This list contains 1 and 2 letter abbreviations, together with 3 letter ones which do not simply ‘translate’ from the initial letters of three words (so BDS for ‘Barbados’ is included but IMF for ‘International Monetary Fund’ is not). More obscure abbreviations, only likely to be found in barred puzzles, can be found on the All Abbreviations page.
| Text in clue | Possible Abbreviations | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | V | ||
| 10 | X | ||
| 50 | L | ||
| 100 | C | ||
| 500 | D | ||
| 1000 | K | M | |
| about | A | C | CA |
| absent | A | ABS | |
| absolute | A | ABS | |
| acceleration | A | ||
| accepted | A | ||
| account | AC | ||
| ace | A | ||
| acre | A | ||
| acres | A | ||
| acting | A | ||
| active | A | ||
| adjective | A | ||
| adult | A | ||
| advance | A | ||
| advanced | A | ||
| advantage | AD | ||
| after death | PM | ||
| after noon | PM | ||
| afternoon | A | ||
| against | CON | V | VS |
| air-conditioned | AC | ||
| air-conditioning | AC | ||
| Alabama | AL | ALA | |
| Alaska | AK | ||
| Albania | AL | ||
| Alberta | AB | ||
| Alcoholics Anonymous | AA | ||
| Algeria | DZ | ||
| alias | AKA | ||
| all right | OK | ||
| alternating current | AC | ||
| aluminium | AL | ||
| amateur | A | AM | |
| ambassador | HE | ||
| America | A | AM | US |
| American | A | AM | US |
| American ship | USS | ||
| ampere | AMP | ||
| amplifier | AMP | ||
| Angola | AN | ||
| anonymous | A | ||
| answer | A | ANS | |
| anti-aircraft | AA | ||
| antimony | SB | ||
| apppeal for help | SOS | ||
| April | APR | ||
| Arab | AR | ||
| are | A | ||
| area | A | ||
| Argentina | RA | ||
| argon | AR | ||
| Arizona | AZE | ||
| Arkansas | AR | ARK | |
| arsenic | AS | ||
| artist | RA | ||
| associate | A | ||
| astatine | AT | ||
| August | AUG | ||
| Auntie | BBC | ||
| Australia | A | AUS | |
| Australian | A | ||
| Austria | A | ||
| Automobile Association | AA | ||
| avenue | AV | AVE | |
| Azerbaijan | AZE | ||
| bachelor | B | ||
| Bachelor of Arts | BA | ||
| Bachelor of Medicine | MB | ||
| Bachelor of Science | BSC | ||
| bad smell | BO | ||
| Bahamas | BS | ||
| Bahrain | BRN | ||
| Bangladesh | BD | ||
| Barbados | BDS | ||
| barium | BA | ||
| Baron | B | ||
| barrel | B | ||
| barrels | B | ||
| Basque separatists | ETA | ||
| bass | B | ||
| before noon | AM | ||
| Belarus | BY | ||
| Belgium | B | ||
| Belize | BH | ||
| Benin | DY | ||
| beryllium | BE | ||
| billion | B | ||
| bishop | B | ||
| bismuth | BI | ||
| black | B | ||
| black and white | BW | ||
| blood pressure | BP | ||
| body odour | BO | ||
| Bolivia | BOL | ||
| book | B | ||
| books | NT | OT | |
| born | B | ||
| boron | B | ||
| Botswana | RB | ||
| bowled | B | ||
| box | TV | ||
| Brazil | BR | ||
| breadth | B | ||
| bridge | BR | ||
| Britain | B | BR | |
| British | B | BR | |
| British Airways | BA | ||
| British Telecom | BT | ||
| bromine | BR | ||
| brother | BRO | ||
| brown | BR | ||
| Brunei | BRU | ||
| Bulgaria | BG | ||
| Burkina Faso | BF | ||
| Burundi | RU | ||
| cadmium | CD | ||
| caesium | CS | ||
| calcium | CA | ||
| California | CA | CAL | |
| calorie | CAL | ||
| Cambodia | K | ||
| Canada | CDN | ||
| cape | C | ||
| capital | CAP | ||
| carbon | C | ||
| carbon copies | CC | ||
| carbon copy | CC | ||
| care of | CO | ||
