| f |
father |
| F and GP |
Finance and General Purposes |
| F/Lt |
Flight Lieutenant |
| F/O |
Flying Officer |
| FA |
Football Association |
| FAA |
Fleet Air Arm; Fellow, Australian Academy of Science |
| FAAV |
Fellow, Association of Agricultural Valuers |
| FABE |
Fellow, Association of Building Engineers |
| FACC |
Fellow, American College of Cardiology |
| FACCA |
Fellow, Association of Certified and Corporate Accountants |
| FACE |
Fellow, Australian College of Education |
| FACOG |
Fellow, American College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists |
| FACP |
Fellow, American College of Physicians |
| FACS |
Fellow, American College of Surgeons |
| FAI |
Fellow, Chartered Auctioneers' and Estate Agents' Institute; Federation Aeronautique Intemationale |
| FAIA |
Fellow, American Institute of Architects |
| FAIAS |
Fellow, Australian Institute of Agricultural Science |
| FAIM |
Fellow, Australian Institute of Management |
| FAMS |
Fellow, Ancient Monuments Society |
| FANY |
First Aid Nursing Yeomanry |
| FANZCA |
Fellow, Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists |
| FAO |
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations |
| FARELF |
Far East Land Forces |
| FAS |
Fellow, Antiquarian Society; Fellow, Nigerian Academy of Science; Funding Agency for Schools |
| FASA |
Fellow, Australian Society of Accountants |
| FASCE |
Fellow, American Society of Civil Engineers |
| FBA |
Fellow, British Academy; Federation of British Artists |
| FBHI |
Fellow, British Horological Institute; Fellow, British Horticultural Institute |
| FBI |
Federation of British Industries; Federal Bureau of Investigation |
| FBIM |
Fellow, British Institute of Management |
| FBIS |
Fellow, British Interplanetary Society |
| FBOA |
Fellow, British Optical Association |
| FC |
Football Club |
| FCA |
Fellow, Institute of Chartered Accountants; Fellow, Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia; Fellow, New Zealand Society of Accountants; Federation of Canadian Artists |
| FCCA |
Fellow, Chartered Association of Certified Accountants |
| FCCS |
Fellow, Corporation of Secretaries (formerly of Certified Secretaries) |
| FCGI |
Fellow, City and Guilds of London Institute |
| FCH |
Fellow, Coopers Hill College |
| FCI |
Fellow, Institute of Commerce |
| FCIArb |
Fellow, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators |
| FCIB |
Fellow, Corporation of Insurance Brokers; Fellow, Chartered Institute of Bankers |
| FCIBS |
Fellow, Chartered Institution of Building Services; Fellow, Chartered Institute of Bankers in Scotland |
| FCII |
Fellow, Chartered Insurance Institute |
| FCILA |
Fellow, Chartered Institute of Loss Adjusters |
| FCIM |
Fellow, Chartered Institute of Marketing; Fellow, Institute of Corporate Managers (Australia) |
| FCIOB |
Fellow, Chartered Institute of Building |
| FCIPS |
Fellow, Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply |
| FCIS |
Fellow, Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators (formerly Chartered Institute of Secretaries), |
| FCIT |
Fellow, Chartered Institute of Transport |
| FCMA |
Fellow, Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (formerly Institute of Cost and Management Accountants) |
| FCNA |
Fellow, College of Nursing, Australia |
| FCO |
Foreign and Commonwealth Office |
| FCommA |
Fellow, Society of Commercial Accountants |
| FCP |
Fellow, College of Preceptors |
| FCPA |
Fellow, Australian Society of Certified Practising Accountants; Fellow, Canadian Psychological Association |
| FCPath |
Fellow, College of Pathologists |
| FCPS |
Fellow, College of Physicians and Surgeons |
| FCS |
Federation of Conservative Students |
| FCSD |
Fellow, Chartered Society of Designers |
| FCST |
Fellow, College of Speech Therapists |
| FCT |
