Concept cluster: Graphics and sound > Acronyms and initialisms
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Alternative form of 0D (zero-dimensional)
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Alternative form of 2AP
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(education, psychology) Abbreviation of twice-exceptional. [(education, psychology) Being a gifted student with some form of disability (dyslexia, autism spectrum disorder etc.), thus considered exceptional both because of one's giftedness and special needs.]
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(golf) Abbreviation of fourball better ball.
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Alternative form of A&E [(chiefly British, New Zealand, Singapore, Hong Kong) The accident and emergency (casualty) department of a hospital.]
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Alternative form of A&E [(chiefly British, New Zealand, Singapore, Hong Kong) The accident and emergency (casualty) department of a hospital.]
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Alternative form of A & R
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Abbreviation of alto.
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Alternative form of A & R
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Alternative form of A&M [Agricultural and Mechanical, a historical university description]
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Alternative form of ABC
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Alternative form of AD
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Alternative form of ADA
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Alternative form of a.m. [Before noon.]
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Alternative form of ASI
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Alternative form of AU
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Alternative form of AAAS
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Alternative form of AACS
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Alternative form of ABC
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Alternative form of AD; abbreviation of anno Domini.
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Alternative form of AGI
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Alternative spelling of ao
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Alternative form of ASI
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Alternative form of AU
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Abbreviation of airborne. [In or carried by the air.]
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Initialism of atomic buffalo turd. [(US, cooking, slang, mildly vulgar) A spicy barbecue snack, typically a jalapeño stuffed with cheese and wrapped in bacon.]
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Alternative form of æsc [The symbol Æ, æ.]
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Alternative spelling of AFAIK (“as far as I know”)
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Initialism of all-figure number. [(UK, telecommunications, historical) A telephone number consisting purely of digits, introduced in the 1960s to replace numbers that began with an alphabetic code for the exchange.]
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(fandom slang) Acronym of adult fan of LEGO.
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Alternative form of Ag
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Alternative form of AiG
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Initialism of automatic letter facing: mechanical postal system introduced in the UK in 1957 to align the stamps to the correct position for the franking machine.
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Abbreviation of amateur dramatics.
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Abbreviation of American Express.
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(Britain, law) A civil order made against a person, as a result of persistent antisocial behaviour.
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Alternative form of AOR (“area of responsibility”)
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Alternative spelling of ARPANET
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Alternative form of arr
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Alternative form of ASAIC
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(Britain, law enforcement, transitive) To issue an Anti-Social Behaviour Order to.
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Initialism of American Sign Language. [A language that uses hands, facial expressions, and other bodily behavior to communicate both concrete and abstract ideas; some signs are based on English words, but ASL syntax and grammar are not based on English. ISO 639-3 code: ase.]
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Alternative form of AsPy
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Alternative form of ass'n (association)
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Abbreviation of assisted.
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Alternative form of ATSF
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(degree) Abbreviation of Doctor of Audiology.
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Alternative form of BA
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Alternative form of BAS
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Alternative form of BQ [(running) Boston qualifier (a time which qualifies a runner for Boston Marathon).]
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Alternative form of BS [(automotive) Bridgestone, a tire company.]
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Initialism of Bachelor of Arts (person with the degree). [A collegiate degree, usually involving three to four years of study (about 120 semester hours) in liberal arts.]
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Alternative form of BAS
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Alternative form of BASE
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Alternative form of BASc
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Alternative spelling of BEF
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Alternative form of BF
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Alternative form of B. I. O. T.
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Bachelor of Library Science.
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Alternative form of BO
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Alternative form of BPh.
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Alternative form of BPhil.
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Alternative form of BQ [(running) Boston qualifier (a time which qualifies a runner for Boston Marathon).]
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Alternative form of BS [(automotive) Bridgestone, a tire company.]
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Bachelor of Engineering.
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Initialism of binge eating disorder. [(medicine) Recurrent binge eating, but without the purging associated with bulimia nervosa]
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(Internet slang) Initialism of boyfriend. [A male partner in an unmarried romantic relationship.]
