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4. CAPITALIZATION EXAMPLES
(Based on the rules in the preceding chapter, ``Capitalization Rules'')
A-bomb
abstract B, 1, etc.
Academy:
Air Force; the Academy
Andover; the academy
Coast Guard; the Academy
Merchant Marine; the Academy
Military; the Academy
National Academy of Sciences; the Academy of Sciences; the academy
Naval; the Academy
but service academies
accord, Paris peace (see Agreement)
accords, Helsinki
Act (Federal, State, or foreign), short or popular title or with
number; the act:
Appropriation
Classification
Economy
Flood Control
Lend-Lease Act; but lend-lease materials, etc.
National Teacher Corps
Organic Act of Virgin Islands
Panama Canal
Pay
Public Act 145 (see also Public Act)
Revenue
River and Harbor Act of 1996
Selective Training and Service
Stock Piling
Tariff
Trademark
Walsh-Healey Act; but Walsh-Healey law (or bill)
act, labor-management relations
Acting, if part of capitalized title
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Address Resolution Protocol (ARP)
Adjutant General, the (see The)
Administration, with name; capitalized standing alone if Federal unit:
Farmers Home
Food and Drug
Maritime
Veterans' (follow apostrophe)
but Reagan administration; administration bill, policy, etc.
Administrative Law Judge Davis; Judge Davis; an administrative law judge
Administrator of Veterans' Affairs; the Administrator
Admiralty, British, etc.
Admiralty, Lord of the
Adobe Acrobat Portable Document Format (PDF)
Adobe Acrobat Reader
Adviser, Legal (Department of State)
Africa:
east
East Coast
north
South
South-West (Territory of)
West Coast
African-American (see Black)
Agency, if part of name; capitalized standing alone if referring to
Federal unit:
Central Intelligence; the Agency
Chippewa (Indian); the agency
agent orange
Ages:
Age of Discovery
Dark Ages
Elizabethan Age
Golden Age (of Pericles only)
Middle Ages
but atomic age; Cambrian age; copper age; ice age; missile age; rocket
age; space age; stone age; etc.
Agreement, with name; the agreement:
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT); the general agreement
International Wheat Agreement; the wheat agreement; the coffee
agreement
North American Free-Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
Status of Forces; but status-of-forces agreements
United States-Canada Free-Trade Agreement; the free-trade agreement
but the Geneva agreement; the Potsdam agreement; Paris peace agreement
Air Force:
Air National Guard (see National)
Base (with name); Air Force base (see Base; Station)
Civil Air Patrol; Civil Patrol; the patrol
Command (see Command)
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One (Presidential plane)
Reserve
Reserve Officers' Training Corps
WAF (see Women in the Air Force)
Airport: La Guardia; Reagan National; the airport
Alaska Native (collective term for Aleuts, Eskimos, and Indians of
Alaska): the Native; but a native of Alaska, Ohio, etc.
Alliance, Farmers', etc.; the alliance
Alliance for Progress; the Alliance
Alliance for Progress Program
alliances and coalitions (see also powers):
Allied Powers; the powers (World Wars)
Atlantic alliance
Axis, the; Axis Powers; the powers
Benelux (Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg)
Big Four (European); of the Pacific
Big Three
Central Powers; the powers (World War I)
European Economic Community (see also Common Market)
Fritalux (France, Italy, Benelux countries)
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (see Organization)
Western Powers
Western Union (powers); the union
Allied (World Wars I and II):
armies
Governments
Nations
peoples
Powers; the powers; but European powers
Supreme Allied Commander
Allies, the (World Wars I and II); also members of Western bloc
(political entity); but our allies; weaker allies, etc.
Alzheimer's disease
Ambassador:
British, etc.; the Ambassador; the Senior Ambassador; His Excellency
Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary; the Ambassador; Ambassador at
Large; an ambassador
amendment:
Social Security Amendments of 1954; 1954 amendments; the Social
Security amendments; the amendments
Baker amendment
to the Constitution (U.S.); first amendment, 14th amendment, etc.
American:
Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-
CIO); the federation
Gold Star Mothers, Inc.; Gold Star Mothers; a Mother
Legion (see Legion)
National Red Cross; the Red Cross
Veterans of World War II (AMVETS)
War Mothers; War Mothers; a Mother
American Standard Code for Information Interchange (ASCII)
AmeriCorps Program
Amtrak (National Railroad Passenger Corporation)
Ancient Free and Accepted Masons; a Mason; a Freemason
Annex, if part of name of building; the annex
ANSI Z39.50
Antarctic Ocean (see Arctic; Ocean)
appellations:
Bay State (Massachusetts)
Big Four (powers, railroad, etc.)
City of Churches (Brooklyn)
Fair Deal
Great Depression
Great Society
Holocaust
Keystone State (Pennsylvania)
New Deal
New Federalism
New Frontier
the Hub (Boston)
Third World
appendix 1, A, II, etc.; the appendix; but Appendix II, when part of
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AppleShare
AppleTalk Address Resolution Protocol (AARP)
appropriation bill (see also bill):
deficiency
Department of Agriculture
for any governmental unit
independent offices
aquaculture; acquiculture
Arab States
Arabic numerals
Arboretum, National; the Arboretum
Archipelago, Philippine, etc.; the archipelago
Architect of the Capitol; the Architect
Archivist of the United States; the Archivist
Arctic:
Circle
Current (see Current)
Ocean
zone
but subarctic
arctic (descriptive adjective):
clothing
conditions
fox
grass
night
seas
Arctics, the
Area, if part of name; the area:
Cape Hatteras Recreational
White Pass Recreation; etc.
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Area--Continued
but area 2; free trade area; Metropolitan Washington area; bay area;
nonsmoking area
Arlington:
Memorial Amphitheater; the Memorial Amphitheater; the amphitheater
Memorial Bridge (see Bridge)
National Cemetery (see Cemetery)
Arm, Cavalry, Infantry, etc. (military); the arm
Armed Forces (synonym for overall Military Establishment); British Armed
Forces; the Armed Forces of the United States
armed services
armistice
Armory, Springfield, etc.; the armory
Army, American or foreign, if part of name; capitalized standing alone
only if referring to U.S. Army:
Active; Active-Duty
Adjutant General, the
All-Volunteer
Band (see Band)
branches; Gordon Highlanders; Royal Guards; etc.
Brigade, 1st, etc.; the brigade; Robinson's brigade
Command (see Command)
Command and General Staff College (see College)
Company A; A Company; the company
Confederate (referring to Southern Confederacy); the Confederates
Continental; Continentals
Corps (see Corps)
District of Washington (military); the district
Division, 1st, etc.; the division
Engineers (the Corps of Engineers); the Engineers; but Army engineer
Establishment
Field Establishment
Field Forces (see Forces)
Finance Department; the Department
1st, etc.
General of the Army; but the general
General Staff; the Staff
Headquarters, 1st Regiment
Headquarters of the; the headquarters
Hospital Corps (see Corps)
Medical Museum (see Museum)
Organized Reserves; the Reserves
Regiment, 1st, etc.; the regiment
Regular Army officer; a Regular
Revolutionary (American, British, French, etc.)
service
Surgeon General, the (see Surgeon General)
Volunteer; the Volunteers; a Volunteer
army:
Lee's army; but Clark's 5th Army
mobile
mule, shoe, etc.
of occupation; occupation army
Red
Arsenal, Rock Island, etc.; the arsenal
article 15; but Article 15, when part of title: Article 15: Uniform Code
of Military Justice
Articles
of Confederation (U.S.)
of Impeachment; the articles
Assembly of New York; the assembly (see also Legislative Assembly)
Assembly (see United Nations)
Assistant, if part of capitalized title; the assistant
assistant, Presidential (see Presidential)
Assistant Secretary (see Secretary)
Associate Justice (see Supreme Court)
Association, if part of name; capitalized standing alone if referring to
Federal unit:
American Association for the Advancement of Science; the association
Federal National Mortgage (Fannie Mae); the Association
Young Women's Christian; the association
Astrophysical Observatory (see Observatory)
Asynchronous Balanced Mode (ABM)
Atlantic:
Charter (see Charter)
coast
community
Coast States
Destroyer Flotilla; the destroyer flotilla; the flotilla
Fleet (see Fleet)
mid-Atlantic
North
Pact (see Pact)
seaboard
slope
South
time, standard time (see time)
but cisatlantic; transatlantic
Attorney General (U.S. or foreign country); but attorney general of
Maine, etc.
attorney, U.S.
Authority, capitalized standing alone if referring to Federal unit:
National Shipping; the Authority
Port of New York; the port authority; the authority
St. Lawrence Seaway Authority of Canada; the authority
Tennessee Valley; the Authority
Auto Train (Amtrak)
autumn
Avenue, Constitution, etc.; the avenue
Award: Academy, Distinguished Service, Merit, Mother of the Year, etc.;
the award (see also decorations, etc.)
Axis, the (see alliances)
Ayatollah
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Badlands (SD and NE)
Balkan States (see States)
Baltic States (see States)
Band, if part of name; the band:
Army, Marine, Navy
Eastern, etc. (of Cherokee Indians)
Bank, if part of name; the bank; capitalized standing alone if referring
to international bank:
Export-Import Bank of the United States; Ex-Im Bank; the Bank
Farm Loan Bank of Dallas; Dallas Farm Loan Bank; farm loan bank; farm
loan bank at Dallas
Farmers & Mechanics, etc.
Federal home loan bank at Cumberland
Federal Land Bank of Louisville; Louisville Federal Land Bank; land
bank at Louisville; Federal land bank
Federal Reserve Bank of New York; Richmond Federal Reserve Bank; but
Reserve bank at Richmond; Federal Reserve bank; Reserve bank;
Reserve city
First National, etc.
German Central; the Bank
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development; the Bank
International Monetary; the Bank
International World; the Bank
but blood bank, central reserve, soil bank
Bar, if part of name; Maryland (State) Bar Association; Maryland (State)
bar; the State bar; the bar association
Barracks, if part of name; the barracks:
Carlisle
Disciplinary (Leavenworth)
Marine (District of Columbia)
but A barracks; barracks A; etc.
Base, Andrews Air Force; Air Force base; the base (see also Naval); but
Sandia Base
Basin (see geographic terms)
Battery, the (New York City)
Battle, if part of name; the battle:
of Gettysburg; but battle at Gettysburg; etc.
of the Bulge; of the Marne; of the Wilderness; of Waterloo; etc.
battlefield, Bull Run, etc.
battleground, Manassas, etc.
Bay, San Francisco Bay area; the bay area
Belt, if part of name; the belt:
Bible
Corn
Cotton
Dairy
Farm
Ice
Oil
Rust
Sun
Wheat
but money belt
Beltway, capitalized with name; the beltway
Bench (see Supreme Bench)
Benelux (see alliances)
Bible; Biblical; Scriptures; Ten Commandments; etc. (see also book)
Bible Belt (see Belt)
Bicentennial
Commission; the Commission
the Bicentennial
celebration, ceremony
State bicentennial
a bicentennial (general sense)
bill, Kiess; Senate bill 217; House bill 31 (see also appropriation
bill)
Bill of Rights (historic document); but GI bill of rights
Bizonia; bizonal; bizone
Black (synonym for African-American)
Black Caucus (see Congressional)
bloc (see Western)
block (grants)
Bluegrass region, etc.
