• Sergeant Major
• (USA ) service mark (registered proprietary name)
• Astronautics service module
• shipment memorandum
• British fishing port registration for Shoreham
• Music short metre
• silver medal(list)
• Sisters of Mercy
• Society of Miniaturists
• Sons of Malta
• Staff Major
• stage manager
• Astronomy standard model
• (USA ) state militia
• station master
• stipendiary magistrate
• strategic missile
• Sua Maestà (Italian: His (or Her) Majesty)
• (officer qualified for) Submarine Duties
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• postcode for Sutton (Surrey )

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SMA

Med. spinal muscular atrophy
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SMAC

Standing Medical Advisory Committee

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SMATV

satellite (formerly small) master antenna television

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SMAW

shielded metal-arc welding

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SMB

Bachelor of Sacred Music
• Sa Majesté Britannique (French: Her (or His) Britannic Majesty)

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SMBA

Scottish Marine Biological Association

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SMBG

Med. self-monitoring of blood glucose (for diabetics)

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SMC

Sa Majesté Catholique (French: His (or Her) Catholic Majesty)
• Scottish Mountaineering Club
• Astronomy Small Magellanic Cloud
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sm. caps.

Printing small capitals

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SMC(Disp)

Dispensing Certificate of the Worshipful Company of Spectacle Makers

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SMD

Doctor of Sacred Music
• Med. senile macular degeneration
• Music short metre double
• submarine mine depot
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SMDS

switched multimegabit data service

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SME

Sancta Mater Ecclesia (Latin: Holy Mother Church)
• seismic-margin earthquake
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SMERSH (or Smersh)

Smert Shpionam (Russian: death to spies; section of KGB)

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SMEs

small and medium enterprises

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S.Met.O.

Senior Meteorological Officer

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SMEX

Astronomy Small Explorer

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SMG

Scottish Media Group
• submachine gun

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SMH

British fishing port registration for St Margaret's Hope (Orkney )

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SMHD

Higher Diploma in Ophthalmic Optics of the Worshipful Company of Spectacle Makers

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SMHI

Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute

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SMHO

(Malta ) Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order

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SMI

Sa Majesté Impériale (French: His (or Her) Imperial Majesty)
• Swiss Market Index

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SMIA

Sheet Metal Industries Association

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SMIEEE

(USA ) Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

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(USA ) Senior Member of the Institute of Radio Engineers

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Smith. Inst.

Smithsonian Institution (Washington, DC)

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SMJ

Sisters of Mary and Joseph

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smk.

smoke

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sml.

simulate
• simulation
• simulator
• small

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SML

Science Museum Library

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SMLE

short magazine Lee-Enfield (rifle)

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SMM

Master of Sacred Music
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Scottish Milk Marketing Board

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Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders Ltd

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Senior Medical Officer
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Med. subacute myeloopticoneuropathy

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smorz.

Music smorzando (Italian; gradually slower and softer)

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sine mascula prole (Latin: without male issue)

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Society of Mural Painters
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Society of Master Printers of Scotland
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(USA ) Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers

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Sa Majesté Royale (French: His (or Her) Royal Majesty)
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Safety in Mines Research Establishment

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Ship and Marine Requirements Technology Board

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synchronous meteorological satellite

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(USA ) Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area

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Senior Maintenance Staff Officer

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ship's mean time
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Scottish Motor Trade Association

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Scottish Milk Trade Federation

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Senior Mechanical Transport Officer

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Computing simple mail transfer protocol

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SMV

Med. submentovertical (in radiology)

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standard metal window

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(USA ) Sheet Metal Workers' International Association (trade union)

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snow

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secundum naturam (Latin: according to nature, naturally)
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Chem. symbol for tin (Latin stannum)

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British vehicle registration for Dundee
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shipping note
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Computing systems network architecture

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snafu (snæ'fu:)

Slang situation normal, all fouled (or fucked) up

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(USA ) Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers

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Shelter Neighbourhood Action Project
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Stock exchange sellers no buyers

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Société nationale des chemins de fer belges (Belgian National Railways)

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(USA ) Student Nonviolent (later National) Coordinating Committee

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(France ) Société nationale des chemins de fer français (state railway authority or system)

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Sound (in place names)

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Sisters of Notre Dame

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solids, nonfat (in nutrition)
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Standing Naval Force, Atlantic

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Scottish National Farmers' Union

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Singapore

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substitute (or synthetic) natural gas

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Scottish National Heritage

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Finance short-term note issuance facility

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sustainable noninflationary growth

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Scottish and Northern Ireland Plumbing Employers' Federation

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Sandia National Laboratories (Albuquerque)
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services no longer required

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strategic nuclear launch vehicle

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(USA ) Society of Nuclear Medicine
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Computing simple network management protocol

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(formerly) Scottish National Orchestra (renamed Royal Scottish Orchestra, RSO)
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Computing , indicating a programming language designed for text manipulation

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Biochem. small nucleolar ribonucleoprotein

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Scottish National Party

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Scottish Newspaper Proprietors' Association

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Senior

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Electronics signal-to-noise ratio
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Biochem. small nuclear RNA

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Biochem. small nuclear ribonucleoprotein

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Colloquial sex and shopping (type of popular fiction)

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Scottish National Ski Council

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Meteorol. snow showers

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Scottish National Town Planning Council

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Society for New Testament Studies

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Astronomy solar neutrino unit

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so.

sonata
• south(ern)

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seller's option
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south(ern)

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British vehicle registration for Aberdeen
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Section Officer
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state of the art

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Staff Officer, Air Defence

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Med. subjective, objective, analysis, plan (method of compiling patients' records)

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School of Oriental and African Studies (University of London)

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(USA ) Senate office building
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social
• socialist
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Scottish Ornithologists' Club
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Société des ingénieurs civils de France (Society of Civil Engineers of France)

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Social Democrat

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sociological
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scene-of-crime officer (in the police)

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Society of County Secretaries

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social science (or scientist)

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society

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sodium

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superoxide dismutase

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Society of Dyers and Colourists

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Committee on Society, Development, and Peace

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Special Operations Executive (in World War II)
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(ital.) Shorter Oxford English Dictionary

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Scottish Office Education and Industry Department

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Finance (USA ) Small Order Execution System (of NASDAQ)

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share of freehold (in property advertisements)
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Society of Fine Art Auctioneers

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sound fixing and ranging

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self-organizing flight-control system

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Swiss Options and Financial Futures Exchange

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Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy

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Secretary of State
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(USA ) Small Order Execution System

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Bible Song of Solomon

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Sons of Temperance

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School of Technical Training

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(formerly) Society of Graphical and Allied Trades (merged with NGA to form GPMU)

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sense of humour (in personal advertisements)

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Standard Oil of Ohio

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(USA ) South of Houston

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Solar Heliospheric observatory

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Nihon Rodo Kumiai So Hygikai (General Council of Japanese Trade Unions)

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Staff Officer (Intelligence)

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small outline integrated circuit

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Signal Officer-in-Chief

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sol.

solicitor
• soluble
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Insurance shipowner's liability

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Solicitor
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Slang (USA ) strictly (or shit) out of luck

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Society of Local Authority Chief Executives

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Solicitor General

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soln

solution

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solicitor

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solvent

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solubility

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Somerset
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Society of Occupational Medicine

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Society of Mental Awareness

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Senior Ordnance Mechanical Engineer

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(USA ) System of Multicultural Pluralistic Assessment (intelligence testing)

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Somali shilling (monetary unit)

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Spear of the Nation (military arm of African National Congress)

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sound navigation and ranging

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Computing synchronous optical network

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Staff Officer (Operations)

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sop.

soprano

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SOP

sleeping-out pass
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sophomore

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Sophocles (496–406 BC, Greek dramatist and poet)

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sale or return
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submerged-object recovery device

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Accounting Statement of Recommended Practice

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s.o.s.

Med. si opus sit (Latin: if necessary; in prescriptions)

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save our souls (also, the clearest letters to transmit and receive in Morse code)
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Society of Ordained Scientists

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symbol for Somali shilling (monetary unit)

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Music sostenuto (Italian: sustained)

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Society for Old Testament Study

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south(ern)
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sovereign

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shut-off valve

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Soviet

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Linguistics subject-object-verb (in SOV language )

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Soviet Union

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senior officers' war course

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Southwestern Townships (South Africa)

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space
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self-propelled
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Spain
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British vehicle registration for Dundee
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• supply point
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(Italy ) società per azioni (public limited company; plc)

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(USA ) Society for Personnel Administration

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Scottish Passenger Agents' Association

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Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings

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Spanish American

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Spaniard
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Society for the Protection of Animals in North Africa

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space and range radar (in NASA)

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Spanish Arabic

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superprecision-approach radar
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Computing scalable processor architecture

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Fellow of the American Philosophical Society (Latin Societatis Philosophicae Americanae Socius)

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South Pacific Air Transport Council

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Society for the Prevention of Crime
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(USA ) Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

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Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge

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s.p.d.

Finance subject to permission to deal

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Salisbury Plain District
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single-premium deferred annuity

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Computing standard page description language

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Society for Pure English
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special(ly)
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(Canada ) Society for Pollution and Environmental Control
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specialized

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specifically
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Systems Performance Evaluation cooperative's benchmark

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Med. single photon emission computed tomography

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Special Executive for Counter-Intelligence, Revenge, and Extortion (fictional terrorist organization in Ian Fleming's James Bond novels)

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(USA ) Specialist in Education

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South Pacific Forum
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Aeronautics super-plastic forming/diffusion bonding (manufacturing method)

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self-propelled gun

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Society for the Propagation of the Gospel (see USPG)
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Scottish Professional Golfers' Association

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Socialist Party of Great Britain

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sp. gr.

specific gravity

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specific heat

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Finance selected period investment
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Navigation spatial inertial reference equipment

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spirit.

Music spiritoso (Italian: in a spirited manner)
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special-purposes individual weapon

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s.p.l.

sine prole legitima (Latin: without legitimate issue)

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Sudan People's Liberation Army

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s.p.m.

sine prole mascula (Latin: without male issue)

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SPM

scanning proton microscope
• Music short particular metre

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SPMO

Senior Principal Medical Officer

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Society of Professional Musicians in Ulster

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SPN

stop press news

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Society for the Promotion of New Music

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Society for the Promotion of Nature Reserves

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Senior Press Officer

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Sozialistische Partei Österreichs (Austrian Socialist Party)

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Scottish Prison Officers' Association

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Sexual Problems of the Disabled (department of the Royal Association for Disability and Rehabilitation)

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Society of Post Office Engineers

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Spool (spu:l)

simultaneous peripheral operation on-line

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sporting

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single property ownership trust

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Biology species (plural)

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Senatus Populusque Romanus (Latin: the Senate and People of Rome)
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spr.

spring
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Military Sapper

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Society for Psychical Research
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Society for the Prevention and Relief of Cancer

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Society of Picture Researchers and Editors

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Scott Polar Research Institute (Cambridge )

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Military solid-propellant rocket-intercept missile

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(France ) société de personnes à responsabilité limitée (private limited company; Ltd)

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Society for the Promotion of Religion and Learning

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s.p.s.

sine prole supersite (Latin: without surviving issue)

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Scottish Painters' Society
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Society for the Protection of Science and Learning

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Senior Principal Scientific Officer

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St Peter and St Paul

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sp. surf.

Chem. specific surface

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seaport
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sporting

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Society of Public Teachers of Law

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Society for the Protection of the Unborn Child

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self-propelled underwater research vehicle

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Military staff qualified

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sequence
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Squadron
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sick quarters
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Scottish Qualifications Agency (formed from a merger of SCOTVEC and SEB)
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square centimetre(s)

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sqd

squad

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squadron

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Squadron Leader

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square feet (or foot)

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square inch(es)

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square kilometre(s)

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SQL

Computing standard query language
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square metre(s)

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square mile(s)

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square millimetre(s)

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SQMS

Staff Quartermaster Sergeant

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sqn (or Sqn)

squadron

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Squadron Leader

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Squadron Quartermaster Sergeant

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Squadron Sergeant Major

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SqO

Squadron Officer

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sqq.

sequentia (see under seqq.)

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squid (or SQUID) (skwd)

Electronics superconducting quantum interference device

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square yard

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sr

Maths. , symbol for steradian

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s.r.

self-raising
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Sr

Senhor (Portuguese: Mr, Sir)
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• Signor (Italian: Mr, Sir)
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• Chem. , symbol for strontium

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SR

British vehicle registration for Dundee
• Cytology sarcoplasmic reticulum
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• symbol for Seychelles rupee (monetary unit)
• (formerly, USSR ) Socialist Revolutionary (Party)
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• (or S-R) Psychol. stimulus-response (as in SR theory )
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sale or return

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Senhora (Portuguese: Mrs)
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Squash Rackets Association

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short-range attack missile
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strikes, riot, and civil commotion

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solid rocket booster
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Med. sheep red blood cell(s)

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short-range ballistic missile

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synthetic resin-bonded paper

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sample return container
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State Registered Chiropodist

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(formerly) State Registered Children's Nurse (see RSCN)

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service rum diluted

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Signals Research and Development Establishment

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Sancta Romana Ecclesia (Latin: Holy Roman Church)

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(USA ) Senate report

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(USA ) Senate resolution

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standard reformed gas
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Society for Research into Higher Education

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Sacrum Romanum Imperium (Latin: Holy Roman Empire)

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Science Reference Information Service

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(Italy ) società a responsabilità limitata (private limited company; Ltd)

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symbol for Saudi riyal (monetary unit of Saudi Arabia)

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short-range missile
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(formerly) State Registered Nurse (see RGN)
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sRNA

Biochem. soluble RNA

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Shipbuilders and Repairers National Association

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Finance self-regulatory organization
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State Registered Physiotherapist
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Fellow of the Royal Society (Latin Societatis Regiae Sodalis)

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Scientific Research Society of America
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Maths. square-root sum of squares

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Senhorita (Portuguese: Miss)
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Scottish Rugby Union

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Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry

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sections
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screw steamer
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Saints
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same size (of illustrations)
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Scottish Schoolmasters' Association
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Scottish Sub-Aqua Club
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Computing structured systems analysis and design method

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stamped self-addressed envelope

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Soldiers', Sailors', and Airmen's Families Association

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Statement of Standard Accounting Practice

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Bachelor of Sacred Scripture (Latin Sacrae Scripturae Baccalaureus)
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US Navy strategic submarine, ballistic nuclear

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Scottish Ski Club
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Doctor of Social Science

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Doctor of Sacred Scripture (Latin Sacrae Scripturae Doctor)
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Sanctissimus Dominus (Latin: Most Holy Lord; the pope)

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ssDNA

Biochem. single-stranded DNA

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Society of St Edmund
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(formerly) South of Scotland Electricity Board

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Secondary School Examinations Council

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Optics symmetric self-electrooptic-effect device

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School of Slavonic and East European Studies (University of London)

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Military single-seater fighter (aircraft)
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Scottish Schools' Football Association
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Staff Sergeant

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Scottish Special Housing Association

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Scottish Symphony Orchestra
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Society of St John the Evangelist

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Licentiate in Sacred Scripture (Latin Sacrae Scripturae Licentiatus)

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Telecom. single-sideband modulation
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Stainless Steel Manufacturers' Association

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SSN

severely subnormal
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Senior Scientific Officer
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ssp.

Biology subspecies

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statutory sick pay

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Scottish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

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Med. subacute sclerosing panencephalitis

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Biology subspecies (plural)

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Sancti Patres (Latin: Holy Fathers)

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Military station sick quarters

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secondary surveillance radar
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Scottish Squash Rackets Association

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Social Science Research Council (see under ESRC)

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Med. selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor
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Secretary of State for Scotland
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site of special scientific interest

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Soyuz Sovietskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Respublik (Russian: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics)

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Serving Sister, Order of St John of Jerusalem

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Telecom. single-sideband transmission
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Scottish Secondary Teachers' Association

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Sunday School Union

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Med. simian sarcoma virus

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Secretary of State for War
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Scottish Society of Women Artists

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st.

stanza
• state
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s.t.

select time
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Saint
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Statute
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British vehicle registration for Inverness
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sta. (or Sta.)

station
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Santa (Italian, Spanish, Portuguese: Saint (female))

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Sail Training Association
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stab.

stabilization
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stacc.

Music staccato

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Staffordshire

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Sterling Transferable Accruing Government Securities

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Standard NATO Agreement

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St Andrews (Scotland )

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standard

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STARCAT ('st:,kæt)

Space Telescope Archive and Catalogue

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Strategic Arms Reduction Talks

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statics
• Med. statim (Latin: immediately; in prescriptions)
• stationary
• statistical
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• statue
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STATE (stet)

Military simplified tactical approach and terminal equipment

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Stationers' Hall (London )

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Seed Trade Association of the United Kingdom

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STB

Bachelor of Sacred Theology (Latin Sacrae Theologiae Baccalaureus)
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stbd

starboard

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steamboat

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Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772–1834, British poet)
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std

standard
• started

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Std.

Stunde (German: hour)

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STD

Doctor of Sacred Theology (Latin Sacrae Theologiae Doctor)
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Sainte (French: Saint (female))

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société (French: company; Co.)

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Society of Telecom Executives (trade union)

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STEL

short-term exposure level or limit (of radiation)

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scanning transmission electron microscope (or microscopy)

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stenographer
• stenography

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Shepherd and Turpin (inventors), Enfield (in Sten gun )

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stenographer
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Solar/Terrestrial Energy Programme
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ster. (or stereo.)

stereophonic
• (or stereo.) stereotype
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Stock Exchange

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Meteorol. stratiform

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sterling

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Strafgesetzbuch (German: Penal Code)

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storage

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Scottish Transport and General Workers' Union

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South

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Scholar in Theology

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Biochem. somatotrophic hormone

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sthn

southern

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STI

Straits Times Index (of the Singapore Stock Exchange)

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scanning transmission ion microscope

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Aeronautics stellar inertial guidance system

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stip.

stipend
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s.t.i.r.

surplus to immediate requirements

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Stirling

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stock

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STL

Licentiate in Sacred Theology (Latin Sacrae Theologiae Licentiatus)
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stlg

sterling

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Scientific Technical Liaison Office(r)

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Med. simian T-lymphotropic virus

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Master of Sacred Theology (Latin Sacrae Theologiae Magister)
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Finance short-term monetary support (within the EMS)

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statement

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stain
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Meteorol. stationary

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Santo (Portuguese: Saint)

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Sea Transport Officer
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• standing order

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Aeronautics short takeoff and landing

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Aeronautics short takeoff and landing, vertical climb and descent

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Southampton

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S to S

ship to shore
• station to station

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stp (or s.t.p.)