| carriage return | CR | ||
| carried forward | CF | ||
| cash machine | ATM | ||
| Catholic | C | ||
| caught | C | ||
| caught by | C | ||
| cent | C | ||
| centilitre | CL | ||
| centimetres | CM | ||
| Central African Republic | RCA | ||
| Central America | CA | ||
| central heating | CH | ||
| cents | C | ||
| century | C | ||
| Chad | TCH | ||
| Channel Islands | CI | ||
| chapter | C | CH | |
| Chartered Accountant | CA | ||
| check | CH | ||
| child | CH | ||
| children | CH | ||
| Chile | RCH | ||
| chlorine | CL | ||
| chromium | CR | ||
| church | CE | CH | |
| Church of England | CE | ||
| Civil Service | CS | ||
| close | CLO | ||
| clubs | C | ||
| cobalt | CO | ||
| cocaine | C | ||
| cold | C | ||
| Colombia | CO | ||
| colonel | COL | ||
| Colorado | CO | COL | |
| column | COL | ||
| Commanding Officer | CO | ||
| compact disc | CD | ||
| Companion of Honour | CH | ||
| company | CO | ||
| compare | CF | ||
| computer | PC | ||
| Connecticut | CT | ||
| Conservative | C | CON | |
| copper | CU | ||
| Costa Rica | CR | ||
| county | CO | ||
| court | CT | ||
| credit | CR | ||
| credit note | CN | ||
| Cricket Club | CC | ||
| Croatia | HR | ||
| Cuba | C | ||
| cubic centimetre | CC | ||
| curium | CM | ||
| current | AC | DC | I |
| curriculum vitae | CV | ||
| Cyprus | CY | ||
| Czech Republic | CZ | ||
| date | D | ||
| daughter | D | ||
| day | D | ||
| dead | D | ||
| December | DEC | ||
| decibel | DB | ||
| decibels | DB | ||
| decoration | VC | ||
| Delaware | DE | DEL | |
| Democrat | D | ||
| Democratic | D | ||
| Denmark | DK | ||
| density | D | ||
| Detective Inspector | DI | ||
| detectives | CID | ||
| diameter | D | ||
| diamonds | D | ||
| dictionary | OED | ||
| died | D | ||
| dinner jacket | DJ | ||
| direct current | DC | ||
| direct debit | DD | ||
| Director-General | DG | ||
| disc | CD | ||
| disc jockey | DJ | ||
| District Attorney | DA | ||
| doctor | DR | GP | MD/MO |
| Doctor of Divinity | DD | ||
| Doctor of Medicine | MD | ||
| Doctor of Philosophy | PHD | ||
| Dominca | WD | ||
| drive | DR | ||
| dry | TT | ||
| duke | D | ||
| Earl | E | ||
| East | E | ||
| Eastern | E | ||
| Ecstasy | E | ||
| Ecuador | EC | ||
| edition | ED | ||
| editor | ED | ||
| effects | FX | ||
| Egypt | ET | ||
| El Salvador | ES | ||
| electronic | E | ||
| emergency room | ER | ||
| energy | E | ||
| England | ENG | ||
| English | E | ||
| English | ENG | ||
| epistle | EP | ||
| escape | ESC | ||
| escape key | ESC | ||
| established | EST | ||
| Estonia | EST | ||
| Ethiopia | ETH | ||
| Europe | EUR | ||
| European | E | EUR | |
| European Community | EC | ||
| European Union | EU | ||
| explosive | HE | TNT | |
| extra large | XL | ||
| extrasensory perception | ESP | ||
| extraterrestrial | ET | ||
| Fahrenheit | F | ||
| Faroe Islands | FO | ||
| father | FR | ||
| February | FEB | ||
| feet | FT | ||
| fellow | F | ||
| female | F | ||
| feminine | F | ||
| fifty | L | ||
| figure | FIG | ||
| Fiji | FJI | ||
| Financial Times | FT | ||
| fine | AOK | F | OK |
| Finland | FIN | ||
| first-class | A1 | ||
| five | V | ||
| Florida | FA | FL | FLA |
| fluorine | F | ||
| following | F | ||
| foot | FT | ||
| Football Association | FA | ||
| football club | FC | ||
| for example | EG | ||
| force | F | ||
| forte | F | ||
