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== W0–9 == |
== W0–9 == |
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* [[World Wide Web Consortium|W3C]] – (i) World Wide Web Consortium |
* [[World Wide Web Consortium|W3C]] – (i) World Wide Web Consortium |
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* [[wikt:with|w/]] – (p) With: ''Software w/Documentation''. Typically used in advertising or to abbreviate headings. Never used in formal body text. |
* [[wikt:with|w/]] – (p) With: ''Software w/Documentation''. Typically used in advertising or to abbreviate headings. Never used in formal body text. |
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==WA== |
==WA== |
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** (i) Women's Auxiliary Corps (World War II Canada) |
** (i) Women's Auxiliary Corps (World War II Canada) |
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** [[Women's Army Corps]] (World War II U.S.) |
** [[Women's Army Corps]] (World War II U.S.) |
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* [[WACC (disambiguation)|WACC]] – (a) Weighted Average Cost of Capital (accounting) |
* [[WACC (disambiguation)|WACC]] – (a) [[Weighted average cost of capital|Weighted Average Cost of Capital]] (accounting) |
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* WACS – ''[[What a Cartoon!|What-A-Cartoon! Show]]'' |
* WACS – ''[[What a Cartoon!|What-A-Cartoon! Show]]'' |
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* [[WAD (disambiguation)|WAD]] – (a) Weapons Alert Designator |
* [[WAD (disambiguation)|WAD]] – (a) Weapons Alert Designator |
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* [[War (disambiguation)|WAR]] – (a) [[With All Respect]] |
* [[War (disambiguation)|WAR]] – (a) [[With All Respect]] |
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* WAsP – (p) Short form of WAAAAP ([http://www.wasp.dk/ Wind Atlas Analysis and Application Program]) |
* WAsP – (p) Short form of WAAAAP ([http://www.wasp.dk/ Wind Atlas Analysis and Application Program]) |
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* [[Wasp (disambiguation)|WASP]] |
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* WASP |
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** (a) [[White Anglo-Saxon Protestant]] |
** (a) [[White Anglo-Saxon Protestant]] |
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** [[SuperWASP|Wide Angle Search for Planets]] |
** [[SuperWASP|Wide Angle Search for Planets]] |
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** Women Airforce Service Pilots |
** [[Women Airforce Service Pilots]] |
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* WAYP – (a) White And Yellow Pages |
* WAYP – (a) White And Yellow Pages |
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** [[World Boxing Association]] |
** [[World Boxing Association]] |
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* [[WBC (disambiguation)|WBC]] – (i) [[World Boxing Council]] |
* [[WBC (disambiguation)|WBC]] – (i) [[World Boxing Council]] |
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* WBE – (i) Work Breakdown Element |
* [[WBE (disambiguation)|WBE]] – (i) Work Breakdown Element |
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* WBIT – (i) [[Women's Basketball Invitation Tournament]] |
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* [[World Boxing Organization|WBO]] – (i) [[World Boxing Organization]] |
* [[World Boxing Organization|WBO]] – (i) [[World Boxing Organization]] |
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* [[WBW (disambiguation)|WbW]] |
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* WbW |
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** with best wishes |
** with best wishes |
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** white boy wasted |
** white boy wasted |
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==WC== |
==WC== |
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* [[WC (disambiguation)|WC]] – (i) Water Closet – [[Winston Churchill]] – World Cup (sports) |
* [[WC (disambiguation)|WC]] – (i) [[Water Closet]] – [[Winston Churchill]] – [[World cup|World Cup]] (sports) |
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* [[World Chess Boxing Organisation|WCBO]] – (i) [[World Chess Boxing Organisation]] |
* [[World Chess Boxing Organisation|WCBO]] – (i) [[World Chess Boxing Organisation]] |
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* [[WCBP]] – (i) [[World Center for Birds of Prey]] |
* [[WCBP]] – (i) [[World Center for Birds of Prey]] |
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* WCCW – (i) [[World Class Championship Wrestling]] |
* WCCW – (i) [[World Class Championship Wrestling]] |
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* [[WCL (disambiguation)|WCL]] – (i) World Confederation of Labour |
* [[WCL (disambiguation)|WCL]] – (i) [[World Confederation of Labour]] |
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* WCPA – (p) [[World Constitution and Parliament Association]] |
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* [[WCS (disambiguation)|WCS]] – (i) Weapon Control Status – [[Wildlife Conservation Society]] |
* [[WCS (disambiguation)|WCS]] – (i) Weapon Control Status – [[Wildlife Conservation Society]] |