Physics standard temperature and pressure

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STP

Professor of Sacred Theology (Latin Sacrae Theologiae Professor)
• Trademark scientifically treated petroleum (an oil substitute; refers colloquially to a hallucinogenic drug)
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STPMA

Scottish Theatrical Proprietors' and Managers' Association

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str

seater
• steamer

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straight
• (or Str.) strait
• (or Str.) street
• strength
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• Rowing stroke (oar)
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• structure

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surplus to requirements

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(USA ) strategic air command
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signal transmitting, receiving, and distribution

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stratigraphy

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stranded

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US Strike Command

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string.

Music stringendo (Italian; intensifying)

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Society for the Preservation of Rural Industries and Village Enterprises

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satellite tracking of balloons and emergencies

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Saints

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Scottish Text Society
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Senior Technical Staff Officer

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st. st.

Knitting stocking stitch

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Scottish Table Tennis Association

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Schottky transistor-transistor-transistor logic

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Scottish Trades Union Congress

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stud.

student

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Sturzkampfflugzeug (German: dive bomber)

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Scottish Television
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stevedore

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stwy

stairway

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s.u.

set up
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Sudan(ese)
• Sunday

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SU

airline flight code for Aeroflot-Russian International
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SUA

(USA ) State Universities Association

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sub.

subaltern
• subeditor
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• subjunctive
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• subordinated
• subscription
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• Grammar substantive
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(USA ) supplemental unemployment benefits

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subd.

subdivision

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subeditor

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subject
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US Navy Submarine Forces, Atlantic

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Sub-Lieutenant

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subord. cl.

subordinate clause

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US Navy Submarine Forces, Pacific

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submarine rocket

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subsidiary
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subscription

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subsection

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subsequent(ly)

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Biology (pl. subspp.) subspecies

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substantive(ly)
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substandard

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succeed
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SUD

international vehicle registration for Sudan

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suff.

sufficient
• (or suf.) suffix

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Suffolk
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Sug.

suggest(ion)

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Scottish and Universal Investment Trust

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suivant (French: following)

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Sultan

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sum.

Med. sumat or sumendum (Latin: let him (or her) take or let it be taken; in prescriptions)
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surface-to-underwater missile

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sums.

summons

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Sunday

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sonic underwater navigation system

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State University of New York

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Sup

Maths. supremum

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sup.

superficial
• superfine
• superior
• superlative
• Grammar supine (noun)
• supplement(ary)
• supply
• supra (Latin: above)
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sup. ben.

supplementary benefit

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Sup. Ct

Superior Court
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Supdt

Superintendent

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superficial
• superfine
• superior
• supernumerary

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superhet ('su:p,ht)

Telecom. supersonic heterodyne

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superlative

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Scottish Union of Power-loom Overlookers

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supp. (or suppl.)

supplement(ary)

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Supplementary Reserve (of officers)

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superior
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Superintendent

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supervisor

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sur.

surface
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Surrey

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Commerce set-up reduction

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surg.

surgeon
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Surgeon Commander

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Surgeon General

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Surgeon Lieutenant-Commander

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Surgeon Major

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surr.

surrender
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Surrey

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surv.

survey
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SURV

standard underwater research vessel

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Surveyor General

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Sus.

Sussex
• Susanna (in the Apocrypha)

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Scottish Union of Students

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Sydney University Stellar Interferometer

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susp.

suspend
• suspension

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Sussex

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Sustrans ('ss,træns)

Sustainable Transport

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Physics supersymmetry

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Society for Underwater Technology

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Sutherland (former Scottish County)

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SUV

(USA ) sport-utility vehicle

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sv

Baseball save

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sv.

Microbiol. serovar

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s.v.

sailing vessel
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Physics , symbol for sievert

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safety valve
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svc. (or svce)

service

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Med. superior vena cava
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swine vesicular disease

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super video graphics array

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svgs

savings

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super-VHS

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Scottish Variety Orchestra
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s.v.p.

s'il vous plait (French : if you please)

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SVP

saturated vapour pressure

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Scottish Vocational Qualification

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s.v.r.

Med. spiritus vini rectificatus (Latin: rectified spirit of wine; in prescriptions)

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SVS

still-camera video system

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SVTP

sound velocity, temperature, pressure

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s.vv.

sub verbis (Latin: under the words or headings)

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svy

survey

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sw.

switch

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s.w.

salt water
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s/w

sea water
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Sweden
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airline flight code for Air Namibia
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Computing software

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Swabia (n)

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SWACS

space warning and control system

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sealed with a (loving) kiss (on envelopes)

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South West Africa National Union

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South West Africa National United Front

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South-West Africa People's Organization

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Computing software

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Submillimetre Wave Astronomy satellite

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(USA ) Special Weapons and Tactics (police unit)

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SWB

short wheel base
• Military South Wales Borderers

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swbd

switchboard

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Computing software configuration item

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swd

Bookbinding sewed

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(USA ) Society of Women Engineers

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South Wales Electricity Board
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Sweden
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Society of West End Theatre

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symbol for Swiss franc (monetary unit)

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standard wire gauge

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solar water heating

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South Wales Institute of Engineers

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Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Transmission

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Finance Sterling Warrant into Gilt-edged Stock

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Switzerland

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safe working load

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Society of Wildlife Artists

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South Wales Miners' Federation

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Station Warrant Officer

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Scottish Woodland Owners' Association

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single-well oil-production system

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Marketing strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (of a new product)

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safe working pressure
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South-West Pacific Area

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Telecom. standing-wave ratio

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Sadler's Wells Royal Ballet (now the Royal Ballet)

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static water supply

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Sheffield Wool Shear Workers' Union

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Switzerland

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Society of Women Writers and Journalists

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Sussex

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SX

British vehicle registration for Edinburgh
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• soft X-rays
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soft X-ray electron spectroscopy

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soft X-rays (or radiation)

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sextant

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Sy.

Seychelles
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international vehicle registration for Seychelles
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SYB

(ital.) The Statesman's Year-Book

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Sydney

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Scotland Yard

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SYHA

Scottish Youth Hostels Association

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syl. (or syll.)

syllable
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sylk (slk)

Computing symbolic link

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sym.

symbol
• symbolic
• Chem. symmetrical
• symmetry
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symp.

symposium

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syn.

synchronize
• synonym(ous)
• synonymy
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sync

Image technol. synchronization (or synchronize)

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(USA ) synchronous communications satellite

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synd.

syndicate
• syndicated

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synon.

synonymous

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synop.

synopsis

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synth.

Music synthesizer
• synthetic

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Sy. PO

Supply Petty Officer

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syr.

Pharmacol. syrup

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Syria(n)
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international vehicle registration for Syria

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syst.

system
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sz.

size

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British vehicle registration for Down

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t

(ital.) symbol for Celsius temperature
• Astronomy , symbol for hour angle
• (ital.) Statistics , symbol for Student's t distribution
• Music te (in tonic sol-fa)
• (ital.) Chem. tertiary (isomer; as in t-butane )
• symbol for tonne(s)
• Physics top (a quark flavour)
• (ital.) Chem. , symbol for transport number

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t.

table
• tabulated
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• teaspoon(ful)
• teeth
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• tempore (Latin: in the time of)
• tenor
• Grammar tense
• terminal
• territorial
• territory
• thunder
• time
• tome (French: volume)
• tonneau (French: ton)
• ton(s) or tonne(s)
• town
• township
• transit
• Grammar transitive
• troy
• tun
• turn

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T

(ital.) Physics , symbol for kinetic energy
• (ital.) Physics , symbol for period
• Biochem. , symbol for ribosylthymine
• Chem. , symbol for tautomeric effect
• Meteorol temperature
• tera- (prefix indicating 10^12 as in TJ , terajoule)
• Physics , symbol for tesla(s)
• international vehicle registration for Thailand
• (ital.) symbol for thermodynamic temperature
• Biochem. , symbol for threonine
• Biochem. , symbol for thymine
• Immunol. thymus (in T cell or T lymphocyte )
• Physics time reversal (as in T invariance )
• (bold ital.) Physics , Engineering , symbol for torque
• Photog. total light transmission (in T-number )
• trainer (aircraft; as in T-37 )
• Irish fishing port registration for Tralee
• Chem. , symbol for tritium
• Shipping tropical loading (on load line)
• Logic , Computing , symbol for true
• (ital.) Biochem. , symbol for twisting number

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T. (or T)

tablespoon(ful)
• Music tace (Italian: be silent)
• tanker
• target
• tea (rose)
• teacher
• telegraph(ic)
• telephone
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• temporary
• Music tenor
• Territorial
• Territory
• Testament
• thermometer
• Advertising third of a page (type area)
• Thursday
• time
• torpedo
• transaction(s)
• translation
• transport(ation)
• Obstetrics transverse (presentation)
• Treasury
• Trinity
• Tuesday
• Turkish
• Knitting twist

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T3

airline flight code for Tri Star Airlines

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T^3

Biochem. triiodothyronine

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airline flight code for Transeast Airlines

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T^4

Biochem. thyroxine (tetraiodothyronine)

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2,4,5-T

2, 4, 5-trichlorophenoxyacetic acid (herbicide)

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5T

international civil aircraft marking for Mauritania

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6T

airline flight code for Air Mandalay

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7T

international civil aircraft marking for Algeria
• airline flight code for Trans Cote

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8T

airline flight code for Travelair

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9T

airline flight code for Athabaska Airways

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ta.

tableau
• tablet

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t.a.

target area
• time and attendance
• true altitude

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Ta

Chem. , symbol for tantalum

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TA

British vehicle registration for Exeter
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• telegraphic address
• temporary admission
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• tithe annuity
• training adviser
• Psychol. transactional analysis
• (USA ) transit authority
• travelling allowance

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T/A

temporary assistant

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TAA

Territorial Army Association
• Chem. tertiary amyl alcohol
• test of academic aptitude
• Trans-Australia Airlines

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Territorial Auxiliary and Volunteer Reserve Association

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tab.

table (list or chart)
• tablet
• tabulation
• tabulator

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TAB

tabulator (on a typewriter)
• Technical Assistance Board (of the UN)
• (Australia , New Zealand ) Totalizator Administration (or Agency) Board
• Med. typhoid, paratyphoid A, paratyphoid B (vaccine)

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TABA

Timber Agents' and Brokers' Association of the United Kingdom

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Tac.

Publius Cornelius Tacitus (c. AD 55–c. 120, Roman historian)

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TAC

US Air Force Tactical Air Command
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• Television Advisory Committee
• The Athletics Congress
• Tobacco Advisory Committee
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TACAN ('tækæn)

tactical air navigation

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TACL

Training for Action-Centred Leadership

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TACMAR ('tækma:)

tactical multifunction array radar

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tactical air-control system

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tracked air-cushion vehicle

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Military target acquisition and designation sight

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Tactical Air Force

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technical and further education

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tafu ('tælfu:)

Slang things are fouled (or fucked) up

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tafubar ('tæfu:,ba:)

Slang things are fouled (or fucked) up beyond all recognition

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Tag.

Tagalog (language)

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TAG

Taxon Advisory Group
• (USA ) The Adjutant-General

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T/Agt (or T Agt)

(USA ) transfer agent

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Tai.

Taiwan

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TAI

temps atomique international (French: International Atomic Time; IAT)

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talis (Latin: such)

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Judaism Talmud

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Insurance traffic and accident loss

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TALISMAN (or Talisman) ('tælzmn)

Stock exchange Transfer Accounting Lodgement for Investors and Stock Management (now replaced by CREST system)

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tal. qual.

talis qualis (Latin: average quality)

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Tamil (language)

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tactical air missile
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Tamba ('tæmb)

Twins and Multiple Births Association

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tan (tæn)

Maths. tangent

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T & A (or T and A)

Slang (USA ) tits and ass
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Territorial and Auxiliary Forces Association

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Territorial and Army Volunteer Reserve

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t. & b.

top and bottom

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test and evaluation
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Carpentry tongued and grooved

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Transport and General Workers' Union

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Bookmaking taken and offered

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Insurance theft and pilferage

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toilet and shower

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transport and supply

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Television and Screen Writers' Guild

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Trinidad and Tobago

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Tang.

Tangier

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tanh

Maths. hyperbolic tangent

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TANS

terminal-area navigation system
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TANU ('tænu:)

Tanganyika African National Union

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TAO

Technical Assistance Operations (of the UN)

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(USA ) Tactical Air Operations Center

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(USA ) Technical Assistance Program
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Tapi

Trademark telephony application programming interface

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Tapline ('tæp,lan)

(Saudi Arabia ) Trans-Arabian Pipeline Company

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(USA ) Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry

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Trans-Alaska Pipeline System

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tar.

tariff
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TAR

terrain-avoidance radar
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TARA

Technical Assistant, Royal Artillery
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TARAN

test and replace as necessary

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tarfu ('ta:fu:)

Slang things are really fouled (or fucked) up

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Territorial Army Reserve of Officers

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Technical Assistance Recruitment Service (of the UN)

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Tasmania(n)

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TAS

torpedo antisubmarine (course)
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Telecom . time-assignment speech interpolation

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Tasmania(n)

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tactical air support of maritime operations

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terminal area surveillance radar

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Telegrafnoye Agentstvo Sovetskovo Soyuza (Russian news agency)

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Transport Aircraft Servicing Specialist (in the RAF)

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TAT

Psychol. thematic apperception test
• Astronautics thrust-augmented Thor
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TATSA

transportation aircraft test and support activity

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Tau

Astronomy Taurus

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TAUN

Technical Assistance of the United Nations

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(formerly) Stock exchange Transfer and Automated Registration of Uncertified Stock

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taut.

tautology

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t.-à-v.

tout-à-vous (French: yours ever; in correspondence)

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tav.

tavern

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Territorial and Army Volunteer Reserve (1967–79)

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Territorial Auxiliary and Volunteer Reserve Association

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t.a.w.

twice a week

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tax. (or taxn)

taxation

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tb

Baseball total bases

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t.b.

temporary buoy
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• tubercle bacillus
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Tb

symbol for terabyte(s)
• Chem. , symbol for terbium

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TB

British vehicle registration for Liverpool
• symbol for terabyte(s)
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• torpedo bomber
• training battalion
• training board
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t.b.a.

Commerce to be advised
• to be agreed
• to be announced

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tyres, batteries, and accessories

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t.b.&s.

top, bottom, and sides

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Image technol. time-based corrector

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TBCEP

Chem. tri-beta-chloroethyl phosphate (flame retardant)

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t.b.c.f.

to be called for

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to be determined

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TBD

torpedo-boat destroyer

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TBF

Teachers Benevolent Fund

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TBG

Immunol. thyroxine-binding globulin

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TBI

Engineering throttle-body injection
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T-bill

Treasury bill

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t.b.l.

Knitting through back of loop

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Commerce through bill of lading

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TBM

Military tactical ballistic missile
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TBO

Aeronautics time between overhauls
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t-BOC

Chem. tertiary butoxycarbonyl

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T-bond

Treasury bond

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TBP

Chem. tertiary butyl peroxide
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tbs. (or tbsp.)

tablespoon(ful)

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TBS

talk between ships (radio apparatus)
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TBSV

Microbiol. tomato bushy stunt virus

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TBT

tributyl tin (used in marine paints)

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tc.

