North and Central America
North and Central America: Canada, United States, Mexico, Central American states, Caribbean, West Indies.
- Code
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Meaning
Language
Themes and places
- ACNU
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Association Canadienne pour les Nations Unies
- ACP
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Afrique, Caraïbes et Pacifique
- ACPAAP
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Association Canadienne des Professionnels et Administrateurs de l'Accès à l'information et de la Protection des renseignements personnels
- ACPT
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American Crossword Puzzle Tournament
- ACPT
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American Community Properties Trust (www.acptrust.com)
- ACQ
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Association des Camps du Québec
- ACR
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American College of Radiology (www.acr.org)
- ACRI
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Atlantic Cancer Research Institute (https://www.atlanticcancer.ca)
- ACRL
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Association of College and Research Libraries (https://www.ala.org/acrl/)
- ACRN
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America's Career Resource Network (www.acrnetwork.org)
- ACS
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American Chemical Society (www.acs.org)
- ACSB
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American Ceramic Society Bulletin
- ACSC
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American Ceramic Society Communications
- ACSJ
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American Ceramic Society Journal
- ACSM
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American College of Sports Medicine (www.acsm.org)
- ACT
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American College of Theriogenologists
- ACTFL
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American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (https://www.actfl.org/)
- ACTR
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American Council of Teachers of Russian
- ACURIL
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Association of Caribbean University, Research and Institutional Libraries (https://acuril.org/)
The Association of Caribbean University, Research and Institutional Libraries (ACURIL) facilitates the development and use of libraries, archives, and information services, and the identification, collection and preservation of information resources throughout the Caribbean area.
- ACV
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Association Canadienne de Vexillologie
- ACVA
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American College of Veterinary Anesthesiologists
- ACVM
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American College of Veterinary Microbiologists (www.acvm.us)
- ACVO
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American College of Veterinary Ophthalmologists
- ACVPM
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American College of Veterinary Preventive Medicine (www.acvpm.org)
- ACVR
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American College of Veterinary Radiology (www.acvr.org)
- ACVS
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American College of Veterinary Surgeons (www.acvs.org)
- ACerS
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American Ceramic Society (https://ceramics.org/)
- ADA
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American Diabetes Association (www.diabetes.org)
- ADA
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American Dietetic Association
- ADA
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American Dental Association (https://www.ada.org/)
- ADA
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American Disabilities Act
- ADAAG
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Americans with Disabilities Act Accessibility Guidelines
- ADEFOGUA
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Asociación para el Desarrollo Forestal de Guatemala
- ADESA
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American Dental Education Association
- ADFRF
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Ames-Dryden Flight Research Facility
- ADFRF
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Ames/Dryden Flight Research Facility
- ADME
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Americans for Democracy in the Middle East
- ADQ
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Action Démocratique du Québec
- ADR
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American Depositary Receipts
- ADSA
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American Dairy Science Association
- AEB
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American Egg Board (www.aeb.org)
- AEC
