!Kung
n.
(alternative form of ǃKung)

$100 hamburger
alt.
(context aviation slang) A general aviation flight that involves flying a short distance, eating a meal, and flying back.
n.
(context aviation slang) A general aviation flight that involves flying a short distance, eating a meal, and flying back.

$100 hamburgers
n.
(plural of $100 hamburger)

%ile
n.
(abbreviation of percentile)

%iles
n.
(plural form of %ile)

&
conj.
(abbreviation of and)

& al.
adv.
(lb en dated rare) (alternative form of et al. nodot=t)

& cetera
phr.
(alternative spelling of et cetera)

& seq.
phr.
(alternative spelling of et seq. nodot=t)

& seqq.
phr.
(plural of & seq. nodot=t)

& ux.
abbr.
(obsolete form of et ux. )

& uxor
phr.
(alternative form of et ux)

&c
phr.
(lb en dated rare outside titles) (alternative spelling of & c. )

&c.
phr.
(context dated) etc. , (abbreviation of et cetera nocap=1)

&lit
a.
(context of a cryptic crossword clue) That can be interpreted in its entirety as either a definition or wordplay; for example, " God incarnate, essentially" for " Odin" , a Norse god whose name is hidden in " G'''od in'''carnate" .
n.
A clue of this type.

&lits
n.
(plural of & lit)

'00s
n.
The 2000s (decade).

'14-'18
n.
(alternative form of 14-18); World War I

'70s
n.
The 1970s.

'80s
n.
The 1980s.

'90s
n.
The 1990s.

'Are'are
n.
An Oceanic language of the Solomon Islands.

'Auhelawa
n.
(alternative form of 'Auhelawa)

'Eid ul-Fitr
n.
(alternative form of Eid al-Fitr)

'Gater
n.
(context informal) A fan of the science fiction franchise ''(w: Stargate)''.

'Murica
n.
(context satirical derogatory) The United States of America as understood by the stereotypical conservative southerner.

'Nam
n.
(alternative spelling of 'nam)

'Uthman
alt.
(context Islam) the third Caliph of the Ummah
n.
(context Islam) the third Caliph of the Ummah

'a
pron.
1 (context archaic) (alternative form of a#Pronoun a nodot=1) (qualifier: pronoun)
2 (context archaic) (alternative form of a nodot=1) (qualifier: verb)

'a'
alt.
(eye dialect of have)
vb.
(eye dialect of have)

'ad
vb.
(context British slang and dialectical) (nonstandard form of had)

'air
a.
(eye dialect of hair)

'aircut
n.
(eye dialect of haircut)

'aircuts
n.
(plural of 'aircut)

'alf
n.
(eye dialect of half)

'alves
n.
(plural of 'alf)

'am
n.
(nonstandard form of ham)

'ammer
n.
(eye dialect of hammer)

'ammers
n.
(plural of 'ammer)

'ammiyya
n.
Colloquial, non-standard Arabic (qualifier: used especially of eastern Arabic dialects).

'ams
n.
(plural of 'am)

'appy
a.
(eye dialect of happy)

'arbour
n.
(eye dialect of harbour)
vb.
(eye dialect of harbour)

'arboured
vb.
(en-past of: 'arbour)

'arbourin'
vb.
(eye dialect of harbouring)

'arbours
n.
(plural of 'arbour)

'ard
a.
(eye dialect of hard)

'arf
n.
(context British) (eye dialect of half)

'art
n.
(eye dialect of heart)

'at
pron.
Contraction of that.

'ave
vb.
(eye dialect of have)

'ave it
interj.
(context UK English) an exclamation of joy

'bot
alt.
1 (context informal) A robot.
2 (context computing) A piece of software designed to complete a minor but repetitive task automatically and on command.
n.
1 (context informal) A robot.
2 (context computing) A piece of software designed to complete a minor but repetitive task automatically and on command.

'bots
n.
(plural of 'bot)

'bout
prep.
(context colloquial or poetic) about.

'buked
vb.
(context nonstandard) alternative form of rebuked

'burb
n.
(context informal chiefly in plural) (alternative spelling of burb nodot=1), a short form of '''suburb'''.

'burbs
n.
(plural of 'burb)

'bye
interj.
(context informal) goodbye: (non-gloss definition: used when the speaker or addressee is departing).

'cause
conj.
(context colloquial slang) because.

'celli
n.
(plural of 'cello)

'cello
n.
(abbreviation of violoncello)

'cellos
n.
(plural of 'cello nodot=1): (abbreviation of nocap=1 violoncellos)

'cept
conj.
(eye dialect of except)
prep.
(eye dialect of except)

'clare
vb.
(eye dialect of declare from=African American Vernacular English)

'cos
alt.
(context British slang) (eye dialect of 'cause); because.
conj.
(context British slang) (eye dialect of 'cause); because.

'course
adv.
(contraction of of course)

'coz
conj.
(context informal) (alternative form of 'cause)

'cuz
alt.
(context slang US) (eye dialect of 'cause nodot=1); because.
conj.
(context slang US) (eye dialect of 'cause nodot=1); because.

'd
suf.
1 (context archaic) traditional English past tense indicator, largely replaced by ''-ed''.
2 Used to form the past tense of some verbs that are in the form of numerals, letters, and abbreviations, especially in online communication. Compare 's.
vb.
1 had (''marking the pluperfect tense'')
2 (''some dialects'') Had, possessed.
3 would
4 (context colloquial) Did.

'd better
contraction
Contraction of had better

'deed
adv.
(context informal) indeed.

'droid
n.
(alternative form of droid)

'droids
n.
(plural of 'droid)

'dswounds
interj.
(context archaic) An exclamation of anger or surprise.

'e
pron.
(eye dialect of he)

'e'll
contraction
(eye dialect of he'll he’ll)

'e's
contraction
(eye dialect of he's he’s)

'ead
n.
(eye dialect of head)

'eads
n.
(plural of 'ead)

'ear
vb.
(eye dialect of hear)

'eard
vb.
(eye dialect of heard)

'eart
n.
(eye dialect of heart)

'eid
n.
(context Islam) a holy day

'eld
vb.
(eye dialect of held) (en-past of: 'old)

'ello
interj.
(eye dialect of hello)

'elp
vb.
(eye dialect of help)

'em
pron.
(context now colloquial) them (typically after a preposition, or otherwise with accusative or dative force; now only in unstressed position).

'emselves
pron.
(context colloquial) unstressed form of (term themselves)

'er
pron.
(eye dialect of her)

'erb
n.
(context humorous or eye dialect) herb

'erbs
n.
(plural of 'erb)

'ere
adv.
(context British slang and dialectal) (eye dialect of here)
interj.
(context British slang) (contraction of look here nodot=11), ''used for emphasis at the beginning of a sentence when expressing an opinion or want. ''

'ey up
interj.
(alternative spelling of hey up)

'fess up
vb.
(alternative form of fess up)

'fessed up
vb.
(en-past of: 'fess up)

'fesses up
vb.
(en-third-person singular of: 'fess up)

'fessing up
vb.
(present participle of 'fess up)

'flu
n.
(context UK English) (dated form of flu)

'fraid
a.
afraid

'fraid not
phr.
(context informal) (alternative form of I'm afraid not)

'fraid so
phr.
(context slang) I am afraid so

'fridge
n.
(context dated) (alternative form of fridge nodot=1) (gloss: refrigerator)

'fro
n.
(lb en slang) (contraction of afro)

'gainst
prep.
(context poetic) against

'ganst
vb.
(context chiefly poetic) (abbreviation of beganst)

'hood
Etymology 1
n.
brotherhood
Etymology 2

n.
(alternative form of hood nodot=1), neighborhood

'i
interj.
(eye dialect of hi)

'igh
a.
(eye dialect of high)

'ighness
n.
(eye dialect of highness)

'ighnesses
n.
(plural of 'ighness)

'im
pron.
(context colloquial) Representing a pronunciation of '''him''' that drops the ''h''.