Music tierce (organ stop)

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t.c.

temperature control
• till cancelled
• time check
• true course

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Tc

Chem. , symbol for technetium

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TC

airline flight code for Air Tanzania
• British vehicle registration for Bristol
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• (USA ) Tariff Commission
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• technical college
• temporary clerk
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• touring club
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• town council(lor)
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• training college
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• traveller's cheque
• Music tre corde (Italian: three strings; i.e. release soft pedal)
• Trinity College
• (Trinidad and Tobago ) (Order of the) Trinity Cross
• Meteorol. tropical cyclone
• Trusteeship Council (of the UN)
• Chem. tungsten carbide
• international civil aircraft marking for Turkey
• twin carburettors (on motor vehicles)

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TCA

Biochem. tricarboxylic acid (in TCA cycle )
• trichloroacetic acid (herbicide)
• tricyclic antidepressant (drug)

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TCB

Slang (USA ) take care of business
• Chem. tetrachlorobiphenyl
• Thames Conservancy Board

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TCBM

transcontinental ballistic missile

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TCC

Telecom. time compression coding
• Transport and Communications Commission (of the UN)
• Trinity College, Cambridge
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Test and County Cricket Board

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TCD

Trinity College, Dublin

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TCDD

tetrachlorodibenzodioxin (dioxin; environmental pollutant)

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TCE

Chem. trichloroeth(yl)ene (solvent)

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tcf

trillion cubic feet (measure of natural gas)

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TCF

Temporary Chaplain to the Forces
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• Touring Club de France

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TCFB

Transcontinental Freight Bureau

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TCGF

Immunol. T-cell growth factor

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TCH

international vehicle registration for Chad

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tchg

teaching

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tchr

teacher

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TCI

Touring Club Italiano (Italian Touring Club)

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TCL

Chem. trichloroeth(yl)ene (solvent)
• Trinity College (of Music) London

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TCM

Trinity College of Music (London )

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TCMA

Telephone Cable Makers' Association

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TCNE

Chem. tetracyanoeth(yl)ene

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TCNQ

Chem. tetracyanoquinodimethane

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TCO

test control office
• (Sweden ) Tjänstemännens Centralorganisation (Central Organization of Salaried Employees; trade union)
• Trinity College, Oxford

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TCP

Computing transmission control protocol
• Trademark trichlorophenyl-methyliodisalicyl (an antiseptic)
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TCPA

Town and Country Planning Association

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TCP/IP

transmission control protocol/Internet protocol

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TCR

Immunol. T-cell receptor
• Physics temperature coefficient of resistance

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TCRE

Med. transcervical resection of the endometrium

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TCS

target cost system
• (USA ) traffic control station

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tctl

tactical

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TCU

Meteorol. towering cumulus
• (USA ) Transportation, Communications, International Union

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td.

touchdown

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t.d.

technical data
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postcode for Galashiels
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tax-deferred annuity
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TDAL

Chem. tetradecenal

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TDB

temps dynamique barycentrique (French: barycentric dynamical time)
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Temporary Detective Constable
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TDD

telecommunications device for the deaf
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Chem. tetradecadien-1-yl acetate

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Telecom. time-division data link

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twist drill gauge

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tall, dark, and handsome (in personal advertisements)

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Chem. toluene-2, 4-diisocyanate

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tunable diode laser

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telemetric data monitor
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Telecom. time-division multiple access

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total digestible nutrients

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Genetics transferred DNA

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Meteorol. tornado

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technical development plan

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tous droits réservés (French: all rights reserved)

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Computing time domain reflectometer
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tracking and data-relay satellite system

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Med. ter die sumendum (Latin: to be taken three times a day; in prescriptions)

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Computing tabular data stream
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Astronomy terrestrial dynamical time

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t.e.

thermal efficiency
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twin-engined

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Chem. , symbol for tellurium

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airline flight code for Lithuanian Airlines
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Technical Educational Advisory Council

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Physics thermal expansion coefficient
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technical(ly)
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Technician (Council of Engineering Institutions)

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technological
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Chem. trieth(yl)enediamine

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Telecommunications Engineering Establishment
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toxicity equivalence factor

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teaching (of) English as a foreign language

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Bookbinding top edges gilt

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Tehran

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telegram
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Astronomy Telescopium

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tetraethyl lead (petrol additive)
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telegram
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telephone
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teleprinter exchange

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Computing teletype network

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tel. no.

telephone number

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TEM

Territorial Efficiency Medal
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Telecommunications Engineering and Manufacturing Association

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temp.

temperance
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tactical expert mission-planner (military computer)

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Music tempo primo (Italian; at the original pace)

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tenant
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tenancy

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Tennessee

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Med. transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation

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Doctor of Theology

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tetraethyl pyrophosphate (pesticide)

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terrace
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teratology

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Aeronautics terrain contour matching (or mapping)

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terminal
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terrace
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tertiary

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thermal-energy storage
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teaching (of) English as a second language

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teaching (or teacher) of English to speakers of other languages

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Tax-Exempt Special Savings Account

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testament
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• testimonial
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Teacher of Electrotherapy

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Tarn-et-Garonne (department of France)

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technical education and training for overseas countries

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tet.tox.

tetanus toxin

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Shipping twenty-foot equivalent unit

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Teuton(ic)

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Physics , symbol for teraelectronvolt

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Military tactical exercise without troops

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Texan
• Texas

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textile

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textus receptus (Latin: the received text)

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tabulating form
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British vehicle registration for Reading
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Tenant Farmers' Association
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Chem. trifluoroacetic anhydride

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Tropical Forestry Action Plan

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tfc

traffic

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Electronics thin-film detector

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Training and Further Education Consultative Group

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Computing thin-film electroluminescent display

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Physical chem. time-of-flight mass spectrometer

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tfr

transfer

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Territorial Force Reserve
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Turkish Federated State of Cyprus (Turkish Kibris)

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Electronics thin-film transistor

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Electronics thin-film transistor liquid-crystal display

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Nuclear engineering Tokamak Fusion Test Reactor (Princetown, USA)

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telecommunications flying unit

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Military tactical fighter wing

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tactical fighter experimental (aircraft)

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tg

Maths. tangent

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t.g.

tail gear
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TG

British vehicle registration for Cardiff
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• transformational grammar
• Translators' Guild (London )

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TGA

Chem. thermal gravimetric analysis

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TGAT ('ti:gæt)

Education Task Group on Assessment and Testing

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Computing ternary selector gate

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t.g.b.

Carpentry tongued, grooved, and beaded

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TGB

thyroglobulin
• (France ) Très Grande Bibliothèque (or Bibliothèque de France; proposed French national library)

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Timber Growers England and Wales Ltd

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Med. transforming growth factor

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TGI

Marketing Target Group Index

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Colloquial thank God it's Friday

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TGM

torpedo gunner's mate

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Microbiol. tomato golden mosaic virus

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training group

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tgt

target

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Physics temperature gradient technique
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(France ) train à grande vitesse (high-speed passenger train)

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Transport and General Workers Union

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th

Maths. hyperbolic tangent

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th.

thermal

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Chem. , symbol for thorium

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Theatre
• Thursday

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TH

British vehicle registration for Swansea
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THA

Biochem. tetrahydroaminoacridine

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Thailand

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thanatology

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ThB

Bachelor of Theology (Latin Theologicae Baccalaureus)

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tetrahydrocannabinol (cannabis component)
• (New Zealand ) Tourist Hotel Corporation

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Doctor of Theology (Latin Theologicae Doctor)

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total harmonic distortion (in sound recording)

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Technical Help to Exporters (division of the British Standards Institute)

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theat.

theatre
• theatrical

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Therapy of Leprosy

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Theocritus (c. 310–250 BC., Greek poet)

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theologian
• theological
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Theophrastus (c. 370–c. 286 BC, Greek philosopher)

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theorem
• (or theoret.) theoretical
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theosophical
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therapeutic(s)

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thermometer
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thermochemistry

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thermodynamics

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thermometer
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thesis

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THES

(ital.) Times Higher Education Supplement

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thesp.

thespian

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Bible Thessalonians
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THF

Chem. tetrahydrofuran
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THI

temperature-humidity index

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thk

thick

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Theological Licentiate

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Master of Theology (Latin Theologicae Magister)

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THN

Chem. tetrahydronaphthalene

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thorax

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thoroughfare

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Thomas

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thousand

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thp

thrust horsepower

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thr.

their
• through
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Biochem. threonine

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Med. total hip replacement

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Investors in Industry

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Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company

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three Rs (or 3 Rs)

reading, (w)riting, and (a)rithmetic

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throt.

throttle

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Scholar in Theology

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Thucydides (c. 460–c. 400 BC, Greek historian)

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Thursday

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THWM

Trinity (House) high-water mark

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THz

Physics , symbol for terahertz

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Ti

Chem. , symbol for titanium
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Ti.

Tiberius (42 BC–AD 37, Roman emperor)
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TI

international civil aircraft marking for Costa Rica
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• temperature indication (or indicator)
• (USA ) Texas Instruments
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T/I

target identification
• target indicator

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TIA

Tax Institute of America
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Tibet(an)

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TIBC

Med. total iron-binding capacity

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TIBOR ('ti:b)

Finance Tokyo InterBank Offered Rate

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TIC (or tic)

Law taken into consideration (of an offence)
• total inorganic carbon (in chemical analysis)
• tourist information centre

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t.i.d.

Med. ter in die (Latin: three times a day; in prescriptions)

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TIE

theatre in education

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tier.

Music tierce (organ stop)

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TIF

Computing tagged image format
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• Transports Internationaux par Chemin de Fer (French: International Rail Transport)

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TIFF (tf)

Computing tagged image file format

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TIG

tungsten inert gas (welding)

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Treasury Investment Growth Receipts (type of bond)

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TIH

Their Imperial Highnesses

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Med. tumour-infiltrating lymphocyte

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Technical Information and Library Service

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t.i.m.

time is money

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Tim.

Bible Timothy

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TIM

transient intermodulation distortion (in sound recording)

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timp.

Music timpani

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TIMP

Med. tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase

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TIMS

The Institute of Management Sciences
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TIN

(USA ) taxpayer identification number

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TINA ('ti:n)

Politics , colloquial there is no alternative (usually referring to Margaret Thatcher)

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tinct.

tincture

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TIO

Technical Information Officer

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Tip.

Tipperary

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TIP

temperature-independent paramagnetism
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TIPSS

Med. transcutaneous intrahepatic porto-systemic shunt

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TIR

Optics total internal reflection
• Transport International Routier (French: International Road Transport; on continental lorries)

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Tobacco Industry Research Committee

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television and infrared observation satellite

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tis.

tissue

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technical information service

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tit.

title
• titular

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Bible Titus

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TJ

international civil aircraft marking for Cameroon
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• (or t.j.) talk jockey
• Physics , symbol for terajoule
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tk

tank
• truck

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symbol for taka (monetary unit of Bangladesh)

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TK

British vehicle registration for Exeter
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TKO (or t.k.o.)

Boxing technical knockout

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tkr

tanker

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tks

thanks

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tkt

ticket

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Meteorol , symbol for thunderstorm

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t.l.

test link
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• time length
• total load
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Chem. , symbol for thallium

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TL

international civil aircraft marking for Central African Republic
• British vehicle registration for Lincoln
• target language
• Physics thermoluminescence
• thermoluminescent (as in TL-dating )
• Torpedo Lieutenant
• Insurance total loss
• Colloquial (USA ) trade-last
• transmission line
• Turkish lira (monetary unit)

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T/L

Banking time loan
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TLA

three-letter abbreviation (or acronym)

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t.l.b.

temporary lighted buoy

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TLB

Computing translation look-aside buffer

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TLC

tender loving care
• Chem. thin-layer chromatography
• Med. total lung capacity
• (Australia ) Trades and Labour Council

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tld

tooled

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TLD

thermoluminescent dosimeter

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TLF

transferable loan facility

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TLG

Theatrical Ladies' Guild

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t.l.o.

Insurance total loss only

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TLO

Technical Liaison Officer

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TLP

Astronomy transient lunar phenomenon

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tlr

tailor
• trailer

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TLR

Times Law Reports
• Photog. twinlens reflex

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TLS

(ital.) Times Literary Supplement
• typed letter, signed

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tltr

translator

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TLU

Computing table look-up

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TLV

Electronics threshold-limit value

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TLWM

Trinity (House) low-water mark

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t.m.

temperature meter
• true mean

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Tm

Chem. , symbol for thulium

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TM

British vehicle registration for Luton
• tactical missile
• technical manual
• technical memorandum
• test manual
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• Telecom. tone modulation
• trademark
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• trench mortar
• tropical medicine
• Computing Turing machine
• international vehicle registration for Turkmenistan

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TMA

Theatrical Management Association
• Trans-Mediterranean Airways (Lebanese national airline)
• Chem. trimellitic acid

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TMB

Chem. tetramethylbenzidine
• travelling medical board

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tmbr

timber

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TMC

Tanglewood Music Center (USA )
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TMCS

Chem. trimethylchlorosilane

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Military theatre missile defence

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tme

time

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TMEDA

Chem. tetramethylethylenediamine

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TMI

(USA ) Three Mile Island

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TMJ

Med. temporomandibular joint (as in TMJ syndrome )

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tmkpr

timekeeper

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TML

Chem. tetramethyl lead
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Teacher of Massage and Medical Gymnastics

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TMO

telegraph(ic) money order

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TMP

thermomechanical pump

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tmpry

temporary

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tmr

timer

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TMS

Chem. tetramethylsilane

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TMSDEA

Chem. trimethylsilyldiethylamine

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TMT

turbine motor train

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TMV

Microbiol. tobacco mosaic virus
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tn

ton (or tonne)
• town
• train
• transportation

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t.n.

technical note
• telephone number

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Tn

Genetics transposon (followed by a number or letter)

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TN

British vehicle registration for Newcastle upon Tyne
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• true north
• international vehicle registration for Tunisia

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TNBT

Chem. titanium(IV) butoxide

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TNC

Theatres National Committee
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• transnational corporation

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TNF

Military theatre nuclear forces
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tng

training
• turning

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TNG

(USA ) The Newspaper Guild

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TNIP

(South Africa ) Transkei National Independence Party

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TNM

tactical nuclear missile
• Med. tumour (size), (lymph) node (involvement), metastasis (in TNM classification )

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T-note

Finance Treasury note

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TNP

(France ) Théâtre National Populaire (national theatre)

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TNPG

The Nuclear Power Group

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tnpk.

turnpike

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TNT

2, 4, 6-trinitrotoluene (explosive)

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Military theatre nuclear weapon

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TNX

Chem. trinitroxylene

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t.o.

takeoff
• turnover

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To.

Togo

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TO

British vehicle registration for Nottingham
• Management table of organization
• Technical Officer
• telegraphic order
• telegraph office
• telephone office
• telephone order
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• trained operator
• Transport Officer
• British fishing port registration for Truro
• turn over (page)

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T/O

turnover

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tob.

tobacco(nist)

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Tob.

Old Testament Tobit

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ToB

Cycling Tour of Britain

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TOB

temporary office building

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TobRV

Microbiol. tobacco ringspot virus

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TOC

total organic carbon (in chemical analysis)

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Toc H

Talbot House (obsolete telegraphic code for its initials; original headquarters of the movement)

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TOD

time of delivery

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t.o.e.

ton oil equivalent

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TOE

Physics theory of everything

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TOEFL

test(ing) of English as a foreign language

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TOET

test of elementary training

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TOF

Physics time of flight

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TOFC

trailer on flat car (type of freight container)

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TOFMS

Chem. time-of-flight mass spectroscopy

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TOFPET ('tf,pt)

Med. time-of-flight positron-emission tomography

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tog. (or togr)

together

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Tok.

Tokyo

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TOL

Tower of London

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tom. (or tomat.)

tomato
• tomus (Latin: volume)

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TOM

territoire d'outre mer (French: overseas territory)
• total organic matter (in chemical analysis)

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TOMCAT ('tm,kæt)

Military theatre of operations missile continuous-wave antitank weapon

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TOMS

Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer

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TON

total organic nitrogen (in chemical analysis)

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tonn.

tonnage

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TOO (or t.o.o.)

time of origin
• Commerce to order only

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TOP (tp)

Computing technical office protocol
• temporarily out of print

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TOPIC ('tpk)

Stock exchange Teletext Output Price Information Computer

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topog.

topographer
• topographical
• topography

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topol.

togological
• topology

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TOPS (tps)

Training Opportunities Scheme

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t.o.r.

time of receipt (or reception)

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Tor.

Toronto

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TOR

Tertiary Order Regular of St Francis

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torn.

tornado

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torp.

torpedo

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t.o.s.

temporarily out of stock
• terms of service

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TOSD

Tertiary Order of St Dominic

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TOSF

Tertiary Order of St Francis

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Toshiba (t'i:b)

Tokyo Shibaura Denki KK (Japanese corporation)

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tot.

total

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t.o.t.

time on (or over) target

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TOTC

time-on-target computation (military computer)

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TOTP

Top of the Pops (television programme)

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Tou.

Toulon (France )

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tour.

tourism
• tourist

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tourn.

tournament

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TOW (t)

tube-launched optically tracked wire-guided (antitank missile)
• tug-of-war

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toxicol.

toxicological
• toxicologist
• (or tox.) toxicology

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tp

township
• troop

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t.p.

target practice
• teaching practice
• title page
• to pay
• Commerce tout payé (French: all expenses paid)

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TP

British vehicle registration for Portsmouth
• airline flight code for TAP Air Portugal
• taxpayer
• technical paper (or publication)
• teleprinter
• Computing teleprocessing
• Music tempo primo (Italian; at the original tempo)
• tempore Paschale (Latin: at Easter)
• test panel
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• town planner (or planning)
• Computing transaction processing
• Transvaal Province
• treaty port
• Surveying trigonometric point
• true position
• Surveying turning point

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TPA

Chem. tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate
• (or tPA) Med. tissue plasminogen activator

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TPC

(USA ) The Peace Corps
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• Transaction Processing Council

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tpd (or TPD)

tons per day

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tph (or TPH)

tons per hour

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tpi

Engineering teeth per inch
• Computing tracks per inch
• Engineering turns per inch

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TPI

tax and price index
• Computing terminal phase initiation
• Engineering threads per inch
• Shipping tons per inch (immersion)
• (Australia ) totally and permanently incapacitated
• Computing tracks per inch
• transpolyisoprene (synthetic gutta percha)
• Tropical Products Institute

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tpk.

turnpike

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TPLF

Tigrean People's Liberation Front

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TPM

Computing , etc. third-party maintenance
• (or tpm) tons per minute
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• Chem. triphenylmethane

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TPN

Med. total parenteral nutrition
• Biochem. triphosphopyridine nucleotide (now called NADP)

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TPO

travelling post office
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TPP

Chem. thiamine pyrophosphate

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Tpr

Military Trooper

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TPR

Med. temperature, pulse, respiration

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TPS

toughened polystyrene

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tpt

transport
• Music trumpet

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tptr

Music trumpeter

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TQ (or t.q.)

Banking tel quel (exchange rate)
• Computing text quality
• postcode for Torquay
• total quality (quality control)
• airline flight code for Transwede Airways

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TQM

total quality management

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tr.

Med. tinctura (Latin: tincture)
• trace
• track
• tragedy
• train
• transaction
• transfer
• transitive
• translate(d)
• translation
• translator
• transport(ation)
• Printing transpose
• transposition
• treasurer
• Music treble
• Music trill
• troop
• truck
• Music trumpet(er)
• trust
• trustee

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Tr

Chem. , former symbol for terbium
• Geology Triassic
• Chem. , symbol for trityl (triphenylmethyl) group (in formulae)

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TR

international civil aircraft marking for Gabon
• British vehicle registration for Portsmouth
• target rifle
• tariff reform
• Telephone Rentals plc
• tempore regis or reginae (Latin: in the time of the king or queen)
• Territorial Reserve
• test run
• Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919, US president 1901–09)
• tons registered
• tracking radar
• airline flight code for Transbrasil
• Telecom. transmit-receive (as in TR switch )
• postcode for Truro
• trust receipt
• international vehicle registration for Turkey

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T/R

transmitter-receiver

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TrA

Astronomy Triangulum Australe

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TRA

(USA ) Thoroughbred Racing Association

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trac.

tracer
• tractor

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TRACALS ('trækælz)

Aeronautics traffic control and landing system

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TRACE (tres)

task reporting and current evaluation
• Aeronautics test equipment for rapid automatic checkout evaluation

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trad.

tradition(al)
• traduttore (Italian: translator)
• traduzione (Italian: translation)

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TRADA

Timber Research and Development Association

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trag.

tragedy
• tragic

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TRAM

Med. transverse rectus abdominus myocutaneus (breast reconstruction)

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TRAMPS (træmps)

temperature regulator and missile power supply

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trans.

transaction
• transfer(red)
• transit
• transitive
• transitory
• translate(d)
• translation
• translator
• transparent
• transport(ation)
• Printing transpose
• transposition
• transverse

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Trans.