B'nai B'rith
Board, if part of name; capitalized standing alone only if referring to
Federal or international board:
Employees' Compensation Appeals
Federal Maritime
Federal Reserve (see Federal)
General (Navy)
Loyalty Review
Macy Board, etc. (Federal board with name of person)
Military Production and Supply (NATO)
National Labor Relations
of Directors (Federal unit); but board of directors (nongovernmental)
of Health of Montgomery County; Montgomery County Board of Health; the
board of health; the board
of Managers (of the Soldiers' Home)
of Regents (Smithsonian)
of Visitors (Military and Naval Academies)
on Geographic Names
Railroad Retirement
Bolshevik; Bolsheviki (collective plural); Bolshevist; bolshevism
bond:
Government
savings
series EE
Treasury
war
book:
books of the Bible
First Book of Samuel; etc.
Good Book (synonym for Bible)
book 1, I, etc.; but Book 1, when part of title: Book 1: The Golden
Legend
Boolean logic
Boolean operator
Boolean search
Border Patrol (U.S.)
border, United States-Mexican
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Borough, if part of name: Borough of the Bronx; the borough
Botanic Garden (National); the garden (not Botanical Gardens)
Bowl, Dust, Ice, Rose, etc.; the bowl
Boxer Rebellion (see Rebellion)
Boy Scouts (the organization); a Boy Scout; a Scout; Scouting; Eagle
Scout; Explorer Scout
Branch, if part of name; capitalized standing alone only if referring to
a Federal unit:
Accounts Branch
Public Buildings Branch
but executive, judicial, or legislative branch
Bridge, if part of name; the bridge:
Arlington Memorial; Memorial
Francis Scott Key; Key
M Street
but Baltimore & Ohio Railroad bridge
Brother(s) (adherent of religious order)
Budget of the United States (publication); the Budget (Office implied);
the budget
budget:
department
estimate
Federal
message
performance-type
President's
Building, if part of name; the building:
Capitol (see Capitol Building)
Colorado
House (or Senate) Office
Investment
New House (or Senate) Office
Old House Office
Pentagon
the National Archives; the Archives
Treasury; Treasury Annex
bulletin board service (BBS)
Bulletin 420; Farmers' Bulletin No. 420
Bureau, if part of name; capitalized standing alone if referring to
Federal or international unit:
of Customs (name changed to U.S. Customs Service)
of Engraving and Printing
of Indian Affairs
of Social Hygiene, New York; the bureau; etc.
C-SPAN
Cabinet, American or foreign, if part of name or standing alone (see
also foreign cabinets):
British Cabinet; the Cabinet
the President's Cabinet; the Cabinet; Cabinet officer, member
cache
Calendar, if part of name; the calendar:
Consent; etc.
House
No. 99; Calendars Nos. 1 and 2
of Bills and Resolutions
Private
Calendar--Continued
Senate
Unanimous Consent
Union
Wednesday (legislative)
Cambrian age (see Ages)
Camp Lejeune; David, etc.; the camp
Canal, with name; the canal:
Cross-Florida Barge
Isthmian
Panama
Zone (Isthmian); the zone (see also Government)
Cape (see geographic terms)
Capital, Capital City, National Capital (Washington, DC); but the
capital (State)
Capitol Building (with State name); the capitol
Capitol, the (Washington, DC):
Architect of
Building
caucus room
Chamber
Cloakroom
dome
Grounds
Halls (House and Senate)
Halls of Congress
Hill; the Hill
Police (see Police)
Power Plant
Prayer Room
Press Gallery, etc.
rotunda
Senate wing
stationery room
Statuary Hall
the well (House or Senate)
west front
catch-22
caucus: Republican; but Black Caucus (incorporated name); Sun Belt
Caucus; Decimal Caucus
CD-ROM
Cemetery, if part of name: Arlington National; the cemetery
Census:
Nineteenth Decennial (title); Nineteenth Census (title); the census
1980 census
1980 Census of Agriculture; the census of agriculture; the census
the 14th and subsequent decennial censuses
Center, if part of name; the Center (Federal); the center (non-Federal):
Agricultural Research, etc.; the Center (Federal)
Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts; the Kennedy Center; the Center
(Federal)
the Lincoln Center; the center (non-Federal)
central Asia, etc.
Central America
Central Europe
central processing unit (CPU)
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Central States
central time (see time)
century, first, 21st, etc.
Chair, the, if personified
Chairman:
of the Board of Directors; the Chairman (Federal); but chairman of the
board of directors (non-Federal)
of the Committee of the Whole House; the Chairman
of the Federal Trade Commission; the Chairman
chairman (congressional):
of the Appropriations Committee
of the Subcommittee on Banking
but Chairman Davis
Chamber of Commerce; the chamber:
of Ada; Ada Chamber of Commerce; the chamber of commerce
of the United States; U.S. Chamber of Commerce; the chamber of
commerce; national chamber
Chamber, the (Senate or House)
channel 3 (TV); the channel
Chaplain (House or Senate); but Navy chaplain
chapter 5, II, etc.; but Chapter 5, when part of title: Chapter 5:
Research and Development; Washington chapter, Red Cross
Charge d'Affaires, British, etc.; the Charge d'Affaires; the Charge
chart 2, A, II, etc.; but Chart 2, when part of legend: Chart 2.--Army
strength
Charter, capitalized with name; the charter:
Atlantic
United Nations
cheese: Camembert, Cheddar, Parmesan, Provolone, Roquefort, etc.
Chief, if referring to head of Federal unit; the Chief:
Forester (see Forester)
Intelligence Office
Justice (U.S. Supreme Court); but chief justice (of a State)
Magistrate (the President)
of Division of Publications
of Engineers (Army)
of Naval Operations
of Staff
Chief Clerk, if referring to head of Federal unit
Chief Judge, if referring to Federal unit
Christian; Christian name, etc.; Christendom; Christianity;
Christianize; but christen
church and state
church calendar:
Christmas
Easter
Lent
Whitsuntide (Pentecost)
Church, if part of name of organization or building
Circle, if part of name; the circle:
Arctic
Logan
but great circle
Circular 420
cities, sections of, official or popular names:
East Side
French Quarter (New Orleans)
Latin Quarter (Paris)
North End
Northwest Washington, etc. (District of Columbia); the Northwest; but
northwest (directional)
the Loop (Chicago)
City, if part of corporate or popular name; the city:
Hub (Boston)
Kansas City; the two Kansas Citys
Mexico City
New York City; but city of New York
Twin Cities
Washington City; but city of Washington
Windy City (Chicago)
but Reserve city (see Bank)
civil action No. 46
civil defense
Civil Service Commission (obsolete) (now Office of Personnel Management)
Civil War (see War)
Clan, if part of tribal name; Clan MacArthur; the clan
class 2, A, II, etc.; but Class 2 when part of title: Class 2: Leather
Products
Clerk, the, of the House of Representatives; of the Supreme Court of the
United States
clerk, the, of the Senate
client
client/server
coal sizes: pea, barley, buckwheat, stove, etc.
coalition; coalition force; coalition members, etc.
coast: Atlantic, east, gulf, west, etc.
Coast Guard, U.S.; the Coast Guard; Coastguardsman Smith; but a
coastguardsman; a guardsman; Reserve
Coastal Plain (Atlantic and Gulf)
Code (in shortened title of a publication); the code:
District
Federal Criminal
Internal Revenue (also Tax Code)
International (signal)
of Federal Regulations
Penal; Criminal; etc.
Pennsylvania State
Radio
Television
Uniform Code of Military Justice
United States
ZIP Code (copyrighted)
but civil code; flag code; Morse code
codel (congressional delegation)
collection, Brady, etc.; the collection
collector of customs
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College, if part of name; the college:
Armed Forces Staff
Command and General Staff
Gettysburg
National War
of Bishops
but electoral college
college degrees: bachelor of arts, master's, etc.
Colonials (American Colonial Army); but colonial times, etc.
Colonies, the:
Thirteen
Thirteen American
Thirteen Original
but 13 separate Colonies
colonists, the
Command, capitalize with name; the command:
Air Materiel
GHQ Far East
Joint Far Eastern
Potomac River Naval
Zone of Interior
Commandant, the (Coast Guard or Marine Corps only)
Commandos, the; Commando raid; a commando
Commission (if part of name; capitalized standing alone if referring to
Federal or international commission):
Alaska Road
International Boundary, United States, Alaska, and Canada
of Fine Arts
on Civil Rights
Public Buildings
Commissioner, if referring to Federal or international commission; the
Commissioner:
Land Bank; but land bank commissioner loans
of Customs
of Immigration and Naturalization
of the Five Civilized Tribes, etc.
U.S. (International Boundary Commission, etc.)
but a U.S. commissioner
Committee (or Subcommittee) (if part of name; the Committee, if
referring to international or noncongressional Federal committee
or to the Committee of the Whole, the Committee of the Whole
House, or the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the
Union):
American Medical Association Committee on Education; the committee on
education; the committee
Appropriations, etc.; the committee; Subcommittee on Appropriations;
the subcommittee; subcommittee of the Appropriations Committee
Democratic National; the national committee; the committee; Democratic
national committeeman
Democratic policy committee; the committee
Interagency Advisory Committee on Domestic Transport and Storage and
Post Utilization; the Committee
Joint Committee on Taxation; the Joint Committee; the committee; but a
joint committee
of Defense Ministers (NATO); the Committee (see also Organization,
North Atlantic Treaty)
of One Hundred, etc.; the committee
on Finance; the committee
on Public Safety; the committee
President's Advisory Committee on Management; the Committee
Republican National; the national committee; the committee; Republican
national committeeman
Republican policy committee; the committee
Senate policy committee
Subcommittee No. 5, etc.; the subcommittee
Subcommittee on Immigration; the subcommittee
but Baker committee
ad hoc committee
conference committee
Committee Print No. 32; Committee Prints Nos. 8 and 9; committee print
Common Cause
Common Gateway Interface (CGI)
Commonwealth of Australia, Virginia, etc.; British Commonwealth; the
Commonwealth
Commune (of Paris)
Communist; communism; communistic
Compact Disk Interactive (CD-I)
Compact Disk--Read Only Memory (CD-ROM)
Compact Disk--Recordable (CD-R)
compact, U.S. marine fisheries, etc.; the compact
Company, if part of name; capitalized standing alone if referring to
unit of Federal Government:
Alaska Railroad Company; the Company
Panama Railroad Company; the Company
Procter & Gamble Co.; the company
COM port
Comptroller of the Currency; the Comptroller
Comptroller General (U.S.); the Comptroller
Comsat
Concord
conelrad
Confederacy (of the South)
Confederate:
Army
Government
soldier
States
Confederation, Swiss; the Confederation
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Conference, if referring to governmental (U.S.) or international
conference:
Bretton Woods; the Conference
Judicial Conference of the United States; U.S. Judicial Conference;
Judicial Conference; the Conference
Tenth Annual Conference of the United Methodist Churches; the
conference
Congress (convention), if part of name; capitalized standing alone if
referring to international congress:
International Good Roads; Good Roads; the Congress
of Parents and Teachers, National; the congress
Congress (legislature), if referring to national congress:
of Bolivia, etc.; the Congress
of the United States; First, Second, 11th, 82d, etc.; the Congress
Congressional:
Black Caucus; the Black Caucus; the caucus
Directory, the directory
District, First, 11th, etc.; the First District; the congressional
district; the district
Library; the Library
Medal of Honor (see decorations)
but congressional action, committee, etc.