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* [[World Championship Wrestling|WCW]] – (i) [[World Championship Wrestling]] |
* [[World Championship Wrestling|WCW]] – (i) [[World Championship Wrestling]] |
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* WCWCC – (p) [[World Committee for a World Constitutional Convention]] |
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* WCWS – (i) [[Women's College World Series]], the final phase of the NCAA Division I softball tournament in the US |
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==WD== |
==WD== |
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* [[WEM (disambiguation)|WEM]] - (a) [[West Edmonton Mall]] |
* [[WEM (disambiguation)|WEM]] - (a) [[West Edmonton Mall]] |
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* [[Western European Union|WEU]] – (i) [[Western European Union]] |
* [[Western European Union|WEU]] – (i) [[Western European Union]] |
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* [[Wez (disambiguation)|WEZ]] – (a/i) Weapon Engagement Zone |
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==WF== |
==WF== |
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* [[WF (disambiguation)|WF]] – (s) [[Wallis and Futuna]] Islands (ISO 3166 digram) |
* [[WF (disambiguation)|WF]] – (s) [[Wallis and Futuna]] Islands (ISO 3166 digram) |
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* [[WFC (disambiguation)|WFC]] – (i) [[Women's Forage Corps]] (World War I UK) |
* [[WFC (disambiguation)|WFC]] – (i) [[Women's Forage Corps]] (World War I UK) |
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* [[ |
* [[WFD (disambiguation)|WFD]] – (i) Weapon(s) of Focused Destruction |
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* [[WFF (disambiguation)|WFF]] – (i) Wallops Flight Facility |
* [[WFF (disambiguation)|WFF]] – (i) [[Wallops Flight Facility]] |
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* [[WFI (disambiguation)|WFI]] - Water for Injection |
* [[WFI (disambiguation)|WFI]] - [[Water for injection|Water for Injection]] |
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* [[World Food Programme|WFP]] – (i) [[World Food Program]] |
* [[World Food Programme|WFP]] – (i) [[World Food Program]] |
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* WFT – (i) [[Washington Football Team]] (NFL franchise) |
* WFT – (i) [[Washington Commanders|Washington Football Team]] (former NFL franchise name) |
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* [[WFZ]] – (i) Weapons Free Zone |
* [[WFZ]] – (i) Weapons Free Zone |
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* [[WHIP (disambiguation)|WHIP]] – (a) [[Walks plus hits per inning pitched|'''W'''alks plus '''h'''its per '''i'''nning '''p'''itched]] |
* [[WHIP (disambiguation)|WHIP]] – (a) [[Walks plus hits per inning pitched|'''W'''alks plus '''h'''its per '''i'''nning '''p'''itched]] |
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* [[World Health Organization|WHO]] – (a) [[World Health Organization]] |
* [[World Health Organization|WHO]] – (a) [[World Health Organization]] |
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* [[WHS (disambiguation)|WHS]] – (i) (U.S.) Washington Headquarters Services |
* [[WHS (disambiguation)|WHS]] – (i) (U.S.) [[Washington Headquarters Services]] |
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==WI== |
==WI== |
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* [[WI (disambiguation)|WI]] |
* [[WI (disambiguation)|WI]] |
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**(s) [[Western Sahara]] (FIPS 10-4 country code) |
** (s) [[Western Sahara]] (FIPS 10-4 country code) |
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**[[Wisconsin]] (postal symbol) |
** [[Wisconsin]] (postal symbol) |
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** (i) [[Women's Institute]] |
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* [[WIA (disambiguation)|WIA]] |
* [[WIA (disambiguation)|WIA]] |
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**(i) Wounded In Action |
** (i) [[Wounded in action|Wounded In Action]] |
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**(a) [[Wireless Institute of Australia]] (Amateur Radio) |
** (a) [[Wireless Institute of Australia]] (Amateur Radio) |
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* WIIFM - (i) What's in it for me? |
* WIIFM - (i) What's in it for me? |
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* [[Windows Internet Explorer|WIE]]- (a) Windows Internet Explorer |
* [[Windows Internet Explorer|WIE]]- (a) Windows Internet Explorer |
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* [[Wimp (disambiguation)|WIMP]] |
* [[Wimp (disambiguation)|WIMP]] |
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**(a) Weakly Interacting Massive Particle |
** (a) [[Weakly interacting massive particle|Weakly Interacting Massive Particle]] |
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**[[WIMP (computing)|Windows, Icons, Menus, Pointers]] |
** [[WIMP (computing)|Windows, Icons, Menus, Pointers]] |
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* [[WIN-T (disambiguation)|WIN-T]] – (i) Warfighter Information Network-Tactical |
* [[WIN-T (disambiguation)|WIN-T]] – (i) [[Warfighter Information Network-Tactical]] |
