aberdeenshire - abd
able seaman - ab (able-bodied) academician - a account - ac accountant - ac, aca, ca ace - a acre - a across - a adult - a advertisement - ad Afghanistan - af, afg after date - ad aircraftsman - ac Alabama - al Alaska - ak Albania - al, alb Alderney - ald Algeria - dz, dza |
alternating current - ac
alto - a aluminium - al (elemental symbol) America - am, amer ampere - a Anglesey - agy Anglo-Saxon - as Angola - ago, ao angstrom - a Angus - ans annual meeting - agm answer - a, ans Antartica - aq, ata Antrim - ant arab - ar are - a area - a Argentina - ar, arg |
argon - ar (elemental symbol)
Argyllshire - arl Arizona - az Arkansas - ar Armagh - arm Armenia - am, arm army regulation - ar arrival - ar, arr arsenic - as (elemental symbol) artificial intelligence - ai associate - a Australia - au, aus Austria - at, aut average - ave, aver Avon - avn Ayrshire - ayr Azerbaijan - az, aze |
bachelor - b
Bachelor of Arts - ba Bahamas - bhs, bs Bahrain - bh, bhr band of citizens - cb Banffshire - ban Bangladesh - bd, bgd Barbados - bb, brb barium - ba (elemental symbol) baron - b bass - b Bedfordshire - bdf before Christ - bc behind - b Belarus - blr, by Belgium - be, bel Belize - blz, bz Benin - ben, bj |
Berkshire - brk
Bermuda - bm, bmu Berwickshire - bew Bhutan - bt, btn billion - b birth - b bishop - b, bp black - b bloody - b Bolivia - bo, bol book - b books - bb Borders - bor born - b Botswana - bw, bwa bowled - b boy - b branch -br |
Brazil - br, bra
breadth - b Breconshire - bre bridge - br brig - br Britain - b, br British Museum - bm British Rail - br brother - br, bro Brunei - bn, brn Buckinghamshire - bkm Bulgaria - bg, bgr Burkina Faso - bf, bfa Burundi - bdi, bi business - biz Bute - but |
Caernarvonshire - cae
Caithness - cai calcium - ca (elemental symbol) California - ca Cambodia - kh, khm Cambridgeshire - cam Cameroon - cm, cmr Canada - ca, can cape - c Cape Verde - cpv, cv carat - car, ct carbon - c (elemental symbol) carbon monoxide - co Cardiganshire - cgn care of - co Carlow - car Carmarthenshire - cmn caught - c Cavan - cav Cayman Islands - cym, ky cedi - c (Ghana currency) Celsius - c cent - c centigrade - c centime - c, ct central - cen Central African Republic - caf, cf |
central heating - ch
century - c Chad - tcd, td champion - ch Channel Islands - ci chapter - c, ch Cheshire - chs chief - ch child - ch Chile - chl, cl China - chn, cn chlorine - cl (elemental symbol) church - ch Church of England - ce circa - c citation - cit Civil Service - cs Clackmannanshire - clk Clare - cla clubs - c (card suit) Clwyd - cwd cobalt - co (elemental symbol) cocaine - c cold - c college - c Colombia - co, col Colorado - co |
commander - com
commanding officer - co Comoros - com, km Companion of Honour - ch company - co Connecticut - ct conservative - c, con contralto - c copper - cu (elemental symbol) copyright - c Cork - cor Cornwall - con Costa Rica - cr, cri coulomb - c county - co county council - cc court - ct credit - cr Croatia - hr, hrv (Hrvatska) crown - cr Cuba - cu, cub Cumberland - cul Cumbria - cma Cyprus - cy, cyp Czech Republic - cz, cze |
damn - d
date - d daughter - d day - d days - dd death - d debit - dr deci - d (prefix) degree - deg Delaware - de Democrat - d Denbighshire - den Denmark - dk, dnk density - d depth - d |
Derbyshire - dby
detective - det deuterium - d Deutsch - d Devon - dev diameter - d diamonds - d (card suit) died - d director - d director general - dg district attorney - da ditto - do Djibouti - dj, dji doctor - d, dr doctor of divinity - dd |
Dominica - dm, dma
Dominican Republic - do, dom Donegal - don Dorset - dor down - d Down - dow drawer - dr Dublin - dub duke - d Dumfries & Galloway - dgy Dumfries-shire - dfs Dunbartonshire - dnb Durham - dur Dyfed - dfd |
