A
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AA |
Anti-aircraft |
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Automobile Association |
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Architectural Association |
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Augustinians of the Assumption |
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Associate in Arts |
AAA |
Amateur Athletic Association |
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American Accounting Association |
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Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm |
AAAL |
American Academy of Arts and Letters |
AA&QMG |
Assistant Adjutant and Quartermaster-General |
AAArb |
Member, Association of Arbitrators (South Africa) |
AAAS |
American Association for the Advancement of Science |
AABC |
(Register of) Architects Accredited in Building Conservation |
AAC |
Army Air Corps |
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Amateur Athletic Club |
AADB |
Accountancy and Actuarial Discipline Board |
AAF |
Auxiliary Air Force (now see RAuxAF) |
AAFCE |
Allied Air Forces in Central Europe |
AAG |
Assistant Adjutant-General |
AAI |
Associate, Chartered Auctioneers’ and Estate Agents’ Institute (later, after amalgamation, ARICS) |
AAIL |
American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters (now see AAAL) |
AAMC |
Australian Army Medical Corps (now see RAAMC) |
A&AEE |
Aeroplane and Armament Experimental Establishment |
A&E |
Accident and Emergency |
A&R |
Artists and Repertoire |
A and SH |
Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders |
AAPS |
Aquatic and Atmospheric Physical Sciences |
AAS |
American Astronomical Society |
AASA |
Associate, Australian Society of Accountants (now see FCPA) |
AASC |
Australian Army Service Corps |
AATSE |
Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering |
AAUQ |
Associate in Accountancy, University of Queensland |
AB |
Bachelor of Arts (US) |
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able-bodied seaman |
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airborne |
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Alberta (postal) |
ABA |
Amateur Boxing Association |
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Antiquarian Booksellers’ Association |
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American Bar Association |
ABAE |
Amateur Boxing Association of England |
ABBSI |
Associate Member, British Boot and Shoe Institute |
ABC |
Australian Broadcasting Commission |
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American Broadcasting Companies |
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Amateur Boxing Club |
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Associate, Birmingham Conservatoire |
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Accredited Business Communicator |
ABCC |
Association of British Chambers of Commerce |
ABF |
Army Benevolent Fund |
ABI |
Association of British Insurers |
ABIPP |
Associate, British Institute of Professional Photography |
ABM |
Advisory Board of Ministry |
ABNM |
American Board of Nuclear Medicine |
ABP |
Associated British Ports |
Abp |
Archbishop |
ABPI |
Association of British Pharmaceutical Industry |
ABPsS |
Associate, British Psychological Society (now see AFBPsS) |
ABRC |
Advisory Board for the Research Councils |
ABSA |
Association for Business Sponsorship of the Arts |
ABSM |
Associate, Birmingham and Midland Institute School of Music |
ABTA |
Association of British Travel Agents |
AC |
Companion, Order of Australia |
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Ante Christum (before Christ) |
ACA |
Associate, Institute of Chartered Accountants |
Acad. |
Academy |
ACARD |
Advisory Council for Applied Research and Development |
ACAS |
Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service |
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Assistant Chief of the Air Staff |
ACC |
Association of County Councils |
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Anglican Consultative Council |
ACCA |
(Associate,) Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (formerly Chartered Association of Certified Accountants) |
ACCE |
Association of County Chief Executives |
ACCEL |
American College of Cardiology Extended Learning |
ACCM |
Advisory Council for the Church’s Ministry (now see ABM) |
ACCT |
Army Cadet Charitable Trust |
AcDip |
Academic Diploma in the History of Art |
AcDipEd |
Academic Diploma in Education |
ACDP |
Australian Committee of Directors and Principals |
ACDS |
Assistant Chief of Defence Staff |
ACE |
Association of Consulting Engineers |
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Member, Association of Conference Executives |
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Allied Command Europe |
ACENVO |
Association of Chief Executives of National Voluntary Organisations (now see ACEVO) |
ACEO |
Association of Chief Education Officers |
ACEVO |
Association of Chief Executives of Voluntary Organisations |
ACF |
Army Cadet Force |
ACFA |
Army Cadet Force Association |
ACFAS |
Association Canadienne-Française pour l’avancement des sciences |
ACFHE |
Association of Colleges for Further and Higher Education |
ACG |
Assistant Chaplain-General |
ACGI |
Associate, City and Guilds of London Institute |
ACGS |
Assistant Chief of the General Staff |
ACI |
Airports Council International (Europe) |
ACIArb |
Associate, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators |
ACIB |
Associate, Chartered Institute of Bankers |
ACIBS |
Associate, Chartered Institute of Bankers in Scotland |
ACIEA |
Associate, Chartered Institute of Educational Assessors |
ACIHort |
Associate, Chartered Institute of Horticulture |
ACII |
Associate, Chartered Insurance Institute |
ACIM |
Associate, Chartered Institute of Marketing |
ACIPP |
Associate, Chartered Institute of Payroll Professionals |
ACIS |
Associate, Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators (formerly Chartered Institute of Secretaries) |
ACLS |
American Council of Learned Societies |
ACM |
Association of Computing Machinery |
ACMA |
Associate, Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (formerly Institute of Cost and Management Accountants) |
ACMI |
Associate, Chartered Management Institute |
ACNS |
Assistant Chief of Naval Staff |
ACommA |
Associate, Society of Commercial Accountants (now see ASCA) |
ACORD |
Advisory Committee on Research and Development |
ACOS |
Assistant Chief of Staff |
ACOST |
Advisory Council on Science and Technology |
ACP |
Association of Clinical Pathologists |
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Associate, College of Preceptors |
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African/Caribbean/Pacific |
ACPO |
Association of Chief Police Officers |
ACR |
Accredited Conservator-Restorer |
ACRE |
Action with Rural Communities in England |
ACS |
American Chemical Society |
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Additional Curates Society |
acsc |
passed Advanced Command and Staff Course |
ACSM |
Associate, Camborne School of Mines |
AcSS |
Member, Academy of Learned Societies for the Social Sciences (now see FAcSS) |
ACT |
Australian Capital Territory |
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Australian College of Theology |
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Associate, College of Technology |
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Association of Corporate Treasurers |
ACTT |
Association of Cinematograph, Television and Allied Technicians |
ACTU |
Australian Council of Trade Unions |
ACU |
Association of Commonwealth Universities |
ACWA |
Associate, Institute of Cost and Works Accountants (now see ACMA) |
AD |
Dame of the Order of Australia |
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Anno Domini (in the year of the Lord) |
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Air Defence |
ADAS |
Agricultural Development and Advisory Service |
ADASS |
Association of Directors of Adult Social Services |
ADB |
Asian Development Bank |
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Associate of the Drama Board (Education) |
ADC |
Aide-de-camp |
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Association of District Councils |
ADCM |
Archbishop of Canterbury’s Diploma in Church Music |
AD Corps |
Army Dental Corps (now RADC) |
ADC(P) |
Personal Aide-de-camp to HM The Queen |
ADEME |
Assistant Director Electrical and Mechanical Engineering |
Ad eund |
Ad eundem gradum |
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and see under aeg |
ADGMS |
Assistant Director-General of Medical Services |
ADipC |
Advanced Postgraduate Diploma in Management Consulting |
Adjt |
Adjutant |
ADJAG |
Assistant Deputy Judge Advocate General |
ADM |
Advanced Diploma in Midwifery |
Adm. |
Admiral |
ADMS |
Assistant Director of Medical Services |
ADOS |
Assistant Director of Ordnance Services |
ADP |
Automatic Data Processing |
ADPA |
Associate Diploma of Public Administration |
ADS&T |
Assistant Director of Supplies and Transport |
ADSS |
Association of Directors of Social Services |
ADSW |
Association of Directors of Social Work |
Adv. |
Advisory |
AdvCert |
Advanced Certificate |
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Advocate |
AdvDip |
Advanced Diploma |
ADVS |
Assistant Director of Veterinary Services |
ADWE&M |
Assistant Director of Works, Electrical and Mechanical |
AE |
Air Efficiency Award |
AEA |
Atomic Energy Authority |
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Air Efficiency Award (now see AE) |
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American Economic Association |
AEAF |
Allied Expeditionary Air Force |
AEC |
Agriculture Executive Council |
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Army Educational Corps (now see RAEC) |
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Atomic Energy Commission |
AEE |
Atomic Energy Establishment |
AEEU |
Amalgamated Engineering and Electrical Union |
AEF |
Amalgamated Union of Engineering and Foundry Workers (later AEU, then AEEU) |
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American Expeditionary Forces |
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Air Experience Flight |
aeg |
ad eundem gradum (to the same degree-of the admission of a graduate of one university to the same degree at another without examination) |
AEI |
Associated Electrical Industries |
AELTC |
All England Lawn Tennis Club |
AEM |
Air Efficiency Medal |
AER |
Army Emergency Reserve |
AERE |
Atomic Energy Research Establishment (Harwell) |
Æt. |
Ætat. |
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Ætatis (aged) |
AEU |
Amalgamated Engineering Union (later AEEU) |
AEWVH |
Association for the Education and Welfare of the Visually Handicapped |
AF |
Admiral of the Fleet |
AFB |
Air Force Base |
AFBPsS |
Associate Fellow, British Psychological Society |
AFC |
Air Force Cross |
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Association Football Club |
AFCEA |
Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association |
AFCENT |
Allied Forces in Central Europe |
AFD |
Doctor of Fine Arts (US) |
AFDS |
Air Fighting Development Squadron |
AFGE |
Associate Fellow, Guild of Glass Engravers |
AFHQ |
Allied Force Headquarters |
AFI |
American Film Institute |
AFIAP |
Artiste, Fédération Internationale de l’Art Photographique |
AFIAS |
Associate Fellow, Institute of Aeronautical Sciences (US) (now see AFAIAA) |
AFIMA |
Associate Fellow, Institute of Mathematics and its Applications |
AFM |
Air Force Medal |
AFNORTH |
Allied Forces in Northern Europe |
AFOM |
Associate, Faculty of Occupational Medicine |
AFRAeS |
Associate Fellow, Royal Aeronautical Society (now see MRAeS) |
AFRC |
Agricultural and Food Research Council (now see BBSRC) |
AFRHistS |
Associate Fellow, Royal Historical Society |
AFSOUTH |
Allied Forces in Southern Europe |
AFV |
Armoured Fighting Vehicles |
AG |
Attorney-General |
AGARD |
Advisory Group for Aerospace Research and Development |
AGAvA |
Associate, Guild of Aviation Artists |
AGC |
Adjutant General’s Corps |
AGI |
Alliance Graphique Internationale |
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Associate, Institute of Certificated Grocers |
AGR |
Advanced Gas-cooled Reactor |
AGRA |
Army Group Royal Artillery |
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Association of Genealogists and Record Agents |
AGRI |
Animal Genetic Resources Information |
AGSM |
Associate, Guildhall School of Music and Drama |
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Australian Graduate School of Management |
AHA |
Area Health Authority |
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American Hospitals Association |
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Associate, Institute of Health Service Administrators (later AHSM) |
AHA(T) |
Area Health Authority (Teaching) |
AHI |
Association of Heritage Interpretation |
AHQ |
Army Headquarters |
AHRB |
Arts and Humanities Research Board (now see AHRC) |
AHRC |
Arts and Humanities Research Council |
AHSM |
Associate, Institute of Health Services Management |
ai |
ad interim |
AI |
Artificial Intelligence |
AIA |
Associate, Institute of Actuaries |
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American Institute of Architects |
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Association of International Artists |
AIAA |
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics |
AIACE |
Association Internationale des Anciens des Communautés Européennes |
AIAgrE |
Associate, Institution of Agricultural Engineers |
AIAS |
Associate Surveyor Member, Incorporated Association of Architects and Surveyors |
AIB |
Associate, Institute of Bankers (now see ACIB) |
AIBD |
Associate, Institute of British Decorators |
AIC |
Agricultural Improvement Council |
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Associate of the Institute of Chemistry (later ARIC, MRIC; now see MRSC) |
aic |
armour infantry course |
AICA |
Associate Member, Commonwealth Institute of Accountants |
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Association Internationale des Critiques d’Art |
AICE |
Associate, Institution of Civil Engineers |
AIChE |
American Institute of Chemical Engineers |
AICPA |
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants |
AICS |
Associate, Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers |
AID |
Artificial Insemination by Donor |
AIDB |
Accountancy Investigation and Discipline Board (now see AADB) |
AIDS |
Acquired Immunity Deficiency Syndrome |
AIE |
Associate, Institute of Education |
AIEE |
Associate, Institution of Electrical Engineers |
AIF |
Australian Imperial Forces |
AIFireE |
Associate, Institution of Fire Engineers |
AIG |
Adjutant-Inspector-General |
AIH |
Associate, Institute of Housing |
AIHort |
Associate, Institute of Horticulture (now see ACIHort) |
AIIA |
Associate, Insurance Institute of America |
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Associate, Indian Institute of Architects |
AIIMR |
Associate, Institute of Investment Management and Research (later ASIP; now see CFA) |
AIIRA |
Associate, International Industrial Relations Association |
AIL |
Associate, Institute of Linguists |
AILA |
Associate, Institute of Landscape Architects (later ALI) |
AIM |
Associate, Institution of Metallurgists (later MIM) |
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Australian Institute of Management |
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Alternative Investment Market |
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Advanced Institute of Management Research |
AIMarE |
Associate, Institute of Marine Engineers |
AIMBE |
American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering |
AIMC |
Associate, Institute of Management Consultants |
AIME |
American Institute of Mechanical Engineers |
AIMgt |
Associate, Institute of Management (now see ACMI) |
AIMMM |
Associate, Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining |
AIMSW |
Associate, Institute of Medical Social Work |
AInstP |
Associate, Institute of Physics |
AIP |
Association of Independent Producers |
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American Institute of Physics |
AIPR |
Associate, Institute of Public Relations |
AIQS |
Associate Member, Institute of Quantity Surveyors |
AIRCENT |
Allied Air Forces Central Europe |
AIRTO |
Association of Independent Research and Technology Organizations |
AIS |
Associate, Institute of Statisticians (later MIS) |
AIStructE |
Associate, Institution of Structural Engineers |
AITP |
Associate, Institute of Town Planners, India |
AJAG |
Assistant Judge Advocate General |
AJEX |
Association of Jewish Ex-Service Men and Women |
AK |
Knight, Order of Australia |
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Alaska (postal) |
AKC |
Associate, King’s College London |
AL |
Alabama (postal) |
ALA |
Associate, Library Association (now see MCLIP) |
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Association of London Authorities |
Ala |
Alabama |
ALAA |
Associate, Library Association of Australia |
ALAI |
Associate, Library Association of Ireland |
ALAM |
Associate, London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art |
ALCD |
Associate, London College of Divinity |
ALCM |
Associate, London College of Music |
ALCM (TD) |
Associate, London College of Music (Teaching Diploma) |
ALCS |
Authors’ Licensing and Collecting Society (formerly Authors’ Lending and Copyright Society) |
ALI |
Argyll Light Infantry |
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Associate, Landscape Institute (now see MLI) |
ALICE |
Autistic and Language Impaired Children’s Education |
ALLC |
Association for Literary and Linguistic Computing |
ALM |
Master of Liberal Arts |
ALP |
Australian Labor Party |
ALPSP |
Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers |
ALS |
Associate, Linnean Society |
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Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis |
Alta |
Alberta |
ALVA |
Association of Leading Visitor Attractions |
AM |
Albert Medal |
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Member, Order of Australia |
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Master of Arts (US) |
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Alpes Maritimes |
AMA |
Association of Metropolitan Authorities |
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Assistant Masters Association (later AMMA, now see ATL) |
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Associate, Museums Association |
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Australian Medical Association |
AMARC |
Associated Marine and Related Charities |
Amb. |
Ambulance |
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Ambassador |
AMBIM |
Associate Member, British Institute of Management (later AIMgt) |
AMC |
Association of Municipal Corporations |
AMCST |
Associate, Manchester College of Science and Technology |
AMCT |
Associate, Manchester College of Technology |
AMDEA |
Association of Manufacturers of Domestic Electrical Appliances |
AMF |
Australian Military Forces |
AMFL |
Allied Command Europe Mobile Force Land |
AMICE |
Associate Member, Institution of Civil Engineers (now see MICE) |
AMIChemE |
Associate Member, Institution of Chemical Engineers |
AMIEE |
Associate Member, Institution of Electrical Engineers (later MIEE) |
AMIERE |
Associate Member, Institution of Electronic and Radio Engineers |
AMIMechE |
Associate Member, Institution of Mechanical Engineers (now see MIMechE) |
AMInstCE |
Associate Member, Institution of Civil Engineers (now see MICE) |
AmInstEE |
American Institute of Electrical Engineers |
AMMA |
Assistant Masters & Mistresses Association (now see ATL) |
AMN |
Ahli Mangku Negara (Malaysia) |
AMP |
Advanced Management Program |
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Air Member for Personnel |
AMRAeS |
Associate Member, Royal Aeronautical Society |
AMRC |
Association of Medical Research Charities |
AMREF |
African Medical and Research Foundation |
AMRI |
Associate Member, Royal Institution |
AMRS |
Associate, Market Research Society |
AMRSH |
Associate Member, Royal Society of Health |
AMS |
Assistant Military Secretary |
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Army Medical Services |
AMSI |
Associate Member, Securities Institute |
AMSO |
Air Member for Supply and Organisation |
AMTRI |
Advanced Manufacturing Technology Research Institute |
AMusA |
Associate Musician of Australia |
Anat. |
Anatomy |
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Anatomical |
ANC |
African National Congress |
Anon. |
Anonymously |
ANU |
Australian National University |
ANZAAS |
Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science |
Anzac |
Australian and New Zealand Army Corps |
AO |
Officer, Order of Australia |
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Air Officer |
AOA |
Air Officer in charge of Administration |
AOC |
Air Officer Commanding |
AOC-in-C |
Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief |
AOD |
Army Ordnance Department |
AOE |
Alberta Order of Excellence |
AOER |
Army Officers Emergency Reserve |
APA |
American Psychiatric Association |
APACS |
Association of Payment and Clearing Systems |
APD |
Army Pay Department |
APEX |
Association of Professional, Executive, Clerical and Computer Staff |
APHA |
American Public Health Association |
APIS |
Army Photographic Intelligence Service |
APM |
Assistant Provost Marshal |
APMI |
Associate, Pensions Management Institute |
APNI |
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland |
APR |
Accredited Public Relations Practitioner |
APS |
Aborigines Protection Society |
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American Physical Society |
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American Philosophical Society |
APSW |
Association of Psychiatric Social Workers |
APT&C |
Administrative, Professional, Technical and Clerical |
APTC |
Army Physical Training Corps |
AQ |
Administration and Quartering |
AQMG |
Assistant Quartermaster-General |
AR |
Associated Rediffusion (Television) |
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Arkansas (postal) |
ARA |
Associate, Royal Academy |
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Armada de la República Argentina |
ARACI |
Associate, Royal Australian Chemical Institute |
ARAD |
Associate, Royal Academy of Dancing |
ARAeS |
Associate, Royal Aeronautical Society |
ARAgS |
Associate, Royal Agricultural Societies (ie of England, Scotland and Wales) |
ARAIA |
Associate, Royal Australian Institute of Architects |
ARAM |
Associate, Royal Academy of Music |
ARAS |
Associate, Royal Astronomical Society |
ARB |
Architects’ Registration Board |
ARBA |
Associate, Royal Society of British Artists |
ARBS |
Associate, Royal Society of British Sculptors |
ARC |
Architects’ Registration Council (now see ARB) |
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Agricultural Research Council (later AFRC) |
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Aeronautical Research Council |
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Arthritis and Rheumatism Council |
ARCA |
Associate, Royal College of Art |
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Associate, Royal Canadian Academy |
ARCamA |
Associate, Royal Cambrian Academy of Art |
ARCIC |
Anglican-Roman Catholic International Commission |
ARCM |
Associate, Royal College of Music |
ARCO |
Associate, Royal College of Organists |
ARCO(CHM) |
Associate, Royal College of Organists with Diploma in Choir Training |
ARCP |
Affiliate, Royal College of Physicians |
ARCS |
Associate, Royal College of Science |
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Accreditation Review and Consulting Service (now see ISI) |
ARCST |
Associate, Royal College of Science and Technology (Glasgow) |
ARCUK |
Architects’ Registration Council of the United Kingdom (now see ARB) |
ARCVS |
Associate, Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons |
ARE |
Associate, Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers (formerly of Painter-Etchers and Engravers) |
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Arab Republic of Egypt |
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Admiralty Research Establishment |
AREINZ |
Associate, Real Estate Institute, New Zealand |
ARHistS |
Associate, Royal Historical Society |
ARIAS |
Associate, Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland |
ARIBA |
Associate, Royal Institute of British Architects (now see RIBA) |
ARIC |
Associate, Royal Institute of Chemistry (later MRIC; now see MRSC) |
ARICS |
Professional Associate, Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (now see MRICS) |
ARINA |
Associate, Royal Institution of Naval Architects |
ARLIS |
Art Libraries Association |
ARMS |
Associate, Royal Society of Miniature Painters |
ARP |
Air Raid Precautions |
ARPS |
Associate, Royal Photographic Society |
ARR |
Association of Radiation Research |
ARRC |
Associate, Royal Red Cross |
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Allied (formerly Allied Command Europe) Rapid Reaction Corps |
ARSA |
Associate, Royal Scottish Academy |
ARSC |
Association for Recorded Sound Collections |
ARSCM |
Associate, Royal School of Church Music |
ARSM |
Associate, Royal School of Mines |
ARTC |
Associate, Royal Technical College (Glasgow) (now see ARCST) |
ARVO |
Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology |
ARWA |
Associate, Royal West of England Academy |
ARWS |
Associate, Royal Society of Painters in Water-Colours |
AS |
Anglo-Saxon |
ASA |
Associate Member, Society of Actuaries |
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Associate of Society of Actuaries (US) |
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Australian Society of Accountants |
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Army Sailing Association |
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Advertising Standards Authority |
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Alment Aksjeselskap |
ASAA |
Associate, Society of Incorporated Accountants and Auditors |
ASAI |
Associate, Society of Architectural Illustrators |
ASAQS |
Association of South African Quantity Surveyors |
ASBAH |
Association for Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus |
ASC |
Administrative Staff College, Henley |
ASCAP |
American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers |
ASCE |
American Society of Civil Engineers |
ASCHB |
Association for Study of Conservation of Historic Buildings |
ASCL |
Association of School and College Leaders |
AScW |
Association of Scientific Workers (later ASTMS) |
ASD |
Armament Supply Department |
ASE |
Amalgamated Society of Engineers (later AUEW, then AEU, subsequently AEEU) |
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Association for Science Education |
ASEAN |
Association of South East Asian Nations |
ASEEES |
Association for Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies |
ASH |
Action on Smoking and Health |
ASIAD |
Associate, Society of Industrial Artists and Designers |
ASIP |
Associate, UK Society of Investment Professionals (now see CFA) |
ASLE |
American Society of Lubrication Engineers |
ASLEF |
Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen |
ASLIB |
Aslib |
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Association for Information Management (formerly Association of Special Libraries and Information Bureaux) |
ASM |
Association of Senior Members |
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Australian Service Medal |
ASME |
American Society of Mechanical Engineers |
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Association for the Study of Medical Education |
ASO |
Air Staff Officer |
ASSET |
Association of Supervisory Staffs, Executives and Technicians (later ASTMS) |
Asst |
Assistant |
ASTA |
Association of Short Circuit Testing Authorities |
ASTC |
Administrative Service Training Course |
ASTMS |
Association of Scientific, Technical and Managerial Staffs (subsequently part of MSF) |
ASTS |
Army School of Training Support |
ASVU |
Army Security Vetting Unit |
ASWE |
Admiralty Surface Weapons Establishment |
ATA |
Air Transport Auxiliary |
ATAE |
Association of Tutors in Adult Education |
ATAF |
Allied Tactical Air Force |
ATC |
Air Training Corps |
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Art Teacher’s Certificate |
ATCDE |
Association of Teachers in Colleges and Departments of Education (now see NATFHE) |
ATCL |
Associate, Trinity College of Music, London |
ATD |
Art Teacher’s Diploma |
ATI |
Associate, Textile Institute |
ATII |
Associate Member, Chartered Institute (formerly Incorporated Institute, then Institute) of Taxation |
ATL |
Association of Teachers and Lecturers |
ato |
Ammunition Technical Officer |
ATP |
Association of Tennis Professionals |
ATPL (A) |
ATPL (H) |
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Airline Transport Pilot’s Licence (Aeroplanes), or (Helicopters) |
ATR (BC) |
Art Therapist Registered (Board Certified) |
ATS |
Auxiliary Territorial Service (later WRAC) |
ATTI |
Association of Teachers in Technical Institutions (now see NATFHE) |
ATV |
Associated Television (formerly Association TeleVision) |
AUA |
American Urological Association |
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Association of University Administrators |
AUEW |
Amalgamated Union of Engineering Workers (later AEU, then AEEU) |
AUS |
Army of the United States |
AUT |
Association of University Teachers |
AVCC |
Australian Vice-Chancellors’ Committee |
AVD |
Army Veterinary Department |
AVMA |
Association for Victims of Medical Accidents |
AVR |
Army Volunteer Reserve |
AWA |
Anglian Water Authority |
AWHCT |
Associate, West Ham College of Technology |
AWO |
Association of Water Officers (now see IWO) |
AWRE |
Atomic Weapons Research Establishment |
aws |
Graduate of Air Warfare Course |
AZ |
Arizona (postal) |
B
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b |
born |
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brother |
BA |
Bachelor of Arts |
BAA |
British Airports Authority |
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British Accounting Association |
BAAB |
British Amateur Athletic Board |
BAAL |
British Association for Applied Linguistics |
BAAS |
British Association for the Advancement of Science |
BAC |
British Aircraft Corporation |
BAcc |
Bachelor of Accountancy |
BaccPhil |
Baccalaureate in Philosophy |
BACS |
British Academy of Composers & Songwriters (now see BASCA) |
BACSA |
British Association for Cemeteries in South Asia |
BACUP |
British Association of Cancer United Patients |
BADA |
British American Drama Academy |
BAe |
British Aerospace |
BAED |
Bachelor of Arts in Environmental Design |
BAFTA |
British Academy of Film and Television Arts |
BAgricAdmin |
Bachelor of Agricultural Administration |
BAgrSc |
Bachelor of Agricultural Science |
BAI |
Baccalarius in Arte Ingeniaria (Bachelor of Engineering) |
BAIE |
British Association of Industrial Editors |
BALPA |
British Air Line Pilots’ Association |
BAME |
Black, Asian and minority ethnic |
BAO |
Bachelor of Art of Obstetrics |
BAOMS |
British Association of Oral and Maxillo-Facial Surgeons |
BAOR |
British Army of the Rhine (formerly on the Rhine) |
BAOS |
British Association of Oral Surgeons (now see BAOMS) |
BAppSc(MT) |
Bachelor of Applied Science (Medical Technology) |
BAPS |
British Association of Plastic Surgeons |
BARB |
Broadcasters’ Audience Research Board |
BARC |
British Automobile Racing Club |
BArch |
Bachelor of Architecture |
Bart |
Baronet |
BAS |
Bachelor in Agricultural Science |
BASc |
Bachelor of Applied Science |
BASCA |
British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors |
BASE |
British Association for Service to the Elderly |
BASEEFA |
British Approvals Service for Electrical Equipment in Flammable Atmospheres |
BASES |
British Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences |
BASHH |
British Association for Sexual Health and HIV |
BASIC |
British American Security Information Council |
BASW |
British Association of Social Workers |
Batt. |
Battery |
BBA |
British Bankers’ Association |
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Bachelor of Business Administration |
BBB of C |
British Boxing Board of Control |
BBC |
British Broadcasting Corporation |
BBFC |
British Board of Film Classification |
BBS |
Bachelor of Business Studies |
BBSRC |
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council |
BC |
Before Christ |
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British Columbia |
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Borough Council |
BCA |
Bachelor of Commerce and Administration |
BCC |
British Council of Churches (later CCBI) |
BCE |
Bachelor of Civil Engineering |
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Before the Christian Era |
BCh |
BChir |
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Bachelor of Surgery |
BChD |
Bachelor of Dental Surgery |
BCL |
Bachelor of Civil Law |
BCMF |
British Ceramic Manufacturers’ Federation |
BCom |
BComm |
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Bachelor of Commerce |
BCompt |
Bachelor of Accounting |
BComSc |
Bachelor of Commercial Science |
BCPC |
British Crop Protection Council |
BCS |
Bengal Civil Service |
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British Computer Society |
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Bachelor of Combined Studies |
BCSA |
British Constructional Steelwork Association |
BCSC |
British Council of Shopping Centres |
BCTS |
Bristol Certificate in Theological Studies |
BCURA |
British Coal Utilization Research Association |
BD |
Bachelor of Divinity |
Bd |
Board |
BDA |
British Dental Association |
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British Deaf Association |
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British Dyslexia Association |
Bde |
Brigade |
BDQ |
Bachelor of Divinity Qualifying |
BDS |
Bachelor of Dental Surgery |
BDSc |
Bachelor of Dental Science |
BE |
Bachelor of Engineering |
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British Element |
BEA |
British East Africa |
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British European Airways |
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British Epilepsy Association |
BEAMA |
Federation of British Electrotechnical and Allied Manufacturers’ Associations (formerly British Electrical and Allied Manufacturers’ Association) |
BE&A |
Bachelor of Engineering and Architecture (Malta) |
BEARR |
British Emergency Aid for Russia and the Republics |
BEC |
Business Education Council (now see BTEC) |
BEc |
Bachelor of Economics |
BECTU |
Broadcasting, Entertainment, Cinematograph and Theatre Union |
BEd |
Bachelor of Education |
Beds |
Bedfordshire |
BEE |
Bachelor of Electrical Engineering |
BEF |
British Expeditionary Force |
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British Equestrian Federation |
BEIS |
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy |
BEM |
British Empire Medal |
BEMAS |
British Educational Management and Administration Society |
BEME |
Brigade Electrical and Mechanical Engineer |
BEng |
Bachelor of Engineering |
BEO |
Base Engineer Officer |
Berks |
Berkshire |
BERR |
Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform |
BES |
Bachelor of Environmental Studies |
BESO |
British Executive Service Overseas |
BEVA |
British Equine Veterinary Association |
BFA |
Bachelor of Fine Arts |
BFI |
British Film Institute |
BFMIRA |
British Food Manufacturing Industries Research Association |
BFPO |
British Forces Post Office |
BFSS |
British Field Sports Society |
BFUW |
British Federation of University Women (now see BFWG) |
BGCStJ |
Bailiff Grand Cross, Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem |
BGS |
Brigadier General Staff |
BHA |
British Hospitality Association |
BHB |
Bachelor of Human Biology |