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Alternative form of BIW
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Alternative form of BoC
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Abbreviation of Bachelor of Philosophy.
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Alternative form of bpm
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Acronym of breed-specific legislation.
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(computing) Alternative form of BSOD
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(UK) Abbreviation of builders' tea. (builder's tea)
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(US) Abbreviation of bureau number: a serial number for aircraft assigned by the Navy Bureau of Aeronautics
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Alternative form of CBD
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Alternative form of CBN
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Alternative form of CB
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Alternative form of CBD
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Alternative form of CE
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(law) Alternative form of CFR
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Alternative form of COTS
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can't be everywhere
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Alternative form of CCR
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Alternative form of CD-RW
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Alternative form of CDKI
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Alternative form of Cdn
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Alternative letter-case form of CDOM
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Alternative form of cee (“the letter C”) [The name of the Latin-script letter C.]
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Alternative form of CFU
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Alternative form of CGS
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Alternative form of ChAFTA
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Abbreviation of Bachelor of Surgery, (degree)
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(UK) Abbreviation of Charles III Rex; the royal cypher of King Charles III of the United Kingdom, king regnant.
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Abbreviation of councillor. [A member of a council.]
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Alternative form of cmte
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Abbreviation of cancelled.
adj
Alternative form of cont
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Abbreviation of car of the year. (an honor given to a car)
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Abbreviation of compound. [An enclosure within which workers, prisoners, or soldiers are confined.]
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Abbreviation of constable. [One holding the lowest rank in most Commonwealth police forces. (See also chief constable.)]
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Abbreviation of cubic zirconium. (a gem of cubic zirconia)
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(sports, informal) Abbreviation of defence/defense.
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Alternative form of DA
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Alternative form of DDS
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Alternative form of DOF (In the sense Degree(s) of Freedom)
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Alternative form of DL
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Alternative form of DOF
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Alternative form of DRC
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Alternative form of DS
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Alternative form of DA
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Alternative form of DC
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Initialism of Doctor of Divinity.
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Alternative form of DDs; plural of D.D.
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Alternative form of DDS.
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Alternative form of DOF (In the sense Degree(s) of Freedom)
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Alternative form of DFA
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(education) Initialism of Doctor of Humane Letters. [A degree that is almost always conferred as an honorary degree, usually to those who have distinguished themselves in areas other than science, government, literature or religion.]
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Doctor of Industrial Technology, a terminal degree.
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Alternative form of DL
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(US) Abbreviation of Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine.
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Alternative form of DOF (In the sense Degree(s) of Freedom.)
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Alternative form of DR [(accounting) Debit.]
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Alternative form of DRC
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Alternative form of DS
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Alternative form of DUI
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Acronym of disability-adjusted life year. [(medicine) A measure of overall disease burden, expressed as the number of years lost due to ill-health, disability or early death.]
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Alternative letter-case form of DC
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Alternative form of DCAP-BTLS
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Alternative form of DDs; plural of DD
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Used on forms to indicate that the date should be written as two-digit days, months, and years, e.g. 020411 for 2 April 2011
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Used on forms to indicate that the date should be written in that format
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(medicine) Initialism of Doctor of Dental Surgery, a terminal higher education degree.
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Alternative form of DOF (“degree(s) of freedom”)
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Alternative letter-case form of DIAF
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Alternative form of dir
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Initialism of Doctor of Modern Languages (a terminal degree similar to both the D.A. (Doctor of Arts) and Ph.D. in Foreign Languages. See also: doctor)
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Alternative spelling of dos; plural of do
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Initialism of defective on arrival. [(business, of an item) Upon receipt, damaged or defective to the point of being unusable.]
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Alternative form of DOD
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Alternative form of DOF (In the sense Degree(s) of Freedom.)
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Abbreviation of Duke of Edinburgh's Award.