'is
pron.
(eye dialect of his)

'istorical
a.
(eye dialect of historical)

'istory
a.
(eye dialect of history)

'it
n.
(eye dialect of hit nodot=1) (in the senses " punch" , " kill" , etc).
vb.
(eye dialect of hit nodot=1) (in the senses " punch" , " kill" , etc).

'ittin'
vb.
(present participle of 'it)

'kay
alt.
(context colloquial) (contraction of okay)
interj.
(context colloquial) (contraction of okay)

'll
vb.
will, shall (qualifier: marking the future tense)

'long
adv.
(abbreviation of along)
prep.
(abbreviation of along)
vb.
(alternative form of long)

'low
vb.
(context US colloquial) to allow; to acknowledge or admit.

'm
Etymology 1
vb.
1 am.
2 (context dialect) Various forms of be.
Etymology 2

suf.
Represents the word ''Madam'' when used as a formal address of a female; as, ''yes'm'', ''no'm''. < !--Used only after " yes" and " no" ? Used only in the southern states of the US? -->

'mong
prep.
An aphetic form of (term among)< ref name=" chambers" > Chambers Twentieth Century Dictionary< /ref>

'mongst
prep.
(context archaic poetic) amongst

'murica
n.
(alternative form of 'Murica)

'n
Etymology 1
conj.
(nonstandard spelling of 'n' ’n’)
Etymology 2

conj.
(eye dialect of than)
Etymology 3

a.
(eye dialect of own)

'n'
alt.
(context colloquial) Contraction of '''and'''; used mainly in a few set phrases.
conj.
(context colloquial) Contraction of '''and'''; used mainly in a few set phrases.

'nam
n.
1 Vietnam: a country in Southeast Asia.
2 Vietnam, the http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Vietnam%20War: a war fought in that country.

'naner
n.
(context Southern US Appalachian) banana

'neath
prep.
(context poetic) (alternative form of beneath)

'nuff
a.
(lb en US slang Southern US African American Vernacular English Yorkshire) enough
alt.
(lb en US slang Southern US African American Vernacular English Yorkshire) enough

'nuff said
phr.
(context informal) (non-gloss definition: Used in various situations to either end a discussion, or to imply that further discussion is not needed (Short for 'enough said'). )

'og
n.
(context UK slang or dialectical) (eye dialect of hog nodot=11), ''particularly in its slang sense of'' shilling

'ogs
n.
(plural of 'og)

'old
vb.
(eye dialect of hold)

'oliday
n.
(eye dialect of holiday)

'olidays
n.
(plural of 'oliday)

'oly
a.
(eye dialect of holy)

'ome
n.
(eye dialect of home)

'omes
n.
(plural of 'ome)

'onest
a.
(eye dialect of honest)

'onesty
n.
(eye dialect of honesty)

'oney
n.
(eye dialect of honey)

'oneys
n.
(plural of 'oney)

'onour
alt.
(eye dialect of honour)
n.
(eye dialect of honour)
vb.
(eye dialect of honour)

'ooligan
a.
(eye dialect of hooligan)

'ope
vb.
(eye dialect of hope)

'orrible
a.
(eye dialect of horrible)

'orribly
adv.
(eye dialect of horribly)

'orrid
a.
(eye dialect of horrid)

'orse
n.
(eye dialect of horse)

'orses
n.
(plural of 'orse)

'ospital
n.
(eye dialect of hospital)

'our
n.
(eye dialect of hour)

'phone
n.
(context UK English) (dated form of phone)
vb.
(context UK English) (dated form of phone)

'phoned
vb.
(en-past of: 'phone)

'phones
n.
(plural of ’phone)
vb.
(en-third-person singular of: ’phone)

'phoning
vb.
(present participle of 'phone)

'pon
prep.
Contraction of upon. Also spelt pon. Often found in expressions such as

'prentice
n.
(context obsolete) (abbreviation of apprentice)
vb.
(context obsolete) (abbreviation of apprentice)

'prenticed
vb.
(en-past of: 'prentice)

'prentices
n.
(plural of 'prentice)

'prenticing
vb.
(present participle of 'prentice)

'puter
alt.
(context slang) A computer.
n.
(context slang) A computer.

'puters
n.
(plural of 'puter)

're
vb.
are

'rents
n.
(context slang) parent.

'rithmetic
n.
(abbreviation of arithmetic)

'roid
n.
(alternative spelling of roid)

'roid rage
n.
(context bodybuilding) (alternative spelling of roid rage)

'roided out
a.
(alternative form of roided out)

'roids
n.
(plural of 'roid)

'roo
n.
(abbreviation of kangaroo)

'roos
n.
(plural of 'roo)

'round
prep.
Contraction of around.

'sall good
interj.
(context informal eye dialect) no problem; that's fine; you're welcome.

'sarvo
n.
(context slang Australia) Short for " this arvo" (''this afternoon'').

'sblood
interj.
(context archaic) (non-gloss definition: An exclamation formerly used as an oath, and an expression of anger or wonder. )

'scuse
interj.
(context slang) Excuse me.
vb.
(context transitive slang) excuse.

'scused
vb.
(en-past of: 'scuse)

'scuses
vb.
(en-third-person singular of: 'scuse)

'scusing
vb.
(present participle of 'scuse)

'sdain
n.
(alternative form of sdeign)
vb.
(alternative form of sdeign)

'sdained
vb.
(en-past of: 'sdain)

'sdaining
vb.
(present participle of 'sdain)

'sdains
vb.
(en-third-person singular of: 'sdain)

'sdeath
interj.
(context archaic) Expressing anger or astonishment.

'sfar
contraction
(contraction of as far)

'sfoot
interj.
(non-gloss definition: A contraction of " God's foot" ; an oath. )

'snails
interj.
(context obsolete) An oath.

'specially
adv.
(eye dialect of especially)

'struth
interj.
(alternative spelling of strewth)

'sup
alt.
how are you? What is new?
contraction
how are you? What is new?

'swounds
interj.
(context obsolete) Expresses anger, disdain, emphasis etc.

't
pron.
(context archaic) (contraction of it)

't Hooft operator
n.
(context physics) A dual version of the Wilson loop in which the electromagnetic potential ''A'' is replaced by its electromagnetic dual ''A mag '', where the exterior derivative of ''A'' is equal to the Hodge dual of the exterior derivative of ''A mag ''.

't Hooft operators
n.
(plural of 't Hooft operator)

'tache
n.
(alternative form of tache)

'taches
n.
(plural of 'tache)

'taint
contraction
Contraction of '''it ain't'''.

'tard
n.
(alternative form of tard)

'tards
n.
(plural of 'tard)

'tec
n.
(context slang) A detective.

'tecs
n.
(plural of 'tec)

'tend to one's knitting
vb.
(alternative form of stick to one's knitting)

'til
conj.
(alternative spelling of till nodot=1); until.
prep.
(alternative spelling of till nodot=1); until.