Federal Capital Territory; Fellow, Association of Corporate Treasurers |
| FCU |
Fighter Control Unit |
| FCWA |
Fellow, Institute of Costs and Works Accountants |
| FDI |
Federation Dentaire Internationale |
| FDS |
Fellow in Dental Surgery |
| FDSRCS |
Fellow in Dental Surgery, Royal College of Surgeons of England |
| FDSRCSE |
Fellow in Dental Surgery, Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh |
| FE |
Far East |
| FEAF |
Far East Air Force |
| Fedn |
Federation |
| FEE |
Federation des Expertes Comptables Europeens |
| FEI |
Federation Equestre Internationale |
| FEIS |
Fellow, Educational Institute of Scotland |
| Fell |
Fellow |
| FEng |
Fellow, Royal Academy (formerly Fellowship) of Engineering |
| FES |
Fellow, Entomological Society; Fellow, Ethnological Society |
| FESC |
Fellow, European Society of Cardiology |
| FF |
Fianna Fail; Field Force |
| FFA |
Fellow, Faculty of Actuaries (in Scotland); Fellow, Institute of Financial Accountants |
| FFAEM |
Fellow, Faculty of Accident and Emergency Medicine |
| FFARACS |
Fellow, Faculty of Anaesthetists, Royal Australasian College of Surgeons |
| FFARCS |
Fellow, Faculty of Anaesthetists, Royal College of Surgeons of England |
| FFARCSI |
Fellow, Faculty of Anaesthetists, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland |
| FFAS |
Fellow, Faculty of Architects and Surveyors, London |
| FFB |
Fellow, Faculty of Building |
| FFCM |
Fellow, Faculty of Community Medicine |
| FFDRCSI |
Fellow, Faculty of Dentistry, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland |
| FFFP |
Fellow, Faculty of Family Planning of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists |
| FFOM |
Fellow, Faculty of Occupational Medicine |
| FFR |
Fellow, Faculty of Radiologists |
| FGCL |
Fellow, Goldsmiths' College, London |
| FGS |
Fellow, Geological Society |
| FGSM |
Fellow, Guildhall School of Music and Drama |
| FHS |
Fellow, Heraldry Society; Forces Help Society and Lord Roberts Workshops |
| FHSA |
Family Health Services Authority |
| FIA |
Fellow, Institute of Actuaries |
| FIAA |
Fellow, Institute of Actuaries of Australia |
| FIAgrM |
Fellow, Institute of Agricultural Management |
| FIAL |
Fellow, International Institute of Arts and Letters |
| FIArb |
Fellow, Institute of Arbitrators |
| FIB |
Fellow, Institute of Bankers |
| FIBiol |
Fellow, Institute of Biology |
| FIC |
Fellow, Institute of Chemistry; Fellow, Imperial College, London |
| FICA |
Fellow, Commonwealth Institute of Accountants; Fellow, Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales |
| FICE |
Fellow, Institution of Civil Engineers |
| FIChemE |
Fellow, Institution of Chemical Engineers |
| FICS |
Fellow, Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers; Fellow, International College of Surgeons |
| FIDE |
Federation Internationale des Echecs; Fellow, Institute of Design Engineers; Federation Internationale pour le Droit Europeen |
| FIEE |
Fellow, Institution of Electrical Engineers |
| FIEEE |
Fellow, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (NY) |
| FIEIE |
Fellow, Institution of Electronics and Electrical Incorporated Engineers |
| FIGD |
Fellow, Institute of Grocery Distribution |
| FIHM |
Fellow, Institute of Housing Managers |
| FIHort |
Fellow, Institute of Horticulture |
| FIHT |
Fellow, Institution of Highways and Transportation |
| FIIB |
Fellow, International Institute of Biotechnology |
| FIIC |
Fellow, International Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works |
| FIL |
Fellow, Institute of Linguists |
| FIM |
Fellow, Institute of Materials (formerly Institution of Metallurgists, then Institute of Metals) |
| FIMA |
Fellow, Institute of Mathematics and its Applications |
| FIMarE |
Fellow, Institute of Marine Engineers |
| FIMBRA |