Bhd |
Berhad |
BHF |
British Heart Foundation |
BHL |
Bachelor of Hebrew Letters |
BHRA |
British Hydromechanics Research Association |
BHRCA |
British Hotels, Restaurants and Caterers’ Association (now see BHA) |
BHS |
British Horse Society |
BHSc |
Bachelor of Home Science |
BI |
British Invisibles |
BIBA |
British Insurance Brokers’ Association |
BIBRA |
British Industrial Biological Research Association |
BICC |
British Insulated Callender’s Cables |
BICERA |
British Internal Combustion Engine Research Association (now see BICERI) |
BICERI |
British Internal Combustion Engine Research Institute |
BICSc |
British Institute of Cleaning Science |
BID |
Business Improvement District |
BIDA |
British Interior Design Association |
BIEC |
British Invisible Exports Council (now see BI) |
BIEE |
British Institute of Energy Economics |
BIFA |
British Independent Film Awards |
BIFU |
Banking Insurance and Finance Union |
BII |
British Institute of Innkeeping |
BIIBA |
British Insurance & Investment Brokers’ Association (now see BIBA) |
BIM |
British Institute of Management |
BIR |
British Institute of Radiology |
BIS |
Bank for International Settlements |
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British Interplanetary Society |
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Department for Business, Innovation and Skills |
BISPA |
British Independent Steel Producers Association |
BISRA |
British Iron and Steel Research Association |
BITC |
Business in the Community |
BJ |
Bachelor of Journalism |
BJOG |
British Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology |
BJP |
Bharatiya Janata Party |
BJSM |
British Joint Services Mission |
BJur |
Bachelor of Law |
BKSTS |
British Kinematograph, Sound and Television Society |
BL |
Bachelor of Law |
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British Library |
BLE |
Bachelor of Land Economy |
BLegS |
Bachelor of Legal Studies |
BLESMA |
British Limbless Ex-Servicemen’s Association |
BLitt |
Bachelor of Letters |
BM |
British Museum |
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Bachelor of Medicine |
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Brigade Major |
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British Monomark |
BMA |
British Medical Association |
BMedSci |
Bachelor of Medical Science |
BMet |
Bachelor of Metallurgy |
BMEWS |
Ballistic Missile Early Warning System |
BMG |
British Military Government |
BMH |
British Military Hospital |
BMilSc |
Bachelor of Military Science |
BMJ |
British Medical Journal |
BMR |
Bureau of Mineral Resources |
BMRA |
Brigade Major Royal Artillery |
BMS |
Bachelor of Management Studies |
BMus |
Bachelor of Music |
Bn |
Battalion |
BN |
Bachelor of Nursing |
BNA |
British Nursing Association |
BNC |
Brasenose College |
BNF |
British National Formulary |
BNFL |
British Nuclear Fuels Ltd |
BNOC |
British National Oil Corporation |
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British National Opera Company |
BNP |
Banque Nationale de Paris |
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British National Party |
BNSC |
British National Space Centre |
BNSc |
Bachelor of Nursing Science |
BOAC |
British Overseas Airways Corporation |
BOst |
Bachelor of Osteopathy |
BoT |
Board of Trade |
Bot. |
Botany |
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Botanical |
BOTB |
British Overseas Trade Board |
BOU |
British Ornithologists’ Union |
Bp |
Bishop |
BPA |
British Paediatric Association (later CPCH; now see RCPCH) |
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Bachelor of Performing Arts |
BPG |
Broadcasting Press Guild |
BPharm |
Bachelor of Pharmacy |
BPhty |
Bachelor of Physiotherapy |
BPIF |
British Printing Industries Federation |
BPMF |
British Postgraduate Medical Federation |
BProc |
Bachelor of Procurationis |
BPsS |
British Psychological Society |
BR |
British Rail |
Br. |
Branch |
BRA |
Brigadier Royal Artillery |
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British Rheumatism & Arthritis Association |
BRB |
British Railways Board |
BRCS |
British Red Cross Society |
BRE |
Building Research Establishment |
Brig. |
Brigadier |
BRIT |
British Recording Industry Trust |
BritIRE |
British Institution of Radio Engineers (now see IERE) |
BRNC |
Britannia Royal Naval College |
BRS |
British Road Services |
BRTP |
Bachelor of Regional and Town Planning |
BRurSc |
Bachelor of Rural Science |
BS |
Bachelor of Surgery |
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Bachelor of Science |
|
British Standard |
BSA |
Bachelor of Scientific Agriculture |
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Birmingham Small Arms |
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Building Societies’ Association |
BSAP |
British South Africa Police |
BSBI |
Botanical Society of the British Isles |
BSC |
British Steel Corporation |
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Bengal Staff Corps |
BSc |
Bachelor of Science |
BScA |
BScAgr |
|
Bachelor of Science in Agriculture |
BSc(Dent) |
Bachelor of Science in Dentistry |
BScEcon |
Bachelor of Science in Economics |
BScEng |
Bachelor of Science in Engineering |
BSc (Est. Man.) |
Bachelor of Science in Estate Management |
BScN |
Bachelor of Science in Nursing |
BScSoc |
Bachelor of Social Sciences |
BSE |
Bachelor of Science in Engineering (US) |
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Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy |
BSEE |
Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering |
BSES |
British Schools Exploring Society |
BSF |
British Salonica Force |
BSFA |
British Science Fiction Association |
BSFS |
Bachelor of Science in Foreign Service |
BSI |
British Standards Institution |
BSIA |
British Security Industry Association |
BSJA |
British Show Jumping Association |
BSME |
Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering |
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British Society of Magazine Editors |
BSN |
Bachelor of Science in Nursing |
BSNS |
Bachelor of Naval Science |
BSocSc |
Bachelor of Social Science |
BSocStud |
Bachelor of Social Studies |
BSRA |
British Ship Research Association |
BSRIA |
Building Services Research and Information Association |
BSS |
Bachelor of Science (Social Science) |
BSSc |
Bachelor of Social Science |
BST |
Bachelor of Sacred Theology |
BSurv |
Bachelor of Surveying |
BSW |
Bachelor of Social Work |
BT |
Bachelor of Teaching |
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British Telecommunications |
Bt |
Baronet |
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Brevet |
BTA |
British Tourist Authority (formerly British Travel Association) |
BTCV |
British Trust for Conservation Volunteers |
BTDB |
British Transport Docks Board (now see ABP) |
BTEC |
Business and Technology (formerly Technician) Education Council |
BTech |
Bachelor of Technology |
BTh |
Bachelor of Theology |
BTP |
Bachelor of Town Planning |
BTS |
Bachelor of Theological Studies |
Btss |
Baronetess |
BUAS |
British Universities Association of Slavists |
Bucks |
Buckinghamshire |
BUGB |
Baptist Union of Great Britain |
BUNAC |
British Universities North America Club |
BUniv |
Bachelor of the University |
BUPA |
British United Provident Association |
BURA |
British Urban Regeneration Association |
BV |
Besloten Vennootschap |
BVA |
British Veterinary Association |
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British Video Association |
BVC |
Bar Vocational Course |
BVCA |
British Private Equity and Venture Capital Association |
BVetMed |
Bachelor of Veterinary Medicine |
BVI |
British Virgin Islands |
BVM |
Blessed Virgin Mary |
BVMS |
Bachelor of Veterinary Medicine and Surgery |
BVPA |
British Veterinary Poultry Association |
BVSc |
Bachelor of Veterinary Science |
BWI |
British West Indies |
BWM |
British War Medal |
C |
Conservative |
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100 |
C
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c |
child |
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cousin |
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circa (about) |
CA |
Central America |
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County Alderman |
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Chartered Accountant (Scotland and Canada) |
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California (postal) |
CAA |
Civil Aviation Authority |
CAABU |
Council for the Advancement of Arab and British Understanding |
CAAV |
(Member of) Central Association of Agricultural Valuers |
CAB |
Citizens’ Advice Bureau |
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Centre for Agricultural and Biosciences (formerly Commonwealth Agricultural Bureau) |
CABE |
Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment |
CACTM |
Central Advisory Council of Training for the Ministry (later ACCM; now see ABM) |
CAER |
Conservative Action for Electoral Reform |
CAF |
Charities Aid Foundation |
CAFCASS |
Child and Family Court Advisory and Support Service |
CAFOD |
Catholic Agency for Overseas Development |
CAJ |
Committee on the Administration of Justice |
Calif |
California |
CAM |
Communications, Advertising and Marketing |
Cambs |
Cambridgeshire |
CAMC |
Canadian Army Medical Corps |
CAMRA |
Campaign for Real Ale |
CAMS |
Certificate of Advanced Musical Study |
C&G |
City and Guilds of London Institute |
Cantab |
Cantabrigiensis (of Cambridge) |
Cantuar |
Cantuariensis (of Canterbury) |
CAP |
Common Agricultural Policy |
Capt. |
Captain |
CARD |
Campaign against Racial Discrimination |
CARDS |
Community Assistance for Reconstruction, Development and Stabilisation |
CARE |
Cottage and Rural Enterprises |
CARICOM |
Caribbean Community |
CARIFTA |
Caribbean Free Trade Area (now see CARICOM) |
Carms |
Carmarthenshire |
CAS |
Chief of the Air Staff |
CASE |
Council for the Advancement and Support of Education |
CASt |
Certificate of Advanced Study |
CAT |
College of Advanced Technology |
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Countryside Around Towns |
CATE |
Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education |
Cav. |
Cavalry |
CAWU |
Clerical and Administrative Workers’ Union (later APEX) |
CB |
Companion, Order of the Bath |
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County Borough |
CBC |
County Borough Council |
CBE |
Commander, Order of the British Empire |
CBI |
Confederation of British Industry |
CBII |
Companion, British Institute of Innkeeping |
CBIM |
Companion, British Institute of Management (later CIMgt) |
CBiol |
Chartered Biologist |
CBNS |
Commander British Navy Staff |
CBS |
Columbia Broadcasting System |
CBSI |
Chartered Building Societies Institute (now see CIB) |
CBSO |
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra |
CC |
Companion, Order of Canada |
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City Council |
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County Council |
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Cricket Club |
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Cycling Club |
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County Court |
CCAB |
Consultative Committee of Accountancy Bodies |
CCAHC |
Central Council for Agricultural and Horticultural Co-operation |
CCBE |
Commission Consultative des Barreaux de la Communauté Européenne |
CCBI |
Council of Churches for Britain and Ireland (now see CTBI) |
CCC |
Corpus Christi College |
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Central Criminal Court |
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County Cricket Club |
CCE |
Chartered Civil Engineer |
CCETSW |
Central Council for Education and Training in Social Work |
CCF |
Combined Cadet Force |
CCFM |
Combined Cadet Forces Medal |
CCG |
Control Commission Germany |
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Clinical Commissioning Group |
CCH |
Cacique’s Crown of Honour, Order of Service of Guyana |
CChem |
Chartered Chemist |
CCIPD |
Companion, Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development |
CCIS |
Command Control Information System |
CCJ |
Council of Christians and Jews |
CCLRC |
Council for the Central Laboratory of the Research Councils |
CCMI |
Companion, Chartered Management Institute |
CCMS |
Committee on the Challenges of Modern Society |
CCPR |
Central Council of Physical Recreation |
CCQI |
Companion, Chartered Quality Institute |
CCRA |
Commander Corps of Royal Artillery |
CCRE |
Commander Corps of Royal Engineers |
CCREME |
Commander Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers |
CCRSigs |
Commander Corps of Royal Signals |
CCS |
Casualty Clearing Station |
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Ceylon Civil Service |
|
Countryside Commission for Scotland |
CCSU |
Council of Civil Service Unions |
CCTA |
Commission de Coöpération Technique pour l’Afrique |
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Central Computer and Telecommunications Authority |
CCTS |
Combat Crew Training Squadron |
CD |
Canadian Forces Decoration |
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Commander, Order of Distinction (Jamaica) |
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Civil Defence |
|
Compact Disc |
CDA |
Co-operative Development Agency |
|
Christian Democratic Alliance |
CDC |
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
CDEE |
Chemical Defence Experimental Establishment |
CDipAF |
Certified Diploma in Accounting and Finance |
CDir |
Chartered Director |
CDISS |
Centre for Defence and International Security Studies |
Cdo |
Commando |
Cdre |
Commodore |
CDS |
Chief of the Defence Staff |
CDU |
Christlich-Demokratische Union |
CE |
Civil Engineer |
CEA |
Central Electricity Authority |
CEC |
Commission of the European Communities |
CECAM |
Centre Européen de Calcul Atomique et Moléculaire |
CECD |
Confédération Européenne du Commerce de Détail |
CEDA |
Committee for Economic Development of Australia |
CEDEP |
Centre Européen d’Education Permanente |
CEDR |
Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution |
CEE |
Communauté Economique Européenne |
CEED |
Centre for Economic and Environmental Development |
CEF |
Canadian Expeditionary Force |
CeFA |
Certificate for Financial Advisers |
CEFAS |
Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science |
CEFIC |
Conseil Européen des Fédérations de l’Industrie Chimique |
CEGB |
Central Electricity Generating Board |
CEH |
Centre for Ecology & Hydrology |
CEI |
Council of Engineering Institutions |
CEIR |
Corporation for Economic and Industrial Research |
CELTA |
Certificate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages |
CEM |
Council of European Municipalities (now see CEMR) |
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College of Emergency Medicine |
CeMAP |
Certificate in Mortgage Advice and Practice |
CEMR |
Council of European Municipalities and Regions |
CEMS |
Church of England Men’s Society |
CEN |
Comité Européen de Normalisation |
CENELEC |
European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization |
CEng |
Chartered Engineer |
Cento |
Central Treaty Organisation |
CEnv |
Chartered Environmentalist |
CEO |
Chief Executive Officer |
CEPS |
Center for Economic Policy Studies |
CERA |
Chartered Enterprise Risk Analyst |
CeRGI |
Certificate of Regulated General Insurance |
CERL |
Central Electricity Research Laboratories |
CERN |
Organisation (formerly Centre) Européenne pour la Recherche Nucléaire |
CERT |
Charities Effectiveness Review Trust |
CertCPE |
Certificate in Clinical Pastoral Education |
CertDS |
Certificate in Dramatic Studies |
Cert Ed |
Certificate of Education |
CertHE |
Certificate in Higher Education |
CertITP |
Certificate of International Teachers’ Program (Harvard) |
CertTP |
Certificate in Town Planning |
CEST |
Centre for Exploitation of Science and Technology |
CET |
Council for Educational Technology |
CETSW |
Council for Education and Training in Social Work |
CF |
Chaplain to the Forces |
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Companion, Order of Fiji |
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Churchill Fellow |
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Corporate Finance |
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Corporate Financier |
CFA |
Canadian Field Artillery |
|
Chartered Financial Analyst |
CFE |
Central Fighter Establishment |
CFM |
Cadet Forces Medal |
CFO |
Chief Financial Officer |
CFPS |
Certificate of Further Professional Studies |
CFR |
Commander, Order of the Federal Republic of Nigeria |
CFS |
Central Flying School |
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Chronic Fatigue Syndrome |
CGA |
Community of the Glorious Ascension |
|
Country Gentlemen’s Association |
CGeog |
Chartered Geographer |
CGeol |
Chartered Geologist |
CGIA |
Insignia Award of City and Guilds of London Institute (now see FCGI) |
CGLI |
City and Guilds of London Institute (now see C&G) |
CGM |
Conspicuous Gallantry Medal |
CGMA |
Chartered Global Management Accountant |
CGRM |
Commandant-General Royal Marines |
CGS |
Chief of the General Staff |
CH |
Companion of Honour |
Chap. |
Chaplain |
ChapStJ |
Chaplain, Order of St John of Jerusalem (now see ChStJ) |
CHAR |
Campaign for the Homeless and Rootless |
CHB |
Companion of Honour of Barbados |
ChB |
Bachelor of Surgery |
CHC |
Community Health Council |
CHIU |
Committee for Heads of Irish Universities |
ChLJ |
Chaplain, Order of St Lazarus of Jerusalem |
(CHM) |
see under ARCO(CHM), FRCO(CHM) |
ChM |
Master of Surgery |
Chm. |
Chairman or Chairwoman |
CHN |
Community of the Holy Name |
CHort |
Chartered Horticulturalist |
ChStJ |
Chaplain, Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem |
CI |
Imperial Order of the Crown of India |
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Channel Islands |
CIA |
Chemical Industries Association |
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Central Intelligence Agency |
CIAgrE |
Companion, Institution of Agricultural Engineers |
CIArb |
Chartered Institute of Arbitrators |
CIB |
Chartered Institute of Bankers |
CIBS |
Chartered Institution of Building Services (now see CIBSE) |
CIBSE |
Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers |
CIC |
Chemical Institute of Canada |
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Community Interest Company |
CICAP |
Criminal Injuries Compensation Appeal Panel |
CICB |
Criminal Injuries Compensation Board |
CICHE |
Committee for International Co-operation in Higher Education |
CICI |
Confederation of Information Communication Industries |
CID |
Criminal Investigation Department |
CIE |
Companion, Order of the Indian Empire |
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Confédération Internationale des Etudiants |
CIEEM |
Chartered Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management |
CIES |
Companion, Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders in Scotland |
CIEx |
Companion, Institute of Export |
CIFE |
Council (formerly Conference) for Independent Further Education |
CIGasE |
Companion, Institution of Gas Engineers (now see CIGEM) |
CIGEM |
Companion, Institution of Gas Engineers and Managers |
CIGRE |
Conférence Internationale des Grands Réseaux Electriques |
CIGS |
Chief of the Imperial General Staff (now see CGS) |
CIHM |
Companion, Institute of Healthcare Management |
CIHR |
Canadian Institutes of Health Research |
CIHT |
Chartered Institution of Highways and Transportation |
CIIA |
Canadian Institute of International Affairs |
CIL |
Corpus inscriptionum latinarum |
CILIP |
Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals |
CILT |
Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport |
CIM |
China Inland Mission |
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Chartered Institute of Marketing |
CIMA |
Chartered Institute of Management Accountants |
CIMarE |
Companion, Institute of Marine Engineers |
CIMEMME |
Companion, Institution of Mining Electrical and Mining Mechanical Engineers |
CIMgt |
Companion, Institute of Management (now see CCMI) |
CIMGTechE |
Companion, Institution of Mechanical and General Technician Engineers |
CIMO |
Commission for Instruments and Methods of Observation |
CIMR |
Cambridge Institute for Medical Research |
C-in-C |
Commander-in-Chief |
CINCHAN |
Allied Commander-in-Chief Channel |
CInstLM |
Companion, Institute of Leadership and Management |
CINOA |
Confédération Internationale des Négotiants en Œuvres d’Art |
CIO |
Charitable Incorporated Organisation |
CIOB |
Chartered Institute of Building |
CIPA |
Chartered Institute of Patent Agents |
CIPD |
Companion, Institute of Personnel and Development (now see CCIPD) |
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Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development |
CIPFA |
Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy |
CIPM |
Companion, Institute of Personnel Management (later CIPD) |
CIPR |
Chartered Institute of Public Relations |
CIQA |
Companion, Institute of Quality Assurance (now see CCQI) |
CIR |
Commission on Industrial Relations |
CIRES |
Co-operative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences |
CIRIA |
Construction Industry Research and Information Association |
CIRP |
Collège Internationale pour Recherche et Production |
CIS |
Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators (formerly Chartered Institute of Secretaries) |
|
Command Control Communications and Information Systems |
|
Commonwealth of Independent States |
CISAC |
Confédération Internationale des Sociétés d’Auteurs et Compositeurs |
|
Centre for International Security and Arms Control |
CISI |
Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment |
CIT |
Chartered Institute of Transport |
|
California Institute of Technology |
CITB |
Construction Industry Training Board |
CITD |
Certificate of Institute of Training and Development |
CITP |
Chartered Information Technology Professional |
CIV |
City Imperial Volunteers |
CIWEM |
Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management |
CJM |
Congregation of Jesus and Mary (Eudist Fathers) |
CL |
Commander, Order of Leopold |
cl |
cum laude |
Cl. |
Class |
CLA |
Country Land & Business Association (formerly Country Landowners’ Association) |
CLIC |
Cancer and Leukemia in Childhood |
CLit |
Companion of Literature (Royal Society of Literature Award) |
CLJ |
Commander, Order of St Lazarus of Jerusalem |
CLP |
Constituency Labour Party |
CLRAE |
Congress (formerly Conference) of Local and Regional Authorities of Europe |
CLY |
City of London Yeomanry |
CM |
Member, Order of Canada |
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Congregation of the Mission (Vincentians) |
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Master in Surgery |
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Certificated Master |
|
Canadian Militia |
CMA |
Canadian Medical Association |
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Cost and Management Accountant (NZ) |
|
Competition and Markets Authority |
CMarEng |
Chartered Marine Engineer |
CMarSci |
Chartered Marine Scientist |
CMath |
Chartered Mathematician |
CMB |
Central Midwives’ Board |
CMC |
Certified Management Consultant |
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Civil Mediation Council |
CME |
Continuing Ministerial Education |
CMet |
Chartered Meteorologist |
CMF |
Commonwealth Military Forces |
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Central Mediterranean Force |
CMG |
Companion, Order of St Michael and St George |
CMgr |
Chartered Manager |
CMILT |
Chartered Member, Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport |
CMIWSc |
Certified Member, Institute of Wood Science |
CMJ |
Commander, Supreme Military Order of the Temple of Jerusalem |
CMktr |
Chartered Marketer |
CMLI |
Chartered Member, Landscape Institute |
CMLJ |
Commander of Merit, Order of St Lazarus of Jerusalem |
CMM |
Commander, Order of Military Merit (Canada) |
CMO |
Chief Medical Officer |
CMP |
Corps of Military Police (now see CRMP) |
CMS |
Church Mission (formerly Church Missionary) Society |
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Certificate in Management Studies |
CMT |
Chaconia Medal of Trinidad |
CNAA |
Council for National Academic Awards |
CND |
Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament |
CNI |
Companion, Nautical Institute |
CNO |
Chief of Naval Operations |
CNOCS |
Captain Naval Operational Command Systems |
CNR |
Canadian National Railways |
CNRS |
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique |
CNS |
Clinical Nurse Specialist |
CNZM |
Companion, New Zealand Order of Merit |
CO |
Commanding Officer |
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Commonwealth Office (after Aug. 1966) (now see FCO) |
|
Colonial Office (before Aug. 1966) |
|
Conscientious Objector |
|
Colorado (postal) |
|
Congregation of the Oratory |
Co. |
County |
|
Company |
Coal.L |
Co.L |
|
Coalition Liberal |
Coal.U |
Co.U |
|
Coalition Unionist |
COBSEO |
Confederation of British Service and Ex-Service Organisations |
CODEST |
Committee for the Development of European Science and Technology |
C of E |
Church of England |
C of I |
Church of Ireland |
C of S |
Chief of Staff |
|
Church of Scotland |
COHSE |
Confederation of Health Service Employees |
COI |
Central Office of Information |
CoID |
Council of Industrial Design (now Design Council) |
Col |
Colonel |
Coll. |
College |
|
Collegiate |
Colo |
Colorado |
Col.-Sergt |
Colour-Sergeant |
Com |
Communist |
Comd |
Command |
Comdg |
Commanding |
Comdr |
Commander |
Comdt |
Commandant |
COMEC |
Council of the Military Education Committees of the Universities of the UK |
Commn |
Commission |
Commnd |
Commissioned |
CompICE |
Companion, Institution of Civil Engineers |
CompIEE |
Companion, Institution of Electrical Engineers (later FIEE) |
CompIERE |
Companion, Institution of Electronic and Radio Engineers |
CompIGasE |
Companion, Institution of Gas Engineers |
CompILE |
Companion, Institution of Lighting Engineers |
CompIMechE |
Companion, Institution of Mechanical Engineers |
CompInstE |
Companion, Institute of Energy |
CompInstMC |
Companion, Institute of Measurement and Control |
CompOR |
Companion, Operational Research Society |
CompTI |
Companion of the Textile Institute |
Comr |
Commissioner |
Comy-Gen. |
Commissary-General |
CON |
Commander, Order of the Niger |
ConfEd |
Confederation of Education Service Managers |
Conn |
Connecticut |
Const. |
Constitutional |
CONUL |
Council of National and University Librarians |
COO |
Chief Operating Officer |
Co-op. |
Co-operative |
COP |
Conference of the Parties |
COPA |
Comité des Organisations Professionels Agricoles de la CEE |
COPEC |
Conference of Politics, Economics and Christianity |
COPUS |
Committee on the Public Understanding of Science |
Corp. |
Corporation |
|
Corporal |
Corresp. Mem. |
Corresponding Member |
COS |
Chief of Staff |
|
Charity Organization Society |
CoSIRA |
Council for Small Industries in Rural Areas |
COSLA |
Convention of Scottish Local Authorities |
COSPAR |
Committee on Space Research |
COSSAC |
Chief of Staff to Supreme Allied Commander |
COTC |
Coronavirus disease |
COVID |
Canadian Officers’ Training Corps |
CP |
Central Provinces |
|
Cape Province |
|
Congregation of the Passion |
CPA |
Commonwealth Parliamentary Association |
|
Chartered Patent Agent |
|
Certified Public Accountant (USA) |
CPAG |
Child Poverty Action Group |
CPAGB |
Credit, Photographic Alliance of Great Britain |
CPAS |
Church Pastoral Aid Society |
CPC |
Conservative Political Centre |
CPCH |
College of Paediatrics and Child Health (now see RCPCH) |
CPD |
Continuing Professional Development |
CPE |
Common Professional Examination |
|
Clinical Pastoral Education |
CPEng |
Chartered Professional Engineer (of Institution of Engineers of Australia) |
CPFA |
Member or Associate, Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy |
CPHVA |
Community Practitioners & Health Visitors’ Association |
CPhys |
Chartered Physicist |
CPL |
Chief Personnel and Logistics |
CPLS |
Certificate of Professional Legal Studies |
CPM |
Colonial Police Medal |
CPR |
Canadian Pacific Railway |
CPRE |
Campaign to Protect Rural England (formerly Council for the Protection of Rural England) |
CPRW |
Campaign for the Protection of Rural Wales |
CPS |
Crown Prosecution Service |
|
Certificate in Pastoral Studies |
CPSA |
Civil and Public Services Association (now see PCS) |
|
Church of the Province of South Africa |
CPSU |
Communist Party of the Soviet Union |
CPsychol |
Chartered Psychologist |
CPU |
Commonwealth Press Union |
CQ |
Chevalier, National Order of Quebec |
CQI |
Chartered Quality Institute |
CQP |
Chartered Quality Professional |
CQSW |
Certificate of Qualification in Social Work |
CR |
Community of the Resurrection |
cr |
created or creation |
CRA |
Commander, Royal Artillery |
CRAC |
Careers Research and Advisory Centre |
CRadP |
Chartered Radiation Protection Professional |
CRAeS |
Companion, Royal Aeronautical Society |
CRASC |
Commander, Royal Army Service Corps |
CRC |
Cancer Research Campaign (now see CRUK) |
|
Community Relations Council |
CRE |
Commander, Royal Engineers |
|
Commission for Racial Equality |
|
Commercial Relations and Exports |
|
Conference of Rectors of European Universities (formerly Association of European Universities) |
Cres. |
Crescent |
CRMP |
Corps of Royal Military Police |
CRNCM |
Companion, Royal Northern College of Music |
CRO |
Commonwealth Relations Office (now see FCO) |
CRSNZ |
Companion, Royal Society of New Zealand |
CRUK |
Cancer Research United Kingdom |
CS |
Civil Service |
|
Clerk to the Signet |
|
Companion, Order of Samoa |
CSA |
Confederate States of America |
|
Child Support Agency |
CSAB |
Civil Service Appeal Board |
CSB |
Bachelor of Christian Science |
CSC |
Conspicuous Service Cross |
|
Congregation of the Holy Cross |
CSCA |
Civil Service Clerical Association (later CPSA) |
CSCE |
Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe |
CSci |
Chartered Scientist |
CSD |
Civil Service Department |
|
Co-operative Secretaries Diploma |
|
Chartered Society of Designers |
CSDE |
Central Servicing Development Establishment |
CSEU |
Confederation of Shipbuilding and Engineering Unions |
CSG |
Companion, Order of the Star of Ghana |
|
Company of the Servants of God |
CSI |
Companion, Order of the Star of India |
|
Cross, Order of Solomon Islands |
CSIR |
Commonwealth Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (now see CSIRO) |
|
Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, India |
CSIRO |
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (Australia) |
CSM |
Civil Service Medal (Fiji) |
|
Companion, Star of Merit (Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis) |
|
Companion, Star of Melanesia (Papua New Guinea) |
CSO |
Chief Scientific Officer |
|
Chief Signal Officer |
|
Chief Staff Officer |
|
Central Statistical Office (now see ONS) |
CSP |
Chartered Society of Physiotherapists |
|
Civil Service of Pakistan |
CSPQ |
Certificat de Spécialiste de la Province de Québec |
CSS |
Companion, Star of Sarawak |
|
Council for Science and Society |
|
Certificate in Social Studies |
CSSB |
Civil Service Selection Board |
CSSD |
Czech Social Democratic Party |
CSSp |
Holy Ghost Father |
CSSR |
Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer (Redemptorist Order) |
CStat |
Chartered Statistician |
CSTI |
Council of Science and Technology Institutes |
CStJ |
Commander, Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem |
CSU |
Christlich-Soziale Union in Bayern |
CSV |
Community Service Volunteers |
CSW |
Certificate in Social Work |
CT |
Connecticut (postal) |
CTA |
Chaplain Territorial Army |
|
Chartered Tax Adviser |
CTBI |
Churches Together in Britain and Ireland |
CTC |
Cyclists’ Touring Club |
|
Commando Training Centre |
|
City Technology College |
CText |
Chartered Textile Technologist |
CTh |
Certificate in Theology |
CTL |
Companion, Trinity Laban |
CTM |
Certificate of Theology for Ministry |
CTPP |
Chartered Transport Planning Professional |
CTS |
Certificate in Terrorism Studies |
CU |
Cambridge University |
CUAC |
Cambridge University Athletic Club |
|
Colleges and Universities of the Anglican Communion |
CUAFC |
Cambridge University Association Football Club |
CUCC |
Cambridge University Cricket Club |
CUF |
Common University Fund |
CUNY |
City University of New York |
CUP |
Cambridge University Press |
CUPGRA |
Cambridge University Postgraduate Research Association |
CURUFC |
Cambridge University Rugby Union Football Club |
CV |
Cross of Valour (Canada) |
CVCP |
Committee of Vice-Chancellors and Principals of the Universities of the United Kingdom (now see UUK) |
CVO |
Commander, Royal Victorian Order |
CVS |
Council for Voluntary Service |
CWA |
Crime Writers Association |
CWEM |
Chartered Water and Environmental Manager |
CWGC |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission |
CWS |
Co-operative Wholesale Society |
CWU |
Communication Workers Union |
D
|
|
D |
Duke |
d |
died |
|
daughter |
DA |
Dame of St Andrew, Order of Barbados |
|
Diploma in Anaesthesia |
|
Diploma in Art |
|
Doctor of Arts |
DAA |
Diploma in Archive Administration |
DAA&QMG |
Deputy Assistant Adjutant and Quartermaster-General |
DAAD |
Designers and Art Directors Association |
DAAG |
Deputy Assistant Adjutant-General |
DA&QMG |
Deputy Adjutant and Quartermaster-General |
DAC |
Development Assistance Committee |
|
Diocesan Advisory Committee |
DAcad |
Doctor of the Academy |
DACG |
Deputy Assistant Chaplain-General |
DACLAM |
Diplomate, American College of Laboratory Animal Medicine |
DACOS |
Deputy Assistant Chief of Staff |
DAD |
Deputy Assistant Director |
DAdmin |
Doctor of Administration |
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 |
DAEd |
Diploma in Art Education |
DAG |
Deputy Adjutant-General |
DAgr |
Doctor of Agriculture |
DAgrFor |
Doctor of Agriculture and Forestry |
DAgrSc |
Doctor of Agricultural Science |
DAMS |
Deputy Assistant Military Secretary |
D&AD |
Design and Art Direction (formerly Designers and Art Directors Association) |
DAppSc |
Doctor of Applied Science |
DAQMG |
Deputy Assistant Quartermaster-General |
DArch |
Doctor of Architecture |
DArt |
Doctor of Art |
DArts |
Doctor of Arts |
DASc |
Doctor in Agricultural Sciences |
DASS |
Diploma in Applied Social Studies |
DATA |
Draughtsmen’s and Allied Technicians’ Association (later AUEW(TASS)) |
DATEC |
Art and Design Committee, Technician Education Council |
DAvMed |
Diploma in Aviation Medicine, Royal College of Physicians |
DBA |
Doctor of Business Administration |
DBE |
Dame Commander, Order of the British Empire |
DBT |
Department for Business and Trade |
DBTS |
Diploma in Biblical and Theological Studies |
DBus |
Doctor of Business |
DC |
District Council |
|
District of Columbia |
DCA |
Doctor of Creative Arts |
|
Department for Constitutional Affairs |
DCAS |
Deputy Chief of the Air Staff |
DCB |
Dame Commander, Order of the Bath |
DCC |
Diploma of Chelsea College |
DCCH |
Diploma in Community Child Health |
DCDS |
Deputy Chief of Defence Staff |
DCE |
Diploma of a College of Education |
DCG |
Deputy Chaplain-General |
DCGS |
Deputy Chief of the General Staff |
DCh |
Doctor of Surgery |
DCH |
Diploma in Child Health |
DChA |
Diploma in Charity Accounting |
DCHS |
Dame Commander, Order of the Holy Sepulchre |
DCL |
Doctor of Civil Law |
|
Doctor of Canon Law |
DCLG |
Department for Communities and Local Government |
DCLI |
Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry |
DCLJ |
Dame Commander, Order of St Lazarus of Jerusalem |
DCM |
Distinguished Conduct Medal |
DCMG |
Dame Commander, Order of St Michael and St George |
DCMS |
Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (formerly Department for Culture, Media and Sport) |
DCnL |
Doctor of Canon Law |
DCNZM |
Distinguished Companion, New Zealand Order of Merit |
DCO |
Duke of Cambridge’s Own |
DCom |
DComm |
|
Doctor of Commerce |
DCP |
Diploma in Clinical Pathology |
|
Diploma in Conservation of Paintings |
DCS |
Deputy Chief of Staff |