| fortissimo | FF | ||
| franc | F | ||
| France | F | FR | |
| francs | F | ||
| free | FOC | ||
| French | FR | ||
| frequency | F | ||
| frequently | FR | ||
| Friday | FRI | ||
| furlong | F | ||
| furlongs | F | ||
| Gabon | G | ||
| gallium | GA | ||
| game | RL | RU | |
| General Electric | GE | ||
| General Practitioner | GP | ||
| genetically modified | GM | ||
| George | GEO | ||
| Georgia | GA | GE | |
| German | G | GER | |
| germanium | GE | ||
| Germany | D | GER | |
| Ghana | GH | ||
| gigabyte | GB | ||
| good | G | ||
| good man | ST | ||
| graduate | BA | BSC | |
| gram | G | GM | |
| grams | G | GM | |
| Grand Prix | GP | ||
| gravity | G | ||
| great | GT | ||
| Great Britain | GB | ||
| Greece | GR | ||
| Greek | GK | GR | |
| Grenada | WG | ||
| grey | GR | ||
| Guinea | RG | ||
| gunners | RA | ||
| gym | PE | PT | |
| Haiti | RH | ||
| hard | H | ||
| Hawaii | HI | ||
| headquarters | HQ | ||
| hearts | H | ||
| height | HT | ||
| helium | HE | ||
| Her Majesty | HM | ||
| heroin | H | ||
| High Explosive | HE | ||
| high-speed train | HST | ||
| hire purchase | HP | ||
| His Excellency | HE | ||
| His Majesty | HM | ||
| Honduras | HN | ||
| Hong Kong | HK | ||
| honour | CBE | MBE | OBE |
| horsepower | HP | ||
| hospital | H | ||
| hospital department | ENT | ||
| hot | H | ||
| hour | H | HR | |
| house | HO | ||
| Houses of Parliament | HP | ||
| human resources | HR | ||
| hundredweight | CWT | ||
| Hungary | H | ||
| hydrogen | H | ||
| Iceland | IS | ||
| Idaho | ID | IDA | |
| identification | ID | ||
| identity | ID | ||
| Illinois | IL | ILL | |
| in charge | IC | ||
| in the afternoon | PM | ||
| in the morning | AM | ||
| inch | IN | ||
| inches | IN | INS | |
| including | INC | ||
| inclusive | INC | ||
| incorporated | INC | ||
| independent | I | IND | |
| India | IND | ||
| Indiana | IN | IND | |
| indium | IN | ||
| Indonesia | RI | ||
| infinitive | INF | ||
| information systems | IS | ||
| Information Technology | IT | ||
| infrared | IR | ||
| intelligence quotient | IQ | ||
| international | I | ||
| iodine | I | ||
| Iowa | IA | ||
| Iran | IR | ||
| Ireland | IR | ||
| iridium | IR | ||
| Irish | IR | ||
| iron | FE | ||
| island | I | ||
| Israel | IL | ||
| it | SA | ||
| Italian | IT | ||
| Italy | I | ||
| Ivory Coast | CI | ||
| jack | AB | J | |
| jam makers | WI | ||
| Jamaica | JA | ||
| James | JAS | ||
| January | JAN | ||
| Japan | J | ||
| Judge | J | ||
| July | JUL | ||
| June | JUN | ||
| junior | JR | JUN | |
| Justice of the Peace | JP | ||
| Kansas | KS | ||
| Kentucky | KEN | KY | |
| kilobyte | K | KB | |
| kilobytes | K | KB | |
| kilogram | KG | ||
| kilograms | KG | ||
| kilometre | K | ||
| kilometres | K | ||
| king | K | R | |
| kiss | X | ||
| knight | K | KT | N |
| Knight of the Garter | KG | ||
| knock out | KO | ||
| knockout | KO | ||
| krypton | KR | ||
| Kuala Lumpur | KL | ||
| Labour | LAB | ||
| lake | L | ||
| lane | LA | ||
| Laos | LAO | ||
| large | L | ||
| Latin | L | ||
| Latvia | LV | ||
| lead | PB | ||
| learner | L | ||
| Lebanon | RL | ||
| left | L | ||
| length | L | ||
| Lesotho | LS | ||
| letter | EP | ||
| Liberal | L | LIB | |
| Liberia | LB | ||
| Libya | LAR | ||
| Liechtenstein | FL | ||
| limited | LTD | ||
| line | L | ||
| lines | LL | ||
| literary | LIT | ||