Congressman; Congresswoman; Congressman at Large; Member of Congress;
Member; membership
Constitution, with name of country; capitalized standing alone when
referring to a specific national constitution; but New York State
Constitution; the constitution
constitutional
consul, British, etc.
consul general, British, etc.
consulate, British, etc.
Consultative Committee for International Telegraphy and Telephony
(CCITT)
Consumer Price Index (official title); the price index; the index; but a
consumers' price index (descriptive)
Contadora group
Continent, only if following name; American Continent; the continent;
but the Continent (continental Europe)
Continental:
Army; the Army
Congress; the Congress
Divide (see Divide)
Outer Continental Shelf
Shelf; the shelf; a continental shelf
continental:
Europe, United States, etc.
not worth a continental [dollar]
Continentals (Revolutionary soldiers)
Contra
Convention, governmental (U.S.), international, or national political;
the convention:
Constitutional (United States, 1787); the Convention
Democratic National; Democratic
Genocide (international)
19th Annual Convention of the American Legion
on International Civil Aviation
Universal Postal Union; Postal Union
also International Postal; Warsaw
copper age (see Ages)
Corn Belt (see Belt)
Corporation, if part of name; the Corporation, if referring to unit of
Federal Government:
Commodity Credit
Federal Deposit Insurance
National Railroad Passenger (Amtrak)
Rand Corp.; the corporation (see also abbreviations)
St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation
Union Carbide Corp.; the corporation
Virgin Islands
Corps, if part of name; the corps, all other uses:
Adjutant General's
Army Hospital
Artillery
Chemical
Counterintelligence
Enlisted Reserve
Finance
Foreign Service Officer (see Foreign Service)
Job
Judge Advocate General's
Marine (see Marine Corps)
Medical
Military Police
Nurse
of Cadets (West Point)
of Engineers; Army Engineers; the Engineers; but Army engineer; the
corps
Officers' Reserve
Ordnance
Peace; Peace Corpsman; the corpsman
Quartermaster
Reserve Officers' Training (ROTC)
VII Corps, etc.
Signal
Teachers; but Teacher Corps Act
Transportation
Women's Army (WAC); a Wac; the Wacs
Youth
but diplomatic corps
corpsman; hospital corpsman
corridor, Northeast
Cotton Belt (see Belt)
Council, if part of name; capitalized standing alone if referring to
Federal or international unit (see also United Nations):
Boston City; the council
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Choctaw, etc.; the council
Her Majesty's Privy Council; the Privy Council; the Council
National Security; the Council
of Foreign Ministers (NATO); the Council
of the Organization of American States; the Council
Philadelphia Common; the council
counsel; general counsel
County, Prince George's; county of Prince George's; County Kilkenny,
etc.; Loudoun and Fauquier Counties; the county
Court (of law) capitalized if part of name; capitalized standing alone
if referring to the Supreme Court of the United States, to the
Court of Impeachment (U.S. Senate), or to an international
court:
Circuit Court of the United States for the Tenth Circuit; Circuit
Court for the Tenth Circuit; the circuit court; the court; the tenth
circuit
Court of Appeals for the State of North Carolina, etc.; the Tenth
Circuit Court of Appeals; the court of appeals; the court
Court of Claims; the court
Court of Customs and Patent Appeals; the court
Court of Impeachment, the Senate; the Court
District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of
Missouri; the district court; the court
Emergency Court of Appeals, United States; the court
International Court of Justice; the Court
Permanent Court of Arbitration; the Court
Superior Court of the District of Columbia; the superior court; the
court
Supreme Court of the United States (see Supreme Court)
Supreme Court of Virginia, etc.; the supreme court; the court
Tax Court; the court
U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia; the court
Covenant, League of Nations; the covenant
Creed, Apostles'; the Creed
Crown, if referring to a ruler; but crown colony, lands, etc.
cruise missile
Current, if part of name; the current:
Arctic
Humboldt
Japan
North Equatorial
customhouse; customs official
czar; czarist
database
database management system (DBMS)
Dairy Belt (see Belt)
Dalles, The; but the Dalles region
Dam (see geographic terms)
Dark Ages (see Ages)
Daughters of the American Revolution; a Real Daughter; King's Daughters;
a Daughter
daylight saving time
days (see holidays)
Declaration, capitalized with name:
of Independence; the Declaration
of Panama; the declaration
decorations, medals, etc., awarded by United States or any foreign
national government; the medal, the cross, the ribbon (see also
Award):
Air Medal
Bronze Star Medal
Commendation Ribbon
Congressional Medal of Honor
Croix de Guerre
Distinguished Flying Cross
Distinguished Service Cross
Distinguished Service Medal
Good Conduct Medal
Iron Cross
Legion of Merit
Medal for Merit
Medal of Freedom
Medal of Honor
Purple Heart
Silver Star Medal
Soldier's Medal
Victoria Cross
Victory Medal
but oakleaf cluster
also Carnegie Medal; Olympic Gold Medal; but gold medal
Decree (see Executive; Royal Decree)
Deep South
Defense Establishment (see Establishment)
De Gaulle Free French; Free French; but General de Gaulle; de Gaullist
Deity, words denoting, capitalized
Delegate (U.S. Congress)
delegate (to a conference); the delegate; the delegation
Delta, Mississippi River; the delta
Department, if part of name; capitalized standing alone if referring to
a Federal or international unit:
of Agriculture
of the Treasury
Yale University Department of Economics; the department of economics;
the department
Department of New York, American Legion
department:
executive
judicial
legislative
Depot, if part of name; the depot (see also Station)
Depression, Great
Deputy, if part of capitalized title; but the deputy
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derivatives of proper names:
alaska seal (fur) india ink
angora wool india rubber
angstrom unit italic type
apache (Paris) jamaica ginger
argyle wool japan varnish
artesian well jersey fabric
astrakhan fabric johnin test
axminster rug joule
babbitt metal kafircorn
benday process knickerbocker
bohemian set kraft paper
bologna sausage lambert
bordeaux mixture leghorn hat
bourbon whiskey levant leather
bowie knife levantine silk
braille lilliputian
brazil nut logan tent
brazilwood london purple
brewer's yeast lufbery circle
bristolboard lyonnaise potatoes
britannia metal macadamized road
britanniaware mach (no period)
brussels carpet number
brussels sprouts madras cloth
bunsen burner maginot line
burley tobacco (nonliteral)
canada balsam manila paper
(microscopy) maraschino cherry
carlsbad twins mason jar
(petrography) maxwell
cashmere shawl melba toast
castile soap mercerized fabric
cesarean section merino sheep
chantilly lace molotov cocktail
chesterfield coat morocco leather
china clay morris chair
chinese blue murphy bed
climax basket navy blue
collins (drink) nelson, half nelson,
congo red etc.
cordovan leather neon light
coulomb newmarket cloak
curie newton
decauville rail nissen hut
degaussing norfolk jacket
apparatus oriental rug
delftware osnaburg cloth
derby hat oxford shoe
diesel engine, panama hat
dieselize parianware
dotted swiss paris green
epsom salt parkerhouse roll
fedora hat pasteurized milk
fletcherize persian lamb
frankfurt sausage petri dish
frankfurter pharisaic
french chalk philistine
french dressing photostat
french-fried pitman arm
potatoes pitot tube
fuller's earth plaster of paris
gargantuan prussian blue
gauss quisling
georgette crepe quixotic idea
german silver quonset hut
gilbert rembert wheel
glauber salt roentgen
gothic type roman candle
graham bread roman cement
harderian gland roman type
harveyized steel russia leather
herculean task russian bath
hessian fly rutherford
holland cloth sanforize
hoolamite detector saratoga chips
hudson seal (fur)
saratoga chips turkey red
scotch plaid, but turkish towel
Scotch tape utopia, utopian
(trademark) vandyke collar
shanghai vaseline
siamese twins venetian blind
simon pure venturi tube
spanish omelet victoria (carriage)
stillson wrench vienna bread
stubs wire virginia reel
surah silk wedgwoodware
swiss cheese, but wheatstone bridge
Swiss watch wilton rug
taintor gate woodruff key
timothy grass zeppelin
desktop management interface (DMI)
deutsche mark
dial-up
Diet, Japanese (legislative body)
diplomatic corps (see also Corps; service)
Director, if referring to head of Federal or international unit; the
Director:
District Director of Internal Revenue
of Coast and Geodetic Survey
of Fish and Wildlife Service
Office of Management and Budget
of the Mint
but director, board of directors (nongovernmental)
Director General of Foreign Service; the Director General; the Director
diseases and related terms:
AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome)
Alzheimer's disease
cerebral palsy
Down's syndrome
German measles
Hodgkin's disease
Lyme disease
Marfan's syndrome
Meniere's syndrome
myasthenia gravis
Parkinson's disease
Reye's syndrome
spina bifida
Distinguished Service Medal, etc. (see decorations)
District, if part of name; the district:
Alexandria School District No. 4; school district No. 4
Chicago Sanitary; the sanitary district
Congressional (with number)
Federal (see Federal)
1st Naval; naval district
Los Angeles Water; the water district
Manhattan Engineer (atomic)
but customs district No. 2; first assembly district
District of Columbia; the District:
Anacostia Flats; the flats
Arlington Memorial Bridge; the Memorial Bridge; the bridge
District jail; the jail; DC jail
Ellipse, the
General Hospital; the hospital
Highway Bridge; 14th Street Bridge; the bridge
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Mall, The National; The Mall
Mayor (when pertaining to the District of Columbia only)
Metropolitan Police; Metropolitan policeman; the police
Monument Grounds; the grounds
Monument, Washington; the monument
police court
Public Library; the library
Reflecting Pool; the pool
Tidal Basin; the basin
Washington Channel; the channel
Divide, Continental (Rocky Mountains); the divide
Divine Father; but divine guidance, divine providence, divine service
Division, Army, if part of name: 1st Cavalry Division; 1st Air Cavalry
Division; the division
Division, if referring to Federal governmental unit; the Division:
Buick Division; the division; a division of General Motors
Passport; the Division
but Trinity River division (reclamation); the division
Dixie; Dixiecrat
docket No. 66; dockets Nos. 76 and 77
Doctrine, Monroe; the doctrine; but Truman, Eisenhower doctrine
doctrine, fairness
Document, if part of name; the document:
Document No. 130
Document Numbered One Hundred and Thirty
Document Style and Semantics Language (DSSL)
Domain Name Service (DNS)
Dominion of Canada, of New Zealand, etc.; the Dominion; but British
dominions; a dominion; dominion status
dots per inch (dpi)
Draconian
drawing II, A, 3, etc.; but Drawing 2 when part of title: Drawing 2.--
Hydroelectric Power Development
Dust Bowl (see Bowl)
e-mail (lowercase within a sentence)
E-mail (uppercase ``E'' to start a sentence)
Earth (planet)
East:
Coast (Africa)
Europe (political entity)
Middle, Mideast (Asia)
Near (Balkans)
Side of New York
South Central States
the East (section of United States); also Communist political entity
east:
Africa
coast (U.S.)