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American Engineering Council
- AECQ
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Assemblée des Évêques Catholiques du Québec
- AEDC
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Arnold Engineering Development Center
- AEP
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American Electric Power (https://www.aep.com/)
- AES
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American Electrochemical Society (www.electrochem.org)
- AES
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American Electroplaters Society
- AES
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American Epilepsy Society (www.aesnet.org)
- AF
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Air Force (https://www.airforce.com/)
The abbreviation AF (Air Force) is included in abbreviations such as AFHF (Air Force Historical Foundation), USAF (United States Air Force), VAFB (Vandenberg Air Force Base), CCAFS (Cape Canaveral Air Force Station), EAFB (Edwards Air Force Base), AFGWC (Air Force Global Weather Center), AFP (Air Force Program), AFPRO (Air Force Plan Representative Office), AMOS (Air Force Maui Optical System), AFAL (Air Force Astronautics Laboratory), AFAL (Air Force Avionics Laboratory), AFALD (Air Force Acquisition Logistics Division), AFAPL (Air Force Aero Propulsion Laboratory), AFATL (Air Force Armaments Test Laboratory), AFB (Air Force Base), AFBMD (Air Force Ballistic Missile Division), AFCSC (Air Force Cryptologic Support Center), AFESD (Air Force Electronic Systems Division), AFETR (Air Force Eastern Test Range), AFETRM (Air Force Eastern Test Range Manual), AFEV (Air Force Experiment Vehicle), AFFDL (Air Force Flight Dynamics Laboratory), AFFTC (Air Force Flight Test Center), AFGL (Air Force Geophysics Laboratory), AFLC (Air Force Logistics Command), AFM (Air Force Manual), AFMDC (Air Force Missile Development Center), AFML (Air Force Materials Laboratory), AFMTC (Air Force Missile Test Center), AFOSH (Air Force Occupational Safety and Health), AFOTEC (Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center), AFP (Air Force Plant), AFPC (Air Force Program Control), AFPM (Air Force Program Manager), AFPR (Air Force Plant Representative), AFR (Air Force Regulation), AFRPL (Air Force Rocket Propulsion Laboratory), AFS (Air Force Standard), AFS (Air Force Station), AFSA (Air Force Study and Analysis), AFSAT (Air Force Satellite), AFSATCOM (Air Force Satellite Communication(s)), AFSC (Air Force Space Command), AFSC (Air Force Specialty Code), AFSC (Air Force Systems Command), AFSCF (Air Force Satellite Control Facility), AFSCF (Air Force Space Command Facility), AFSCF (Air Force Systems Command Facility), AFSCN (Air Force Satellite Control Network), AFSCN (Air Force Space Command Network), AFSCS (Air Force Satellite Communications System), AFSD (Air Force Space Division), AFSIE (Air Force Standard Items and Equipment), AFSLV (Air Force Space Launch Vehicle), AFSSD (Air Force Space Systems Division), AFSTC (Air Force Satellite Test Center), AFSTC (Air Force Space Technology Center), AFSTC (Air Force Space Technology Command), AFSWC (Air Force Special Weapons Center), AFTEC (Air Force Test and Evaluation Center), AFTOC (Air Force Tactical Operations Center), AFTP (Air Force Test Procedure), AFWAL (Air Force Weapons Analysis Laboratory), AFWAL (Air Force Wright Aeronautical Laboratory), AFWL (Air Force Weapons Laboratory), AFWPAL (Air Force Wright-Patterson Aeropropulsion Laboratory), AFWSG (Air Force Weapons System Group), AFWTR (Air Force Western Test Range), AMOS (Air Force Maui Optical Site), ANC (Air Force-Navy-Civil), AND (Air Force-Navy (Aeronautical) Design), CAFB (Chanute Air Force Base), AFMa (Air Force Magazine), FAFS (Falcon Air Force Station), AF/IN (Air Force/Intelligence), HAFB (Hill Air Force Base), HAFB (Holloman Air Force Base), JANNAF (Joint Army, Navy, NASA, Air Force), NVAFB (North Vandenberg Air Force Base), PAFB (Patrick Air Force Base), AFED (Air Force Enterprise Defense), SAFSP (Secretary of the Air Force Special Projects), SD/AFSC (Space Division/Air Force Systems Command), AFA (Air Force Association), SVAFB (South Vandenberg Air Force Base), WPAFB (Wright-Patterson Air Force Base), EAFB (Eglin Air Force Base), EAFB (Ellington Air Force Base), AAFES (Army Air Force Exchange Service), DAF (Department of the Air Force), RAF (Royal Air Force) and AFIT (Air Force Institute of Technology).
- AF/IN
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Air Force/Intelligence
The abbreviation AF/IN (Air Force/Intelligence) includes the abbreviation AF (Air Force).
- AFA
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American Foundrymen's Association (www.afsinc.org)
- AFA
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American Family Association (www.afa.net)
- AFA
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Air Force Association (https://www.afa.org/)
The abbreviation AFA (Air Force Association) includes the abbreviation AF (Air Force).