| literature | LIT | ||
| lithium | LI | ||
| Lithuania | LT | ||
| long wave | LW | ||
| Los Angeles | LA | ||
| loud | F | ||
| Louisiana | LA | ||
| lower case | LC | ||
| luncheon voucher | LV | ||
| Luxembourg | L | ||
| Macedonia | MK | ||
| Madagascar | RM | ||
| magnesium | MG | ||
| maiden | M | ||
| Maine | ME | ||
| Malawi | MW | ||
| Malaysia | MAL | ||
| male | M | ||
| Malta | M | ||
| Man | IOM | ||
| Managing Director | MD | ||
| manganese | MN | ||
| Manitoba | MB | ||
| manuscript | MS | ||
| manuscripts | MSS | ||
| March | MAR | ||
| married | M | ||
| Maryland | MD | ||
| masculine | M | ||
| mass | M | ||
| Massachusetts | MA | ||
| Master of Arts | MA | ||
| master of ceremonies | MC | ||
| Master of Science | MSC | ||
| Mauritania | RIM | ||
| Mauritius | MS | ||
| Medical Officer | MO | ||
| medium | M | MED | |
| megabyte | MB | ||
| Member of Parliament | MP | ||
| men | OR | ||
| mercury | HG | ||
| metre | M | ||
| metres | M | ||
| Mexico | MEX | ||
| Michigan | MI | ||
| Middle East | ME | ||
| middle-of-the-road | MOR | ||
| mile | M | ||
| miles | M | ||
| Military Cross | MC | ||
| Military Police | MP | ||
| millimetre | MM | ||
| millimetres | MM | ||
| million | M | ||
| millions | M | ||
| millisecond | MS | ||
| Minnesota | MN | ||
| minute | M | ||
| minutes | M | ||
| Mississippi | MS | ||
| Missouri | MO | ||
| modus operandi | MO | ||
| Moldova | MD | ||
| molybdenum | MO | ||
| Monaco | MC | ||
| Monday | MON | ||
| Mongolia | MGL | ||
| Montana | MT | ||
| month | M | ||
| months | M | ||
| Morocco | MA | ||
| Motorway | M | ||
| Mozambique | MOC | ||
| Myanmar | MYA | ||
| name | N | ||
| namely | SC | VIZ | |
| Namibia | NAM | ||
| National Front | NF | ||
| National Insurance | NI | ||
| National Theatre | NT | ||
| National Trust | NT | ||
| navy | N | ||
| near | NR | ||
| Nebraska | NE | ||
| Nebraska | NEB | ||
| neon | NE | ||
| Nepal | NEP | ||
| Netherlands | NL | ||
| Netherlands Antilles | NA | ||
| Nevada | NEV | NV | |
| new | N | ||
| New Brunswick | NB | ||
| New Hampshire | NH | ||
| New Jersey | NJ | ||
| New Mexico | NM | ||
| New Testament | NT | ||
| New York | NY | ||
| New Zealand | NZ | ||
| Newfoundland | NF | ||
| News channel | CNN | ||
| newspaperman | ED | ||
| newspaperwoman | ED | ||
| Nicaragua | NIC | ||
| nickel | NI | ||
| Niger | RN | ||
| Nigeria | NGR | ||
| niobium | NB | ||
| nitrogen | N | ||
| no good | NG | ||
| no trumps | NT | ||
| no-ball | NB | ||
| noon | M | N | |
| North | N | ||
| North America | NA | ||
| North Carolina | NC | ||
| North Dakota | ND | ||
| north-east | NE | ||
| north-eastern | NE | ||
| north-west | NW | ||
| north-western | NW | ||
| Northern | N | ||
| Northern Island | NI | ||
| Norway | N | ||
| not applicable | NA | ||
| not available | NA | ||
| not out | NO | ||
| note | N | NB | |
| nothing at all | FA | ||
| noun | N | ||
| November | NOV | ||
| number | N | NO | |
| numbers | NOS | ||
| observation | OBS | ||
| occupational therapy | OT | ||
| October | OCT | ||
| odds | SP | ||
| Ohio | O | OH | |
| oil company | BP | ||
| Oklahoma | OK | ||
| old | O | ||
| old boy | OB | ||
| old rail operator | BR | ||
| Old Testament | OT | ||
| one | I | ||
| one hundred | C | ||
| one thousand | K | M | |
| Open University | OU | ||
