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24/7, 24/7/365
7-Eleven
9/11, September 11
- A -
a, an
a-
A.D., B.C., C.E., B.C.E.
a.m., p.m.
ABBREVIATIONS
abbé
Abominable Snowman
Aboriginal, Aboriginals
ACADEMIC DEGREES
Academy Awards
ACCENT MARKS
accord, accords
according to
ACRONYMS
act
acts and laws (federal, state, or foreign)
ADJECTIVES AND ADVERBS, PUNCTUATION OF
administration
admiral
affect, effect
Afghan, afghani
Africa
African
African American, Black
African buffalo
after
afterward
Age, age
AGES OF PERSONS, ANIMALS, AND THINGS
aging
AGREEMENT, SUBJECT-VERB
Air Base
AIR FORCE
AIRCRAFT
airport
aka, also known as
Akhenaten
al Qaeda
Alaska
albatross, albatrosses
above, below
alga, algae
Algonquin
all
all right
all together, altogether
all-
Allah akbar
Allied, Allies
almost
Alpine, alpine
already
Altiplano
ambassador
Amendment (U.S. Constitution)
America's Cup, Americas Cup
America, American
AMERICAN INDIANS, NORTH AND SOUTH
Amerindian
amid
among, between
ampersand (&)
Anasazi, Pueblo, Puebloan
ancient, old
angel, archangel
ANIMALS
Anonymous sources
Antarctic
Antarctic Convergence, Antarctic Polar Front
antenna, antennae, antennas
anthropomorphism
anti-
antivenom, antivenon
Antony, Mark
anymore
anytime
Apatosaurus, apatosaur
Apostle
APOSTROPHE
app, apps
APPELLATIONS AND EPITHETS
APPOSITION
Arabian Gulf
Arabian Nights
ARABIC LANGUAGE, TRANSLITERATION OF
arch
archaeology
ARCHITECTURE
Arctic
Argentine
ark
Armada
armed forces, armed services
ARMY
Army Corps of Engineers
ARTICLES
Articles of Confederation
as well as
Asante
Ascension
Ashkenazi
Asia, Asian
Asian elephant
Asian Games
assure, ensure, insure
ASTERISK, DAGGER
astronaut, cosmonaut
ASTRONOMICAL TERMS
Aswan High Dam
Atahualpa
Athabaskan
Atlantic
atlas
atomic age
AU
Australasia
Australian Commonwealth
australopith, australopithecine
Avenue, Street
average of
AWARDS AND MEDALS
awhile, a while, while
axis of evil
Axis powers, the Axis
ayatollah
Aztec
- B -
-bed
-bound
B.C.
B.C.E., C.E.
backward
Bahasa Indonesia
Baja California
bale, bail
BALLETS
balloons
Baluchi
bank
bank, river
Bantu languages, people
bark
Base Camp
Basin
Basin and Range Country, Province
Basketmaker
bathyscaph, bathyscaphe, bathynaut
battalion
battle
Bay
Bay Area
bed-and-breakfast, B&B
Bedouin
bee sting, beestings
beefalo, beefalos
Beetle
below
belt
Beltway
bends
Bermudian
beside, besides
best
better
between, among
Bhagavad Gita
bi-, semi-
BIBLE
Bible Lands
biblical
BIBLIOGRAPHIES
Bicentennial
big five
Big Island (Hawaii)
Big Sky
big, great, large
Bigfoot, Sasquatch
bijou, bijoux
Bill of Rights
bills
binoculars
BIRD CALLS
BIRDS
bishop
Black Angus
Black Death
Black Hawk
Blackfeet
Blarney stone
blindman's buff
blond, blonde, brunet, brunette
blood-red
blue planet
Bluegrass country
BOATS
boatswain
Bohemian, bohemian
bomb
Book of Common Prayer
Book of Kells
BOOK REFERENCES
BOOK TITLES
Border Patrol
Border State(s)
born
borne
Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian
Bosporus
Boston Whaler
bosun, bos'n, boatswain
bottlenose dolphin
BP
BRACKETS
Braille, braille
branch
BREAKING WORDS
breeches, britches
BREEDS
Britain, Great Britain, British Isles
BRITISH ROYALTY AND NOBILITY
British, Briton, English, England
Brontosaurus, brontosaur
Bronx, the Bronx
Bronze Age, Early Bronze Age, Late Bronze Age
brother, sister
Brown Bess (musket)
Bruegel
brunet, brunette
Btu
buffalo
builder, building
BUILDING
BULLETS, PUNCTUATION OF
BUMPER STICKERS
bunco
bur
burka, chadri, chador
Burkinabe
Burma
burning bush
burro
bushmeat
buzkashi
- C -
- CATEGORY INDEX -
C
C.E., B.C.E.