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* [[World Intellectual Property Organization|WIPO]] – (a/i) [[World Intellectual Property Organization]] |
* [[World Intellectual Property Organization|WIPO]] – (a/i) [[World Intellectual Property Organization]] |
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* [[WIPP (disambiguation)|WIPP]] – (a) [Nuclear] [[Waste Isolation Pilot Plant]] |
* [[WIPP (disambiguation)|WIPP]] – (a) [Nuclear] [[Waste Isolation Pilot Plant]] |
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==WK== |
==WK== |
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* [[WK (disambiguation)|WK]] – (s) [[Wake Island]] (ISO 3166 digram, obsolete 1986) |
* [[WK (disambiguation)|WK]] – (s) [[Wake Island]] (ISO 3166 digram, obsolete 1986) |
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* WKYP – (a) Will Keep You Posted |
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* WKX – (a) World Kickboxing Xtrm |
* WKX – (a) World Kickboxing Xtrm |
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* [[WLB (disambiguation)|WLB]] – (i) Women's Land Brigade (World War II Canada) |
* [[WLB (disambiguation)|WLB]] – (i) Women's Land Brigade (World War II Canada) |
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* [[WLF (disambiguation)|WLF]] – (s) [[Wallis and Futuna]] Islands (ISO 3166 trigram) |
* [[WLF (disambiguation)|WLF]] – (s) [[Wallis and Futuna]] Islands (ISO 3166 trigram) |
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* [[wln]] – (s) [[Walloon language]] (ISO 639-2 code) |
* [[WLN (disambiguation)|wln]] – (s) [[Walloon language]] (ISO 639-2 code) |
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* [[Without loss of generality|WLOG]] – (i) Without Loss Of Generality (see WOLOG) |
* [[Without loss of generality|WLOG]] – (i) Without Loss Of Generality (see WOLOG) |
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* [[National Union of Students (United Kingdom)|WMANUS]] – (a) [[National Union of Students (United Kingdom)|West Midlands Area National Union of Students]] |
* [[National Union of Students (United Kingdom)|WMANUS]] – (a) [[National Union of Students (United Kingdom)|West Midlands Area National Union of Students]] |
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* [[WMD (disambiguation)|WMD]] |
* [[WMD (disambiguation)|WMD]] |
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**(i) Weapon[s] of Mass Destruction |
**(i) [[Weapon of mass destruction|Weapon[s] of Mass Destruction]] |
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**[[World Movement for Democracy]] [http://www.wmd.org/ †] |
**[[World Movement for Democracy]] [http://www.wmd.org/ †] |
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* [[WMI (disambiguation)|WMI]] – (i) [[Wildlife Management Institute]] |
* [[WMI (disambiguation)|WMI]] – (i) [[Wildlife Management Institute]] |
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* WNIT – (i) [[Women's National Invitation Tournament]] |
* WNIT – (i) [[Women's National Invitation Tournament]] |
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* WNSD – (i) ''[[What's New, Scooby-Doo?]]'' |
* WNSD – (i) ''[[What's New, Scooby-Doo?]]'' |
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* [[WNW (disambiguation)|WNW]] – (s) [[West northwest|West North-West]] |
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==WO== |
==WO== |
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* [[WO (disambiguation)|wo]] – (s) [[Wolof language]] (ISO 639-1 code) |
* [[WO (disambiguation)|wo]] – (s) [[Wolof language]] (ISO 639-1 code) |
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* [[WO (disambiguation)|WO]] – (i) Warrant Officer |
* [[WO (disambiguation)|WO]] – (i) [[Warrant officer|Warrant Officer]] |
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* W/O – (p) Without: ''Software w/o Documentation'' |
* [[W/o (disambiguation)|W/O]] – (p) Without: ''Software w/o Documentation'' |
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* w/o |
* w/o |
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** Weight per cent |
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** without |
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* WOF - Width of Fabric |
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* [[WOF (disambiguation)|WOF]] - [[Quilting|Width of Fabric]] |
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* WOFT – (a) Waste Of F***ing Time |
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* WOI – (a/i) [http://www.woiow.com Wheels Of Italy] |
* WOI – (a/i) [http://www.woiow.com Wheels Of Italy] |
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* [[Wol (disambiguation)|wol]] – (s) [[Wolof language]] (ISO 639-2 code) |
* [[Wol (disambiguation)|wol]] – (s) [[Wolof language]] (ISO 639-2 code) |
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==WP== |
==WP== |
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* [[WP (disambiguation)|WP]] |
* [[WP (disambiguation)|WP]] |
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** (i) [[White phosphorus munitions|White Phosphorus (ammunition)]] |
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** (i) [[Workers' Party (Singapore)]] |