- AFA
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American Finance Association (www.afajof.org)
- AFA
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American Federation of Astrologers
- AFA
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American Fastpitch Association
- AFA
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American Fence Association
- AFA
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American Ferret Association
- AFAL
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Air Force Astronautics Laboratory
The abbreviation AFAL (Air Force Astronautics Laboratory) includes the abbreviation AF (Air Force).
- AFAL
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Air Force Avionics Laboratory
The abbreviation AFAL (Air Force Avionics Laboratory) includes the abbreviation AF (Air Force).
- AFALD
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Air Force Acquisition Logistics Division
The abbreviation AFALD (Air Force Acquisition Logistics Division) includes the abbreviation AF (Air Force).
- AFAPL
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Air Force Aero Propulsion Laboratory
The abbreviation AFAPL (Air Force Aero Propulsion Laboratory) includes the abbreviation AF (Air Force).
- AFATL
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Air Force Armaments Test Laboratory
The abbreviation AFATL (Air Force Armaments Test Laboratory) includes the abbreviation AF (Air Force).
- AFB
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Air Force Base
The abbreviation AFB (Air Force Base) is included in abbreviations such as VAFB (Vandenberg Air Force Base), EAFB (Edwards Air Force Base), CAFB (Chanute Air Force Base), HAFB (Hill Air Force Base), HAFB (Holloman Air Force Base), NVAFB (North Vandenberg Air Force Base), PAFB (Patrick Air Force Base), SVAFB (South Vandenberg Air Force Base), WPAFB (Wright-Patterson Air Force Base), EAFB (Eglin Air Force Base) and EAFB (Ellington Air Force Base), and it includes the abbreviation AF (Air Force).
- AFB
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American Farm Bureau Federation (www.fb.org)
- AFBMD
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Air Force Ballistic Missile Division
The abbreviation AFBMD (Air Force Ballistic Missile Division) includes abbreviations AF (Air Force) and BM (Ballistic Missile).
- AFCEC
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Alabama Federation Council for Exceptional Children
- AFCSC
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Air Force Cryptologic Support Center
The abbreviation AFCSC (Air Force Cryptologic Support Center) includes the abbreviation AF (Air Force).
- AFD
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Army Functional Dictionary
- AFED
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Air Force Enterprise Defense
The abbreviation AFED (Air Force Enterprise Defense) includes the abbreviation AF (Air Force).
- AFESD
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Air Force Electronic Systems Division
The abbreviation AFESD (Air Force Electronic Systems Division) includes the abbreviation AF (Air Force).
- AFETR
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Air Force Eastern Test Range
The abbreviation AFETR (Air Force Eastern Test Range) is included in the abbreviation AFETRM (Air Force Eastern Test Range Manual), and it includes abbreviations ETR (Eastern Test Range) and AF (Air Force).
- AFETRM
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Air Force Eastern Test Range Manual
The abbreviation AFETRM (Air Force Eastern Test Range Manual) includes abbreviations ETR (Eastern Test Range), AF (Air Force) and AFETR (Air Force Eastern Test Range).
- AFEV
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Air Force Experiment Vehicle
The abbreviation AFEV (Air Force Experiment Vehicle) includes the abbreviation AF (Air Force).
- AFFDL
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Air Force Flight Dynamics Laboratory
The abbreviation AFFDL (Air Force Flight Dynamics Laboratory) includes the abbreviation AF (Air Force).
- AFFTC
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Air Force Flight Test Center
The abbreviation AFFTC (Air Force Flight Test Center) includes abbreviations AF (Air Force) and FT (Flight Test).
- AFGE
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American Federation of Government Employees
- AFGL
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Air Force Geophysics Laboratory
The abbreviation AFGL (Air Force Geophysics Laboratory) includes the abbreviation AF (Air Force).
- AFGWC
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Air Force Global Weather Center
The abbreviation AFGWC (Air Force Global Weather Center) includes the abbreviation AF (Air Force).
- AFHF
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Air Force Historical Foundation
The abbreviation AFHF (Air Force Historical Foundation) includes the abbreviation AF (Air Force).