'tis
contraction
(context literary or archaic also occasionally colloquial) it is.

'tisn't
contraction
(context archaic) (contraction of it is not)

'tshall
contraction
(contraction of it shall)

'tude
n.
(context slang US) attitude, especially one of arrogance or hostility; swagger.

'tudes
n.
(plural of 'tude)

'tute
alt.
(context slang) (abbreviation of institute)
n.
(context slang) (abbreviation of institute)

'tutes
n.
(plural of 'tute)

'twas
contraction
(context archaic or poetic) (l en it) (l en was).

'twasn't
contraction
(contraction of it was not)

'tween
contraction
1 between
2 (context animation) To tween < !--this isn't a contraction. verb??-->

'twere
contraction
(context archaic) It were

'tweren't
contraction
(contraction of it were not)

'twill
contraction
(context poetic) it will

'twixt
alt.
(context literary) betwixt.
prep.
(context literary) betwixt.

'twixt-brain
n.
(context anatomy dated) The thalamencephalon.

'twixt-brains
n.
(plural of 'twixt-brain)

'twon't
contraction
(context archaic) (contraction of it won't won’t)

'twou'd
contraction
(obsolete form of 'twould ’twould)

'twou'dn't
contraction
(rare spelling of 'twouldn't)

'twould
alt.
(context archaic) (contraction of it would)
contraction
(context archaic) (contraction of it would)

'twouldn't
contraction
(context archaic) (contraction of it would not)

'ud
n.
(alternative form of oud nodot=yes) (stringed instrument)

'uds
n.
(plural of 'ud)

'ullo
interj.
(context UK English) (eye dialect of hullo)

'um
pron.
(context slang) an unstressed form of '''them'''

'umble
a.
(eye dialect of humble)
vb.
(eye dialect of humble)

'umbly
adv.
(eye dialect of humbly)

'umour
n.
(eye dialect of humor)
vb.
(eye dialect of humor)

'umra
n.
(context Islam) minor Hajj, a lesser pilgrimage to Mecca, other than at the time of the Hajj

'un
alt.
1 (context colloquial) one (''a thing'').
2 (context colloquial facetious chiefly British) one (''a person'').
pron.
1 (context colloquial) one (''a thing'').
2 (context colloquial facetious chiefly British) one (''a person'').

'uns
alt.
(plural of 'un)
n.
(plural of 'un)

'urry
vb.
(eye dialect of hurry)

've
vb.
1 have (''marking the perfect, or retrospective, tense'')
2 (''some dialects'') Have, possess.

'verse
n.
(context fandom) The (fictional) universe in which http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Firefly is set.

'verses
n.
(plural of 'verse)

'way
adv.
(dated spelling of way nodot=1) (gloss: much; far).

'za
n.
(context slang) pizza

'zackly
interj.
(context colloquial) exactly.

'zactly
interj.
(alternative spelling of 'zackly)

'zat
contraction
(context nonstandard eye dialect) Is that

'zounds
interj.
(archaic spelling of zounds)

(s)he
alt.
he or she; singular of they, used as a gender-neutral form of the third person singular.
pron.
he or she; singular of they, used as a gender-neutral form of the third person singular.

*
abbr.
1 (context text messaging) star
2 (context text messaging) Replacing the sounding /-ɑː(r)/ (star) on any word that has this pronunciation or similar.

*band
n.
1 (context uncountable) A subgenre of (l en roguelike roguelikes), characterised by non-rushed gameplay, (l en level levels) not being saved upon being left, large numbers of (l en item items) and a steep (l en power curve).
2 A game of this genre.

*nices
n.
(plural of :*nix)

*nix
n.
(context computing Internet) Unix and various other similar and/or compatible operating systems.

*nixes
n.
(plural of :*nix)

*t
n.
(context text messaging) (abbreviation of start)

++
suf.
(context computing) indicates a product with additional features or functionality.

++good
a.
(alternative spelling of double-plus-good)

++ungood
a.
(alternative spelling of double-plus-ungood)

+1
Etymology 1
interj.
(context internet) (non-gloss definition: Used to signify agreement with the comment to which one is replying. )
Etymology 2

n.
(alternative form of plus one)

+ve
a.
(context mathematics) positive.

-'
part.
(non-gloss definition: Possessive marker sometimes used on singular nouns (names) which end in ''s'', indicating than an object belongs to the noun bearing the marker. )

-'d
suf.
(context poetic) -ed (when pronounced as a single consonant)

-'er
suf.
Variant form of (term -er) used in words ending with an abbreviation or (sometimes) a number.

-'s
Etymology 1
pron.
1 (form of contracted form us) (qualifier found in the formula '''let's let’s''' which is used to form first-person plural imperatives)
2 (context UK dialect) (form of contracted form as) (qualifier: when it is (nonstandardly) used as a relative pronoun)
vb.
1 (form of contracted form is)
2 (form of contracted form has)
3 (context informal) (form of contracted form does) {{qualifier|used only with the auxiliary meaning of (term does) and only after interrogative words}}
4 (context nonstandard) are
Etymology 2

part.
(non-gloss definition: Possessive marker, indicating than an object belongs to the noun phrase bearing the marker. )
suf.
(non-gloss definition: Indicates a purpose or a user. )
Etymology 3

suf.
1 (lb en sometimes proscribed) Used to form the plurals of numerals, letters, some abbreviations and some nouns, usually because the omission of an apostrophe would make the meaning unclear or ambiguous.
2 (context obsolete) Used to form plurals of foreign words, to clarify pronunciation, such as “banana’s” or “pasta’s”. < ref name=" esl" > http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Lynn%20Truss. ''Eats, Shoots & Leaves''. pp. & nbsp; 63–65. < /ref>
3 (context proscribed) Used to form the plural of nouns that correctly take just an " s" in the plural. See '''greengrocer's apostrophe'''.

-0r
suf.
(context internet slang leet nonstandard) {{non-gloss definition|General-purpose suffix for purposes of " leet" respelling, sometimes replacing (term -er) or (term -or). }}

-a
Etymology 1
suf.
1 (plural of -um)
2 (plural of -on)
Etymology 2

suf.
1 (context Northern England) Same as (term -er) in Standard English.
2 (context Black English and slang) Used to replace (term -er) in nouns.
Etymology 3

suf.
{{non-gloss definition|Marks singular nouns, with a foundation in Greek or Latin, often implying femininity, especially when contrasted with words terminating in (term -us). }}
Etymology 4

suf.
(non-gloss definition: Changes an element or substance into an oxide. )
Etymology 5

suf.
(context slang) (alternative form of -'ve)
Etymology 6

suf.
(non-gloss definition: Marks nouns, with a foundation in Italian, Spanish, or Portuguese, implying femininity. )
Etymology 7

suf.
(non-gloss definition: Added for metrical reasons to poetry and verse)
Etymology 8

suf.
(context slang) (form of clitic form o')
Etymology 9

suf.
(context informal) To.

-a-
Etymology 1
infix
(non-gloss definition: Connective infix used in forming compounds, often no longer carrying a distinct meaning. )
Etymology 2

conj.
and
Etymology 3

alt.
(non-gloss definition: Connective infix encountered in loanwords and phrases, generally no longer carrying a distinct meaning. )
infix
(non-gloss definition: Connective infix encountered in loanwords and phrases, generally no longer carrying a distinct meaning. )
Etymology 4

infix
(context chemistry) Replacing carbon especially in a ring.
Etymology 5

infix
(context pharmacology) A monoclonal antibody derived from a rat.