Transvaal

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transcr.

transcribed (by or for)
• transcription

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transf.

transferred

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transl.

translate(d)
• translation
• translator

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translit.

transliterate
• transliteration

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transp.

transport(ation)

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trany

transparency

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trav.

traveller
• travels

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trbn.

Music trombone

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TRC

Thames Rowing Club
• Tobacco Research Council

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tr. co.

trust company

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tr. coll.

training college

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Trd

Trinidad

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TRDA

Timber Research and Development Association

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treas.

treasurer
• (or Treas.) treasury

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tree.

trustee

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trem (trm)

transport emergency (in trem card ; carried by chemical tank vehicles)

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trem.

Music tremolando (Italian: trembling)
• Music tremulant (device in an organ)

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tren

Chem. triaminotriethylamine (used in formulae)

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trf.

tariff
• transfer

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TRF

Biochem. thyrotrophin-releasing factor
• tuned radio frequency

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trg

training

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trg. (or trge)

Music triangle

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TRG

Tory Reform Group

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TRH

Their Royal Highnesses
• Biochem. thyrotrophin-releasing hormone

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Tri

Astronomy Triangulum

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TRI

Television Reporters International
• (USA ) Textile Research Institute

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trib.

tribal
• tributary

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TRIC

Television and Radio Industries Club
• Med. trachoma inclusion conjunctivitis

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trid.

Med. triduum (Latin: three days; in prescriptions)

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trien

Chem. trimethylenetetramine (used in formulae)

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trig.

triangulation (station or point)
• trigger
• trigonometric(al)
• trigonometry

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TRIGA ('trg)

Engineering training, research, and isotope-production reactors-General Atomic (in TRIGA reactor )

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trike (trak)

Chem. trichloroeth(yl)ene (solvent)

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trim.

trimester

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Trin.

Trinidad
• Trinity
• Trinity College (Oxford )
• Trinity Hall (Cambridge )

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Trip.

Tripos

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tripl.

triplicate

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triple A (or AAA)

anti-aircraft artillery

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trit.

triturate

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TRITC

Immunol. tetramethylrhodamine isothiocyanate (fluorescent dye)

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TRJ

turboramjet (engine)

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TRLFSW

tactical range landing-force support weapon

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trlr

trawler

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TRM

trademark

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trml

terminal

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t.r.n.

technical research note

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tRNA

Biochem. transfer RNA

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TRNC

Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus

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trng

training

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TRO

Law temporary restraining order

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trom. (or tromb.)

trombone

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trombst

trombonist

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Tron (trn)

Computing the real-time operating system nucleus

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trop.

tropic(al)

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Trop. Can.

Tropic of Cancer

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Trop. Cap.

Tropic of Capricorn

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trop. med.

tropical medicine

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Trp (or trp)

Military troop
• Biochem. tryptophan

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TRPGDA

Chem. tripropylene glycol diacrylate

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TRRL

Transport and Road Research Laboratory

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trs.

transfer
• Printing transpose
• trustees

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TRS

Computing term rewriting system
• Torry Research Station (Scotland )

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TRSB

time reference scanning beam

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trsd

transferred
• transposed

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trsp.

transport

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TRSR

taxi and runway surveillance radar

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TRSSGM

tactical range surface-to-surface guided missile

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TRSSM

tactical range surface-to-surface missile

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trt

turret

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Truron.

Truronensis (Latin: (Bishop) of Truro)

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try.

truly

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t.s.

temperature switch
• tensile strength
• test summary
• till sale
• turbine ship
• twin screw
• type specification

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Ts

Chem. , symbol for tosyl group (in formulae)

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TS

postcode for Cleveland
• British vehicle registration for Dundee
• Music tasto solo (Italian: one key alone; in figured-bass playing)
• Television Society
• Theosophical Society (in England)
• tool steel
• Slang tough shit
• Med. Tourette's syndrome
• training ship
• Chem. transition state
• Treasury Solicitor
• Med. tuberous sclerosis
• tub-sized (paper)
• international civil aircraft marking for Tunisia
• typescript

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T/S

trans-shipment

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TSA

The Securities Association Ltd
• Statistics time-series analysis
• total surface area
• Training Services Agency (now called Training Agency)

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TSAPI

telephony services application programming interface

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TSB

Trustee Savings Bank

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tsc

indicating passed a Territorial Army course in staff duties

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TSD

Tertiary of St Dominic

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TSDS

two-speed destroyer sweeper

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TSE

Tokyo Stock Exchange
• Toronto Stock Exchange
• Med. transmissible spongiform encephalopathy

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TSF

two-seater fighter

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tsfr

transfer

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T.Sgt

Technical Sergeant

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TSh

symbol for Tanzanian shilling (monetary unit)

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TSH

Their Serene Highnesses
• Biochem. thyroid-stimulating hormone

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TSH-RH

Biochem. thyroid-stimulating-hormone-releasing hormone

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tsi

tons per square inch

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TSO

Trading Standards Officer

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tsp.

teaspoon(ful)

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TSP

Computing travelling salesman problem

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TSR

tactical strike reconnaissance
• Computing terminate but stay resident (program)
• torpedo-spotter reconnaissance
• Trans-Siberian Railway

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TSRB

Top Salaries Review Body

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TSS

time-sharing system
• Med. toxic shock syndrome
• turbine steamship
• twin-screw steamer (or steamship, ship)
• typescripts

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TSSA

Transport Salaried Staffs' Association

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tstr

tester

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t.s.u.

this side up

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TSV

Microbiol. tobacco streak virus

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t.s.v.p.

tournez s'il vous plaît (French: please turn over; PTO)

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TSW

Television South West

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TT

international civil aircraft marking for Chad
• British vehicle registration for Exeter
• British fishing port registration for Tarbert
• technical training
• teetotal(ler)
• Banking telegraphic transfer
• Geology Tertiary
• tetanus toxoid
• Cycling time trial
• torpedo tube
• Motorcycling Tourist Trophy (races)
• international vehicle registration for Trinidad and Tobago
• Trust Territories (abbrev. or postcode)
• tuberculin-tested (as in TT milk )

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TTA

Travel Trade Association

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TTAPS

Turco, Toon, Ackerman, Pollack, and Sagan (in TTAPS study on effects of nuclear winter; from authors' names)

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TTB

tetragonal tungsten bronze

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TTBT

Threshold Test Ban Treaty

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TTC

teachers' training course
• technical training centre
• Military Technical Training Command
• Med. transcutaneous transhepatic cholangiography

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TTF

Timber Trade Federation

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TTFN

Colloquial ta-ta for now

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TTL

Photog. through the lens
• (or t.t.l.) to take leave
• Electronics transistor-transistor logic
• (Zimbabwe ) tribal trust land

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TTM

Commerce time to market

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Tto

Toronto

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TTS

teletypesetter (or teletypesetting
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• Computing text-to-speech

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TTT

Cycling team time trial
• Banking telegraphic transfer
• Tyne Tees Television Limited

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TTY

(USA ) teletypewriter

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Tu.

Tudor
• Tuesday

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TU

British vehicle registration for Chester
• international civil aircraft marking for Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast)
• thermal unit
• toxic unit
• trade union
• Telecom. traffic unit
• training unit
• Acoustics , Telecom. transmission unit
• airline flight code for Tunis Air
• Tupolev (aircraft; as in TU-104 )

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TUAC

Trade Union Advisory Committee

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tub.

Cycling tubular (tyre)

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tuberc.

tuberculosis

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Tuc

Astronomy Tucana

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TUC

Trades Union Congress

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TUCC

Transport Users' Consultative Committee (or Council)

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TUCGC

Trades Union Congress General Council

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Tues.

Tuesday

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TUG

Telephone Users' Group

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TULRA

Trade Union and Labour Relations Act (1974)

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TUPE

Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations

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TUR

Med. transurethral resection

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turb.

turbine

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TURB

Meteorol. turbulence

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Turk.

Turkey
• Turkish

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t.v.

terminal velocity
• test vehicle

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TV

British vehicle registration for Nottingham
• television
• Finance terminal value
• (USA ) Colloquial transvestite

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TVA

taxe à (or sur) la valeur ajoutée (French: value-added tax; VAT)
• (USA ) Tennessee Valley Authority

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TVEI

Technical and Vocational Educational Initiative

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tvl

travel

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Tvl

Transvaal

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TVO

tractor vaporizing oil

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TVP

textured vegetable protein (a meat substitute)

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TVR

television rating
• Physics temperature variation of resistance

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TVRO

television receive only (type of antenna)

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t.w.

tail wind

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TW

British vehicle registration for Chelmsford
• airline flight code for Trans World Airlines
• Telecom. travelling wave (in TW antenna )
• postcode for Twickenham

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T-W

(USA ) three-wheeler (motorcycle)

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TWA

Thames Water Authority
• time-weighted average
• Trans-World Airlines

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TWh (or TW h)

Electricity , symbol for terawatt hour(s)

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TWIMC

to whom it may concern

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TWN

teleprinter weather network

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twocing ('twk)

Colloquial taking without owner's consent (car theft)

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TWT

transonic wind tunnel
• Electronics travelling-wave tube

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TWU

Transport Workers' Union of America

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TWX

(USA ) teletypewriter exchange service

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twy

twenty

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tx

tax(ation)

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Tx

Broadcasting transmission

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TX

British vehicle registration for Cardiff
• US postcode for Texas

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Ty

Territory
• truly (in correspondence)

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TY

international civil aircraft marking for Benin
• British vehicle registration for Newcastle upon Tyne

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TYC

Horse racing two-year-old course

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TYMV

Microbiol. turnip yellow mosaic virus

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t.y.o.

Horse racing two-year-old

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typ.

typical
• typing
• typist
• typographer
• typographic(al)
• typography

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typh.

typhoon

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typo. (or typog.)

typographer
• typographic(al)
• typography

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typw.

typewriter
• typewriting
• typewritten

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Tyr (or tyr)

Biochem. tyrosine

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Tyr.

Tyrone

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Tyrol.

Tyrolean
• Tyrolese

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TZ

British vehicle registration for Belfast
• international civil aircraft marking for Mali

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U

u

(ital.) Electricity , symbol for instantaneous potential difference
• (ital.) Optics , symbol for object distance
• (ital.) Thermodynamics specific internal energy
• Meteorol. , symbol for ugly threatening sky
• Physics ungerade (German: odd; in spectroscopy)
• Chem. , symbol for unified atomic mass unit
• Physics up (a quark flavour)
• (ital.) Physics , symbol for a velocity component or speed

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u.

uncle
• und (German: and)
• unit
• unsatisfactory
• unter (German: under or among)
• upper
• utility

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U

(ital.) Thermodynamics , symbol for internal energy
• (ital.) Electricity , symbol for potential difference
• symbol for rate of heat loss (measured in British thermal units; in U value , a measure of insulating power)
• Films universal (certification)
• Colloquial upper class (of characteristics, language habits, etc.; also in non-U )
• Biochem. , symbol for uracil
• Chem. , symbol for uranium
• Biochem. , symbol for uridine
• you (from phonetic spelling, as in IOU , while U wait )

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U. (or U)

Union
• Unionist
• unit
• United
• University
• unsatisfactory
• upper

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airline flight code for Western Pacific Air Services

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airline flight code for Sichuan Airlines

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international civil aircraft marking for Niger

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airline flight code for Air Ukraine

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airline flight code for Air Moldova
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u.a.

under age
• unter anderem (German: among other things)
• usque ad (Latin: as far as)

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U/a

Insurance underwriting account

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UA

British vehicle registration for Leeds
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Unemployment Assistance Board
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Union of American Biological Societies

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Ulster Automobile Club

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Universal Alliance of Diamond Workers

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United Arab Emirates

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Union des associations internationales (French: Union of International Associations)

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UAL

United Airlines

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UAM

underwater-to-air missile

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u. & l.c.

Printing upper and lower case

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use and occupancy

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United Ancient Order of Druids

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Ulster Agricultural Organization Society

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United Australia Party

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Union africaine des postes et télécommunications (French: African Postal and Telecommunications Union)

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United Arab Republic (1958–71)

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UARS

upper-atmosphere research satellite

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UART ('ju:,:t)

Electronics , Computing universal asynchronous receiver/transmitter

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upper airspace

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University Air Squadron

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Universities Athletic Union

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unmanned air vehicle

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(USA ) United Automobile Workers (United International Union of Automobile, Aerospace, and Agricultural Implement Workers of America; trade union)

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um Antwort wird gebeten (German: an answer is requested)

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UB

British vehicle registration for Leeds
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UB40

indicating the index card used for unemployment benefit

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Med. ultrasonic bone analysis

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University of British Columbia (Vancouver )

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Union of British Fascists

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Understanding British Industry (organization)

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U-boat

indicating a German submarine during the World Wars (German Unterseeboot)

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UBR

Taxation Uniform Business Rate
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United Bible Societies

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Astronomy ultraviolet, blue, visual (green-yellow)

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Music una chorda (see under UC)
• Printing upper case

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u/c

Commerce undercharge

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UC

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• urban council
• urbe condita (Latin: the city being built)
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Films universal, particularly suitable for children (certification)

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United Chemists' Association

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Universities' Council for Adult Education

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Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (formed from a merger of UCCA and PCAS)

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Union of Construction, Allied Trades, and Technicians

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u.c.b.

unless caused by

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United Cricket Board of South Africa

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UCC

Union Carbide Corporation
• Universal Copyright Convention
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(formerly) Universities Central Council on Admissions (merged with PCAS to form UCAS)

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United Christian Council for Democracy

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University College, Dublin
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Universities Council for Education of Teachers

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underground coal gasification

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University College Hospital (London )

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Union cycliste internationale (French: International Cyclists' Union)
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Finance Undertakings for Collective Investment in Transferable Securities

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Alliance universelle des unions chrétiennes de jeunes gens (French: World Alliance of Young Men's Christian Associations)

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u.c.l.

Engineering upper cylinder lubricant

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University College London
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University of California at Los Angeles

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University Christian Movement

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(USA ) uniform code of military justice

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University College and Middlesex School of Medicine

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Universities' Council for Nonacademic Staff

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University College of North Wales

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UCR

Physiol. , Psychol. unconditioned reflex (or response)
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Physiol. , Psychol. unconditioned stimulus
• Union of Concerned Scientists
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University of California, Santa Barbara

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University of California, San Diego

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University College of South Wales

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United Commercial Travellers' Association (now part of the MSF union)

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(USA ) United Confederate Veterans

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Union of Communication Workers
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Underwater Countermeasures and Weapons Research Establishment

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u.d.

unfair dismissal
• Med. ut dictum (Latin: as directed; in prescriptions)

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UD

British vehicle registration for Oxford
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U/D

(USA ) under deed

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Ulster Defence Association

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(USA ) Urban Development Action Grant

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u.d.c.

upper dead centre

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(USA ) United Daughters of the Confederacy
• universal decimal classification
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Urban District Councils' Association

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Underwater Development Establishment

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Union douanière et économique de l'Afrique centrale (French: Central African Customs and Economic Union)

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Union douanière des états d'Afrique d'Ouest (French: Customs Union of West African States)

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Ulster Defence Force
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• (France ) Union pour la démocratie française (French Democratic Union; political party)
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u. dgl.

und dergleichen (German: and the like)

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UDI

unilateral declaration of independence

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Union of Democratic Mineworkers

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UDMH

Chem. unsymmetrical dimethyl hydrazine

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UDN

ulcerative dermal necrosis (fish disease)

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UDP

United Democratic Party
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UDR

Ulster Defence Regiment
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(France ) Union démocratique et socialiste de la résistance (Democratic and Socialist Union of the Resistance; 1946–58)

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British vehicle registration for Dudley
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Universal Esperanto Association
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University Education Diploma

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u.e.f.

universal extra fine (screw)

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Union européenne des fédéralistes (French: European Union of Federalists)
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Union of European Football Associations

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Union of Educational Institutions

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United East India Company

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United Empire Loyalists

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Union économique et monetaire ouest-africaine (French: West African Economic and Monetary Union)

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Union de I'Europe occidentale (French: Western European Union; WEU)
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Union européenne de paiements (French: European Payments Union)
• Genetics unit evolutionary period

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Union européenne de la presse sportive (French: European Sports Press Union)

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Union européenne de radiodiffusion (French: European Broadcasting Union; EBU)
• university entrance requirements

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(USA ) universal engineer tractor, armoured

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(USA ) universal engineer tractor, rubber-tyred

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unfurnished (in property advertisements)

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British vehicle registration for Brighton
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(formerly, in Germany ) Universum Film-Aktiengesellschaft (German: Universal Film Company)
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Universities Federation for Animal Welfare

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UFC

United Free Church (of Scotland)
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(USA ) United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (trade union)

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Ulster Freedom Fighters

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UFFI

urea-formaldehyde foam insulation

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UFO ('ju: 'f ' or 'ju:f)

unidentified flying object

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UFT

Physics unified field theory
• (USA ) United Federation of Teachers

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Universal Federation of Travel Agents' Association

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(Romania ) Union of Free Trades Union

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Ulster Farmers' Union

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United Farm Workers of America (trade union)

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u/g

underground

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Uganda(n)

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UG

British vehicle registration for Leeds

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UGC

underground gasification of coal
• University Grants Committee (now Funding Council, UFC)

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Freemasonry United Grand Lodge of England

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(Spain ) Unión General de Trabajadores (General Union of Workers)

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United Garment Workers of America (trade union)