ca
Cabinet
cacao, cocoa
caliber
California University system
called, dubbed, named, known as
callous, callus
Cambodia
Candomblé
cannot
Cape buffalo
capital, capitol
CAPITALIZATION
captain
captive breeding
carat, caret, karat
carbon-14, carbon-dating
carbonation, carbonization
cardinal
cardinalfish
careen, career
caret
Carnival
Casbah, casbah
casualties, fatalities
CAT scan
cataract
Catholic
Catholic Monarchs
Caucasus, Caucasus Mountains
cavalry
Cavelier, Robert
cc
celebrants, celebrators
Celsius, C
cement, concrete
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
centigrade
centimeter, cm
Central Africa
Central America, Middle America
Central Asia, Soviet Central Asia
central Europe, central European nation
central states (U.S.)
CENTURIES
Chaak
chador
chadri
channel
CHAPTERS OF BOOKS
char, arctic char
CHEMICAL TERMS
Chennai, Madras
Cheops
Chephren
Chernobyl
Chesapeake
Chevy, Chevys
Chhetri
chief cartographer
Chief Justice
chief of state, head of government
China, People's Republic Of China
China, Taiwan
CHINESE NAMES AND TERMS
choral, chorale
Chornobyl, Chernobyl
Chosen People
Christ Child
Christian era
chromosome
church
Cinco de Mayo (Fifth of May)
cinder block, cinder-block
circa, ca
CIS
CITIES, SECTIONS OF
Citroën
city hall
civil rights movement
Civil War
clan
class
classic, classical
cleft palate
CLERGY
climate change, global warming
close-up, to close up
clownfish
club-hopper
cm
co-
coast
Coast Guard
coat of arms, crest
Coca-Cola, Coke
cocoa
COINED WORDS
COLLECTIVE NOUNS AS SINGULAR OR PLURAL
COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES
COLON
colony, colonial, colonists (U.S. context)
color
colors
comet
COMMA
Commander in Chief
Commandment
Committee for Research and Exploration (CRE)
commonwealth
Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS)
COMMUNICATIONS CODE WORDS
Communion
communism, communist
compact disc, compact disc player
COMPANY NAMES
compare, contrast
COMPARISONS
COMPASS DIRECTIONS
COMPOUND MODIFIERS
comprise, compose
compromise
COMPUTER TERMS
Conch, Conchs
concrete
Confederacy
Confederation
conference
Confidential or unidentified sources
Congo
Congress, congressional
congressional Medal of Honor
Conquest
CONSTELLATIONS, STARS, AND PLANETS
Constitution
consulate
CONTENTS PAGE
conterminous, or contiguous, continental, continental United States
continent
continental
CONTINUED NOTE
continuous, continual
contra, contras
contrast
CONTRIBUTOR'S NOTE
convention
CONVERSIONS
conveyer, conveyor
convince, persuade
COPYRIGHT
corn, maize
Corps of Engineers
Corpus Christi
Cortés, Hernán
cosmonaut
Cossack
Country
county
couple, few, several
COURT CASES
COURTS
COVID-19, coronavirus
crater
crawfish, mudbug
creation
CREDITS
CREDITS--SPECIES IDENTIFICATION
Creole
crepe, crape
crest
crewed
Crioulo, Kriolu
Crispr, CRISPR
Crittercam
croat, croatian
cross
crown
crucifix
Crucifixion
Crusades
CT scan
cubic centimeter, cc
Cultural Revolution
culture
cum
Cuna
current
Cusco
Customs
cyber
cyclone
czar, czarist
Czechia, Czech Republic, Czechoslovakia, Czech
Côte d'Ivoire, Ivory Coast, Ivoirian
- D -
da Gama
da Vinci, Leonardo
da, de, d', du, la, van, von
Dalit, Dalits
Dark Continent
DASH
data
date at, date back, date from, date to
DATES
Day
DAYS
de Soto
de-
dead
Dead Sea Scrolls
Death March
decade
DECADES
DECIMALS
Declaration of Independence
decompression, recompression
deep
Deep South
Deepfreeze, deep freezer
deepwater, deep water, deepwaterman
DEGREES ACADEMIC
DEGREES, TEMPERATURE
deity
delta
Deluge, Flood
Demilitarized Zone, DMZ
Democratic Party
Dene
Department
Depression, the Great Depression
desalination
desert
desertify, desertified, desertification
deserts
DIACRITICAL MARKS
DIAERESIS
DIALECT
different from
DIMENSIONS
dinosaurs
DIRECTIONALS IN LEGENDS AND TEXTBLOCKS
disabled, handicapped
disc, disk
disciple
disinterested, uninterested
Disney, The Walt Disney Company
district court
District of Columbia, the District, D.C.