Pennsylvania
Eastern:
Europe (political entity)
Far (Orient) (see Far East)
Gulf States
Hemisphere (see Hemisphere)
Middle, Mideastern (Asia)
North Central States
Shore (Chesapeake Bay)
States
United States
eastern:
France
seaboard
time, eastern standard time (see time)
Wisconsin
easterner
EE-bond
electoral college; the electors
Elizabethan Age (see Ages)
Emancipation Proclamation (see Proclamation)
Embassy, British, etc.; the Embassy
Emperor, Japanese, etc.; the Emperor
Empire, Ottoman; the empire
Engine Company, Bethesda; engine company No. 6; No. 6 engine company;
the company
Engineer officer, etc. (of Engineer Corps); the Engineers
Engineers, Chief of (Army)
Engineers, Corps of (see Corps)
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary; the Envoy; the
Minister
Equator, the; equatorial
Establishment, if part of name; the establishment:
Army
Army Field
Defense
Federal
Military
Naval; but naval establishments
Navy
Postal
Regular
Reserve
Shore
but civil establishment; legislative establishment
Estate, Girard (a foundation); the estate
estate, third (the commons); fourth (the press); etc.
Eurodollar
European theater of operations; the European theater; the theater
Excellency, His; Their Excellencies
Exchange, New York Stock; the stock exchange; the exchange
Executive (President of United States):
Chief
Decree No. 100; Decree 100; but Executive decree; direction
Document No. 95
Mansion; the mansion; the White House
Office; the Office
Order No. 34; Order 34; but Executive order
power
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executive:
agreement document
branch paper
communication privilege
department
exhibit 2, A, II, etc.; but Exhibit 2, when part of title: Exhibit 2:
Capital Expenditures, 1935-49
Expedition, Byrd; Lewis and Clark; the expedition
Experiment Station (see Station)
Explorer I, etc.
Exposition, California-Pacific International, etc.; the exposition
Express, if part of name: Federal Express, the
Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code (EBCDIC)
Extensible Markup Language (XML)
Fair Deal
Fair, World's, etc.; the fair; Texas State Fair
fall (season)
Falls, Niagara; the falls
Far East, Far Eastern (the Orient); Far West (U.S.); but far western
Farm, if part of name; the farm:
Johnson Farm; but Johnson's farm
San Diego Farm
Wild Tiger Farm
Farm Belt (see Belt)
Fascist; Fascisti; fascistic; fascism
Father of his Country (Washington)
Fathers (Founding)
Fed, the (no period)
Federal (synonym for United States or other sovereign power):
District (Mexico)
Establishment
Government (of any national government)
grand jury; the grand jury
land bank (see Bank)
Register (publication); the Register
Reserve bank (see Bank)
Reserve Board, the Board; also Federal Reserve System, the System;
Federal Reserve Board Regulation W, but regulation W
but a federal form of government
Federal Bulletin Board (FBB)
Federal Depository Gateways
federally
fellow, fellowship (academic); (lowercase with name)
Fiber Distributed Data Interface (FDDI)
Field, Byrd, Stewart, etc.; the field
figure 2, A, II, etc. (illustration); but Figure 2, when part of legend:
Figure 2.--Market scenes
File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
firewall
firm names:
ACDelco
Aluminium, Ltd.
America Online
Appleton-Century-Crofts, Inc.
Bausch & Lomb Inc.
Bristol Myers Squibb Co.
Carson, Pirie, Scott & Co.
Champion International Corp.
Coldwell Banker
Colgate-Palmolive Co.
Curtiss-Wright Corp.
DeVilbiss Air Power Co.
Dow Jones & Co., Inc.
Dun & Bradstreet
E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co.
Eagle-Picher Industries, Inc.
Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. (A&P)
Hamilton Beach/Proctor Silex, Inc.
Hartmarx Corp.
Hewlett-Packard
Houghton Mifflin Co.
Ingersoll-Rand Co.
Intel Corp.
Johns-Manville Corp.
Kennecott Exploration Co.
Kmart
Libbey-Owens-Ford Co.
Macmillan Co.
MCI Worldcom
Merck Sharp & Dohme
Merrill Lynch & Co.
Microsoft
Olin Corp.
J.C. Penney Co., Inc.
Phelps Dodge Corp.
Pfizer Inc.
PricewaterhouseCoopers
Procter & Gamble Co.
Rand McNally & Co.
Rolls-Royce
Sears, Roebuck & Co.
Smith Corona Corp.
SmithKline Beecham
Sun Microsystems
Sunoco Inc.
3M
Trans World Airlines
Underwriters Laboratories, Inc.
Unisys Corp.
US Airways
USX Corporation
Wal-Mart
Weyerhaeuser Co.
Xerox Corp.
First Family (Presidential)
First Lady (wife of President)
First World War (see War)
flag code
flag, U.S.:
Old Flag, Old Glory
Stars and Stripes
Star-Spangled Banner
flags, foreign:
Tricolor (French)
Union Jack (British)
United Nations
Fleet, if part of name; the fleet:
Atlantic
Channel
Grand
High Seas
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Marine Force
Naval Reserve
Pacific, etc. (naval)
6th Fleet, etc.
U.S.
floor (House or Senate)
flyway; Canadian flyway, etc.
Force(s), if part of name; the force(s):
Active Forces
Active-Duty
Air (see also Air Force)
All-Volunteer
Armed Forces (synonym for overall U.S. Military Establishment)
Army Field Forces; the Field Forces
Fleet Marine
Navy Battle (see Navy)
Navy Scouting (see Navy); Reserve Force
Rapid Deployment
7th Task; the task force; but task force report (Hoover Commission)
United Nations Emergency; the Emergency Force; the Force; but United
Nations police force
foreign cabinets:
Foreign Office; the Office
Minister of Foreign Affairs; Foreign Minister; the Minister
Ministry of Foreign Affairs; the Ministry
Premier
Prime Minister
Foreign Legion (French); the legion
Foreign Service; the Service:
officer
Officer Corps; the corps
Reserve officer; the Reserve officer
Reserve Officer Corps; the Reserve Corps; the corps
Staff officer; the Staff officer
Staff Officer Corps; the Staff Corps; the corps
Forest, if part of name; the national forest; the forest:
Angeles National
Black
Coconino and Prescott National Forests
but State and National forests (see System)
Forester (Chief of Forest Service); the Chief; also Chief Forester
form 2, A, II, etc.; but Form 2, when part of title: Form 1040:
Individual Income Tax Return; but withholding tax form
Format Output Specifications Instance (FOSI)
Fort McHenry, etc.; the fort
Foundation, if part of name; capitalized standing alone if referring to
Federal unit:
Chemical; the foundation
Ford; the foundation
Infantile Paralysis; the foundation
National Science; the Foundation
Russell Sage; the foundation
Founding Fathers; Founders/Founder (of this Nation, Country)
four freedoms
Framers (of the U.S. Constitution; of the Bill of Rights)
free world
Frisco (for San Francisco; no apostrophe)
Fritalux (see alliances)
Fund, if part of name; capitalized standing alone if referring to
international or United Nations fund:
Common Market Fund; the Fund
Development Loan Fund; the Fund (U.S. Government corporation)
International Monetary; the Fund
Rockefeller Endowment; the fund
Special Projects (United Nations); the Fund
but civil service retirement fund; highway trust fund; mutual security
fund; national service life insurance fund; revolving fund
Gadsden Purchase
Gallery of Art, National (see National)
Gallup Poll; the poll
gateway
Gateway-to-Gateway Protocol (GGP)
Geiger counter
General Board (of Navy) (see Board)
General Order No. 14; General Orders No. 14; a general order
General Schedule
gentile
Geographer, the (State Department)
geographic terms (terms, such as those listed below,\3\ are capitalized
if part of name; are lowercased in general sense (rivers of
Virginia and Maryland)):
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\3\ List compiled with cooperation of the U.S. Board on Geographic
Names.
Archipelago Branch (stream)
Area Brook
Arroyo Butte
Atoll Canal; the canal
Bank (Panama)
Bar Canyon
Basin, Upper Cape
(Lower) Colorado Cascade
River, etc. (legal Cave
entity); but Cavern
Hansen flood- Channel; but
control basin; Mississippi River
Missouri River channel(s)
basin (drainage); Cirque
upper Colorado Coulee
River storage Cove
project Crag
Bay Crater
Bayou Creek
Beach Crossroads
Bench Current (ocean fea-
Bend ture)
Bight Cut
Bluff Cutoff
Bog Dam
Borough (boro) Delta
Bottom Desert
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Divide Neck
Dome (not geologic) Needle
Draw (stream) Notch
Dune Oasis
Escarpment Ocean
Estuary Oxbow
Falls Palisades
Fault Park
Flat(s) Pass
Floodway Passage
Ford Peak
Forest Peninsula
Fork (stream) Plain
Gap Plateau
Geyser Point
Glacier Pond
Glen Pool
Gorge Port (water body)
Gulch Prairie
Gulf Range (mountain)
Gut Rapids
Harbor Ravine
Head Reef
Hill Reservoir
Hogback Ridge
Hollow River
Hook Roads (anchorage)
Horn Rock
Hot Spring Run (stream)
Icefield Sea
Ice Shelf Seaway
Inlet Shoal
Island Sink
Isle Slough
Islet Sound
Keys (Florida only) Spit
Knob Spring
Lagoon Spur
Lake Strait
Landing Stream
Ledge Summit
Lowland Swamp
Marsh Terrace
Massif Thoroughfare
Mesa Trench
Monument Trough
Moraine Valley
Mound Volcano
Mount Wash
Mountain Waterway
Narrows Woods
Geological Survey (see Survey)
GI bill of rights
Girl Scouts (organization); a Girl Scout; a Scout; Scouting
G-man
Gold Star Mothers (see American)
Golden Age (see Ages)
Golden Rule
gopher
Gospel, if referring to the first four books of the New Testament; but
gospel truth
Government:
British, etc.; the Government
Canal Zone; the government
department, officials, -owned, publications, etc. (U.S. Government)
National and State Governments
Printing Office (see Office)
U.S.; National; Federal
Government Information Locator Service (GILS)
Government information product
government:
Churchill
Communist
District (of Columbia)
European governments
Federal, State, and municipal governments
insular; island
military
seat of
State
State and Provincial governments
Territorial
governmental
Governor:
of Louisiana, etc.; the Governor; a Governor; State Governor(s);
Governors' conference
of Puerto Rico; the Governor
of the Federal Reserve Board; the Governor
Governor General of Canada; the Governor General
GPO Access
grade, market (see market grades)
grand jury (see Federal)
Grange, the (National)
grant, Pell
graph 2, A, II, etc.; but Graph 2, when part of title: Graph 2.--
Production levels
Graphical Device Interface (GDI)
Graphical User Interface (GUI)
Graphics Interchange Format (GIF)
Great:
Basin
Beyond
Depression
Divide
Lakes; the lakes; lake(s) traffic
Plains; but southern Great Plains
Rebellion (see Rebellion)
Seal (any nation)
Society
War (see War)
White Way (New York City)
great circle (navigation)
Greater Los Angeles, Greater New York
gross national product (GNP)
Group:
G 7 (Group of 7) (representatives of the seven leading industrial
nations)
Helsinki Monitoring; the group
Military Advisory Group; the group
Standing (see Organization)
group 2, II, A, etc.; but Group 2, when part of title: Group II: List of
Counties by States
guaranteed annual wage (GAW)
Guard, National (see National)
guardsman (see Coast Guard; National Guard)
Gulf:
Coast States; but gulf coast
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of Mexico; the gulf
States
Stream; the stream
Hall (U.S. Senate or House)
Halls of Congress
H-bomb; H-hour
Headquarters:
Alaska Command; the command headquarters
4th Regiment Headquarters; regimental headquarters
32d Division Headquarters; the division headquarters
hearing examiner
Heaven (Deity); heaven (place)
Heimlich maneuver
hell (place)
Hells (no apostrophe) Canyon
Hemisphere, Eastern; Western; etc.; the hemisphere
High Church
High Commissioner
High Court (see Supreme Court)
High School, if part of name: Western; the high school
Highway Bridge (Washington, DC); the bridge
Highway No. 40; Route 40; State Route 9; the highway
Hill (the Capitol)
His Excellency the Duke of Argyll, etc.; His Excellency; Their
Excellencies
His Majesty; Her Majesty; Their Majesties
Hispanic
historic events and epochs:
Reformation, the
Renaissance, the
Restoration, the (English)
Revolution of July (French)
Revolution, the (American, 1775; French, 1789; English, 1688)
holidays and some special days:
Admission Day
All Fools' (April Fools') Day
Arbor Day
Armed Forces Day
Christmas Day, Eve
Columbus Day
D-day; D-plus-4-day
Father's Day
Flag Day
Founders' Day
Fourth of July
Halloween
Hanukkah
Hogmanay
Inauguration Day (Federal)
Independence Day (Fourth of July)
Labor Day
Lincoln's Birthday
Lord's day
M-day (mobilization day)
Martin Luther King, Jr., Day
Memorial Day (also Decoration Day)
Mother's Day
New Year's Day, Eve
Presidents Day
Rosh Hashanah
St. Valentines Day
Thanksgiving Day
V-E Day; V-J Day
Veterans (no apostrophe) Day
Washington's Birthday
Yom Kippur
but election day; primary day
Holocaust (World War II); a holocaust
Holy Scriptures; Holy Writ (Bible)
Home (see Naval; Soldiers')
home page
Hospice, if part of name
Hospital, if part of name; the hospital:
District of Columbia General
5th Regiment
Freedmen's
St. Elizabeths (no apostrophe)
but naval (marine or Army) hospital
hospital corpsman (see corpsman)
House, if part of name:
Johnson house (private residence)
Lee (hotel); the house
of Representatives; the House (U.S.)