|
Doctor of Commercial Sciences |
DCSF |
Department for Children, Schools and Families |
DCSG |
Dame Commander, Order of St Gregory the Great |
DCSO |
Deputy Chief Scientific Officer |
DCT |
Doctor of Christian Theology |
DCVO |
Dame Commander, Royal Victorian Order |
DD |
Doctor of Divinity |
DDAM |
Diploma in Disability Assessment Medicine |
DDes |
Doctor of Design |
DDGAMS |
Deputy Director General, Army Medical Services |
DDH |
Diploma in Dental Health |
DDL |
Deputy Director of Labour |
DDME |
Deputy Director of Mechanical Engineering |
DDMI |
Deputy Director of Military Intelligence |
DDMO |
Deputy Director of Military Operations |
DDMS |
Deputy Director of Medical Services |
DDMT |
Deputy Director of Military Training |
DDNI |
Deputy Director of Naval Intelligence |
DDO |
Diploma in Dental Orthopaedics |
DDPH |
Diploma in Dental Public Health |
DDPR |
Deputy Director of Public Relations |
DDPS |
Deputy Director of Personal Services |
DDR |
Deutsche Demokratische Republik |
DDRA |
Deputy Director Royal Artillery |
DDra |
Doctor of Drama |
DDS |
Doctor of Dental Surgery |
|
Director of Dental Services |
DDSc |
Doctor of Dental Science |
DDSD |
Deputy Director Staff Duties |
DDSM |
Defense Distinguished Service Medal |
DDST |
Deputy Director of Supplies and Transport |
DDWE&M |
Deputy Director of Works, Electrical and Mechanical |
DE |
Doctor of Engineering |
|
Delaware (postal) |
DEA |
Department of Economic Affairs |
|
Diplôme d’Etudes Approfondies |
DEc |
Doctor of Economics |
DECC |
Department of Energy and Climate Change |
decd |
deceased |
DEcon |
Doctor of Economics |
DEconSc |
Doctor of Economic Science |
DEd |
Doctor of Education |
DEFRA |
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs |
DEI |
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion |
Deleg. |
Delegate |
DEME |
Directorate of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering |
DEMS |
Defensively Equipped Merchant Ships |
(DemU) |
Democratic Unionist |
DenD |
Docteur en Droit |
DEng |
Doctor of Engineering |
DenM |
Docteur en Médicine |
DEOVR |
Duke of Edinburgh’s Own Volunteer Rifles |
DEP |
Department of Employment and Productivity |
|
European Progressive Democrats |
Dep. |
Deputy |
DERA |
Defence Evaluation and Research Agency |
DES |
Department of Education and Science (later DFE) |
|
Dr in Environmental Studies |
DèsL |
Docteur ès lettres |
DèS |
DèsSc |
|
Docteur ès sciences |
DESNZ |
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero |
DesRCA |
Designer of the Royal College of Art |
DESS |
Diplôme d’Etudes Supérieures Specialisées |
DESU |
Diplôme d’Etudes Supérieures d’Université |
DETR |
Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions |
DExEU |
Department for Exiting the European Union |
DFA |
Doctor of Fine Arts |
DFAS |
Decorative and Fine Art Society |
DFC |
Distinguished Flying Cross |
DFE, DfE |
Department for Education |
DFEE |
DfEE |
|
Department for Education and Employment (later DFES) |
DFES |
DfES |
|
Department for Education and Skills |
DFFP |
Diploma in Fertility and Family Planning |
DFH |
Diploma of Faraday House |
DFID |
Department for International Development |
DFil |
Doctor en Filosofía |
DFM |
Distinguished Flying Medal |
|
Diploma of Forensic Medicine |
DFPHM |
Diplomate Member, Faculty of Public Health Medicine |
DfT |
Department for Transport |
DG |
Director General |
|
Directorate General |
|
Dragoon Guards |
DGAA |
Distressed Gentlefolks Aid Association |
DGAMS |
Director-General Army Medical Services |
DGCHS |
Dame Grand Cross, Order of the Holy Sepulchre |
DGDP |
Diploma in General Dental Practice, Royal College of Physicians |
DGEME |
Director General Electrical and Mechanical Engineering |
DGLP(A) |
Director General Logistic Policy (Army) |
DGMS |
Director-General of Medical Services |
DGMT |
Director-General of Military Training |
DGMW |
Director-General of Military Works |
DGNPS |
Director-General of Naval Personal Services |
DGP |
Director-General of Personnel |
DGPS |
Director-General of Personal Services |
DGS |
Diploma in Graduate Studies |
DGStJ |
Dame of Grace, Order of St John of Jerusalem (now see DStJ) |
DGU |
Doctor of Griffith University |
DH |
Doctor of Humanities |
|
Doctor of Health |
DHA |
District Health Authority |
Dhc |
DHC |
|
Doctor honoris causa |
DHE |
Defence Housing Executive |
DHEW |
Department of Health Education and Welfare (US) |
DHL |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
|
Doctor of Hebrew Literature |
DHLitt |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
DHM |
Dean Hole Medal |
DHMSA |
Diploma in the History of Medicine (Society of Apothecaries) |
DHQ |
District Headquarters |
DHS |
Dame, Order of the Holy Sepulchre |
DHSC |
Department of Health and Social Care |
DHSS |
Department of Health and Social Security |
DHum |
Doctor of Humanities |
DHumLit |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
DIA |
Diploma in Industrial Administration |
DIB |
Doctor of International Business |
DIC |
Diploma of the Imperial College |
DIFC |
Dubai International Financial Centre |
DIG |
Deputy Inspector-General |
DIH |
Diploma in Industrial Health |
DIMP |
Darjah Indera Mahkota Pahang (Malaysia) |
DIntLaw |
Diploma in International Law |
Dio. |
Diocese |
DipA |
Diploma of Arts in Theology |
DipAA |
Diploma in Applied Art |
DipABRSM |
Diploma, Associated Board of Royal Schools of Music |
DipAD |
Diploma in Art and Design |
DipAE |
Diploma in Adult Education |
DipAe |
Diploma in Aeronautics |
DipAgr |
Diploma in Agriculture |
DipArch |
Diploma in Architecture |
DipASE |
Diploma in Advanced Study of Education, College of Preceptors |
DipASS |
Diploma in Applied Social Studies |
DipBA |
Diploma in Business Administration |
DipBS |
Diploma in Fine Art, Byam Shaw School |
DipCAM |
Diploma in Communications, Advertising and Marketing of CAM Foundation |
DipCAT |
Diploma in Cognitive Analytic Therapy |
DipCD |
Diploma in Civic Design |
DipCE |
Diploma in Civil Engineering |
|
Diploma of a College of Education (Scotland) |
DipChA |
Diploma in Chartered Accounting |
DipCII |
Diploma in Insurance, Chartered Insurance Institute |
DipCons |
Diploma in Conservation |
DipCS |
Diploma in Classical Studies |
DipECLAM |
Diplomate, European College of Laboratory Animal Medicine |
DipEcon |
Diploma in Economics |
DipECVO |
Diploma in Veterinary Ophthalmology, European College of Veterinary Ophthalmologists |
DipEd |
Diploma in Education |
DipEE |
Diploma in Electrical Engineering |
DipEl |
Diploma in Electronics |
DipESL |
Diploma in English as a Second Language |
DipEth |
Diploma in Ethnology |
DipEurHum |
Diploma in European Humanities |
DipEVPC |
Diplomate, European Veterinary Parasitology College |
DipFBOM |
Diploma in Farm Business Organisation and Management |
DipFD |
Diploma in Funeral Directing |
DipFE |
Diploma in Further Education |
DipFM |
Diploma in Forensic Medicine |
|
Diploma in Financial Management |
DipFMS |
Diploma in Forensic Medicine and Science |
DipFS |
Diploma in Financial Services |
DipGSM |
Diploma in Music, Guildhall School of Music and Drama |
DipHA |
Diploma in Hospital Administration |
DipHE |
Diploma in Higher Education |
DipHSM |
Diploma in Health Services Management |
DipHIC |
Diploma in Hospital Infection Control |
DipHum |
Diploma in Humanities |
DipHV |
Diploma in Health Visiting |
DipICArb |
Diploma in International Commercial Arbitration |
DipIT |
Diploma in Information Technology |
DipLA |
Diploma in Landscape Architecture |
DipLaw |
Diploma in Law |
DipLib |
Diploma of Librarianship |
DipLLP |
Diploma in Law and Legal Practice |
DipLP |
Diploma in Legal Practice |
DipLS |
Diploma of Legal Studies |
DipM |
Diploma in Marketing |
DipMed |
Diploma in Medicine |
DipMin |
Diploma in Ministry |
DipN |
Diploma in Nursing |
DipNEC |
Diploma of Northampton Engineering College (now City University) |
DIPP |
Diploma of Interventional Pain Practice |
DipPA |
Diploma of Practitioners in Advertising (now see DipCAM) |
DipPE |
Diploma in Physical Education |
DipPFS |
Diploma in Financial Planning, Chartered Insurance Institute |
DipPSA |
Diploma in Public Service Administration |
DipPSW |
Diploma in Psychiatric Social Work |
DipPsych |
Diploma in Psychology |
DipRE |
Diploma in Religious Education |
DipREM |
Diploma in Rural Estate Management |
DipRS |
Diploma in Religious Studies |
DipSMS |
Diploma in School Management Studies |
DipSoc |
Diploma in Sociology |
DipSocSc |
Diploma in Social Science |
DipSRAA |
Diploma in the Study of Records and Administration of Archives |
DipStat |
Diploma in Statistics |
DipSW |
Diploma in Social Work |
DipTA |
Diploma in Tropical Agriculture |
DipT&CP |
Diploma in Town and Country Planning |
DipTh |
Diploma in Theology |
DipTMHA |
Diploma in Training and Further Education of Mentally Handicapped Adults |
DipTP |
Diploma in Town Planning |
DipTPT |
Diploma in Theory and Practice of Teaching |
DipTRP |
Diploma in Town and Regional Planning |
DipURP |
Diploma in Urban and Regional Planning |
DipYCS |
Diploma in Youth and Community Studies |
DIS |
Diploma in Industrial Studies |
DistTP |
Distinction in Town Planning |
DIT |
Department for International Trade |
DIur |
Doctor of Law |
DIUS |
Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills |
Div. |
Division |
|
Divorced |
DJAG |
Deputy Judge Advocate General |
DJPD |
Dato Jasa Purba Di-Raja Negeri Sembilan (Malaysia) |
DJStJ |
Dame of Justice, Order of St John of Jerusalem (now see DStJ) |
DJur |
Doctor Juris (Doctor of Law) |
DK |
Most Esteemed Family Order (Brunei) |
DL |
Deputy Lieutenant |
|
Democratie Libérale |
DLAS |
Diploma in Laboratory Animal Science, Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons |
DLaws |
Doctor of Laws |
DLC |
Diploma of Loughborough College |
DLES |
Doctor of Letters in Economic Studies |
DLI |
Durham Light Infantry |
DLIS |
Diploma in Library and Information Studies |
DLit |
DLitt |
|
Doctor of Literature |
|
Doctor of Letters |
DLittS |
Doctor of Sacred Letters |
DLJ |
Dame of Grace, Order of St Lazarus of Jerusalem |
DLO |
Diploma in Laryngology and Otology |
DLP |
Diploma in Legal Practice |
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Democratic Labour Party |
DLR |
Docklands Light Railway |
DLUHC |
Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities |
DM |
Doctor of Medicine |
DMA |
Diploma in Municipal Administration |
DMan |
Doctor of Management |
DMCC |
Diploma in the Medical Care of Catastrophe, Society of Apothecaries |
DMD |
Doctor of Medical Dentistry (Australia) |
DME |
Director of Mechanical Engineering |
DMed |
Doctor of Medicine |
DMedSci |
Doctor of Medical Science |
DMet |
Doctor of Metallurgy |
DMI |
Director of Military Intelligence |
DMin |
Doctor of Ministry |
DMiss |
Doctor of Missiology |
DMJ |
Diploma in Medical Jurisprudence |
DMJ(Path) |
Diploma in Medical Jurisprudence (Pathology) |
DMLJ |
Dame of Merit, Order of St Lazarus of Jerusalem |
DMO |
Director of Military Operations |
DMR |
Diploma in Medical Radiology |
DMRD |
Diploma in Medical Radiological Diagnosis |
DMRE |
Diploma in Medical Radiology and Electrology |
DMRT |
Diploma in Medical Radio-Therapy |
DMS |
Director of Medical Services |
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Decoration for Meritorious Service (South Africa) |
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Diploma in Management Studies |
DMSc |
Doctor of Medical Science |
DMT |
Director of Military Training |
DMus |
Doctor of Music |
DN |
Diploma in Nursing |
DNB |
Dictionary of National Biography |
DNE |
Director of Naval Equipment |
DNH |
Department of National Heritage |
DNI |
Director of Naval Intelligence |
DNursing |
Professional Doctorate in Nursing |
DNZM |
Dame Companion, New Zealand Order of Merit |
DO |
Diploma in Ophthalmology |
DOAE |
Defence Operational Analysis Establishment |
DObstRCOG |
Diploma of Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (now see DRCOG) |
DOC |
District Officer Commanding |
DocArts |
Doctor of Arts |
DocEng |
Doctor of Engineering |
DoE |
Department of the Environment |
DoH |
Department of Health |
DoI |
Department of Industry |
DOL |
Doctor of Oriental Learning |
Dom. |
Dominus (Lord) |
DOMS |
Diploma in Ophthalmic Medicine and Surgery |
DOR |
Director of Operational Requirements |
DOrthRCS |
Diploma in Orthodontics, Royal College of Surgeons |
DOS |
Director of Ordnance Services |
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Doctor of Ocular Science |
DP |
Data Processing |
DPA |
Diploma in Public Administration |
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Discharged Prisoners’ Aid |
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Doctor of Public Administration |
DPD |
Diploma in Public Dentistry |
DPEc |
Doctor of Political Economy |
DPed |
Doctor of Pedagogy |
DPH |
Diploma in Public Health |
DPh |
DPhil |
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Doctor of Philosophy |
DPharm |
Doctor of Pharmacy |
DPhilMed |
Diploma in Philosophy of Medicine |
DPhysMed |
Diploma in Physical Medicine |
DPLG |
Diplômé par le Gouvernement |
DPM |
Diploma in Psychological Medicine |
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Diploma in Personnel Management |
DPMS |
Dato Paduka Mahkota Selangor (Malaysia) |
DPMSA |
Diploma in Philosophy and Ethics of Medicine, Society of Apothecaries |
DPP |
Director of Public Prosecutions |
DPR |
Director of Public Relations |
DProf |
Doctor of Professional Studies |
DPS |
Director of Postal Services |
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Director of Personal Services |
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Doctor of Public Service |
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Diploma in Pastoral Studies |
DPSA |
Diploma in Public and Social Administration |
DPSE |
Diploma in Professional Studies in Education |
DPSM |
Diploma in Public Sector Management |
DPSN |
Diploma in Professional Studies in Nursing |
DPsych |
Doctor of Psychology |
DQMG |
Deputy Quartermaster-General |
Dr |
Doctor |
DRA |
Defence Research Agency (later DERA) |
DRAC |
Director Royal Armoured Corps |
DRC |
Diploma of Royal College of Science and Technology, Glasgow |
DRCOG |
Diploma of Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists |
DRD |
Diploma in Restorative Dentistry |
Dr hab. |
Doctor of Habilitation |
Dr ing |
Doctor of Engineering |
Dr jur |
Doctor of Laws |
DrŒcPol |
Doctor Œconomiæ Politicæ (Doctor of Political Economy) |
Dr phil |
Doctor of Philosophy |
Dr rer. nat. |
Doctor of Natural Science |
Dr rer. pol. |
Doctor of Political Science |
Dr rer. soc. oec. |
Doctor of Social and Economic Sciences |
DRS |
Diploma in Religious Studies |
Drs |
Doctorandus |
DRSAMD |
Diploma of the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama |
DS |
Directing Staff |
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Doctor of Science |
DSA |
Diploma in Social Administration |
DSAC |
Defence Scientific Advisory Council |
DSAO |
Diplomatic Service Administration Office |
DSC |
Distinguished Service Cross |
DSc |
Doctor of Science |
DScA |
Docteur en sciences agricoles |
DSc(Eng) |
Doctor of Engineering Science |
DSCHE |
Diploma of the Scottish Council for Health Education |
DSCM |
Diploma of the Sydney Conservatorium of Music |
DScMil |
Doctor of Military Science |
DSc (SocSci) |
Doctor of Science in Social Science |
DSD |
Director Staff Duties |
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Diploma in Speech and Drama |
DSF |
Director Special Forces |
DSG |
Dame, Order of St Gregory the Great |
DSIR |
Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (later SRC; then SERC) |
DSIT |
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology |
DSL |
Doctor of Sacred Letters |
DSLJ |
Dato Seri Laila Jasa (Brunei) |
DSM |
Distinguished Service Medal |
DSMOM |
Dame, Sovereign Military Order of Malta |
DSNB |
Dato Setia Negara Brunei |
DSNS |
Dato Setia Negeri Sembilan (Malaysia) |
DSO |
Companion of the Distinguished Service Order |
DSocSc |
Doctor of Social Science |
DSP |
Director of Selection of Personnel |
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Docteur en sciences politiques (Montreal) |
dsp |
decessit sine prole (died without issue) |
DSport |
Doctor of Sport |
DSS |
Department of Social Security |
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Doctor of Sacred Scripture |
Dss |
Deaconess |
DSSc |
Doctor of Social Science |
DST |
Director of Supplies and Transport |
DStJ |
Dame of Grace, Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem |
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Dame of Justice, Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem |
DSTL |
Defence Science and Technology Laboratory |
DTA |
Diploma in Tropical Agriculture |
DTech |
Doctor of Technology |
DTH |
Diploma in Tropical Hygiene |
DTh |
DTheol |
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Doctor of Theology |
DThMin |
Doctor of Theology and Ministry |
DThPT |
Diploma in Theory and Practice of Teaching |
DTI |
Department of Trade and Industry |
DTLR |
Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions |
DTM&H |
Diploma in Tropical Medicine and Hygiene |
DU |
DUniv |
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Honorary Doctor of the University |
Dunelm |
Dunelmensis (of Durham) |
DUP |
Democratic Unionist Party |
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Docteur de l’Université de Paris |
DVA |
Diploma of Veterinary Anaesthesia |
DVH |
Diploma in Veterinary Hygiene |
DVLA |
Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency |
DVLC |
Driver and Vehicle Licensing Centre |
DVM |
DVetMed |
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Doctor of Veterinary Medicine |
DVMS |
DVM&S |
|
Doctor of Veterinary Medicine and Surgery |
DVO |
Driver, Vehicle and Operator |
DVOphthal |
Diploma in Veterinary Ophthalmology |
DVR |
Diploma in Veterinary Radiology |
DVSc |
Doctor of Veterinary Science |
DVSM |
Diploma in Veterinary State Medicine |
DWP |
Department for Work and Pensions |
E
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E |
East |
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Earl |
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England |
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E-mail |
e |
eldest |
EA |
Environment Agency |
EAA |
Edinburgh Architectural Association |
EACR |
European Association for Cancer Research |
EADS |
European Aeronautics Defence and Space Company |
EAF |
East African Forces |
EAGA |
Energy Action Grants Agency |
EAHY |
European Architectural Heritage Year |
EASD |
European Association of Securities Dealers |
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European Association for the Study of Diabetes |
EBC |
English Benedictine Congregation |
Ebor |
Eboracensis (of York) |
EBRD |
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development |
EBSQ |
European Board of Surgery Qualification |
EBU |
European Broadcasting Union |
EC |
Etoile du Courage (Canada) |
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European Community |
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European Commission |
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Emergency Commission |
ECA |
Economic Co-operation Administration |
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Economic Commission for Africa |
ECAFE |
Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East (now see ESCAP) |
ECB |
England and Wales Cricket Board |
ECCTIS |
Education Courses and Credit Transfer Information Systems |
ECE |
Economic Commission for Europe |
ECGD |
Export Credits Guarantee Department |
ECHR |
European Court of Human Rights |
ECLAC |
United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean |
ECOSOC |
Economic and Social Committee of the United Nations |
ECR |
European Conservatives and Reformists Group |
ECSC |
European Coal and Steel Community |
ED |
Efficiency Decoration |
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Doctor of Engineering (US) |
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European Democrat |
ed |
edited |
EdB |
Bachelor of Education |
EDC |
Economic Development Committee |
EdD |
Doctor of Education |
EDF |
European Development Fund |
EDG |
European Democratic Group |
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Employment Department Group |
EDI |
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion |
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Equity, Diversity and Inclusion |
Edin. |
Edinburgh |
Edn |
Edition |
EDP |
Executive Development Programme |
EdS |
Specialist in Education |
EDSAC |
Electronic Delay Storage Automatic Calculator |
Educ |
Educated |
Educn |
Education |
EEA |
European Environment Agency |
EEC |
European Economic Community (now see EC) |
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Commission of the European Communities |
EEF |
Engineering Employers’ Federation |
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Egyptian Expeditionary Force |
EETPU |
Electrical Electronic Telecommunication & Plumbing Union (later AEEU) |
EETS |
Early English Text Society |
EFCE |
European Federation of Chemical Engineering |
EFIAP |
Excellence, Fédération Internationale de l’Art Photographique |
EFQM |
European Foundation Quality Management |
EFTA |
European Free Trade Association |
EGCLJ |
Ecclesiastical Grand Cross Chaplain, Order of St Lazarus of Jerusalem |
eh |
ehrenhalber (honorary) |
EI |
East Indian |
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East Indies |
EIA |
Engineering Industries Association |
EIB |
European Investment Bank |
EIEMA |
Electrical Installation Equipment Manufacturers’ Association |
E-in-C |
Engineer-in-Chief |
EIS |
Educational Institute of Scotland |
EISCAT |
European Incoherent Scatter Association |
EIU |
Economist Intelligence Unit |
ELBS |
English Language Book Society |
ELDR |
European Liberal, Democrat and Reform Party |
ELT |
English Language Teaching |
EM |
Edward Medal |
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Earl Marshal |
EMBL |
European Molecular Biology Laboratory |
EMBO |
European Molecular Biology Organisation |
EMEA |
European Medicines Agency (formerly European Agency for the Evaluation of Medical Products) |
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Europe, Middle East and Africa |
EMH |
Elizabeth Medal of Honour |
EMI |
European Monetary Institute |
EMP |
Electro Magnetic Pulse |
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Executive Management Program Diploma |
EMS |
Emergency Medical Service |
EMU |
European Monetary Union |
Eng. |
England |
EngD |
Doctor of Engineering |
Engr |
Engineer |
ENO |
English National Opera |
ENT |
Ear Nose and Throat |
ENTO |
Employment National Training Organisation |
EO |
Executive Officer |
EOC |
Equal Opportunities Commission |
EOPH |
Examined Officer of Public Health |
EORTC |
European Organisation for Research on Treatment of Cancer |
EOT |
Employee Ownership Trust |
EP |
European Parliament |
EPOS |
Electronic Point of Sale |
EPP |
European People’s Party |
EPSA |
Excellence, Photographic Society of America |
EPSRC |
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council |
EPsS |
Experimental Psychology Society |
er |
elder |
ER |
Eastern Region (BR) |
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East Riding |
ERA |
Electrical Research Association |
ERC |
Electronics Research Council |
ERD |
Emergency Reserve Decoration (Army) |
ESA |
European Space Agency |
ESC |
European Society of Cardiology |
ESCAP |
Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific |
ESCP-EAP |
Ecole Supérieure de Commerce de Paris-Ecole des Affaires de Paris |
ESF |
European Science Foundation |
ESG |
Environmental, Social and Governance |
ESL |
English as a Second Language |
ESOL |
English for Speakers of Other Languages |
ESP |
English for Special Purposes |
ESPID |
European Society for Paediatric Infectious Diseases |
EsqStJ |
Esquire, Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem |
ESRC |
Economic and Social Research Council |
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Electricity Supply Research Council |
ESRO |
European Space Research Organization (now see ESA) |
ESSKA |
European Society for Surgery of the Knee and Arthroscopy |
ESTA |
European Science and Technology Assembly |
ESU |
English-Speaking Union |
ETA |
Engineering Training Authority |
ETH |
Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule |
ETS |
Educational and Training Services |
ETS(A) |
Educational and Training Services (Army) |
ETU |
Electrical Trades Union |
ETUC |
European Trade Union Confederation |
ETUCE |
European Trade Union Committee for Education |
EU |
European Union |
Euratom |
European Atomic Energy Community |
EurBiol |
European Biologist (now see EurProBiol) |
EurChem |
European Chemist |
EurGeol |
European Geologist |
Eur Ing |
European Engineer |
EUROM |
European Federation for Optics and Precision Mechanics |
EurProBiol |
European Professional Biologist |
EUW |
European Union of Women |
eV |
eingetragener Verein |
EVPC |
European Veterinary Parasitology College |
Ext |
Extinct |
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external |
F
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FA |
Football Association |
FAA |
Fellow, Australian Academy of Science |
FAAAI |
Fellow, Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (formerly American Association for Artificial Intelligence) |
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Fleet Air Arm |
FAAAI |
Fellow, American Association for Artificial Intelligence |
FAAAS |
Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science |
FAACR |
Fellow, American Association for Cancer Research |
FAAHMS |
Fellow, Australian Academy of Health and Sciences |
FAAN |
Fellow, American Academy of Neurology |
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Fellow, American Academy of Nursing |
FAAO |
Fellow, American Academy of Optometry |
FAAP |
Fellow, American Academy of Pediatrics |
FAARM |
Fellow, American Academy of Reproductive Medicine |
FAAV |
Fellow, Central Association of Agricultural Valuers |
FAAVCT |
Fellow, American Academy of Veterinary and Comparative Toxicology |
FABE |
Fellow, Association of Building Engineers |
FAcadMEd |
Fellow, Academy of Medical Educators |
FACB |
Fellow, National Academy of Clinical Biochemistry, USA |
FACC |
Fellow, American College of Cardiology |
FACCA |
Fellow, Association of Certified and Corporate Accountants (now see FCCA) |
FACCP |
Fellow, American College of Chest Physicians |
FACD |
Fellow, American College of Dentistry |
FACDS |
Fellow, Australian College of Dental Surgeons (now see FRACDS) |
FACE |
Fellow, Australian College of Educators (formerly of Education) |
FACerS |
Fellow, American Ceramic Society |
FAChAM |
Fellow, Australasian Chapter of Addiction Medicine, Royal Australian College of Physicians |
FAChPM |
Fellow, Australasian Chapter of Palliative Medicine, Royal Australian College of Physicians |
FACHSE |
Fellow, Australian College of Health Service Executives |
FACI |
Fellow, Australian Chemical Institute (now see FRACI) |
FACM |
Fellow, Associaton of Computing Machinery |
FACMA |
Fellow, Australian College of Medical Administrators (now see FRACMA) |
FACMG |
Fellow, American College of Medicinal Genetics |
FACOG |
Fellow, American College of Obstetricians and Gynæcologists |
FACOM |
Fellow, Australian College of Occupational Medicine |
FACP |
Fellow, American College of Physicians |
FACPM |
Fellow, American College of Preventive Medicine |
FACR |
Fellow, American College of Radiology |
FACRM |
Fellow, Australian College of Rehabilitation Medicine |
FACS |
Fellow, American College of Surgeons |
FAcSS |
Fellow, Academy of Social Sciences |
FACVSc |
Fellow, Australian College of Veterinary Scientists |
FACVT |
Fellow, American College of Veterinary Toxicology (now see FAAVCT) |
FADM |
Fellow, Academy of Dental Materials |
FADO |
Fellow, Association of Dispensing Opticians |
FAEM |
Faculty of Accident and Emergency Medicine (now see CEM) |
FAeSI |
Fellow, Aeronautical Society of India |
FAFMS |
Fellow, Academy of Forensic Medical Sciences |
FAfN |
Fellow, Association for Nutrition |
FAFPHM |
Fellow, Australian Faculty of Public Health Medicine |
FAGS |
Fellow, American Geographical Society |
FAHA |
Fellow, Australian Academy of the Humanities |
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Fellow, American Heart Association |
FAHMS |
Fellow, Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences |
FAI |
Fellow, Chartered Auctioneers’ and Estate Agents’ Institute (now (after amalgamation) see FRICS) |
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Fédération Aéronautique Internationale |
FAIA |
Fellow, American Institute of Architects |
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Fellow, Association of International Accountants |
FAIAA |
Fellow, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics |
FAIAS |
Fellow, Australian Institute of Agricultural Science (now see FAIAST) |
FAIAST |
Fellow, Australian Institute of Agricultural Science and Technology |
FAIB |
Fellow, Australian Institute of Bankers |
FAIBF |
Fellow, Australasian Institute of Bankers + Finance |
FAIBiol |
Fellow, Australian Institute of Biology |
FAICD |
Fellow, Australian Institute of Company Directors |
FAIChE |
Fellow, American Institute of Chemical Engineers |
FAIE |
Fellow, Australian Institute of Energy |
FAIEx |
Fellow, Australian Institute of Export |
FAIFST |
Fellow, Australian Institute of Food Science and Technology |
FAII |
Fellow, Australian Insurance Institute |
FAIIA |
Fellow, Australian Information Industry Association |
FAIM |
Fellow, Australian Institute of Management |
FAIMBE |
Fellow, American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering |
FAIP |
Fellow, Australian Institute of Physics |
FAISB |
Fellow, Society for the Study of Artificial Intelligence and the Simulation of Behaviour |
FAM |
Fellow, Academy of Marketing |
FAMA |
Fellow, Australian Medical Association |
FAMI |
Fellow, Australian Marketing Institute |
FAMINZ(Arb) |
Fellow, Arbitrators and Mediators Institute of New Zealand |
FAMM |
Fellow, Academy of Medicine, Malaysia |
FAmNucSoc |
Fellow, American Nuclear Society |
FAMS |
Fellow, Ancient Monuments Society |
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Fellow, Academy of Medicine, Singapore |
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Fellow, American Mathematical Society |
FANA |
Fellow, American Neurological Association |
F and GP |
Finance and General Purposes |
FANY |
First Aid Nursing Yeomanry |
FANZCA |
Fellow, Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists |
FANZCP |
Fellow, Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (now see FRANZCP) |
FAO |
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations |
FAoP |
Fellow, Association of Physicians of Great Britain and Ireland |
FAOrthA |
Fellow, Australian Orthopaedic Association |
FAPA |
Fellow, American Psychiatric Association |
FAPHA |
Fellow, American Public Health Association |
FAPI |
Fellow, Association of Physicians of India |
FAPM |
Fellow, Association for Project Management (formerly of Project Managers) |
FAPS |
Fellow, American Phytopathological Society |
FAPT |
Fellow, Association for Preservation Technology (US) |
FArborA |
Fellow, Arboricultural Association |
FARE |
Federation of Alcoholic Rehabilitation Establishments |
FARELF |
Far East Land Forces |
FARVO |
Fellow, Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology |
FAS |
Fellow, Antiquarian Society |
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Fellow, Nigerian Academy of Science |
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Funding Agency for Schools |
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Fellow, Anatomical Society |
FASA |
Fellow, Australian Society of Accountants (now see FCPA) |
FASc |
Fellow, Indian Academy of Sciences |
fasc. |
fascicule |
FASCE |
Fellow, American Society of Civil Engineers |
FASI |
Fellow, Architects’ and Surveyors’ Institute |
FASL |
Fellow, Association for Scottish Literature (formerly for Scottish Literary Studies) |
FASME |
Fellow, American Society of Mechanical Engineers |
FASPOG |
Fellow, Australian Society for Psychosomatic Obstetrics and Gynaecology |
FASSA |
Fellow, Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia |
FAusIMM |
Fellow, Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy |
FAustCOG |
Fellow, Australian College of Obstetricians and Gynæcologists (later FRACOG; now see FRANZCOG) |
FAustMS |
Fellow, Australian Mathematical Society |
FBA |
Fellow, British Academy |
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Federation of British Artists |
FBAHA |
Fellow, British Association of Hotel Accountants |
FBAM |
Fellow, British Academy of Management |
FBC |
Fellow, Birmingham Conservatoire (now see FRBC) |
FBCartS |
Fellow, British Cartographic Society |
FBCO |
Fellow, British College of Optometrists (formerly of Ophthalmic Opticians (Optometrists)) (now see FCOptom) |
FBCS |
Fellow, British Computer Society |
FBCS CITP |
Fellow, British Computer Society, with Chartered Professional Status |
FBEng |
Fellow, Association of Building Engineers |
FBES |
Fellow, Biological Engineering Society (now see FIPEM) |
FBHA |
Fellow, British Hospitality Association |
FBHI |
Fellow, British Horological Institute |
FBHS |
Fellow, British Horse Society |
Fellow, British Hypertension Society |
FBI |
Federation of British Industries (now see CBI) |
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Federal Bureau of Investigation |
FBIAT |
Fellow, British Institute of Architectural Technicians |
FBIBA |
Fellow, British Insurance Brokers’ Association (now see FBIIBA) |
FBID |
Fellow, British Institute of Interior Design |
FBIDA |
Fellow, British Interior Design Association |
FBIDST |
Fellow, British Institute of Dental and Surgical Technologists |
FBII |
Fellow, British Institute of Innkeeping |
FBIIBA |
Fellow, British Insurance and Investment Brokers’ Association |
FBIM |
Fellow, British Institute of Management (later FIMgt) |
FBINZ |
Fellow, Bankers’ Institute of New Zealand |
FBIPM |
Fellow, British Institute of Payroll Management (now see FIPPM) |
FBIPP |
Fellow, British Institute of Professional Photography |
FBIR |
Fellow, British Institute of Radiology |
FBIRA |
Fellow, British Institute of Regulatory Affairs |
FBIS |
Fellow, British Interplanetary Society |
FBKS |
Fellow, British Kinematograph Society (now see FBKSTS) |
FBKSTS |
Fellow, British Kinematograph, Sound and Television Society |
FBNA |
Fellow, British Naturalists’ Association |
FBOA |
Fellow, British Optical Association |
FBOU |
Fellow, British Ornithologists’ Union |
FBPharmacolS |
Fellow, British Pharmacological Society (now see FBPhS) |
FBPhS |
Fellow, British Pharmacological Society |
FBPICS |
Fellow, British Production and Inventory Control Society |
FBPsS |
Fellow, British Psychological Society |
FBritIRE |
Fellow, British Institution of Radio Engineers (later FIERE) |
FBS |
Fellow, Building Societies Institute (later FCBSI; now see FCIB) |
FBSA |
Fellow, British Science Association |
FBSE |
Fellow, Biomaterials Science and Engineering |
FBSG |
Fellow, British Society for Geomorphology |
FBSI |
Fellow, Boot and Shoe Institution (now see FCFI) |
FBSM |
Fellow, Birmingham School of Music (now see FBC) |
FBTS |
Fellow, British Toxicology Society |
FC |
Football Club |
FCA |
Fellow, Institute of Chartered Accountants |
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Fellow, Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia |
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Fellow, New Zealand Society of Accountants |
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Federation of Canadian Artists |
FCABE |
Fellow, Chartered Association of Building Engineers |
FCAE |
Fellow, Canadian Academy of Engineering |
FCAHS |
Fellow, Canadian Academy of Health Sciences |
FCAI |
Fellow, New Zealand Institute of Cost Accountants |
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Fellow, Canadian Aeronautical Institute (now see FCASI) |