| operating system | OS | ||
| opus | OP | ||
| ordinary | O | ||
| Ordnance Survey | OS | ||
| Oregon | OR | ||
| osmium | OS | ||
| ounce | OZ | ||
| out of bounds | OB | ||
| outside broadcast | OB | ||
| outsize | OS | ||
| over-the-top | OTT | ||
| overdose | OD | ||
| overdraft | OD | ||
| overdrawn | OD | ||
| Oxford University | OU | ||
| oxygen | O | ||
| page | P | ||
| pages | PP | ||
| Pakistan | PK | ||
| palladium | PD | ||
| Panama | PA | ||
| Papua New Guinea | PNG | ||
| Paraguay | PY | ||
| Parental Guidance | PG | ||
| parking | P | ||
| part | PT | ||
| pawn | P | ||
| peacekeepers | UN | ||
| pence | D | P | |
| Pennsylvania | PA | ||
| penny | D | P | |
| pensioner | OAP | ||
| per annum | PA | ||
| per cent | PC | ||
| per week | PW | ||
| personal assistant | PA | ||
| personal computer | PC | ||
| Peru | PE | ||
| Philippines | RP | ||
| phosphorus | P | ||
| physical education | PE | ||
| physical training | PT | ||
| pianissimo | PP | ||
| piano | P | ||
| pint | PT | ||
| pints | PT | ||
| platinum | PT | ||
| plutonium | PU | ||
| point | PT | ||
| Poland | PL | ||
| Police Constable | PC | ||
| policeman | DI | PC | |
| policewoman | DI | PC | WPC |
| political correctness | PC | ||
| politically correct | PC | ||
| Portugal | P | ||
| post mortem | PM | ||
| Post Office | PO | ||
| Postal Order | PO | ||
| postcard | PC | ||
| postscript | PS | ||
| potassium | K | ||
| pound | L | LB | |
| power | P | ||
| pressure | P | ||
| priest | P | ||
| Prime Minister | PM | ||
| prince | P | PR | |
| Private Investigator | PI | ||
| proportional representation | PR | ||
| public address | PA | ||
| public relations | PR | ||
| pyjamas | PJS | ||
| Qatar | Q | ||
| quality assurance | QA | ||
| queen | Q | QU | R |
| Queen Elizabeth | ER | ||
| Queen Victoria | VR | ||
| question | Q | ||
| quiet | P | ||
| races | TT | ||
| radium | RA | ||
| radon | RN | ||
| recipe | R | REC | |
| record | EP | LP | |
| religious education | RE | ||
| religious instruction | RI | ||
| resistance | R | ||
| resume | CV | ||
| reverend | REV | ||
| rhenium | RE | ||
| Rhode Island | RI | ||
| rhodium | RH | ||
| right | R | RT | |
| right-hand | RH | ||
| riot gas | CS | ||
| river | R | ||
| road | RD | ||
| Roller | RR | ||
| Rolls Royce | RR | ||
| Roman Catholic | RC | ||
| Romania | RO | ||
| rook | R | ||
| room | RM | ||
| Royal Academician | RA | ||
| Royal Academy | RA | ||
| Royal Artillery | RA | ||
| Royal Engineers | RE | ||
| Royal Marines | RM | ||
| Royal Navy | RN | ||
| rubidium | RB | ||
| Rugby League | RL | ||
| Rugby Union | RU | ||
| run | R | ||
| runs | R | ||
| Russia | RUS | ||
| ruthenium | RU | ||
| sailor | AB | ||
| saint | S | ST | |
| saints | SS | ||
| sandwich | BLT | ||
| sappers | RE | ||
| Saturday | SAT | ||
| Saudi Arabia | SA | ||
| scandium | SC | ||
| school | SCH | ||
| science | SCI | ||
| science fiction | SF | ||
| second | S | ||
| seconds | S | ||
| secretary | SEC | ||
| secretary | PA | ||
| see | V | ||
| selenium | SE | ||
| self-catering | SC | ||
| self-contained | SC | ||
| Senegal | SN | ||
| senior | SEN | SR | |
| senior service | RN | ||
| September | SEP | ||
| sex appeal | SA | ||
| Seychelles | SY | ||
| shilling | S | ||
| ship | SS | ||
| short wave | SW | ||
| Sierra Leone | WAL | ||
| silicon | SI | ||
