BP may stand for:

• Before Present, in social sciences such as history, archeology, climatology, et al. (most common suffixed use in literature; normally used with respect to dates established by radiocarbon dating.)
  • cal BP, a calibrated value of before present with respect to radiocarbon dating, implying a more reliable figure with less uncertainty.
• BP, an energy corporation, formerly known as British Petroleum.

• British Petroleum Canada the Canadian subsidiary

• Bharat Petroleum, an Indian oil company.
• Bechuanaland Protectorate, the forerunner of modern Botswana
• Air Botswana, IATA code.
• Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell, founder of the world scouting movement (the proper abbreviation would be "B-P").
• Banco Popular, a financial institution in Puerto Rico.
• Baseball Prospectus, statisical website and series of annuals.
• Benny Parsons, NASCAR champion in 1973 and former long-time NASCAR commentator.
• Benzoyl peroxide, an acne and teeth whitening medicine, abbreviated as "BP" to modify a commercial name such as "Clearasil BP".
• Bletchley Park, a British cryptography installation, was referred to as "BP" so that those making inquiries would assume the speaker meant British Petroleum without the speaker having to directly lie.
• Boerenpartij, a Dutch political party.
• Bohlen-Pierce scale, a musical scale.
• Boron phosphide.
• Boston Pizza, a Canadian restaurant chain.
• British Parliamentary Style, a debating style.
• British Pharmacopoeia, a collection of medical standards, abbreviated as "BP" to signal a conforming ingredient such as "Hydrocortisone BP".
• IF Brommapojkarna, a Swedish football team.
• Solomon Islands, FIPS Pub 10-4 and obsolete NATO digram.

bp may stand for: Before Present (BP) years are the units of time (counted backwards to the past) used to report raw radiocarbon ages and dates referenced to the BP scale origin in the year AD 1950 (identical to 1950 CE). ... Radiocarbon dating is a radiometric dating method that uses the naturally occurring isotope carbon-14 (14C) to determine the age of carbonaceous materials up to about 60,000 years[1]. Raw, i. ... BP plc (LSE: BP), NYSE: BP, TYO: 5051 ), formerly known as British Petroleum, is a British energy company / multinational oil company (oil major) with headquarters in London. ... BP Canada began operations in 1948 and for many years was in retail operations until Petro-Canada emerged in 1975. ... Bharat Petroleum, a Forbes 2000 company, is one of Indias largest petroleum refining corporations and is owned by the government of India. ... An 1887 map showing the Crown Colony of Bechuanaland (shaded pink) and the Bechuanaland Protectorate (pink border) The Bechuanaland Protectorate (BP) was a protectorate established on March 31, 1885 by the United Kingdom in southern Africa. ... Categories: Airline stubs | Airlines of Africa ... Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell OM, GCMG, GCVO, KCB (22 February 1857 – 8 January 1941), also known as B-P, was a lieutenant-general in the British Army, writer, and founder of the Scout Movement. ... This article is about a Puerto Rican bank. ... Baseball Prospectus, sometimes abbreviated as BP, is a think-tank focusing on the statistical analysis of the sport of baseball, which is also known as sabermetrics. ... Benny Parsons (born July 12, 1941 in Detroit, Michigan, currently resides in Charlotte, North Carolina) is an American NASCAR announcer/analyst on NBC and TNT. He became famous as the 1973 NASCAR Winston Cup (now NEXTEL Cup) champion. ... R-phrases , , S-phrases , , , Autoignition temperature 80°C RTECS number DM8575000 Except where noted otherwise, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 Â°C, 100 kPa) Infobox disclaimer and references Tube of Basiron, a water-based 5% benzoyl peroxide preparation for the treatment of acne. ... During World War II, codebreakers at Bletchley Park decrypted and interpreted messages from a large number of Axis code and cipher systems, including the German Enigma machine. ... The Farmers Party (in Dutch: Boerenpartij, BP) was a dutch agrarian political party, with a strong conservative outlook and a populist appeal. ... The Bohlen-Pierce scale (BP scale) is a musical scale that offers an alternative to the octave-repeating scales typical in Western music. ... This article lacks information on the importance of the subject matter. ... Boston Pizza is a Canadian-based pizza chain. ... British Parliamentary style debate is a common form of academic debate. ... The British Pharmacopoeia is the authoritative collection of standards for UK medicinal substances. ... Categories: Football (soccer) stubs | Swedish football clubs ... Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) two-letter country codes (FIPS 10-4) are used by the US Government for data processing, and in the CIA World Factbook. ... This is the list of NATO country codes. ...

• binge eating/purging, in describing symptoms of bulimia
• base pair, in genetics.
• basis point, in finance.
• batting practice, baseball jargon referring to when hitters warm up or practice their hitting.
• beer pong, a popular drinking game.
• bipolar disorder, in psychiatry.
• blood pressure, in medicine.
• boarding pass, in transport.
• boiling point, in chemistry.
• bad player, in gaming.

Bp may stand for: Binge eating is a pattern of disordered eating which consists of episodes of uncontrollable overeating. ... Bulimia nervosa, an eating disorder more commonly known as bulimia, is a psychological condition in which the subject engages in recurrent binge eating followed by intentionally doing one or more of the following in order to compensate for the intake of the food and prevent weight gain: vomiting inappropriate use... Base pairs, of a DNA molecule. ... A basis point (often denoted as bp, bps or ; rarely, permyriad) is a unit that is equal to 1/100th of 1%. It is commonly used to denote the change in a financial instrument, or the difference (spread) between two interest rates; although it may be used in any case... For the similar drinking game involving table tennis paddles, see beer pong (paddles). ... For other uses, see Bipolar. ... A sphygmomanometer, a device used for measuring blood pressure. ... A Boarding Pass is a document provided by an airline allowing you to actually board an aircraft. ... Italic text This article is about the boiling point of liquids. ...

• baptized, in genealogy.
• Budapest, capital of Hungary.
• Bishop, in the Christian Church; when the term Bp. follows the name of a Christian saint it denotes that the saint was a Bishop.

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• Mazda B engine, for the Mazda BP engine.

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