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1. Using This Manual
2. Technical Notes
3. New & Revised
4. Exceptions
5. Sources
6. Style Committee
7. Credits & History
NGS Style Manual
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B&B
B.C.
B.C.E., C.E.
babysit
back of beyond
back side
backward
Bahasa Indonesia
Baja California
bale, bail
balkanize
BALLETS
balloons
Baluchi
bank
bank, river
Bantu languages, people
bark
barque
Basin
Basin and Range Country, Province
Basket Maker
bathyscaph, bathyscaphe, bathynaut
battalion
battle
Bay
Bay Area
bed-and-breakfast, B&B
Bedouin
bee sting, beestings
beefalo, beefalos
Beetle
Behind the Scenes
below
belt
Beltway
bends
Bermudian
beside, besides
best
better
between, among
Bhagavad Gita
bi-, semi-
BIBLE
Bible Lands
biblical
BIBLIOGRAPHIES
Bicentennial
Big Island (Hawaii)
Big Sky
big, great, large
Bigfoot, Sasquatch
bijou, bijoux
Bill of Rights
bills
binoculars
birchbark, birchbark canoe
BIRD CALLS
BIRDS
bishop
black Africa
Black Angus
Black Death
Black Hawk
black, African American, Negro, colored
BlackBerry
Blackfeet
Blarney stone
blender
blindman's buff
blog
blond, blonde, brunet, brunette
blood-red
blue planet
Bluegrass country
BOATS
boatswain
Bohemian, bohemian
bomb
Bombay
boojum
Book of Common Prayer
Book of Kells
BOOK REFERENCES
BOOK TITLES
boombox
Border Patrol
Border State(s)
born
borne
Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian
Bosporus
Boston Whaler
bosun, bos'n, boatswain
bottlenose dolphin
Boutros-Ghali, Boutros
Boy Scout
BP
BRACKETS
Braille, braille
branch
breach
breakfast time
BREAKING WORDS
breeches, britches
BREEDS
bride-to-be
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
bush meat, bush-meat
buzkashi
bycatch
BYLINES