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Fellow, College of Anaesthetists of Ireland |
FCAM |
Fellow, CAM Foundation |
FCAnaes |
Fellow, College of Anaesthetists (now see FRCA) |
FCARCSI |
Fellow, College of Anaesthetists, Royal College of Surgeons of Ireland |
FCA(SA) |
Fellow, College of Anaesthetists (South Africa) |
FCASI |
Fellow, Canadian Aeronautics and Space Institute |
FCBI |
Fellow, Chartered Banker Institute |
FCBSI |
Fellow, Chartered Building Societies Institute (merged with Chartered Institute of Bankers; now see FCIB) |
FCCA |
Fellow, Chartered Association of Certified Accountants |
FCCEA |
Fellow, Commonwealth Council for Educational Administration |
FCCP |
Fellow, American College of Chest Physicians |
FCCS |
Fellow, Corporation of Secretaries (formerly of Certified Secretaries) |
FCCT |
Fellow, Canadian College of Teachers |
Fellow, Chartered College of Teaching |
FCDO |
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office |
FCDSHK |
Fellow, College of Dental Surgeons of Hong Kong |
FCEC |
Federation of Civil Engineering Contractors |
FCEM |
Fellow, College of Emergency Medicine (now see FRCEM) |
FCFE |
Fellow, Chartered Institution for Further Education |
FCFI |
Fellow, Clothing and Footwear Institute |
FCG |
Fellow, Chartered Governance Institute |
FCGA |
Fellow, Certified General Accountants of Canada |
FCGC |
Fellow, Council of Geriatric Cardiology |
FCGDent |
Fellow, College of General Dentistry |
FCGI |
Fellow, City and Guilds of London Institute |
FCGP |
Fellow, College of General Practitioners (now see FRCGP) |
FChS |
Fellow, Society of Chiropodists |
FCI |
Fellow, Institute of Commerce |
FCIA |
Fellow, Corporation of Insurance Agents |
FCIArb |
Fellow, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators |
FCIB |
Fellow, Corporation of Insurance Brokers |
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Fellow, Chartered Institute of Bankers |
FCIBS |
Fellow, Chartered Institution of Building Services (now see FCBI) |
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Fellow, Chartered Institute of Bankers in Scotland |
FCIBSE |
Fellow, Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers |
FCIC |
Fellow, Chemical Institute of Canada (formerly Canadian Institute of Chemistry) |
FCICM |
Fellow, Chartered Institute of Credit Management |
FCIEEM |
Fellow, Chartered Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management |
FCIEH |
Fellow, Chartered Institute of Environmental Health |
FCIFE |
Fellow, Chartered Institution for Further Education |
FCIH |
Fellow, Chartered Institute of Housing |
FCIHort |
Fellow, Chartered Institute of Horticulture |
FCIHT |
Fellow, Chartered Institution of Highways & Transportation |
FCII |
Fellow, Chartered Insurance Institute |
FCIJ |
Fellow, Chartered Institute of Journalists |
FCIL |
Fellow, Chartered Institute of Linguists |
FCILA |
Fellow, Chartered Institute of Loss Adjusters |
FCILT |
Chartered Fellow, Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport |
FCIM |
Fellow, Chartered Institute of Marketing |
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Fellow, Institute of Corporate Managers (Australia) |
FCInstCES |
Fellow, Chartered Institution of Civil Engineering Surveyors |
FCIOB |
Fellow, Chartered Institute of Building |
FCIPA |
Fellow, Chartered Institute of Patent Agents (now see CPA) |
FCIPD |
Fellow, Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development |
FCIPHE |
Fellow, Chartered Institute of Plumbing and Heating Engineering |
FCIPR |
Fellow, Chartered Institute of Public Relations |
FCIPS |
Fellow, Chartered Institute of Procurement (formerly Purchasing) and Supply |
FCIS |
Fellow, Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators (formerly Chartered Institute of Secretaries) (now see FCG) |
FCISA |
Fellow, Chartered Institute of Secretaries and Administrators (Australia) |
FCIT |
Fellow, Chartered Institute of Transport (now see FCILT) |
FCIWEM |
Fellow, Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management |
FCIWM |
Fellow, Chartered Institution of Wastes Management |
FCJEI |
Fellow, Commonwealth Judicial Education Institute |
FCLIP |
Fellow, Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals |
FCM |
Faculty of Community Medicine |
FCMA |
Fellow, Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (formerly Institute of Cost and Management Accountants) |
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Fellow, Communications Management Association |
FCMC |
Fellow grade, Certified Management Consultant |
FCMI |
Fellow, Chartered Management Institute |
FCMSA |
Fellow, College of Medicine of South Africa |
FCNA |
Fellow, College of Nursing, Australia |
FCO |
Foreign and Commonwealth Office |
FCOG(SA) |
Fellow, South African College of Obstetrics and Gynæcology |
FCollH |
Fellow, College of Handicraft |
FCollP |
Fellow, College of Preceptors |
FCollT |
Fellow, College of Teachers |
FCommA |
Fellow, Society of Commercial Accountants (now see FSCA) |
FCOphth |
Fellow, College of Ophthalmologists (now see FRCOphth) |
FCOptom |
Fellow, College of Optometrists |
FCOT |
Fellow, College of Teachers |
FCP |
Fellow, College of Preceptors |
FCPA |
Fellow, Australian Society of Certified Practising Accountants |
FCPath |
Fellow, College of Pathologists (now see FRCPath) |
FCPCH |
Fellow, College of Paediatrics and Child Health (now see FRCPCH) |
FCP (ECSA) |
Fellow, East, Central and Southern Africa College of Physicians |
FCPFA |
Fellow Chartered Public Finance Accountant |
FCPodMed |
Fellow, College of Podiatry in Podiatric Medicine (now see FRCPodM) |
FCPS |
Fellow, College of Physicians and Surgeons |
FCP(SoAf) |
Fellow, College of Physicians, South Africa |
FCPSO(SoAf) |
Fellow, College of Physicians and Surgeons and Obstetricians, South Africa |
FCPS (Pak) |
Fellow, College of Physicians and Surgeons of Pakistan |
FCQI |
Fellow, Chartered Quality Institute |
FCRA |
Fellow, College of Radiologists of Australia (now see FRACR) |
FCS |
Federation of Conservative Students |
FCS |
FChemSoc |
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Fellow, Chemical Society (now absorbed into Royal Society of Chemistry) |
FCSD |
Fellow, Chartered Society of Designers |
FCSFS |
Fellow, Chartered Society of Forensic Sciences |
FCSHK |
Fellow, College of Surgeons of Hong Kong |
FCSI |
Fellow, Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment |
FCSLT |
Fellow, College of Speech and Language Therapists (now see FRCSLT) |
FCSM |
Fellow, Cambridge School of Music |
FCSP |
Fellow, Chartered Society of Physiotherapy |
FCSSA |
FCS(SoAf) |
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Fellow, College of Surgeons, South Africa |
FCSSL |
Fellow, College of Surgeons of Sri Lanka |
FCST |
Fellow, College of Speech Therapists (later FCSLT; now see FRCSLT) |
FCT |
Federal Capital Territory (now see ACT) |
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Fellow, Association of Corporate Treasurers |
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Fellow, College of Teachers |
FCTB |
Fellow, College of Teachers of the Blind |
FCU |
Fighter Control Unit |
FCWA |
Fellow, Institute of Costs and Works Accountants (now see FCMA) |
FD |
Doctor of Philosophy |
FDA |
Association of First Division Civil Servants |
FdA |
Foundation Degree of Arts |
FDF |
Food and Drink Federation |
FDI |
Fédération Dentaire Internationale |
FDP |
Freie Demokratische Partei |
FDS |
Fellow in Dental Surgery |
FdSc |
Foundation Degree in Science |
FDSRCPSGlas |
Fellow in Dental Surgery, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow |
FDSRCS |
FDS RCS |
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Fellow in Dental Surgery, Royal College of Surgeons of England |
FDSRCSE |
Fellow in Dental Surgery, Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh |
FE |
Far East |
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Further Education |
FEA |
Fellow, English Association |
FEAF |
Far East Air Force |
FEAN |
Fellow, European Academy of Neurology |
FEANI |
Fédération Européenne d’Associations Nationales d’Ingénieurs |
FEBS |
Federation of European Biochemical Societies |
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Fellow, European Board of Surgery |
FECI |
Fellow, Institute of Employment Consultants |
FECTS |
Fellow, European Association for Cardiothoracic Surgery |
FEE |
Fédération des Expertes Comptables Européens |
FEF |
Far East Fleet |
FEFC |
FEFCE |
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Further Education Funding Council for England |
FEFCW |
Further Education Funding Council for Wales |
FEI |
Fédération Equestre Internationale |
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Fellow, Energy Institute |
FEIC |
Fellow, Engineering Institute of Canada |
FEIDCT |
Fellow, Educational Institute of Design Craft and Technology |
FEIS |
Fellow, Educational Institute of Scotland |
FEMAC |
Fellow, European Marketing Academy |
FEng |
Fellow, Royal Academy (formerly Fellowship) of Engineering (now see FREng) |
FEPS |
Federation of European Physiological Societies |
FERS |
Fellow, European Respiratory Society |
FES |
Fellow, Entomological Society |
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Fellow, Ethnological Society |
FESC |
Fellow, European Society of Cardiology |
FETCS |
Fellow, European Board of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeons |
FEurASc |
Fellow, European Academy of Sciences |
FF |
Fianna Fáil |
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Field Force |
FFA |
Fellow, Faculty of Actuaries (in Scotland) |
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Fellow, Institute of Financial Accountants |
FFAEM |
Fellow, Faculty of Accident and Emergency Medicine (later FCEM) |
FFARACS |
Fellow, Faculty of Anaesthetists, Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (now see FANZCA) |
FFARCS |
Fellow, Faculty of Anaesthetists, Royal College of Surgeons of England (now see FRCA) |
FFARCSI |
Fellow, Faculty of Anaesthetists, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (now see FCAI) |
FFAS |
Fellow, Faculty of Architects and Surveyors, London (now see FASI) |
FFA(SA) |
Fellow, Faculty of Anaesthetists (South Africa) (now see FCA(SA)) |
FFB |
Fellow, Faculty of Building |
FFCI |
Fellow, Faculty of Clinical Informatics |
FFCM |
Fellow, Faculty of Community Medicine (now see FFPH) |
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Fellow, Faculty of Church Music |
FFCMI |
Fellow, Faculty of Community Medicine of Ireland |
FFCS |
Founding Fellow, Contemporary Scotland |
FFDRCSI |
Fellow, Faculty of Dentistry, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland |
FFFLM |
Fellow, Faculty of Forensic and Legal Medicine, Royal College of Physicians |
FFFP |
Fellow, Faculty of Family Planning & Reproductive Health Care of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (now see FFSRH) |
FFGDP(UK) |
Fellow, Faculty of General Dental Practitioners of the Royal College of Surgeons (now see FCGDent) |
FFHom |
Fellow, Faculty of Homeopathy |
FFI |
Finance for Industry |
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Fauna & Flora International |
FFICM |
Fellow, Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine |
FFOM |
Fellow, Faculty of Occupational Medicine |
FFOMI |
Fellow, Faculty of Occupational Medicine of Ireland |
FFOP (RCPA) |
Fellow, Faculty of Oral Pathology, Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia |
FFPath, RCPI |
Fellow, Faculty of Pathologists of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland |
FFPH |
Fellow, Faculty of Public Health |
FFPHM |
Fellow, Faculty of Public Health Medicine (now see FFPH) |
FFPHMI |
Fellow, Faculty of Public Health Medicine of Ireland |
FFPM |
Fellow, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Medicine |
FFPMRCA |
Fellow, Faculty of Pain Medicine, Royal College of Anaesthetists |
FFPRHC |
Faculty of Family Planning & Reproductive Health Care, Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (now see FSRH) |
FFPS |
Fauna and Flora Preservation Society (now see FFI) |
FFR |
Fellow, Faculty of Radiologists (now see FRCR) |
FFRRCSI |
Fellow, Faculty of Radiologists of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland |
FFSEM |
Fellow, Faculty of Sports and Exercise Medicine, Royal College of Physicians of Ireland and Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland |
FFSRH |
Fellow, Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists |
FFSSoc |
Fellow, Forensic Science Society (now see FCSFS) |
FFSTEd |
Fellow, Faculty of Surgical Trainers, Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh |
FFTM(Glas) |
Fellow, Faculty of Travel Medicine, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow |
FG |
Fine Gael |
FGA |
Fellow, Gemmological Association |
FGCL |
Fellow, Goldsmiths’ College, London |
FGCM |
Fellow, Guild of Church Musicians |
FGDP(UK) |
Fellow, Faculty of General Dental Practice of the Royal College of Surgeons of England |
FGDS |
Fédération de la Gauche Démocratique et Socialiste |
FGE |
Fellow, Guild of Glass Engravers |
FGGE |
Fellow, Guild of Glass Engravers (now see FGE) |
FGI |
Fellow, Institute of Certificated Grocers |
FGMS |
Fellow, Guild of Musicians and Singers |
FGS |
Fellow, Geological Society |
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Fellow, Guildhall School of Music and Drama |
FGSM |
Fellow, Guildhall School of Music and Drama (now see FGS) |
FGSM(MT) |
Fellow, Guildhall School of Music and Drama (Music Therapy) |
FHA |
Fellow, Institute of Health Service Administrators (formerly Hospital Administrators) (later FHSM) |
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Fellow, Historical Association |
FHAS |
Fellow, Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland |
FHCIMA |
Fellow, Hotel Catering and International (formerly Institutional) Management Association (now see FIH) |
FHEA |
Fellow, Higher Education Academy |
FHKAES |
Fellow, Hong Kong Academy of Engineering Sciences |
FHKAM |
Fellow, Hong Kong Academy of Medicine |
FHKCCM |
Fellow, Hong Kong College of Community Medicine |
FHKCP |
Fellow, Hong Kong College of Physicians |
FHKCPath |
Fellow, Hong Kong College of Pathologists |
FHKCS |
Fellow, Hong Kong College of Surgeons |
FHKIE |
Fellow, Hong Kong Institution of Engineers |
FHMAAAS |
Foreign Honorary Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences |
FHRS |
Fellow, Heart Rhythm Society |
FHS |
Fellow, Heraldry Society |
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Forces Help Society and Lord Roberts Workshops (now see SSAFA) |
FHSA |
Family Health Services Authority |
FHSM |
Fellow, Institute of Health Services Management (later FIHM) |
FIA |
Fellow, Institute and Faculty of Actuaries (formerly Institute of Actuaries) |
FIAA |
Fellow, Institute of Actuaries of Australia |
FIAAS |
Fellow, Institute of Australian Agricultural Science |
FIAA&S |
Fellow, Incorporated Association of Architects and Surveyors |
FIACM |
Fellow, International Association of Computational Mechanics |
FIAE |
Fellow, Irish Academy of Engineering |
FIAFoST |
Fellow, International Academy of Food Science and Technology |
FIAgrE |
Fellow, Institution of Agricultural Engineers |
FIAgrM |
Fellow, Institute of Agricultural Management |
FIALD |
Fellow, International Association of Lighting Designers |
FIAM |
Fellow, International Academy of Management |
FIAMBE |
Fellow, International Academy for Medical and Biological Engineering |
FIAP |
Fellow, Institution of Analysts and Programmers |
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Fellow, Indian Academy of Paediatrics |
FIArb |
Fellow, Institute of Arbitrators (now see FCIArb) |
FIArbA |
Fellow, Institute of Arbitrators of Australia |
FIAS |
Fellow, Institute of Aeronautical Sciences (US) (now see FAIAA) |
FIASc |
Fellow, Indian Academy of Sciences |
FIASSID |
Fellow, International Association for the Scientific Study of Intellectual Disability |
FIB |
Fellow, Institute of Bankers (now see FCIB) |
FIBA |
Fellow, Institute of Business Administration, Australia (now see FCIM) |
FIBC |
Fellow, Institute of Business Consulting (now see FIC) |
FIBI |
Fellow, Institute of Bankers of Ireland |
FIBiol |
Fellow, Institute of Biology (later FSB, now see FRSB) |
FIBiotech |
Fellow, Institute for Biotechnical Studies |
FIBMS |
Fellow, Institute of Biomedical Sciences |
FIBScot |
Fellow, Institute of Bankers in Scotland (now see FCIBS) |
FIC |
Fellow, Institute of Chemistry (then FRIC; now see FRSC) |
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Fellow, Imperial College, London |
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Fellow, Institute of Consulting |
FICA |
Fellow, Commonwealth Institute of Accountants |
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Fellow, Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (now see FCA) |
FICAI |
Fellow, Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland |
FICB |
Fellow, Institute of Canadian Bankers |
FICD |
Fellow, Institute of Civil Defence |
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Fellow, Indian College of Dentists |
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Fellow, International College of Dentists |
FICE |
Fellow, Institution of Civil Engineers |
FICeram |
Fellow, Institute of Ceramics (later FIM) |
FICES |
Fellow, Institution of Chartered Engineering Surveyors |
FICFM |
Fellow, Institute of Charity Fundraising Managers (now see FInstF) |
FICFor |
Fellow, Institute of Chartered Foresters |
FIChemE |
Fellow, Institution of Chemical Engineers |
FICM |
Fellow, Institute of Credit Management (now see FCICM) |
FICMA |
Fellow, Institute of Cost and Management Accountants |
FICOG |
Fellow, Indian College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists |
FICorr |
Fellow, Institute of Corrosion |
FICorrST |
Fellow, Institution of Corrosion Science and Technology (now see FICorr) |
FICPD |
Fellow, Institute of Continuing Professional Development |
FICPEM |
Fellow, Institute of Civil Protection and Emergency Management |
FICS |
Fellow, Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers |
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Fellow, International College of Surgeons |
FICT |
Fellow, Institute of Concrete Technology |
FIDA |
Fellow, Institute of Directors, Australia (now see FAICD) |
FIDDA |
Fellow, Interior Decorators and Designers Association (now see FBIDA) |
FIDE |
Fédération Internationale des Echecs |
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Fellow, Institute of Design Engineers |
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Fédération Internationale pour le Droit Européen |
FIDEM |
Fédération Internationale de la Médaille d’Art |
FIDM |
Fellow, Institute of Direct Marketing |
FIDPM |
Fellow, Institute of Data Processing Management |
FIEAust |
Fellow, Institution of Engineers, Australia |
FIED |
Fellow, Institution of Engineering Designers |
FIEE |
Fellow, Institution of Electrical Engineers (now see FIET) |
FIEEE |
Fellow, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (NY) |
FIEEIE |
Fellow, Institution of Electronics and Electrical Incorporated Engineers (later FIIE) |
FIEEM |
Fellow, Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management (now see FCIEEM) |
FIEHK |
Fellow, Institution of Engineering, Hong Kong |
FIEI |
Fellow, Institution of Engineering Inspection (later FIQA) |
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Fellow, Institution of Engineers of Ireland |
FIEIE |
Fellow, Institution of Electronic Incorporated Engineers (later FIEEIE) |
FIEJ |
Fédération Internationale des Editeurs de Journaux et Publications |
FIEMA |
Fellow, Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment |
FIEnvSc |
Fellow, Institution of Environmental Sciences |
FIERE |
Fellow, Institution of Electronic and Radio Engineers (later FIEE) |
FIES |
Fellow, Illuminating Engineering Society (later FIllumES; now see FCIBSE) |
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Fellow, Institution of Engineers in Scotland (formerly Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders in Scotland) |
FIET |
Fédération Internationale des Employés, Techniciens et Cadres |
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Fellow, Institution of Engineering and Technology |
FIEx |
Fellow, Institute of Export |
FIExpE |
Fellow, Institute of Explosives Engineers |
FIFA |
Fédération Internationale de Football Association |
FIFEM |
Fellow, International Federation of Emergency Medicine |
FIFF |
Fellow, Institute of Freight Forwarders (now see FIFP) |
FIFireE |
Fellow, Institution of Fire Engineers |
FIFM |
Fellow, Institute of Fisheries Management |
FIFor |
Fellow, Institute of Foresters (now see FICFor) |
FIFP |
Fellow, Institute of Freight Professionals |
FIFST |
Fellow, Institute of Food Science and Technology |
FIGasE |
Fellow, Institution of Gas Engineers (now see FIGEM) |
FIGCM |
Fellow, Incorporated Guild of Church Musicians |
FIGD |
Fellow, Institute of Grocery Distribution |
FIGEM |
Fellow, Institution of Gas Engineers and Managers |
FIGO |
International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics |
FIH |
Fellow, Institute of Housing (now see FCIH) |
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Fellow, Institute of the Horse |
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Fellow, Institute of Hospitality |
FIHE |
Fellow, Institute of Health Education |
FIHEEM |
Fellow, Institute of Healthcare Engineering and Estate Management |
FIHM |
Fellow, Institute of Housing Managers (later FIH; now see FCIH) |
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Fellow, Institute of Healthcare Management |
FIHort |
Fellow, Institute of Horticulture (now see FCIHort) |
FIHospE |
Fellow, Institute of Hospital Engineering |
FIHT |
Fellow, Institution of Highways & Transportation (now see FCIHT) |
FIHVE |
Fellow, Institution of Heating & Ventilating Engineers (later FCIBS and MCIBS) |
FIIA |
Fellow, Institute of Industrial Administration (later CBIM and FBIM) |
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Fellow, Institute of Internal Auditors |
FIIB |
Fellow, International Institute of Biotechnology |
FIIC |
Fellow, International Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works |
FIIDA |
Fellow, International Interior Design Association |
FIIE |
Fellow, Institution of Incorporated Engineers in Electronic, Electrical and Mechanical Engineering (now see FIET) |
FIIM |
Fellow, Institution of Industrial Managers |
FIInfSc |
Fellow, Institute of Information Scientists (now see FCLIP) |
FIIP |
Fellow, Institute of Incorporated Photographers (now see FBIPP) |
FIIT |
Fellow, Institute of Indirect Taxation |
FIL |
Fellow, Institute of Linguists (now see FCIL) |
FILA |
Fellow, Institute of Landscape Architects (now see FLI) |
FILAM |
Fellow, Institute of Leisure and Amenity Management |
FILDM |
Fellow, Institute of Logistics and Distribution Management (later FILog) |
FilDr |
Doctor of Philosophy |
Fil.Hed. |
Filosofie Hedersdoktor |
FIllumES |
Fellow, Illuminating Engineering Society (now see FCIBSE) |
FILog |
Fellow, Institute of Logistics (later FILT) |
FILT |
Fellow, Institute of Logistics and Transport (now see FCILT) |
FIM |
Fellow, Institute of Materials (formerly Institution of Metallurgists, then Institute of Metals) (now see FIMMM) |
FIMA |
Fellow, Institute of Mathematics and its Applications |
FIMarE |
Fellow, Institute of Marine Engineers (now see FIMarEST) |
FIMarEST |
Fellow, Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology |
FIMatM |
Fellow, Institute of Materials Management (later FILog) |
FIMBRA |
Financial Intermediaries, Managers and Brokers Regulatory Association |
FIMC |
Fellow, Institute of Management Consultants (now see FCMC) |
FIMCB |
Fellow, International Management Centre from Buckingham |
FIMCRCSE |
Fellow in Immediate Medical Care, Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh |
FIMechE |
Fellow, Institution of Mechanical Engineers |
FIMF |
Fellow, Institute of Materials Finishing |
FIMfgE |
Fellow, Institution of Manufacturing Engineers (later FIEE) |
FIMgt |
Fellow, Institute of Management (now see FCMI) |
FIMH |
Fellow, Institute of Materials Handling (later FIMatM) |
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Fellow, Institute of Military History |
FIMI |
Fellow, Institute of the Motor Industry |
FIMinE |
Fellow, Institution of Mining Engineers (later FIMM) |
FIMIT |
Fellow, Institute of Musical Instrument Technology |
FIMLS |
Fellow, Institute of Medical Laboratory Sciences (now see FIBMS) |
FIMLT |
Fellow, Institute of Medical Laboratory Technology (later FIMLS) |
FIMM |
Fellow, Institution of Mining and Metallurgy (now see FIMMM) |
FIMMA |
Fellow, Institute of Metals and Materials Australasia |
FIMMM |
Fellow, Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining |
FIMS |
Fellow, Institute of Mathematical Statistics |
FIMT |
Fellow, Institute of the Motor Trade (now see FIMI) |
FIMTA |
Fellow, Institute of Municipal Treasurers and Accountants (now see IPFA) |
FIMunE |
Fellow, Institution of Municipal Engineers (now amalgamated with Institution of Civil Engineers) |
FIN |
Fellow, Institute of Navigation (now see FRIN) |
FINRA |
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority |
FInstAM |
Fellow, Institute of Administrative Management |
FInstArb(NZ) |
Fellow, Institute of Arbitrators of New Zealand |
FInstBiol |
Fellow, Institute of Biology (later FIBiol) |
FInstCES |
Fellow, Institution of Civil Engineering Surveyors (now see FCInstCES) |
FInstD |
Fellow, Institute of Directors |
FInstE |
Fellow, Institute of Energy (now see FEI) |
FInstF |
Fellow, Institute of Fuel (later FInstE) |
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Fellow, Institute of Fundraising |
FInstFF |
Fellow, Institute of Freight Forwarders Ltd (later FIFF) |
FInstHE |
Fellow, Institution of Highways Engineers (later FIHT, now see FCIHT) |
FInstKT |
Fellow, Institute of Knowledge Transfer |
FInstLEx |
Fellow, Institute of Legal Executives |
FInstLM |
Fellow, Institute of Leadership and Management |
FInstM |
Fellow, Institute of Meat |
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Fellow, Institute of Marketing (now see FCIM) |
FInstMC |
Fellow, Institute of Measurement and Control |
FInstMSM |
Fellow, Institute of Marketing and Sales Management (later FInstM; now see FCIM) |
FInstMet |
Fellow, Institute of Metals (later part of Metals Society; then FIM) |
FInstNDT |
Fellow, Institute of Non-Destructive Testing |
FInstP |
Fellow, Institute of Physics |
FInstPet |
Fellow, Institute of Petroleum (now see FEI) |
FInstPkg |
Fellow, Institute of Packaging |
FInstPS |
Fellow, Institute of Purchasing and Supply (now see FCIPS) |
FInstRE |
Fellow, Institution of Royal Engineers |
FInstSM |
Fellow, Institute of Sales Management (now see FInstSMM) |
FInstSMM |
Fellow, Institute of Sales and Marketing Management |
FInstTT |
Fellow, Institute of Travel & Tourism |
FInstW |
Fellow, Institute of Welding (now see FWeldI) |
FINucE |
Fellow, Institution of Nuclear Engineers (now see FNucI) |
FIOA |
Fellow, Institute of Acoustics |
FIOB |
Fellow, Institute of Building (now see FCIOB) |
FIOH |
Fellow, Institute of Occupational Hygiene |
FIOM |
Fellow, Institute of Office Management (now see FIAM) |
FIOP |
Fellow, Institute of Printing (now see FIP3) |
FIOSH |
Fellow, Institution of Occupational Safety and Health |
FIP |
Fellow, Australian Institute of Petroleum |
FIPA |
Fellow, Institute of Practitioners in Advertising |
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Fellow, Insolvency Practitioners Association |
FIPAA |
Fellow, Institute of Public Administration Australia |
FIPD |
Fellow, Institute of Personnel and Development (now see FCIPD) |
FIPDM |
Fellow, Institute of Physical Distribution Management (later FILDM) |
FIPEM |
Fellow, Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine |
FIPENZ |
Fellow, Institution of Professional Engineers, New Zealand |
FIPG |
Fellow, Institute of Professional Goldsmiths |
FIPharmM |
Fellow, Institute of Pharmacy Management |
FIPHE |
Fellow, Institution of Public Health Engineers (later FIWEM) |
FIPlantE |
Fellow, Institution of Plant Engineers |
FIPM |
Fellow, Institute of Personnel Management (later FIPD) |
FIPPM |
Fellow, Institute of Payroll and Pensions Management |
FIPR |
Fellow, Institute of Public Relations (now see FCIPR) |
FIProdE |
Fellow, Institution of Production Engineers (later FIMfgE) |
FIPSM |
Fellow, Institute of Physical Sciences in Medicine (now see FIPEM) |
FIP3 |
Fellow, Institute of Paper, Printing and Publishing |
FIQ |
Fellow, Institute of Quarrying |
FIQA |
Fellow, Institute of Quality Assurance (now see FCQI) |
FIRI |
Fellow, Institution of the Rubber Industry (later FPRI) |
FIRM |
Fellow, Institute of Risk Management |
FIRO |
Fellow, Institution of Railway Operators |
FIRRV |
Fellow, Institute of Revenues Rating and Valuation |
FIRSE |
Fellow, Institute of Railway Signalling Engineers |
FIRTE |
Fellow, Institute of Road Transport Engineers |
FIS |
Fellow, Institute of Statisticians |
FISA |
Fellow, Incorporated Secretaries’ Association |
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Fédération Internationale des Sociétés d’Aviron |
FISE |
Fellow, Institution of Sales Engineers |
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Fellow, Institution of Sanitary Engineers |
FISITA |
Fédération Internationale des Sociétés d’Ingénieurs des Techniques de l’Automobile |
FISM |
Fellow, Institute of Supervisory Managers (now see FInstLM) |
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Fellow, Institute of Sports Medicine |
FISOB |
Fellow, Incorporated Society of Organ Builders |
FISPAL |
Fellow, Institute for Sport, Parks and Leisure |
FISTC |
Fellow, Institute of Scientific and Technical Communicators |
FISTD |
Fellow, Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing |
FIStructE |
Fellow, Institution of Structural Engineers |
FITD |
Fellow, Institute of Training and Development (later FIPD) |
FITE |
Fellow, Institution of Electrical and Electronics Technician Engineers |
FITSA |
Fellow, Institute of Trading Standards Administration |
FIW |
Fellow, Welding Institute (now see FWeldI) |
FIWE |
Fellow, Institution of Water Engineers (later FIWES) |
FIWEM |
Fellow, Institution of Water and Environmental Management (now see FCIWEM) |
FIWES |
Fellow, Institution of Water Engineers and Scientists (later FIWEM) |
FIWM |
Fellow, Institution of Works Managers (now see FIIM) |
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Fellow, Institute of Wastes Management (now see FCIWM) |
FIWO |
Fellow, Institute of Water Officers |
FIWPC |
Fellow, Institute of Water Pollution Control (later FIWEM) |
FIWSc |
Fellow, Institute of Wood Science |
FIWSP |
Fellow, Institute of Work Study Practitioners (now see FMS) |
FJI |
Fellow, Institute of Journalists (now see FCIJ) |
FJIE |
Fellow, Junior Institution of Engineers (now see CIMGTechE) |
FKC |
Fellow, King’s College London |
FKCHMS |
Fellow, King’s College Hospital Medical School |
FL |
Florida (postal) |
FLA |
Fellow, Library Association (now see FCLIP) |
Fla |
Florida |
FLAS |
Fellow, Chartered Land Agents’ Society (now (after amalgamation) see FRICS) |
FLCM |
Fellow, London College of Music |
FLI |
Fellow, Landscape Institute |
FLIA |
Fellow, Life Insurance Association |
FLLA |
Fellow, Association of Lawyers and Legal Advisers |
FLS |
Fellow, Linnean Society |
FLSW |
Fellow, Learned Society of Wales |
Flt |
Flight |
FM |
Field-Marshal |
FMA |
Fellow, Museums Association |
FMAAT |
Fellow Member, Association of Accounting Technicians |
FMBA |
Fellow, Marine Biological Association |
FMedSci |
Fellow, Academy of Medical Sciences |
FMES |
Fellow, Minerals Engineering Society |
FMI |
Foundation for Manufacturing and Industry |
FMinSoc |
Fellow, Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland |
FMLM |
Faculty of Medical Leadership and Management |
FMS |
Federated Malay States |
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Fellow, Medical Society |
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Fellow, Institute of Management Services |
FMSA |
Fellow, Mineralogical Society of America |
FNA |
Fellow, Indian National Science Academy |
FNAEA |
Fellow, National Association of Estate Agents |
FNCO |
Fleet Naval Constructor Officer |
FNECInst |
Fellow, North East Coast Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders |
FNI |
Fellow, Nautical Institute |
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Fellow, National Institute of Sciences in India (now see FNA) |
FNIA |
Fellow, Nigerian Institute of Architects |
FNM |
Free National Movement |
FNMCP |
Fellow, Nigerian Medical College of Physicians |
FNMSM |
Fellow, North and Midlands School of Music |
FNucI |
Fellow, Nuclear Institute |
FNZIA |
Fellow, New Zealand Institute of Architects |
FNZIAS |
Fellow, New Zealand Institute of Agricultural Science |
FNZIC |
Fellow, New Zealand Institute of Chemistry |
FNZIE |
Fellow, New Zealand Institution of Engineers (now see FIPENZ) |
FNZIM |
Fellow, New Zealand Institute of Management |
FNZPsS |
Fellow, New Zealand Psychological Society |
FO |
Foreign Office (now see FCO) |
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Field Officer |
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Flag Officer |
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Flying Officer |
FODC |
Franciscan Order of the Divine Compassion |
FOIC |
Flag Officer in charge |
FOMA |
Flag Officer, Maritime Aviation |
FOMI |
Faculty of Occupational Medicine of Ireland |
FONA |
Flag Officer, Naval Aviation |
FONAC |
Flag Officer, Naval Air Command |
For. |
Foreign |
FOSA |
Fellow, Optical Society of America |
FOST |
Flag Officer Sea Training |
FPA |
Family Planning Association |
FPC |
Family Practitioner Committee (later FHSA) |
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Financial Planning Certificate |
FPH |
Faculty of Public Health |
FPHM |
Faculty of Public Health Medicine (see now FPH) |
FPhS |
Fellow, Philosophical Society of England |
FPhysiol |
Fellow, Physiological Society of London (now see FTPS) |
FPhysS |
Fellow, Physical Society |
FPI |
Fellow, Plastics Institute (later FPRI) |
FPIA |
Fellow, Plastics Institute of Australia |
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Fellow, Planning Institute of Australia |
FPM |
Faculty of Pharmaceutical Medicine |
FPMI |
Fellow, Pensions Management Institute |
FPRI |
Fellow, Plastics and Rubber Institute (later FIM) |
FPS |
Fellow, Pharmaceutical Society (now also FRPharmS) |
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Fauna Preservation Society (later FFPS) |
FPWI |
Fellow, Permanent Way Institution |
FQNI |
Fellow, Queen’s Nursing Institute |
FRA |
Fellow, Royal Academy |
FRAC |
Fellow, Royal Agricultural College |
FRACDS |
Fellow, Royal Australian College of Dental Surgeons |
FRACGP |
Fellow, Royal Australian College of General Practitioners |
FRACI |
Fellow, Royal Australian Chemical Institute |
FRACMA |
Fellow, Royal Australian College of Medical Administrators |
FRACO |
Fellow, Royal Australian College of Ophthalmologists |
FRACOG |
Fellow, Royal Australian College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (now see FRANZCOG) |
FRACP |
Fellow, Royal Australasian College of Physicians |
FRACR |
Fellow, Royal Australasian College of Radiologists |
FRACS |
Fellow, Royal Australasian College of Surgeons |
FRAD |
Fellow, Royal Academy of Dancing |
FRAeS |
Fellow, Royal Aeronautical Society |
FRAgS |
Fellow, Royal Agricultural Societies (ie of England, Scotland and Wales) |
FRAHS |
Fellow, Royal Australian Historical Society |
FRAI |
Fellow, Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain & Ireland |
FRAIA |
Fellow, Royal Australian Institute of Architects |
FRAIB |
Fellow, Royal Australian Institute of Building |
FRAIC |
Fellow, Royal Architectural Institute of Canada |
FRAIPA |
Fellow, Royal Australian Institute of Public Administration |
FRAM |
Fellow, Royal Academy of Music |
FRAME |
Fund for the Replacement of Animals in Medical Experiments |
FRANZCO |
Fellow, Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists |
FRANZCOG |