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(electrical engineering) Abbreviation of degree (diploma) in electrical engineering. [A stage of proficiency or qualification in a course of study, now especially an award bestowed by a university or, in some countries, a college, as a certification of academic achievement. (In the United States, can include secondary schools.)]
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Alternative form of doz
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Alternative form of dpt
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Abbreviation of disqualification. [The act of disqualifying, or the state of being disqualified]
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(Britain) Director of Revenue and Customs Prosecutions
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Alternative letter-case form of DTF
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Alternative form of EADA
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Alternative form of ER
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Alternative form of ER
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Alternative form of EV
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(films, television) Abbreviation of ending theme; end title sequence.
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(nonstandard) Alternative spelling of is [(now colloquial) Used in phrases with existential there when the semantic subject is a third-person plural.]
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(finance) Initialism of exchange for physical, exchange futures for physical, or exchange futures for product, a type of transaction.
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Initialism of electronic journalism.
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(finance) Alternative form of EONIA
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Alternative form of eq
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Alternative form of ess (letter 's') in compounds such as "es-hook". [The name of the Latin-script letter S.]
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Alternative letter-case form of ESA
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(psychology) Abbreviation of emotional, spiritual, and psychological.
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Abbreviation of esquire. and postnominal.
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Alternative form of Esq
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Something shaped like the letter S. (See esses)
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Abbreviation of established.
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Abbreviation of established.
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Alternative form of est [(obsolete) Grace; favour.]
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Abbreviation of European Engineer. [European qualification for engineers granted by the European Federation of National Engineering Associations (FEANI).]
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(role-playing games) Initialism of experience point.
adj
(US, informal, Internet slang) Alternative letter-case form of EZ
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Alternative spelling of FBO
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Alternative form of FDR
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Alternative form of F/O
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Alternative spelling of FBO
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Alternative form of FDR
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(rare) Initialism of for example.
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Alternative form of FO
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Alternative form of faans
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Alternative form of Facebooks
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(Internet) Abbreviation of Facebook. [(trademark) A social-networking website where users can find acquaintances or "friends", exchange messages, and post updates.]
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(education) Initialism of foundation degree. [(education, UK) A vocational qualification in higher education, intended to give comprehensive knowledge in a subject to enable the holder to go on to employment or further study in that field.]
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(UK, education) Initialism of further education. [(UK) Education beyond compulsory schooling, not including university-based higher education.]
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Alternative form of Feb.
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(law) Abbreviation of federal. [(US) A law-enforcement official of the FBI]
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(Internet slang, text messaging, vulgar) Initialism of for fuck's sake; also FFS.
adj
Abbreviation of former. [Previous.]
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Alternative form of FNaF
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Alternative form of FOAF
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(finance) Initialism of fill or kill. [(after a possessive) A sufficient or more than sufficient amount.]
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Initialism of figure of merit. [a numerical value used in comparing the quality or performance of different methods, systems, or devices.]
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Alternative form of FOMO
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Alternative letter-case form of FORB
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Initialism of freedom of speech. [The right of citizens to speak, or otherwise communicate, without fear of harm or prosecution.]
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(Internet slang) Alternative letter-case form of FR (“friend request”)
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(informal) Abbreviation of for example.
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Alternative form of f'rinstance [(informal) Example.]
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Alternative form of FRY
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Alternative form of Ft
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Alternative form of FTTX
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Alternative form of FYLSE (“law examination”)
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Alternative form of GPON
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Alternative form of GMAT
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Alternative form of GMAT
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Alternative form of GS.
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(economics, politics) Abbreviation of Group of Two; the two leading economies of the world, the United States of America and the People's Republic of China
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(fandom slang) Initialism of Generation Four (“the fourth generation of the "My Little Pony" toy franchise, known as "Friendship is Magic"”).
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(education, initialism) gifted and talented education
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Abbreviation of grand. [Of a large size or extent; great.]
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(software) Initialism of Geospatial Data Abstraction Library. (a computer software library for reading and writing raster and vector geospatial data formats.)