dive, dived
Division
DIVISION OF WORDS
Diwali
Dixie cup
djellaba
DMZ
DNA, genes, proteins
dog species
DOGS
Domesday Book
dos and don'ts
Down East, Down Easter
downlist
downstream, upstream
Dr.
Dreaming, Dreamtime
Druid, druidic
dry, wet
du Pont
due to, because of
Dust Bowl
dweller
dynasty
- E -
-eater
each
each other, one another
early, late
Earth
EARTHQUAKES
east, eastern
eco-
ecology
Ecuadorian, Ecuadorean
Editor, Editor in Chief
EGYPTIAN DYNASTIES, PERIODS, AND KINGDOMS
EGYPTIAN PHARAOHS AND GODS
Ehattesaht
Eid al-Adha, Eid al-Fitr
elder, eldest
electoral college
electric, electrical
Ellie, Ellies, Ellie Award
ELLIPSIS
embassy
emigrant, immigrant
Emmy, Emmys, Emmy Award
empire
Endangered Species Act (ESA), endangered species list
endangered, threatened, vulnerable species
endemic, indigenous, native
English Channel, the Channel
enslaved, enslavement
Equator
era
especially, specially
establishment
ESTATES AND HOUSES
etc.
eucalyptus, eucalyptuses
Eurasian crane
euro, euros
Euro-
EUROPE, GEOGRAPHICAL AND POLITICAL
Eve
even
ever
every
ex-, former, then
Excellency
EXCLAMATION POINT
exclusive economic zone
executive
EXHIBITS
EXPEDITIONS AND RESEARCH PROJECTS
Explorer in Residence
extraterrestrial, ET
eyewall
- F -
-fold
-ful, full
f-stop
f-word
FAIR USE
falls
family
FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS
far north, the north
farmers market
farther, further
fascism, fascist, Fascist Party, Fascist
Fathometer
fault
feast
federal
FedEx
Feds
Fertile Crescent
festival
few, fewer, less, lesser
fiberglass, Fiberglas
FIGURES
fire
FIREARMS
first Communion
first ever
First Lady, first family
First Nations
First World
firstly
fish, fishes
fjord
flag, flagpole, flagstaff
flammable, nonflammable
flaunt, flout
fleet
flier
Florida Keys, the Keys
FLOWERS, FRUITS, AND PLANTS
flyway
focus, focuses
foldout, fold out
folk, folks
FOOTNOTES
forbear, forebear
force
Ford (automobile)
fore-
forego, forgo
foreign exchange
FOREIGN TERMS
Forest Service
Formalin
formation
Fort
Fortune 500
forty-niner
Founding Fathers
four modernizations
four-by-four
Fourth of July
Fourth World
FRACTIONS
Franz Josef
free
free economic zone (FEZ)
free-climb
French provincial
freshwater, fresh water
friar
frigatebird
Frisbee
Fuji, Mount Fuji
furbearer, furbearing
furious fifties
- G -
galabia
Galápagos
Gang of Four
gantlet, gauntlet
Gay Nineties
gender glossary
gender-neutral language
Geneva Conventions
Genghis Khan
genie, jinni
gentile, gentiles
GENUS AND SPECIES
GEOLOGIC TERMS
GEOLOGIC TIME
Geological Survey, U.S.
getter, getting
gharial, gavial
Ghost Dance
GI, GIs
GIS
Glacial epoch
Glacier, glacier
God
goer, going
gold rush
Golden Age
goliath
Gondwana
Good Book
Gospel, Gospels
Gothic
government
governor, lieutenant governor
grader
grades
graffito, graffiti
grail, holy grail
gram, g
Grand Central Station, Terminal
Grand Slam
gray, grey
Great Barrier Reef
great beyond
Great Depression
Great Divide, the divide
great leap forward
Great Plague
Great Plains
Great Trek
great-
Greater
grill, grille
gross domestic product (GDP)
Grosvenor
ground zero
grower, growing
Guaraní
guard, guardsman
Gulf
Gwich'in
Gypsy, gypsy
gender pronouns
- H -
h
H.M.S.