-a-palooza
suf.
1 Forms the name of a promotional event such as a presentation.
2 emphasize or exaggerates the element of a situation.

-a-thon
suf.
(alternative form of -athon)

-ab
suf.
antibody

-ability
suf.
(non-gloss definition: Forms a noun from a verb); ability, inclination or suitability for a specified function or condition.

-able
Etymology 1
suf.
1 (non-gloss definition: An adjectival suffix; forms adjectives meaning:)
2 # able to be done; fit to be done.
3 # Relevant to or suitable to, in accordance with.
4 # Giving, or inclined to.
5 # Subject to.
6 # Due to be.
Etymology 2

suf.
1 (non-gloss definition: An instrumental suffix; forms nouns representing:)
2 # a tool or instrument.
3 # a place or location

-ably
alt.
(non-gloss definition: Used to form adverbs corresponding to adjectives that end in -able. )
suf.
(non-gloss definition: Used to form adverbs corresponding to adjectives that end in -able. )

-ac
suf.
One affected with.

-acal
suf.
(non-gloss definition: Used to form an adjective from a noun, as in maniacal)

-acanthus
suf.
(context zoology) Animal having such a spine. (attention en what spine?)

-acean
suf.
various organisms belonging to a taxonomic group

-aceous
suf.
1 Of, relating to, or resembling the thing suffixed
2 Belonging to a taxonomic family or other group

-acity
suf.
1 having the quality of
2 abounding in

-ad
suf.
a unit

-ade
Etymology 1
suf.
1 (non-gloss definition: Used to form nouns denoting action, or a person performing said action. )
2 (non-gloss definition: Indicating a drink made from a given fruit. )
Etymology 2

suf.
(non-gloss definition: Used to form collectives; see ''-ad''. )

-adelic
suf.
(label en slang) A suffix used to create adjectives imparting a specific form of coolness, verve, or trippiness.

-adelphous
suf.
(context botany) (non-gloss definition: Preceded by an Arabic numeral to indicate the number of bundles in which a flower's stamens are fused. )

-adic
suf.
(context mathematics computing) Having a specific adicity.

-ae
suf.
(plural of -a)

-aemia
suf.
1 (context British spelling) (l en blood)
2 (context British spelling medicine) Referring to the state or condition of the blood.

-age
suf.
1 (non-gloss definition: Forming nouns with the sense of collection or appurtenance. )
2 (non-gloss definition lang=en forming nouns indicating a process, action, or a result)
3 (non-gloss definition lang=en forming nouns of a state or relationship)
4 (non-gloss definition lang=en forming nouns indicating a place)
5 (non-gloss definition lang=en forming nouns indicating a charge, toll, or fee)
6 (non-gloss definition lang=en forming nouns indicating a rate)

-agog
suf.
(alternative form of -agogue)

-agogue
suf.
1 (context medicine) something that stimulates a flow
2 someone who leads

-agogy
suf.
leading

-aholic
suf.
(alternative form of -holic)

-al
Etymology 1
suf.
1 of or pertaining to; adjectival suffix appended to various words, often nouns, to make an adjective form. Often added to words of Latin origin, but used with other words also.
2 Forming nouns, especially of verbal action.
Etymology 2

suf.
(context organic chemistry) the http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/IUPAC%20nomenclature used in organic chemistry to form names of aldehydes containing the -(CO)H group.

-algia
suf.
pain, suffering

-algy
suf.
-algia

-ality
suf.
(context compound affix) ''-al'' + ''-ity''

-all
Etymology 1
suf.
(obsolete spelling of -al)
Etymology 2

suf.
Relating to the whole of something.

-ally
suf.
Forms adverbs; usually of adjectives ending in -ic.

-ambulist
suf.
walker, one who walks

-amine
suf.
(label en organic chemistry) An amine.

-amundo
suf.
(context slang) (non-gloss definition: An intensifier. )

-an
suf.
1 Of or pertaining to; (non-gloss definition: an adjectival suffix appended to various words, often nouns, to make an adjective form). {{qualifier|Often added to words of Latin origin, but also used with words of other origins. When a word ends in ''a'', (m en -n) is used instead. }}
2 (non-gloss definition: Appended to nouns to form an agent noun). (qualifier: When males with a profession are distinguished from females, males are ''-an'', females ''-(i)enne''. )

-ana
suf.
a collection of things that relate to a specific place, person, etc.

-ance
suf.
1 (non-gloss definition: Added to the stem of a verb to form a noun indicating a state or condition, such as result or capacity, associated with the verb).
2 A process or action.

-ancy
suf.
a condition or quality

-and
Etymology 1
alt.
1 (context Now chiefly dialectal Scotland) Used to form the present participle of verbs, equivalent to (term -ing).
2 (context rare or no longer productive) A suffix of Anglo-Saxon origin forming adjectives from verbs analogous to (term -ing).
3 (context no longer productive) A noun suffix, usually denoting agency, similar to (term -er).
suf.
1 (context Now chiefly dialectal Scotland) Used to form the present participle of verbs, equivalent to (term -ing).
2 (context rare or no longer productive) A suffix of Anglo-Saxon origin forming adjectives from verbs analogous to (term -ing).
3 (context no longer productive) A noun suffix, usually denoting agency, similar to (term -er).
Etymology 2

alt.
 A suffix forming nouns denoting patients or recipients of actions, such as compiland . 
suf.
 A suffix forming nouns denoting patients or recipients of actions, such as compiland .

-ander
suf.
(context botany forming nouns) stamen

-andrian
suf.
(context botany forming adjectives) stamenstamina

-androus
suf.
1 (label en botany) having a specified number of stamens
2 having the specified number of husbands

-andry
suf.
1 male mate(s), husband(s)
2 man, men; male(s)
3 male reproductive organ(s); (context especially in botany): stamen(s)

-ane
suf.
1 (context organic chemistry) A saturated hydrocarbon; an alkane.
2 (context chemistry) A simple binary compound of hydrogen and a nonmetal or metalloid.

-aneous
suf.
A variant of -ous

-angle
suf.
(context geometry of a two-dimensional shape) (non-gloss definition: having the specified number of internal angles)

-angular
suf.
angular, having (specified kind or number of) angles

-ant
suf.
1 (context nowadays sciences chiefly medicine) The agent noun derived from verb.
2 An adjective corresponding to a noun in (term -ance).
3 (context uncommon) An adjective derived from a verb.

-anth
suf.
(context biology) flower

-anthropy
suf.
humanity; mankind

-ar
Etymology 1
suf.
Of, near, or pertaining to; adjective suffix appended to various words, often nouns, to make an adjective form. Often added to words of Latin origin, but used with other words also.
Etymology 2

suf.
Forming nouns such as vicar, exemplar, bursar, etc.
Etymology 3

suf.
Forming nouns such as beggar, liar, pedlar, etc.

-arch
suf.
leading, leader

-archy
suf.
form of government or rule

-ard
suf.
someone who is in a specified condition e. g. a drunkard

-arian
suf.
1 A believer in something.
2 An advocate of something.
3 (context uncommon) A native or inhabitant of somewhere.

-arium
suf.
1 A place associated with a specified thing.
2 A device associated with a specified function.