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(UK, in street addresses) Abbreviation of gardens.
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(US, education) Initialism of General Educational Development.
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Alternative spelling of PIIGS
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Abbreviation of Greek Language.
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(politics) Abbreviation of Gang of Four. [(China, politics) A leftist political faction composed of four Chinese Communist Party officials that came to prominence during the Chinese Cultural Revolution.]
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(NASDAQ Symbol) Abbreviation of Google. [(trademark) A particular Internet company.]
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Alternative form of GoT (“Game of Thrones”)
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(countable, healthcare) Initialism of general practitioner; also G.P. [A physician who provides primary care; treating acute and chronic illnesses and providing preventive care and health education; a family doctor.]
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Abbreviation of grams per litre.
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Alternative letter-case form of GSoC
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Alternative form of GSOH
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(taxation) Initialism of goods and sales tax. (state of Victoria in Australia, formerly in Canada, was planned in Hong Kong) [A tax similar to goods and services tax, in certain countries and states.]
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Alternative form of GUID
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Alternative spelling of hdqrs
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Alternative form of h bar
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Alternative spelling of HAM
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Alternative form of HC.
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Alternative form of HQ
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Alternative form of HSH
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Alternative letter-case form of h/c.
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Alternative form of h bar
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Alternative form of hdqrs
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Alternative form of HELOC
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(UK) Initialism of home in/of multiple occupation/occupancy: a rented house typically let as individual rooms, often to students or migrant workers.
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(Internet slang) Initialism of horny net geek.
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Abbreviation of honours.
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Alternative form of hts.
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Alternative form of hts.
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Alternative form of IC
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Alternative form of IM
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Alternative form of IC
adj
Alternative spelling of iid
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Alternative form of IM
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Alternative form of IDD
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Alternative letter-case form of idpol.
adv
(medicine) Abbreviation of in dies. [(medicine) Daily.]
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(international standards) Alternative letter-case form of India from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet.
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(US, military, initialism, slang) An Iraqi police officer, or the Iraqi police as a whole.
adj
Alternative letter-case form of IRL [Existing or being such in real life.]
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Alternative form of It.: abbreviation of Italian. (language)
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Alternative letter-case form of IT band
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In the name of a serial publication: abbreviation of Journal.
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Alternative form of JC
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(education) Initialism of Juris Doctor. [A professional doctorate in law, and in some countries, a first professional graduate degree.]
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(pornography) Acronym of Japanese adult video.
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Alternative form of Jl (Abbreviation of July.)
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Abbreviation of Korean barbecue. (Korean BBQ)
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Korean Broadcasting System
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Alternative form of K-Pg
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Initialism of knowledge, skills, and abilities. [The fact of knowing about something; general understanding or familiarity with a subject, place, situation etc.]
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Alternative form of ks (“kilosecond”)
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Alternative form of kt.
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Alternative form of LA
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Alternative form of LB
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Alternative form of LA
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Alternative form of LB
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Initialism of lower case. [The minuscule or small letters (a, b, c, as opposed to the uppercase or capital letters, A, B, C).]
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(education) Initialism of Doctor of Humane Letters. [A degree that is almost always conferred as an honorary degree, usually to those who have distinguished themselves in areas other than science, government, literature or religion.]
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(in bibliographies) Initialism of location number.
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Initialism of locus sigilli (Latin: “(a/the) place of (a/the) seal”)
adj
(proofreading) Abbreviation of lower case.
adj
Alternative form of l8r
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Alternative form of LA
adj
Alternative spelling of la-de-da
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Alternative form of LAr (liquid argon)
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(higher education, Southern US) Abbreviation of last day of classes.
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Abbreviation of Late Greek.
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Initialism of lateral gene transfer. [horizontal gene transfer]
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(Internet) Initialism of LiveJournal, a blogging service or any of the individual blogs kept on it.
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Abbreviation of limited license.
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(probability) Initialism of law of large numbers. [(statistics) The statistical tendency toward a fixed ratio in the results when an experiment is repeated a large number of times; law of averages.]