Habsburg
hades
Hagia Sophia, Aya Sofya
hajj, hajji
half
half-mast, half-staff
Halley's comet
Hammurabi, Hammurapi
hand-
harbor
hare, hares
Harris's hawk
hashtag
HAWAIIAN TERMS
hawkfish
HBCU, historically Black colleges and universities
he, his, him, himself
heave, heaved, heaved
heaven
Hegira
hell
help (to)
Hemisphere
herculean
Heuriger
hew, hewed, hewn
Hezbollah
high, low
highlands
HIGHWAYS AND ROUTES
Himalaya, Himalayan
Hindi, Hindustani
Hispanic, Latino, Latina, Latinx, Chicano, Chicana
historic, historical
HIV/AIDS
holidays
Holocaust
Holstein
Holy Bible, Holy Quran
holy grail, grail
hominid, hominin, hominoid, human
honeybee
Honorable
Horn of Africa, Cape Horn
horticulturist
House
house
House of Commons, House of Lords
hp
Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble telescope, space telescope
human
HURRICANE, TROPICAL CYCLONE, TYPHOON
hydrogen bomb
HYPHEN
- I -
-in-exile
Ibadhi
ibis, ibises
Ice Age
ID
Id al-Adha, Eid al-Adha, Eid al-Fitr
ill
imam
IMAX
imperial
imply, infer
importantly
Impressionism, Impressionist
in
inauguration/inaugural
Inc.
Inca
inch
INDIA: PERSONAL NAMES
INDIA: PLACE-NAMES
Indigenous people
INDIRECT DISCOURSE
industrial revolution
INITIALS
insignia
inter-
international biosphere reserve
International cities datelines
International Labour Organization
Inuk, Inuit
Iron Curtain
ironworker, steelworker
Islamist
island, islander
ISOTOPES
Istanbul
ITALIC
IUCN
- J -
Jacuzzi
Japanese American
JAPANESE PERSONAL NAMES
jeep
jerry can
jerry-built, jury-rigged
Jesus
JEW, HEBREW
JEWISH HOLIDAYS
jihad
Jim Crow laws, Jim Crowism
jirga
Jr., Sr., III
judicial branch
jungle
just
just deserts
- K -
karma
keeper, keeping
Kennewick Man
Kentucky Derby
key deer
Keys
Khafre, Chephren
khat, qat, kat
Khoikhoi
Khufu, Cheops
kilometer, km
kilowatt-hour, kWh
kilt, plaid, tartan
kind, kinds
King Cotton
Knight Templar, Knights Templar
known as
Kodachrome
Koran, Koranic, Quran, Quranic
Korean War
Kuroshio
Kwanzaa
Kyiv, Kiev
Kyoto Protocol
- L -
-load
L'Étoile, Place de l'Étoile
L.A., Los Angeles
Labradorian
lake bed
land
Land Cruiser, Land Rover
LANGUAGE AND DIALECT
Lao, Laotian
larger than
last
last, latest, past
late
Late Horizon
late, latter, former
Latin America, Latin American
LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE
Latter-day Saint, Mormon
law
lay, lie
leafcutter ant, leafcutter
leaped
legal cases
legionary, legionnaire
legislative, legislature
leper
LETTERS OF THE ALPHABET
LGBTQ
life-size
lighted, lit
like
lilliputian
Linear A, Linear B script
Lion-Hearted, Richard the
Lipizzan
little
little red book
Living Buddha
lobsters
local-language editions
long
Long Count
Long March
long walk
long wave
Lord
Lost Colony
lower
Lower Egypt, Upper Egypt
lower forty-eight, lower 48
Loyalist
Ltd
Lucasfilm Ltd.
Lunar New Year
- M -
M.S., M.V.