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(South Africa ) Union House of Assembly

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Colloquial urban haute bourgeoisie

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Upper House of the Convocation of Canterbury

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Upper House of the Convocation of York

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UHF

ultrahigh frequency

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UHT

ultra-heat-treated (as in UHT milk )
• ultrahigh temperature

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ultrahigh vacuum

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u.i.

ut infra (Latin: as below)

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u/i

under instruction

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Ul

British vehicle registration for London-derry
• (USA ) unemployment insurance
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UIA

Union of International Associations

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Union internationale des associations d'alpinisme (French: International Union of Alpine Associations)

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Union internationale des chemins de fer (French: International Union of Railways)

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Union internationale contre le cancer (French: International Union against Cancer)

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Union internationale pour la conservation de la nature et de ses resources (French: International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources; IUCNN)

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Union internationale de chimie pure et appliquée (French: International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; IUPAC)

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Union internationale des étudiants (French: International Union of Students)

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Union of International Engineering Organizations

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Union internationale d'histoire et de philosophie des sciences (French: International Union of the History and Philosophy of Science)

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Union internationale de la jeunesse socialiste (French: International Union of Socialist Youth)

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UIL

Unione Italiana del Lavoro (Italian Federation of Trade Unions)
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UIMS

Computing user-interface management system

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UIP

Union internationale de patinage (French: International Skating Union)
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Union internationale de la presse catholique (French: International Catholic Press Union)

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Union internationale de pentathlon moderne (French: International Modern Pentathlon Union)

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Union internationale des sciences biologiques (French: International Union of Biological Sciences)

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Union internationale des syndicats des mineurs (French: Miners' Trade Unions International)

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Union internationale des sciences préhistoriques et prohistoriques (French: International Union of Prehistoric and Prohistoric Sciences)

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UIT

Union internationale des télécommunications (French: International Telecommunications Union; ITU)
• unit investment trust

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UITF

Accounting Urgent Issues Task Force

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UITP

Union internationale des transports publics (French: International Union of Public Transport)

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UIU

Upholsterers' International Union of North America

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UJ

British vehicle registration for Shrewsbury
• Union Jack
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Union Jack Club (London )

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Utriusque Juris Doctor (Latin: Doctor of Civil and Canon Law)

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UK

airline flight code for Air UK
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• United Kingdom
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UK(A)

Athletics United Kingdom Allcomers

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Ulster King of Arms
• United Kingdom Alliance

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United Kingdom Automation Council

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United Kingdom Air Defence Ground Environment

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United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority

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United Kingdom Association of Professional Engineers

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United Kingdom Bartenders' Guild

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United Kingdom Central Council for Nursing, Midwifery, and Health Visiting

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United Kingdom Chemical Information Service

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United Kingdom Council for Overseas Students' Affairs

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United Kingdom Civil Service Benefit Society

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United Kingdom Commercial Travellers' Association

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United Kingdom Dairy Association

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United Kingdom Federation of Business and Professional Women

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symbol for UK gallon

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United Kingdom Immigrants' Advisory Service

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UK Infrared Telescope (Mauna Kea, Hawaii)

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United Kingdom Industrial Space Committee

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United Kingdom Land Forces

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United Kingdom Military Forces (Land)

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United Kingdom Mission

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Athletics United Kingdom National

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United Kingdom Offshore Operators Association

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United Kingdom Oil Pipelines

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United Kingdom Pilots' Association

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United Kingdom Petroleum Industry Association Ltd

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Ukr.

Ukraine
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United Kingdom South Africa Trade Association

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United Kingdom Services Liaison Staff

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United Kingdom Sugar Merchant Association Ltd

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UK Schmidt Telescope (Siding Spring, Australia)

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UKW

Ultrakurzwelle (German: ultrashort wave, i.e. VHF)

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u.l.

upper limit

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UL

airline flight code for Air Lanka
• British vehicle registration for London (central)
• British fishing port registration for Ullapool
• (USA ) Underwriters' Laboratories (on labels for electrical appliances)
• university library
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• Theatre up left (of stage)
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ULA

Computing uncommitted logic array

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ULC

Theatre up left centre (of stage)

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ULCC

ultralarge crude carrier (oil tanker)
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ULCI

Union of Lancashire and Cheshire Institutes

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ULF

Radio , etc. ultralow frequency
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ULICS

University of London Institute of Computer Science

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ULM

ultrasonic light modulator
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underwater long-range missile system

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u.l.s

Finance unsecured loan stock

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ULS

unsecured loan stock

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ULSEB

University of London School Examinations Board

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ult.

ultimate(ly)
• (or utto.) ultimo (Latin: in (or of) the last (month); in correspondence)

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ULT

United Lodge of Theosophists

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ult. praes.

Med. ultimum praescriptum (Latin: last prescribed)

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ULV

ultralow volume (as in ULV sprayer )

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um.

unmarried

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u/m

undermentioned

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UM

airline flight code for Air Zimbabwe
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• symbol for Mauritanian ouguiya (monetary unit)
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UMa

Astronomy Ursa Major

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Union du Maghreb Arabe (French: Arab Maghreb Union; customs union)

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UMB

Union mondiale de billard (French: World Billiards Union)
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umbl.

umbilical

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University of Missouri, Columbia

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University of Maryland, College Park

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United Medical and Dental Schools

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Union mondiale des étudiants juifs (French: World Union of Jewish Students)

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Umbrella Makers' Federation

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United Methodist Free Churches

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Astronomy Ursa Minor

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University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology

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United Malays (later Malaysia) National Organization

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ump.

umpire

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UMP

Biochem. uridine monophosphate

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UMT

universal military training

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UMTS

universal military training service (or system)

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United Mine Workers (of America; trade union)

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un.

unified
• union
• united
• unsatisfactory

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British vehicle registration for Exeter
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United Nations Association

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United Nations Association of Australia

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unab.

unabridged

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unaccompanied

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United Nations Administrative Committee and Coordination

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universal army communication system

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unanimous

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United Nations Narcotics Commission

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unassigned

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unattached

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unattributed

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United Nations Association of the United States

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unauthd

unauthorized

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unbound

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universal navigation beacon
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United Nations Border Relief Operation

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unc.

uncertain
• uncle

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Numismatics uncirculated
• Union Nationale Camerounaise (French: Cameroon National Union or Cameroon People's Democratic Movement)
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• University of North Carolina

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United Nations Conference on the Applications of Science and Technology

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United Nations Cartographic Commission

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United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine

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United Nations Capital Development Fund

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United Nations Conference on Environment and Development

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Uniform Rules of Conduct for Interchange of Trade Data by Teletransmission

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United Nations Conference on International Organization

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United Nations Commission on International Trade Law

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unclas. (or unclass.)

unclassified

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United Network Command for Law Enforcement (fictional organization in TV series ‘The Man from UNCLE’)

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United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea

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United Nations Commission on Korea

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uncond.

unconditional

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uncorrected

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United Nations Conference on Science and Technology for Development

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United Nations Conference on Trade and Development

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United Nations Commission for Unification and Rehabilitation of Korea

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University of North Dakota

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United Nations Development Programme

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United Nations Disaster Relief Organization

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undersigned

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undertaker

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Chem. , symbol for unnilpentium (element 105)

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United Nations Protection Force in Yugoslavia

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Chem. , symbol for unnilquadium (element 104)

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unsatisfactory
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United Nations Transitional Authority for Cambodia

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ultimate operating capability

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ultimate oxygen demand (in water conservation).

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unpaid

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united port district
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untreated polyurethane foam

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uphold

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United Press International

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Union of Post Office Workers (now merged with UCW)

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(Poland ) United Peasant Party

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Med. uvulopalatopharyngoplasty

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Insurance unearned premiums reserve
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Chem. ultraviolet photoelectron spectroscopy
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unplasticized polyvinyl chloride

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Med. urine

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urban

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Union des services routiers des chemins de fer européens (French: Union of European Railways Road Services)

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urgent

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Med. upper respiratory infection

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Computing Uniform Resource Locator
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Med. urea-resistant neutrophil alkaline phosphatase (enzyme)

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urology

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Union radio scientifique internationale (French: International Scientific Radio Union)

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United Road Transport Union

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Uruguay, Paraguay, and Bolivia (commission for cooperation, trade, and integration)

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United Rubber, Cork, Linoleum, and Plastic Workers of America (trade union)

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ubi supra (Latin: where (mentioned or cited) above)
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unserviceable
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British vehicle registration for Glasgow
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United States Army Forces Command

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United States Air Forces in Europe

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United States Agency for International Development

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United Society for Christian Literature

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United States Citizens Radio Council

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United States Code Supplement

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United States Department of Agriculture

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United States Energy Association

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United States Legation

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ultrasonic machining
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United States Naval Institute

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United States Naval Observatory

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United States Naval Reserve

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United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission

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United States Navy Ship

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(USA ) United Service Organization

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Colloquial United States of America

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Ulster Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

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United States Reserves
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United States Reserve Corps

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Undersecretary of State
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United States Shipping Board

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United States Supreme Court

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Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

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undersea technology

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United States Tennis Association
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usual(ly)

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United States Volunteers

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United States Volleyball Association

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United States Veterans' Bureau

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United States Virgin Islands

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und so weiter (German: and so forth; etc.)

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Radio , etc. ultrashort wave
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United Steelworkers of America (trade union)

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United States Weather Bureau

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United States West Indies
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utility

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universal trainer
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Utah

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British vehicle registration for Leicester
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under trust

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Ulster Transport Authority
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Coordinated Universal Time (French universel temps coordonné)
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United

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Ulster Tourist Development Association

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Med. ut dictum (Latin: as directed; in prescriptions)

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Med. utendus (Latin: to be used)

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University of the Third Age

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Med. urinary-tract infection

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ut infra (Latin: as below)

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University of Tennessee, Knoxville

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Computing unshielded twisted pair
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ultimate tensile strength

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ut supra (Latin: as above)

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Ulster Teachers' Union
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Union of Textile Workers

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United Textile Workers of America (trade union)

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u.U.

unter Umständen (German: circumstances permitting)

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airline flight code for Air Austral
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(USA ) Unitarian Universalist Association

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UUCP

Computing UNIX to UNIX copy

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underwater-to-underwater missile

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United Ulster Unionist Coalition (or Council)

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United Ulster Unionist Party

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u.u.V.

unter üblichem Vorbehalt (German: errors and omissions excepted)

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British vehicle registration for London (central)
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indicating ultraviolet radiation of wavelength 320–400 nm

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ultraviolet astronomical satellite

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ultraviolet amplification by stimulated emission of radiation

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Ulster Volunteer Force

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ultraviolet light

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British vehicle registration for London (central)
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Law under will
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University of Western Australia

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Ulster Workers' Council

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Underwater Weapons and Countermeasures Establishment

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University of Wales Institute of Science and Technology

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Union of Women Teachers (now merged with NAS/UWT)

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Utility Workers Union of America

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United Workers' Union of South Africa

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ux.

uxor (Latin: wife)

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airline flight code for Air Europa
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unexploded bomb

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airline flight code for Cameroon Airlines
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Uzbek(istan)

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V

v

(ital.) Optics , symbol for image distance
• (ital.) Physics , symbol for instantaneous potential difference
• Physics , symbol for instantaneous voltage
• (ital.) Chem. , symbol for specific volume
• Spectroscopy , symbol for variable absorption
• (bold ital.) Physics , symbol for velocity
• (ital.) Physics , symbol for a velocity component or speed
• (ital.) Chem. , symbol for vibrational quantum number
• Meteorol. , symbol for (abnormally good) visibility

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v.

vacuum
• vagrant
• vale
• valley
• valve
• vein
• vel (Latin: or)
• ventilator
• ventral
• verb(al)
• verse
• version
• Printing verso
• versus
• vertical
• very
• via
• vicarage
• vice (Latin: in place of)
• vide (Latin: see)
• village
• violin
• virus
• visibility
• Med. vision
• Grammar vocative
• Music voice
• volcano
• volume
• von (German: of; in names)
• votre (French: your)
• vowel

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V

(ital.) Electricity , symbol for electric potential
• Roman numeral for five
• (ital.) Physics , symbol for luminous efficiency
• (ital.) Electricity , symbol for potential difference
• (ital.) Physics , symbol for potential energy
• Biochem. symbol for valine
• Chem. , symbol for vanadium
• Immunol. variable region (of an immunoglobulin chain)
• international vehicle registration for Vatican City
• verb (in transformational grammar)
• Vergeltungswaffe (German: reprisal weapon, as in V-1 and V-2 , World War II missiles)
• victory (as in V-Day , V-sign )
• symbol for volt
• (ital.) symbol for volume (capacity)
• indicating types of aircraft (see V bomber)

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V. (or V)

Venerable
• version
• Very (in titles)
• vespers
• Via (Italian: Street)
• Vicar
• Vice (in titles)
• Viscount (or Viscountess)
• Music volti (Italian: turn over)
• voltmeter
• Volunteer(s)

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V1 (or V-1)

Vergeltungswaffe 1 (see under V)

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V^1

Music violino primo (Italian: first violin)

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V2 (or V-2)

Vergeltungswaffe 2 (see under V)

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V^2

Music violino secondo (Italian: second violin)

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V3

international civil aircraft marking for Belize

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V4

airline flight code for Venus Airlines

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V5

airline flight code for Vnukovo Airlines

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V8

international civil aircraft marking for Brunei

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V9

airline flight code for Bashkir Airlines

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4V

airline flight code for Voyageur Airways

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5V

international civil aircraft marking for Togo

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6V

airline flight code for Air Vegas
• international civil aircraft marking for Senegal

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9V

international civil aircraft marking for Singapore

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va

Music viola

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v.a.

value analysis
• verb active
• verbal adjective

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Va.

Virginia (USA )

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VA

British vehicle registration for Peterborough
• value-added
• Commerce value analysis
• Med. ventricular arrhythmia
• (USA ) Veterans' Administration
• airline flight code for VIASA
• Vicar Apostolic
• Vice-Admiral
• (Order of) Victoria and Albert
• US postcode for Virginia
• Med. visual acuity
• Radio Voice of America
• Volunteer Artillery
• Volunteers of America
• Vostra Altezza (Italian: Your Highness)
• Votre Altesse (French: Your Highness)
• Vuestra Alteza (Spanish: Your Highness)

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V/A

voucher attached

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v.a. & i.

verb active and intransitive

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VAB

Astronautics vehicle assembly building (of NASA)

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VABF

Variety Artists' Benevolent Fund

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VABM

Surveying vertical angle benchmark

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vac.

vacancy
• vacant
• vacation
• vacuum

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vacc.

vaccination
• vaccine

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vac. dist.

vacuum distilled (or distillation)

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vac. pmp

vacuum pump

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VAD

(member of the) Voluntary Aid Detachment

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VADAS

Med. voice-activated domestic appliance system

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V-Adm

Vice-Admiral

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VAF

Variety Artists' Federation

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VAFC

Computing VESA advanced feature connector

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vag.

vagabond
• vagina
• vagrancy
• vagrant

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VAH

(USA ) Veterans' Administration Hospital

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val.

valley
• valuation
• value(d)

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Val (or val)

Biochem. valine

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valid.

validate
• validation

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valn

valuation

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Valpo

Valparaiso

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VAM

Botany vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhiza

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vamp.

vampire

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van (væn)

Tennis advantage

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van.

vanguard
• vanilla

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VAN (væn)

Computing value-added network

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Vanc.

Vancouver

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V&A

Victoria and Albert Museum

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V & M

Virgin and Martyr

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V & V

Computing verification and validation

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VAPI

Aeronautics visual approach path indicator

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vapor.

vaporization

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vap. prf

vapour proof

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var.

variable
• variant
• variation
• Botany variety
• variometer
• various

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VAR

Computing value-added reseller
• visual aural range
• volunteer air reserve
• Votre Altesse Royale (French: Your Royal Highness)

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varactor (',rækt)

Electronics variable reactor

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Varig (or VARIG) ('værg)

(Empresa de) Viação Aérea Rio Grandense (Brazilian airline)

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varistor (v'rst)

Electronics variable resistor

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var. lect.

varia lectio (Latin: a variant reading)

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varn.

varnish

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vas.

vasectomy

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VAS

Med. ventricular-atrial shunt

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vasc.

vascular

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Vascar (or VASCAR) ('væsk:)

visual average speed computer and recorder

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VASI

Aeronautics visual approach slope indicator

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VASP

Viaçao Aérea São Paulo (Brazilian airline)

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Vat.

Vatican

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VAT ('vi: 'e: 'ti: or væt)

value-added tax

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VATE

versatile automatic test equipment

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Vat. Lib.

Vatican Library

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vaud.

vaudeville

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v. aux.

auxiliary verb

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VAV

variable air volume (in VAV system (airconditioning))

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VAWT

vertical-axis wind turbine

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VAX

Computing , trademark virtual address extension (range of computers manufactured by DEC)

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VAX/VMS

Trademark , indicating the standard operating system for VAX processors (see under VAX; VMS)

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vb (or vb.)

verb(al)

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v.b.

vehicle borne
• vertical bomb

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VB

airline flight code for Birmingham European Airways
• British vehicle registration for Maidstone
• Chem. valence bond
• verbal constituent (in transformational grammar)
• volunteer battalion

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VBI

Med. vertebrobasilar insufficiency

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vbl

verbal

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V bomber

indicating various types of aircraft (named after the types Victor, Vulcan, and Valiant)

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VBR

Computing variable bit rate

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vc.