Financial Intermediaries, Managers and Brokers Regulatory Association |
| FIMC |
Fellow, Institute of Management Consultants |
| FIMechE |
Fellow, Institution of Mechanical Engineers |
| FIMgt |
Fellow, Institute of Management |
| FIMI |
Fellow, Institute of the Motor Industry |
| FIMinE |
Fellow, Institution of Mining Engineers |
| FIMM |
Fellow, Institution of Mining and Metallurgy |
| FIMS |
Fellow, Institute of Mathematical Statistics |
| FIN |
Fellow, Institute of Navigation |
| FInstAM |
Fellow, Institute of Administrative Management |
| FInstD |
Fellow, Institute of Directors |
| FInstE |
Fellow, Institute of Energy |
| FInstF |
Fellow, Institute of Fuel |
| FInstM |
Fellow, Institute of Meat; Fellow, Institute of Marketing |
| FInstP |
Fellow, Institute of Physics |
| FInstPet |
Fellow, Institute of Petroleum |
| FInstPI |
Fellow, Institute of Patentees and Inventors |
| FInstW |
Fellow, Institute of Welding |
| FINucE |
Fellow, Institution of Nuclear Engineers |
| FIOB |
Fellow, Institute of Building |
| FIP |
Fellow, Australian Institute of Petroleum |
| FIPA |
Fellow, Institute of Practitioners in Advertising |
| FIPD |
Fellow, Institute of Personnel and Development |
| FIPM |
Fellow, Institute of Personnel Management |
| FIPR |
Fellow, Institute of Public Relations |
| FIProdE |
Fellow, Institution of Production Engineers |
| FIQA |
Fellow, Institute of Quality Assurance |
| FIStructE |
Fellow, Institution of Structural Engineers |
| FIWEM |
Fellow, Institution of Water and Environmental Management |
| FIWSc |
Fellow, Institute of Wood Science |
| FKC |
Fellow, King's College London |
| fl |
floruit (flourished) |
| FLA |
Fellow, Library Association |
| FLAS |
Fellow, Chartered Land Agents' Society |
| FLCM |
Fellow, London College of Music |
| FLI |
Fellow, Landscape Institute |
| FLS |
Fellow, Linnean Society |
| Flt |
Flight |
| FM |
Field-Marshal |
| FMA |
Fellow, Museums Association |
| FMS |
Federated Malay States; Fellow, Medical Society; Fellow, Institute of Management Services |
| FNA |
Fellow, Indian National Science Academy |
| Fndn |
Foundation |
| fndr |
founder |
| FNI |
Fellow, Nautical Institute; Fellow, National Institute of Sciences in India |
| FO |
Foreign Office; Field Officer; Flying Officer |
| FOIC |
Flag Officer in charge |
| For |
Foreign |
| For Affrs |
Foreign Affairs |
| FOREST |
Freedom Organisation for the Right to Enjoy Smoking Tobacco |
| FOX |
Futures and Options Exchange |
| FPA |
Family Planning Association |
| FPhS |
Fellow, Philosophical Society of England |
| FPRI |
Fellow, Plastics and Rubber Institute |
| FPS |
Fellow, Pharmaceutical Society; Fauna Preservation Society |
| FRA |
Fellow, Royal Academy |
| FRACGP |
Fellow, Royal Australian College of General Practitioners |
| FRACMA |
Fellow, Royal Australian College of Medical Administrators |
| FRACOG |
Fellow, Royal Australian College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists |
| FRACP |
Fellow, Royal Australasian College of Physicians |
| FRACS |
Fellow, Royal Australasian College of Surgeons |
| FRAeS |
Fellow, Royal Aeronautical Society |
| FRAgS |
Fellow, Royal Agricultural Societies (of England, Scotland and Wales) |
| FRAI |
Fellow, Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland |
| FRAIA |
Fellow, Royal Australian Institute of Architects |
| FRAM |
Fellow, Royal Academy of Music |
| FRANZCP |
Fellow, Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists |
| FRAS |
Fellow, Royal Astronomical Society; Fellow, Royal Asiatic Society |
| FRASB |
Fellow, Royal Asiatic Society of Bengal |
| FRASE |
Fellow, Royal Agricultural Society of England |
| FRAstS |
Fellow, Royal Astronomical Society |
| FRBS |
Fellow, Royal Society of British Sculptors; Fellow, Royal Botanic Society |
| FRCA |