Maasai, Masai
Macedonia, North Macedonia
macro-
Madagascan, Malagasy
made
Madonna and Child, Mother and Child
Madras
Mafia, mafia
Mafioso, mafioso
MAGAZINES
Maghreb
MAGNIFICATION
Magnum, magnum
Mahabharata
Mahican
mahogany
Main, Spanish Main
mainland China
major league baseball
Major, Major General
majority, minority
maker, making
Malay, Malayan, Malaysian
man
mantel, mantle
Mao Zedong
Maori
MAP COORDINATES, COMPASS DIRECTIONS
MAP DE FACTO POLICY
MAP REFERENCES
MAP STYLE
map supplement, supplement map
MapMachine
Mardi Gras, mardi gras
MARINE CORPS
Maritime Provinces
Mark Antony
Marquis of Queensberry rules
Marseille
Marsh Arabs
Martian
Martin Luther King Day
Mary Queen of Scots
Mason, Masonic
Mason-Dixon Line
Mass
Maya
mayor
maypole
McGee, W J
McMurdo Dry Valleys
MEASURES
Mecca
Medal of Honor
MEDALS AND AWARDS
Medici
mega-
Megatransect , Megaflyover
megawatt
member, members
Mercedes-Benz, Mercedes-Benzes
meridian
Merrimack
meteoroid, meteor, meteorite, meteor shower
meter, m
Métis
METRIC AND INTERNATIONAL MEASUREMENT
Mexican American
micro-
mid-
middle
middle Atlantic states
Middle East, Near East
middle-age
Midwest
MILITARY RANKS
military time
MILITARY UNITS
militia
millimeter, mm
mini-
MINISTERS
Missouri Compromise
Moctezuma
Model A, Model T
MODIFIERS
Mohammad Zahir Shah
Mohican
MONEY
Monsieur, M., Madame, Mme, Mademoiselle, Mlle
monsignor, Msgr.
Montenegro
month-long
MONTHS
Montréal, Montreal
MONUMENTS
MOON TERMS
mopani, mopanies
more than one
more, most
Mosaic law
Mother Earth, Mother Nature
Mother Russia
MOTTOES
mound builder
Mount
Mount of God
MOVIES AND DOCUMENTARY FILMS
mph
mu
much
mucus, mucous
Mughal
Muhammad, the Prophet Muhammad, the Prophet
mullah
multi-
MUSIC LYRICS
MUSIC NOTES
MUSIC TITLES
Muslim
mutation, genetic
mya
- N -
Nair
NAMES
narrow-gauge railroad
NASA
Nasca
Nasdaq
nation
national
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC
National Guard
national historic site, landmark
national monument
national park
National Press Photographers Association (NPPA)
national wildlife refuge
native
Native American, Native
Nativity
Nature Conservancy (TNC)
nautical mile, knot
Navajo
navigational aid
NAVY
near
nebula, nebulae
needleleaf
Nenets
Nepali, Nepalese
Netherlands
Netherlands Antilles
never
NEWSPAPERS
National Geographic Society
NICKNAMES OF PERSONS
NICKNAMES OF PLACES AND THINGS
Nigerian, Nigerien
nirvana
Noah's ark
Nobel Prize
non
none
nor'easter, nor'wester
norteño, norteños
North America
north geomagnetic pole, north magnetic pole
North Woods
north, northern
not
not only ... but also
nova, novae
now
Nowruz, Nauruz
nuclear bomb
number
NUMBER, GRAMMATICAL
NUMBERS
nutria
- O -
O, oh
Occident, Occidental
ocean bed
Oceania
OCEANS
odd
ODDS, PROPORTIONS, RATIOS
off-island, off-islander
often
oil rigs
Old City, Old Quarter
Old West
Old World, New World
Olympic Games
on, onto
on, upon
once
one another, each other
one of those who, one of the things that
one or more
online
only
OPEC
OPERAS, OPERETTAS, ORATORIOS
opossum
or
Order
ORDINAL NUMBERS
Origin of Species
Osama bin Laden
Our Lord, Our Lady
outback
outside
over
Overthrust Belt
- P -
-pounder
Pac-Man
Pacific
paddy, paddy field, rice field
PAGE REFERENCES
PAINTINGS, SCULPTURES, AND OTHER WORKS OF ART
pair
palate, palette, pallet
paleo
Palestine, Palestinian territories
Panhandle
panic
Panjabi, Punjabi
Papago
paradise
parallel
Paramotor
PARENTHESES
Parliament
partition
Pashtun, Pashto
Passion
past, last, latest
Patriarch
PATTERNS: Quilts (appliqué and patchwork), pressed glass, crafts, etc.