-ary
suf.
1 of or pertaining to; adjective suffix appended to various words, often nouns, to make an adjective form. Often added to words of Latin origin, but used with other words also.
2 (context mathematics) having the specified arity.

-ase
suf.
Used to form the names of enzymes.

-ass
suf.
1 (context slang vulgar) Intensifies an adjective
2 (context slang vulgar) Converts an adjective into a noun having the meaning of, " one who is [adj. ]" .

-assed
suf.
(context slang vulgar) Adjective intensifier.

-ast
suf.
someone associated with something

-aster
suf.
Used to form diminutive and pejorative nouns, labeling someone pretending to be what they are not.

-astic
suf.
Used to form adjectives from nouns, often with the meaning meaning " of, or relating to" .

-ate
suf.
1 (context in adjectives) having the specified thing
2 (context in adjectives) characterized by the specified thing
3 (context in adjectives) resembling the specified thing
4 (context in nouns) a thing characterised by the specified thing
5 (context in nouns) a rank or office
6 (context chemistry in nouns) a derivative of a specified element or compound; especially a salt or ester of an acid whose name ends in -ic
7 (context in verbs) to act in the specified manner

-athlon
suf.
contest

-athon
suf.
(non-gloss definition: Used to form words meaning a greatly extended period of any activity, usually for the purpose of fundraising)

-atim
suf.
Suffix changing a component into an adverb meaning " by that component. "

-ation
suf.
1 An action or process - e. g. hibernation.
2 The result of an action or process - e. g. accumulation.
3 A state or quality - e. g. exhilaration.

-ative
suf.
of, related to, or associated with the thing specified

-ator
suf.
(non-gloss definition: used to form agent nouns, usually from verbs that have the ending -ate)

-atory
suf.
1 forms adjectives of, relating to, or connected with the thing specified
2 forms nouns that represent things or places where a specified activity takes place

-axo-
infix
(context pharmacology) a hybrid monoclonal antibody, derived from both rat and murine sources

-ba-
infix
(context pharmacology) a shortened allomorph of the monoclonal antibody affix -bac-, used before the affixes -xi- and -zu- for ease of pronunciation

-bac-
infix
(context pharmacology) a monoclonal antibody that targets a bacterium

-beaked
suf.
Having a beak of the kind or form described by the word used with this combining form.

-bearing
suf.
That bears (whatever this combining form combines with).

-bie
suf.
A suffix typically combined with a descriptor conveying a characteristic (such as skill, experience, or social position) to form words for people.

-bility
suf.
1 -ability
2 -ibility

-biont
suf.
(context biology) a discrete living organism that has a specified mode of living

-biosis
suf.
(context biology) a specified way of living

-biotic
suf.
1 Used to form adjectives describing a method of living
2 Used to form nouns describing organisms having a specified method of living

-blast
suf.
an immature cell or tissue

-blastic
suf.
1 having a specified number or type of elements that go on to form other bodies
2 of, or relating to an immature cell or tissue - see -blast

-bloody-
infix
(context British slang) (non-gloss definition: An intensifier. )

-born
suf.
1 (context usually hyphenated preceded by a noun or adjective) born in or native to the place indicated.
2 (context sometimes hyphenated usually preceded by an adjective) With respect to birth order or social rank.

-borough
suf.
1 Placename suffix, indicated site of a fortify place.
2 Placename suffix, indicating a borough.

-bot
suf.
automatic systems, computer programs and machines

-bound
suf.
Moving or travelling towards.

-burger
suf.
(non-gloss definition: Used to make the names of hamburgers served in buns with the addition of the specified foodstuff, or with that foodstuff used in place of the usual meat. )

-burgh
suf.
Placename suffix, indicated site of a fortify place.

-bury
suf.
A placename suffix indicating a fortify place.

-by
suf.
habitation when used as a suffix to many placenames

-cade
suf.
procession

-caine
suf.
(context organic chemistry pharmacology) A synthetic alkaloid used as an anesthetic.

-cardia
suf.
Used to describe conditions of the heart

-care
suf.
Used to denote a plan that provides health care services.

-carp
suf.
part of a fruit or fruiting body

-carpic
suf.
(alternative form of -carpous)

-carpous
suf.
having a specified number or type of fruit or fruiting bodies or part thereof

-ce
suf.
{{context|chiefly|after (term 1 Translingual), (term 2 Translingual)(, ) or (term 3 Translingual)|lang=en}} times: {{non-gloss definition|used to form a (soplink multiplicative numeral) from a cardinal numeral. }}

-cele
alt.
1 (context medicine) a tumour
2 (context medicine) a hernia
suf.
1 (context medicine) a tumour
2 (context medicine) a hernia

-cene
suf.
(context geology) Related to the geologic period called the Cenozoic, the current one.

-centesis
suf.
(context medical) Puncture and aspiration of

-centric
suf.
1 having a specified number of centres
2 having a specified object at the centre, or as the focus of attention

-centrism
suf.
A focus on, or belief in the superiority of, one culture, people, place, or other thing.

-cephalic
suf.
1 having the specified type of head or brain
2 having the specified number of heads

-cephalous
suf.
1 having a specified type of head
2 having a specified number of heads

-cephaly
suf.
A specified condition or disease of the head.

-ception
suf.
(context slang) A suffix combined with a noun to indicate a layering, nesting, or recursion of the thing in question.

-cha
suf.
(context informal used only after a ''[t]'' sound) (eye dialect of you, ya)

-chan
suf.
(cx anime and manga fandom) (non-gloss definition: Appended to a person's name or nickname to indicate familiarity or cuteness. )

-chondrion
suf.
grain-like

-chore
suf.
An organism that spreads by a specified agent, or in a specified manner.

-choron
suf.
(context geometry) Used to form the names of 4-dimensional solids bounded by a certain number of cells/polyhedra (''polychoron'').

-chory
suf.
a specified method of plant dispersal

-chrome
suf.
1 having a specified colour
2 various pigments

-ci-
infix
(context pharmacology) a shortened allomorph of the monoclonal antibody affix -cir-, used before the affixes -xi- and -zu- for ease of pronunciation

-cidal
suf.
Used to make adjectives corresponding to nouns ending in '''-cide'''.

-cide
suf.
1 Used to make nouns meaning the killing of the person or thing indicated by the first component of the word. (This applies to all of the derived terms listed below. )
2 Used to make nouns meaning a killer of the person or thing indicated by the first component of the word. (This applies to some, but not all, of the derived terms listed below. )

-cir-
infix
(context pharmacology) a monoclonal antibody that targets the cardiovascular system

-clast
suf.
something that breaks or destroys.

-clinal
suf.
having a specified slope

-cline
suf.
A specified form of slope or gradation.

-clinic
suf.
1 having a specified slope
2 (context of a crystal etc) having a specified number of oblique axial intersections

-co-
infix
(context pharmacology) a shortened allomorph of the monoclonal antibody affix -col-, used before the affixes -xi- and -zu- for ease of pronunciation

-cocci
suf.
(plural of -coccus)

-coccus
suf.
any spherical microorganism

-coel
suf.
variation of -cele

-coele
suf.
variation of -cele

-col-
infix
(context pharmacology) a monoclonal antibody that targets colon tumors

-colous
suf.
Having a specified habitat.

-core
suf.
(non-gloss definition: Applied to various (often specialised and underground) genres of music. )

-corn
suf.
having (such) horns; one having (such) horns

-cracy
suf.
rule

-craft
suf.
1 Denoting a skill of a particular kind
2 Denoting a vehicle of a particular type

-crasy
suf.
''Lending a sense of'' temperament; constituent pattern.