Music cello (from violoncello)

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v.c.

valuation clause
• vehicular communication
• visual communication

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VC

British vehicle registration for Coventry
• Engineering vapour compression
• Vatican City
• Cycling velo club
• Finance venture capital
• (USA ) Veterinary Corps
• Vice-Chairman
• Vice-Chamberlain
• Vice-Chancellor
• Vice-Consul
• Vickers Commercial (aircraft, as in VC10 )
• Victoria Cross
• Viet Cong
• Chem. vinyl chloride
• Med. , Physiol. vital capacity
• indicating acuity of colour vision

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VCA

Chem. vinyl carbonate
• Microbiol. , Med. viral capsid antigen
• (USA ) Volunteer Civic Association

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VCAS

Vice-Chief of the Air Staff

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VCC

Veteran Car Club of Great Britain
• Vice-Chancellors' Committee

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VCCS

Electronics voltage-controlled current source

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VCDS

Vice-Chief of the Defence Staff

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Vce

Venice

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VCE

variable-cycle engine

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VCG

vertical centre of gravity
• Vice-Consul-General

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VCGS

Vice-Chief of the General Staff

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VCH

Victoria County History (reference book)
• Chem. vinyl cyclohexene

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v.Chr.

vor Christus (German: before Christ; BC)

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VCI

volatile corrosion inhibitor

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vcl.

Music cello (from violoncello)
• vehicle

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VCM

vinyl chloride monomer (a plastic)

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VCNS

Vice-Chief of the Naval Staff

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vcnty

vicinity

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VCO

(India ) Viceroy's Commissioned Officer
• Electronics voltage-controlled oscillator
• voluntary county organizer (in the Women's Institute)

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VCPI

Computing virtual control program interface

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Vcr

Vancouver

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VCR

video-cassette recorder
• visual control room (at an airfield)

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VCT

venture capital trust

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vcs

voices

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V. Cz.

Vera Cruz (Mexico )

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vd

void

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v.d.

vapour density
• various dates

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VD

Med. vascular dementia
• venereal disease
• Victorian Decoration
• Volunteer Decoration (formerly awarded in the Territorial Army or the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve)

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V-Day

Victory Day

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Vdc

volts direct current

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VDC

Volunteer Defence Corps

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v. def.

verb defective

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v. dep.

verb deponent

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VDF

Computing voice data fax

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VDH

valvular disease of the heart

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VDI

Computing virtual device interface

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VDJ

video disc jockey

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VDM

Verbi Dei Minister (Latin: Minister of the Word of God)
• Computing Vienna Development Method (notation)

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VDQS

vin délimité de qualité supérieure (French; superior-quality wine; wine classification)

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VDR

variable-diameter rotor
• video-disc recording

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VDRL

venereal disease research laboratory (in VDRL test , for syphilis)

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VDS

variable-depth sonar

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VDT

Computing visual display terminal

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VDU

Computing visual display unit

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VDW

Chem. van der Waals (as in VDW force )

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ve. (or ve)

veuve (French: widow)

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VE

airline flight code for Avensa
• British vehicle registration for Peterborough
• Chem. valence electron
• Victory in Europe (in VE Day , 8 May 1945)
• vocational education
• Vostra Eccellenza (Italian: Your Excellency)
• Votre Éminence (French: Your Eminence)
• Vuestra Excelencia (Spanish: Your Excellency)

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VEB

(formerly, in East Germany ) Volkseigener Betrieb (German: People's Concern; state-owned company)

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vec.

vector

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ved.

vedova (Italian: widow)

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veg.

vegetable
• vegetarian
• vegetation

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veh.

vehicle
• vehicular

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vel.

vellum
• velocity
• velvet

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Vel

Astronomy Vela

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ven.

vendredi (French: Friday)
• veneer
• venerdì (Italian: Friday)
• venereal
• venery
• venison
• venom(ous)
• ventral
• ventricle

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Ven.

Venerable
• (or Venet.) Venetian
• (or Venez.) Venezuela(n)
• Venice
• Astronomy Venus

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vent.

ventilate
• ventilation
• ventriloquist

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ver.

verification
• verify
• vermilion
• verse
• version

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Ver.

Verein (German: association or company)

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VER

Meteorol. vertical

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VERA ('vr)

versatile reactor assembly
• vision electronic recording apparatus

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verb.

verbessert (German: improved or revised)

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verb. et lit.

Law verbatim et literatim (Latin: word for word and letter for letter)

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verb. sap. (or sat.)

verbum sapienti satis (Latin: a word is enough to the wise)

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verdt

verdict

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Verf.

Verfasser (German: author)

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Verl.

Verlag (German: publisher)

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verm.

vermiculite
• vermilion

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vern.

vernacular

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vers

Maths. versed sine (or versine)

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vers.

version

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vert.

vertebra(l)
• vertical
• vertigo

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Very Rev. (or Very Revd)

Very Reverend

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ves. (or vesp.)

Med. vespere (Latin: in the evening; in prescriptions)
• vessel
• vestry

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VESA

Video Electronics Standards Association

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VESPER ('vsp)

Voluntary Enterprises and Services and Part-time Employment for the Retired

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vet.

veteran
• (or veter.) veterinarian
• (or veter.) veterinary

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Vet. Admin.

(USA ) Veterans' Administration

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VetMB

Bachelor of Veterinary Medicine

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vet. sci.

veterinary science

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vet. surg.

veterinary surgeon

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v.f.

very fair
• very fine

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VF

British vehicle registration for Norwich
• airline flight code for Tropical Airlines
• Med. ventricular fibrillation
• RC Church Vicar Forane
• video frequency
• Telecom. voice frequency

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VFA

(Australia ) Victorian Football Association
• Chem. volatile fatty acid

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Vfat

Computing virtual file allocation table

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VFD

Computing vacuum fluorescent display
• verified free distribution
• (USA ) volunteer fire department

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VFL

(Australia ) Victorian Football League

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VFM

Accounting value for money (audit)

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VFO

Electronics variable-frequency oscillator

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VFOAR

US Air Force Vandenberg Field Office of Aerospace Research

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VFR

Aeronautics visual flight rules

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VFT

(Australia ) very fast train

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VFU

Computing vertical format unit

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VFW

(USA ) Veterans of Foreign Wars

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vfy

verify

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v.g.

verbigracia (Spanish: for example)
• verbi gratia (Latin: for example)
• very good

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Vg.

Ecclesiast. Virgin

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VG

British vehicle registration for Norwich
• vaisseau de guerre (French: warship)
• very good
• Vicar General
• Freemasonry Vice Grand
• Votre Grâce (French: Your Grace)
• Votre Grandeur (French: Your Highness)

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VGA

Computing video graphics array (or adapter)

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v.g.c.

very good condition

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vgl.

vergleiche (German: compare)

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VGPI

Aeronautics visual glide path indicator (in World War II)

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VGSOH

very good sense of humour (in personal advertisements)

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v.h.

vertical height
• very high

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VH

airline flight code for Air Burkina
• international civil aircraft marking for Australia
• British vehicle registration for Huddersfield
• Votre Hautesse (French: Your Highness)

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v.h.b.

very heavy bombardment

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VHC (or v.h.c.)

very highly commended
• Chem. volatile halocarbon compound

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VHD

video high density (system)

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VHDF

Computing very high-density floppy

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VHE

very high energy

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VHF

very high fidelity (in sound recording)
• Radio , etc. very high frequency

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VHLW

vitrified high-level (radioactive) waste

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VHN

Engineering Vickers hardness number

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VHO

very high output

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VHP

(India ) Vishwa Hindu Parishad (militant Hindu group)

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VHS

Trademark Video Home System

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VHT

very high temperature

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VHV

very high vacuum

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v.i.

verb intransitive
• vide infra (Latin: see below)

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VI

Vancouver Island
• Cartography vertical interval
• Virgin Islands
• viscosity index
• volume indicator

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VIA

Computing versatile interface adapter
• Visually Impaired Association

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viad.

viaduct

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VIASA

Venezolana Internacional de Aviácion, SA (Venezuelan International Airways)

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vib.

Music vibraphone
• vibrate
• vibration

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VIB

vertical integration building

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vic.

vicar
• vicarage
• vicinity
• victory

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Vic.

Victoria (Australia )

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VIC

Victoria Institute of Colleges

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Vic. Ap. (or Vic. Apos.)

Vicar Apostolic

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Vice-Adm.

Vice-Admiral

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Vic. Gen.

Vicar General

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vid.

vide (Latin: see)
• Law vidua (Latin: widow)

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VID

Computing virtual image display

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Vien.

Vienna

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VIF

variable import fee

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vig. (or vign.)

vignette

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vil.

village

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v. imp.

verb impersonal

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v. imper.

verb imperative

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vin.

vinegar

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VIN

(USA ) vehicle identification number

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vind.

vindicate
• vindication

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vini.

viniculture

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VIO

Veterinary Investigation Officer

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VIP

Med. vasoactive intestinal peptide
• very important person

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vir.

viridis (Latin: green)

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Vir

Astronomy Virgo

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Vir. (or Virg.)

Virgil (70–19 BC, Roman poet)

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VIR

Victoria Imperatrix Regina (Latin: Victoria, Empress and Queen)

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Virg.

Virginia (USA )

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v. irr.

verb irregular

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vis.

viscosity
• visibility
• visible
• visual

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Vis.

Viscount (or Viscountess)

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VIS

Veterinary Investigation Service
• Meteorol. visibility

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visc.

viscosity

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Visc. (or Visct.)

Viscount (or Viscountess)

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VISS

Computing VHS index search system

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VISTA ('st)

Volunteers in Service to America

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vit.

vitreous

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VITA

Volunteers for International Technical Assistance

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viti.

viticulture

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vitr.

vitreum (Latin: glass)

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vit. stat.

vital statistics

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viv.

Music vivace (Italian: lively, animated)

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vivi.

vivisection

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vix.

vixit (Latin: (he or she) lived)

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viz

videlicet (Latin: namely; z is medieval Latin symbol of contraction)

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v.J.

vorigen Jahres (German: of last year)

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VJ

British vehicle registration for Gloucester
• airline flight code for Royal Air Cambodge
• (Australia ) Vaucluse Junior (yacht)
• Victory over Japan (in VJ Day , 15 Aug. or 2 Sept. 1945)
• video jockey

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v.k.

vertical keel

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VK

British vehicle registration for Newcastle upon Tyne

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vl.

violin

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v.l.

varia lectio (Latin: a variant reading)

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VL

British vehicle registration for Lincoln
• Vulgar Latin

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vla

Music viola

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VLA

Astronomy Very Large Array (system of radio telescopes, New Mexico)

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Vlad.

Vladivostok

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VLB

vertical-lift bridge
• Computing VESA local bus

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VLBA

Astronomy very long baseline array

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VLBC

very large bulk carrier (ship)

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VLBI

Astronomy very long-baseline interferometry

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VL-Bus

Computing VESA's local bus

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VLBW

Med. very low birth weight

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VLCC

very large crude carrier (oil tanker)

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VLCFA

Biochem. very long-chain fatty acid

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VLDL

Biochem. very low-density lipoprotein

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vle

Music violone (double-bass viol)

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VLE

Chem. vapour-liquid equilibrium

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VLF

Radio , etc. very low frequency

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VLFMF

very low-frequency magnetic field

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VLIW

Computing very long instruction word

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VLLW

very low-level (radioactive) waste

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vln

violin

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VLR

very long range (aircraft)
• Victoria Law Reports

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VLS

Physics vapour-liquid-solid (as in VLS system )

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VLSI

Electronics very large-scale integration

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VLT

very large telescope

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vltg.

voltage

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vlv.

valve
• valvular

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v.M.

vorigen Monats (German: last month)

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VM

British vehicle registration for Manchester
• airline flight code for Regional Airlines
• Physics velocity modulation
• Victory Medal
• Viet Minh
• Virgin Mary
• Computing virtual machine (or memory)
• Chem. volatile matter
• Votre Majesté (French: Your Majesty)

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V-Mail

Military (USA ) victory mail

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VMC

Computing VESA medium channel
• Aeronautics visual meteorological conditions

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VMCCA

Veteran Motor Car Club of America

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VM/CMS

Computing , trademark virtual machine, conversational monitor system

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VMD

Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (Latin Veterinariae Medicinae Doctor)

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VME

Computing , trademark Versa Module Eurocard (in VME bus )

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VMH

Victoria Medal of Honour (awarded by the Royal Horticultural Society)

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VMO

Astronomy very massive object

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VMS

vertical marketing system
• Computing virtual machine system (see also VAX/VMS)
• Voluntary Medical Services

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v.m.t.

very many thanks

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vn

violin

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v.n.

verb neuter

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VN

British vehicle registration for Middlesbrough
• Vietnam (abbrev.or IVR)
• airline flight code for Vietnam Airlines
• Vietnamese

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Vna

Vienna

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VNM

(Canada ) Victoria National Museum

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VNTR

Genetics variable number tandem repeat

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vo.

verso

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VO

British vehicle registration for Nottingham
• airline flight code for Tyrolean Airways
• valuation officer
• verbal order
• very old (of brandy, whisky, etc.)
• Veterinary Officer
• (Royal ) Victorian Order
• voice-over (commentary)

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VOA

Radio Voice of America
• Volunteers of America

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voc.

vocal(ist)
• vocation
• Grammar vocative

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VOC

Vehicle Observer Corps
• volatile organic compound (or chemical)

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vocab.

vocabulary

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VOCAL ('vkl)

Voluntary Organizations Communication and Language

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vocat.

Grammar vocative

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voc-ed (,vk'd)

vocational education

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voctl

vocational

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VOD

velocity of detonation

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VODAT

voice-operated device for automatic transmission

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vol.

volatile
• volcanic
• volcano
• (or Vol.) volume
• voluntary
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vol

Astronomy Volans

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volc.

volcanic
• volcano

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vols (or Vols)

volumes

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volum.

Chem. volumetric

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voly

voluntary

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VONA

vehicle of the new age (rapid transport shuttle)

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VOP

very oldest procurable (of brandy, port, etc.)

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VOR

very-high-frequency omnirange or omnidirectional radio range (navigation aid)

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vorm.

vormals (German: formerly)
vormittags (German: in the morning; a.m.)

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Vors.

Vorsitzender (German: chairman)

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vou.

voucher

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vox pop (vks pp)

vox populi (Latin: voice of the people)

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v.p.

Photog. vanishing point
• vapour pressure
• variable pitch
• verb passive

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VP

British vehicle registration for Birmingham
• international civil aircraft marking for United Kingdom Colonies and Protecorates
• Chem. , Physics vapour phase
• Building trades vent pipe
• verb phrase (in transformational grammar)
• Vice-President
• Vice-Principal
• victory points
• vita patris (Latin: during the life of his (or her) father)

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VPC

Chem. vapour-phase chromatography
• vente par correspondence (French: mail order)

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v.p.d.

vehicles per day

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VPE

Electronics vapour-phase epitaxy

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v.ph.

vertical photography

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v.p.h.

vehicles per hour

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VPI

Chem. vapour-phase inhibitor

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VPL

visible panty line

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v.p.m.

vehicles per mile

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Vpo

Valparaiso

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VPO

Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

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VPop

Computing virtual point of presence

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VPP

(India ) value payable post
• Vet. science virus pneumonia of pigs
• Volunteer Political Party

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V.Pres.

Vice-President

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VPRGS

Vice-President of the Royal Geographical Society

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VPRP

Vice-President of the Royal Society of Portrait Painters

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VPRS

Vice-President of the Royal Society

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v.p.s.

vibrations per second

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VPZS

Vice-President of the Zoological Society

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VQ

international civil aircraft marking for United Kingdom Colonies and Protectorates

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VQMG

Vice-Quartermaster-General

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v.r.

variant reading
• vedi retro (Italian: please turn over; PTO)
• verb reflexive

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VR

British vehicle registration for Manchester
• airline flight code for TACV-Cabo Verde Airlines
• international civil aircraft marking for United Kingdom Colonies and Protectorates
• variant reading
• Physics velocity ratio
• Med. ventricular reflux
• Vicar Rural
• Victoria Regina (Latin: Queen Victoria)
• Computing virtual reality
• voltage regulator
• Volunteer Reserve
• vulcanized rubber

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VRA

(USA ) Vocational Rehabilitation Administration

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VRAM

Computing video random access memory

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VRB

Meteorol. variable

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VRC

Vehicle Research Corporation
• Volunteer Rifle Corps

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VRD

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Officers' Decoration

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v. refl.

verb reflexive

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V. Rev.

Very Reverend

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VRG

Biochem. vaccinia rabies glycoprotein

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VRI

Victoria Regina et Imperatrix (Latin: Victoria, Queen and Empress)
• Aeronautics visual rule instrument (landing)

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VRM

(USA ) variable rate mortgage

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VRN

Finance variable-rate note

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VRO

vehicle registration office

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Vry

Viceroy

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vs.

versus

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v.s.

variable speed
• vide supra (Latin: see above)
• Music volti subito (Italian: turn over quickly)

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VS

British vehicle registration for Luton
• Freemasonry Venerable Sage
• Veterinary Surgeon
• vieux style (French: Old Style; method of reckoning dates)
• airline flight code for Virgin Atlantic Airways
• Chem. volatile solid
• Music volti subito (Italian: turn over quickly)
• Chem. volumetric solution
• Vostra Santità (Italian: Your Holiness)
• Votre Sainteté (French: Your Holiness)

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VSAM

Computing virtual storage access method

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VSB

Telecom. vestigial sideband

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vsby

visibility

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VSC

Volunteer Staff Corps

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VSCC

Vintage Sports Car Club

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VSD

vendor's shipping document
• Med. ventricular septal defect

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VSG

Immunol. variable (cell-)surface glycoprotein

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VSI

Navigation vertical speed indicator

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V-sign

victory sign

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VSL

venture scout leader

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VSM

Telecom. Vestigial sideband modulation

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VSO

Linguistics verb-subject-object (as in VSO language )
• Computing very small outline
• very superior old (of brandy, port, etc.)
• Vienna State Opera
• Voluntary Service Overseas

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VSOP

very special (or superior) old pale (of brandy, port, etc.)