of the Woods (palace); the house
Office Building (see Building)
Ohio (State); the house
but both Houses; lower (or upper) House (Congress)
House of Representatives (U.S.), titles of officers standing alone
capitalized:
Chairman (Committee of the Whole)
Chaplain
Clerk; but legislative clerk, etc.
Doorkeeper
Official Reporter(s) of Debates
Parliamentarian
Postmaster
post office
Sergeant at Arms
Speaker pro tempore
Speaker; speakership
HUD (Department of Housing and Urban Development)
Hudson's Bay Co.
Hurricane Dale, Danny, Darcy, etc.
HyperText-browser for Telnet accessible sites (HYTELNET)
HyperText Markup Language (HTML)
HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP)
HyperText Transfer Protocol Daemon (HTTPD)
ice age (see Ages)
Indians:
Absentee Shawnee
Alaska (see Native)
Eastern (or Lower) Band of Cherokee; the band
Five Civilized Tribes; the tribes
Native Americans
Shawnee Tribe; the tribe
Six Nations (Iroquois Confederacy)
Initiative, Caribbean Basin; but strategic defense initiative
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Inquisition, Spanish; the Inquisition
inspector general
Institute, if part of name; capitalized standing alone if referring to
Federal or international organization:
National Cancer; the Cancer Institute; the Institute
National Institutes of Health; the Institutes
of International Law; the Institute
Woman's Institute; the institute
Institution, if part of name; capitalized standing alone if referring to
Federal unit:
Brookings; the institution
Carnegie; the institution
Smithsonian; the Institution
insular government; island government
Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN)
intercoastal waterway (see waterway)
interdepartmental
interface
International Court of Justice; the Court
international:
banks (see Bank)
dateline
boundary
law
Morse code (see Code)
International Telecommunications Union (ITU)
Internet, Intranet
Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP)
Internet Protocol (IP)
Internet service provider (ISP)
Interstate 95; I-95; the interstate
Intracoastal Waterway; the waterway (see also waterway)
intrastate
Irish potato
Iron Cross (see decorations)
Iron Curtain; the curtain
Isthmian Canal (see Canal)
Isthmus of Panama; the isthmus
Ivory Coast
Japan Current (see Current)
Java
Java applets
JavaBeans
JavaScript
Jersey cattle
Job Corps
Joint Chiefs of Staff; Chiefs of Staff
Joint Committee on Printing (see Committee)
Joint Photographic Experts Group (JPEG)
Journal clerk; the clerk
Journal (House or Senate)
Judge Advocate General, the
judge; chief judge; circuit judge; district judge; but Judge Bryan
Justice; Justice O'Connor
just in time (JIT)
judiciary, the
Kennedy round
Kermit
King of England, etc.; the King
Koran, the; Koranic
Krugerrand
Laboratory, if part of name; capitalized standing alone if referring to
Federal unit: Forest Products; the Laboratory; but laboratory (non-
Federal)
Lake: Erie, of the Woods, Salt; the lake
Lane, if part of name: Maiden; the lane
Latter-day Saints
law, Walsh-Healey, etc.; law 176; law No. 176; copyright law; Ohm's,
etc.
League, Urban; the league
Legation, Finnish, etc.; the Legation
Legion:
American; the Legion; a Legionnaire;
French Foreign; the legion
Legislative Assembly, if part of name: of New York; of Puerto Rico,
etc.; the legislative assembly; the assembly
legislative branch, clerk, session, etc.
Legislature:
National Legislature (U.S. Congress); the Legislature
Ohio Legislature; Legislature of Ohio; the State legislature; the
legislature
Letters Patent No. 378,964; but patent No. 378,964; letters patent
Liberty Bell; Liberty ship
Librarian of Congress; the Librarian
Library:
Army; the library
Harry S. Truman; the library
of Congress; the Library
Hillsborough Public; the library
Lieutenant Governor of Idaho, etc.; the Lieutenant Governor
Light, if part of name; the light:
Boston
Buffalo South Pier Light 2; but light No. 2; light 2
but Massachusetts Bay lights
Lighthouse (see Light Station)
Lightship, if part of name; the lightship:
Grays Reef Lightship
North Manitou Shoal Lightship
Light Station, if part of name; the light station; the station:
Minots Ledge Light Station
Watch Hill Light Station
Line(s), if part of name; the line(s):
Burlington Lines (railroad)
Greyhound Line (bus)
Holland-America Line (steamship)
Maginot (fortification)
line:
DEW (Distant Early Warning)
Mason-Dixon line or Mason and Dixon's line
Pinetree
State
Link Access Procedure for Modems (LAPM)
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listserv
Little Inch; Big Inch (pipelines)
local area network (LAN)
Local: Teamsters Local Union No. 15; but local No. 15
local time, local standard time (see time)
locator service
Loop, the (see cities)
Louisiana Purchase
Low Church
Lower, if part of name:
California (Mexico)
Colorado River Basin
Egypt
Peninsula (of Michigan)
lower:
48 (States)
House of Congress
Mississippi
MacTCP
MacWais
Mafia
Magna Carta
Majesty, His, Her (see His Majesty)
Majority Leader Lott; but the majority leader (U.S. Congress)
Mall, The National; The Mall (District of Columbia)
Mansion, Executive (see Executive)
map 3, A, II, etc.; but Map 2, when part of title: Map 2.--Railroads of
Middle Atlantic States
mariculture
Marine Corps; the corps:
Marines (the corps); but marines (individuals)
Organized Reserve; the Reserve
also a marine; a woman marine; the women marines (individuals);
soldiers, sailors, coastguardsmen, and marines
Maritime Provinces (Canada) (see Province)
market grades and classes:
U.S. grade A
barley: Western, Mixed, Malting Two-rowed
beans: Red Kidney, U.S. No. 2 Pea
cattle: Prime, Choice, Good
corn: Yellow, White, Mixed, Dent
cotton: Middling, Strict Good Ordinary, Strict Low Middling, Good
Ordinary, etc.
hay: Timothy Light Clover Mixed, Upland Prairie
oats: White, Red, Mixed
soybeans: Yellow, Black, Mixed
tobacco: Flue-cured, Fire-cured, Cigar-wrapper
wheat: Hard Red Spring, Red Durum, Durum, Hard Red Winter, White,
Mixed, etc.
wool: Grade 60's or one-half blood
Marshal (see Supreme Court)
marshal (U.S.)
medals (see decorations)
Medicaid
Medicare Act; Medicare plan
Medicare Program
MediCal
Medicare-plus
Medigap
Member, if referring to Senator, Representative, Delegate, or Resident
Commissioner of U.S. Congress; also Member at Large; Member of
Parliament, etc.; but membership; member of U.S. congressional
committee
Memorial: Jefferson, Lincoln, Vietnam, etc.; the memorial
Merchant Marine Reserve; the Reserve; but U.S. merchant marine; the
merchant marine
methods of access
Metroliner
Metropolitan Washington, etc.; but Washington metropolitan area
MHz
midcontinent region
Middle Ages (see Ages)
Middle Atlantic States
Middle East; Mideast; Mideastern; Middle Eastern (Asia)
middle Europe
Middle West, Midwest (section of United States)
Middle Western States; Midwestern States; but midwestern farmers, etc.
Midsouth (section of United States)
Military Academy (see Academy)
Military Establishment (see Establishment)
Militia, if part of name; the militia:
1st Regiment Ohio
Indiana
Naval
of Ohio
Organized
milkshed, Ohio, etc. (region)
millennium
millions of instructions per second (MIPS)
Minister Plenipotentiary; the Minister; Minister Without Portfolio (see
also foreign cabinets)
Ministry (see foreign cabinets)
Minority Leader Thomas A. Daschle; but the minority leader (U.S.
Congress)
Mint, Philadelphia, etc.; the mint
minutemen (colonial)
missiles: capitalize such missile names as Hawk, Hound Dog, Redeye,
Scud, Trident, etc.; but cruise missile, air-to-air missile,
surface-to-air missile, etc.
Mission, if part of name; the mission:
Gospel Mission
Mission 66
but diplomatic mission; military mission; Jones mission
Monument:
Bunker Hill; the monument
Grounds; the grounds (Washington Monument)
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National (see National)
Washington; the monument (District of Columbia)
Moon
Mountain States
mountain time, mountain standard time (see time)
Moving Pictures Experts Group (MPEG)
Mr. Chairman; Mr. Secretary; etc.
MS-DOS
Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME)
Museum, capitalize with name; the museum:
Army Medical; the Medical Museum
Field
National
National Air; the Air Museum
Narrowband ISDN (N-ISDN)
Nation (synonym for United States); but a nation; nationwide; also
French nation, Balkan nations
Nation, Creek; Osage; etc.; the nation
nation, in general, standing alone
National, in conjunction with capitalized name:
Academy of Sciences (see Academy)
and State institutions, etc.
