Children's Illustrated Dictionary.

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Mrs. Mistress

(A title that goes before

a married woman’s name.)

Ms.

(A title for a married or an

unmarried woman.)

MS Master of Sciences

(A title given to someone who

has a science degree from a

university higher than a BS.)

MST mountain standard

time

Mt. mount or mountain

N north

NASA National Aeronautics

and Space Administration

NATO North Atlantic

Treaty Organization

NE northeast

no. number

(From the Italian numero.)

Nov. November

NW northwest

Oct. October

OK all correct

oz ounce

p. page

Pac Pacific

PC personal computer, or

politically correct

PE physical education

Ph.D. Doctor of Philosophy

(A title given to someone who

has studied a subject to an

advanced level at university.)

p.m. after noon

(Used with times, e.g.,

3 p.m. From the Latin

post meridiem.)

PO Post Office

l liter

lab laboratory

lb pound (in weight)
(From the Latin libra.)

LCD liquid crystal display

LED light-emitting diode

LP long-playing record

Ltd. Limited
(Used after the names of
some British companies.)

m meter or mile

MA Master of Arts
(A title given to someone who
has an arts degree from a
university higher than a BA.)

Mar. March

max maximum

MD Doctor of Medicine
(From the Latin
Medicinae Doctor.)

memo memorandum
(A message to remind
someone about something.)

min minimum

misc. miscellaneous

Miss Mistress
(A title that goes before an
unmarried woman’s name.)

mm millimeter

Mon. Monday

mpg miles per gallon

mph miles per hour

mp3 MPEG (Moving
Pictures Expert Group)
1 audio layer 3
(A type of digital computer
file used to store music.)

Mr. Mister
(A title that goes before
a man’s name.)

Soc. Society

sq. square

Sr. senior

SS Steamship

St. Saint or street

Sun. Sunday

SW southwest

tel. telephone

temp. temporary

3-D three-dimensional

(Having height, width,

and depth.)

Thurs. Thursday

Tues. Tuesday

TV television

UFO unidentified flying

object

UK United Kingdom

UN United Nations

Unesco United Nations

Educational, Scientific, and

Cultural Organization

Unicef United Nations

Children’s Fund

US or USA United States

of America

UV ultraviolet

v. against

(From the Latin versus.)

VDU visual display unit

VIP very important person

W west

Wed. Wednesday

www world wide web

yd. yard

POW prisoner of war

PR public relations

pro professional

Prof. professor

P. S. postscript

(An extra note written at

the end of something, such

as a letter. From the Latin

post scriptem.)

PST Pacific standard time

PTA Parent Teacher

Association

RAM random-access

memory

(The part of memory in

a computer that you use to

work on.)

Rd. road

ref referee

Rev. Reverend

RIP rest in peace

(Often written on

a grave. From the Latin

requiescat in pace.)

ROM read-only memory

(The part of the memory

in a computer that stores

permanent information

that cannot be altered.)

r.p.m. revolutions per minute

(The measurement of how fast

records and other things turn.)

RSVP please reply

(Used on invitations. From the

French répondez s’il vous plaît.)

rte. route

S south

Sat. Saturday

sci-fi science fiction

SE southeast

Sept. September