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VSP

Meteorol. vertical speed

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VSR

very short range
• very special reserve (of wine)

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vst

violinist

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V/STOL (or V-STOL, VSTOL) ('vi:,stl)

vertical and short takeoff and landing (aircraft)

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VSV

Med. vesicular stomatitis virus

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VSW

vitrified stoneware

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VSWR

Telecom. voltage standing-wave ratio

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v.t.

vacuum technology
• variable transmission
• verb transitive

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Vt

Vermont

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VT

airline flight code for Air Tahiti
• international civil aircraft marking for India
• British vehicle registration for Stoke-on-Trent
• variable time (as in VT fuse )
• symbol for vatu (monetary unit of Vanuatu)
• Med. ventricular tachycardia
• US postcode for Vermont

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VTC

Volunteer Training Corps
• voting trust certificate

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Vte

Vicomte (French: Viscount)

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VTE

Psychol. vicarious trial and error

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Vtesse

Vicomtesse (French: Viscountess)

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VTFL

Computing variable-to-fixed-length (in VTFL code )

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vtg

voting

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VTL

Computing variable threshold logic

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VTMoV

Microbiol. velvet tobacco mottle virus

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VTO

vertical takeoff (aircraft)

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VTOHL

vertical takeoff, horizontal landing (aircraft)

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VTOL ('vi:,tl)

vertical takeoff and landing (aircraft)

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VTOVL

vertical takeoff, vertical landing (aircraft)

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VTR

videotape recorder

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VTVL

Computing variable-to-variable length (in VTVL code )

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VU

airline flight code for Air Ivoire
• British vehicle registration for Manchester
• Acoustics volume unit (as in VU meter )

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Vul

Astronomy Vulpecula

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Vul. (or Vulg.)

Vulgate

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vulg.

vulgar(ly)

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vv.

verbs
• verses
• Music (first and second) violins
• Music voices
• volumes

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v.v.

vice versa
• viva voce

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v/v

Chem. volume in volume

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VV

British vehicle registration for Northampton

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VVD

(Netherlands ) Volkspartij voor Vrijheid en Democratie (People's Party for Freedom and Democracy)

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vve

veuve (French: widow)

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vv.ll.

variae lectiones (Latin: variant readings)

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VV.MM.

Vos Majestés (French: Your Majesties)

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VVO

very very old (of brandy, port, etc.)

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VW

British vehicle registration for Chelmsford
• Computing van Wijngaarden (in VW-grammar )
• Very Worshipful
• Volkswagen

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VWH

Vale of the White Horse

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vx

vertex

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VX

British vehicle registration for Chelmsford

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vy

very

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v.y.

Bibliog. various years

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VY

British vehicle registration for Leeds

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VZ

British vehicle registration for Tyrone

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VZIG

Immunol. varicella zoster hyper-immune globulin

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W

w

Meteorol. , symbol for dew
• (ital.) Chem. , symbol for mass fraction
• (ital.) Physics , symbol for a velocity component
• Spectroscopy , symbol for weak absorption

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w.

war
• warm
• water
• weather
• week
• weight
• wet
• white
• Cricket wicket
• Cricket wide
• width
• wife
• win
• wind
• wire
• with
• won
• word
• work

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W

(ital.) Engineering , symbol for load
• Biochem. , symbol for tryptophan
• Chem. , symbol for tungsten (formerly wolfram)
• Colloquial water closet; WC
• Irish fishing port registration for Waterford
• symbol for watt
• (ital.) Physics , symbol for weight
• Genetics Weigle (in W reactivation )
• west(ern)
• postcode for west London
• Shipping winter loading (on load line)
• women's (clothing size)
• symbol for won (South Korean monetary unit)
• (ital.) Physics , symbol for work
• (ital.) Biochem. , symbol for writhing number
• Genetics , indicating a sex chromosome in birds and some insects
• Physics , indicating a type of fundamental particle

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W. (or W)

Wales
• Warden
• Wednesday
• Welsh
• Wesleyan
• west(ern)
• white
• wide
• widow(er)
• widowed

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W2

airline flight code for World Airlines

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W3

airline flight code for Swiftair

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W7

airline flight code for Western Pacific Airlines

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2W

airline flight code for Wairarapa Airlines

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4W

international civil aircraft marking for Yemen

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5W

airline flight code for Interline Aviation
• international civil aircraft marking for Samoa

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6W

international civil aircraft marking for Senegal
• airline flight code for Wilderness Airline

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7W

airline flight code for Air Sask Aviation

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9W

airline flight code for Jet Airways (India )

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w.a.

with answers

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WA

airline flight code for Newair
• British vehicle registration for Sheffield
• postcode for Warrington
• US postcode for Washington (state)
• (USA ) Welfare Administration
• West Africa(n)
• Western Australia
• Westminster Abbey
• Banking (USA ) withholding agent
• British fishing port registration for Whitehaven
• Netball wing attack
• Insurance with average
• Woodworkers of America (trade union)

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WAA

Women's Auxiliary Association

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WAAA

Women's Amateur Athletic Association

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WAAAF (wæf)

Women's Auxiliary Australian Air Force

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WAAC (wæk)

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps

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WAAE

World Association for Adult Education

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WAAF (wæf)

Women's Auxiliary Air Force
• Women's Auxiliary Australian Air Force

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WAAS

Women's Auxiliary Army Service
• World Academy of Art and Science

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WAC (wæk)

(USA ) Women's Army Corps (in World War II)
• World Aeronautical Chart

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WACC

Accounting weighted average cost of capital
• World Association for Christian Communications

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WACCC

Worldwide Air Cargo Commodity Classification

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WACSM

(USA ) Women's Army Corps Service Medal

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Wad (or Wadh)

Wadham College, Oxford

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WADEX (or Wadex) ('wdks)

word and author index

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WADF

(USA ) Western Air Defense

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WADS

wide-area data service

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w.a.e.

when actually employed

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WAF

West African Forces
• (or w.a.f.) with all faults
• (USA ) Women in the Air Force

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WAFC

West African Fisheries Commission (of the FAO)

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W. Afr.

West Africa(n)

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WAFS

(USA ) Women's Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron

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WAG

international vehicle registration for (West Africa ) Gambia
• Writers' Action Group

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WAGBI

Wildfowl Association of Great Britain and Ireland

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WAGGGS

World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts

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WAHUHA

Waugh, Huber, and Haberlen (as in WAHUHA sequence )

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WAIF

World Adoption International Fund

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WAIS

Psychol. Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale
• Computing wide-area information service

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WAIS-R

Psychol. Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale – Revised

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Wal.

Walloon

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WAL

international vehicle registration for (West Africa ) Sierra Leone

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WAM

work analysis and measurement
• (USA ) wrap around mortgage

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WAN (wæn)

Computing wide-area network

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Wand.

Football Wanderers

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w & i

weighing and inspection

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W & L

(USA ) Washington and Lee University

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W & M

William and Mary (English joint sovereigns 1689–1702 and 1689–94, respectively)

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W & S

whisky and soda

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W & T

Taxation wear and tear

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WANS

Women's Australian National Service

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WAOS

Welsh Agricultural Organization Society

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WAP

work assignment plan (or procedure)

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WAPC

Women's Auxiliary Police Corps

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WAPOR

World Association for Public Opinion Research

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war.

warrant

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War.

Warsaw
• Warwickshire

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WAR

West Africa Regiment

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WARC

(USA ) Western Air Rescue Center
• World Administrative Radio Conference
• World Alliance of Reformed Churches

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WARI

(Australia ) Waite Agricultural Research Institute

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Warks

Warwickshire

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warn.

warning

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warr. (or warrty)

warranty

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WASA

Welsh Amateur Swimming Association

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Wash.

Washington

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WASP (wsp) (or Wasp)

(USA ) white Anglo-Saxon Protestant
• (USA ) Women Airforce Service Pilots

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WAST

Western Australia Standard Time

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Wat.

Waterford

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WAT

Aeronautics weight, altitude, temperature (as in WAT curves )
• Psychol. word association test

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WATA

World Association of Travel Agencies

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WATFOR ('wtf:)

Computing University of Waterloo Fortran (Fortran compiler)

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WATS

(USA ) Wide Area Telephone Service

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W. Aus. (or W. Aust.)

Western Australia

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WAV

Computing waveform

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WAVES (or Waves) (wevz)

US Navy Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service

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WAWF

World Association of World Federalists

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WAY

World Assembly of Youth

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WAYC

Welsh Association of Youth Clubs

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w.b.

wage board
• waste ballast
• water ballast
• waybill
• westbound
• wheel base
• Knitting wool back

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Wb

Magnetism , symbol for weber

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WB

British vehicle registration for Sheffield
• (or W/B) warehouse book
• Warner Brothers (Pictures, Incorporated)
• water board
• (or W/B) Telecom. waveband
• (or W/B) Commerce waybill
• weather bureau
• Psychol. Wechsler-Bellevue (Intelligence Scale)
• Insurance weekly benefits
• World Bank

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WBA

West Bromwich Albion (Football Club)
• World Boxing Association

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WBAFC

(USA ) Weather Bureau Area Forecast Center

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WBAN

(USA ) Weather Bureau, Air Force and Navy

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WBC

Med. white blood cell
• Med. white blood (cell) count
• World Boxing Council

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WBF

World Bridge Federation

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WBGT

Meteorol. wet-bulb globe temperature (or thermometer)

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w.b.i.

will be issued

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WBI

Med. whole-body irradiation

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WbN

west by north

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w.b.s.

Engineering walking-beam suspension
• Insurance without benefit of salvage

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WbS

west by south

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WBS

Med. whole-body scan
• Physics wide-band spectrometer (or spectrum)

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WBT

Meteorol. wet-bulb temperature

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w.c.

watch committee
• water closet
• water cock
• without charge

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WC

British vehicle registration for Chelmsford
• airline fight code for Islena Airlines
• war cabinet
• war council
• water closet
• Wesleyan chapel
• postcode for west central London
• Military Western Command
• Whitley Council
• working capital
• Computing world coordinates

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W/C

Wing Commander

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WCA

Wholesale Confectioners' Alliance
• Wildlife and Countryside Act
• Women's Christian Association

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WCAT

Welsh College of Advanced Technology

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WCC

War Crimes Commission
• World Council of Churches

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W/Cdr (or W. Cdr)

Wing Commander

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WCEU

World Christian Endeavour Union

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WCF

World Congress of Faiths

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WCL

World Confederation of Labour

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WCP

World Climate Programme
• World Council of Peace

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WCRA

(USA ) Weather Control Research Association
• Women's Cycle Racing Association

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WCT

World Championship Tennis

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WCTU

(USA , Canada ) Women's Christian Temperance Union

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WCWB

World Council for the Welfare of the Blind

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wd

ward
• warranted
• weed
• wood
• word
• would
• wound

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w/d

warranted
• well developed

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WD

airline flight code for Halisa Air
• international vehicle registration for (Windward Islands) Dominica
• British vehicle registration for Dudley
• War Department
• postcode for Watford
• Irish fishing port registration for Wexford
• Astronomy white dwarf
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• Works Department

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4WD

(USA ) four-wheel drive

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W/D

Banking withdrawal

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WDA

Welsh Development Agency
• Taxation writing-down allowance

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WDC

War Damage Commission
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winding

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wood screw

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wave (or wind) energy converter
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weighing
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world geophysical interval

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warehouse gross performance measurement system

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wharfinger

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Whitehall (London )

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(USA ) White House Office
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(USA ) Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

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whether

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World Health Research Centre

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warehouse

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Whitworth Scholar

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wholesale

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warehousing

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warehouse receipt

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warehouse stock

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William Herschel Telescope (La Palma)

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wounded in action

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Warsaw International Consumer Association

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widow(er)

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West India Docks (London )

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West Indies Federation

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will comply (in radio communications, etc.)

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Women's International League for Peace and Freedom

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Wiltshire

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Physics weakly interacting massive particle
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(USA ) Work Incentive

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Winchester

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West Indian
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Windward Islands

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Wing Commander

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Finance warrants in negotiable government securities

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Winnipeg

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winter

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Wintoniensis (Latin: (Bishop) of Winchester)

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waste incineration plant
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World Intellectual Property Organization

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Wool Industries Research Association

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weather information reporting and display system

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Wisconsin

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Psychol. Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children

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Psychol. Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised

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Old Testament Wisdom of Solomon

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wide-range imaging spectrometer

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witness

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Women's International Tennis Association

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withdrawal

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without

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Women's International Zionist Organization

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World Jewish Congress

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Welsh Joint Education Committee

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weak
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warehouse keeper
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Physics Wentzel-Kramers-Brillouin (as in WKB solution of the Schrödinger equation)

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weekdays

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working

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weekly

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worker
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weeks
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workshop

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wool

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Women's Land Army

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Computing wireless local area network

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(USA ) War Labor Board

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would

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World Championship

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welder

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Women's Liberal Federation

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Knitting wool forward

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Women's Local Government Society

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Women's League of Health and Beauty

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workload index

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Women's Liberation Movement

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Wellington (New Zealand)

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Wiswesser line notation

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west longitude

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West Lothian

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Wild Life Preservation Society of Australia

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Weekly Law Reports

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World Life Research Institute

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Statistics weighted least squares

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Watermen, Lightermen, Tugmen, and Bargemen's Union

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would like to meet (in personal advertisements)

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World Liberal Union

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World Land Use Survey

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westerly

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waltz

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William

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Working Mothers' Association
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Whitney Museum of American Art

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(USA ) War Manpower Commission (in World War II)
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Working Men's Club and Institute Union Ltd

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Trademark Windows metafile format

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watermark

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World Movement of Mothers

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World Meteorological Organization

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with much pleasure

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Wesleyan Missionary Society
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Women's Mechanized Transport Corps

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Shipping winter North Atlantic loading (on load line)

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with no down payment

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Welsh National Eisteddfod

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within normal limits

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Women's National Liberal Federation

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Welsh National Opera

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Welsh Nationalist Party

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west-northwest

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walkover
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without
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British vehicle registration for Cardiff
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without answers

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Wharf Owners' Association

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Women Organized Against Rape

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washed overboard

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without compensation

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world outside centrally planned economic areas

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(New Zealand ) Warrant of Fitness (for vehicles)

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Wolfson College, Oxford

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World Organization for Mothers of All Nations

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Knitting wool on needle

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Navy Warrant Ordnance Officer
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with other property
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without personnel or equipment

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Worshipful

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without our responsibility

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Worcester College, Oxford

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(USA ) Washington Operations Research Council

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Worcestershire

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Computing write once, read many (times)

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worldwide synchronization of atomic clocks

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War Office Selection Board

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waiting on weather
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waste paper
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Water Polo Association
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(USA ) War Production Board (in World War II)
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(USA ) Women's Professional Basketball League

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World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association

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War Pension(s) Committee
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(USA ) Water Pollution Control Administration

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(USA ) Water Pollution Control Federation

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white porcelain enamel

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within pulse electronic sector scanning (in WPESS sonar )

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West Pacific Fisheries Commission

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Worshipful

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waterproofing

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Computing , trademark WordPerfect graphic

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Women's Professional Golfers' Association

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Western Pacific High Commission

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wholesale price index
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warning-point level

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words per minute

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World Professional Marathon Swimming Federation

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weapon

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Psychol. Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence

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Water Pollution Research Laboratory

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with prior service

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Women's Playhouse Trust

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warehouse receipt
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(USA ) War Relocation Authority
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Women's Royal Australian Army Corps

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Women's Royal Australian Air Force

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Women's Royal Army Corps

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Women's Royal Air Force

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Computing Windows random-access memory

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Women's Royal Australian Naval Service

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Water Research Centre
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(Australia ) Weapons Research Establishment

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with reference (to)

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war risks insurance
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Knitting wool round needle

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Meteorol. warning

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Women's Royal Naval Reserve

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Women's Royal Naval Service

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warrant

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Insurance war risks only

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Weed Research Organization (of the AFRC)

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Worker's Revolutionary Party

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Cycling Women's Road Records Association

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wrought (of iron)

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with respect to

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Welsh Rugby Union
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Women's Royal Voluntary Service (formerly WVS)

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British vehicle registration for Bristol
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(USA ) War Shipping Administration

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Western Samoa

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World Series Cricket

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World Student Christian Federation

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Wake Shield Facility
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Writers and Scholars International

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(ital.) (USA ) Wall Street Journal

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Warren Spring Laboratory (Stevenage, Herts)

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Women's Suffrage Movement

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water supply point

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Women's Social and Political Union

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Westerbork Synthesis Radio Telescope

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Welsh Secondary Schools Association

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World Service Television News

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World Service Television

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Wichita State University

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west-southwest

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warrant
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winner takes all
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World Trade Alliance Association

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Women's Total Abstinence Union

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Wheat Trade Convention

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warranted

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Waterford

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wind turbine generator

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whole-tree harvesting

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weather

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World Trade Information Service

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watertight manhole

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Worldwide Television News

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Warsaw Treaty Organization
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willing(ness) to pay

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winter
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Wool Textile Research Council

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Women's Transport Service (now amalgamated with FANY)

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World Team Tennis

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Wholesale Tobacco Trade Association of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

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World Travel and Tourism Council

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World Trade Union Conference

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Women's Trade Union League

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World Union of Catholic Teachers

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World Underwater Federation

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World Union of Jewish Students

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World Union for Progressive Judaism

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World University Round Table

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World University Service

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Women's United Service League

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Chem. weight in volume (of solution)

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West Virginia

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World Veterinary Association

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waived

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Wereldverbond van Diamant Bewerkers (Dutch: Universal Alliance of Diamond Workers)

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World Veterans' Federation

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Women's Voluntary Service (see WRVS)

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water vapour transfer (or transmission)

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West Virginia University

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weight for weight
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British vehicle registration for Leeds
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World War One (1914–18)

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World War Two (1939–45)

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World War Debt Commission

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Shipping weather working days, Sundays, and holidays excluded

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Witwe (German: widow)

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Worldwide Fund for Nature (formerly World Wildlife Fund)
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World Wide Military Command and Control System

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Wing Warrant Officer

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worldwide standard seismograph network

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World Water Ski Union

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(ital.) Who Was Who
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Queen's Own Warwickshire and Worcestershire Yeomanry

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British vehicle registration for Leeds
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Wycliffe (see Wycl.)
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John Wycliffe (c. 1330–84, English religious reformer)

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Wyoming

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West Yorkshire Regiment

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Computing what you see (on the screen) is what you get (from the printer)

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Warenzeichen (German: trademark)

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World Zionist Organization

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x

Genetics , symbol for the basic number of chromosomes in a genome
• (ital.) Maths. , symbol for a Cartesian coordinate (usually horizontal, as in x-axis )
• Bridge , symbol for any card other than an honour
• symbol for cross (as in x-cut , x'd out )
• Commerce , Finance , etc. ex
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• Meteorol. , symbol for hoar-frost
• (ital.) Chem. , symbol for mole fraction
• (ital.) Maths. , symbol for an algebraic variable

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X

Films , symbol for adults only (former certification, still used in X-rated , X-rating )
• symbol for beer strength (in XX , XXX , etc.)
• symbol for choice (on a ballot paper)
• Christ (from Greek letter × (chi), representing ch)
• symbol for Cross (as in King's X )
• symbol for error
• experiment(al)
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• (ital.) Physics , symbol for exposure dose
• extension
• extra
• extraordinary
• Chem. , symbol for a halogen (as in MgX )
• symbol for a kiss
• symbol for the location of a place or point on a map, diagram, etc
• symbol for his (or her) mark
• (ital.) Electricity , symbol for reactance
• Roman numeral for ten
• symbol for any unknown, unspecified, or variable thing, factor, number, or person. See also X-ray
• Biochem. , symbol for xanthosine
• X-ray
• symbol for xylonite (a plastic)
• Genetics , indicating a sex chromosome in humans and most animals (as in X chromosome , X-linked , XYY syndrome )

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X2

airline flight code for China Xinhua Airlines

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airline flight code for Haiti Trans Air

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airline flight code for Sunworld International Airlines

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international civil aircraft marking for Guinea

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international civil aircraft marking for Israel

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International civil aircraft marking for Uganda

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xa

Finance ex all (without any benefits)

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international civil aircraft marking for Mexico

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Xaa

Biochem. , symbol for an unknown amino acid (in a sequence)

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xan.