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(graphical user interface) Abbreviation of layout manager.
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(uncountable) Synonym of LN2 Abbreviation of liquid nitrogen. [Nitrogen that has been cooled to the liquid state; used in cryogenics.]
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(dated, fandom slang) To write a letter of comment to a periodical.
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(initialism) Alternative form of lod
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Alternative form of LOZ
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Abbreviation of lawful permanent resident.
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(countable, selenography, astrocartography, astrogeography) Abbreviation of lunar quadrangle.
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(Internet) Initialism of last retweet.
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(proofreading) Initialism of letterspacing. [(typography) The amount of space between adjacent text characters.]
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Abbreviation of Liddell–Scott–Jones or Liddell-Scott-Jones, another name of the Greek–English dictionary A Greek–English Lexicon by Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott and Henry Stuart Jones
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(Britain, Canada, Ireland) Abbreviation of limited liability company. [(law) A type or form of for-profit incorporated company where ownership is divided into shares, and where the governing rules are set forth in a contract entered into by all of the initial shareholders. The name derives from the fact that regardless of potential losses or even bankruptcy of the corporation, individual shareholders will bear a maximum liability of the price they paid for their shares.]
adj
Alternative form of LTR (left to right)
adj
Initialism of left-to-right, used to describe scripts written starting from the left-hand side. [(chiefly of text) That is written (and is read) from left to right.]
adj
Alternative form of m (“masculine”)
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Alternative form of MASc
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Alternative form of M.Eng.
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Alternative form of MLK
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Alternative form of MAS
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Alternative form of MASc
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Alternative form of MB (“Bachelor of Medicine”) [(China, slang) moneyboy.]
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Abbreviation of Master of Surgery.
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Abbreviation of Master of Engineering.
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Alternative form of MLK
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Alternative form of MO (“modus operandi”)
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Alternative form of MS [(nautical) M/S: Initialism of motor ship.]
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Alternative letter-case form of Mach.
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Abbreviation of Master of Applied Science.
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(Australia, Queensland) abbreviation of Mathematics C. [(Australia, Queensland) The most advanced of the three OP-eligible mathematics subjects available to Queensland students in years 11 and 12.]
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Alternative letter-case form of MB (“maybe”)
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Alternative form of mcm (“million cubic meters”)
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Alternative form of MDR-TB
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Abbreviation of medical technician.
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Alternative form of M.Eng.
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Alternative form of mfd
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Alternative form of mgmt
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Alternative form of mgt
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Alternative form of MGUK
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Alternative form of Missippi
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Alternative form of Mk
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Alternative form of MKN
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Alternative form of MKR
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Alternative form of mks
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Abbreviation of million.
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(finance) Initialism of market maker. [(finance) A person or company that undertakes to quote both a buy and a sell price for a financial instrument.]
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Alternative form of MoDs
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Alternative form of MoU
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(military) Military Police; military policeman
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Alternative form of MRDD
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Alternative form of Mtl Abbreviation of Montreal.
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Alternative form of MTS
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Alternative form of N.S.
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Alternative form of NSW
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Alternative form of NBC
adj
Abbreviation of not indicated elsewhere.
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Alternative form of NS [Nova Scotia, a province of Canada]
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Acronym of non-aggression principle. [(ethics, philosophy) The ethical principle asserting that initiating physical force against persons or their justly acquired property, or threatening to do so, is illegitimate.]
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(UK, not used in North America) Alternative letter-case form of NATO.
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Alternative form of nbsp
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(military, US) Abbreviation of Navy Exchange, a department-store chain operated by the United States Navy exclusively for the military and their families, allies, and certain other individuals.
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Abbreviation of nanograms. plural of ng (“nanogramme”); Nonstandard form of ng (“nanogrammes”).
n
Alternative form of nos. Abbreviation of numbers.
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Alternative letter-case form of NoVA (“North Virginia”)
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Alternative form of nrg.; Abbreviation of energy.
adv
(Internet slang) Abbreviation of not right now.