Fellow, Royal College of Art; Fellow, Royal College of Anaesthetists |
| FRCGP |
Fellow, Royal College of General Practitioners |
| FRCM |
Fellow, Royal College of Music |
| FRCN |
Fellow, Royal College of Nursing |
| FRCO |
Fellow, Royal College of Organists |
| FRCOG |
Fellow, Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists |
| FRCOphth |
Fellow, Royal College of Ophthalmologists |
| FRCP |
Fellow, Royal College of Physicians, London |
| FRCPA |
Fellow, Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia |
| FRCPath |
Fellow, Royal College of Pathologists |
| FRCPI |
Fellow, Royal College of Physicians of Ireland |
| FRCPsych |
Fellow, Royal College of Psychiatrists |
| FRCR |
Fellow, Royal College of Radiologists |
| FRCS |
Fellow, Royal College of Surgeons, England |
| FRCSCan |
Fellow, Royal College of Surgeons of Canada |
| FRCSGlas |
Fellow, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow |
| FRCSI |
Fellow, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland |
| FRCSoc |
Fellow, Royal Commonwealth Society |
| FRCVS |
Fellow, Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons |
| FREconS |
Fellow, Royal Economic Society |
| FRES |
Fellow, Royal Empire Society, Royal Entomological Society of London |
| FRFPSG |
Fellow, Royal Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons, Glasgow |
| FRGS |
Fellow, Royal Geographical Society |
| FRHistS |
Fellow, Royal Historical Society |
| FRHS |
Fellow, Royal Horticultural Society |
| FRIAS |
Fellow, Royal Incorporation of Architects of Scotland; Royal Institute for the Advancement of Science |
| FRIBA |
Fellow, Royal Institute of British Architects |
| FRIC |
Fellow, Royal Institute of Chemistry |
| FRICS |
Fellow, Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors |
| FRINA |
Fellow, Royal Institution of Naval Architects |
| FRMetS |
Fellow, Royal Meteorological Society |
| FRMS |
Fellow, Royal Microscopical Society |
| FRNCM |
Fellow, Royal Northern College of Music |
| FRNS |
Fellow, Royal Numismatic Society |
| FRPS |
Fellow, Royal Photographic Society |
| FRPSL |
Fellow, Royal Philatelic Society, London |
| FRS |
Fellow, Royal Society |
| FRSA |
Fellow, Royal Society of Arts |
| FRSAI |
Fellow, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland |
| FRSAMD |
Fellow, Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama |
| FRSC |
Fellow, Royal Society of Canada; Fellow, Royal Society of Chemistry |
| FRSE |
Fellow, Royal Society of Edinburgh |
| FRSGS |
Fellow, Royal Scottish Geographical Society |
| FRSH |
Fellow, Royal Society for the Promotion of Health |
| FRSL |
Fellow, Royal Society of Literature |
| FRSNZ |
Fellow, Royal Society of New Zealand |
| FRTPI |
Fellow, Royal Town Planning Institute |
| FRTS |
Fellow, Royal Television Society |
| FSA |
Fellow, Society of Antiquaries; Fellow, Society of Arts |
| FSAA |
Fellow, Society of Incorporated Accountants and Auditors |
| FSAI |
Fellow, Society of Architectural Illustrators |
| FSAScot |
Fellow, Society of Antiquaries of Scotland |
| FSCA |
Fellow, Society of Company and Commercial Accountants |
| FScotvec |
Fellow, Scottish Vocational Education Council |
| FSE |
Fellow, Society of Engineers |
| FSI |
Fellow, Chartered Surveyors' Institution; Fellow, Securities Institute |
| FSIA |
Fellow, Securities Institute of Australia |
| FSLCOG |
Fellow, Sri Lankan College of Obstetrics and Gynaecology |
| FSMC |
Freeman of the Spectacle-Makers' Company |
| FSS |
Fellow, Royal Statistical Society |
| FSTD |
Fellow, Society of Typographic Designers |
| FSVA |
Fellow, Incorporated Society of Valuers and Auctioneers |
| FT |
Financial Times |
| FTCL |
Fellow, Trinity College of Music, London |
| FUCUA |
Federation of University Conservative and Unionist Associations |
| Fus |
Fusiliers |
| FZS |
Fellow, Zoological Society |