Fellow, Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists |
FRANZCP |
Fellow, Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists |
FRANZCR |
Fellow, Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists |
FRAPI |
Fellow, Royal Australian Planning Institute (now see FPIA) |
FRAS |
Fellow, Royal Astronomical Society |
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Fellow, Royal Asiatic Society |
FRASE |
Fellow, Royal Agricultural Society of England |
FRBC |
Fellow, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire |
FRBS |
Fellow, Royal Society of British Sculptors (now see FRSS) |
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Fellow, Royal Botanic Society |
FRCA |
Fellow, Royal College of Art |
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Fellow, Royal College of Anaesthetists |
FRCCO |
Fellow, Royal Canadian College of Organists |
FRCD(Can.) |
Fellow, Royal College of Dentists of Canada |
FRCEM |
Fellow, Royal College of Emergency Medicine |
FRCGP |
Fellow, Royal College of General Practitioners |
FRCGS |
Fellow, Royal Canadian Geographical Society |
FRCM |
Fellow, Royal College of Music |
FRCN |
Fellow, Royal College of Nursing |
FRCO |
Fellow, Royal College of Organists |
FRCO(CHM) |
Fellow, Royal College of Organists with Diploma in Choir Training |
FRCOG |
Fellow, Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists |
FRCOphth |
Fellow, Royal College of Ophthalmologists |
FRCP |
Fellow, Royal College of Physicians, London |
FRCPA |
Fellow, Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia |
FRCP&S (Canada) |
Fellow, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada |
FRCPath |
Fellow, Royal College of Pathologists |
FRCPC |
Fellow, Royal College of Physicians of Canada |
FRCPCH |
Fellow, Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health |
FRCPE |
FRCPEd |
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Fellow, Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh |
FRCPGlas |
Fellow, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow |
FRCPI |
Fellow, Royal College of Physicians of Ireland |
FRCPodM |
Fellow, Royal College of Podiatry in Podiatric Medicine |
FRCPSGlas |
Hon. Fellow, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow |
FRCPsych |
Fellow, Royal College of Psychiatrists |
FRCR |
Fellow, Royal College of Radiologists |
FRCS |
Fellow, Royal College of Surgeons of England |
Fellow, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland |
FRCSCan |
Fellow, Royal College of Surgeons of Canada |
FRCSE |
FRCSEd |
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Fellow, Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh |
FRCSGlas |
Fellow, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow |
FRCSI |
Fellow, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland |
FRCSLT |
Fellow, Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists |
FRCSoc |
Fellow, Royal Commonwealth Society |
FRCS (OMFS) |
Fellow, Royal College of Surgeons of England (Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery) |
FRCST |
Fellow, Royal College of Surgeons of Thailand |
FRCUS |
Fellow, Royal College of University Surgeons (Denmark) |
FRCVS |
Fellow, Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons |
FREconS |
Fellow, Royal Economic Society |
FREng |
Fellow, Royal Academy of Engineering |
FRES |
Fellow, Royal Entomological Society of London |
FRFPSG |
Fellow, Royal Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons, Glasgow (now see FRCPGlas) |
FRG |
Federal Republic of Germany |
FRGS |
Fellow, Royal Geographical Society |
FRGSA |
Fellow, Royal Geographical Society of Australasia |
FRHistS |
Fellow, Royal Historical Society |
FRHS |
Fellow, Royal Horticultural Society (now see MRHS) |
FRI |
Fellow, Royal Institution |
FRIAI |
Fellow, Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland |
FRIAS |
Fellow, Royal Incorporation of Architects of Scotland |
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Royal Institute for the Advancement of Science |
FRIBA |
Fellow, Royal Institute of British Architects (and see RIBA) |
FRIC |
Fellow, Royal Institute of Chemistry (now see FRSC) |
FRICS |
Fellow, Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors |
FRIH |
Fellow, Royal Institute of Horticulture (NZ) |
FRIN |
Fellow, Royal Institute of Navigation |
FRINA |
Fellow, Royal Institution of Naval Architects |
FRIPA |
Fellow, Royal Institute of Public Administration (the Institute no longer has Fellows) |
FRIPH |
Fellow, Royal Institute of Public Health (now see FRSPH) |
FRIPHH |
Fellow, Royal Institute of Public Health and Hygiene (later FRIPH; now see FRSPH) |
FRMCM |
Fellow, Royal Manchester College of Music |
FRMedSoc |
Fellow, Royal Medical Society |
FRMetS |
Fellow, Royal Meteorological Society |
FRMIA |
Fellow, Retail Management Institute of Australia |
FRMS |
Fellow, Royal Microscopical Society |
FRNCM |
Fellow, Royal Northern College of Music |
FRNS |
Fellow, Royal Numismatic Society |
FRPharmS |
Fellow, Royal Pharmaceutical Society |
FRPS |
Fellow, Royal Photographic Society |
FRPSL |
Fellow, Royal Philatelic Society, London |
FRS |
Fellow, Royal Society |
FRSA |
Fellow, Royal Society of Arts |
FRSAI |
Fellow, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland |
FRSAMD |
Fellow, Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama |
FRSB |
Fellow, Royal Society of Biology |
FRSC |
Fellow, Royal Society of Canada |
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Fellow, Royal Society of Chemistry |
FRS(Can) |
Fellow, Royal Society of Canada (used when a person is also a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry) |
FRSCM |
Hon. Fellow, Royal School of Church Music |
FRSC(UK) |
Fellow, Royal Society of Chemistry (used when a person is also a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada) |
FRSE |
Fellow, Royal Society of Edinburgh |
FRSGS |
Fellow, Royal Scottish Geographical Society |
FRSH |
Fellow, Royal Society for the Promotion of Health (now see FRSPH) |
FRSL |
Fellow, Royal Society of Literature |
FRSM |
Fellow, Royal Schools of Music |
FRSN |
Fellow, Royal Society of New South Wales |
FRSocMed |
Fellow, Royal Society of Medicine |
FRSNZ |
Fellow, Royal Society of New Zealand |
FRSPH |
Fellow, Royal Society for Public Health |
FRSPS |
Fellow, Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry Society |
FRSS |
Fellow, Royal Society of Sculptors |
FRSSA |
Fellow, Royal Scottish Society for the Arts |
FRSSAf |
Fellow, Royal Society of South Africa |
FRSTM&H |
Fellow, Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene |
FRSV |
Fellow, Royal Society of Victoria |
FRTPI |
Fellow, Royal Town Planning Institute |
FRTS |
Fellow, Royal Television Society |
FRUSI |
Fellow, Royal United Services Institute |
FRVA |
Fellow, Rating and Valuation Association (now see IRRV) |
FRVC |
Fellow, Royal Veterinary College |
FRWCMD |
Fellow, Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama |
FRZSScot |
Fellow, Royal Zoological Society of Scotland |
FS |
Field Security |
fs |
Graduate, Royal Air Force Staff College |
FSA |
Fellow, Society of Antiquaries |
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Financial Services Authority |
FSACOG |
Fellow, South African College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists |
FSAE |
Fellow, Society of Automotive Engineers |
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Fellow, Society of Art Education |
FSAI |
Fellow, Society of Architectural Illustrators |
FSArc |
Fellow, Society of Architects (merged with the RIBA 1952) |
FSaRS |
Fellow, Safety and Reliability Society |
FSAScot |
Fellow, Society of Antiquaries of Scotland |
FSB |
Fellow, Society of Biology (now see FRSB) |
FSBE |
Fellow, Society of Business Economists |
fsc |
Foreign Staff College |
FSCA |
Fellow, Society of Company and Commercial Accountants |
FScotvec |
Fellow, Scottish Vocational Education Council |
FSCRE |
Fellow, Scottish Council for Research in Education |
FSDC |
Fellow, Society of Dyers and Colourists |
FSE |
Fellow, Society of Engineers |
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Fellow, Society for the Environment |
FSEDA |
Fellow, Staff and Higher Educational Development Association |
FSES |
Fellow, Society for Educational Studies |
FSG |
Fellow, Society of Genealogists |
FSGD |
Fellow, Society of Garden Designers |
FSGT |
Fellow, Society of Glass Technology |
FSI |
Fellow, Chartered Surveyors’ Institution (now see FRICS) |
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Fellow, Securities Institute (later Securities & Investment Institute, now see FCSI) |
FSIA |
Fellow, Securities Institute of Australia |
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Fellow, Society of Industrial Artists (later FSIAD) |
FSIAD |
Fellow, Society of Industrial Artists and Designers (now see FCSD) |
FSIP |
Fellow, Society of Investment Professionals |
FSLCOG |
Fellow, Sri Lankan College of Obstetrics and Gynaecology |
FSLCPaed |
Fellow, Sri Lanka College of Paediatricians |
FSLTC |
Fellow, Society of Leather Technologists and Chemists |
FSMA |
Fellow, Incorporated Sales Managers’ Association (later FInstMSM, then FInstM) |
FSMC |
Freeman of the Spectacle-Makers’ Company |
FSME |
Fellow, Society of Manufacturing Engineers |
FSMPTE |
Fellow, Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (US) |
FSMS |
Fellow, Strategic Management Society |
FSNAD |
Fellow, Society of Numismatic Artists and Designers |
FSNAME |
Fellow, American Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers |
FSOE |
Fellow, Society of Operations Engineers |
FSOGC |
Fellow, Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada |
FSPE |
Fellow, Society of Professional Economists |
FSPI |
Fellow, Society of Practitioners of Insolvency |
FSQA |
Fellow, Scottish Qualifications Authority |
FSRH |
Faculty of Sexual and Reproduction Healthcare, Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists |
FSRHE |
Fellow, Society for Research into Higher Education |
FSRP |
Fellow, Society for Radiological Protection |
FSS |
Fellow, Royal Statistical Society |
FSSI |
Fellow, Society of Scribes and Illuminators |
FSTD |
Fellow, Society of Typographic Designers |
FSVA |
Fellow, Incorporated Society of Valuers and Auctioneers (now see RICS) |
FT |
Financial Times |
FTC |
Flying Training Command |
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Full Technological Certificate, City and Guilds of London Institute |
FTCD |
Fellow, Trinity College, Dublin |
FTCL |
Fellow, Trinity College of Music, London |
FTI |
Fellow, Textile Institute |
FTII |
Fellow, Chartered Institute (formerly Incorporated Institute, then Institute) of Taxation |
FTMA |
Fellow, Telecommunications Managers Association (now see FCMA) |
FTPS |
Fellow, The Physiological Society |
FTS |
Fellow, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (now see FTSE) |
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Flying Training School |
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Fellow, Tourism Society |
FTSE |
Fellow, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering |
FUCEB |
Fellow, University of Central England in Birmingham |
FUCUA |
Federation of University Conservative and Unionist Associations (now see FCS) |
FUMIST |
Fellow, University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology |
FVCM |
Fellow, Victoria College of Music |
FVRDE |
Fighting Vehicles Research and Development Establishment |
FWAAS |
Fellow, World Academy of Arts and Sciences |
FWACP |
Fellow, West African College of Physicians |
FWAG |
Farming and Wildlife Advisory Group |
FWCB |
Fellow, Worshipful Company of Blacksmiths |
FWCMD |
Fellow, Welsh College of Music and Drama (now see FRWCMD) |
FWeldI |
Fellow, Welding Institute |
FWES |
Fellow, Women’s Engineering Society |
FWSOM |
Fellow, Institute of Practitioners in Work Study, Organisation and Method (now see FMS) |
FZS |
Fellow, Zoological Society |
FZSScot |
Fellow, Zoological Society of Scotland (now see FRZSScot) |
G
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GA |
Geologists’ Association |
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Gaelic Athletic (Club) |
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Georgia (postal) |
Ga |
Georgia |
GAA |
Gaelic Athletic Association |
GAI |
Guild of Architectural Ironmongers |
GAICD |
Graduate Member, Australian Institute of Company Directors |
GAP |
Gap Activity Projects |
GAPAN |
Guild of Air Pilots and Air Navigators |
GATT |
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (now World Trade Organisation) |
GB |
Great Britain |
GBA |
Governing Bodies Association |
GBE |
Knight or Dame Grand Cross, Order of the British Empire |
GBGSA |
Governing Bodies of Girls’ Schools Association (formerly Association of Governing Bodies of Girls’ Public Schools) |
GBM |
Grand Bauhinia Medal (Hong Kong) |
GBS |
Gold Bauhinia Star (Hong Kong) |
GC |
George Cross |
GCB |
Knight or Dame Grand Cross, Order of the Bath |
GCBS |
General Council of British Shipping |
GCC |
General Chiropractic Council |
GCCC |
Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge |
GCCF |
Grand Commander, Companion Order of Freedom (Zambia) |
GCFR |
Grand Commander, Order of the Federal Republic of Nigeria |
GCH |
Knight Grand Cross, Hanoverian Order |
GCHQ |
Government Communications Headquarters |
GCIE |
Knight Grand Commander, Order of the Indian Empire |
GCL |
Grand Chief, Order of Logohu (Papua New Guinea) |
GCLJ |
Grand Cross, Order of St Lazarus of Jerusalem |
GCM |
Gold Crown of Merit (Barbados) |
GCMA |
Global Certified Management Accountant |
GCMG |
Knight or Dame Grand Cross, Order of St Michael and St George |
GCMJ |
Knight or Dame Grand Cross, Supreme Military Order of the Temple of Jerusalem |
GCNG |
Knight Grand Cross, Order of the Nation (Grenada) |
GCON |
Grand Cross, Order of the Niger |
GCSE |
General Certificate of Secondary Education |
GCSG |
Knight Grand Cross, Order of St Gregory the Great |
GCSI |
Knight Grand Commander, Order of the Star of India |
GCSJ |
Knight Grand Cross of Justice, Sovereign Order of St John of Jerusalem (Knights Hospitaller) |
GCSK |
Grand Commander, Order of the Star and Key of the Indian Ocean (Mauritius) |
GCSL |
Grand Cross, Order of St Lucia |
GCStG |
Knight Grand Cross, Order of St George |
GCStJ |
Bailiff or Dame Grand Cross, Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem |
GCVO |
Knight or Dame Grand Cross, Royal Victorian Order |
gd |
grand-daughter |
GDBA |
Guide Dogs for the Blind Association |
GDC |
General Dental Council |
GDL |
Graduate Diploma in Law |
Gdns |
Gardens |
GDR |
German Democratic Republic |
GDST |
Girls’ Day School Trust |
Gen. |
General |
Ges. |
Gesellschaft |
GFD |
Geophysical Fluid Dynamics |
GFMD |
Global Fellow in Medicines Development |
GFS |
Girls’ Friendly Society |
ggd |
great-grand-daughter |
ggs |
great-grandson |
GGSM |
Graduate in Music, Guildhall School of Music and Drama |
GHQ |
General Headquarters |
Gib. |
Gibraltar |
GIMechE |
Graduate, Institution of Mechanical Engineers |
GIS |
Geographic Information Systems |
GKT |
Guy’s, King’s and St Thomas’ (Medical and Dental School of King’s College London) |
GL |
Grand Lodge |
GLA |
Greater London Authority |
GLAA |
Greater London Arts Association (now see GLAB) |
GLC |
Greater London Council |
Glos |
Gloucestershire |
GM |
George Medal |
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Grand Medal (Ghana) |
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genetically modified |
GMB |
(Union for) General, Municipal, Boilermakers |
GMBATU |
General, Municipal, Boilermakers and Allied Trades Union (now see GMB) |
GmbH |
Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung |
GMBPS |
Graduate Member, British Psychological Society |
GMC |
General Medical Council |
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Guild of Memorial Craftsmen |
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General Management Course (Henley) |
GMH |
Gibraltar Medallion of Honour |
GMWU |
General and Municipal Workers’ Union (later GMBATU; now see GMB) |
GNC |
General Nursing Council |
GNVQ |
General National Vocational Qualification |
GNZM |
Knight or Dame Grand Companion, New Zealand Order of Merit |
GOC |
General Officer Commanding |
GOC-in-C |
General Officer Commanding-in-Chief |
GOE |
General Ordination Examination |
GOMLJ |
Grand Officer of Merit, Order of St Lazarus of Jerusalem |
GOQ |
Grand Officer, National Order of Quebec |
GOSK |
Grand Officer, Order of the Star and Key of the Indian Ocean (Mauritius) |
Gov. |
Governor |
Govt |
Government |
GP |
General Practitioner |
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Grand Prix |
Gp |
Group |
GPDST |
Girls’ Public Day School Trust (now see GDST) |
GPMU |
Graphical, Paper and Media Union |
GPO |
General Post Office |
GR |
General Reconaissance |
Gr. |
Greek |
GRNCM |
Graduate of the Royal Northern College of Music |
GRSM |
Graduate of the Royal Schools of Music |
GS |
General Staff |
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Grammar School |
g s |
grandson |
GSA |
Girls’ Schools Association |
GSD |
Gibraltar Social Democrats |
GSM |
General Service Medal |
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(Member of) Guildhall School of Music and Drama |
GSMD |
Guildhall School of Music and Drama |
GSO |
General Staff Officer |
GTCL |
Graduate, Trinity College of Music |
GTS |
General Theological Seminary (New York) |
GWR |
Great Western Railway |
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HA |
Historical Association |
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Health Authority |
HAA |
Heavy Anti-Aircraft |
HAC |
Honourable Artillery Company |
HACAS |
Housing Association Consultancy and Advisory Service |
Hants |
Hampshire |
HAT |
Housing Action Trust |
HBM |
His (or Her) Britannic Majesty (Majesty’s) |
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Humming Bird Gold Medal (Trinidad) |
hc |
honoris causa (honorary) |
HCA |
Hospital Corporation of America |
HCF |
Honorary Chaplain to the Forces |
HCIMA |
Hotel, Catering and International (formerly Institutional) Management Association |
HCO |
Higher Clerical Officer |
HCPC |
Health and Care Professions Council |
HCSC |
Higher Command and Staff Course |
HDA |
Hawkesbury Diploma in Agriculture (Australia) |
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Health Development Agency |
HDD |
Higher Dental Diploma |
HDE |
Higher Diploma in Education |
HDFA |
Higher Diploma in Fine Art |
HDipEd |
Higher Diploma in Education |
HDR |
Habilitation à diriger des recherches |
HE |
His (or Her) Excellency |
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His Eminence |
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Higher Education |
HEA |
Health Education Authority (later HDA) |
HEC |
Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales |
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Higher Education Corporation |
HEFCE |
Higher Education Funding Council for England |
HEFCW |
Higher Education Funding Council for Wales |
HEH |
His (or Her) Exalted Highness |
Heir-pres. |
Heir-presumptive |
HEO |
Higher Executive Officer |
HEQC |
Higher Education Quality Council (now see QAA) |
HERDA-SW |
Higher Education Regional Development Association - South West |
HERO |
Higher Education Research Opportunities |
Herts |
Hertfordshire |
HFEA |
Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority |
HGTAC |
Home Grown Timber Advisory Committee |
HH |
His (or Her) Highness |
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His Holiness |
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Member, Hesketh Hubbard Art Society |
HHA |
Historic Houses Association |
HHD |
Doctor of Humanities (US) |
HI |
Hawaii (postal) |
HIH |
His (or Her) Imperial Highness |
HIllH |
His (or Her) Illustrious Highness |
HIM |
His (or Her) Imperial Majesty |
HIV |
Human Immunodeficiency Virus |
HJ |
Hilal-e-Jurat (Pakistan) |
HKIA |
Hong Kong Institute of Architects |
HKSAR |
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region |
HLD |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
HLF |
Heritage Lottery Fund |
HLI |
Highland Light Infantry |
HM |
His (or Her) Majesty, or Majesty’s |
HMA |
Head Masters’ Association |
HMAS |
His (or Her) Majesty’s Australian Ship |
HMC |
Headmasters’ and Headmistresses’ (formerly Headmasters’) Conference |
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Hospital Management Committee |
HMCIC |
His (or Her) Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Constabulary |
HMCS |
His (or Her) Majesty’s Canadian Ship |
HMHS |
His (or Her) Majesty’s Hospital Ship |
HMI |
His (or Her) Majesty’s Inspector |
HMMTB |
His (or Her) Majesty’s Motor Torpedo Boat |
HMNZS |
His (or Her) Majesty’s New Zealand Ship |
HMOCS |
His (or Her) Majesty’s Overseas Civil Service |
HMP |
His (or Her) Majesty’s Prison |
HMPPS |
His (or Her) Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service |
HMRC |
His (or Her) Majesty’s Revenue and Customs |
HMS |
His (or Her) Majesty’s Ship |
HMSO |
His (or Her) Majesty’s Stationery Office |
HNC |
Higher National Certificate |
HND |
Higher National Diploma |
H of C |
House of Commons |
H of L |
House of Lords |
Hon. |
Honourable |
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Honorary |
HPA |
Health Protection Agency |
HPk |
Hilal-e-Pakistan |
HPV |
Human Papilloma Virus |
HQ |
Headquarters |
HQA |
Hilali-Quaid-i-Azam (Pakistan) |
HR |
Human Resources |
HRA |
Horseracing Regulatory Authority |
HRGI |
Honorary Member, The Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts |
HRH |
His (or Her) Royal Highness |
HRHA |
Honorary Member, Royal Hibernian Academy |
HRI |
Honorary Member, Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours |
HROI |
Honorary Member, Royal Institute of Oil Painters |
HRSA |
Honorary Member, Royal Scottish Academy |
HRSW |
Honorary Member, Royal Scottish Water Colour Society |
HRUA |
Hon. Member, Royal Ulster Academy |
HSC |
Health and Safety Commission |
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Higher School Certificate |
HSE |
Health and Safety Executive |
HSH |
His (or Her) Serene Highness |
HSO |
Higher Scientific Officer |
HSS |
Health and Social Services |
Hum. |
Humanity |
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Humanities (Classics) |
Hunts |
Huntingdonshire |
HVCert |
Health Visitor’s Certificate |
HWA |
Historical Writers’ Association |
I
|
|
I |
Island |
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Ireland |
IA |
Indian Army |
|
Iowa (postal) |
IAA |
International Academy of Architecture |
IAAF |
International Association of Athletics Federations (formerly International Amateur Athletic Federation) |
IABSE |
International Association of Bridge and Structural Engineers |
IAC |
Indian Armoured Corps |
|
Institute of Amateur Cinematographers |
IACP |
International Association of Chiefs of Police |
IACR |
Institute of Arable Crops Research |
IADB |
Inter American Development Bank |
IADR |
International Association for Dental Research |
IAEA |
International Atomic Energy Agency |
IAF |
Indian Air Force |
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Indian Auxiliary Force |
IAHS |
International Association of Hydrological Sciences |
IALD |
Member, International Association of Lighting Designers |
IAM |
Institute of Advanced Motorists |
|
Institute of Aviation Medicine |
IAMAS |
International Association of Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences |
IAMC |
Indian Army Medical Corps |
IAO |
Incorporated Association of Organists |
IAOC |
Indian Army Ordnance Corps |
IAPS |
Independent Association of Prep Schools (formerly Incorporated Association of Preparatory Schools) |
IAPSO |
International Association for the Physical Sciences of the Oceans |
IARO |
Indian Army Reserve of Officers |
IAS |
Indian Administrative Service |
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Institute for Advanced Studies |
|
International Academy of Science |
IASC |
International Arctic Science Committee |
IASE |
Institute of Advanced Studies in Education |
IASPEI |
International Association of Seismology and Physics of the Earth’s Interior |
IATA |
International Air Transport Association |
IATUL |
International Association of Technological University Libraries |
IAU |
International Astronomical Union |
IAVCEI |
International Assembly of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth’s Interior |
IAWPRC |
International Association on Water Pollution Research and Control |
ib. |
ibid. |
|
ibidem (in the same place) |
IB |
International Baccalaureate |
IBA |
Independent Broadcasting Authority |
|
International Bar Association |
IBBY |
International Board for Books for Young People |
IBCA |
International Braille Chess Association |
IBG |
Institute of British Geographers (now part of RGS) |
IBRD |
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank) |
IBRO |
International Bank Research Organisation |
|
International Brain Research Organisation |
IBTE |
Institution of British Telecommunications Engineers |
IBVM |
Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary |
i/c |
in charge |
|
in command |
ICA |
Institute of Contemporary Arts |
|
Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (now see ICAEW) |
ICAC |
Independent Commission Against Corruption, Hong Kong |
ICAEW |
Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales |
ICAI |
Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland |
ICAO |
International Civil Aviation Organization |
ICAS |
Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland |
ICBP |
International Council for Bird Preservation |
ICC |
International Chamber of Commerce |
|
International Cricket Council (formerly International Cricket Conference) |
ICCA |
International Council for Commercial Arbitration |
ICCROM |
International Centre for Conservation at Rome |
ICD |
Iuris Canonici Doctor (Doctor of Canon Law) |
|
Independence Commemorative Decoration (Rhodesia) |
ICD.D |
Institute of Corporate Directors Director (Canada) |
ICE |
Institution of Civil Engineers |
ICED |
International Council for Educational Development |
ICEF |
International Federation of Chemical, Energy and General Workers’ Unions |
ICES |
International Council for the Exploration of the Sea |
ICF |
International Federation of Chemical and General Workers’ Unions (now see ICEF) |
ICFC |
Industrial and Commercial Finance Corporation (later part of Investors in Industry) |
ICFR |
International Centre for Financial Regulation |
ICFTU |
International Confederation of Free Trade Unions |
ICH |
International Conference on Harmonisation |
ICHCA |
International Cargo Handling Co-ordination Association |
IChemE |
Institution of Chemical Engineers |
ICI |
Imperial Chemical Industries |
ICJ |
International Commission of Jurists |
ICL |
International Computers Ltd |
ICM |
International Confederation of Midwives |
ICMA |
Institute of Cost and Management Accountants (now see CIMA) |
ICNL |
International Center for Not for Profit Law |
ICOM |
International Council of Museums |
ICOMOS |
International Council on Monuments and Sites |
ICorrST |
Institution of Corrosion Science and Technology (now see ICorr) |
ICPO |
International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) |
ICRC |
International Committee of the Red Cross |
ICREA |
Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats |
ICRF |
Imperial Cancer Research Fund (now see CRUK) |
ICS |
Indian Civil Service |
ICSA |
Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators |
ICSD |
International Council for Scientific Development |
ICSID |
International Council of Societies of Industrial Design |
|
International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes |
ICSM |
Imperial College School of Medicine |
ICSTIS |
Independent Committee for Supervision of Telephone Information Services |
ICSTM |
Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London |
ICSU |
International Council for Science (formerly International Council of Scientific Unions) |
ICT |
International Computers and Tabulators Ltd (later ICL) |
|
Information and Communications Technology |
ID |
Independence Decoration (Rhodesia) |
|
Idaho (postal) |
IDA |
International Development Association |
IDB |
Internal Drainage Board |
|
Industrial Development Board |
IDC |
Imperial Defence College (now see RCDS) |
|
Inter-Diocesan Certificate |
idc |
completed a course at, or served for a year on the Staff of, the Imperial Defence College (now see rcds) |
IDDA |
Interior Decorators and Designers Association (now see BIDA) |
IDeA |
Improvement and Development Agency for Local Government |
IDRC |
International Development Research Centre |
IDS |
Institute of Development Studies |
|
Industry Department for Scotland |
IEA |
Institute of Economic Affairs |
IEC |
International Electrotechnical Commission |
IED |
Institution of Engineering Designers |
|
improvised explosive device |
IEE |
Institution of Electrical Engineers (now see IET) |
IEEE |
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (NY) |
IEEIE |
Institution of Electrical and Electronics Incorporated Engineers (later IIE) |
IEETE |
Institution of Electrical and Electronics Technician Engineers (later IIE) |
IEI |
Institution of Engineers of Ireland |
IEIE |
Institution of Electronics and Electrical Incorporated Engineers (later IIE) |
IEMA |
Institute of Environmental Management Assessment |
IEME |
Inspectorate of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering |
IEng |
Incorporated Engineer |
IERE |
Institution of Electronic and Radio Engineers |
IES |
Indian Educational Service |
|
Institution of Engineers in Scotland (formerly Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders in Scotland) |
|
International Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Society |
IET |
Institution of Engineering and Technology |
IExpE |
Institute of Explosives Engineers |
IFAC |
International Federation of Automatic Control |
|
International Federation of Accountants |
IFAD |
International Fund for Agricultural Development (UNO) |
IFAW |
International Fund for Animal Welfare |
IFBWW |
International Federation of Building Woodworkers |
IFC |
International Finance Corporation |
IFIAS |
International Federation of Institutes of Advanced Study |
IFIP |
International Federation for Information Processing |
IFLA |
International Federation of Library Associations |
|
Institute of Family Law Arbitrators |
IFMGA |
(Member of) International Federation of Mountain Guides Associations |
IFOR |
Implementation Force |
IFORS |
International Federation of Operational Research Societies |
IFPI |
International Federation of the Phonographic Industry |
IFS |
Irish Free State |
|
Indian Forest Service |
|
Institute for Fiscal Studies |
IG |
Instructor in Gunnery |
IGasE |
Institution of Gas Engineers |
IGCSE |
International General Certificate of Secondary Education |
IGPP |
Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics |
IGS |
Independent Grammar School |
IGU |
International Geographical Union |
|
International Gas Union |
IHA |
Institute of Health Service Administrators (later IHSM) |
IHBC |
(Member of) Institute of Historic Building Conservation |
IHM |
Institute of Healthcare Management |
IHSM |
Institute of Health Services Management (now see IHM) |
IHVE |
Institution of Heating and Ventilating Engineers (later CIBS) |
IIE |
Institution of Incorporated Engineers (now see IET) |
IIEB |
Institut International d’Etudes Bancaires |
IIExE |
Institution of Incorporated Executive Engineers |
IIM |
Institution of Industrial Managers |
IIRSM |
International Institute of Risk and Safety Management |
IIS |
International Institute of Sociology |
IISI |
International Iron and Steel Institute |
IISS |
International Institute of Strategic Studies |
IIT |
Indian Institute of Technology |
IL |
Illinois (postal) |
ILA |
International Law Association |
ILAC |
International Laboratory Accreditation Co-operation |
ILEA |
Inner London Education Authority |
Ill |
Illinois |
ILM |
Institute of Leadership and Management |
ILO |
International Labour Office |
|
International Labour Organisation |
ILP |
Independent Labour Party |
ILR |
Independent Local Radio |
|
International Labour Review |
ILTM |
Member, Institute for Learning and Teaching in Higher Education (now see FHEA) |
IM |
Individual Merit |
IMA |
International Music Association |
|
Institute of Mathematics and its Applications |
IMC |
Instrument Meteorological Conditions |
IMCB |
International Management Centre from Buckingham |
IMCO |
Inter-Governmental Maritime Consultative Organization (now see IMO) |
IME |
Institute of Medical Ethics |
IMechE |
Institution of Mechanical Engineers |
IMechIE |
Institution of Mechanical Incorporated Engineers (later IIE) |
IMEDE |
Institut pour l’Etude des Méthodes de Direction de l’Entreprise |
IMF |
International Monetary Fund |
IMGTechE |
Institution of Mechanical and General Technician Engineers |
IMinE |
Institution of Mining Engineers |
IMM |
Institution of Mining and Metallurgy (now see IMMM) |
IMMM |
Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining |
IMO |
International Maritime Organization |
Imp. |
Imperial |
IMRO |
Investment Management Regulatory Organisation |
IMS |
Indian Medical Service |
|
Institute of Management Services |
|
International Military Staff |
IMTA |
Institute of Municipal Treasurers and Accountants (now see CIPFA) |
IMU |
International Mathematical Union |
IMunE |
Institution of Municipal Engineers (now amalgamated with Institution of Civil Engineers) |
IN |
Indian Navy |
|
Indiana (postal) |
INASFMH |
International Sports Association for People with Mental Handicap |
Inc. |
Incorporated |
INCA |
International Newspaper Colour Association |
Incog. |
Incognito |
Ind. |
Independent |
Inf. |
Infantry |
INFORM |
Information Network Focus on New Religious Movements |
INFORMS |
Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences |
INSA |
Indian National Science Academy |
INSEAD |
Insead |
|
Institut Européen d’Administration des Affaires |
Insp. |
Inspector |
Inst. |
Institute |
Instn |
Institution |
InstSMM |
Institute of Sales and Marketing Management |
INTELSAT |
International Telecommunications Satellite Organisation |
IOC |
International Olympic Committee |
|
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission |
IOCD |
International Organisation for Chemical Science in Development |
IoD |
Institute of Directors |
I of M |
Isle of Man |
IOM |
Isle of Man |
|
Indian Order of Merit |
IOP |
Institute of Painters in Oil Colours |
IOSCO |
International Organisation of Securities Commissions |
IOSH |
Institution of Occupational Safety and Health |
IOTA |
(Fellow of) Institute of Transport Administration |
IoW |
Isle of Wight |
IP |
Intellectual Property |
IPA |
International Publishers’ Association |
IPC |
International Property Corporation |
|
International Paralympic Committee |
IPCC |
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change |
IPCIS |
International Institute for Practitioners in Credit Insurance and Surety |
IPE |
International Petroleum Exchange |
IPFA |
Member or Associate, Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (now see CPFA) |
IPHE |
Institution of Public Health Engineers (later IWEM) |
IPI |
International Press Institute |
|
Institute of Patentees and Inventors |
IPM |
Institute of Personnel Management (later CIPD) |
IPPA |
Independent Programme Producers’ Association |
IPPF |
International Planned Parenthood Federation |
IPPR |
Institute for Public Policy Research |
IPPS |
Institute of Physics and The Physical Society |
IPR |
Institute of Public Relations (now see CIPR) |
IPRA |
International Public Relations Association |
IProdE |
Institution of Production Engineers (later Institution of Manufacturing Engineering) |
IPS |
Indian Police Service |
|
Indian Political Service |
|
Institute of Procurement (formerly Purchasing) and Supply |
IPSA |
Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority |
IPSM |
Institute of Public Sector Managers |
IPSO |
Independent Press Standards Organisation |
IPU |
Inter-Parliamentary Union |
IRA |
