B
bel (preferred)    B
(Chem.) boron.    B
(Photog.) black and white     B & W
bacillus, black, blue, book, born, breadth, brother     b.
bay, bible, British, brotherhood, bachelor     B.
Bachelor of Arts    B. A.
(Elect. Eng.) British Association unit     B. A. U.
bachelor of Architecture     B. Arch. or BArch.
Bachelor of Business Administration     B. B. A.
British Broadcasting Corporation    B. B. C.
Before Christ, Bachelor of Chemistry – British Colombia     B. C.
Bachelor of Civil Engineering     B. C. E.
Bachelor of Canon Law, Bachelor of Civil Law    B. C. I.
Bachelor of Commercial Science    B. C. S.
Bachelor of Chemical Engineering    B. Ch. E.
Bachelor of Divinity     B. D.
(Eng.) bottom dead centre    B. D. C.
Bachelor of Dental Surgery    B. D. S.,
Bachelor of Education- Bachelor of Engineering     B. E.
British Expeditionary Force(s)    B. E. F.
British Empire Medal     B. E. M.
Bachelor of Education     B. Ed.
Bunsen Flame    B. F.
Bachelor of Fine Arts    B. F. A.
boldface.    b. f. or bf.,
(Eng.) Birmingham gauge     B. G.
(Eng.) Brinell Hardness Number    B. H. N.
brake-horse-power    B. H. P.,
b. h. p.
Bachelor of Journalism    B. J.
Bachelor of Laws     B. L.
Bachelor of Library Science     B. L. S.
Bachelor of Literature    B. Lit.
Bachelor of Laws    B. LL.
Bachelor of Medicine, British Museum     B. M.
board measure     B. M.
Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering,
Bachelor of Mining Engineering     B. M. E.
(Eng.) brake mean effective pressure    B. M. E. P.
Bachelor of Music    B. Mus.
Branch office     B. O.
Bachelor of Physical Education    B. P. E.
Bachelor of Philosophy.    B. Ph. or
B. Phil.
bills receivable     b. r or B/R.
balance sheet, bill of sale     b. s.
Bachelor of science, Bachelor of Surgery    B. S.
Bachelor of Scientific Agriculture Boy Scouts of America    B. S. A.
(Eng.) British Standard Gauge.    B. S. G.
(Eng.) British Standard Institution     B. S. I.
below sea level     B. S. L.
Bachelor of Theology     B. T.
Or B. Th.
(Elect. Eng.) Board of Trade Unit     B. T. U
(Eng.) British thermal unit     B. t.u. or
B. Th. U.
Blessed Virgin    B. V.
(Eng.) Birmingham Wire-Guage     B. W. G.
British West Indies    B. W. I.
(Eng.) Brown and Sharp Wire Gauge     B.& S. W. G.
Baumé     B., Bé
Bachelor of letters    B.Litt.
bills payable, boiling point.    b.p.
boiling point, back pressure     b.p., B.P.
(Pet. Eng.) basic sediments and water    B.s & w.
Bachelor of Science     B.Sc.
brought down    b/d
bank draft    B/D
Bill of Exchange     B/E,
brought forward    b/f
bill of lading     B/L
Bombardier/Navigator    B/N
bandwidth    b/w
(Chem.) barium.    Ba,
Bahrain Amiri Air Force     BAAF
Babylonian    Bab.
bacterial, bacteriology, bacterium     bact.
African Development Bank    BAD
Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa    BADEA
base air defense ground equipment    BADGE
Battlefield Air Interdiction    BAI
balance     bal.
Communications and location system (US)    Bamboo Tree
Radio communications system with encryption (US)    Bancroft
Bridge adaptor pallet    BAP
barometer, barometric     bar.
Beach amphibious resupply cargo    BARC
Barrier Combat Air Patrol    BARCAP
That part of a gun through which the projectile is launched and given direction.    Barrel
Baronet    Bart. or Bt.
Beach armored recovery vehicle    BARV
Basic Allowance for Subsistence    BAS
Battlefield Artillery Target Engagement System    BATES
Bavarian     Bav.,
battleship    BB
Battleship Battle Group    BBBG
Bridge boat erection    BBE
barrel, barrels    bbl.
bomber    bbr
British Civil Airworthiness Requirements    BCAR
battery control center    BCC
Bio-Chemical Detector    BCD
Battlefield Coordination Element    BCE
Central American Bank for Economic Integration    BCIE
battery control post    BCP
baud    bd
board, bound, bond     bd.
board foot, board feet    Bd. ft.
Bomb Damage Assessment    BDA
Brigade     Bde
Central African States Development Bank    BDEAC
budget    bdgt
bundle.    bdl.