Archives and Records Administration
Capital (Washington); the Capital; but national capital area
Endowment for the Arts; the Endowment
Gallery of Art; the National Gallery; the gallery
Grange; the Grange
Guard, Ohio, etc.; Air National; the National Guard; the Guard; a
guardsman; but a National Guard man; National Guardsman
Institute (see Institute)
Legislature (see Legislature)
Monument, Muir, etc.; the national monument; the monument
Museum (see Museum)
Naval Medical Center (Bethesda, MD)
Park, Yellowstone, etc.; Yellowstone Park; the national park; the park
Treasury; the Treasury
War College
Woman's Party; the party
Zoological Park (see Zoological)
national:
agency check (NAC)
anthem, customs, spirit, etc.
British, Mexican, etc.
defense agencies
stockpile
water policy
Native, Alaska; but Ohio native, etc. (see Alaska)
Naval, if part of name:
Academy (see Academy)
Base, Guam Naval; the naval base
District, 1st Naval (see District)
Establishment (see Establishment)
Home (Philadelphia); the home
Militia; the militia
Observatory (see Observatory)
Potomac River Naval Command (see Command)
Reserve; the Reserve; a reservist
Reserve Force; the force
Reserve officer; a Reserve officer
Shipyard (if preceding or following name): Brooklyn Naval Shipyard;
Naval Shipyard, Brooklyn; but the naval shipyard
Station (if preceding or following name): Key West Naval Station;
Naval Station, Key West; the station
Volunteer Naval Reserve
War College; the War College; the college
naval, in general sense:
command (see Command)
district (see District)
expenditures, maneuvers, officer, service, stores, etc.
petroleum reserves; but Naval Petroleum Reserve No. 2 (Buena Vista
Hills Naval Reserve); reserve No. 2
navel orange
Navy, American or foreign, if part of name; capitalized standing alone
only if referring to U.S. Navy:
Admiral of the; the admiral
Battle Force; the Battle Force; the force
Establishment; the establishment
Hospital Corps; hospital corpsman; the corps
Regular
regulation 56
Scouting Force; the scouting force; the force
Seabees (construction battalion); a Seabee
7th Task Force (see Force)
navy yard
Nazi; nazism
Near East (Balkans, etc.)
network
network address translation module (NAT)
Network News Transfer Protocol (NNTP)
Negro (see Black)
New Deal; anti-New Deal
New, if part of name: New Willard
New England States
New World; but new world order
Nine Power Treaty; the treaty
North:
Atlantic
Atlantic Pact (see Pact)
Atlantic States
Atlantic Treaty (see Treaty)
Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) (see Organization)
Equatorial Current (see Current)
Korea
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Pole
Slope (Alaska)
Star (Polaris)
the North (section of United States)
north:
Africa
Ohio, Virginia, etc.
north-central region, etc.
Northeast corridor
northern Ohio
Northern States
northerner
Northwest Pacific
Northwest Territory (1799)
Northwest, the (section of the United States)
Northwest Washington (see cities)
Northwestern:
States
United States
numbers capitalized if spelled out as part of a name:
Air Force One (Presidential plane)
Charles the First
Committee of One Hundred
Nineteenth Census (see Census)
Observatory, capitalized with name:
Astrophysical; the Observatory
Lick; the observatory (nongovernmental)
Naval; the Observatory
Occident, the; occidental
Ocean, if part of name; the ocean:
Antarctic
Arctic
Atlantic
North Atlantic, etc.
Pacific
South Pacific, etc.
Southwest Pacific, etc.
Oceanographer (the Hydrographer), Navy
Office, if referring to unit of Federal Government; the Office:
Executive
Foreign (see foreign cabinets)
General Accounting; the Accounting Office; the Office
Government Printing; the Printing Office; the Office
Naval Oceanographic
of Alien Property
of Chief of Naval Operations
of General Counsel
of Management and Budget
of Personnel Management (formerly Civil Service Commission)
of the Secretary (Defense); Secretary's Office
Patent and Trademark
but New York regional office (including branch, division, or section
therein); the regional office; the office
officer:
Army
Marine; but naval and marine officers
Navy; Navy and Marine officers
Regular Army; Regular; a Regular
Reserve
WAC, WAVE
Old Dominion (Virginia)
Old South
Old World
Olympic games; Olympiad; XXIII Olympic games
ombudsman, Maryland (State)
online
Operation Deep Freeze, Snowdrop, etc.; but Deep Freeze operation
optical character recognition (OCR)
Order of Business No. 56 (congressional calendar)
Ordnance:
Corps (see Corps)
Department; the Department
Depot (see Depot)
Organization, if part of name; capitalized standing alone if referring
to international unit:
International Labor
North Atlantic Treaty (NATO):
Chiefs of Staff
Committee of Defense Ministers
Council
Council of Foreign Ministers
Defense Committee
Military Committee
Military Production and Supply
Board
Mutual Defense Assistance Program
Pact (see Pact)
Regional Planning Group;
the Group
Standing Group; the Group
of American States (formerly Pan American Union)
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization
(Unesco/) (formerly UNESCO)
Organized:
Marine Corps Reserve; Marine Reserve; the Reserve
Militia; the militia
Naval Militia; the Naval Militia; the militia
Reserve Corps; the Reserve
Orient, the; oriental
Outer Continental Shelf (see Continental)
Pacific (see also Atlantic):
Basin
coast
Coast (or slope) States
Northwest
rim
seaboard
slope
South
States
time, Pacific standard time (see time)
but cispacific; transpacific
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Packet Internet Groper (PING)
Pact, capitalized with name; lowercased standing alone:
Atlantic; Atlantic Defense
Baghdad
Four Power
Kellogg
North Atlantic; North Atlantic Defense
page description language (PDL)
pan-American games; but Pan American Day
Pan American Union (see Organization of American States)
Panel, the Federal Service Impasses (Federal), etc.; the Panel
Panhandle of Texas; Texas Panhandle; the panhandle; etc.
papers, Woodrow Wilson, etc.; the papers; but white paper
Parish, Caddo, etc.; but parish of Caddo (Louisiana civil division); the
parish
Park, Fairmount, etc.; the park (see also National)
Park Police, U.S.; park policeman
Park, Zoological (see Zoological)
Parkway, George Washington Memorial; the memorial parkway; the parkway
Parliament, Houses of; the Parliament
Parliamentarian (U.S. Senate or House)
part 2, A, II, etc.; but Part 2, when part of title: Part 2: Iron and
Steel Industry
Pass, Brenner, capitalized if part of name; the pass
patent (see Letters Patent)
Patrol, U.S. Border; the Border Patrol
Peninsula Upper (Lower) (Michigan); the peninsula
Penitentiary, Albany, etc.; the penitentiary
permanent access service
personal computer (PC)
petrodollar
phase 2; phase I
Philippine Republic (see Republic)
Pilgrim Fathers (1620); the Pilgrims; a Pilgrim
Place, if part of name: Jefferson Place; the place
Plains (Great Plains), the
plan:
Colombo
controlled materials
5-year
Marshall (European Recovery Program)
Reorganization Plan No. 6 (Hoover Commission); plan No. 1
Planetarium, Fels, Hayden; the planetarium
Plant, Rockford Arsenal; the plant; but United States Steel plant
plate 2, A, II, etc.; but Plate 2, when part of title: Plate 2.--Rural
Structures
Plaza, Union Station (Washington, DC); the plaza
Pledge of Allegiance
Point 4 Program; point 4
Point of Presence (POP)
Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP)
Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol (PPTP)
Pole: North, South; the pole; subpolar
Pole Star (Polaris); polar star
Police, if part of name; the police:
Capitol
Park, U.S.
White House
political action committee (PAC)
political parties and adherents (Party, if part of name; the party):
Communist; a Communist
Conservative; a Conservative
Democratic; a Democrat
Independent; an Independent
Liberal; a Liberal
Libertarian; a Libertarian
National Woman's; Woman's Party
Progressive; a Progressive
Republican; Grand Old Party; but grand old Republican Party; a
Republican
Socialist; a Socialist
Pool, Northwest Power, etc.; the pool
Pope; but papal, patriarch, pontiff, primate
Port, if part of name; Port of Norfolk; Norfolk Port; the port (see
Authority)
Post Office, Chicago, etc.
P.O. Box (with number); but post office box (in general sense)
Postal Union (see Union)
Postmaster General
PostScript
Powers, if part of name; the powers (see also alliances):
Allied (World Wars I and II)
Axis (World War I)
Big Four
Western
but European powers
precinct; first, 11th precinct
Premier (see foreign cabinets)
Preserve, Wichita National Forest Game, etc.; Wichita Game Preserve;
Wichita preserve
Presidency (office of the head of Government)
President:
of the United States; the Executive;
the Chief Magistrate; the Commander in Chief; the President-elect;
ex-President; former President; also preceding name
of any other country; the President
of Federal or international unit
but president of the Erie Railroad; president of the Federal Reserve
Bank of New York
Presidential assistant, authority, order, proclamation, candidate,
election, timber, year, etc.
Prime Minister (see foreign cabinets)
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Prison, Auburn, etc.; the prison
private key
Privy Council, Her Majesty's (see Council)
Prize, Nobel, Pulitzer, etc.; the prize
Proclamation, Emancipation; Presidential Proclamation No. 24;
Proclamation No. 24; the proclamation; but Presidential proclamation
Program, if part of name:
European Recovery
Food-for-Peace
Head Start
Mutual Assistance
Mutual Defense Assistance
Point 4
Social Security
Universal Military Training
project:
Central Valley
Manhattan
McNary Dam
Rochester atomic energy
University of California atomic energy
Project Farside, Head Start, Sidewinder, Vanguard, etc.; but Head Start
project; Vanguard project
proposition 13
Prosecutor; Special Prosecutor (Federal)
Province, Provincial, if referring to an administrative subdivision:
Ontario Province; Province of Ontario; Maritime Provinces (Canada);
the Province
Proving Ground, Aberdeen, etc.; the proving ground
Public Act 26; Public Law 9; Public 37; Public Resolution 3; but public
enemy No. 1
Public Printer; the Government Printer; the Printer
public utility district (see District)
Pueblo, Santa Clara; the pueblo
Puerto Rico:
government
Governor of; the Governor
Legislative Assembly of; the legislative assembly
Provisional Regiment; but Puerto Rico regiment
Resident Commissioner
Purchase, Gadsden, Louisiana, etc.