Irish Republican Army |
IRAD |
Institute for Research on Animal Diseases |
IRC |
Industrial Reorganization Corporation |
|
Interdisciplinary Research Centre |
IRCAM |
Institute for Research and Co-ordination in Acoustics and Music |
IRCert |
Industrial Relations Certificate |
IRI |
Institution of the Rubber Industry (now see PRI) |
IRPA |
International Radiation Protection Association |
IRRV |
(Member of) Institute of Revenues, Rating and Valuation |
IRTE |
Institute of Road Transport Engineers |
IS |
International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers |
|
Information Systems |
Is |
Island(s) |
ISAA |
International Spill Response Accreditation Association |
ISAF |
International Sailing Federation |
|
International Security Assistance Force |
ISAKOS |
International Society for Arthroscopy and Knee Surgery |
ISBA |
Incorporated Society of British Advertisers |
ISBE |
Institute of Small Business and Entrepreneurship |
ISC |
Imperial Service College, Haileybury |
|
Indian Staff Corps |
|
Independent Schools Council |
ISCB |
International Society for Computational Biology |
ISCis |
Independent Schools Council Information Service |
ISCM |
International Society for Contemporary Music |
ISCO |
Independent Schools Careers Organisation |
ISI |
International Statistical Institute |
|
Independent Schools Inspectorate |
ISIL |
Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant |
ISIS |
Independent Schools Information Service (see now ISCis) |
ISJC |
Independent Schools Joint Council (now see ISC) |
ISM |
Incorporated Society of Musicians |
ISMAR |
International Society of Magnetic Resonance |
ISME |
International Society for Musical Education |
ISMP |
International Senior Management Program |
ISO |
Imperial Service Order |
|
International Organization for Standardization |
ISPRS |
International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing |
ISSA |
International Social Security Association |
ISTAR |
Intelligence, Surveillance, Target Acquisition and Reconnaissance |
ISTC |
Iron and Steel Trades Confederation |
|
Institute of Scientific and Technical Communicators |
ISTD |
Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing |
|
Institute for the Study and Treatment of Delinquency |
IStructE |
Institution of Structural Engineers |
ISVA |
Incorporated Society of Valuers and Auctioneers |
IT |
Information Technology |
|
Indian Territory (US) |
It. |
Ital. |
|
Italian |
ITA |
Independent Television Authority (later IBA) |
ITAB |
Information Technology Advisory Board |
ITB |
Industry Training Board |
ITC |
International Trade Centre |
|
Independent Television Commission |
ITCA |
Independent Television Association (formerly Independent Television Companies Association Ltd) |
ITDG |
Intermediate Technology Development Group |
ITF |
International Transport Workers’ Federation |
|
International Tennis Federation |
ITN |
Independent Television News |
ITSA |
Information Technology Services Agency |
ITU |
International Telecommunication Union |
ITUC |
International Trade Union Confederation |
ITV |
Independent Television |
ITVA |
International Television Association |
IUA |
International Union of Architects |
IUB |
International Union of Biochemistry (now see IUBMB) |
IUBMB |
International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology |
IUC |
Inter-University Council for Higher Education Overseas (now see IUPC) |
IUCN |
International Union for Conservation of Nature (formerly International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, then World Conservation Union) |
IUF |
International Union of Food, Agricultural, Hotel, Restaurant, Catering, Tobacco and Allied Workers’ Associations |
IUGG |
International Union of Geodesy & Geophysics |
IUGS |
International Union of Geological Sciences |
IUHPS |
International Union of the History and Philosophy of Science (now see IUHPST) |
IUHPST |
International Union of the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology |
IULA |
International Union of Local Authorities |
IUPAB |
International Union of Pure and Applied Biophysics |
IUPAC |
International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry |
IUPAP |
International Union of Pure and Applied Physics |
IUPC |
Inter-University and Polytechnic Council for Higher Education Overseas |
IUPS |
International Union of Physiological Sciences |
IUSSP |
International Union for the Scientific Study of Population |
IUTAM |
International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics |
IVF |
In-vitro Fertilisation |
IVS |
International Voluntary Service |
IWA |
Inland Waterways Association |
IWEM |
Institution of Water and Environmental Management (now see CIWEM) |
IWES |
Institution of Water Engineers and Scientists (later IWEM) |
IWGC |
Imperial War Graves Commission (now see CWGC) |
IWM |
Institution of Works Managers (now see IIM) |
IWO |
Institution of Water Officers |
IWPC |
Institute of Water Pollution Control (later IWEM) |
IWSA |
International Water Supply Association |
IWSOM |
Institute of Practitioners in Work Study Organisation and Methods (now see IMS) |
IWSP |
Institute of Work Study Practitioners (now see IMS) |
IYRU |
International Yacht Racing Union (now see ISAF) |
IZ |
I Zingari |
J
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|
JA |
Judge Advocate |
JACT |
Joint Association of Classical Teachers |
JAG |
Judge Advocate General |
Jas |
James |
JCB |
Juris Canonici (or Civilis) Baccalaureus (Bachelor of Canon (or Civil) Law) |
JCR |
Junior Common Room |
JCS |
Journal of the Chemical Society |
JCD |
Juris Canonici (or Civilis) Doctor (Doctor of Canon (or Civil) Law) |
JCHMT |
Joint Committee on Higher Medical Training, Royal Medical Colleges (now see JRCPTB) |
JCI |
Junior Chamber International |
JCL |
Juris Canonici (or Civilis) Licentiatus (Licentiate in Canon (or Civil) Law) |
JCO |
Joint Consultative Organisation (of AFRC, MAFF, and Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland) |
JCPTGP |
Joint Committee on Postgraduate Training for General Practice |
JD |
Doctor of Jurisprudence |
jd |
jure dignitatis (by virtue of status) |
JDipMA |
Joint Diploma in Management Accounting Services |
JG |
Junior Grade |
JILA |
Joint Institute for Laboratory Astrophysics |
JInstE |
Junior Institution of Engineers (now see IMGTechE) |
JISC |
Jisc |
|
Joint Information Systems Committee, Higher Education Funding Council |
jl(s) |
journal(s) |
JMB |
Joint Matriculation Board |
JMN |
Johan Mangku Negara (Malaysia) |
JMOTS |
Joint Maritime Operational Training Staff |
JNCC |
Joint Nature Conservation Committee |
Jno. |
Joh. |
|
John |
JP |
Justice of the Peace |
Jr |
Junior |
JRCPTB |
Joint Royal Colleges of Physicians Training Board |
jsc |
qualified at a Junior Staff Course, or the equivalent, 1942-46 |
JSCSC |
Joint Services Command and Staff College |
jscsc |
completed a course at Joint Services Command and Staff College |
JSD |
Doctor of Juristic Science |
JSDC |
Joint Service Defence College |
jsdc |
completed a course at Joint Service Defence College |
JSLO |
Joint Service Liaison Officer |
JSLS |
Joint Services Liaison Staff |
JSM |
Johan Setia Mahkota (Malaysia) |
|
Master of the Science of Jurisprudence |
JSPS |
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science |
JSSC |
Joint Services Staff College |
jssc |
completed a course at Joint Services Staff College |
JSU |
Joint Support Unit |
jt, jtly |
joint, jointly |
JUD |
Juris Utriusque Doctor (Doctor of Both Laws (Canon and Civil)) |
Jun. |
Junior |
Jun.Opt. |
Junior Optime |
JWS |
jws |
|
Joint Warfare Staff |
K
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|
KA |
Knight of St Andrew, Order of Barbados |
Kans |
Kansas |
KAR |
King’s African Rifles |
KBD |
King’s Bench Division |
KBE |
Knight Commander, Order of the British Empire |
KC |
King’s Counsel |
KCB |
Knight Commander, Order of the Bath |
KCC |
Commander, Order of the Crown, Belgium and Congo Free State |
KCGSJ |
Knight Commander of Magisterial Grace, Order of St John of Jerusalem (Knights Hospitaller) |
KCH |
King’s College Hospital |
|
Knight Commander, Hanoverian Order |
KCHS |
Knight Commander, Order of the Holy Sepulchre |
KCIE |
Knight Commander, Order of the Indian Empire |
KCJSJ |
Knight Commander of Justice, Sovereign Order of St John of Jerusalem (Knights Hospitaller) |
KCL |
King’s College London |
KCLJ |
Knight Commander, Order of St Lazarus of Jerusalem |
KCM |
King’s Coronation Medal |
KCMCO |
Knight Commander, Sacred Military Constantian Order of St George |
KCMG |
Knight Commander, Order of St Michael and St George |
KCN |
Knight Commander, Most Distinguished Order of the Nation (Antigua and Barbuda) |
KCSA |
Knight Commander, Military Order of the Collar of St Agatha of Paternò |
KCSG |
Knight Commander, Order of St Gregory the Great |
KCSHS |
KC*HS |
|
Knight Commander with Star, Order of the Holy Sepulchre |
KCSI |
Knight Commander, Order of the Star of India |
KCSJ |
Knight Commander, Sovereign Order of St John of Jerusalem (Knights Hospitaller) |
KCSS |
Knight Commander, Order of St Silvester |
KCVO |
Knight Commander, Royal Victorian Order |
KEO |
King Edward’s Own |
KFOR |
Kosovo Force |
KG |
Knight, Order of the Garter |
KGB |
Komitet Gosudarstvennoi Bezopanosti (Committee of State Security, USSR) |
KGCHS |
Knight Grand Cross, Order of the Holy Sepulchre |
KGCN |
Knight Grand Cross, Most Distinguished Order of the Nation (Antigua and Barbuda) |
KGCSS |
Knight Grand Cross, Order of St Silvester |
KGN |
Knight Grand Collar, Most Distinguished Order of the Nation (Antigua and Barbuda) |
KGSJ |
Knight of Grace, Sovereign Order of St John of Jerusalem (Knights Hospitaller) |
KGStJ |
Knight of Grace, Order of St John of Jerusalem (now see KStJ) |
KHC |
Hon. Chaplain to the King |
KHDS |
Hon. Dental Surgeon to the King |
KHP |
Hon. Physician to the King |
KHS |
Hon. Surgeon to the King |
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Knight, Order of the Holy Sepulchre |
K-i-H |
Kaisar-i-Hind |
KJSJ |
Knight of Justice, Sovereign Order of St John of Jerusalem (Knights Hospitaller) |
KJStJ |
Knight of Justice, Order of St John of Jerusalem (now see KStJ) |
KLJ |
Knight, Order of St Lazarus of Jerusalem |
KM |
Knight of Malta |
KMJ |
Knight, Supreme Military Order of the Temple of Jerusalem |
KMLJ |
Knight of Merit, Order of St Lazarus of Jerusalem |
KNH |
Knight Companion, Most Exalted Order of National Hero (Antigua and Barbuda) |
KNZM |
Knight Companion, New Zealand Order of Merit |
KOM |
Companion, National Order of Merit (Malta) |
KORR |
King’s Own Royal Regiment |
KOSB |
King’s Own Scottish Borderers |
KOYLI |
King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry |
KP |
Knight, Order of St Patrick |
KPM |
King’s Police Medal |
KrF |
Kristelig Folkeparti |
KRRC |
King’s Royal Rifle Corps |
KS |
King’s Scholar |
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Kansas (postal) |
KSC |
Knight of St Columba |
KSG |
Knight, Order of St Gregory the Great |
KSJ |
Knight, Sovereign Order of St John of Jerusalem (Knights Hospitaller) |
KSLI |
King’s Shropshire Light Infantry |
KSMOM |
Knight Grand Cross with Star, Sovereign Military Order of Malta |
KSS |
Knight, Order of St Sylvester |
KStJ |
Knight, Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem |
KStJ(A) |
Associate Knight of Justice, Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem |
KT |
Knight, Order of the Thistle |
Kt |
Knight |
KUOM |
Companion of Honour, National Order of Merit (Malta) |
KY |
Kentucky (postal) |
Ky |
Kentucky |
L
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L |
Liberal |
LA |
Los Angeles |
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Library Association |
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Liverpool Academy |
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Louisiana (postal) |
La |
Louisiana |
LAA |
Light Anti-Aircraft |
Lab |
Labour |
LAC |
London Athletic Club |
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Los Angeles County |
LACSAB |
Local Authorities Conditions of Service Advisory Board |
LAMDA |
London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art |
LAMTPI |
Legal Associate Member, Town Planning Institute (now see LMRTPI) |
Lance-Corp. |
Lance-Corporal |
Lancs |
Lancashire |
LAPADA |
London & Provincial Antique Dealers’ Association |
LARSP |
Language Assessment, Remediation and Screening Procedure |
LARTPI |
Legal Associate, Royal Town Planning Institute |
Lautro |
Life Assurance and Unit Trust Regulatory Organisation |
LBC |
London Broadcasting Company |
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London Borough Council |
LBHI |
Licentiate, British Horological Institute |
LBIPP |
Licentiate, British Institute of Professional Photography |
LC |
Cross of Leo |
LCA |
Licensed Companies Auditor |
LCAD |
London Certificate in Art and Design (University of London) |
LCC |
London County Council (later GLC) |
LCCI |
London Chamber of Commerce and Industry |
LCD |
Lord Chancellor’s Department |
LCh |
Licentiate in Surgery |
LCL |
Licentiate of Canon Law |
LCM |
(Member of) London College of Music and Media |
LCP |
Licentiate, College of Preceptors |
LCST |
Licentiate, College of Speech Therapists |
LD |
Liberal and Democratic |
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Licentiate in Divinity |
LDDC |
London Docklands Development Corporation |
LDiv |
Licentiate in Divinity |
LDP |
Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) |
Ldr |
Leader |
LDS |
Licentiate in Dental Surgery |
LDV |
Local Defence Volunteers |
LEA |
Local Education Authority |
LEAD |
Leadership in Environment and Development |
LEADR |
Lawyers Engaged in Alternative Dispute Resolution |
LEDU |
Local Enterprise Development Unit |
LEP |
Local Ecumenical Project |
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Local Enterprise Partnership |
LEPRA |
British Leprosy Relief Association |
LèsL |
Licencié ès lettres |
LèsSc |
Licencié ès Sciences |
LG |
Lady Companion, Order of the Garter |
LGA |
Local Government Association |
LGBT |
Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender |
LGBTI |
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex |
LGBTQ |
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer or questioning |
LGSM |
Licentiate, Guildhall School of Music and Drama |
LGTB |
Local Government Training Board |
LH |
Light Horse |
LHD |
Literarum Humaniorum Doctor (Doctor of Literature) |
LHSM |
Licentiate, Institute of Health Services Management |
LI |
Light Infantry |
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Long Island |
LIBA |
Lloyd’s Insurance Brokers’ Association |
Lib Dem |
Liberal Democrat |
LIBER |
Ligue des Bibliothèques Européennes de Recherche |
Lic. |
Licentiate |
LicMed |
Licentiate in Medicine |
Lieut |
Lieutenant |
LIFFE |
London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange |
LIFT |
Local Improvement Finance Trust |
LIMA |
Licentiate, Institute of Mathematics and its Applications |
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International Licensing Industry Merchandisers’ Association |
Lincs |
Lincolnshire |
LIOB |
Licentiate, Institute of Building |
LISTD |
Licentiate, Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing |
Lit. |
Literature |
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Literary |
LitD |
Doctor of Literature |
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Doctor of Letters |
Lit.Hum. |
Literae Humaniores (Classics) |
LittD |
Doctor of Literature |
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Doctor of Letters |
LJ |
Lord Justice |
LLAM |
Licentiate, London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art |
LLB |
Bachelor of Laws |
LLC |
Limited Liability Company |
LLCM |
Licentiate, London College of Music |
LLD |
Doctor of Laws |
LLL |
Licentiate in Laws |
LLM |
Master of Laws |
LLP |
Limited Liability Partnership |
LLSC |
Local Learning and Skills Council |
LM |
Licentiate in Midwifery |
LMBC |
Lady Margaret Boat Club |
LMC |
Local Medical Committee |
LMCC |
Licentiate, Medical Council of Canada |
LMed |
Licentiate in Medicine |
LMH |
Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford |
LMR |
London Midland Region (BR) |
LMS |
London, Midland and Scottish Railway |
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London Missionary Society |
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London Mathematical Society |
LMSSA |
Licentiate in Medicine and Surgery, Society of Apothecaries |
LMRTPI |
Legal Member, Royal Town Planning Institute |
LNat |
Liberal National |
LNER |
London and North Eastern Railway |
LOCOG |
London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games |
L of C |
Library of Congress |
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Lines of Communication |
LP |
Limited Partnership |
LPh |
Licentiate in Philosophy |
LPO |
London Philharmonic Orchestra |
LPTB |
London Passenger Transport Board (later LTE) |
LRAD |
Licentiate, Royal Academy of Dancing |
LRAM |
Licentiate, Royal Academy of Music |
LRCP |
Licentiate, Royal College of Physicians, London |
LRCPE |
Licentiate, Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh |
LRCPI |
Licentiate, Royal College of Physicians of Ireland |
LRCPSGlas |
Licentiate, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow |
LRCS |
Licentiate, Royal College of Surgeons of England |
LRCSE |
Licentiate, Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh |
LRCSI |
Licentiate, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland |
LRelSc |
Licentiate in Religious Sciences |
LRFPS(G) |
Licentiate, Royal Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons, Glasgow (now see LRCPSGlas) |
LRIBA |
Licentiate, Royal Institute of British Architects (now see RIBA) |
LRPS |
Licentiate, Royal Photographic Society |
LRSM |
Licentiate, Royal Schools of Music |
LRT |
London Regional Transport |
LSA |
Licentiate, Society of Apothecaries |
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Licence in Agricultural Sciences |
LSC |
Learning and Skills Council |
LSE |
London School of Economics and Political Science |
LSHTM |
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine |
LSO |
London Symphony Orchestra |
LSS |
Licentiate in Sacred Scripture |
Lt |
Lieutenant |
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Light |
LT |
Lady, Order of the Thistle |
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London Transport (later LRT) |
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Licentiate in Teaching |
LTA |
Lawn Tennis Association |
LTB |
London Transport Board (later LTE) |
LTCL |
Licentiate of Trinity College of Music, London |
Lt Col |
Lieutenant Colonel |
LTE |
London Transport Executive (later LRT) |
Lt Gen. |
Lieutenant General |
LTh |
Licentiate in Theology |
LTS |
London Topographical Society |
LU |
Liberal Unionist |
LUOTC |
London University Officers’ Training Corps |
LVO |
Lieutenant, Royal Victorian Order (formerly MVO (Fourth Class)) |
LWT |
London Weekend Television |
LXX |
Septuagint |
M
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M |
Marquess |
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Member |
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Monsieur |
m |
married |
MA |
Master of Arts |
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Military Assistant |
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Massachusetts (postal) |
MAAT |
Member, Association of Accounting Technicians |
MACE |
Member, Australian College of Education |
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Member, Association of Conference Executives |
MACM |
Member, Association of Computing Machines |
MACS |
Member, American Chemical Society |
MADO |
Member, Association of Dispensing Opticians |
MAE |
Member, Academia Europaea |
MAF |
Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries |
MAFF |
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food |
MAHL |
Master of Arts in Hebrew Letters |
MAI |
Magister in Arte Ingeniaria (Master of Engineering) |
MAIAA |
Member, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics |
MAIBC |
Member, Architectural Institute of British Columbia |
MAICD |
Member, Australian Institute of Company Directors |
Maj. Gen. |
Major General |
MALD |
Master of Arts in Law and Diplomacy |
Man |
Manitoba |
M&A |
Mergers and Acquisitions |
MAO |
Master of Obstetric Art |
MAOT |
Member, Association of Occupational Therapists |
MAOU |
Member, American Ornithologists’ Union |
MAP |
Ministry of Aircraft Production |
MAPM |
Member, Association for Project Management |
MAppSc |
Master of Applied Science |
MAPsS |
Member, Australian Psychological Society |
MARAC |
Member, Australasian Register of Agricultural Consultants |
MArch |
Master of Architecture |
MARIS |
Multi-State Aquatic Resources Information System |
Marq. |
Marquess |
MAS |
Minimal Access Surgery |
MASc |
Master of Applied Science |
MASCE |
Member, American Society of Civil Engineers |
MASME |
Member, American Society of Mechanical Engineers |
Mass |
Massachusetts |
MASt |
Master of Advanced Study |
MAT |
Master of Arts and Teaching (US) |
MATh |
Master of Arts in Theology |
Math. |
Mathematics |
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Mathematical |
MAusIMM |
Member, Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy |
MB |
Medal of Bravery (Canada) |
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Bachelor of Medicine |
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Manitoba (postal) |
MBA |
Master of Business Administration |
MBASW |
Member, British Association of Social Workers |
MBC |
Metropolitan/Municipal Borough Council |
MBCS |
Member, British Computer Society |
MBE |
Member, Order of the British Empire |
MBES |
Member, Biological Engineering Society |
MBFR |
Mutual and Balanced Force Reductions (negotiations) |
MBHI |
Member, British Horological Institute |
MBIFD |
Member, British Institute of Funeral Directors |
MBII |
Member, British Institute of Innkeeping |
MBIID |
Member, British Institute of Interior Design |
MBIM |
Member, British Institute of Management (later MIMgt) |
MBKS |
Member, British Kinematograph Society (now see MBKSTS) |
MBKSTS |
Member, British Kinematograph, Sound and Television Society |
MBL |
Master of Business Leadership |
MBOU |
Member, British Ornithologists’ Union |
MBPsS |
Graduate Member, British Psychological Society |
MBritIRE |
Member, British Institution of Radio Engineers (later MIERE) |
MBS |
Member, Building Societies Institute (now see MCBSI) |
MBSc |
Master of Business Science |
MC |
Military Cross |
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Missionaries of Charity |
MCB |
Master in Clinical Biochemistry |
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Muslim Council of Britain |
MCBSI |
Member, Chartered Building Societies Institute |
MCC |
Marylebone Cricket Club |
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Metropolitan County Council |
MCCDRCS |
Member in Clinical Community Dentistry, Royal College of Surgeons |
MCD |
Master of Civic Design |
MCE |
Master of Civil Engineering |
MCFP |
Member, College of Family Physicians (Canada) |
MCGI |
Member, City and Guilds of London Institute |
MCh |
MChir |
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Master in Surgery |
MChD |
Master of Dental Surgery |
MChE |
Master of Chemical Engineering |
MChemA |
Master in Chemical Analysis |
MChOrth |
Master of Orthopaedic Surgery |
MCIArb |
Member, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators |
MCIBS |
Member, Chartered Institution of Building Services (now see MCIBSE) |
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Member, Chartered Institute of Bankers in Scotland |
MCIBSE |
Member, Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers |
MCICM |
Member, Chartered Institute of Credit Management |
MCIEEM |
Member, Chartered Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management |
MCIfA |
Member, Chartered Institute for Archaeologists |
MCIH |
Member, Chartered Institute of Housing |
MCIHort |
Member, Chartered Institute of Horticulture |
MCIHT |
Member, Chartered Institution of Highways & Transportation |
MCIIS |
Member, Chartered Institute of Information Security |
MCIJ |
Member, Chartered Institute of Journalists |
MCIL |
Member, Chartered Institute of Linguists |
MCIM |
Member, Chartered Institute of Marketing |
MCIMarE |
Member, Canadian Institute of Marine Engineers |
MCIOB |
Member, Chartered Institute of Building |
MCIPD |
Member, Charted Institute of Personnel and Development |
MCIPR |
Member, Chartered Institute of Public Relations |
MCIPS |
Member, Chartered Institute of Procurement (formerly Purchasing) and Supply |
MCIS |
Member, Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators |
MCIT |
Member, Chartered Institute of Transport (now see CMILT) |
MCIWEM |
Member, Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management |
MCIWM |
Member, Chartered Institution of Wastes Management |
MCL |
Master in Civil Law |
MCLIP |
Member, Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals |
MCMI |
Member, Chartered Management Institute |
MCollP |
Member, College of Preceptors |
MCom |
Master of Commerce |
MCommH |
Master of Community Health |
MConsE |
Member, Association of Consulting Engineers |
MConsEI |
Member, Association of Consulting Engineers of Ireland |
MCOphth |
Member, College of Ophthalmologists (now see MRCOphth) |
MCP |
Member of Colonial Parliament |
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Master of City Planning (US) |
MCPA |
Member, College of Pathologists of Australia (now see MRCPA) |
MCPP |
Member, College of Pharmacy Practice |
MCPS |
Member, College of Physicians and Surgeons |
MCS |
Malayan Civil Service |
MCSD |
Member, Chartered Society of Designers |
MCSEE |
Member, Canadian Society of Electrical Engineers |
MCSI |
Member, Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment |
MCSP |
Member, Chartered Society of Physiotherapy |
MCST |
Member, College of Speech Therapists |
MCT |
Member, Association of Corporate Treasurers |
MD |
Doctor of Medicine |
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Military District |
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Maryland (postal) |
Md |
Maryland |
MDA |
Masters in Defence Administration |
MDC |
Metropolitan District Council |
MDes |
Master of Design |
MDiv |
Master of Divinity |
MDS |
Master of Dental Surgery |
MDSc |
Master of Dental Science |
ME |
Mining Engineer |
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Middle East |
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Master of Engineering |
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Maine (postal) |
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Myalgic Encephalomyelitis |
MEAF |
Middle East Air Force |
MEC |
Member of Executive Council |
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Middle East Command |
MEc |
Master of Economics |
MECAS |
Middle East Centre for Arab Studies |
Mech. |
Mechanics |
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Mechanical |
MECI |
Member, Institute of Employment Consultants |
Med. |
Medical |
MEd |
Master of Education |
MED |
Master of Environmental Design |
MEdSt |
Master of Educational Studies |
MEF |
Middle East Force |
MEI |
Member, Energy Institute |
MEIC |
Member, Engineering Institute of Canada |
MELF |
Middle East Land Forces |
Mencap |
Royal Society for Mentally Handicapped Children and Adults |
MEng |
Master of Engineering |
MEnvS |
Master of Environmental Studies |
MEO |
Marine Engineering Officer |
MEP |
Member of the European Parliament |
MES |
Master of Environmental Studies |
MESc |
Master of Engineering Science |
MetSoc |
Metals Society (formed by amalgamation of Institute of Metals and Iron and Steel Institute; now merged with Institution of Metallurgists to form Institute of Metals) |
MF |
Master of Forestry |
MFA |
Master of Fine Arts |
MFC |
Mastership in Food Control |
MFCM |
Member, Faculty of Community Medicine (later MFPHM) |
MFFLM |
Member, Faculty of Forensic and Legal Medicine, Royal College of Physicians |
MFFP |
Member, Faculty of Family Planning, Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists |
MFGB |
Miners’ Federation of Great Britain (now see NUM) |
MFGDP |
Member, Faculty of General Dental Practitioners, Royal College of Surgeons |
MFH |
Master of Foxhounds |
MFHom |
Member, Faculty of Homoeopathy |
MFOM |
Member, Faculty of Occupational Medicine |
MFPaed |
Member, Faculty of Paediatrics, Royal College of Physicians of Ireland |
MFPH |
Member, Faculty of Public Health |
MFPHM |
Member, Faculty of Public Health Medicine (now see MFPH) |
MFPHMI |
Member, Faculty of Public Health Medicine of Ireland |
MFPM |
Member, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Medicine |
MGDSRCS |
Member in General Dental Surgery, Royal College of Surgeons |
MGI |
Member, Institute of Certificated Grocers |
MGO |
Master General of the Ordnance |
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Master of Gynaecology and Obstetrics |
Mgr |
Monsignor |
MHA |
Member of House of Assembly |
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Master of Health Administration |
MHCIMA |
Member, Hotel Catering and International (formerly Institutional) Management Association (now see MIH) |
MHCLG |
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government |
MHK |
Member of the House of Keys |
MHM |
Master of Health Management |
MHort (RHS) |
Master of Horticulture, Royal Horticultural Society |
MHR |
Member of the House of Representatives |
MHRA |
Modern Humanities Research Association |
MHSM |
Member, Institute of Health Services Management (now see MIHM) |
MI |
Military Intelligence |
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Michigan (postal) |
MIAeE |
Member, Institute of Aeronautical Engineers |
MIAgrE |
Member, Institution of Agricultural Engineers |
MIAM |
Member, Institute of Administrative Management |
MIAS |
Member, Institute of Aeronautical Science (US) (now see MAIAA) |
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Member, Institute of Architects and Surveyors |
MIBC |
Member, Institute of Business Counsellors |
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Member, Institute of Building Control |
MIBiol |
Member, Institute of Biology (later MSB, now see MRSB) |
MICE |
Member, Institution of Civil Engineers |
MICEI |
Member, Institution of Civil Engineers of Ireland |
MICeram |
Member, Institute of Ceramics (later MIM) |
MICFor |
Member, Institute of Chartered Foresters |
Mich |
Michigan |
MIChemE |
Member, Institution of Chemical Engineers |
MICM |
Member, Institute of Credit Management (now see MCICM) |
MICorr |
Member, Institute of Corrosion |
MICorrST |
Member, Institution of Corrosion Science and Technology (now see MICorr) |
MICS |
Member, Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers |
MIE(Aust) |
Member, Institution of Engineers, Australia |
MIED |
Member, Institution of Engineering Designers |
MIEE |
Member, Institution of Electrical Engineers (now see MIET) |
MIEEE |
Member, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (NY) |
MIEEM |
Member, Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management (now see MCIEEM) |
MIEI |
Member, Institution of Engineering Inspection |
MIEMA |
Member, Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment |
MIEMgt |
Member, Institute of Environmental Management (now see MIEMA) |
MIEnvSc |
Member, Institution of Environmental Sciences |
MIERE |
Member, Institution of Electronic and Radio Engineers (later MIEE) |
MIES |
Member, Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders, Scotland |
MIET |
Member, Institution of Engineering and Technology (formerly Member, Institute of Engineers and Technicians) |
MIEx |
Member, Institute of Export |
MIExpE |
Member, Institute of Explosives Engineers |
MIfA |
Member, Institute for Archaeologists (now see MCIfA) |
MIFA |
Member, Institute of Field Archaeologists (later MIfA) |
MIFF |
Member, Institute of Freight Forwarders (now see MIFP) |
MIFireE |
Member, Institution of Fire Engineers |
MIFM |
Member, Institute of Fisheries Management |
MIFor |
Member, Institute of Foresters (now see MICFor) |
MIFP |
Member, Institute of Freight Professionals |
MIGasE |
Member, Institution of Gas Engineers (now see MIGEM) |
MIGEM |
Member, Institution of Gas Engineers and Managers |
MIGeol |
Member, Institution of Geologists |
MIH |
Member, Institute of Housing (now see MCIH) |
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Member, Institute of Hospitality |
MIHM |
Member, Institute of Housing Managers (later MIH) |
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Member, Institute of Healthcare Management |
MIHort |
Member, Institute of Horticulture (now see MCIHort) |
MIHT |
Member, Institution of Highways and Transportation (now see MCIHT) |
MIHVE |
Member, Institution of Heating and Ventilating Engineers (later MCIBS) |
MIIA |
Member, Institute of Industrial Administration (later FBIM) |
MIIE |
Member, Institution of Incorporated Engineers in Electronic, Electrical and Mechanical Engineering (now see MIET) |
MIIM |
Member, Institution of Industrial Managers |
MIInfSc |
Member, Institute of Information Sciences (now see MCLIP) |
MIL |
Member, Institute of Linguists (now see MCIL) |
Mil. |
Military |
MILGA |
Member, Institute of Local Government Administrators |
MILocoE |
Member, Institution of Locomotive Engineers |
MILog |
Member, Institute of Logistics (now see MILT) |
MILT |
Member, Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport |
MIM |
Member, Institute of Materials (formerly Institution of Metallurgists, then Institute of Metals) (now see MIMMM) |
MIMA |
Member, Institute of Mathematics and its Applications |
MIMarE |
Member, Institute of Marine Engineers (now see MIMarEST) |
MIMarEST |
Member, Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology |
MIMC |
Member, Institute of Management Consultants |
MIMechE |
Member, Institution of Mechanical Engineers |
MIMEMME |
Member, Institution of Mining Electrical & Mining Mechanical Engineers (later MIMinE) |
MIMgt |
Member, Institute of Management (see now MCMI) |
MIMGTechE |
Member, Institution of Mechanical and General Technician Engineers |
MIMI |
Member, Institute of the Motor Industry |
MIMinE |
Member, Institution of Mining Engineers (later MIMM) |
MIMM |
Member, Institution of Mining and Metallurgy (now see MIMMM) |
MIMMM |
Member, Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining |
MIMunE |
Member, Institution of Municipal Engineers (now amalgamated with Institution of Civil Engineers) |
MIN |
Member, Institute of Navigation (now see MRIN) |
Min. |
Ministry |
Minn |
Minnesota |
MInstAM |
Member, Institute of Administrative Management |
MInstBE |
Member, Institution of British Engineers |
MInstCE |
Member, Institution of Civil Engineers (now see FICE) |
MInstD |
Member, Institute of Directors |
MInstE |
Member, Institute of Energy (now see MEI) |
MInstF |
Member, Institute of Fuel (later MInstE) |
MInstHE |
Member, Institution of Highway Engineers (later MIHT, now see MCIHT) |
MInstKT |
Member, Institute of Knowledge Transfer |
MInstLM |
Member, Institute of Leadership and Management |
MInstM |
Member, Institute of Marketing (now see MCIM) |
MInstMC |
Member, Institute of Measurement and Control |
MInstME |
Member, Institution of Mining Engineers |
MInstMet |
Member, Institute of Metals (later part of Metals Society; then MIM) |
MInstP |
Member, Institute of Physics |
MInstPet |
Member, Institute of Petroleum (now see MEI) |
MInstPkg |
Member, Institute of Packaging |
MInstPS |
Member, Institute of Purchasing and Supply |
MInstRA |
Member, Institute of Registered Architects |
MInstRE |
Member, Institution of Royal Engineers |
MInstT |
Member, Institute of Transport (later MCIT) |
MInstTA |
Member, Institute of Transport Administration |
MInstW |
Member, Institute of Welding (now see MWeldI) |
MInstWM |
Member, Institute of Wastes Management (now see MCIWM) |
MINucE |
Member, Institution of Nuclear Engineers (now see MNucI) |
MIOA |
Member, Institute of Acoustics |
MIOB |
Member, Institute of Building (now see MCIOB) |
MIOM |