each - ea
earth - e East Lothian - eln East Riding of Yorkshire - ery East Sussex - sxe eastern - e ecstasy - e Ecuador - ec, ecu |
editor - ed
Egypt - eg, egy El Salvador - slv, sv energy - e England - e, eng Equatorial Guinea - gnq, gq Eritrea - er, eri Essex - ess |
estimated time of arrival - eta
Estonia - ee, est Ethiopia - et, eth European - e evening - eve ever - eer, er extraterrestrial - et |
fahrenheit - f
farad - f farthing - f father - fr fathom - f feet - ft fellow - f female - f feminine - f Fermanagh - fer Fife - fif Fiji - fj, fji filly - f |
Finland - fi, fin
Flintshire - fln Florida - fl fluid - fl fluorine - f (elemental symbol) folio - f, fo, fol folios - ff following - f followings - ff foot - ft for example - e.g. (example gratia) force - f forced - fz |
foreign office - fo
forte - f fortissimo - ff franc - fr France - fr, fra free of charge - foc free on board - fob free on rail - for frequency - f friar - fr Friday - f, fri |
Gabon - ga, gab
Galway - gal Gambia - gm, gmb gauss - g general - gen general service - gs general staff - gs genesis - gen Georgia - ga, ge, geo Germany - de, deu Ghana - gh, gha Gibraltar - gi, gib girl - g |
Glamorgan - gla
Gloucestershire - gls gold - au (elemental symbol) good - g government - g government issue - gi gram - g Grampian - gmp grand - g gravity - g great - gt Great Britain - gb Greater Manchester - gtm |
Greece - gr, grc
Greenland - gl, grl Grenada - gd, grd Guatemala - gt, gtm Guernsey - gsy guinea - g Guinea - gin, gn Guinea-Bissau - gnb, gw gulf - g gunmen - grs (gunners) Guyana - guy, gy Gwent - gnt Gwynedd - gwn |
Haiti - ht, hti
Hampshire - ham hand - h hard - h Hawaii - hi headquarters - hq hearts - h (card suit) hectare - ha height - h helium - he (elemental symbol) Her Majesty - hm |
Hereford & Worcester - hwr
Herefordshire - hef heroin - h Hertfordshire - hrt high tension - ht Highland - hld hire purchase - hp His Excellency - he His Majesty - hm holy see - va (Vatican) home office - ho |
Honduras - hn, hnd
Hong Kong - hk, hkg hospital - h hot - h hour - h, hr Humberside - hum Hungary - hu, hun Huntingdonshire - hun husband - h hydrogen - h (elemental symbol) |
I am - im
I had - id I have - ive I shall - ill I will - ill I would - id Iceland - is, isl Idaho - id identification - id Illinois - il |
in charge - ic
in command - ic India - i, in, ind Indiana - in Indonesia - id, idn institute - i Inverness-shire - inv iodine - i (elemental symbol) Iowa - ia Iran - ir, irn |
Iraq - iq, irq
Ireland - ie, irl Irish - i iron - fe (elemental symbol) island - i, is Isle of Man - im, iom Isle of Wight - iow Israel - il, isr Italy - it, ita Ivory Coast - ci, civ (Cote D'Ivoire) |
Jamaica - jam, jm
Japan - jp, jpn |
Jordan - jo, jor
joule - j |
judge - j
justice - j |
Kansas - ks
Kazakhstan - kaz, kz Kent - ken Kentucky - ky Kenya - ke, ken Kerry - ker kick off - ko |
Kildare - kid
Kilkenny - kik kilo - k kilometre - km Kincardineshire - kcd king - k Kinross-shire - krs |
Kiribati - ki, kir
Kirkcudbrightshire - kkd knight - k, kt knockout - ko krypton - kr (elemental symbol) Kuwait - kw, kwt Kyrgyzstan - kg, kgz |
laboratory - lab
labour - l, lab lake - l Lanarkshire - lks Lancashire - lan Laois - lex large - l latin - l latitude - l Latvia - lv, lva lead - pb (elemental symbol) league - l learner - l Lebanon - lb, lbn left - l |
left hand - lh
Leicestershire - lei Leitrim - let length - l Lesotho - ls, lso liberal - l, lib Liberia - lbr, lr Libya - lby, ly licentiate - l Liechtenstein - li, lie Lieutenant - lt Limerick - lim Lincolnshire - lin line - l lira - l |
lithium - li (elemental symbol)
Lithuania - lt, ltu litre - l Londonderry - ldy long playing - lp Longford - log Los Angeles - la Lothian - ltn Louisiana - la Louth - lou lumen - l luminance - l Luxembourg - lu, lux |