- AFHPSP
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Armed Forces Health Professions Scholarship Program
- AFI
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American Film Institute (www.afi.com)
- AFIA
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American Feed Industry Association (www.afia.org)
- AFIS
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American Forces Information Services
- AFIT
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Air Force Institute of Technology (https://www.afit.edu/)
The abbreviation AFIT (Air Force Institute of Technology) includes the abbreviation AF (Air Force).
- AFLC
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Air Force Logistics Command
The abbreviation AFLC (Air Force Logistics Command) includes the abbreviation AF (Air Force).
- AFM
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Air Force Manual
The abbreviation AFM (Air Force Manual) includes the abbreviation AF (Air Force).
- AFM
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American Federation of Musicians (www.afm.org)
- AFM
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American Federation of Motorcyclists (www.afmracing.org)
- AFM
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American Film Market (www.ifta-online.org/afm/)
- AFMDC
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Air Force Missile Development Center
The abbreviation AFMDC (Air Force Missile Development Center) includes the abbreviation AF (Air Force).
- AFML
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Air Force Materials Laboratory
The abbreviation AFML (Air Force Materials Laboratory) includes the abbreviation AF (Air Force).
- AFMTC
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Air Force Missile Test Center
The abbreviation AFMTC (Air Force Missile Test Center) includes the abbreviation AF (Air Force).
- AFMa
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Air Force Magazine
The abbreviation AFMa (Air Force Magazine) includes the abbreviation AF (Air Force).
- AFO
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Assemblée de la Francophonie de l’Ontario (https://monassemblee.ca/)
- AFOSH
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Air Force Occupational Safety and Health
The abbreviation AFOSH (Air Force Occupational Safety and Health) includes the abbreviation AF (Air Force).
- AFOTEC
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Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center
The abbreviation AFOTEC (Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center) includes the abbreviation AF (Air Force).
- AFP
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Air Force Program
The abbreviation AFP (Air Force Program) includes the abbreviation AF (Air Force).
- AFP
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Air Force Plant
The abbreviation AFP (Air Force Plant) includes the abbreviation AF (Air Force).
- AFPC
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Air Force Program Control
The abbreviation AFPC (Air Force Program Control) includes the abbreviation AF (Air Force).
- AFPM
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Air Force Program Manager
The abbreviation AFPM (Air Force Program Manager) includes abbreviations AF (Air Force) and PM (Program Manager).
- AFPR
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Air Force Plant Representative
The abbreviation AFPR (Air Force Plant Representative) includes the abbreviation AF (Air Force).
- AFPRO
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Air Force Plan Representative Office
The abbreviation AFPRO (Air Force Plan Representative Office) includes the abbreviation AF (Air Force).
- AFR
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Air Force Regulation
The abbreviation AFR (Air Force Regulation) includes the abbreviation AF (Air Force).
- AFRPL
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Air Force Rocket Propulsion Laboratory
The abbreviation AFRPL (Air Force Rocket Propulsion Laboratory) includes the abbreviation AF (Air Force).
- AFRS
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Association Fédérale des Responsables de la Sécurité (www.faso-afrs.ca)
= FASO | Federal Association of Security Officials | In English
- AFRTS
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American Forces Radio and Television Service
- AFS
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Air Force Standard
The abbreviation AFS (Air Force Standard) includes the abbreviation AF (Air Force).
- AFS
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Air Force Station
The abbreviation AFS (Air Force Station) includes the abbreviation AF (Air Force).
- AFS
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American Foundry Society (www.afsinc.org)
- AFS
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American Fisheries Society (www.fisheries.org)
- AFSA
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Air Force Study and Analysis
The abbreviation AFSA (Air Force Study and Analysis) includes the abbreviation AF (Air Force).
- AFSAT
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Air Force Satellite
The abbreviation AFSAT (Air Force Satellite) includes the abbreviation AF (Air Force).
- AFSATCOM
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Air Force Satellite Communication(s)
The abbreviation AFSATCOM (Air Force Satellite Communication(s)) includes the abbreviation AF (Air Force).