-crat
suf.
1 A participant in a specified form of government.
2 An advocate of a specified form of government.

-cratic
suf.
1 {{non-gloss definition|used to form adjectives, of or befitting (term -cracy)}}
2 {{non-gloss definition|used to form adjectives, of or befitting (term -crat)}}

-crete
suf.
1 (context fiction) indicating a material functionally similar to concrete
2 indicating having to do with concrete

-cy
suf.
1 (context non-productive) Used to form nouns of state, condition or quality e. g. obstinacy
2 (context non-productive) Used to form nouns of rank or office e. g. abbacy

-cycle
suf.
circle

-cyte
suf.
used to form cell names and classifications for mature cells

-d
suf.
1 (alternative form of -ed) (non-gloss definition: now only standard with words which end in ''-e'', but historically permissable in all the same places as ''-ed''. )
2 (non-gloss definition: An empty suffix, perhaps derived from the past-tense suffix above, added in some dialects to the present tense forms of some words which then add an additional ''-ed'' in the past tense. )

-dar
suf.
(context usually humorous) Forming nouns denoting a putative ability to detect a thing.

-derm
suf.
having a specified skin or covering

-derma
suf.
a specified type of skin or skin disease

-dermatous
suf.
having a specified type skin

-diene
suf.
1 (context organic chemistry) An unsaturated hydrocarbon with two double bonds; a diene
2 (context organic chemistry) A polymer of such a diene.

-dipsia
suf.
thirst

-dom
suf.
1 Forming nouns denoting the condition or state of the suffixed word.
2 Forming nouns denoting the domain or jurisdiction of the suffixed word.
3 Forming nouns denoting the fandom of the suffixed word.
4 Forming nouns — usually nonce words — denoting the set of all examples of the suffixed word.

-drome
suf.
(non-gloss definition: Used to form words whose original means related to a course, such as a racecourse).

-dromous
suf.
running or moving in a specified manner

-dynia
suf.
(non-gloss definition: Forms medical terms relating to pain)

-e-
infix
(context pharmacology) a monoclonal antibody derived from a hamster source

-ean
suf.
Forms adjectives, usually from proper nouns.

-ectomy
suf.
1 excision of.
2 (context surgery) Surgical removal of.

-ed
Etymology 1
suf.
Used to form past tenses of (regular) verbs. In linguistics, it is used for the base form of any past form. See ''-t'' for a variant.
Etymology 2

suf.
Used to form past participles of (regular) verbs. See ''-en'' and ''-t'' for variants.
Etymology 3

suf.
1 (non-gloss definition: Used to form adjectives from nouns, in the sense of having the object represented by the noun. )
2 (non-gloss definition: As an extension of the above, when used along with an adjective preceding the noun, describes something that has an object of a particular quality. )

-ee
Etymology 1
suf.
1 Added to verbs to form words meaning a person or thing that is the object of that verb (ie, to whom or to which an action is done).
2 Less commonly added to verbs to form words meaning a person or thing that is the subject of that verb (ie, who or that does an action), especially where a passive sense of the verb is implied.
3 (legal) Used to form words meaning a person who is the other party to a contract involving a person described by the corresponding word ending in ''-or''
4 (context medicine) Used to form words meaning a person who has undergone a particular medical procedure
5 Irregularly added to nouns to mean a person somehow associated with the object denoted by the noun.
Etymology 2

suf.
Used to form diminutives.

-een
suf.
1 (context Ireland) (non-gloss definition: Used to form the diminutives of nouns in Hiberno-English. )
2 (context Ireland) (non-gloss definition Used to anglicise the Irish -ín suffix when anglicise anglicising Irish nouns. )

-eer
suf.
Used to create an agent noun denoting someone associated with, concerned with, or engaged in a specified activity.

-eh
suf.
(context humorous slang Internet) Used to replace -y, often in lolcat speak.

-el
Etymology 1
alt.
1 Suffix forming nouns, originally denoting an agent, from verbs, usually spelt (term -le) except after ''n'' and ''e''.
2 Diminutive suffix in words of Germanic origin.
suf.
1 Suffix forming nouns, originally denoting an agent, from verbs, usually spelt (term -le) except after ''n'' and ''e''.
2 Diminutive suffix in words of Germanic origin.
Etymology 2

suf.
Suffix, originally diminutive, in words of mostly Romance origin.

-elect
suf.
(non-gloss definition: Used after a title to indicate the person who has been elected to hold the title before officially taking the position. )

-elle
suf.
(non-gloss definition: Used to form feminine proper names)

-eme
suf.
Indicating a fundamental unit in some aspect of linguistic structure.

-emia
suf.
(context chiefly US) (alternative spelling of -aemia)

-en
Etymology 1
suf.
1 Denotes the past participle form when attached to a verb.
2 Denotes a quasi-past participle or participle-like adjective when attached to a noun or verb.
Etymology 2

suf.
Can be used to denote the plural form of a small number of English words, the majority of whose etymology goes back to the N-stem (i. e. Weak noun) declension of Germanic languages.
Etymology 3

suf.
When attached to certain adjectives, it formed a transitive verb whose meaning is, ''to make (adjective)''. Usually, the verb is ergative verb, sometimes not. The same construction could also be done to certain (fewer) nouns, as, ''strengthen'', in which case the verb means roughly, ''to give (noun) to''.
Etymology 4

alt.
1 Suffix meaning " pertaining to" , " having the qualities of" , " resembling" , " like" .
2 When attached to certain nouns that are the names of a material, it forms an adjective whose meaning is, ''made of (noun)''. This is a formative pattern with many obsolescent remnants. Changes in the form of the root noun, and the dropping of the " e" in the suffix occur. There are also orphan formations whose root has been lost to the current language.
suf.
1 Suffix meaning " pertaining to" , " having the qualities of" , " resembling" , " like" .
2 When attached to certain nouns that are the names of a material, it forms an adjective whose meaning is, ''made of (noun)''. This is a formative pattern with many obsolescent remnants. Changes in the form of the root noun, and the dropping of the " e" in the suffix occur. There are also orphan formations whose root has been lost to the current language.
Etymology 5

suf.
Used to form the diminutives of certain nouns
Etymology 6

suf.
1 (context obsolete) (non-gloss definition: Used to form the infinitive of verbs. )
2 (context obsolete) (non-gloss definition: Used to form the third person plural present tense of verbs. )

-ence
suf.
(context non-productive) Same as -ance; having the state or condition of.

-enchyma
suf.
(context biology) cellular tissue

-ency
suf.
(non-gloss definition Forming abstract nouns denoting states, conditions, or quality qualities. )

-end
alt.
 A suffix forming nouns denoting patients or recipients of actions, such as addend , subtrahend , and dividend . 
suf.
 A suffix forming nouns denoting patients or recipients of actions, such as addend , subtrahend , and dividend .