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* [[WPB (disambiguation)|WPB]] – (i) [[War Production Board]] during [[World War II]] |
* [[WPB (disambiguation)|WPB]] – (i) [[War Production Board]] during [[World War II]] |
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* [[WPE (disambiguation)|WPE]] – (i) [[World Pork Expo]] |
* [[WPE (disambiguation)|WPE]] – (i) [[World Pork Expo]] |
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* [[WPK (disambiguation)|WPK]] – (p) Wider Peacekeeping |
* [[WPK (disambiguation)|WPK]] – (p) Wider Peacekeeping |
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* WPN – (i) [[Wizards Play Network]] (sanctioning body for several games, most notably ''Magic: The Gathering'') |
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* [[World Poker Tour|WPT]] – (i) [[World Poker Tour]] – ''[[World Premiere Toons]]'' |
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* [[WPT (disambiguation)|WPT]] |
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** (i) [[World Poker Tour]] |
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** ''[[World Premiere Toons]]'' |
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* [[WPP (disambiguation)|WPP]] - (i) [[Witness Protection Program]] |
* [[WPP (disambiguation)|WPP]] - (i) [[Witness Protection Program]] |
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==WR== |
==WR== |
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* [[WR (disambiguation)|WR]] – (i) Wide |
* [[WR (disambiguation)|WR]] – (i) [[Wide receiver]] (gridiron football) |
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* WRAC – (a) [[Women's Royal Army Corps]] (World War II UK) |
* WRAC – (a) [[Women's Royal Army Corps]] (World War II UK) |
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* [[Walter Reed Army Institute of Research|WRAIR]] – (a) [[Walter Reed Army Institute of Research]] |
* [[Walter Reed Army Institute of Research|WRAIR]] – (a) [[Walter Reed Army Institute of Research]] |
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* [[WRS (disambiguation)|WRS]] – (i) Worldwide Reference System |
* [[WRS (disambiguation)|WRS]] – (i) Worldwide Reference System |
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* [[wikt:wrt|wrt]] or w/r/t – (i) with respect to ''or'' with regard to, depending on context |
* [[wikt:wrt|wrt]] or w/r/t – (i) with respect to ''or'' with regard to, depending on context |
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* [[WRT (disambiguation)|WRT]] |
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* WRT |
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** (i) Writer Response Theory |
** (i) Writer Response Theory |
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** (i) [[wikt:WRT|WRT]] - "With respect to", especially in fields such as Mathematics. |
** (i) [[wikt:WRT|WRT]] - "With respect to", especially in fields such as Mathematics. |
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* [[WS (disambiguation)|WS]] |
* [[WS (disambiguation)|WS]] |
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** (s) [[Samoa]] (ISO 3166 and FIPS 10-4 country code digram; from the country's former name of ''Western Samoa'') |
** (s) [[Samoa]] (ISO 3166 and FIPS 10-4 country code digram; from the country's former name of ''Western Samoa'') |
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** (i) Writer to the Signet (a Scottish solicitor) |
** (i) [[Writer to the Signet]] (a Scottish solicitor) |
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* [[WSC (disambiguation)|WSC]] – (i) Weapon System Catalogue |
* [[WSC (disambiguation)|WSC]] – (i) Weapon System Catalogue |
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* [[Web Services Description Language|WSDL]] – (i) [[Web Services Description Language]] |
* [[Web Services Description Language|WSDL]] – (i) [[Web Services Description Language]] |
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* [[WSL (disambiguation)|WSL]] |
* [[WSL (disambiguation)|WSL]] |
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** (i) [[White Star Line]] (shipping company) |
** (i) [[White Star Line]] (shipping company) |
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** Women's Super League, currently used to describe England's [[ |
** Women's Super League, currently used to describe England's [[Women's Super League|top women's association football league]] and formerly to describe that country's [[Premier 15s|top women's rugby union competition]] |
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** [[Workers' Socialist League]] (UK political party) |
** [[Workers' Socialist League]] (UK political party) |
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* [[WSM (disambiguation)|WSM]] |
* [[WSM (disambiguation)|WSM]] |
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* [[WSSM (disambiguation)|WSSM]] – (i) [[Winchester Super Short Magnum]] (family of rifle cartridges) |
* [[WSSM (disambiguation)|WSSM]] – (i) [[Winchester Super Short Magnum]] (family of rifle cartridges) |
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* [[WST (disambiguation)|WST]] |
* [[WST (disambiguation)|WST]] |
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** (i) Water Soluble Tetrazolium (assay) |