Macau - mac, mo
Macedonia - mk, mkd Madagascar - mdg, mg magnesium - mg (elemental symbol) maiden - m Maine - me Malawi - mw, mwi Malaysia - my, mys Maldives - mdv, mv Mali - ml, mli Malta - mlt, mt man - m manuscript - ms manuscripts - mss mare - m mark of the beast - mb marriage - m Marshall Islands - mh, mhl Martinique - mq, mtq Maryland - md masculine - m mass - m Massachusetts - ma, mass master - m |
master of arts - ma
master of ceremonies - mc Mauritania - mr, mrt Mauritius - mu, mus Mayo - may Meath - mea medium - m member - m member of parliament - mp merchant navy - mn mercury - hg (elemental symbol) Merionethshire - mer Merseyside - msy metre - m Mexico - mex, mx Michigan - mi Micronesia - fm, fsm (Federated States) Mid Glamorgan - mgm Midlothian - mln mile - m military police - mp Minnesota - mn minute - m, min Mississippi - miss, ms |
Missouri - mo
mister - mr Moldova - md, mda moment - mo Monaco - mc, mco Monaghan - mog Monday - m, mon money - m Mongolia - mn, mng Monmouthshire - mon monsieur - m Montana - mt Montenegro - me, mne Montgomeryshire - mgy month - m, mo months - mos moon - m Morayshire - mor Morocco - ma, mar mountain - mt mounted police - mp Mozambique - moz, mz Myanmar - mm, mmr |
Nairn - nai
name - n name unknown - nu Namibia - na, nam national - n Nauru - nr, nru navy - n Nebraska - ne neon - ne (elemental symbol) Nepal - np, npl Netherlands - nl, nld neutral - n Nevada - nv new - n New Hampshire - nh New Jersey - nj New Mexico - nm New Orleans - no |
New Testament - nt
New York - ny New Zealand - nz, nzl Nicaragua - ni, nic nickel - ni (elemental symbol) Niger - ne, ner Nigeria - ng, nga nitrogen - n (elemental symbol) no - n no ball - nb no date - nd no good - ng non-commissioned officer - nco noon - n Norfolk - nfk Norfolk Island - nf, nfk North America - na North Carolina - nc |
North Dakota - nd
North Pole - np North Riding of Yorkshire - nry North Yorkshire - nyk north-east - ne north-west - nw Northamptonshire - nth northern - n Northern Ireland - ni Northern Mariana Islands - mnp, mp Northern Territory - nt Northumberland - nbl Norway - no, nor not dated - nd not out - no Nottinghamshire - ntt noun - n number - no |
occupational therapy - ot
Offaly - off officer commanding - oc officer in charge - oic Ohio - oh okay - ok Oklahoma - ok old - o old boy - ob old English - oe old Etonian - oe |
Old Testament - ot
Oman - om, omn omicron - o (Greek alphabet) open university - ou operating system - os operation - op opposite - op opus - op ordinary seaman - os Oregon - or Orkney - oki |
ounce - oz
out of print - op outsize - os over - o over the top - ott overdose - od overseas - os Oxfordshire - oxf oxygen - o (elemental symbol) |
page - p
pages - pp pair - pr Pakistan - pak, pk Palau - plw, pw Palestine - ps, pse Panama - pa, pan Papua New Guinea - pg, png Paraguay - pry, py park - p pawn - p Peebles-shire - pee Pembrokeshire - pem Pennsylvania - pa person - per |
Perth - per
Peru - pe, per Philippines - ph, phl phosphorus - p (elemental symbol) physical education - pe physical training - pt pianissimo - pp (music) piano - p (music) pint - p, pt Pitcairn - pcn, pn platinum - pt (elemental symbol) point - pt Poland - pl, pol Portugal - prt, pt post office - po |
postscript - ps
potassium - k (elemental symbol) pound - l, lb power - p Powys - pow président - p, pr, pres pressure - p priest - pr prime minister - pm prince - p, pr public relations - pr public relations officer - pro Puerto Rico - pr, pri |
Qatar - qa, qat
quality - q quart - qt, qu |
Quebec - q (phonetic alphabet)
queen - q, qu Queensland - qld |
query - q
question - q, qu quiet - qt |
radius - r
Radnorshire - rad railway - br, rly, ry rand - r rare - r recipe - r rector - r red - r religious education - re Renfrewshire - rfw representative - rep republican - r resident magistrate - rm |