pay, paid, payed
Peace Corps volunteer
Peacock Throne
peasant
peninsula
per
percent, percentage
period
Persia, Persian
Persian Gulf, Persian Gulf states
peshmerga
petrodollars, petrowealth
Phalangist
pharaoh
Philippine, Filipino, Filipina
Phocoenidae
phosphorus, phosphorous
photo essay, photo series
photographer
PHOTOGRAPHS
pidgin English
Pied Piper
Ping-Pong
Piper Cub, Super Cub
PLACE-NAMES
plague(s)
plains
plankton
plate
play-fight
PLAYS
Plexiglas
PLOS One
PLURALS
plus
POETRY
pole, polar
POLITICAL PARTIES, party
Pompeii, Pompeian
Pony Express
pope
Popol Vuh
POPULATION
PORTUGUESE SURNAMES
POSSESSIVES
post
post office
Post-it, Post-it notes
Prairie Provinces, prairie states
prayer
pre-
predominantly
prefecture
prehistory
PREPOSITIONS
presently
President, presidency, presidential
preventive
prey
Pride, pride, gay pride
Prime Minister
primitive
prizewinner
pro-
PROFANITY
professor
Prohibition
promised land
pronghorn
PRONUNCIATION
proof
prophet
PROPORTIONS, ODDS, AND RATIOS
protozoan, protozoans
proved, proven
Province
Provincial Congress
pseudonyms
Pulitzer Prize
PULL QUOTES
PUNCTUATION, MULTIPLE
PUNCTUATION, TYPEFACES
pygmy
Pyramid, Pyramids
- Q -
Qaddafi, Muammar
QR code reader
quarter
Quechua, Kichwa
QUESTION MARK
QUOTATION MARKS
QUOTATIONS
Quran, Quranic
Québec, Quebec
Québécois
- R -
R.V.
rack, wrack
radar-track
RADIO
radiotrack, radiotracking
rainforest
Ramayana
Range Rover
Ranger, Rangers
rapids
re-
real estate agent
Reb, Rebel
Reconquest, Reconquista
Reconstruction
RECORDINGS
Red Army
red planet, Mars
red rock, red-rock
regiment
regrettably, regretfully
Regular Army
rem
replica
Representative
republic
republic of Georgia
reservation
reserve
Resistance
Ret.
Revelation
Reverend
Revolution, revolution
rhebok
Rhodesian ridgeback
rille
Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus
risktaker, risktaking
river
river dolphin
riverbank
rock-and-roll
Rocky Mountain Front
Rollerblades
Rolls-Royce
ROMAN NUMERALS
Romantic
Rotunda
Royal Air Force (RAF), Royal Navy
royal palace
ROYALTY AND NOBILITY
rpm
Rubik's Cube
Russian Far East
RUSSIAN LANGUAGE, TRANSLITERATION OF
Rwenzori
- S -
-san
-scape
-score
S.A.
sabertooth, saber-toothed cat
sage grouse
Saint, St.
Salem witch trials
Sami
Santería
Savior, savior
Scandinavia
school
SCIENTIFIC NOMENCLATURE
Scot, Scottish, Scotch
Scotch tape
Scottish Highlands
Scout
Scripture, scriptural
SCULPTURE
Sea of Japan (East Sea)
Sea People, Sea Peoples
sea star
seaboard
sear, sere
seasons
seasons for TV / podcast
second, third, fourth, etc.