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New Style (of dates; contrast OS)
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Alternative form of AFLNZ
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Alternative form of O.C.
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Alternative form of OS [(UK) an Ordnance Survey map.]
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Alternative form of OD
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Alternative form of OS [(UK) an Ordnance Survey map.]
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(computing) Alternative form of ORM
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The activities and policies aimed at protecting the safety, health and welfare of people engaged in work or employment.
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Alternative form of OE
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(linguistics) Alternative form of OES
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(Roman Catholicism) Initialism of Ordinary Form. [(Roman Catholicism) The version of the Roman Rite introduced after the Second Vatican Council, usually celebrated in the vernacular.]
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(Catholicism) Initialism of Order of Friars Minor or Ordo Fratrum Minorem, the Franciscans, a religious order of mendicant friars.
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Alternative form of Okla. Abbreviation of Oklahoma.
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(informal) The Bank of England.
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Alternative letter-case form of oo [(obsolete) The Greek letter omega.]
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(slang) Initialism of other person's; a cigarette cadged from someone.
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Alternative form of OPCON
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Abbreviation of opuses.
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Alternative form of oPt
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Alternative spelling of 'oss.
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(finance) Abbreviation of profit and loss. [A profit-and-loss statement; an income statement.]
n
Alternative form of p&p (“postage and packing”)
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Alternative form of P'cola.
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Alternative form of PE ratio
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Alternative form of PI
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Alternative form of PM
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Alternative form of P.O.
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(grammar) Alternative form of p.p.
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Alternative form of PQ
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Alternative form of PU
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Alternative form of pc
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Alternative form of PCI
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Alternative form of PG
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Alternative form of PI
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Alternative spelling of PM
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Alternative form of PPS
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Alternative form of PQ
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Alternative form of PRB
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Alternative form of PS (post scriptum). [(linguistics) Proto-Slavic.]
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Misconstruction of PPS
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Alternative form of PU
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(finance) Alternative form of PE ratio
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Alternative form of Pac. (abbreviation of Pacific)
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Acronym of prisoner at large. [(military) A member of the military who is being disciplined by being forbidden to leave the barracks or ship on which he/she is stationed.]
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Alternative form of pcs (pieces) [pieces]
adj
Alternative form of perf
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Alternative form of PERMANOVA
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pff
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Alternative form of P/F ratio
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(Internet slang, text messaging) Alternative letter-case form of pfp.
n
(medicine) Acronym of pediatric gait, arms, legs, spine: a diagnostic test for locomotor abnormalities in children, based on the GALS for adults.
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Abbreviation of physical education. [An element of an educational curriculum concerned with bodily development, physical health and wellness, strength, physical co-ordination, and agility.]
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Alternative form of POC (“proof of concept; person of color; etc”)
n
Alternative form of PoCC
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Alternative form of POFMA
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Alternative form of pog (“milk cap”): Acronym of passion fruit, orange, guava. [(Internet slang, text messaging, Twitch-speak) A phrase that positively compliments something. Ex. praise.]
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(US Census) Abbreviation of person of the opposite sex sharing living quarters.
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Alternative letter-case form of PPG
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(uncountable) Alternative form of PP&H
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Abbreviation of post post post script.
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Alternative form of PPS
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Alternative form of PS (post scriptum). [(linguistics) Proto-Slavic.]
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(linguistics) Abbreviation of Proto-Slavic. [(linguistics) A hypothetical, reconstructed language whence all the Slavic languages later descended.]
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(astronomy, obsolete) Abbreviation of parsec.
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(linguistics) Initialism of phono-semantic matching. [(linguistics) The borrowing of a word into one language from another which completely or partially preserves both the original sound and meaning.]
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Misconstruction of PPS
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Abbreviation of Doctor of Psychology.
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Alternative form of pt
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(software engineering) Abbreviation of publish–subscribe pattern.