- AFSC
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Air Force Space Command
The abbreviation AFSC (Air Force Space Command) includes the abbreviation AF (Air Force).
- AFSC
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Air Force Specialty Code
The abbreviation AFSC (Air Force Specialty Code) includes the abbreviation AF (Air Force).
- AFSC
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Air Force Systems Command
The abbreviation AFSC (Air Force Systems Command) includes the abbreviation AF (Air Force).
- AFSCF
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Air Force Satellite Control Facility
The abbreviation AFSCF (Air Force Satellite Control Facility) includes the abbreviation AF (Air Force).
- AFSCF
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Air Force Space Command Facility
The abbreviation AFSCF (Air Force Space Command Facility) includes the abbreviation AF (Air Force).
- AFSCF
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Air Force Systems Command Facility
The abbreviation AFSCF (Air Force Systems Command Facility) includes the abbreviation AF (Air Force).
- AFSCME
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American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees
- AFSCN
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Air Force Satellite Control Network
The abbreviation AFSCN (Air Force Satellite Control Network) includes the abbreviation AF (Air Force).
- AFSCN
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Air Force Space Command Network
The abbreviation AFSCN (Air Force Space Command Network) includes the abbreviation AF (Air Force).
- AFSCS
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Air Force Satellite Communications System
The abbreviation AFSCS (Air Force Satellite Communications System) includes the abbreviation AF (Air Force).
- AFSD
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Air Force Space Division
The abbreviation AFSD (Air Force Space Division) includes the abbreviation AF (Air Force).
- AFSIE
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Air Force Standard Items and Equipment
The abbreviation AFSIE (Air Force Standard Items and Equipment) includes the abbreviation AF (Air Force).
- AFSLV
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Air Force Space Launch Vehicle
The abbreviation AFSLV (Air Force Space Launch Vehicle) includes abbreviations AF (Air Force) and LV (Launch Vehicle).
- AFSSD
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Air Force Space Systems Division
The abbreviation AFSSD (Air Force Space Systems Division) includes the abbreviation AF (Air Force).
- AFSTC
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Air Force Satellite Test Center
The abbreviation AFSTC (Air Force Satellite Test Center) includes abbreviations AF (Air Force) and STC (Satellite Test Center).
- AFSTC
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Air Force Space Technology Center
The abbreviation AFSTC (Air Force Space Technology Center) includes the abbreviation AF (Air Force).
- AFSTC
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Air Force Space Technology Command
The abbreviation AFSTC (Air Force Space Technology Command) includes the abbreviation AF (Air Force).
- AFSWC
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Air Force Special Weapons Center
The abbreviation AFSWC (Air Force Special Weapons Center) includes the abbreviation AF (Air Force).
- AFTEC
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Air Force Test and Evaluation Center
The abbreviation AFTEC (Air Force Test and Evaluation Center) includes the abbreviation AF (Air Force).
- AFTOC
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Air Force Tactical Operations Center
The abbreviation AFTOC (Air Force Tactical Operations Center) includes the abbreviation AF (Air Force).
- AFTP
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Air Force Test Procedure
The abbreviation AFTP (Air Force Test Procedure) includes abbreviations AF (Air Force) and TP (Test Procedure).
- AFWAL
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Air Force Weapons Analysis Laboratory
The abbreviation AFWAL (Air Force Weapons Analysis Laboratory) includes the abbreviation AF (Air Force).
- AFWAL
-
Air Force Wright Aeronautical Laboratory
The abbreviation AFWAL (Air Force Wright Aeronautical Laboratory) includes the abbreviation AF (Air Force).
- AFWL
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Air Force Weapons Laboratory
The abbreviation AFWL (Air Force Weapons Laboratory) includes the abbreviation AF (Air Force).
- AFWPAL
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Air Force Wright-Patterson Aeropropulsion Laboratory
The abbreviation AFWPAL (Air Force Wright-Patterson Aeropropulsion Laboratory) includes the abbreviation AF (Air Force).