** (i) [[Water Soluble Tetrazolium]] (assay) |
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** (s) [[Samoan tālā]] ([[ISO 4217]] currency code) |
** (s) [[Samoan tālā]] ([[ISO 4217]] currency code) |
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* [[WSTC]] – (i) Women Signallers Territorial Corps (World War II UK) |
* [[WSTC]] – (i) Women Signallers Territorial Corps (World War II UK) |
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* [[Windows Server Update Services|WSUS]] – Windows Server Update Services |
* [[Windows Server Update Services|WSUS]] – Windows Server Update Services |
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* [[WSW (disambiguation)|WSW]] – (s) West South-West |
* [[WSW (disambiguation)|WSW]] – (s) [[West-southwest|West South-West]] |
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==WT== |
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* WTA – (i) [[Women's Tennis Association]] (cf. [[WTA Tour]], operated by this body) |
* WTA – (i) [[Women's Tennis Association]] (cf. [[WTA Tour]], operated by this body) |
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* [[WTB (disambiguation)|WTB]] |
* [[WTB (disambiguation)|WTB]] |
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** (i) Wales Tourism Board |
** (i) [[Wales Tourist Board|Wales Tourism Board]] |
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** ''[[Risk Management Exchange|Warenterminbörse Hannover]]'' |
** ''[[Risk Management Exchange|Warenterminbörse Hannover]]'' |
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* [[WTB (disambiguation)|WTB]] – (i) [[Want to Buy]] (a commonly used phrase in various online games and buy/sell messageboards) |
* [[WTB (disambiguation)|WTB]] – (i) [[Want to Buy]] (a commonly used phrase in various online games and buy/sell messageboards) |
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==WU== |
==WU== |
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* [[WU (disambiguation)|WU]] – (i) [[Wabash University]] – [[Washington University in St. Louis]] – [[Western Union]] – [[Windows Update]] – [[Work unit]] – [[Vienna University of Economics and Business|WU Wien]] (German ''Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien'', Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration) |
* [[WU (disambiguation)|WU]] – (i) [[Wabash University]] – [[Washington University in St. Louis]] – [[Western Union]] – [[Windows Update]] – [[Work unit]] – [[Vienna University of Economics and Business|WU Wien]] (German ''Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien'', Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration) |
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* [[WUU2]] – What you up to – Internet slang popular with teenagers. |
* [[Wuu2|WUU2]] – What you up to – Internet slang popular with teenagers. |
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* WUBU2 – What you been up to |
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==WV== |
==WV== |
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* [[World Veterinary Association|WVA]] – (i) [[World Veterinary Association]] |
* [[World Veterinary Association|WVA]] – (i) [[World Veterinary Association]] |
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* [[West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference|WVIAC]] – (i) [[West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference]] |
* [[West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference|WVIAC]] – (i) [[West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference]] |
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* [[WVR (disambiguation)|WVR]] – (i) Women's Volunteer Reserve (World War II UK) |
* [[WVR (disambiguation)|WVR]] – (i) [[Women's Volunteer Reserve]] (World War II UK) |
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* [[WVSC (disambiguation)|WVSC]] – (i) Women's Volunteer Service Corps (World War II Canada) |
* [[WVSC (disambiguation)|WVSC]] – (i) Women's Volunteer Service Corps (World War II Canada) |
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* [[West Virginia University|WVU]] – (i) [[West Virginia University]] |
* [[West Virginia University|WVU]] – (i) [[West Virginia University]] |
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*[[WYSIWYG]] – (a) What You See Is What You Get (pronounced "wizzy-wig". ''See entry'' for derived acronyms) |
*[[WYSIWYG]] – (a) What You See Is What You Get (pronounced "wizzy-wig". ''See entry'' for derived acronyms) |
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*WYSIWYP – (a) What You See Is What You Print / What You See Is What You Pay ("wizzy-whip") |
*WYSIWYP – (a) What You See Is What You Print / What You See Is What You Pay ("wizzy-whip") |
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*WYRFTTM – |
*WYRFTTM – When You Are Free Talk To Me |
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==WZ== |
==WZ== |
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*[[WZ (disambiguation)|WZ]] – (s) [[ |
*[[WZ (disambiguation)|WZ]] – (s) [[Eswatini]] (FIPS 10-4 country code) |
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{{List of acronyms}} |
{{List of acronyms}} |
Latest revision as of 17:44, 12 June 2024
This list contains acronyms, initialisms, and pseudo-blends that begin with the letter W.