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Alternative form of PWR [power]
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Alternative form of PWR [power]
v
Alternative form of Q-spoil [Synonym of Q-switch]
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Alternative form of QC
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Alternative form of QC
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Alternative form of qt [(slang) Quality time.]
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Abbreviation of quality assurance/quality control (“various process management procedures employed to preserve and enhance the quality of products or services”).
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Acronym of quality-adjusted life year. [(medicine) A unit of measurement, equivalent to one year of life in perfect health, that can be used to decide whether a medical procedure is worthwhile for an individual.]
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Alternative form of QC
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Alternative form of QC
adv
Alternative form of q.v. [quod vide; which see; used to reference material mentioned in text.]
n
Alternative form of Qld
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Abbreviation of Queens (“A borough of New York City, New York, United States”). [A surname.]
n
Initialism of quality of life. [The general well-being of something or someone.]
adj
Alternative form of QoQ
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Abbreviation of queer person of color.
n
(US, military, in postal addresses) Abbreviation of quarters used when addressing mail.
n
(sports) Alternative form of quali
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(sports) Alternative form of quali
v
(abbreviation, slang, text messaging, Internet) are (in text messaging and internet conversations)
n
Alternative form of R&R
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Alternative form of R&R
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Alternative form of RIS
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Alternative form of RV
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Alternative form of RIS
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(printing) Abbreviation of roll-to-roll processing.
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Alternative spelling of RAPCON
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(professional title) registered dietitian
n
Alternative form of RDTE
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Abbreviation of rectified linear unit. [A unit (in an artificial neural network) that employs a rectifier]
n
(Internet slang, uncountable) Initialism of real life. [Life outside of a contrived or fantastical environment; often used in comparison to events depicted in drama.]
n
(computing) run-length limited
n
(Internet slang, text messaging) Alternative form of really
adv
(Internet slang) Alternative form of rly (“really”)
adv
(informal, Internet slang, text messaging) Alternative form of RN (“right now”)
n
Alternative form of ROE
n
Alternative form of rpt.
n
Alternative form of rrp. [Recommended retail price]
adv
(informal) Initialism of real soon now. [(informal) Designating a time when something will become available, supposedly (but perhaps only optimistically) in the near future.]
adj
(photography, graphic design) Alternative form of RTL (right to left)
n
Alternative form of s.
n
Alternative spelling of S&L [(US, banking) A savings and loan association.]
n
Alternative spelling of S&M
n
Alternative form of SA
n
Alternative form of SAT [(atmospheric sciences) Surface air temperature.]
n
Alternative form of SEC
n
Alternative form of SF
n
Alternative form of S.I. [Synonym of SI (International System of Units)]
n
Abbreviation of apothecary's scruple.
n
(education) Initialism of Doctor of Science. [An academic research degree awarded in a number of countries throughout the world. (Latin: Scientiæ Doctor)]
n
Alternative form of SEC
n
Alternative form of SF
n
Alternative form of SJD [Scientiae Juridicae Doctor; Doctor of Judicial Science.]
n
Alternative form of SOP
n
Alternative spelling of SOS [The conventional Morse code call made by a ship in distress.]
n
(law) Abbreviation of steamship. [A ship or vessel propelled by steam power.]
n
Abbreviation of Doctor of Social Science.
n
Alternative form of STD (“sexually transmitted disease”)
n
Short for S/F ratio.
n
Alternative letter-case form of SD, standard deviation
n
(formal) MI6
n
Abbreviation of secretaries.
n
Alternative form of Sen.
n
Alternative form of serv
n
Alternative form of S/F ratio
adv
(Internet slang) Abbreviation of so far as I can tell.
n
Abbreviation of Source Filmmaker. A software tool for video capture and editing, often used to create animations.
adj
Alternative form of SFnal
n
Alternative form of SFRY
n
Abbreviation of special effects.
adj
(grammar) Abbreviation of singular. [Being only one of a larger population.]
v
Abbreviation of signed.
n
Scientiae Juridicae Doctor; Doctor of Judicial Science.
