IS allowed abbreviations

/ / @ symbol
at 


 above
su 


 adults only
ao 


 Alambama
al 


 Alaska
ak 


 alien
et 


 alphabetical order
az 


 aluminium
al 


 american football linesman
dl 


 ancient history/British Columbia Canada
bc 


 animal head
ah 


 animal nest
nx 


 Arkansas
ar 


 Australia
oz 


 axe
ax 


 bathroom/toilet
wc 


 beehive/beehive hair
ul 


 billboard/advertisement
ad 


 bird's nest
nx 


 black & white
bw 


 blood pressure gauge
bp 


 blurred motion
bm 


 Bo staff
bo 


 body order
bo 


 california
ca 


 Calvin Klein
ck 


 capital cities
cc 


 casualty
er 


 cb radio
cb 


 CD Rom/compact disc
cd 


 Celsius
c 


 centimetre
cm 


 chess king/king
re 


 chief executive officer
dg 


 chief executive officer
md


 childhood
ch 


 Chrome
cr 


 citroen ds
ds 


 color image
Clr


 Colorado
co 


 colour
cl 


 combative sport
mna 


 compere
mc 


 computer chip
ic 


 computer/desktop pc
pc 


 concentration camp
kl 


 concentration camp
kz 


 Conneticut
ct 


 copper
cu 


 copyspace
cp


 cross
x 


 cyberspace
vr 


 cyborg
ai 


 cyborg
aj 


 cyclo-cross
cx 


 dedication
es 


 Delaware
de 


 differential focus
df 


 digitally generated
cg 


 diminishing perspective
dp 


 dinner jacket
dj 


 direct current/washington dc
dc 


 disc jockey
dj 


 doctor
dr 


 domestic animals
da 


 ecstasy pill
e 


 ecstasy pill
es 


 education
ed 


 egg
eg 


 egg
ei 


 electron micrograph
em 


 elevated railway
l 


 elevated railway track
el 


 elevated view
ev 


 emergency room
er 


 EU flag
eu 


 Euro symbol
e 


 european community
ec 


 European Community
eu 


 fahrenheit
f 


 fan
fa 


 fascism
ss 


 financial newspaper
ft 


 Florida
fl 


 franc symbol
f 


 front view
fv 


 full frame
ff 


 Full Length
flh 


 General Electric
ge 


 general practicioner
gp 


 generic location
ns 


 georgia
ga 


 Gi sportswear
gi 


 global business
ir 


 global positioning system
xm 


 GM cars/genetic modification
gm 


 goal kick
gk 


 gold
au 


 Governor Harding
wl 


 grandfather
av 


 grandparent
vo 


 greeting
hi 


 Group of Objects
goo


 Group of People
gop 


 gulf countries
gc 


 Head and Shoulders
hs 


 Heinrich Himmler
ss 


 helium
he 


 high angle view (note: probably from elevated view)
ev 


 high definition video
hd 


 hiking
gr 


 horizontal
hz 


 human resources
hr 


 human resources
rh 


 hydrogen
h 


 identity/Idaho/Identity card
id 


 identity/metal
ci 


 Illinois
il 


 intellectual property
tm 


 intelligence
iq 


 intelligence
qi 


 iron
fe 


 IT support
it 


 iv drip
iv 


 Jay Kay/Miguel Cabrera
jk 


 Jay-Z
jz 


 joint (cannabis)
j 


 Kaposi's sarcoma
sk 


 Kentucky
ky 


 kilogramme
kg 


 knockout
ko 


 large hill
lh 


 lead
pb 


 Letter G
ge 


 letter opener
cs 


 light micrograph
lm 


 lira symbol
l 


 local landmark/LL Cool J
ll 


 looking
vu 


 Looking at Camera
lc 


 looking up
up 


 Los Angeles
la


 lying
ly 


 Maine
me 


 marketing
pr 


 mature men
mm 


 mature woman
mw 


 medical scan
ct 


 mercury
hg 


 metal
pt 


 metre
m 


 Michael Jackson
mj 


 Michigan
mi 


 military policeman
mp 


 millimetre
mm 


 Mississippi
ms 


 Montana
mt 


 morning
am 


 motorhome
rv 


 mountain
mt 


 moving towards
ku 


 moving up
up 


 multiple sclerosis
7


 multiple sclerosis
sp 


 multiracial group
ml 


 national landmark
nl 


 national park
np 


 Nevada
nv 


 New England
ne 


 New Hampshire
nh 


 New Jersey
nj 


 New Mexico
nm 


 New York City
ny 


 New Zealand
nz 


 night
pm 


 nobody
nn 


 north carolina
nc 


 North Dakota
nd 


 North Pier Lighthouse
ee 


 Northern Territory
nt 


 nurse
rn 


 Ohio
oh 


 oia
ia 


 ok hand sign
ok 


 Oklahoma
ok 


 om symbol
om 


 one little boy
ob 


 one little girl
og 


 one woman only
ow 


 operation
op 


 orange juice
oj 


 osteoathritis
oa 


 osteoporosis
bbd 


 outdoors
od 


 oversized
xl 


 part of
po 


 Pennsylvannia
pa


 personal perspective
pp 


 Photography
py 


 Physical education
pe 


 plutonium
pu 


 politician
mp 


 polystyrene
ps 


 Princess Diana
di 


 public address system
pa


 putty
ki 


 pyjamas
pj 


 quality control
qc 


 quartermaster
qm 


 rain
mz 


 rear view
rw 


 record
lp 


 record breaking achievement
pb 


 remote controlled toy
rc 


 Rhode Island
ri 


 River Ba/barium
ba 


 River Li
li 


 rural science
rs 


 safari animals
sa 


 saint
st 


 scientific micrograph
sm 


 Sea Life
sl


 secondary school child
ssc 


 secretary
pa 


 senior couple
sc 


 senior woman
ew 


 senior women
sw 


 Sexually transmitted disease
vd


 side view
sv 


 silence/finger on lips
sh 


 silver
ag 


 slime mould
dd 


 soccer world cup
wm 


 solar panel
pv 


 Soldier
gi


 South Dakota
sd


 Southern Europe
se 


 Southern European Descent
se


 speech bubble/comic (publication)/thought bubble
bd 


 square
sq 


 strawberry
cf 


 street
st 


 sunburnt
uv 


 Technology
it 


 teenage boys
ttb 


 teenage couple
tc 


 teenage girls
tg 


 television
tv 


 tennessee
tn 


 Texas
tx 


 thank you
ta 


 the internet
ip 


 Three Quarter Length
tql 


 Ti plant
tj 


 Tilden regional park
rp 


 time out signal
to 


 toilet paper
pq 


 tow truck/A'a (God)
aa 


 travel destinations
wt 


 tuberculosis
tb 


 uk
gb 


 underwater
uv 


 United Kingdom
uk 


 united nations (& building)
un 


 univ of buffalo
ub 


 Univ of Washington
uw 


 upward view
up 


 uranium
u 


 USA
us 


 using computer
uc 


 Utah
ut 


 v shape
v 


 vanishing point
vp 


 Vermont
vt 


 Vertical
ve 


 virtual reality
vr 


 Volkswagen
vw 


 Waist Up
wu 


 washington state
wa 


 West Virginia
wv 


 wild cattle
ox 


 wild west
ww 


 will return
zj 


 Wisconsin
wi 


 Wyoming
wy 


 X marks the spot
x 


 Yen symbol
y 


 yes
si 


 yew
if 


 Yi Tribe
yi 


 young couple
yc 


 young men
ym 


 young women
yw 

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