Battledress Overgarment (protective clothing)    BDO
Battle Dress Uniform     BDU
(Elect. Eng.) break down voltage    BDV
Basic Encyclopedia (number)    BE or BEN
(Chem.) beryllium.    Be,
Base Engineer Emergency Force    BEEF
Before    bef.
Belgian – Belguim    Belg.
Bharat Earth Movers Limited    BEML
Benelux Economic Union    Benelux
Bengali.    Beng.
bit error rate    BER
Between    bet.
battlefield exploitation and target acquisition    BETA
billion Electron Volt    BEV,
Blank Firing Attachment. Device fitted to the muzzle of an automatic weapon to restrict the exit of gas from the barrel when firing blank cartridges and thus provide sufficient pressure to actuate the weapon's self-loading cycle.    BFA
Beat Frequency Oscillator    BFO
Bulk fuel tank assembly    BFTA
battle group    BG
bag.    bg.
multiple launch environment surface attack missile designator    BGM
Bulkhead    bhd
Brake horse power    bhp
(Pet. Eng.) bottom hole pressure.    BHP
(Chem.) bismuth    Bi,
Bible, biblical.    bib.
bibliographer, bibliography     bibliog.
Biological Integrated Detection System    BIDS
Biochemistry    biochem.
biographical, biography    biog.
Biological Identification Refinement Device    BIRD
Having two components rotating in opposite directions.    birotative
Bank for International Settlements    BIS
built-in test    BIT
built-in test equipment    BITE
(Chem.) berkelium    Bk.
banking     bkg.
Background    bkgd.
barracks, books     bks.
basket, bracket     bkt.
bale, bales, barrel, barrels     bl.
Fuel (or other fluid) tank of flexible material.    bladder tank
Boundary-layer control.    BLC
Building    bldg.
Blade plus disc (of turbine engine) fabricated in one piece.    blisk
black, block     blk.
brought over    blo.
Bales    bls.
Battalion Landing Team    BLT
Bridge laying tank    BLT
Bomb live unit    BLU
Boulevard    Blvd.
ballistic missile    BM
battle management command, control, and communications    BMC{3}
ballistic missile defense    BMD
ballistic missile early warning system    BMEWS
Soviet armored personnel carrier     BMP
Battalion Mortar System    BMS
Bombardment Squadron     BMS
Bombardment Wing     BMW
battalion/billion    bn
Battalion    bn.
German Federal Intelligence Service     BND
Bofors Optronic Fire control instrument    BOFI
Bohemian.    Bohem.
biblogical, biology    Boil.
(Pet. Eng.) barrels of oil per day.    Bopd
(Pet. Eng.) barrels of oil per hour    Boph
borough, (Chem.) boron     bor.
botanical, botanist, botany     bot.
botanical.    botan.
Basic operating weight    BOW
(Eng.) blue print.    BP
baptized, birthplace, bishop    bp.
barrels per day    BPD or b/d
basic point defense missile system    BPDMS
barrel per hour.    BPH
boost phase interceptor    BPI
Bypass ratio.    BPR
binary phase shift keying    BPSK
(Chem.) bromine     Br,
branch, bronze, brother.    br.
Britain, British.    Br.
Base Realignment Committee    BRAC
Biological, Radiological and Chemical Information System    BRACIS
Brazil, Brazilian     Braz.
Battlefield recovery and evacuation    BRE
Rear end of the weapon barrel, into which the ammunition is loaded.    Breech
Breton.    Bret.
brigade, brigadier    brig.
brigadier general    brig. gen.
Britain, British     Brit.
barrel.    brl.
barrel     brl.
brother, brothers.    bro.
brothers     bros.
Tactical communications system (UK)    Bruin
Brake release weight, maximum permitted weight at start of T-O run.    BRW
British Standard(s)    BS
(Surv.) back sight, (Pet.) bottom settings,
bottom sediments     Bs
Black Sea Economic Cooperation Zone    BSEC
basket     bskt.
Basic Target Graphic    BTG
Battery    btry.
battery    bty
bureau, bushel, bushels     bu.
back-up intercept control (for air defense)    BUIC
Bulgaria, Bulgarian     Bulg.
All cargo not packed in containers or on pallets.    bulk cargo
bulletin     bull.
Bureau    bur.
Beyond Visual Range    BVR
business, bushel, bushels    bvs.
brevet, brevetted    bvt.
Biological Warfare    BW
Biological Weapons Convention    BWC
barrels of water per day    BWPD
barrels of water per hour    BWPH
Basic wind report(s)    BWR
Box    bx.
Airflow through fan duct (not passing through core) divided by airflow through core.    bypass ratio
A group of eight memory bits (q.v.) which can be used to designate one character. This provides two to the power eight (256) combinations which can be used to specify letters, numbers, symbols and so on, in coding systems such as ASCII, ANSI, and so forth.    Byte
Benactyzine    BZ