| Acronym | Meaning |
 | NW | Nuclear Weapon |
 | NW | Nanowatt |
 | NW | North-West |
 | NWA | National Wrestling Alliance |
 | NWF | National Wildlife Federation |
 | NWFZ | Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone |
 | NWHN | U.S. National Women's Health Network |
 | NWO | New World Order (see Article For Explanation Of Idiosyncratic Capitalization) |
 | NWRA | National Wildlife Rehabilitators Association |
 | NWT | North-West Territories |
 | NY | Chichewa Language (ISO 639-1 Code) |
 | NY | New York (postal Symbol) |
 | NYA | Chichewa Language (ISO 639-2 Code) |
 | NYHA | New York Heart Association |
 | NYO | National Youth Orchestra Of Great Britain |
 | NYRA | National Youth Rights Association -New York Racing Association (horse Racing) |
 | NYSE | New York Stock Exchange |
 | NYT | New York Times |
 | NZ | New Zealand (ISO 3166 And FIPS 10-4 Country Code Digram) |
 | NZC | New Zealand Cricket |
 | NZD | New Zealand Dollar (ISO 4217 Currency Code) |
 | NZL | New Zealand (ISO 3166 Trigram) |
 | NZL | Noze Looan (online/event Listings) |
 | O | Oberst - Observer - Obstacle - Octal - Officer - Official - Oh - Operational - Operator - Oprah (magazine) - Outstanding -Oxygen |
 | OA | Operational Analysis |
 | OAC | On Approved Credit |
 | OARSI | Osteoarthritis Research Society International |
 | OAS | Organization Of American States |
 | OASIS | Objects And Agents For Information Systems And Simulation - Organization For The Advancement Of Structured Information Standards |
 | OASIS | Ontario Agencies Supporting Individuals With Special Needs |
 | OASIS | Ontario Association Of Sewage Industry Services |
 | OASP | Operational Analysis Support Paper/Plan |
 | OAU | Organization For African Unity |
 | OB | Obedience - Obligation - Obligatory - Obsolete - Obstetrics -Ocean Beach (California) - Off Break (cricket) - Old Bryanstonian - Order Of Battle - Outlet Box (electrical) -Overbought (stock Market) -Oversight Board |
 | OB | Obiit (Latin |
 | OBE | Officer Of The Order Of The British Empire |
 | OBJ | Objective (military Parlance) |
 | OBS | Observation/Observer - Obsolete - Obstacle -Off Balance Sheet - Optical Burst Switching (IEEE) - Organic Brain Syndrome - Organization(al) Breakdown Structure |
 | OBSS | Off Board Sensor Systems - Ordo Byantinus Sancti Sepulchri (Byzantine Order Of The Holy Sepulchre) - Orbiter Boom Sensor System (space Shuttle) - Origins Billion Star Survey |
 | OBX | Outer Banks (North Carolina) |
 | OC | Observer/Controller |
 | OC | Occitan Language (ISO 639-1 Code) |
 | OCA | Observatoire De La C?te D'Azur - Offensive Counter-Air |
 | OCD | Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder |
 | OCFS | Oracle Cluster File System |
 | OCFS2 | Oracle Cluster File System Release 2 |
 | OCI | Occitan Language (ISO 639-2 Code) |
 | OCIDS | Optical Combat Identification System |
 | OCN | Oncology Certified Nurse |
 | OCO | Oort Cloud Object |