3-letter words that end in s
- jus — a right.
- kas — a spiritual entity, an aspect of the individual, believed to live within the body during life and to survive it after death.
- kbs — knowledge-based system
- kes — (UK) the kestrel.
- kgs — Plural form of kg; kilograms.
- kis — Knowbot Information Service
- kms — Knowledge Management System
- kos — a unit of land distance of various lengths from 1 to 3 miles (1.6 to 4.8 km).
- krs — (language) A frame-based language built on Common LISP.
- las — the syllable used for the sixth tone of a diatonic scale.
- lbs — Plural form of lb; pounds.
- lcs — Language for Communicating Systems
- lds — Licentiate in Dentistry
- les — A lesbian.
- lhs — (filename extension) The filename extension for literate Haskell source files.
- lis — a member of an aboriginal people of the island of Hainan in Southeastern China.
- lms — local management of schools: the system of making each school responsible for controlling its total budget, after the budget has been calculated by the Local Education Authority
- los — approval
- lps — a phonograph record played at 33 1/3 r.p.m.; long-playing record.
- lys — a river in W Europe, in N France and W Belgium, flowing NE into the Scheldt River at Ghent. 120 miles (195 km) long.
- mas — mother1 .
- mcs — Meta Class System
- mds — Master of Dental Surgery
- mhs — Message Handling System
- mis — the syllable used for the third tone of a diatonic scale.
- mjs — (language) An early system on the UNIVAC I or II.
- mks — meter-kilogram-second (system)
- mls — Master of Library Science.
- mms — Multimedia Messaging Services
- mos — Metal Oxide Semiconductor
- mps — Member of the Pharmaceutical Society
- mrs — a title of respect prefixed to the surname or full name of a married woman: Mrs. Jones; Mrs. Susan Jones.
- mss — maximum segment size
- mts — 1. Message Transport System. 2. (programming) Microsoft Transaction Server.
- mvs — Multiple Virtual Storage
- n/s — non-smoker: used in lonely hearts columns and personal advertisements
- nas — a private organization, created by an act of Congress (1863), that furthers science and advises the U.S. government on scientific and technical issues. Abbreviation: N.A.S., NAS.
- nbs — National Bureau of Standards: part of the US Department of Commerce, now NIST.
- ncs — Network Computing System: Apollo's RPC system used by DEC and Hewlett-Packard.The protocol has been adopted by OSF.
- nds — Netware Directory Services
- nfs — Network File System
- nhs — British National Health Service
- nis — Network Information Service
- nls — Native Language System
- nos — network operating system
- nqs — Batch processing software for Unix systems.
- nss — 1. (networking) Nodal Switching System. 2. (operating system) New Storage System.
- nts — National Trust for Scotland
- nus — oldest of the ancient Egyptian gods, personifying the primordial ocean from which the world was formed; father of Ra, the sun god.
- nvs — non-volatile storage