| silver | AG | ||
| Singapore | SGP | ||
| sixth sense | ESP | ||
| Slovakia | SK | ||
| Slovenia | SLO | ||
| small | S | ||
| small volume | CC | CL | ML |
| society | S | SOC | |
| sodium | NA | ||
| Somalia | SO | ||
| son | S | ||
| sons | S | ||
| South | S | ||
| South Africa | SA | ZA | |
| South Carolina | SC | ||
| South Dakota | SD | ||
| south-east | SE | ||
| south-eastern | SE | ||
| south-west | SW | ||
| south-western | SW | ||
| Southern | S | ||
| spades | S | ||
| Spain | E | ||
| special | S | SP | |
| spelling | SP | ||
| spies | CIA | ||
| square | S | SQ | |
| Sri Lanka | CL | ||
| St Lucia | WL | ||
| standard | STD | ||
| starting price | SP | ||
| station | STA | ||
| steamship | SS | ||
| stiff examination | PM | ||
| stone | ST | ||
| stopping aid | ABS | ||
| street | ST | ||
| strontium | SR | ||
| Sudan | SUD | ||
| suitable for everyone | U | ||
| sulphur | S | ||
| sun | S | ||
| Sunday | SUN | ||
| Swaziland | SD | ||
| Sweden | S | ||
| Switzerland | CH | ||
| Syria | SYR | ||
| Taiwan | RC | ||
| take | R | REC | |
| tantalum | TA | ||
| tar | AB | ||
| tax | VAT | ||
| teetotal | TT | ||
| teetotaller | TT | ||
| Telecoms company | BT | ||
| televison | TV | ||
| tellurium | TE | ||
| temperature | T | ||
| ten | X | ||
| Tennessee | TN | ||
| terrace | TER | ||
| Territorial Army | TA | ||
| Texas | TX | ||
| Thailand | T | ||
| thallium | TL | ||
| that is | IE | ||
| The Province | NI | ||
| the Queen | ER | ||
| Thursday | THU | ||
| time | T | ||
| tin | SN | ||
| titanium | TI | ||
| Togo | TG | ||
| toilet | WC | ||
| ton | T | ||
| tons | T | ||
| too much | OTT | ||
| Tourist Trophy | TT | ||
| transvestite | TV | ||
| Trinidad and Tobago | TT | ||
| Tuesday | TUE | ||
| tungsten | W | ||
| Tunisia | TN | ||
| Turkey | TR | ||
| Ukraine | UA | ||
| ultraviolet | UV | ||
| united | U | ||
| United Arab Emirates | UAE | ||
| United Kingdom | UK | ||
| United Nations | UN | ||
| United States | US | ||
| universal | U | ||
| university | U | ||
| unserviceable | US | ||
| uranium | U | ||
| Uruguay | ROU | ||
| US soldier | GI | ||
| Utah | UT | ||
| vanadium | V | ||
| variable | X | Y | Z |
| Vatican City | V | ||
| velocity | V | ||
| Venezuela | YV | ||
| Vermont | VT | ||
| versus | V | VS | |
| very | V | ||
| very large | OS | ||
| very loud | FF | ||
| very quiet | PP | ||
| Victoria Cross | VC | ||
| Vietnam | VN | ||
| Virginia | VA | ||
| virual reality | VR | ||
| Volkswagen | VW | ||
| volt | V | ||
| volume | V | ||
| volunteers | TA | ||
| vote | X | ||
| walkover | WO | ||
| Washington | WA | ||
| week | W | WK | |
| weight | W | ||
| West | W | ||
| West Indies | WI | ||
| West Virginia | WV | WVA | |
| Western | W | ||
| Western Australia | WA | ||
| Western Samoa | WS | ||
| wicket | W | ||
| wide | W | ||
| width | W | ||
| wife | W | ||
| William | WM | ||
| Wisconsin | WI | WIS | |
| with | W | ||
| women | W | ||
| women's | W | ||
| Women's Institute | WI | ||
| word processor | WP | ||
| work | OP | ||
| wrong mark | X | ||
| Wyoming | WY | ||
| xenon | XE | ||
| yard | Y | YD | |
| yards | YDS | ||
| year | Y | YR | |
| years | YRS | ||
| Yemen | YAR | ||
| your | YR | ||
| yours | YRS | ||
| Yugoslavia | YU | ||
| Zambia | Z | ||
| Zimbabwe | ZW | ||
| zinc | ZN | ||
| zirconium | ZR |