Puritan; puritanical
Pyrrhic victory
Quad Cities (Davenport, Rock Island, Moline, and East Moline)
queue
query
Radio Free Europe
Railroad, Alaska; the Railroad
Ranch, King, etc.; the ranch
Random-Access Memory (RAM)
Range, Cascade, etc. (mountains); the range
README file
Rebellion, if part of name; the rebellion:
Boxer
Great (Civil War)
War of the
Whisky
Reconstruction period (post-Civil War)
Red army
Red Cross, American (see American)
Reds, the; a Red (political)
redundant array of inexpensive disks (RAID)
Reformation, the
Reformatory, Elmira, etc.; the reformatory
Refuge, Blackwater Migratory Bird, etc.; Blackwater Bird Refuge;
Blackwater refuge
region, north-central, etc.; first region, 10th region; region 7;
midcontinent
Register of the Treasury; the Register
Regular Army, Navy; a Regular (see also officer)
regulation:
ceiling price regulation 8
56 (Navy)
supplementary regulation 22
Veterans Regulation 8; but veterans regulations
W (see also Federal Reserve Board)
Reign of Terror (France, 1792)
religious terms:
Bahai
Baptist
Brahman
Buddhist
Catholic; Catholicism; but catholic (universal)
Christian
Christian Science
Evangelical United Brethren
Jewish
Latter-day Saints
Muslim (preferred) or Moslem: Shiite; Sunni
New Thought
Protestant; Protestantism
Seventh-day Adventists
Seventh-Day Baptists
Zoroastrian
remote procedure call (RPC)
Renaissance, the (era)
reorganization plan (see plan)
Report, if part of name (with date or number); the annual report; the
report:
Annual Report of the Secretary of Defense for the year ended September
30, 1991
1991 Report of the Chief of the Forest Service
Grace Commission report
President's Economic Report; the Economic Report
Railroad Retirement Board Annual Report, 1991; but annual report of
the Railroad Retirement Board
Report No. 31
United States Reports (publication)
Reporter, the (U.S. Supreme Court)
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Representative; Representative at Large (U.S. Congress); U.N.
Republic, capitalized if part of name; capitalized standing alone if
referring to a specific government:
Czech
French
Irish
of Bosnia and Herzegovina
of Panama
of the Philippines; Philippine Republic
Slovak (Slovakia)
United States
also the American Republics; South American Republics; the Latin
American Republics; the Republics
Reservation (forest, military, or Indian), if part of name; the
reservation:
Great Sioux
Hill Military
Reserve, if part of name; the Reserve (see also Air Force; Army Corps;
Coast Guard; Foreign Service; Marine Corps; Merchant Marine; Naval;
National Guard):
Active
Air Force
Army
bank (see Bank)
Board, Federal (see Federal)
city (see Bank)
components
Enlisted
Establishment
Inactive
Naval
officer
Officers' Training Corps
Ready
Retired
Standby
Strategic
Volunteer Naval
Reserves, the; reservist
Resident Commissioner (see Member; Puerto Rico)
Resolution, with number; the resolution:
House Joint Resolution 3
Public Resolution 6
Resolution 42
Senate Concurrent Resolution 18
War Powers Resolution (short title)
but Tonkin resolution
Revised Statutes (U.S.); Supplement to the Revised Statutes; the
statutes
Revolution, Revolutionary (if referring to the American, French, or
English Revolution) (see also War)
Rich Text Format (RTF)
rim; the Pacific rim
Road, if part of name: Benning; the road
Roman numerals, common nouns used with, not capitalized:
book II; chapter II; part II; etc.
but Book II: Modern Types (complete heading); Part XI: Early Thought
(complete heading)
route No. 12466; mail route 1742; railway mail route 1144; but Route 40,
State Route 9 (highways)
Royal Decree No. 24; Decree 24; the royal decree
rule 21; rule XXI; but Rule 21, when part of title: Rule 21: Renewal of
Motion
Ruler of the Universe (Deity)
Rules:
of the House of Representatives; but rules of the House; House rule X
Standing Rules of the Senate (publication); but rules of the Senate
also Commission rules
Sabbath; Sabbath Day
sanitary district (see District)
savings bond (see bond)
schedule 2, A, II, etc.; but Schedule 2, when part of title; Schedule 2:
Open and Prepay Stations
School, if part of name; the school:
any school of U.S. Armed Forces
Hayes
Pawnee Indian
Public School 13; P.S. 13
school district (see District)
Scriptures; Holy Scriptures (the Bible)
Seabees (see Navy)
seaboard, Atlantic, eastern, etc.
seasons:
autumn (fall)
spring
summer
winter
seaway (see geographic terms; Authority; Corporation)
Second World War (see War)
Secretariat (see United Nations)
Secretaries of the Army and the Navy; but Secretaries of the military
departments; secretaryship
Secretary, head of national governmental unit:
of Defense; of State; etc.; the Secretary
of State for Foreign Affairs (British); for the Colonies; etc.; the
Secretary
of the Smithsonian Institution; the Secretary
also the Assistant Secretary; the Executive Secretary
but secretary of the Interstate Commerce Commission; secretary of
state of Iowa
Secretary General: the Secretary General:
Organization of American States
South Pacific Commission
United Nations
section 2, A, II, etc.; but Section 2, when part of title: Section 2:
Test Construction Theory
Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)
Selective Service (see Service; System)
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Senate (U.S.), titles of officers standing alone capitalized:
Chaplain
Chief Clerk
Doorkeeper
Official Reporter(s)
Parliamentarian
Postmaster
President of the
President pro tempore
Presiding Officer
Secretary
Sergeant at Arms
Senate, Ohio (State); the senate
Senator (U.S. Congress); but lowercased if referring to a State senator,
unless preceding a name
senatorial
Sergeant at Arms (U.S. Senate or House)
Serial Line Internet Protocol (SLIP)
Sermon on the Mount
server
Service, if referring to Federal unit; the Service:
Customs
Employment
Extension
Fish and Wildlife
Foreign (see Foreign Service)
Forest
Immigration and Naturalization
Internal Revenue
Marshalls
Mediation and Conciliation
National Park
Postal
Secret (Treasury)
Selective (see also System); but selective service, in general sense;
selective service classification 1-A, 4-F, etc.
Senior Executive
Soil Conservation
service:
airmail
Army
city delivery
consular
customs (see Service)
diplomatic
employment (State)
extension (State)
general delivery
naval
Navy
parcel post
postal field
railway mail (see Division)
rural free delivery; rural delivery; free delivery
special delivery
star route
Shelf, Continental (see Continental)
ship of state (unless personified)
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP)
Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)
Simple Wide Area Information System (SWAIS)
Sister(s) (adherent of religious order)
Six Nations (see Indians)
Smithsonian Institution (see Institution)
Social Security Administration, application, check, pension, trust fund,
system, etc.
Socialist; socialism; socialistic (see also political parties)
Society, if part of name; the society:
American Cancer Society, Inc.
Boston Medical
of the Cincinnati
soil bank
soil classifications:
Alpine Meadow Prairie
Bog Ramann's Brown
Brown Red
Chernozem (Black) Rendzina
Chestnut Sierozem (Gray)
Desert Solonchak
Gray-Brown Solonetz
Podzolic Soloth
Half Bog Terra Rossa
Laterite Tundra
Pedalfer Wiesenboden
Pedocal Yellow
Podzol
Soldiers' Home, if part of name: Ohio Soldiers' Home; the soldiers'
home; etc.
Solicitor for the Department of Labor, etc.; the Solicitor
Solicitor General (Department of Justice)
Son of Man (Christ)
Sons of the American Revolution (organization); a Son; a Real Son
South:
American Republics (see Republic)
American States
Atlantic
Atlantic States
Deep South (U.S.)
Korea
Midsouth (U.S.)
Pacific
Pole
the South (section of United States); Southland
Southeast Asia
southern California, southeastern California, etc.
Southern States
Southern United States
southerner
Southwest, the (section of United States)
space shuttle; the shuttle
space station
Spanish-American War (see War)
SPAR, popular name, made up of initial letters of motto semper paratus--
always ready; a Spar
special agent
specialist
Special Order No. 12; Special Orders, No. 12; a special order
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Spirit of '76 (painting); but spirit of '76 (in general sense)
sputnik; but Sputnik I, etc.
Square, Lafayette, etc.; the square
Staff, Foreign Service (see Foreign Service); Air
Standard Generalized Markup Language (SGML)
standard time (see time)
Star of Bethlehem
Star-Spangled Banner (see flag)
star wars
State:
government
legislature (see Legislature)
line, Iowa, Ohio-Indiana, etc.
New York
of Israel
of Pennsylvania
of Veracruz
of the Union Message/Address
out-of-State (adjective); but out-of-stater
prison
rights; States rights
Vatican City
state:
church and
of the art: state-of-the-art technology
statehood, statehouse, stateside, statewide
downstate, tristate, upstate, instate, substate, multistate
welfare
State's attorney
state's evidence
States:
Arab
Balkan
Baltic
communistic
Eastern; but eastern industrial States
East North Central
East South Central
Eastern Gulf
Eastern North Central, etc.
Far Western
Gulf; Gulf Coast
Lake
Latin American
lower 48
Middle
Middle Atlantic
Middle Western
Midwestern
Mountain
New England
North Atlantic
Northwestern, etc.
Organization of American
Pacific
Pacific Coast
rights
South American
South Atlantic
Southern
the six States of Australia; a foreign state
Thirteen Original; original 13 States
Western; but western Gulf; western farming States
Station, if part of name; the station; not capitalized if referring to
surveying or similar work:
Grand Central
Key West Naval (see Naval)
Nebraska Experiment Station; Experiment Station, Nebraska; Nebraska
station
Syracuse Air Force
television station WSYR-TV
Union; Union Depot; the depot
WAMU station; station WMAL; radio station WSM; broadcasting station
WJSV
station 9; substation A
Statue of Liberty; the statue
Statutes at Large (U.S.) (see also Revised Statutes)
Stealth: bomber, fighter
stockpile, national
stone age (see Ages)
storage facility
Stream, Gulf (see Gulf; geographic terms)
Street, if part of name; the street:
I Street (not Eye Street)
Fifteen-and-a-Half
U Street (not You Street)
110th Street
subcommittee (see Committee)
Subtreasury, New York, etc.; subtreas-ury at New York; the subtreasury
subtropical, subtropic(s) (see tropical)
summit meeting; Earth summit
Sun
Super Bowl
Superfund; the fund
Superintendent, if referring to head of Federal unit; the
Superintendent:
of Documents (Government Printing Office)
of the Naval (or Military) Academy
Supplement to the Revised Statutes (see Revised Statutes)
Supreme Bench; the Bench; also High Bench; High Tribunal
Supreme Court (U.S.); the Court; also High Court; titles of officers
standing alone capitalized:
Chief Justice
Clerk
Marshal
Reporter
but Ohio Supreme Court; the supreme court
Surgeon General, the (Air Force, Army, Navy, and Public Health Service)
Survey, if part of name of Federal unit; the Survey: Coast and Geodetic;
Geological; National Wilderness Preservation
System, if referring to Federal unit; the System:
Alaska Communication; the system
Federal Credit; the System
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Federal Home Loan Bank; the System
Federal Reserve; the System
National Forest; the System
National Highway; the System
National Park; the System
National System of Interstate and Defense Highways; National System of
Interstate Highways; Interstate System of Highways; Interstate
Highway System; the Interstate System; the National System; the
system; but highway system; Federal road system
National Trails; the System
National Wild and Scenic Rivers; the System
New York Central System; the system
Regional Metro System; Metro system
Selective Service (see also Service)
but Amtrak railway system; Amtrak system; the system
also Federal land bank system
table 2, II, A, etc.; but Table 2, when part of title: Table 2: Degrees
of Land Deterioration
Tagged Image File Format (TIFF)
task force (see Force; Report)
Team, USAREUR Field Assistance, etc.; the team
television station (see Station)
Telnet
Ten Commandments
Territorial, if referring to a political subdivision
Territory:
Northwest (1799); the territory
Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands; Pacific Islands Trust
Territory; the trust territory; the territory
Yukon, Northwest Territories; the Territory(ies), Territorial (Canada)
but territory of: American Samoa, Guam, Virgin Islands
The, part of name, capitalized:
The Dalles; The Gambia; The Hague; The Weirs; but the Dalles Dam; the
Dalles region; the Federal Bulletin Board; the Hague Conference; the
Weirs streets
but the Adjutant General; the National Archives; the Archives; the
Times; the Mermaid; the Federal Express
Third World
Thirteen American Colonies, etc. (see Colonies)
Thirteen Original States
Thruway, New York; the thruway
time:
Atlantic, Atlantic standard
central, central standard
Draconian (period of time)
eastern, eastern daylight, eastern daylight saving (no s), eastern
standard
Greenwich civil, etc.