-ene
Etymology 1
suf.
1 (context organic chemistry) An unsaturated hydrocarbon having at least one double bond; an alkene.
2 (context organic chemistry) An aromatic hydrocarbon based on benzene.
3 A polymer derived from an alkene.
Etymology 2

suf.
a single-atom thick two-dimensional layer of atoms

-ent
suf.
1 Causing, promoting, or doing a certain action
2 One that causes, promotes, or does a certain action

-enyl
suf.
(context organic chemistry) suffix for alkenyl functional groups

-eous
Etymology 1
suf.
''Used with nouns to form adjectives with the sense of resembling to or having the characteristics of the suffixed term''; similar to (term -ous).
Etymology 2

suf.
''Used to form adjectives meaning resembling or having characteristics of the related term. ''

-ergic
suf.
1 produced by the specified thing
2 activated by the specified thing

-ergy
suf.
work

-ery
suf.
1 Trade or craft of
2 Place of
3 Class or group, collection of
4 Characteristic of

-es
suf.
1 Used to form the regular plural of nouns
2 # that end in " ''(t)ch''" (only when pronounced as (IPA [tʃ])) — glitch → glitches
3 # that end in " ''(j)j''" — hajj → hajjes
4 # that end in " ''(s)s''" — bus → buses
5 # that end in " ''x''" — box → boxes
6 # that end in " ''(z)z''" — waltz → waltzes
7 # that end in " ''o''" — tomato → tomatoes
8 # that end in " ''sh''" — ash → ashes

-esce
suf.
{{non-gloss definition|Used to form verbs from nouns, following the pattern of verbs derived from Latin verbs ending in (term -esco Latin)}}

-escence
suf.
a specified process or state

-escent
suf.
1 beginning to be; becoming
2 resembling

-ese
suf.
1 Used to form adjectives and nouns describing things and characteristics of a city, region, or country, such as the people and the language spoken by these people.
2 Used to form nouns meaning the jargon used by a particular profession or in a particular context.

-esque
suf.
In the style or manner of; (non-gloss definition: appended to nouns, especially proper nouns, and forming adjectives. )

-ess
suf.
Suffix appended to words to make a female form. Examples:

-esses
n.
(plural of -ess)

-est
Etymology 1
suf.
(non-gloss definition: Used to form the superlative of adjectives and adverbs. )
Etymology 2

suf.
(context archaic) (non-gloss definition: Used to form the second-person singular present tense and past tense of verbs. )

-et
suf.
(non-gloss definition: Used to form diminutives)

-eth
Etymology 1
suf.
1 (context archaic) Used to form the third-person singular present tense of verbs.
2 (context humorous) {{non-gloss definition|replaces (l en -s) or (l en -es) (of verb forms and noun plurals), or is appended to other verb forms, forming nonce, pseudoarchaic versions of the word}}
Etymology 2

suf.
{{non-gloss|used to create ordinal numbers from cardinal numbers ending in (m en -y), namely the multiples of ten (other than ten itself): 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, and 90; e. g. twentieth, thirtieth. }}

-etic
suf.
Used to form adjectives, meaning " pertaining to" , derived from nouns, most of which end in (term -esis)

-ette
suf.
1 Used to form nouns meaning a smaller form of something.
2 Used to form nouns meaning the female equivalent of.
3 Used to form nouns meaning an imitation or substitute of something.

-ex
suf.
(non-gloss definition: Used to construct company and product names that borrow meaning from the word to which added. )

-exia
suf.
(context pathology) forms the names of functional diseases or of conditions such as ''pyrexia'' or ''cachexia''

-ey
suf.
1 (alternative form of -y)
2 (alternative form of -ie)
3 Old Norse suffix for placenames meaning " island" , like in Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney or Surtsey (see ey#Old_Norse).

-facient
suf.
1 causing the specified condition
2 something that causes a specified condition

-faction
suf.
production, process, making

-ferous
suf.
1 producing the specified material
2 containing the specified material

-fest
suf.
1 A festival, a fest; (non-gloss definition: used in names of events. )
2 (context informal) (non-gloss definition: Appended to a noun to denote a thing, especially an event or artistic work, characterized by the noun's referent. )

-fication
alt.
the process of becoming
suf.
the process of becoming

-fier
suf.
One which or who act the stem.

-fix
suf.
1 (context grammar) Forming nouns denoting a morpheme used in word formation joined to a word in the specified way (e. g. : '''in-'''fix = " attached within" , '''circum-'''fix = " attached around" ).
2 (context chiefly grammar) Forming verbs denoting fastening or attaching (something) in the specified way (e. g. : '''suf'''fix = " append" , '''pre'''fix = " preface" ).

-fold
suf.
1 Used to make adjectives meaning '''times'''.
2 Used to make adverbs meaning '''times'''.

-ford
suf.
Suffix indicating a place on a river suitable for crossing or fording.

-form
Etymology 1
suf.
Having the shape or form of; looking like.
Etymology 2

suf.
Related to formic acid in some way.

-forsaken
suf.
abandon by.

-free
suf.
free from; without

-fu
suf.
(context slang) expertise; mastery.

-fu-
infix
(context pharmacology) a shortened allomorph of the monoclonal antibody affix -fung-, used before the affixes -xi- and -zu- for ease of pronunciation

-fucking-
infix
(context vulgar) (non-gloss definition: An intensifier. )

-fugal
suf.
travelling out from

-ful
suf.
1 Used to form adjectives from nouns. An adjective derived by this suffix implies a thorough and certain possession of the quality of that noun, not a metaphorical fullness with it by degree or quantity. One who is wakeful is fully awake, not frequently waking; what is changeful is uncertain, not transformed; what is harmful may do a single and a mild injury.
2 Used to form nouns from nouns meaning “as much as can be held by what is denoted by the noun”

-fung-
infix
(context pharmacology) a monoclonal antibody that targets a fungus

-furter
suf.
(context chiefly American) A suffix indicating association with German style food, especially that of wursts or sausages.

-fy
suf.
(alternative form of -ify)

-gamous
suf.
1 having the specified number or form of marriage
2 having the specified form of reproduction, or reproductive organs

-gamy
suf.
1 Used to form nouns describing forms of marriage
2 (context biology) used to form nouns describing forms of fertilization, pollination or reproduction

-gasm
suf.
Describing an intensely pleasurable experience or thing.

-gate
Etymology 1
suf.
(non-gloss definition: Combined with keywords to form the names of scandals. )
Etymology 2

suf.
(non-gloss definition: Used to form place names. )
Etymology 3

suf.
#English (forming names of scandals)

-geddon
suf.
Denoting a catastrophic event caused by or related to the stem word.

-gen
suf.
A producer of something, e. g. hydrogen.

-genesis
suf.
1 origin
2 production

-genic
suf.
1 producing or generating something
2 produced or generated by something
3 suitable to be produced, or reproduced

-genin
suf.
(context chemistry) (non-gloss definition: Used to form words indicating steroids)

-geny
suf.
1 production
2 generation
3 origin

-gerous
suf.
Bearing or producing.

-gnathous
suf.
(context biology) having a specified type of jaw

-go-
infix
(context pharmacology) a shortened allomorph of the monoclonal antibody affixes -got- and -gov-, used before the affixes -xi- and -zu- for ease of pronunciation

-gon
suf.
(context geometry) Forms the names of plane figures containing a given number of angles, and thus bounded by that number of line segments (''polygons''). If the number is large enough, it can be attached directly to an English numeral with a hyphen.

-gonal
suf.
Used to form adjectives describing related nouns ending in -gon.

-got-
infix
(context pharmacology) a monoclonal antibody that targets testicular tumors

-gov-
infix
(context pharmacology) a monoclonal antibody that targets ovarian tumors

-gram
suf.
Something written, drawn or otherwise recorded.