For the purposes of this list:
- acronym = an abbreviation pronounced as if it were a word, e.g., SARS = severe acute respiratory syndrome, pronounced to rhyme with cars
- initialism = an abbreviation pronounced wholly or partly using the names of its constituent letters, e.g., CD = compact disc, pronounced cee dee
- pseudo-blend = an abbreviation whose extra or omitted letters mean that it cannot stand as a true acronym, initialism, or portmanteau (a word formed by combining two or more words).
- (a) = acronym, e.g.: SARS – (a) severe acute respiratory syndrome
- (i) = initialism, e.g.: CD – (i) compact disc
- (p) = pseudo-blend, e.g.: UNIFEM – (p) United Nations Development Fund for Women
- (s) = symbol (none of the above, representing and pronounced as something else; for example: MHz – megahertz)
Some terms are spoken as either acronym or initialism, e.g., VoIP, pronounced both as voyp and V-O-I-P.
- W
W0–9
[edit]- W3C – (i) World Wide Web Consortium
- w/ – (p) With: Software w/Documentation. Typically used in advertising or to abbreviate headings. Never used in formal body text.
WA
[edit]- wa – (s) Walloon language (ISO 639-1 code)
- WA
- (s) Namibia (FIPS 10-4 country code; from West Africa)
- Washington state (postal symbol)
- Western Australia (postal symbol)
- (i) World Archery (Federation)
- World Athletics
- WAAC – (i) Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (Britain) (World War I UK)
- WAAF – (i) Women's Auxiliary Air Force (World War II UK)
- WAC
- (a) Western Athletic Conference
- (i) Women's Auxiliary Corps (World War II Canada)
- Women's Army Corps (World War II U.S.)
- WACC – (a) Weighted Average Cost of Capital (accounting)
- WACS – What-A-Cartoon! Show
- WAD – (a) Weapons Alert Designator
- WAGGGS – (a) World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts
- WAGMI - (a) We're All Gonna Make It
- WAGs – (p) Wives And Girlfriends (most notably of England national football team players at the 2006 FIFA World Cup, although the term existed earlier)
- WAK – (s) Wake Island (ISO 3166 trigram, obsolete 1986)
- WAL – see entry
- WAN – (a) Wide area network
- WAP – (a) Wireless Application Protocol
- WAPIMA – (a) What a pain in my ass
- WAR – (a) With All Respect
- WAsP – (p) Short form of WAAAAP (Wind Atlas Analysis and Application Program)
- WASP
- WAYP – (a) White And Yellow Pages
WB
[edit]- Wb – (s) Weber
- WB
- (i) Warner Bros.
- Welcome Back (Internet shorthand)
- WBA
- WBC – (i) World Boxing Council
- WBE – (i) Work Breakdown Element
- WBIT – (i) Women's Basketball Invitation Tournament
- WBO – (i) World Boxing Organization
- WbW
- with best wishes
- white boy wasted
WC
[edit]- WC – (i) Water Closet – Winston Churchill – World Cup (sports)
- WCBO – (i) World Chess Boxing Organisation
- WCBP – (i) World Center for Birds of Prey
- WCCW – (i) World Class Championship Wrestling
- WCL – (i) World Confederation of Labour
- WCPA – (p) World Constitution and Parliament Association
- WCS – (i) Weapon Control Status – Wildlife Conservation Society
- WCW – (i) World Championship Wrestling
- WCWCC – (p) World Committee for a World Constitutional Convention
- WCWS – (i) Women's College World Series, the final phase of the NCAA Division I softball tournament in the US
WD
[edit]- WDC – (i) Western Design Center – World Data Center
- WDWR – Walt Disney World Resort
- WDIN – Wildlife Disease Information Node
WE
[edit]- WEBS – (a) Weapon Effectiveness Battle Simulation
- WEC – (i) World Extreme Cagefighting
- WEEE – (i) Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment
- WEF – (a) World Economic Forum
- WEIRD – (a) Western, educated, industrialized, rich, democratic (cultural identifier of a disproportionate number of psychology test subjects)
- WEM - (a) West Edmonton Mall
- WEU – (i) Western European Union
- WEZ – (a/i) Weapon Engagement Zone
WF
[edit]- WF – (s) Wallis and Futuna Islands (ISO 3166 digram)
- WFC – (i) Women's Forage Corps (World War I UK)
- WFD – (i) Weapon(s) of Focused Destruction
- WFF – (i) Wallops Flight Facility
- WFI - Water for Injection
- WFP – (i) World Food Program
- WFT – (i) Washington Football Team (former NFL franchise name)
- WFZ – (i) Weapons Free Zone
WG
[edit]- WG – (i) Working Group – Wade–Giles
- WGS 84 – World Geodetic System 1984
- WGSRPD
- World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions
- an international biogeography based standardized placename system for flora + floristics locations.