local, local standard
mountain, mountain standard
Pacific, Pacific standard
universal
Time Division Multiplexing Access (TDMA)
title 2, II, A, etc.; but Title 2, when part of title: Title 2: General
Provisions
Tomb:
Grant's; the tomb
of the Unknowns; of the Unknown Soldier; Unknown Soldier's Tomb; the
tomb (see also Unknown Soldier)
Tower, Eiffel, etc.; the tower
Township, Union; township of Union
trade names and trademarks:
Acrilan Formica
Airwick Fathometer
Alemite Fiberglas
Alpha (protein) (fiberglass in
Alumel general sense)
Alundum Fig Newtons
Ameripol Freon
Anchor (fence) Frigidaire
Artgum
Gameboy
Bactratycin Geon
Bakelite Glyptal
Band-Aid Go Kart
Belleekware Gyropilot
Benzedrine Gyrosyn
Bessemer (steel)
Blendor (Waring) Halon (gas)
Blue Rock (clay Hercolyn
target) Hersheypark
Hush Puppies
Calgon (shoes)
Calrod Hydroseal
Carbitol
Carborundum Inconel
Catalin Invar
Caterpillar (tread) Iron-Clad
Celanese
Celastic Java
Cellosolve Jeep
Cellucotton
(surgical
dressing) Kepone
Celluloid (plastics) (chlordecone)
Celotex Kiddie Kar
Chevron Kleenex
(machinery Klieglight
packing) Kodak
Chlorex Kodapak
Chromel (alloy) Koroseal
CinemaScope Kovar
Claratin
Coca-Cola Lastex
Coke LaserWriter
Corex Laundromat
Crawlers Leatherette
Cyclone (fence) Lexide
Library (paste)
Dacron Lift Gate
Deepfreeze (home Lollypop
freezer) Lucite
De-Ion Lux
Dulux
Duraloy Masonite
Duraplex MasterCard
Methocel
Electro-Silicon Micarta
Elektron Modutrol
Emulphor Monel (metal)
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Nekal Steel-Flex
Nichrome Stellite
Nicofume Steri-Pad (surgical
Nonex dressing)
NutraSweet Stiflex
Styrofoam
Orlon Sylphon
Synpor
Paraplex Syntron
Peg Board
Pentium Tabasco sauce
Perbunan Talon (fastener)
Permutit Technicolor
Phosphor bronze Teflon
Photronic TelePrompter
Phytin Terramycin
(pharmaceutical Thermit
product) Thermofax
Ping-Pong Thermos (vacuum
Plexiglas bottle)
Pliolite Thiokol
Pliowax Transite
Polane Tylenol
Polaroid
Porocel Uformite
Portland cement U-Haul
Primacord UNIX
Prozac
Push-Back (theater Vacumatic
chairs) Varsol
Pyralin Vaseline
Pyrex glass Velcro
Verichrome
Refinite ViewSonic
Revertex Vistac
Rocklath (plaster- Vistanex (-Medium)
board) Vultex
Rockwell (tester)
Walkman
Scotch (pressure- Windbreaker
sensitive tape, Windows NT
etc.) Word Perfect
Shakeproof
Sheetrock Xerox
Slim Jims
Snow Crop Yahoo!
Solvesso
Speed-Nut ZIP Code (Postal)
(fastener) Zipper (heels)
Trade Representative (U.S.)
transatlantic; transpacific; trans-Siberian, etc.; but Transjordan;
Trans-Alaska
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)
Treasurer, Assistant, of the United States; the Assistant Treasurer; but
assistant treasurer at New York, etc.
Treasurer of the United States; the Treasurer
Treasury notes; Treasurys
Treasury, of the United States; General; National; Public; Register of
the
Treaty, if part of name; the treaty:
Jay Treaty
North Atlantic; North Atlantic Defense
of Versailles
but treaty of 1919
triad
tribe (see Indians)
Tribunal, standing alone capitalized only in minutes and official
reports of a specific arbitration; also High Tribunal; the Tribunal
(Supreme Court); Copyright Royalty Tribunal, the tribunal
Tris (chemical)
Tropic of Cancer, of Capricorn; the Tropics
tropical; neotropic, neotropical, sub- tropic(s), subtropical
Trust, Power, etc.
trust territory (see Territory)
Tunnel, Lincoln, etc.; the tunnel; but irrigation, railroad, etc.,
tunnel
Turnpike, Pennsylvania, etc.; the turnpike
Twin Cities (Minneapolis and St. Paul)
U-boat
Under Secretary, if referring to officer of Federal Government; the
Under Secretary:
of Agriculture
of State
of the Treasury
Uniform Code of Military Justice (see Code)
Uniform Resource Locator (URL)
Uniform Resource Name/Number (URN)
Union (if part of proper name; capitalized standing alone if synonym
for United States or if referring to international unit):
International Typographical; the Typographical Union; the union
Pan American (see Organization of American States)
Station; but union passenger station; union freight station
Teamsters Union; the Teamsters; the union; also the Auto Workers,
etc.
Universal Postal; the Postal Union; the Union
Western (see alliances)
Woman's Christian Temperance
but a painters union; printers union
Unit, if referring to Federal branch; the Unit:
Alcohol Tax
Income Tax
United Nations:
Charter; the charter
Conference on International Organization; the Conference
Economic and Social Council; the Council
Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (Unesco)
(see Organization)
Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO); the Organization
General Assembly; the Assembly
International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF); the Fund
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International Court of Justice; the Court
International Labor Organization (see Organization)
Little Assembly; the Assembly
Permanent Court of Arbitration (see Court)
Secretariat, the
Secretary General
Security Council; the Council
Special United Nations Fund for Economic Development (SUNFED)
Trusteeship Council; the Council
World Employment Conference
World Health Organization (WHO); the Organization
universal:
military training (see Program)
time (see time)
Universal Postal Union (see Union)
University, if part of name: Stanford; the university
Unknown Soldier; Unknown of World War II; World War II Unknown; Unknown
of Korea; Korea Unknown; the Unknowns (see also Tomb)
Upper, if part of name:
Colorado River Basin
Egypt
Peninsula (of Michigan)
but upper House of Congress
Uruguay round
User Datagram Protocol (UDP)
U.S.S.R. (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics):
Cominform (Communist Information Bureau)
Communist International
Communist States
New Independent State
Politburo
Red army
Reds, the; a Red
Soviet, if part of name; capitalized standing alone if referring to
central governmental unit:
Government; but Communist government
Moscow
National
of Labor and Defense
S.S.S.R. (Siberian Soviet Socialist Republics)
but a soviet; sovietic; sovietism; sovietize
Valley, Shenandoah, etc.; the valley; but the valleys of Virginia and
Maryland
V-E Day; V-J Day (see holidays); V-chip
veteran, World War
Veterans Day (see holidays)
vice consul, British, etc.
Vice President (same as President)
Victoria Cross (see decorations)
virtual LAN (VLAN)
Virtual Reality Modeling Language (VRML)
Voice of America; the Voice
Voice of Democracy Contest; the contest
volume 2, A, II, etc.; but Volume 2, when part of title: Volume 2: Five
Rivers in America's Future
Volunteer Naval Reserve (see Reserve)
WAC (see Corps)
WAF (women in the Air Force; a Waf, Wafs (individuals)
WAIS Client Software
War, if part of formal name:
Between the States
Civil
First World War; World War I; World War; Great War; Second World War;
World War II; but world war III
for Independence (1776)
French and Indian (1754-63)
Mexican
of the Nations
of the Rebellion; the rebellion
of the Revolution; the Revolution
of 1812; but war of 1914
Philippine Insurrection
Revolutionary
Seven Years'
Six-Day (Arab-Israeli)
Spanish
Spanish-American
the two World Wars
also post-World War II
war, descriptive or undeclared:
cold, hot
European
French and Indian wars
Indian
Korean
Persian Gulf; gulf
third world; world war III
Vietnam
with Mexico
with Spain
War College, National (see College)
War Mothers (see American)
ward 1, 2, etc.; first, 11th, etc.
Washington's Farewell Address
water district (see District)
waterway, inland, intercoastal, etc.; but Intracoastal Waterway
WAVES (women accepted for volunteer emergency service); a Wave
Web
Web broadcasting
Web browser
Webcasting
WebTV
Web site
Week, Fire Prevention; etc.
welfare state
West:
Bank (Jordan)
Coast (Africa); but west coast (U.S.)
End, etc. (section of city)
Europe (political entity)
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Far West; Far Western States
Florida (1763-1819)
Middle (United States); Midwest
South Central States, etc.
the West (section of United States; also world political entity)
west, western Pennsylvania
Western:
bloc
civilization
countries
Europe(an) (political entity)
Hemisphere; the hemisphere
ideas
North Central States
Powers
States
Union (see alliances)
United States
World
but far western; western farming States (U.S.)
westerner
What you see is what you get. (WYSIWYG)
Wheat Belt (see Belt)
whip, the (of political party in Congress)
Whisky Rebellion (see Rebellion)
White (synonym for Caucasian)
White House:
Blue Room
East Room
Oval Office
Police (see Police)
Red Room
Rose Garden
State Dining Room
white paper, British, etc.
Wide Area Information Server (WAIS)
wide area network (WAN)
Wilderness, capitalized with name; San Joaquin Wilderness, CA; the
wilderness; but the Wilderness (Virginia battlefield)
WinWAIS
woman marine, etc. (see Marine Corps)
Women's Army Corps (see Corps)
Wood, if part of name:
Belleau Wood
House of the Woods (palace)
World: New, Old, Third; but free world
World Bank; the Bank
World Series
World War (see War)
World War II veteran
World Wide Web (WWW), the Web
Xmodem
x ray (note: no hyphen)
Year, International Geophysical; the Geophysical Year; the Year
year:
calendar
fiscal
Ymodem
Young Men's Christian Association (see Association)
Your Excellency; Your Honor; Your Majesty; etc.
Youth Corps; the Corps
ZIP Code number; ZIP+4
Z39.50
Zmodem
Zone, if part of name; the zone:
Bizonia; bizonal
British (in Germany)
Canal (Panama)
Eastern, Western (Germany)
Frigid
Hot (infectious area)
New York Foreign Trade; Foreign Trade Zone No. 1; but the foreign
trade zone
of Interior (see Command)
Temperate, Torrid; the zone
Trizonia; trizonal
but Arctic, eastern standard time, enterprise, polar, tropical zone,
etc.
Zoological Park (National); the zoo; the park