resistance - r
Reunion - re, reu Rhode Island - ri right - r right hand - rh right reverend - rr river - r road - r, rd Rolls Royce - rr Roman Catholic - rc Romania - ro, rou rook - r Roscommon - ros |
Ross and Cromarty - roc
Roxburghshire - rox royal - r royal academy - ra royal artillery - ra royal engineer - re royal marines - rm royal navy - rn rugby - ru (rugby union) run - r Russian Federation - ru, rus Rutland - rut Rwanda - rw, rwa |
sabbath - s
saint - s, st Saint Lucia - lc, lca saints - ss, sts Samoa - ws, wsm San Marino - sm, smr Sark - srk Saturday - s, sat Saudi Arabia - sa, sau sea - s second - s, sec second hand - sh selenium - se (elemental symbol) self-contained - sc Selkirkshire - sel Senegal - sen, sn senior - sr Serbia - rs, srb sergeant - sgt sex appeal - sa Seychelles - sc, syc Shetland - shi shilling - s Shropshire - sal Sierra Leone - sl, sle silicon - si (elemental symbol) |
silver - ag (elemental symbol)
Singapore - sg, sgp sister - s, sis Sligo - sli Slovakia - sk, svk Slovenia - si, svn small - s society - s sodium - na (elemental symbol) Solomon Islands - sb, slb Somalia - so, som Somerset - som son - s soprano - s, sop south - s South Africa - za, zaf South America - sa South Carolina - sc South Dakota - sd South Glamorgan - sgm South Island - si south pole - sp South Sudan - ss, ssd South Yorkshire - syk south-east - se south-west - sw |
southern - s
spades - s (card suit) Spain - es, esp square - s Sri Lanka - lk, lka Staffordshire - sts steamship - ss Stirlingshire - sti stone - st Strathclyde - std street - st substitute - sub Sudan - sd, sdn Suffolk - sfk sulphur - s (elemental symbol) sun - s Sunday - s, sun Sunday school - ss Suriname - sr, sur Surrey - sry Sussex - ssx Sutherland - sut Swaziland - swz, sz Sweden - se, swe Switzerland - ch, che Syria - sy, syr |
Taiwan - tw, twn
Tajikistan - tj, tjk Tanzania - tz, tza tax officer - to teetotal - tt temperature - t Tennessee - tn tenor - t Territorial Army - ta Texas - tx Thailand - th, tha |
them - em
Thursday - t, thu time - t Timor-Leste - tl, tls tin - sn (elemental symbol) Tipperary - tip titanium - ti (elemental symbol) Togo - tg, tgo ton - t Tonga - to, ton tonne - t |
Trinidad and Tobago - tt, tto
Troy - t Tuesday - t, tue tungsten - w (elemental symbol) Tunisia - tn, tun Turkey - tr, tun Turkmenistan - tkm, tm Tuvalu - tuv, tv Tyrone - tyr |
Uganda - ug, uga
Ukraine - ua, ukr union - u united - u United Arab Emirates - ae, are |
United Kingdom - gb, gbr, uk
United Nations - un United States - us, usa universal - u university - u, uni |
uranium - u (elemental symbol)
Uruguay - ury, uy Utah - ut Uzbekistan - uz, uzb |
vanadium - v (elemental symbol)
Vanuatu - vu, vut variance - var Vatican - v velocity - v Venezuela - ve, ven |
Vermont - vt
versus - v, vs very - v very black - bb (pencils) very hard - hh (pencils) victory - v |
vide - v
Vietnam - vn, vnm Virginia - va viscount - vis volt - v volume - v, vol |
Warwickshire - war
Washington - wa Waterford - wat watt - w Wednesday - w, wed week - w weight - wt Welsh - w west - w West Glamorgan - wgm West Indies - wi West Lothian - wln |
West Midlands - wmd
West Riding of Yorkshire - wry West Sussex - sxw West Virginia - wv West Yorkshire - wyk western - w Western Sahara - eh, esh Westmeath - wem Westmoreland - wes Wexford - wex whole numbers - w wicket - w |
Wicklow - wic
width - w wife - w Wigtownshire - wig Wiltshire - wil Wisconsin - wi with - w woman - w Worcestershire - wor Wyoming - wy |
yard - y
year - y, yr Yemen - ye, yem |
yen - y
yes - y Yorkshire - yks |
young - y
your - yr yttrium - y (elemental symbol) |
Zambia - zm, zmb
zero - z |
Zimbabwe - zw, zwe
zinc - zn (elemental symbol) |