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m. p. h. miles per hour.
Mr. Master or Mister.
M.R.A.S. Member of the Royal Asiatic Society. M,R.C.P. Member of the Royal College of Physicians.
M. R,C.S. Member of the Royal College of
Surgeons.
Mrs. Mistress.
MS, manuscript.
MSS. Manuscripts.
Mt., mt, mount.
Mts. mountains.
m.v. merchant vesse’ ; molor vessel, myth, mythology.
N. North, Northern.
N, nitrogen (chem.).
Na, natrium, sodium (chem.).
N.A. North America.
NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, naut. nautical.
Nb. niobium (chem.).
N.B., ii.b. nota bene, note well, or take notice.
N.C.O. non-commissioned officer.
Ne. neon (chem.).
NEFA North East Frontier Agency.
Ni. nickel (chem.).
No., no. numero, (in) number.
N.T. New Testament.
N.T.P. normal temperature and pressure.
N.V. New Version.
N. Y. New York.
O. oxygen (chem.). o/a on account of. ob. obiit, died, obdt. obedient.
O.E. Old English.
O.H.M.S. On His (or Her) Majesty’s Service.
O.K. All correct.
Old Test. Old Testament.
O.M. Order of Merit, opp, opposed ; opposite.
O.S.P, obiit sine prole, died without issue.
O. T. Old Testament.
Oxoo. Oxonia, Oxford ; Oxoniensis, of Oxford.
Oz. ounce.
P. President ; Prince.
P. phosphorus (chem.).
pa. past.
p.a. per annum ; participial adjective.
pam. pamphlet.
pa. p. past participle.
par. parallel.
Pass. Passive, pa. t. past tense.
Pb. plumbum, lead (chem.).
P.C. Privy Councillor.
Pd. palladium (chem.). pd. paid.
P.E.C. photo-electric cell.
P.E.N, Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists, and Novelists.
per an. per annum, per year.
per cent, per centum, by the hundred.
Ph. D, Philosophiae Doctor, Doctor of Philo- sophy, phr. phrase, pm. premium.
P.M. Post meridiem, after noon ; Postmaster ;
Prime Minister.
P.M.G. Postmaster-General, p.n. promissory rote.
P.O. Post-Office ; Postal order, p.o.d. Pay on delivery.
P.O.W. prisoner of war. p.p, past participle.
p.p.s. post postcriptum, a later additional postscript.
P.R.B. Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, pref. preference, pret. preterite.
Prof. Professor.
Prov. Proverbs.