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 * NASA — National Aeronautics and Space Administration
 * NATO— North Atlantic Treaty Organization
 * NCUA— National Credit Union Administration
 * NE. — northeast
 * n.e.c. — not elsewhere classified
 * n.e.s. — not elsewhere specified
 * net wt. — net weight
 * N.F. — National Formulary
 * NFAH — National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities
 * NIH— National Institutes of Health
 * NIST— National Institute of Standards and Technology
 * n.l. — natural log or logarithm
 * NLRB— National Labor Relations Board
 * NNTP — Network News Transfer Protocol
 * No. — Nos., number, numbers
 * NOAA — National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
 * n.o.i.b.n. — not otherwise indexed by name
 * n.o.p. — not otherwise provided (for)
 * n.o.s. — not otherwise specified
 * NOVS— National Office of Vital Statistics
 * NPS — National Park Service
 * NRC — Nuclear Regulatory Commission
 * NS — nuclear ship
 * NSA — National Shipping Authority
 * NSC — National Security Council
 * NSF — National Science Foundation
 * n.s.k. — not specified by kind
 * n.s.p.f. — not specifically provided for
 * NW. — northwest
 * OAPEC — Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries
 * OAS — Organization of American States
 * OASDHI— Old-Age, Survivors, Disability, and Health Insurance Program
 * OASI — Old-Age and Survivors Insurance
 * OCD— Office of Civil Defense
 * OD — officer of the day
 * OD — overdose; Odd, overdosed
 * OD. — doctor of optometry
 * OECD — Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
 * OK— Oked, Oking, Oks
 * OMB— Office of Management and Budget
 * Op. Atty. Gen. — Opinions of the Attorney General
 * op. cit. — (opere citato) in the work cited
 * OPEC — Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
 * OSD — Office of the Secretary of Defense
 * OTC — Organization for Trade Cooperation
 * PA — public address system
 * Pac. — Pacific Reporter; P.2d, Pacific Reporter, second series
 * PAC — political action committee (plural PAC's)
 * Passed Asst. Surg. — passed assistant surgeon
 * PBS — Public Building Service
 * PCV — Peace Corps Volunteer