WH
[edit]- WH – (i) Wehrmacht Heer (German World War II army vehicle licence plate code)
- WHAM – (a) Wisconsin Hydrogen-Alpha Mapping (telescope)
- WHI – (i) Women's Health Initiative
- WHIP – (a) Walks plus hits per inning pitched
- WHO – (a) World Health Organization
- WHS – (i) (U.S.) Washington Headquarters Services
WI
[edit]- WI
- (s) Western Sahara (FIPS 10-4 country code)
- Wisconsin (postal symbol)
- (i) Women's Institute
- WIA
- (i) Wounded In Action
- (a) Wireless Institute of Australia (Amateur Radio)
- WIIFM - (i) What's in it for me?
- WIE- (a) Windows Internet Explorer
- WIMP
- WIN-T – (i) Warfighter Information Network-Tactical
- WIPO – (a/i) World Intellectual Property Organization
- WIPP – (a) [Nuclear] Waste Isolation Pilot Plant
- WIYN – (i) Wisconsin Indiana Yale NOAO telescope consortium
WJ
[edit]WK
[edit]- WK – (s) Wake Island (ISO 3166 digram, obsolete 1986)
- WKYP – (a) Will Keep You Posted
- WKX – (a) World Kickboxing Xtrm
WL
[edit]- WL – (i) Wehrmacht Luftwaffe (German World War II air force vehicle licence plate code)
- WLB – (i) Women's Land Brigade (World War II Canada)
- WLF – (s) Wallis and Futuna Islands (ISO 3166 trigram)
- wln – (s) Walloon language (ISO 639-2 code)
- WLOG – (i) Without Loss Of Generality (see WOLOG)
WM
[edit]- WM – (i) Wehrmacht Marine (German World War II navy vehicle licence plate code)
- WMANUS – (a) West Midlands Area National Union of Students
- WMD
- WMI – (i) Wildlife Management Institute
- WMO – (i) World Meteorological Organization
WN
[edit]- WNA – (i) World Nuclear Association
- WNBA – (i) Women's National Basketball Association
- WNF – (i) "Will Not Fix"
- WNL - (i) Medical initialism for "Within Normal Limits"
- WNIT – (i) Women's National Invitation Tournament
- WNSD – (i) What's New, Scooby-Doo?
- WNW – (s) West North-West
WO
[edit]- wo – (s) Wolof language (ISO 639-1 code)
- WO – (i) Warrant Officer
- W/O – (p) Without: Software w/o Documentation
- w/o
- Weight per cent
- without
- WOF - Width of Fabric
- WOFT – (a) Waste Of F***ing Time
- WOFTAM – (a) Waste Of F***ing Time And Money
- WOI – (a/i) Wheels Of Italy
- wol – (s) Wolof language (ISO 639-2 code)
- WOLOG (or WLOG) – (a/i) WithOut Loss Of Generality
- WOM – (a) Write Only Memory
- WOS – (i) Wilson Ornithological Society
- WOSM
- WOT – (i) Waste Of Time
- WoW or WOW – (a) World of Warcraft
WP
[edit]- WP
- WPB – (i) War Production Board during World War II
- WPE – (i) World Pork Expo
- WPK – (p) Wider Peacekeeping
- WPN – (i) Wizards Play Network (sanctioning body for several games, most notably Magic: The Gathering)
- WPT
- WPP - (i) Witness Protection Program
WQ
[edit]- WQS – World Qualifying series (surf)
WR
[edit]- WR – (i) Wide receiver (gridiron football)
- WRAC – (a) Women's Royal Army Corps (World War II UK)
- WRAIR – (a) Walter Reed Army Institute of Research
- WRBWWRM – (i) "We Read Best What We Read Most"
- WRC – (i) World Rally Championship
- WRC - World Religions Conference
- WRNS – (i) Women's Royal Naval Service (World War II UK) (pronounced "wrens")
- WRVS – (i) Women's Royal Voluntary Service, now only known by the acronym (UK)
- WRS – (i) Worldwide Reference System
- wrt or w/r/t – (i) with respect to or with regard to, depending on context
- WRT
- (i) Writer Response Theory
- (i) WRT - "With respect to", especially in fields such as Mathematics.