Chem. xanthene
• Chem. xanthic

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Chem. X-ray absorption spectroscopy

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Finance ex bonus (i.e. without bonus shares)

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international civil aircraft marking for Mexico

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December

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decembre (French: December)

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exhibit

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expendable bathythermograph

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Finance ex capitalization (without capitalization)
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(USA , Canada ) cross-country (in XC skiing )
• international civil aircraft marking for Mexico

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Insurance excess current liabilities

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Finance ex coupon (see under xc)

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except

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Med. X-ray computed tomography

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xd

Finance ex dividend (without dividend)

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executed

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Physics X-ray diffraction

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Finance ex dividend (without dividend)

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XDP

Biochem. xanthosine 5'-diphosphate

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crusader

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extended dynamic range (of cassettes)

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Chem. , symbol for xenon

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Xenophon (c. 430–c. 356 BC, Greek historian)

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Xerox

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XES

Chem. X-ray emission spectroscopy (or spectrum)

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airline flight code for Vladivostok Air

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Chem. X-ray fluorescence analysis

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xfer

transfer

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xfmr (or xformer)

transformer

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crossing

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Extended graphics array

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extended general musical instrument digital interface

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x-height

Printing , indicating typesize of lower-case letters excluding ascenders and descenders (from the height of the lower-case x)

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xhst

exhaust

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xi (or x in)

Finance ex interest (without interest)

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British vehicle registration for Belfast
• Med. X-ray imaging

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XL

extra large (clothing size)

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excellent

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Med. X-linked lymphoproliferative (in XLP syndrome )

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extra-long wheelbase

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experimental missile

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Xmas ('ksms)

Christmas

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xmit

transmit

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XMP

Biochem. xanthosine monophosphate

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XMS

Computing extended memory specification

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xmsn

transmission

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transmitter

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Finance ex new (without right to new shares)

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Christian

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x/nt

excellent

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Xnty

Christianity

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XO

executive officer
• Chem. xylenol orange (indicator)
• indicating a cognac of superior quality

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XOR (or xor) ('ks:)

Electronics , Computing exclusive-OR (as in XOR gate

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XP

symbol or monogram for Christ or Christianity (from X (chi) and P (rho), the first two letters of the Greek word for Christ)
• (or x.p.) express paid
• Med. xeroderma pigmentosum

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XPES

Chem. X-ray photoelectron (or photoemission) spectroscopy (or spectrum)

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Computing X/Open's portability guide

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xpl.

explosive

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xplt

exploit

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expansion

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X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy

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cross-question

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Finance ex rights (without rights)

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examiner

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X-ray(s)

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X-ray

indicating electromagnetic radiation of very short wavelength (X refers to its unknown nature at the time of its discovery)

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XRD

X-ray diffraction

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crossroads

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X-ray emission

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x ref. (or X ref.)

cross reference

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X-ray fluorescence

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XRFA

Chem. X-ray fluorescence analysis

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Chem. X-ray fluorescence spectrometry

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Med. X-ray mammography

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X-ray microprobe analysis

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Med. X-ray topography

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Finance ex rights (without rights)

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expenses

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XS3 code

Computing excess-3 code

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Christ

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airline flight code for Air Exel Netherlands
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xtal

crystal

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Astronomy X-ray Timing Explorer

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Building trades cross-tongued

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Christian

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XTP

Biochem. xanthosine 5'-triphosphate

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extra

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extraordinary

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Christianity

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international civil aircraft marking for Cambodia

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Computing X user interface

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Astronomy extreme ultraviolet

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airline flight code for Air Express I Norrköping

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Finance ex warrants (without warrants)

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extra-long wheelbase

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Computing , trademark indicating a precisely defined form of windowing mechanism developed by MIT

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XX

Meteorol. heavy

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international civil aircraft marking for Myanmar (Burma )

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xyl.

xylophone

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Biochem. xylose

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British vehicle registration for Armagh
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y

(ital.) symbol for altitude
• (ital.) Maths. , symbol for a Cartesian coordinate (usually vertical, as in y-axis )
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y.

yacht
• yard
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Y(ital.)

Electricity , symbol for admittance
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• symbol for yen (Japanese monetary unit)
• (or Y.) Yeomanry
• Colloquial YMCA, YWCA, YMHA, or YWHA
• Irish fishing port registration for Youghal
• Chem. , symbol for yttrium
• symbol for yuan (Chinese monetary unit; see also RMB)
• (or Y.) Yugoslavia
• Genetics , indicating a sex chromosome of humans and most animals (as in Y chromosome , Y-linked , XYY syndrome )

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airline flight code for Alliance Airlines

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airline flight code for Eagle Aviation

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airline flight code for Europe Elite

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airline flight code for Trans Air Congo

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airline flight code for Yute Air Alaska

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international civil aircraft marking for Kenya

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international civil aircraft marking for Jamaica
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airline flight code for Ecuato Guineana de Aviacion

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international civil aircraft marking for Trinidad and Tobago

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international civil aircraft marking for Afghanistan
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• (USA ) young adult

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Young American Bowling Alliance

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Genetics yeast artificial chromosome(s)

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Computing yet another compiler-compiler

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Electronics yttriumaluminium garnet

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Young Australia League

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US Navy yards and docks

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York and Lancaster Regiment

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international vehicle registration for Yemen
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Yarrow-Admiralty research department

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Yorkshire Agricultural Society

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(formerly) Yakut Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic

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Colloquial (USA ) young, attractive, verbal, intelligent, and successful

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Chem. , symbol for ytterbium

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British vehicle registration for Taunton
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airline flight code for Flight West Airlines
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Youth Camping Association

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Young Conservative and Unionist Organization

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(USA ) Young Communist League

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Young Conservative National Advisory Committee

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(International) Young Catholic Students

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yacht

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Colloquial you can't win
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yard

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British vehicle registration for Taunton
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yesterday

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yarding

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yards

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British vehicle registration for London (central)
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(USA ) Yale Engineering Association

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yearbook

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yellow

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Yellowstone National Park (USA )

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Yemen(i)

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yeomanry
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Youth Employment Officer

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Finance yearly effective rate (of interest)

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Youth Employment Service
• Youth Enterprise Scheme

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yesterday

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British vehicle registration for London (central)

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Young Farmers' Club
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Young Farmers' Club of Ulster

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Electronics yttrium-ferrite garnet

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British vehicle registration for Leeds

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airline flight code for Air Baffin
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Youth Hostels Association

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Youth Hostels Association of Northern Ireland

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indicating the Hebrew name for God (Yahweh or Jehovah; as revealed to Moses)

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Yiddish

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Irish vehicle registration for Dublin
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Electronics yttrium-iron garnet

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Colloquial (USA ) (a member of the) Youth International Party

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British vehicle registration for Brighton
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airline flight code for Cyprus Turkish Airlines
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international civil aircraft marking for Latvia
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Yorkshire Light Infantry

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British vehicle registration for London (central)
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Yacht and Motor Boat Association

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Young Men's Christian Association

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(USA ) Young Men's Catholic Association

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Young Men's Christian Union

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Young Men's Friendly Society

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Young Men's Hebrew Association

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Microbiol. yellow mosaic virus

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British vehicle registration for London (central)
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YNP

Yellowstone National Park (USA )

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y.o.

Knitting yarn over
• year(s) old (following a number)

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British vehicle registration for London (central)
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year of birth

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Young Ornithologists' Club (of the RSPB)

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year of death

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year of marriage

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Youth Opportunities Programme

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Yorkshire

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y.p.

Finance year's purchase

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British vehicle registration for London (central)
• Mechanics yield point
• young person (or people)
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Young Pioneers of America

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(Bolivia ) Yacimientos Petroliferos Fiscales Bolvianos (state petroleum organization)

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(USA ) Young People's Society of Christian Endeavour

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(USA ) Young People's Socialist League

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Young People's Trust for Endangered Species

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yr

year
• younger
• your

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British vehicle registration for London (central)
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yrbk

yearbook

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symbol for Yemen riyal (monetary unit)

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yrly

yearly

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yrs

years
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Ys.

Yugoslavia(n)

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YS

international civil aircraft marking for El Salvador
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(USA ) Young Socialist Alliance

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YSAG

Electronics yttrium-scandium-aluminium garnet

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YSO

Astronomy young stellar object

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yst

youngest

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yacht

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YT

British vehicle registration for London (central)
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• Yukon Territory

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y.t.b.

Knitting yarn to back

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YTD

Accounting year to date

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y.t.f.

Knitting yarn to front

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YTS

Youth Training Scheme

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YU

British vehicle registration for London (central)
• Yale University (USA )
• international vehicle registration or international civil aircraft marking for Yugoslavia

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Yugo.

Yugoslavia

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Yuk.

Yukon

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YUP

Yale University Press

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yuppie (or yuppy) ('jp)

Colloquial young urban (or upwardly mobile) professional

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YV

British vehicle registration for London (central)
• international vehicle registration or international civil aircraft marking for Venezuela

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YVF

Young Volunteer Force

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YVFF

Young Volunteer Force Foundation

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YW

airline flight code for Air Nostrum
• British vehicle registration for London (central)
• Colloquial YWCA (or a YWCA hostel)

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YWCA

Young Women's Christian Association

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YWCTU

Young Women's Christian Temperance Union

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YWF

Young World Federalists

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YWHA

Young Women's Hebrew Association

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YWS

Young Wales Society
• Young Workers' Scheme

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YX

British vehicle registration for London (central)
• airline flight code for Midwest Express

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YY

British vehicle registration for London (central)

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YZ

British vehicle registration for Londonderry

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Z

z

(ital.) Maths. , symbol for a Cartesian coordinate (as in z-axis )
• (ital.) Chem. , symbol for charge number
• Meteorol. , symbol for haze
• (ital.) Maths. , symbol for an algebraic variable.

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z.

zero
• zone

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Z

Irish vehicle registration for Dublin
• (ital.) Electricity , symbol for impedance
• (ital.) Physics , symbol for proton number
• international vehicle registration for Zambia
• international civil aircraft marking for Zimbabwe
• Genetics , indicating a sex chromosome in birds and some insects
• Physics , indicating a type of fundamental particle

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Z. (or Z)

zero (as in Z-day )
• Zion(ist)
• Zoll (German: customs)
• zone

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Z3

airline flight code for Star Airways

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Z7

airline flight code for Zimbabwe Express Airlines

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Z9

airline flight code for Aero Zambia

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2Z

airline flight code for Chang-An Airlines

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3Z

airline flight code for Necon Air

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4Z

airline flight code for S. A. Airlink

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8Z

airline flight code for Alaska Island Air

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ZA

Irish vehicle registration for Dublin
• international vehicle registration for South Africa

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Zag.

Zagreb

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Zam.

Zambia

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ZAMS

Astronomy zero-age main sequence

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Zan. (or Zanz.)

Zanzibar

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ZANU (or Zanu) ('zæn:)

Zimbabwe African National Union

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ZANU (PF) (or Zanu (PF)) ('zæn: 'pi: 'f)

Zimbabwe African National Union (Patriotic Front)

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ZAP

Military zero anti-aircraft potential

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ZAPU (or Zapu) ('zæp:)

Zimbabwe African People's Union

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z.B.

zum Beispiel (German: for example; e.g.)

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ZB

Irish vehicle registration for Cork
• airline flight code for Monarch Airlines
• Zen Buddhist

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ZBB

Finance (USA ) zero-base(d) budgeting

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ZC

Irish vehicle registration for Dublin
• airline fight code for Royal Swazi National Airways
• Zionist Congress

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Z-car

indicating a police patrol car (from zulu, radio call sign)

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ZCY

Electronics zirconia-ceria-yttria

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ZD

Irish vehicle registration for Dublin
• Electronics Zener diode
• Astronomy zenith distance

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Z-day

Military zero day

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Z-DNA

Biochem. zigzagged DNA

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ZE

Irish vehicle registration for Dublin
• postcode for Lerwick

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ZEBRA ('zi:br)

Nuclear engineering zero-energy breeder-reactor assembly

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Zech.

Bible Zephariah

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Zeep (zi:p)

Nuclear engineering zero-energy experimental pile

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ZEG

zero economic growth

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zen.

zenith

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ZENITH ('zn)

Nuclear engineering zero-energy nitrogen-heated thermal reactor

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Zeph.

Bible Zephaniah

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zero-g

zero gravity (weightlessness)

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ZETA ('zi:t)

Nuclear engineering zero-energy thermonuclear apparatus (or assembly)

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ZETR ('zi:t)

Nuclear engineering zero-energy thermal reactor

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ZF

airline flight code for Airborne of Sweden
• Irish vehicle registration for Cork
• (or z.f.) zero frequency

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ZFGBI

Zionist Federation of Great Britain and Ireland

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ZG

Irish vehicle registration for Dublin
• airline flight code for Sabair Airlines
• Zoological Gardens

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z.H. (or z.Hd.)

zu Händen (German: for the attention of, f.a.o.; or care of, c/o)

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ZH

Irish vehicle registration for Dublin
• zero hour

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ZHR

Astronomy zenithal hourly rate

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ZI

Irish vehicle registration for Dublin
• Military zone of interior

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ZIF (zf)

Electronics zero insertion force (in ZIF socket )

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ZIFT (zft)

Med. zygote intrafallopian transfer (treatment for infertility)

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ZIL

Computing zigzag in-line

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zip (or Zip) (zp)

Computing zigzag in-line package
• (USA ) zone improvement plan (in zip code , US postcode)

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ZJ

Irish vehicle registration for Dublin

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ZK

Irish vehicle registration for Cork
• airline flight code for Great Lakes Aviation
• international civil aircraft marking for New Zealand

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Zl

symbol for zloty (Polish monetary unit)

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ZL

Irish vehicle registration for Dublin
• international civil aircraft marking for New Zealand

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ZM

Irish vehicle registration for Galway

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Zn

Chem. , symbol for zinc

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ZN

airline flight code for Eagle Airlines
• Irish vehicle registration for Meath
• international civil aircraft marking for New Zealand

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ZO

Irish vehicle registration for Dublin
• Zionist Organization

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ZOA

Zionist Organization of America

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zod.

zodiac

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zoogeog.

zoogeography

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zool.

zoological
• zoologist
• zoology

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ZP

Irish vehicle registration for Donegal
• international civil aircraft marking for Paraguay

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ZPG

zero population growth

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ZQ

airline flight code for Ansett New Zealand

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Zr

Chem. , symbol for zirconium

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ZR

Irish vehicle registration for Wexford

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Zs.

Zeithschrift (German: periodical or journal)

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ZS

Irish vehicle registration for Dublin
• international civil aircraft marking for South Africa
• Zoological Society

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ZSI

Zoological Society of Ireland

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ZST

zone standard time

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z.T.

zum Teil (German: partly)

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ZT

Irish vehicle registration for Cork
• airline flight code for Satena
• international civil aircraft marking for South Africa
• zone time

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Ztg

Zeitung (German: newspaper)

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ZU

Irish vehicle registration for Dublin
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Zulu.

Zululand

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ZUM

Zimbabwe Unity Movement

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Zur.

Zürich

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ZV

Irish vehicle registration for Dublin

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zw.

zwischen (German: between or among)

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ZW

Irish vehicle registration for Kildare
• international vehicle registration for Zimbabwe

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ZX

Irish vehicle registration for Kerry

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ZY

Irish vehicle registration for Louth

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zz

zigzag

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Zz.

Med. , Pharmacol. ginger (Latin zingiber)

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ZZ

British vehicle registration for vehicles temporarily imported by visitors from abroad

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OXFORD

UNIVERSITY PRESS
The Oxford Dictionary of Abbreviations

Reproduced by kind permission of Market House Books Ltd.
Editors Market House Books Ltd

Fran Alexander

Peter Blair

John Daintith

Alice Grandison

Valerie Illingworth

Elizabeth Martin

Anne Stibbs

Oxford University Press

Judy Pearsall

Sara Tulloch

20,000 abbreviations; 36,000 definitions
This is the most comprehensive dictionary of abbreviations available. In a world of rapidly proliferating abbreviations and acronyms, it is indispensable at home and in the office. Authoritative and up-to-date, it covers the most important business, scientific, and technical abbreviations, as well as those in everyday use. In addition to abbreviations used in English-speaking countries, the dictionary includes some non-English terms.

Second Edition
ISBN 0198608349

Second Edition, 1998

E-book copyright © 2003.

© Market House Books Ltd 1992, 1998, 2002