- AFWSG
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Air Force Weapons System Group
The abbreviation AFWSG (Air Force Weapons System Group) includes the abbreviation AF (Air Force).
- AFWTR
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Air Force Western Test Range
The abbreviation AFWTR (Air Force Western Test Range) includes the abbreviation AF (Air Force).
- AGA
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American Gas Association (www.aga.org)
- AGC
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Aerojet General Corporation
- AGDIL
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Association Guadeloupéenne pour le Développement de l’Informatique Libre
- AGMA
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American Gear Manufacturer's Association (www.agma.org)
- AGMC
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Aerospace Guidance and Metrology Center
- AGOA
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African Growth and Opportunity Act
- AGU
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American Geophysical Union (www.agu.org)
- AGUFM
-
American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting Abstracts
- AGUSM
-
American Geophysical Union Spring Meeting Abstracts
- AHA
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American Historical Association
- AHA
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American Humane Association (www.americanhumane.org)
- AHIS
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Atlantic Health Information Systems
- AHL
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American Hockey League (https://theahl.com/)
- AHL
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American Home Loans
- AHR
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American Historical Review
- AHSJ
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American Helicopter Society Journal
- AIA
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American Institute of Architects (www.aia.org)
- AIAA
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American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (https://www.aiaa.org)
- AIAAJ
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American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Journal
- AIASJ
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American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Student Journal
- AICAP
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Alliance of Incarcerated Canadians in American Prisons
- AICE
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American Institute of Chemical Engineers (www.aiche.org)
- AIChE
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American Institute of Chemical Engineers (www.aiche.org)
- AIEE
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American Institute of Electrical Engineers
- AIF
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American India Foundation (www.aifoundation.org)
- AIFAP
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Alliance of Incarcerated Foreigners in American Prisons
- AIFRB
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American Institute of Fisheries Research Biologists (www.aifrb.org)
- AIHA
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American Italian Historical Association
- AIME
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American Institute of Mechanical Engineers
- AISC
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American Institute of Steel Construction (www.aisc.org)
- AISD
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Autonetics ICBM Systems Division
- AISI
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American Iron and Steel Institute (www.steel.org)
- AIUC
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American International University in California
- AJA
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American Journal of Archaeology (www.ajaonline.org)
- AJHA
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American Journalism Historians' Association
- AJHS
-
American Jewish Historical Society (https://www.ajhs.org/)
- AJPh
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American Journal of Philology
- AJS
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American Journal of Sociology
- AKC
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American Kennel Club (www.akc.org)
- ALA
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American Library Association (www.ala.org)
- ALAC
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Association de la Librairie Ancienne du Canada (www.abac.org)
= ABAC | Antiquarian Booksellers’ Association of Canada | In English
- ALASP
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Alaska Lost Ski Areas Project
- ALCOA
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Aluminum Corporation Of America (https://www.alcoa.com/)
- ALEXIS
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Array of Low Energy X-ray Imaging Sensors
- ALP
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American Library in Paris (https://americanlibraryinparis.org/)
- ALRC
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Aerojet Liquid Rocket Company
- AMA
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American Medical Association (www.ama-assn.org)
- AMA
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American Motorcyclist Association
- AMANJ
-
Association of Municipal Assessors of New Jersey (https://amanj.org/)
- AMC
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American Motors Corporation
- AMDF
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American Macular Degeneration Foundation (www.macular.org)
- AMDS
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Advanced Missions Docking System
The abbreviation AMDS (Advanced Missions Docking System) includes the abbreviation DS (Docking System).
- AMET
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Asociación Mexicana de Esclerosis Tuberosa
- AMEX
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American Stock Exchange
- AMHA
-
American Miniature Horse Association
- AMHR
-
American Miniature Horse Registry
- AMI
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American Meat Institute (www.meatami.com)
- AMICO
-
Art Museum Image Consortium (https://www.amico.org/)
The Art Museum Image Consortium (AMICO) was an not-for-profit organization of institutions with collections of art, collaborating to enable educational use of museum multimedia.
- AMOOS
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Advanced Maneuvering Orbit-to-Orbit Shuttle