- (i) World Rally Team
- (i) Wallace Roberts & Todd, LLC (Urban Planning and Design)
- (i) Wireless Ronin Technologies (digital signage)
- (i) NHS Workforce Review Team
- The Linksys routers whose model name start with 'WRT'
- (i) Wholesale, Trade, Retail sector, category in employment and economics statistics
- (i) Wireless Receiver/Transmitter ( computer networks/IT )
- Third party firmware for the Linksys WRT routers and compatible models from other vendors.
- (i) Web Runtime (WRT) is a portable application framework developed by Nokia that allows the creation of widgets on the S60 Platform.
WS
[edit]- WS
- (s) Samoa (ISO 3166 and FIPS 10-4 country code digram; from the country's former name of Western Samoa)
- (i) Writer to the Signet (a Scottish solicitor)
- WSC – (i) Weapon System Catalogue
- WSDL – (i) Web Services Description Language
- WSJ – (i) (The) Wall Street Journal
- WSL
- (i) White Star Line (shipping company)
- Women's Super League, currently used to describe England's top women's association football league and formerly to describe that country's top women's rugby union competition
- Workers' Socialist League (UK political party)
- WSM
- (s) Samoa (ISO 3166 trigram; from Western Samoa)
- (i) Winchester Short Magnum (family of rifle cartridges)
- WSMR – (a/i) White Sands Missile Range ("whiz-murr")
- WSROC – (a) Western Sydney Regional Organisation of Councils
- WSSM – (i) Winchester Super Short Magnum (family of rifle cartridges)
- WST
- (i) Water Soluble Tetrazolium (assay)
- (s) Samoan tālā (ISO 4217 currency code)
- WSTC – (i) Women Signallers Territorial Corps (World War II UK)
- WSUS – Windows Server Update Services
- WSW – (s) West South-West
WT
[edit]- WTA – (i) Women's Tennis Association (cf. WTA Tour, operated by this body)
- WTB
- WTB – (i) Want to Buy (a commonly used phrase in various online games and buy/sell messageboards)
- WTC – (i) World Trade Center
- WTF – (i) What the f**k?; also What a Terrible Failure (android)
- WTFH – (i) What The F**king Hell
- WTH – (i) What the Hell
- WTNWD – (i) Wait To Next Working Day (a commonly used phrase to maintain work life balance)
- WTO – (i) World Trade Organization
- WTS – (i) Want to Sell (a commonly used phrase in various online games and buy/sell messageboards)
WU
[edit]- WU – (i) Wabash University – Washington University in St. Louis – Western Union – Windows Update – Work unit – WU Wien (German Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien, Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration)
- WUU2 – What you up to – Internet slang popular with teenagers.
- WUBU2 – What you been up to
WV
[edit]- WV – (s) West Virginia (postal symbol)
- WVA – (i) World Veterinary Association
- WVIAC – (i) West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
- WVR – (i) Women's Volunteer Reserve (World War II UK)
- WVSC – (i) Women's Volunteer Service Corps (World War II Canada)
- WVU – (i) West Virginia University
- WVUIT – (i) West Virginia University Institute of Technology (note, however, that the initialism is almost never used; the popular name of the school is "WVU Tech")
WW
[edit]- WW – see entry
- WWE – (i) World Wrestling Entertainment
- WWF
- (i) World Wide Fund for Nature, from its original name of World Wildlife Fund, which remains the legal name in the U.S. and Canada
- World Wrestling Federation
- WWI – (i) World War I
- WWII – (i) World War II
- WWIII – (i) World War III
- WWJD – (i) "What would Jesus do?"
- WWS – (i) Wheaton Warrenville South High School
- WWV – (i) Wagner-Werk-Verzeichnis (catalog of the works of Richard Wagner, and callsign of NIST's shortwave radio station in Fort Collins, Colorado)
- WWW – (i) World Wide Web
- WWWF – (i) World Wide Wrestling Federation
WX
[edit]- WXO – (i) Weather [Executive] Officer
WY
[edit]- WY – (s) Wyoming (postal symbol)
- WYSIWYG – (a) What You See Is What You Get (pronounced "wizzy-wig". See entry for derived acronyms)
- WYSIWYP – (a) What You See Is What You Print / What You See Is What You Pay ("wizzy-whip")
- WYRFTTM – When You Are Free Talk To Me