Member, Institute of Office Management (now see MIAM) |
MIOSH |
Member, Institution of Occupational Safety and Health |
MIPA |
Member, Institute of Practitioners in Advertising |
MIPD |
Member, Institute of Personnel and Development (now see MCIPD) |
MIPEM |
Member, Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine |
MIPlantE |
Member, Institution of Plant Engineers |
MIPM |
Member, Institute of Personnel Management (later MIPD) |
MIPR |
Member, Institute of Public Relations (now see MCIPR) |
MIProdE |
Member, Institution of Production Engineers (later MIEE) |
MIQ |
Member, Institute of Quarrying |
MIQA |
Member, Institute of Quality Assurance |
MIRE |
Member, Institution of Radio Engineers (later MIERE) |
MIREE(Aust) |
Member, Institution of Radio and Electronics Engineers (Australia) |
MIRM |
Member, Institute of Risk Management |
MIRO |
Mineral Industry Research Organisation |
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Member, Institution of Railway Operators |
MIRPM |
Member, Institute of Residential Property Management |
MIRT |
Member, Institute of Reprographic Technicians |
MIRTE |
Member, Institute of Road Transport Engineers |
MIS |
Member, Institute of Statisticians |
MISI |
Member, Iron and Steel Institute (later part of Metals Society) |
Miss |
Mississippi |
MIStructE |
Member, Institution of Structural Engineers |
MIT |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
MITA |
Member, Industrial Transport Association |
MITD |
Member, Institute of Training and Development (later MIPD) |
MITE |
Member, Institution of Electrical and Electronics Technician Engineers |
MITI |
Member, Institute of Translation & Interpreting |
MITSA |
Member, Institute of Trading Standards Administration |
MITT |
Member, Institute of Travel and Tourism |
MIWE |
Member, Institution of Water Engineers (later MIWES) |
MIWEM |
Member, Institution of Water and Environmental Management (now see MCIWEM) |
MIWES |
Member, Institution of Water Engineers and Scientists (later MIWEM) |
MIWM |
Member, Institution of Works Managers (now see MIIM) |
MIWPC |
Member, Institute of Water Pollution Control (later MIWEM) |
MIWSP |
Member, Institute of Work Study Practitioners (now see MMS) |
MJA |
Medical Journalists Association |
MJI |
Member, Institute of Journalists (now see MCIJ) |
MJIE |
Member, Junior Institution of Engineers (now see MIGTechE) |
MJur |
Magister Juris (Master of Law) |
ML |
Licentiate in Medicine |
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Master of Laws |
MLA |
Member of Legislative Assembly |
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Modern Language Association |
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Master in Landscape Architecture |
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Museums, Libraries and Archives Council |
MLC |
Member of Legislative Council |
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Meat and Livestock Commission |
MLCOM |
Member, London College of Osteopathic Medicine |
MLI |
Member, Landscape Institute |
MLib |
Master of Librarianship |
MLitt |
Master of Letters |
Mlle |
Mademoiselle |
MLO |
Military Liaison Officer |
MLR |
Modern Language Review |
MLS |
Master of Library Science |
MM |
Military Medal |
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Merchant Marine |
MMA |
Metropolitan Museum of Art |
MMan |
Master of Management |
MMath |
Master of Mathematics |
MMB |
Milk Marketing Board |
MMD |
Movement for Multi-Party Democracy |
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Master of Management of Defence |
MME |
Master of Mining Engineering |
Mme |
Madame |
MMechE |
Master of Mechanical Engineering |
MMEd |
Master in Medical Education |
MMedSci |
Master in Medical Science |
MMet |
Master of Metallurgy |
MMGI |
Member, Mining, Geological and Metallurgical Institute of India |
MMin |
Master of Ministry |
MML |
Masters in Medical Law |
MMLJ |
Member of Merit, Order of St Lazarus of Jerusalem |
MMM |
Member, Order of Military Merit (Canada) |
MMRS |
Member, Market Research Society |
MMS |
Member, Institute of Management Services |
MMus |
Master of Music |
MN |
Merchant Navy |
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Minnesota (postal) |
MNAM |
Member, National Academy of Medicine (US) |
MNAS |
Member, National Academy of Sciences (US) |
MND |
Motor Neurone Disease |
MNECInst |
Member, North East Coast Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders |
MNI |
Member, Nautical Institute |
MNIMH |
Member, National Institute of Medical Herbalists |
MNucI |
Member, Nuclear Institute |
MNZIS |
Member, New Zealand Institute of Surveyors |
MNZM |
Member, New Zealand Order of Merit |
MNZPI |
Member, New Zealand Planning Institute |
MO |
Medical Officer |
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Military Operations |
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Missouri (postal) |
Mo |
Missouri |
MoD |
Ministry of Defence |
Mods |
Moderations (Oxford) |
MOH |
Medical Officer(s) of Health |
MoJ |
Ministry of Justice |
MOM |
Member, Order of Merit (Malta) |
MOMA |
Museum of Modern Art |
MOMI |
Museum of the Moving Image |
Mon |
Monmouthshire |
Mont |
Montgomeryshire |
MOP |
Ministry of Power |
MOrthRCS |
Member in Orthodontics, Royal College of Surgeons |
Most Rev. |
Most Reverend |
MoT |
Ministry of Transport |
MOV |
Member, Order of Volta (Ghana) |
MP |
Member of Parliament |
MPA |
Master of Public Administration |
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Member, Parliamentary Assembly, Northern Ireland |
MPAGB |
Member, Photographic Alliance of Great Britain |
MPBW |
Ministry of Public Building and Works |
MPH |
Master of Public Health |
MPhil |
Master of Philosophy |
MPhil Stud |
Master of Philosophical Studies |
MPhys |
Master of Physics |
MPIA |
Master of Public and International Affairs |
MPLA |
Major Projects Leadership Academy |
MPMI |
Member, Property Management Institute |
MPO |
Management and Personnel Office |
MPodA |
Member, Podiatry Association |
MPP |
Member, Provincial Parliament |
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Master in Public Policy (Harvard) |
MPRISA |
Member, Public Relations Institute of South Africa |
MProf |
Masters in Professional Studies |
MPS |
Member, Pharmaceutical Society (now see MRPharmS) |
MPTS |
Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service |
MR |
Master of the Rolls |
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Municipal Reform |
MRAC |
Member, Royal Agricultural College |
MRACP |
Member, Royal Australasian College of Physicians |
MRACS |
Member, Royal Australasian College of Surgeons |
MRad |
Master of Radiology |
MRAeS |
Member, Royal Aeronautical Society |
MRAIC |
Member, Royal Architectural Institute of Canada |
MRAS |
Member, Royal Asiatic Society |
MRC |
Medical Research Council |
MRCA |
Multi-Role Combat Aircraft |
MRCGP |
Member, Royal College of General Practitioners |
MRC-LMB |
Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology |
MRCOG |
Member, Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists |
MRCOphth |
Member, Royal College of Ophthalmologists |
MRCP |
Member, Royal College of Physicians, London |
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Member, Royal College of Physicians, United Kingdom |
MRCPA |
Member, Royal College of Pathologists of Australia |
MRCPath |
Member, Royal College of Pathologists |
MRCPCH |
Member, Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health |
MRCPE |
Member, Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh |
MRCPGlas |
Member, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow |
MRCPI |
Member, Royal College of Physicians of Ireland |
MRCPsych |
Member, Royal College of Psychiatrists |
MRCS |
Member, Royal College of Surgeons of England |
MRCSE |
Member, Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh |
MRCSI |
Member, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland |
MRCVS |
Member, Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons |
MRD RCS |
Member in Restorative Dentistry, Royal College of Surgeons |
MRE |
Master of Religious Education |
MRes |
Master of Research |
MRHS |
Member, Royal Horticultural Society |
MRI |
Magnetic Resonance Imaging |
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Member, Royal Institution |
MRIA |
Member, Royal Irish Academy |
MRIAI |
Member, Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland |
MRIC |
Member, Royal Institute of Chemistry (now see MRSC) |
MRICS |
Member, Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors |
MRIN |
Member, Royal Institute of Navigation |
MRINA |
Member, Royal Institution of Naval Architects |
MRNZCGP |
Member, Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners |
MRPharmS |
Member, Royal Pharmaceutical Society |
MRSB |
Member, Royal Society of Biology |
MRSC |
Member, Royal Society of Chemistry |
MRSH |
Member, Royal Society for the Promotion of Health (now see MRSPH) |
MRSL |
Member, Order of the Republic of Sierra Leone |
MRSocMed |
Member, Royal Society of Medicine |
MRSPH |
Member, Royal Society for Public Health |
MRTPI |
Member, Royal Town Planning Institute |
MRurSc |
Master of Rural Science |
MRUSI |
Member, Royal United Service Institution |
MRVA |
Member, Rating and Valuation Association |
MS |
Master of Surgery |
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Master of Science (US) |
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Mississippi (postal) |
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Multiple Sclerosis |
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Motor Ship |
MS, MSS |
Manuscript, Manuscripts |
MSA |
Master of Science, Agriculture (US) |
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Mineralogical Society of America |
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Motor Sports Association |
MSAAIE |
Member, Southern African Association of Industrial Editors |
MSAE |
Member, Society of Automotive Engineeers (US) |
MSAICE |
Member, South African Institution of Civil Engineers |
MSAInstMM |
Member, South African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy |
MSB |
Member, Society of Biology (now see MRSB) |
MSC |
Manpower Services Commission |
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Missionaries of the Sacred Heart |
MSc |
Master of Science |
MScD |
Master of Dental Science |
MScE |
Master of Science in Engineering |
MSci |
Master of Natural Sciences |
MScSoc |
Master of Social Sciences |
MScSocMed |
Master of Science in Social Medicine |
MSD |
Meritorious Service Decoration (Fiji) |
MSE |
Master of Science in Engineering (US) |
MSF |
(Union for) Manufacturing, Science, Finance |
MSFA |
Member, Society of Financial Advisers |
MSHyg |
Master of Science in Hygiene |
MSI |
Member, Securities Institute (later Securities & Investment Institute, now see MCSI) |
MSIA |
Member, Society of Industrial Artists |
MSIAD |
Member, Society of Industrial Artists and Designers (now see MCSD) |
MSIT |
Member, Society of Instrument Technology (now see MInstMC) |
MSL |
Master of Studies in Law |
MSLS |
Master of Science in Library Science |
MSM |
Meritorious Service Medal |
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Madras Sappers and Miners |
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Master in Science Management |
MSN |
Master of Science in Nursing |
MSocAdmin |
Master of Social Administration |
MSocIS |
Member, Société des Ingénieurs et Scientifiques de France |
MSocSc |
Master of Social Sciences |
MSocWork |
Master of Social Work |
MSoFHT |
Member, Society of Food Hygiene Technology |
MSP |
Member, Scottish Parliament |
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Managing Successful Programmes |
MSR |
Member, Society of Radiographers |
MSRP |
Member, Society for Radiological Protection |
MSSc |
Master of Social Sciences |
MSSC |
Marine Society & Sea Cadets |
MSt |
Master of Studies |
MSTAT |
Member, Society of Teachers of Alexander Technique |
MSTD |
Member, Society of Typographic Designers |
MStJ |
Member, Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem |
MSW |
Master of Social Work |
MSzP |
Magyar Szocialista Párt |
MT |
Mechanical Transport |
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Montana (postal) |
Mt |
Mount |
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Mountain |
MTA |
Music Trades Association |
MTB |
Motor Torpedo Boat |
MTCA |
Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation |
MTD |
Midwife Teachers’ Diploma |
MTech |
Master of Technology |
MTEFL |
Master in the Teaching of English as a Foreign or Second Language |
MTh |
Master of Theology |
MTIA |
Metal Trades Industry Association |
MTIRA |
Machine Tool Industry Research Association (now see AMTRI) |
MTPI |
Member, Town Planning Institute (now see MRTPI) |
MTS |
Master of Theological Studies |
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Ministerial Training Scheme |
MUniv |
Honorary Master of the University |
MusB |
Bachelor of Music |
MusD |
Doctor of Music |
MusM |
Master of Music |
MV |
Merchant Vessel, Motor Vessel (naval) |
MVB |
Bachelor of Veterinary Medicine |
MVEE |
Military Vehicles and Engineering Establishment |
MVO |
Member, Royal Victorian Order |
MVSc |
Master of Veterinary Science |
MW |
Master of Wine |
MWA |
Mystery Writers of America |
MWeldI |
Member, Welding Institute |
MWSOM |
Member, Institute of Practitioners in Work Study Organisation and Methods (now see MMS) |
N
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N |
Nationalist |
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Navigating Duties |
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North |
n |
nephew |
NA |
National Academician (America) |
NAACP |
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People |
NAAFI |
Navy, Army and Air Force Institutes |
NAAS |
National Agricultural Advisory Service |
NAB |
National Advisory Body for Public Sector Higher Education |
NABC |
National Association of Boys’ Clubs (later NABC-CYP) |
NABC-CYP |
National Association of Boys’ Clubs - Clubs for Young People |
NAC |
National Agriculture Centre |
NACAB |
National Association of Citizens’ Advice Bureaux |
NACCB |
National Accreditation Council for Certification Bodies |
NACETT |
National Advisory Council for Education and Training Targets |
NACF |
National Art-Collections Fund |
NACRO |
National Association for the Care and Resettlement of Offenders |
NADFAS |
National Association of Decorative and Fine Arts Societies |
NAE |
National Academy of Engineering |
NAEW |
Nato Airborn Early Warning |
NAHA |
National Association of Health Authorities (now see NAHAT) |
NAHAT |
National Association of Health Authorities and Trusts |
NAHT |
National Association of Head Teachers |
NALGO |
Nalgo |
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National and Local Government Officers’ Association |
NAMAS |
National Measurement and Accreditation Service |
NAMCW |
National Association for Maternal and Child Welfare |
NAMH |
MIND (National Association for Mental Health) |
NAMMA |
NATO MRCA Management Agency |
NAPAG |
National Academies Policy Advisory Group |
NARM |
National Association of Recording Merchandisers (US) |
NAS |
National Academy of Sciences |
NASA |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (US) |
NASD |
National Association of Securities Dealers |
NASDAQ |
National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation System |
NASDIM |
National Association of Securities Dealers and Investment Managers (later FIMBRA) |
NAS/UWT |
National Association of Schoolmasters/Union of Women Teachers |
NATCS |
National Air Traffic Control Services (now see NATS) |
NATFHE |
National Association of Teachers in Further and Higher Education (combining ATCDE and ATTI) |
NATLAS |
National Testing Laboratory Accreditation Scheme |
NATO |
North Atlantic Treaty Organisation |
NATS |
National Air Traffic Services |
Nat. Sci. |
Natural Sciences |
NATSOPA |
National Society of Operative Printers, Graphical and Media Personnel (formerly of Operative Printers and Assistants) |
NAYC |
Youth Clubs UK (formerly National Association of Youth Clubs) |
NB |
New Brunswick |
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Nebraska (postal) |
NBA |
North British Academy |
NBC |
National Book Council (later NBL) |
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National Broadcasting Company (US) |
NBL |
National Book League |
NBPI |
National Board for Prices and Incomes |
NC |
National Certificate |
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North Carolina |
NCA |
National Certificate of Agriculture |
NCARB |
National Council of Architectural Registration Boards |
NCAS |
Natural Environment Research Council Centres for Atmospheric Science |
NCB |
National Coal Board |
NCC |
National Computing Centre |
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Nature Conservancy Council (later NCCE) |
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National Consumer Council |
NCCE |
Nature Conservancy Council for England (English Nature) |
NCCL |
National Council for Civil Liberties |
NCD |
National Capital District, Papua New Guinea |
NCDAD |
National Council for Diplomas in Art and Design |
NCEA |
National Council for Educational Awards |
NCET |
National Council for Educational Technology |
NCH |
National Children’s Homes |
NCLC |
National Council of Labour Colleges |
NCOP |
National Council of Provinces (South Africa) |
NCOPF |
National Council for One Parent Families |
NCRI |
National Cancer Research Institute |
NCSS |
National Council of Social Service |
NCTJ |
National Council for the Training of Journalists |
NCVCCO |
National Council of Voluntary Child Care Organisations |
NCVO |
National Council for Voluntary Organisations |
NCVQ |
National Council for Vocational Qualifications |
NCYPE |
National Centre for Young People with Epilepsy |
ND |
North Dakota |
NDA |
National Diploma in Agriculture |
NDC |
National Defence College |
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NATO Defence College |
NDD |
National Diploma in Dairying |
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National Diploma in Design |
NDEA |
National Defense Education Act |
NDH |
National Diploma in Horticulture |
NDIC |
National Defence Industries Council |
NDP |
New Democratic Party |
NDRI |
National Disease Research Interchange |
NDTA |
National Defense Transportation Association (US) |
NE |
North-east |
NEAB |
Northern Examinations and Assessment Board |
NEAC |
New English Art Club |
NEAF |
Near East Air Force |
NEARELF |
Near East Land Forces |
NEB |
National Enterprise Board |
NEC |
National Executive Committee |
NECInst |
North East Coast Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders |
NEDC |
National Economic Development Council |
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North East Development Council |
NEDO |
National Economic Development Office |
NEH |
National Endowment for the Humanities |
NEL |
National Engineering Laboratory |
NERC |
Natural Environment Research Council |
NESTA |
National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts |
NF |
Newfoundland and Labrador (postal) |
NFC |
National Freight Consortium (formerly Corporation, then Company) |
NFCG |
National Federation of Consumer Groups |
NFER |
National Foundation for Educational Research |
NFHA |
National Federation of Housing Associations |
NFMS |
National Federation of Music Societies |
NFSH |
National Federation of Spiritual Healers |
NFT |
National Film Theatre |
NFU |
National Farmers’ Union |
NFWI |
National Federation of Women’s Institutes |
NGO |
Non-Governmental Organisation(s) |
NGTE |
National Gas Turbine Establishment |
NH |
New Hampshire |
NH&MRC |
National Health and Medical Research Council (Australia) |
NHBC |
National House-Building Council |
NHMF |
National Heritage Memorial Fund |
NHS |
National Health Service |
NHSU |
National Health Service University |
NI |
Northern Ireland |
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Native Infantry |
NIAB |
National Institute of Agricultural Botany |
NIACE |
National Institute of Adult Continuing Education |
NIACRO |
Northern Ireland Association for the Care and Resettlement of Offenders |
NIAE |
National Institute of Agricultural Engineering |
NIAID |
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases |
NICE |
National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (formerly National Institute of Clinical Excellence, then National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence) |
NICEC |
National Institute for Careers Education and Counselling |
NICEIC |
National Inspection Council for Electrical Installation Contracting |
NICG |
Nationalised Industries Chairmen’s Group |
NICRO |
National Institute for Crime Prevention and Re-integration of Offenders |
NICS |
Northern Ireland Civil Service |
NID |
Naval Intelligence Division |
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National Institute for the Deaf |
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Northern Ireland District |
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National Institute of Design (India) |
NIESR |
National Institute of Economic and Social Research |
NIH |
National Institutes of Health (US) |
NIHEC |
Northern Ireland Higher Education Council |
NIHR |
National Institute for Health and Care Research (formerly for Health Research) |
NII |
Nuclear Installations Inspectorate |
NILP |
Northern Ireland Labour Party |
NIMR |
National Institute for Medical Research |
NISTRO |
Northern Ireland Science and Technology Regional Organisation |
NISW |
National Institute of Social Work |
NIU |
Northern Ireland Unionist |
NJ |
New Jersey |
NL |
National Liberal |
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No Liability |
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Newfoundland and Labrador |
NLCS |
North London Collegiate School |
NLHF |
National Lottery Heritage Fund |
NLYL |
National League of Young Liberals |
NM |
New Mexico (postal) |
NMC |
Nursing and Midwifery Council |
NMR |
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance |
NMRS |
National Monuments Record of Scotland |
NMSI |
National Museum of Science and Industry |
NNMA |
Nigerian National Merit Award |
NNOM |
Nigerian National Order of Merit |
NO |
Navigating Officer |
NODA |
National Operatic and Dramatic Association |
Northants |
Northamptonshire |
Notts |
Nottinghamshire |
NP |
Notary Public |
NPA |
Newspaper Publishers’ Association |
NPFA |
National Playing Fields Association |
NPG |
National Portrait Gallery |
NPk |
Nishan-e-Pakistan |
NPL |
National Physical Laboratory |
NPQEL |
National Professional Qualification for Executive Leadership |
NPQH |
National Professional Qualification for Headship |
NRA |
National Rifle Association |
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National Recovery Administration (US) |
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National Rivers Authority |
NRAO |
National Radio Astronomy Observatory |
NRCC |
National Research Council of Canada |
NRD |
National Registered Designer |
NRDC |
National Research Development Corporation |
NRMA |
National Roads and Motorists’ Association |
NRPB |
National Radiological Protection Board |
NRR |
Northern Rhodesia Regiment |
NRSA |
National Research Service Award (US) |
NS |
Nova Scotia |
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New Style in the Calendar (in Great Britain since 1752) |
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National Society |
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National Service |
ns |
Graduate of Royal Naval Staff College, Greenwich |
NSA |
National Skating Association (now see NISA) |
NSAIV |
Distinguished Order of Shaheed Ali (Maldives) |
NSERC |
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council, Canada |
NSF |
National Science Foundation (US) |
NSM |
Non-Stipendiary Minister |
NSMHC |
National Society for Mentally Handicapped Children (now see Mencap) |
NSPCC |
National Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Children |
NSRA |
National Small-bore Rifle Association |
N/SSF |
Novice, Society of St Francis |
NSW |
New South Wales |
NT |
New Testament |
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Northern Territory (Australia) |
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Northwest Territories (Canada) |
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National Theatre |
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National Trust |
NT&SA |
National Trust & Savings Association |
NTF |
National Teaching Fellow |
NTO |
National Training Organisation |
NTUC |
National Trades Union Congress |
NUAAW |
National Union of Agricultural and Allied Workers |
NUBE |
National Union of Bank Employees (later BIFU) |
NUFLAT |
National Union of Footwear Leather and Allied Trades (now see NUKFAT) |
NUGMW |
National Union of General and Municipal Workers (later GMBATU) |
NUHKW |
National Union of Hosiery and Knitwear Workers (now see NUKFAT) |
NUI |
National University of Ireland |
NUJ |
National Union of Journalists |
NUJMB |
Northern Universities Joint Matriculation Board |
NUM |
National Union of Mineworkers |
NUMAST |
National Union of Marine, Aviation and Shipping Transport Officers |
NUPE |
National Union of Public Employees |
NUR |
National Union of Railwaymen (now see RMT) |
NUS |
National Union of Students |
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National University of Singapore |
NUT |
National Union of Teachers |
NUU |
New University of Ulster |
NV |
Nevada (postal) |
NVQ |
National Vocational Qualification |
NW |
North-west |
NWC |
National Water Council |
NWFP |
North-West Frontier Province |
NWP |
North-Western Province |
NWT |
North-Western Territories |
NY |
New York |
NYC |
New York City |
NYO |
National Youth Orchestra |
NYT |
National Youth Theatre |
NZ |
New Zealand |
NZEF |
New Zealand Expeditionary Force |
NZIA |
New Zealand Institute of Architects |
NZTF |
New Zealand Territorial Force |
O
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o |
only |
OAM |
Medal of the Order of Australia |
O&M |
organisation and method |
OAP |
Old Age Pensioner |
OAS |
Organisation of American States |
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On Active Service |
OASC |
Officer Aircrew Selection Centre |
OAU |
Organisation for African Unity |
OB |
Order of Barbados |
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Order of Belize |
OBC |
Order of British Columbia |
OBE |
Officer, Order of the British Empire |
OC |
Officer, Order of Canada (equivalent to former award SM) |
OC |
o/c |
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Officer Commanding |
oc |
only child |
OCC |
Order of the Caribbean Community |
OCDS |
ocds Can |
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Overseas College of Defence Studies (Canada) |
OCF |
Officiating Chaplain to the Forces |
OCHA |
Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs |
OCPA |
Office of the Commissioner for Public Appointments |
OCS |
Officer Candidates School |
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Officer Cadet School |
OCSS |
Oxford and Cambridge Shakespeare Society |
OCTU |
Officer Cadet Training Unit |
OCU |
Operational Conversion Unit |
OD |
Officer, Order of Distinction (Jamaica) |
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Order of Distinction (Antigua) |
ODA |
Overseas Development Administration |
ODI |
Overseas Development Institute |
ODM |
Ministry of Overseas Development |
ODPM |
Office of the Deputy Prime Minister |
ODSM |
Order of Diplomatic Service Merit (Lesotho) |
OE |
Order of Excellence (Guyana) |
OECD |
Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development |
OED |
Oxford English Dictionary |
OEEC |
Organization for European Economic Co-operation (now see OECD) |
OF |
Order of the Founder, Salvation Army |
OFCOM |
Ofcom |
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Office of Communications |
OFEMA |
Office Française d’Exportation de Matériel Aéronautique |
OFFER |
Office of Electricity Regulation |
Ofgem |
Office of Gas and Electricity Markets |
OFM |
Order of Friars Minor (Franciscans) |
OFMCap |
Order of Friars Minor Capuchin (Franciscans) |
OFMConv |
Order of Friars Minor Conventual (Franciscans) |
Ofqual |
Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation |
OFR |
Order of the Federal Republic of Nigeria |
OFS |
Orange Free State |
OFSTED |
Office for Standards in Education |
OFT |
Office of Fair Trading |
Oftel |
Office of Telecommunications |
Ofwat |
Office of Water Services |
OGC |
Office of Government Commerce |
OGS |
Oratory of the Good Shepherd |
OH |
Ohio (postal) |
OHMS |
On His (or Her) Majesty’s Service |
O i/c |
Officer in charge |
OJ |
Order of Jamaica |
OK |
Oklahoma (postal) |
OL |
Officer, Order of Leopold |
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Order of the Leopard (Lesotho) |
OLJ |
Officer, Order of St Lazarus of Jerusalem |
OLM |
Officer, Legion of Merit (Rhodesia) |
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Ordained Local Minister |
OLY |
Olympian |
OM |
Order of Merit |
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Order of Manitoba |
OMCS |
Office of the Minister for the Civil Service |
OMFIF |
Official Monetary and Financial Institutions Forum |
OMI |
Oblate of Mary Immaculate |
OMLJ |
Officer, Order of Merit, Order of St Lazarus of Jerusalem |
OMM |
Officer, Order of Military Merit (Canada) |
ON |
Order of the Nation (Jamaica) |
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Ontario (postal) |
ONC |
Ordinary National Certificate |
OND |
Ordinary National Diploma |
ONDA |
Ordinary National Diploma in Agriculture |
ONS |
Office for National Statistics |
|
Order of Nova Scotia |
Ont |
Ontario |
ONZ |
Order of New Zealand |
ONZM |
Officer, New Zealand Order of Merit |
OON |
Officer, Order of the Niger |
OOnt |
Order of Ontario |
OOV |
Officer, Order of the Volta (Ghana) |
OP |
Ordinis Praedicatorum (of the Order of Preachers (Dominican)) |
|
Observation Post |
OPCON |
Operational Control |
OPCS |
Office of Population Censuses and Surveys (now see ONS) |
OPCW |
Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons |
OPEC |
Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries |
OPEI |
Order of Prince Edward Island |
OPM |
Owner President Management program |
OPRA |
Occupational Pensions Regulatory Authority |
OPS |
Office of Public Service |
OPSS |
Office of Public Service and Science (later OPS) |
OQ |
Officer, National Order of Quebec |
OR |
Order of Rorima (Guyana) |
|
Operational Research |
|
Oregon (postal) |
ORGALIME |
Organisme de Liaison des Industries Métalliques Européennes |
ORHA/CPA |
Office of Reconstruction and Humanitarian Assistance/Coalition Provisional Authority |
ORL |
Otorhinolaryngology |
ORS |
Operational Research Society |
ORSA |
Operations Research Society of America (now see INFORMS) |
ORSL |
Order of the Republic of Sierra Leone |
ORT |
Organization for Rehabilitation through Training |
ORTF |
Office de la Radiodiffusion et Télévision Française |
ORTT |
Order of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago |
o s |
only son |
OSA |
Order of St Augustine (Augustinian) |
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Ontario Society of Artists |
OSB |
Order of St Benedict (Benedictine) |
OSC |
Order of Simon of Cyrene |
osc |
Graduate of Overseas Staff College |
OSCE |
Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe |
OSCHR |
Office for Strategic Co-ordination of Health Research |
OSFC |
Franciscan (Capuchin) Order |
O/Sig |
Ordinary Signalman |
OSMTH |
Ordo Supremus Militaris Templi Hierosolymitani (Supreme Military Order of the Temple of Jerusalem) |
osp |
obiit sine prole (died without issue) |
OSS |
Office of Strategic Services |
OST |
Office of Science and Technology |
OStJ |
Officer, Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem |
OSUK |
Ophthalmological Society of the United Kingdom |
OT |
Old Testament |
OTC |
Officers’ Training Corps |
OTL |
Officer, Order of Toussaint L’Ouverture (Haiti) |
OTS |
Office of the Third Sector |
OTU |
Operational Training Unit |
OTWSA |
Ou-Testamentiese Werkgemeenskap in Suider-Afrika |
OU |
Oxford University |
|
Open University |
OUAC |
Oxford University Athletic Club |
OUAFC |
Oxford University Association Football Club |
OUBC |
Oxford University Boat Club |
OUCC |
Oxford University Cricket Club |
OUDS |
Oxford University Dramatic Society |
OUP |
Oxford University Press |
|
Official Unionist Party |
OURC |
Oxford University Rifle Club |
OURFC |
Oxford University Rugby Football Club |
OURT |
Order of the United Republic of Tanzania |
Oxon |
Oxfordshire |
|
Oxoniensis (of Oxford) |
P
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|
PA |
Pakistan Army |
|
Personal Assistant |
|
Pennsylvania (postal) |
PAA |
President, Australian Academy of Science |
pac |
passed the final examination of the Advanced Class, The Military College of Science |
PACE |
Protestant and Catholic Encounter |
|
Property Advisers to the Civil Estate |
PACTA |
Professional Associate, Clinical Theology Association |
PALS |
Partnership for Active Leisure Scheme for Disabled Children |
P&O |
Peninsular and Oriental Steamship Co. |
P&OSNCo. |
Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Co. |
PAO |
Prince Albert’s Own |
PASOK |
Panhellenic Socialist Movement |
PBFA |
Provincial Booksellers Fairs Association |
PBS |
Public Broadcasting Service |
PC |
Privy Counsellor |
|
Police Constable |
|
Perpetual Curate |
|
Peace Commissioner (Ireland) |
|
Progressive Conservative (Canada) |
pc |
per centum (in the hundred) |
PCC |
Parochial Church Council |
|
Protected Cell Company (Guernsey) |
|
Private Cell Company |
PCE |
Postgraduate Certificate of Education |
pce |
passed command examinations |
PCFC |
Polytechnics and Colleges Funding Council |
PCG |
Primary Care Group |
PCL |
Polytechnic of Central London |
PCMO |
Principal Colonial Medical Officer |
PCNZM |
Principal Companion, New Zealand Order of Merit |
PCS |
Parti Chrétien-Social |
|
Public and Commercial Services Union |
PCT |
Primary Care Trust |
PdD |
Doctor of Pedagogy (US) |
PDG |
Président Directeur Général |
PDipHEd |
Postgraduate Diploma in Health Education |
PDR |
People’s Democratic Republic |
PDRA |
post doctoral research assistant |
PDSA |
People’s Dispensary for Sick Animals |
PDTC |
Professional Dancer’s Training Course Diploma |
PDTDip |
Professional Dancer’s Teaching Diploma |
PE |
Procurement Executive |
|
Prince Edward Island (postal) |
PEI |
Prince Edward Island |
PEN |
Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists, Novelists (Club) |
PEng |
Registered Professional Engineer (Canada) |
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Member, Society of Professional Engineers |
Penn |
Pennsylvania |
PEP |
Political and Economic Planning (now see PSI) |
PER |
Professional and Executive Recruitment |
PES |
Party of European Socialists |
PEST |
Pressure for Economic and Social Toryism |
PF |
Procurator-Fiscal |
PFA |
Professional Footballers’ Association |
pfc |
Graduate of RAF Flying College |
PFHEA |
Principal Fellow, Higher Education Academy |
PFI |
Private Finance Initiative |
PGA |
Professional Golfers’ Association |
PGCA |
Post Graduate Certificate of Adjudication |
PGCE |
Post Graduate Certificate of Education |
PGCFHE |
Post Graduate Certificate in Further and Higher Education |
PGCHE |
Post Graduate Certificate in Higher Education |
PGCTh |
Postgraduate Certificate in Theology |
PGDCCI |
Postgraduate Diploma in Computing for Commerce and Industry |
PGDFHE |
Postgraduate Diploma in Further and Higher Education |
PGDipMin |
Postgraduate Diploma in Ministry |
PGDL |
Postgraduate Diploma in Law |
PGDPT |
Postgraduate Diploma in Pastoral Theology |
PGTC |
Postgraduate Teaching Certificate |
PGTCSE |
Postgraduate Teaching Certificate in Secondary Education |
PH |
Presidential Order of Honour (Botswana) |
PHAB |
Physically Handicapped & Able-bodied |
PhB |
Bachelor of Philosophy |
PhC |
Pharmaceutical Chemist |
PhD |
Doctor of Philosophy |
PHE |
Public Health England |
Phil. |
Philology |
|
Philological |
|
Philosophy |
|
Philosophical |