secretary
seeker
seldom
self-
seller
semi-
SEMICOLON
Senate, Senator, senatorial
September 11
SERIES
service
several
Señor, Señora, Señorita
shahadah
shalwar kameez
sharia
shark fin soup
SharkFest
shear, sheer
sheikh
sherd, shard
Shield
Shiite
SHIPS AND BOATS
SHORT STORIES
shrimps
sic
Side
side
Sierra, High Sierra
SIGNS
sir
site
Six Day War
SIZE
SLANG
slash
slave, slavery
Slovenian
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION
smokejumper
Smokey Bear, Smokey
snowkiting
so-called
SOCIAL MEDIA
socialism
SoHo
someday, some day
something
sometime, sometimes, some time
SONGS
sort, sorts
SOUNDS
south temperate zone
south, southern
Southern Ocean
space age, space-age technology
SPACE TERMS
spaceflight
spartan
speaker
Special Economic Zone (SEZ)
special forces
SPECIES AND GENUS
Sphinx, sphinx
SPLIT INFINITIVE
SS
St. James's Court
stanch, staunch
STAR NAMES
starfish
Stars and Stripes
state
station
STATUARY
steam age
steelworker, ironworker
Steller sea lion
steppe
Stetson
still
Stone Age, humans, culture
storm petrel
STORMS
strewed, strewn
strip mine
stygian
style
Styrofoam
sub-
subduct
SUBMARINES, SUBMERSIBLES, ROVs
sun
sun god
Sunni
super-
supernova, supernovae
Supreme Court, Court
SURNAMES: SPANISH
swath, swathe
Swaziland, Eswatini
Swiss army knife
SYLLABIFICATION
SYMPHONIES
symptom, sign
sea-level rise
- T -
-time
-to-be
tagelmust
taker
tarai
Taxol
Tea Party
Technicolor
telephone pole
telescope
TELEVISION (NGP)
TELEVISION (other)
temblor, tremblor
TEMPERATURES
Temple
Ten Commandments
Tenochtitlan
TENSES
Teotihuacan
terai
Territory
Tethys Ocean
thankfully
that, which, who
the
theater
then, ex-, former
Thermopane
thermos, Thermos
third
Third World
thoughts
threatened, endangered, vulnerable species
3D
thrive, thrived
Tiahuanaco, Tiwanaku
Tibet
tidal wave
Tidewater
Tigray, Tigrayans
TIME OF DAY
times
tin
tipi, tepee, teepee
titan, titanic
Titanic
TITLES OF ART, LITERARY, AND MUSICAL WORKS
TITLES OF ARTICLES
TITLES OF PERSONS
TITLES OF SPEECHES
together with
Tohono O'odham
ton
TORNADO
tortoiseshell, tortoise shell
tortuous, torturous
toward
toxic, toxin, toxicant
TRADEMARKS
TRAINS
trans-Alaska pipeline
treaty
Tribeca
trio
Tropic of Cancer, Capricorn, the tropics, tropical
tsar, tsarist, czar, czarist
tsessebe, tsessebes
Turkey, Türkiye
turned
Tutankhamun
Twelve Apostles
type
- U -
U.S. cities datelines
U.S.S.R. (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics)
Ukraine
ultra-
UN, United Nations
uncrewed
under way, underway
under-
undocumented immigrant, illegal immigrant, illegal immigration, illegal alien
UNESCO
uninterested, disinterested
Union, Federal Union, Union Army
United Kingdom, U.K.
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
United States
Universal time, UT
upper
Upper Egypt (valley), Lower Egypt (delta)
upstate New York
upward(s)
USGS
Utahn
utility pole, telephone pole
utopia, utopian
Uyghur, Uyghurs
- V -
V day, V-E Day, V-J Day
valley
Vanuatuan
Vaseline
Velcro
versus
very
vet
Veterans Affairs, Department of Veterans Affairs, VA
vice
vice admiral
Vice President, Vice Presidency, vice presidential
Virgil
visitors center
volcano
Volkswagen, VW, Beetle, Rabbit
video games
- W -
-watcher, -watching
-wise
-word
Wall, wall
walrus, walruses
war
Wari, Huari
Washington, D.C.
Wazir, Wazirs
WEEK
well
West Asia
west, western
Western Wall
whalebone, whale bone
what
while
whiskey, whisky
who, whom
WHO, World Health Organization
wide
Wikipedia
wind
Windsurfer, windsurfer, windsurfing
winner
woman suffrage
woodburning, wood burner, wood-burning stove
WORDS AS WORDS
worker
world
World Heritage Convention, List, site, city
World Trade Center, Trade Center
World War
- X -
x-ray
Xerox
Xinjiang region
- Y -
Yakama
Yanomami
Yellow Border, Yellow Border Design
yet
yuca, yucca
Yucatán, Yucatan
- Z -
zero
zip code
Ziploc
zodiac
zone
square miles, sq mi
cave, cave complex/system
suffixes
4. Exceptions
5. Sources
7. Credits & History
National Geographic Style Manual
Shield
Capitalize major shields:
Canadian Shield,
but
the shield
Baltic Shield, the shield
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