List of acronyms: W

This list contains acronyms, initialisms, and pseudo-blends  that begin with the letter W.

Contents

• W09
• WA
• WB
• WC
• WD
• WE
• WF
• WG
• WH
• WI
• WJ
• WK
• WL
• WM
• WN
• WO
• WP
• WQ
• WR
• WS
• WT
• WU
• WV
• WW
• WX
• WY
• WZ
• References

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)

(Main list of acronyms)

W – (s) Tungsten (from German Wolfram) – Watt – West