PhL |
Licentiate in Philosophy |
PHLS |
Public Health Laboratory Service |
PhM |
Master of Philosophy (USA) |
PhmB |
Bachelor of Pharmacy |
Phys. |
Physical |
PIA |
Personal Investment Authority |
PIARC |
Permanent International Association of Road Congresses |
PIB |
Prices and Incomes Board (later NBPI) |
PICAO |
Provisional International Civil Aviation Organization (now ICAO) |
PICTFOR |
Parliamentary Internet Communications and Technology Forum |
pinx. |
pinxit (he painted it) |
PITCOM |
Parliamentary Information Technology Committee (now see PICTFOR) |
PJG |
Pingat Jasa Gemilang (Singapore) |
PJHQ |
Permanent Joint Headquarters |
PJK |
Pingkat Jasa Kebaktian (Malaysia) |
Pl. |
Place |
|
Plural |
PLA |
Port of London Authority |
PLAB |
Professional and Linguistic Assessments Board |
PLC |
plc |
|
public limited company |
Plen. |
Plenipotentiary |
PLI |
President, Landscape Institute |
PLP |
Parliamentary Labour Party |
|
Progressive Liberal Party (Bahamas) |
PLR |
Public Lending Right |
PMA |
Personal Military Assistant |
PMC |
Personnel Management Centre |
PMD |
Program for Management Development |
PMedSci |
President, Academy of Medical Sciences |
PMETB |
Postgraduate Medical Education and Training Board |
PMG |
Postmaster-General |
PMN |
Panglima Mangku Negara (Malaysia) |
PMO |
Principal Medical Officer |
|
Princess Mary’s Own |
PMRAFNS |
Princess Mary’s Royal Air Force Nursing Service |
PMS |
Presidential Order of Meritorious Service (Botswana) |
|
President, Miniature Society |
PNBS |
Panglima Negara Bintang Sarawak |
PNEU |
Parents’ National Educational Union |
PNG |
Papua New Guinea |
PNP |
People’s National Party |
PO |
Post Office |
POB |
Presidential Order of Botswana |
Pop. |
Population |
POST |
Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology |
POUNC |
Post Office Users’ National Council |
POW |
Prisoner of War |
|
Prince of Wales’s |
PP |
Parish Priest |
|
Past President |
pp |
pages |
PPA |
Professional Publishers Association (formerly Periodical Publishers Association) |
PPARC |
Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council |
PPCLI |
Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry |
PPCSD |
Past President, Chartered Society of Designers |
PPDF |
Parti Populaire pour la Démocratie Française |
PPE |
Philosophy, Politics and Economics |
PPInstHE |
Past President, Institution of Highway Engineers |
PPIStructE |
Past President, Institution of Structural Engineers |
PPITB |
Printing and Publishing Industry Training Board |
PPP |
Private Patients Plan |
|
Psychology, Philosophy and Physiology |
PPRA |
Past President, Royal Academy |
PPRBA |
Past President, Royal Society of British Artists |
PPRBS |
Past President, Royal Society of British Sculptors |
PPRE |
Past President, Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers (formerly of Painter-Etchers and Engravers) |
PPRIBA |
Past President, Royal Institute of British Architects |
PPRNCM |
Diploma in Professional Performance, Royal Northern College of Music |
PPROI |
Past President, Royal Institute of Oil Painters |
PPRP |
Past President, Royal Society of Portrait Painters |
PPRSA |
Past President, Royal Scottish Academy |
PPRSW |
Past President, Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Water Colours |
PPRTPI |
Past President, Royal Town Planning Institute |
PPRWA |
Past President, Royal Watercolour Association |
PPRWS |
Past President, Royal Society of Painters in Water Colours |
PPS |
Parliamentary Private Secretary |
PPSA |
Proficiency, Photographic Society of America |
PPSIAD |
Past President, Society of Industrial Artists and Designers |
PQ |
Province of Quebec |
PQCCC |
Post Qualification Certificate in Child Care |
PQE |
Professional Qualifying Examination |
PR |
Public Relations |
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Parti républicain |
PRA |
President, Royal Academy |
PRASEG |
Associate Parliamentary Renewable and Sustainable Energy Group |
PRBS |
President, Royal Society of British Sculptors |
PRCA |
Public Relations Consultants Association |
PRCS |
President, Royal College of Surgeons |
PrD |
Doctor of Professional Practice |
PRE |
President, Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers (formerly of Painter-Etchers and Engravers) |
Preb. |
Prebendary |
Prep. |
Preparatory |
Pres. |
President |
PRHA |
President, Royal Hibernian Academy |
PRI |
President, Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours |
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Plastics and Rubber Institute |
PRIA |
President, Royal Irish Academy |
PRIAS |
President, Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland |
Prin. |
Principal |
PRISA |
Public Relations Institute of South Africa |
PRL |
Liberal Reform Party (Belgium) |
PRO |
Public Relations Officer |
|
Public Records Office |
Proc. |
Proctor |
|
Proceedings |
Prof. |
Professor |
|
Professional |
PROI |
President, Royal Institute of Oil Painters |
PRO NED |
Promotion of Non-Executive Directors |
Pro tem. |
Pro tempore (for the time being) |
ProtU |
Protestant Unionist Party |
Prov. |
Provost |
|
Provincial |
Prox. |
Proximo (next) |
Prox.acc. |
Proxime accessit (next in order of merit to the winner) |
PRS |
President, Royal Society |
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Performing Right Society Ltd |
PRSA |
President, Royal Scottish Academy |
PRSE |
President, Royal Society of Edinburgh |
PRSH |
President, Royal Society for the Promotion of Health |
PRSW |
President, Royal Scottish Water Colour Society |
PRUAA |
President, Royal Ulster Academy of Arts |
PRWA |
President, Royal West of England Academy |
PRWS |
President, Royal Society of Painters in Water Colours |
PS |
Pastel Society |
|
Paddle Steamer |
ps |
passed School of Instruction (of Officers) |
PSA |
Property Services Agency |
|
Petty Sessions Area |
psa |
Graduate of RAF Staff College |
psc |
Graduate of Staff College († indicates Graduate of Senior Wing Staff College) |
|
Personal Services Company |
PSD |
Petty Sessional Division |
|
Social Democratic Party (Portugal) |
|
Panglima Setia Diraja |
PSE |
Party of European Socialists |
PSGB |
Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (now see RPSGB) |
PSI |
Policy Studies Institute |
PSIAD |
President, Society of Industrial Artists and Designers |
PSM |
Panglima Setia Mahkota (Malaysia) |
psm |
Certificate of Royal Military School of Music |
PSMA |
President, Society of Marine Artists |
PSO |
Principal Scientific Officer |
|
Personal Staff Officer |
PSOE |
Partido Socialista Obrero Español |
PSS |
Society of Priests of St Sulpice |
PsyD |
Doctor of Psychology |
PTA |
Passenger Transport Authority |
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Parent-Teacher Association |
PTC |
Personnel and Training Command |
PTE |
Passenger Transport Executive |
Pte |
Private |
PThD |
Doctor of Pastoral Theology |
ptsc |
passed Technical Staff College |
Pty |
Proprietary |
PUP |
People’s United Party |
|
Progressive Unionist Party |
PVSM |
Param Vishishc Seva Medal (India) |
PWO |
Prince of Wales’s Own |
PWO(CEW) |
Principal Warfare Officer (Communications and Electronic Warfare) |
PWO(U) |
Principal Warfare Officer (Underwater Warfare) |
PWR |
Pressurized Water Reactor |
PYBT |
Prince’s Youth Business Trust |
Q
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|
Q |
Queen |
QAA |
Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education |
QAIMNS |
Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service |
QARANC |
Queen Alexandra’s Royal Army Nursing Corps |
QARNNS |
Queen Alexandra’s Royal Naval Nursing Service |
QBD |
Queen’s Bench Division |
QC |
Queen’s Counsel |
|
Quebec (postal) |
QCA |
Qualifications and Curriculum Authority |
QCB |
Queen’s Commendation for Bravery |
QCDA |
Qualifications and Curriculum Development Agency |
QCVS |
Queen’s Commendation for Valuable Service |
QCVSA |
Queen’s Commendation for Valuable Service in the Air |
QDR |
Qualified in Dispute Resolution |
QEH |
Queen Elizabeth Hall |
QEO |
Queen Elizabeth’s Own |
QFSM |
Queen’s Fire Service Medal for Distinguished Service |
QGM |
Queen’s Gallantry Medal |
QHC |
Honorary Chaplain to the Queen |
QHDS |
Honorary Dental Surgeon to the Queen |
QHNS |
Honorary Nursing Sister to the Queen |
QHP |
Honorary Physician to the Queen |
QHS |
Honorary Surgeon to the Queen |
Qld |
Queensland |
Qly |
Quarterly |
QMAAC |
Queen Mary’s Army Auxiliary Corps |
QMC |
Queen Mary College, London |
QMG |
Quartermaster-General |
QMIPRI |
Queen Mary Intellectual Property Research Institute |
QMO |
Queen Mary’s Own |
QMUL |
Queen Mary, University of London |
QMW |
Queen Mary and Westfield College, London (now see QMUL) |
QO |
Qualified Officer |
QOOH |
Queen’s Own Oxfordshire Hussars |
Q(ops) |
Quartering (operations) |
|
Queen’s Own Royal West Kent Regiment |
QOY |
Queen’s Own Yeomanry |
QPM |
Queen’s Police Medal |
QPSM |
Queen’s Public Service Medal (New Zealand) |
Qr |
Quarter |
QRIH |
Queen’s Royal Irish Hussars |
QS |
Quarter Sessions |
|
Quantity Surveying |
qs |
RAF graduates of the Military or Naval Staff College |
QSM |
Queen’s Service Medal (NZ) |
QSO |
Queen’s Service Order (NZ) |
QTS |
Qualified Teacher Status |
QUB |
Queen’s University, Belfast |
qv |
quod vide (which see) |
QVRM |
Queen’s Volunteer Reserve Medal |
qwi |
Qualified Weapons Instructor |
R
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|
(R) |
Reserve |
RA |
Royal Academician |
|
Royal Academy |
|
Royal (Regiment of) Artillery |
RAA |
Regional Arts Association |
|
Royal Australian Artillery |
RAAF |
Royal Australian Air Force |
RAAMC |
Royal Australian Army Medical Corps |
RABI |
Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution |
RAC |
Royal Automobile Club |
|
Royal Agricultural College |
|
Royal Armoured Corps |
RACDS |
Royal Australian College of Dental Surgeons |
RACGP |
Royal Australian College of General Practitioners |
RAChD |
Royal Army Chaplains’ Department |
RACI |
Royal Australian Chemical Institute |
RACO |
Royal Australian College of Ophthalmologists |
RACOG |
Royal Australian College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists |
RACP |
Royal Australasian College of Physicians |
RACS |
Royal Australasian College of Surgeons |
|
Royal Arsenal Co-operative Society |
RAD |
Royal Academy of Dance |
RADA |
Royal Academy of Dramatic Art |
RADAR |
Royal Association for Disability Rights (formerly Royal Association for Disability and Rehabilitation) |
RADC |
Royal Army Dental Corps |
RAE |
Royal Australian Engineers |
|
Royal Aerospace Establishment (formerly Royal Aircraft Establishment) |
|
Research Assessment Exercise |
RAEC |
Royal Army Educational Corps |
RAEng |
Royal Academy of Engineering |
RAeS |
Royal Aeronautical Society |
RAF |
Royal Air Force |
RAFA |
Royal Air Forces Association |
RAFO |
Reserve of Air Force Officers (now see RAFRO) |
RAFR |
Royal Air Force Reserve |
RAFRO |
Royal Air Force Reserve of Officers |
RAFVR |
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
RAI |
Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain & Ireland |
|
Radio Audizioni Italiane |
RAIA |
Royal Australian Institute of Architects |
RAIC |
Royal Architectural Institute of Canada |
RAM |
(Member of) Royal Academy of Music |
RAMC |
Royal Army Medical Corps |
RAN |
Royal Australian Navy |
R&D |
Research and Development |
RANR |
Royal Australian Naval Reserve |
RANVR |
Royal Australian Naval Volunteer Reserve |
RAOC |
Royal Army Ordnance Corps |
RAPC |
Royal Army Pay Corps |
RARDE |
Royal Armament Research and Development Establishment |
RARO |
Regular Army Reserve of Officers |
RAS |
Royal Astronomical Society |
|
Royal Asiatic Society |
|
Recruitment and Assessment Services |
RASC |
Royal Army Service Corps (now see RCT) |
RASE |
Royal Agricultural Society of England |
RAU |
Royal Agricultural University |
RAuxAF |
Royal Auxiliary Air Force |
RAVC |
Royal Army Veterinary Corps |
RB |
Rifle Brigade |
RBA |
Member, Royal Society of British Artists |
RBK&C |
Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea |
RBL |
Royal British Legion |
RBS |
Royal Society of British Sculptors (now see RSS) |
RBSA |
(Member of) Royal Birmingham Society of Artists |
RBY |
Royal Bucks Yeomanry |
RC |
Roman Catholic |
RCA |
Member, Royal Canadian Academy of Arts |
|
Royal College of Art |
|
(Member of) Royal Cambrian Academy |
RCAC |
Royal Canadian Armoured Corps |
RCAF |
Royal Canadian Air Force |
RCamA |
Member, Royal Cambrian Academy |
RCAnaes |
Royal College of Anaesthetists |
RCAS |
Royal Central Asian Society (now see RSAA) |
RCDS |
Royal College of Defence Studies |
rcds |
completed a course at, or served for a year on the Staff of, the Royal College of Defence Studies |
RCGP |
Royal College of General Practitioners |
RCHA |
Royal Canadian Horse Artillery |
RCHME |
Royal Commission on Historical Monuments of England |
RCM |
(Member of) Royal College of Music |
RCN |
Royal Canadian Navy |
|
Royal College of Nursing |
RCNC |
Royal Corps of Naval Constructors |
RCNR |
Royal Canadian Naval Reserve |
RCNVR |
Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve |
RCO |
Royal College of Organists |
RCOG |
Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists |
RCP |
Royal College of Physicians, London |
RCPA |
Royal College of Pathologists of Australia |
RCPath |
Royal College of Pathologists |
RCPCH |
Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health |
RCPE |
RCPEd |
|
Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh |
RCPI |
Royal College of Physicians of Ireland |
RCPSG |
Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow |
RCPsych |
Royal College of Psychiatrists |
RCR |
Royal College of Radiologists |
RCS |
Royal College of Surgeons of England |
|
Royal Corps of Signals |
|
Royal College of Science |
RCSE |
RCSEd |
|
Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh |
RCSI |
Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland |
RCT |
Royal Corps of Transport |
RCVS |
Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons |
RD |
Rural Dean |
|
Royal Naval and Royal Marine Forces Reserve Decoration |
Rd |
Road |
RDA |
Diploma of Roseworthy Agricultural College, South Australia |
|
Regional Development Agency |
RDC |
Rural District Council |
RDF |
Royal Dublin Fusiliers |
RDI |
Royal Designer for Industry (Royal Society of Arts) |
RE |
Royal Engineers |
|
Fellow, Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers (formerly of Painter-Etchers and Engravers) |
|
Religious Education |
REACH |
Retired Executives Action Clearing House |
Rear Adm. |
Rear Admiral |
REconS |
Royal Economic Society |
REF |
Research Excellence Framework |
Regt |
Regiment |
REIT |
Real Estate Investment Trust |
REME |
Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers |
REngDes |
Registered Engineering Designer |
RERO |
Royal Engineers Reserve of Officers |
Res. |
Resigned |
|
Reserve |
|
Resident |
|
Research |
Rev. |
Reverend |
|
Review |
RFA |
Royal Field Artillery |
RFC |
Royal Flying Corps (now RAF) |
|
Rugby Football Club |
RFCA |
Reserve Forces and Cadets Association |
RFD |
Reserve Force Decoration |
RFH |
Royal Festival Hall |
RFP |
Registered Forensic Practitioner |
RFPS(G) |
Royal Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons, Glasgow (now see RCPSG) |
RFR |
Rassemblement des Français pour la République |
RFU |
Rugby Football Union |
RGA |
Royal Garrison Artillery |
RGI |
Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts |
RGJ |
Royal Green Jackets |
RGN |
Registered General Nurse |
RGS |
Royal Geographical Society |
RGSA |
Royal Geographical Society of Australasia |
RHA |
Royal Hibernian Academy |
|
Royal Horse Artillery |
|
Regional Health Authority |
RHASS |
Royal Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland |
RHB |
Regional Hospital Board |
RHBNC |
Royal Holloway and Bedford New College, London |
RHC |
Royal Holloway College, London (later RHBNC) |
RHF |
Royal Highland Fusiliers |
RHG |
Royal Horse Guards |
RHistS |
Royal Historical Society |
RHQ |
Regional Headquarters |
RHR |
Royal Highland Regiment |
RHS |
Royal Horticultural Society |
|
Royal Humane Society |
RHUL |
Royal Holloway, University of London |
RHV |
Royal Health Visitor |
|
Registered Health Visitor |
RI |
(Member of) Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours |
|
Rhode Island |
RIA |
Royal Irish Academy |
RIAI |
Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland |
RIAS |
Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland |
RIASC |
Royal Indian Army Service Corps |
RIBA |
(Member of) Royal Institute of British Architects |
RIBI |
Rotary International in Great Britain and Ireland |
RIC |
Royal Irish Constabulary |
|
Royal Institute of Chemistry (now see RSC) |
RICS |
(Member of) Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors |
RIF |
Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers |
RIIA |
Royal Institute of International Affairs |
RILEM |
Réunion internationale des laboratoires d’essais et de recherches sur les matériaux et les constructions |
RIN |
Royal Indian Navy |
RINA |
Royal Institution of Naval Architects |
RIPA |
Royal Institute of Public Administration |
RIPH |
Royal Institute of Public Health (now see RSPH) |
RIPH&H |
Royal Institute of Public Health and Hygiene (later RIPH; now see RSPH) |
RIrF |
Royal Irish Fusiliers |
RLC |
Royal Logistic Corps |
RLFC |
Rugby League Football Club |
RLSS |
Royal Life Saving Society |
RM |
Royal Marines |
|
Resident Magistrate |
|
Registered Midwife |
RMA |
Royal Marine Artillery |
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Royal Military Academy Sandhurst (now incorporating Royal Military Academy, Woolwich) |
RMC |
Royal Military College Sandhurst (now see RMA) |
RMCM |
(Member of) Royal Manchester College of Music |
RMCS |
Royal Military College of Science |
RMedSoc |
Royal Medical Society, Edinburgh |
RMetS |
Royal Meteorological Society |
RMFVR |
Royal Marine Forces Volunteer Reserve |
RMIT |
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology |
RMLI |
Royal Marine Light Infantry |
RMN |
Registered Mental Nurse |
RMO |
Resident Medical Officer(s) |
RMP |
Royal Military Police |
RMPA |
Royal Medico-Psychological Association |
RMS |
Royal Microscopical Society |
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Royal Mail Steamer |
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Royal Society of Miniature Painters |
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Royal Mail Ship |
RMT |
National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers |
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Registered Massage Therapist |
RN |
Royal Navy |
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Royal Naval |
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Registered Nurse |
RNAS |
Royal Naval Air Service |
RNAY |
Royal Naval Aircraft Yard |
RNC |
Royal Naval College |
RNCM |
(Member of) Royal Northern College of Music |
RNEC |
Royal Naval Engineering College |
RNIB |
Royal National Institute of Blind People (formerly Royal National Institute for the Blind, then Royal National Institute of the Blind) |
RNID |
Royal National Institute for Deaf People (formerly Royal National Institute for the Deaf) |
RNLI |
Royal National Life-boat Institution |
RNLO |
Royal Naval Liaison Officer |
RNLTA |
Royal Naval Lawn Tennis Association |
RNR |
Royal Naval Reserve |
RNRU |
Royal Navy Rugby Union |
RNS |
Royal Numismatic Society |
RNSA |
Royal Naval Sailing Association |
RNSC |
Royal Naval Staff College |
RNT |
Registered Nurse Tutor |
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Royal National Theatre |
RNTNEH |
Royal National Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital |
RNutr |
Registered Nutritionist |
RNVR |
Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve |
RNVSR |
Royal Naval Volunteer Supplementary Reserve |
RNXS |
Royal Naval Auxiliary Service |
RNZA |
Royal New Zealand Artillery |
RNZAC |
Royal New Zealand Armoured Corps |
RNZAF |
Royal New Zealand Air Force |
RNZIR |
Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment |
RNZN |
Royal New Zealand Navy |
RNZNVR |
Royal New Zealand Naval Volunteer Reserve |
ROC |
Royal Observer Corps |
ROF |
Royal Ordnance Factories |
R of O |
Reserve of Officers |
ROH |
Royal Opera House |
ROI |
Member, Royal Institute of Oil Painters |
RoSPA |
Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents |
RP |
(Member of) Royal Society of Portrait Painters |
RPC |
Royal Pioneer Corps |
RPE |
Rocket Propulsion Establishment |
RPF |
Rassemblement pour la France |
RPMS |
Royal Postgraduate Medical School |
RPO |
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra |
RPP |
Registered Project Professional |
RPR |
Rassemblement pour la République |
RPS |
Royal Photographic Society |
RPSGB |
Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain |
RRC |
Royal Red Cross |
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Rapid Reaction Corps |
RRE |
Royal Radar Establishment (later RSRE) |
RRF |
Royal Regiment of Fusiliers |
RRS |
Royal Research Ship |
RSA |
Royal Scottish Academician |
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Royal Society of Arts |
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Republic of South Africa |
RSAA |
Royal Society for Asian Affairs |
RSAF |
Royal Small Arms Factory |
RSAI |
Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland |
RSAMD |
Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama |
RSanI |
Royal Sanitary Institute (later RSH; now see RSPH) |
RSAS |
Royal Surgical Aid Society |
RSC |
Royal Society of Canada |
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Royal Society of Chemistry |
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Royal Shakespeare Company |
RSCM |
(Member of) Royal School of Church Music |
RSCN |
Registered Sick Children’s Nurse |
RSE |
Royal Society of Edinburgh |
RSF |
Royal Scots Fusiliers |
RSFSR |
Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic |
RSGS |
Royal Scottish Geographical Society |
RSH |
Royal Society for the Promotion of Health (now see RSPH) |
RSL |
Royal Society of Literature |
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Returned Services League of Australia |
RSM |
Royal School of Mines |
RSM |
RSocMed |
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Royal Society of Medicine |
RSMA |
(Member of) Royal Society of Marine Artists |
RSME |
Royal School of Military Engineering |
RSMHCA |
Royal Society for Mentally Handicapped Children and Adults (see Mencap) |
RSNC |
Royal Society for Nature Conservation |
RSO |
Rural Sub-Office |
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Railway Sub-Office |
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Resident Surgical Officer |
RSPB |
Royal Society for Protection of Birds |
RSPCA |
Royal Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals |
RSPH |
Royal Society for Public Health |
RSRE |
Royal Signals and Radar Establishment |
RSS |
Royal Society of Sculptors |
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Royal Statistical Society |
RSSAf |
Royal Society of South Africa |
RSSAILA |
Returned Sailors, Soldiers and Airmen’s Imperial League of Australia (now see RSL) |
RSSPCC |
Royal Scottish Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Children |
RSTM&H |
Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene |
RSUA |
Royal Society of Ulster Architects |
RSV |
Revised Standard Version |
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Respiratory Syncytial Virus |
RSW |
Member, Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Water Colours |
RTE |
Radio Telefis Eireann |
Rt Hon. |
Right Honourable |
RTL |
Radio-Télévision Luxembourg |
RTPI |
Royal Town Planning Institute |
RTR |
Royal Tank Regiment |
Rt Rev. |
Right Reverend |
RTS |
Religious Tract Society |
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Royal Toxophilite Society |
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Royal Television Society |
RTYC |
Royal Thames Yacht Club |
RU |
Rugby Union |
RUA |
Royal Ulster Academy |
RUC |
Royal Ulster Constabulary |
RUKBA |
Royal United Kingdom Beneficent Association |
RUR |
Royal Ulster Regiment |
RURAL |
Society for the Responsible Use of Resources in Agriculture & on the Land |
RUSI |
Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies (formerly Royal United Service Institution) |
RVC |
Royal Veterinary College |
RVS |
Royal Voluntary Service |
RWA |
(Member of) Royal West of England Academy |
RWAFF |
Royal West African Frontier Force |
RWCMD |
Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama |
RWF |
Royal Welch Fusiliers |
RWS |
(Member of) Royal Society of Painters in Water Colours |
RYA |
Royal Yachting Association |
RYS |
Royal Yacht Squadron |
RZSScot |
Royal Zoological Society of Scotland |
S
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(S) |
(in Navy) Paymaster |
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Scotland |
S |
Succeeded |
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South |
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Saint |
s |
son |
SA |
South Australia |
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South Africa |
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Société Anonyme |
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Society of the Atonement |
SAAF |
South African Air Force |
SABC |
South African Broadcasting Corporation |
SAC |
Scientific Advisory Committee |
sac |
qualified at small arms technical long course |
SACC |
South African Council of Churches |
SACEUR |
Supreme Allied Commander Europe |
SACIF |
sociedad anónima commercial industrial financiera |
SACLANT |
Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic |
SACRO |
Scottish Association for the Care and Resettlement of Offenders |
SA de CV |
sociedad anónima de capital variable |
SADG |
Société des Architectes Diplômés par le Gouvernement |
SAE |
Society of Automobile Engineers (US) |
SAHFOS |
Sir Alister Hardy Foundation for Ocean Science |
SAN |
Senior Advocate of Nigeria |
SARL |
Société à Responsabilité Limitée |
SARS |
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome |
Sarum |
Salisbury |
SAS |
Special Air Service |
Sask |
Saskatchewan |
SASO |
Senior Air Staff Officer |
SAT |
Senior Member, Association of Accounting Technicians |
SATB |
Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass |
SATRO |
Science and Technology Regional Organisation |
SB |
Bachelor of Science (US) |
SBAA |
Sovereign Base Areas Administration |
SBAC |
Society of British Aerospace Companies (formerly Society of British Aircraft Constructors) |
SBS |
Special Boat Service |
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Silver Bauhinia Star (Hong Kong) |
SBStJ |
Serving Brother, Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem |
SC |
Star of Courage (Canada) |
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Senior Counsel |
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South Carolina |
sc |
student at the Staff College |
SCA |
Society of Catholic Apostolate (Pallottine Fathers) |
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Société en Commandité par Actions |
SCAA |
School Curriculum and Assessment Authority |
SCAO |
Senior Civil Affairs Officer |
SCAR |
Scientific Committee for Antarctic Research |
ScD |
Doctor of Science |
SCDI |
Scottish Council for Development and Industry |
SCF |
Senior Chaplain to the Forces |
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Save the Children Fund |
Sch. |
School |
SChLJ |
Senior Chaplain, Order of St Lazarus of Jerusalem |
SChStJ |
Senior Chaplain, Order of St John of Jerusalem |
SCI |
Society of Chemical Industry |
SCIE |
Social Care Institute of Excellence |
SCIO |
Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation |
SCIS |
Scottish Council of Independent Schools |
SCL |
Student in Civil Law |
SCLC |
Short Service Limited Commission |
SCLI |
Somerset and Cornwall Light Infantry |
SCM |
State Certified Midwife |
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Student Christian Movement |
SCOB |
Supreme Counsellor of Baobab (South Africa) |
SCONUL |
Standing Conference of National and University Libraries |
Scot. |
Scotland |
ScotBIC |
Scottish Business in the Community |
SCOTVEC |
Scottish Vocational Education Council |
SCRL |
Sociedade Cooperativa de Responsabilidade Limitada |
SCVO |
Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations |
SD |
Staff Duties |
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South Dakota (postal) |
SDA |
Social Democratic Alliance |
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Scottish Diploma in Agriculture |
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Scottish Development Agency |
SDF |
Sudan Defence Force |
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Social Democratic Federation |
SDI |
Strategic Defence Initiative |
SDLP |
Social Democratic and Labour Party |
SDP |
Social Democratic Party |
SE |
South-east |
SEAC |
South-East Asia Command |
SEATO |
South-East Asia Treaty Organization |
SEC |
Security Exchange Commission |
Sec. |
Secretary |
SED |
Scottish Education Department |
SEE |
Society of Environmental Engineers |
SEEDA |
South East England Development Agency |
SEFI |
European Society for Engineering Education |
SEN |
State Enrolled Nurse |
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Special Educational Needs |
SEP |
Stanford Executive Program |
SEPA |
Scottish Environmental Protection Agency |
SERC |
Science and Engineering Research Council |
SERT |
Society of Electronic and Radio Technicians (later IEIE) |
SESO |
Senior Equipment Staff Officer |
SF |
Sinn Féin |
SFA |
Securities and Futures Authority |
SFC |
Scottish Further and Higher Education Funding Council |
SFFMLM |
Senior Fellow, Faculty of Medical Leadership and Management |
SFHEA |
Senior Fellow, Higher Education Academy |
SFOR |
Stabilisation Force |
SFSEDA |
Senior Fellow, Staff and Higher Educational Development Association |
SFTA |
Society of Film and Television Arts (now see BAFTA) |
SG |
Solicitor-General |
SGA |
Member, Society of Graphic Art |
Sgt |
Sergeant |
SHA |
Secondary Heads Association (now see ASCL) |
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Special Health Authority |
SHAC |
London Housing Aid Centre |
SHAEF |
Supreme Headquarters, Allied Expeditionary Force |
SHAPE |
Supreme Headquarters, Allied Powers, Europe |
SHEFC |
Scottish Higher Education Funding Council (now see SFC) |
SHHD |
Scottish Home and Health Department |
SHND |
Scottish Higher National Diploma |
SHO |
Senior House Officer |
SIA |
Security Industry Authority |
SIAD |
Society of Industrial Artists and Designers (now see CSD) |
SIAM |
Society of Industrial and Applied Mathematics (US) |
SIB |
Shipbuilding Industry Board |
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Securities and Investments Board (now see FSA) |
SICA-FICA |
Foundation for International Commercial Arbitration |
SICAV |
Société d’Investissement à Capital Variable |
SICOT |
Société Internationale de Chirurgie Orthopédique et de Traumatologie |
SID |
Society for International Development |
SIME |
Security Intelligence Middle East |
SIMG |
Societas Internationalis Medicinae Generalis |
SIROT |
Société Internationale pour Recherche en Orthopédie et Traumatologie |
SIS |
Secret Intelligence Service |
SITA |
Société Internationale de Télécommunications Aéronautiques |
SITPRO |
Simpler Trade Procedures Board (formerly Simplification of International Trade Procedures) |
SJ |
Society of Jesus (Jesuits) |
SJAB |
St John Ambulance Brigade |
SJD |
Doctor of Juristic Science |
SK |
Saskatchewan (postal) |
SL |
Serjeant-at-Law |
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Sociedad Limitada |
SLAC |
Stanford Linear Accelerator Centre |
SLC |
St Lucia Cross |
SLD |
Social and Liberal Democrats |
SLJ |
Seri Laila Jasa (Brunei) |
SLP |
Scottish Labour Party |
SLS |
Society of Legal Scholars |
SM |
Medal of Service (Canada) (now see OC) |
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Master of Science |
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Officer qualified for Submarine Duties |
SMA |
Society of Marine Artists (now see RSMA) |
SMB |
Setia Mahkota Brunei |
SMCC |
Submarine Commanding Officers’ Command Course |
SME |
School of Military Engineering (now see RSME) |
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Small to medium-sized enterprise |
SMEO |
Squadron Marine Engineer Officer |
SMHO |
Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order (Malta) |
SMIEE |
Senior Member, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (New York) |
SMMT |
Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders Ltd |
SMN |
Seri Maharaja Mangku Negara (Malaysia) |
SMO |
Senior Medical Officer |
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Sovereign Military Order |
SMP |
Senior Managers’ Program |
SMPTE |
Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (US) |
SMS |
Short Message Service |
SNAME |
Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers (US) |
SNCF |
Société Nationale des Chemins de Fer Français |
SND |
Sisters of Notre Dame |
SNH |
Scottish Natural Heritage |
SNP |
Scottish National Party |
SNTS |
Society for New Testament Studies |
SO |
Staff Officer |
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Scientific Officer |
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Symphony Orchestra |
SOAF |
Sultan of Oman’s Air Force |
SOAS |
School of Oriental and African Studies |
Soc. |
Society |
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Socialist (France, Belgium) |
SOCA |
Serious and Organised Crime Agency |
Soc & Lib Dem |
Social and Liberal Democrats (now see Lib Dem) |
Soc Dem |
Social Democrats |
SOE |
Special Operations Executive |
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Society of Operations Engineers |
SOGAT |
Society of Graphical and Allied Trades (now see GPMU) |
SOLACE |
Solace |
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Society of Local Authority Chief Executives |
SOLT |
Society of London Theatre |
SOM |
Society of Occupational Medicine |
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Saskatchewan Order of Merit (Canada) |
SONIA |
Sterling Overnight Index Average |
SOSc |
Society of Ordained Scientists |
SOTS |
Society for Old Testament Study |
sowc |
Senior Officers’ War Course |
SP |
Self-Propelled (Anti-Tank Regiment) |
sp |
sine prole (without issue) |
SpA |
Società per Azioni |
SPAB |
Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings |
SPARKS |
Sport Aiding Medical Research for Children |
SPCA |
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals |
SPCK |
Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge |
SPCM |
Darjah Seri Paduka Cura Si Manja Kini (Malaysia) |
SPD |
Salisbury Plain District |
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Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands |
SPDK |
Seri Panglima Darjal Kinabalu |
SPG |
Society for the Propagation of the Gospel (now see USPG) |
SPk |
Sitara-e-Pakistan |
SPMB |
Seri Paduka Makhota Brunei |
SPMK |
Darjah Kebasaran Seri Paduka Mahkota Kelantan (Malaysia) |
SPMO |
Senior Principal Medical Officer |
SPNC |
Society for the Promotion of Nature Conservation (now see RSNC) |
SPNM |
Society for the Promotion of New Music |
SPR |
Society for Psychical Research |
sprl |
société de personnes à responsabilité limitée |
SPSO |
Senior Principal Scientific Officer |
SPTL |
Society of Public Teachers of Law (now see SLS) |
SPUC |
Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (formerly the Unborn Child) |
Sq. |
Square |
sq |
staff qualified |
SQA |
Sitara-i-Quaid-i-Azam (Pakistan) |
Sqdn |
Sqn |
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Squadron |
SR |
Special Reserve |
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Southern Railway |
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Southern Region (BR) |
SRA |
Solicitors Regulation Authority |
SRC |
Science Research Council (later SERC) |
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Students’ Representative Council |
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