n
Abbreviation of synklepton.
n
Abbreviation of sexual minority (“non-heterosexual”). (Also used attributively.) [(uncountable) The state of being a minor in sexual matters.]
n
Alternative form of sm
n
Alternative form of SOC
n
Alternative form of socon
n
Acronym of special education. [Any of several educational services designed for students with learning difficulties, mental health problems, or other disabilities]
adj
Abbreviation of special. [Distinguished by a unique or unusual quality.]
n
Abbreviation of square feet.
n
Alternative form of SQRRR
n
Abbreviation of square feet.
n
Abbreviation of squadrons.
n
Alternative form of sqr
n
Initialism of survey, question, read, recite, review: a technique for reading and fully comprehending textbook material. [The act of surveying; a general view.]
n
Alternative form of Squeenix [(informal, humorous, video games) Square Enix, a Japanese video game development company]
n
Alternative form of sRLV
n
Alternative letter-case form of srs bsns [(Internet slang) Something that is serious, important, formidable, etc., or is treated as such.]
n
(US) Acronym of social security number. [(US) A nine-digit number issued to citizens, permanent residents, and temporary (working) residents under section 205(c)(2) of the Social Security Act, codified as 42 U.S.C. § 405(c)(2). The number is issued to an individual by the Social Security Administration. Its primary purpose is to track individuals for taxation purposes. Abbreviated as SSN. In recent years the SSN has become a de facto national identification number.]
n
Alternative letter-case form of St., abbreviation of street.
n
Alternative form of Sta (abbreviation) [station]
adj
Alternative form of std (“standard”)
v
(Internet slang, derogatory, vulgar) Initialism of search the fucking Web.
n
Alternative spelling of stn
n
Abbreviation of stop motion.
n
Alternative form of StPD
n
Alternative form of str
adv
Abbreviation of sometimes. [On certain occasions, or in certain circumstances, but not always.]
n
(rail transport) Station code and abbreviation of Stevenage railway station in England.
adj
Alternative form of SxS
n
Alternative form of SysRq
n
Alternative form of T&Cs.
n
Alternative form of THC
n
Alternative form of TR
n
Alternative form of THC
n
throwback
n
Alternative form of TCM (“thousand cubic metres”)
n
Alternative form of TLOZ
n
Abbreviation of trillion. [(basketball, slang) A statistic formed by a player playing some number of minutes, but recording no stats.]
n
(medicine, law) Acronym of treatment, payment, and (healthcare) operations. [The process or manner of treating someone or something.]
adj
Alternative form of EEE
n
(intellectual property, international law) The Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights.
n
Alternative form of T&Cs.
n
Alternative form of T&Cs.
n
Alternative form of US
n
Alternative form of UP
adj
Alternative form of US
n
Alternative letter-case form of UEFA
n
Alternative form of UoR
n
Alternative form of UUID
n
Abbreviation of Unitarian Universalism. [A religion which encourages theological liberalism and an individual search for truth and the adherents of which draw on many different theological sources and have a wide range of beliefs and practices.]
n
Alternative form of V.I.
n
Alternative form of VJ
n
(law) Abbreviation of vice chancellor.
n
Alternative form of VJ
n
Alternative form of VOC [(electronics, physics) V_(OC) — Initialism of open-circuit voltage.]
n
Alternative form of VOC [(electronics, physics) V_(OC) — Initialism of open-circuit voltage.]
n
Alternative form of VOI
n
Alternative form of WA
n
Alternative form of WO
n
Alternative form of WA
n
Alternative form of WO
n
(US, slang, historical) A member of the Women's Army Corps, the women's branch of the United States Army from 1942-1978.
n
Alternative letter-case form of wpm
n
Alternative form of XDR-TB
n
Alternative form of yd.
n
Alternative form of Yp.
n
Alternative form of ZIP Code
n
Alternative letter-case form of ZIRP (“zero interest rate policy”)
n
(photography) Ellipsis of ZLR system.

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