-gramme
suf.
(alternative form of -gram)

-graph
suf.
1 that writes
2 (lb en metonymic) that is written
3 (lb en by analogy) that draws or shows
4 (lb en metonymic) that is drawn or shown
5 A group of letters of a specified number.

-grapher
suf.
1 someone who writes about a specified subject, or in a specified manner
2 a machine which notates a specified subject

-graphical
suf.
Used to form adjectives meaning of or relating to corresponding nouns ending in '''-graphy''' or '''-graph'''.

-graphy
suf.
Represents something written or represented in the specified manner, or about a specified subject.

-grave
suf.
A final syllable signifying a ruler, as in landgrave, margrave, burgrave.

-gyny
suf.
1 the state of having a specific number of wives
2 (context botany) a situation with respect to female plant organs
3 (context botany) having a specified number or type of female plant organs

-h-
infix
1 (label en rare) (non-gloss definition: Emphasises obscenities. )
2 (label en dated fandom slang jocular) (non-gloss definition: Indicates a fannish context or an association with science fiction fandom. )

-head
Etymology 1
suf.
Used to create nouns indicating a state, similar to the suffix -hood.
Etymology 2

suf.
1 Used to form (usually derogatory) words for people who regularly use a specified drug or other substance, or who are addicted in some way.
2 Used to form words to describe people who are fans of something, especially music.

-hedra
suf.
''Plural form of -hedron''

-hedral
suf.
used to form adjectives describing related nouns ending in -hedron or -hedra

-hedron
suf.
Used in geometry to form the names of solid figures bounded by a certain number of planes (''polyhedron'').

-holed solid torus
n.
(context mathematics) A three-dimensional topological space that is a handlebody with the specified number of 1-handles.

-holed torus
n.
(context mathematics) A surface that is the boundary of an ''n''-holed solid torus for the specified number ''n''.

-holic
suf.
Denotes addiction to the substance or activity of the stem word.

-holism
suf.
a form of addiction, either physical dependency or obsessive dependency.

-hood
suf.
1 A condition or state of being the thing or being in the role denoted by the word it is suffixed to, usually a noun.
2 A group sharing a specified condition or state.

-i
Etymology 1
suf.
used to indicate a plural form of some words of Latin or Italian origin, such as virtuosi or concerti
Etymology 2

suf.
(non-gloss definition: Used to form adjectives and nouns describing people of a particular city, region, or country, and the language spoken by these people. )

-i-
Etymology 1
interfix
(qualifier: in coining neologisms) A vowel inserted interconsonantally between morphemes of Latinate origin in order to ease pronunciation (an anaptyxis, a linking vowel).
Etymology 2

interfix
(context pharmacology) a monoclonal antibody derived from a non-human primate source
Etymology 3

suf.
(alternative form of -y having the quality of)

-ia
Etymology 1
suf.
Used in forming names of countries, diseases, flowers, and rarely collections of things (such as ''militaria'', ''deletia'').
Etymology 2

suf.
Used in forming plurals of nouns in (term -ium) and (term -ion).

-ial
suf.
(non-gloss definition: Forms an adjective from a noun. )

-ian
suf.
1 (context as an adjective) From, related to, or like.
2 (context as a noun) One from, belonging to, relating to, or like.
3 (context as a noun) Having a certain profession. (qualifier: When males with a profession are distinguished from females, males are ''-ian'', females ''-ienne''. )

-iana
suf.
(alternative form of -ana)

-iasis
suf.
(context pathology) A pathological condition or process.

-iatric
suf.
1 Of or relating to a physician.
2 Pertaining to a particular branch of medicine.

-iatrician
suf.
A medical practicioner.

-iatrics
suf.
Forms a noun meaning a specialty medical field of practice.

-iatry
suf.
Forms names of fields of specialized medical practice.

-ibility
suf.
(alternative form of -ability)

-ible
Etymology 1
suf.
1 An adjective suffix, now usually in a passive sense; forms adjectives meaning:
2 # able to be
3 # relevant or suitable to, in accordance with
4 # expressing capacity or worthiness in a passive sense
Etymology 2

suf.
1 (non-gloss definition: An instrumental suffix; forms nouns representing:)
2 # a tool or instrument.
3 # a place or location

-ibly
suf.
(non-gloss definition: Used to form adverbs corresponding to adjectives that end in -ible. )

-ic
suf.
1 Used to form adjectives from nouns with the meaning " of or pertaining to" ;
2 (context chemistry) Used to denote certain chemical compounds in which a specified chemical element has a higher oxidation number than in the equivalent compound whose name ends in the suffix -ous. For example sulphuric acid (hydrogen 2 sulfate) has more oxygen atoms per molecule than sulphurous acid (H 2 SO 3 ).

-ica
suf.
a collection of things that relate to a specific place, person, theme, etc.

-ical
suf.
Used to form adjectives from nouns with the meaning " of or pertaining to" ; adjectival suffix appended to various words, often nouns, to make an adjective form. Often added to words of Latin origin, but used with other words also.

-ice
suf.
(non-gloss definition: forms abstract nouns)

-ician
n.
(non-gloss definition: forming nouns denoting occupations)

-icide
suf.
(alternative form of -cide)

-icism
suf.
forms abstract nouns from Greek or Latin bases

-icity
suf.
Used to form nouns, denoting a quality or condition, from adjectives, especially ones ending in -ic (in which case " ic" is not duplicated).

-ick
suf.
(obsolete form of -ic)

-icle
suf.
icicle

-ics
suf.
1 Forms nouns referring to fields of knowledge or practice.
2 Forms nouns relating to activities

-id
Etymology 1
suf.
(context not productive except in zoology) of or pertaining to; appended to various foreign words to make an English adjective or noun form. Often added to words of Greek, sometimes Latin, origin.
Etymology 2

suf.
1 (context chiefly botany astronomy) Forming nouns from Latin or Greek roots, including certain plant names modelled on Latin sources, the names of meteors (e. g. Perseid), and the names of certain dynasties (e. g. Solomonid).
2 (lb en biology) Forming common names of members of a taxon which has a name ending in ''-idae''.

-ide
suf.
1 any of a group of related compounds - azide, polysaccharide, glycoside
2 a binary compound of a nonmetal - bromide, arsenide
3 any of a group of several elements - lanthanide

-idine
suf.
(context chemistry) Denotes a chemical compound related to others; alpha-2 adrenergic receptor agonists.

-ie
suf.
1 (non-gloss definition: Alternative form of -y forming diminutive or affectionate forms of nouns or names. )
2 (context occasionally derogatory) (non-gloss definition: Suffix forming noun signifying person associated with suffixed noun or verb. )

-ienne
suf.
(inflection of -ien f French); {{non-gloss definition|indicates a female variant of a noun ending in (l en -ian)}}

-ier
suf.
{{non-gloss definition|variant of (l en -er) for adjectives ending in (l en y)}}

-ies
suf.
Used to form the plural forms of nouns endings in consonant-y:

-iferous
suf.
(alternative form of -ferous)

-ification
suf.
the process of becoming.

-iform
suf.
(alternative form of -form)

-ify
suf.
To produce verbs meaning ''to make''.

-ile
suf.
(context non-productive) tending to, or capable of

-illion
suf.
1 Combined with Latin prefixes for names of integers in order to form names of powers of a million or of a thousand greater than 1, 000, 000. Thus we have the names billion, trillion, etc.
2 Added to various nonsense syllables to indicate an arbitrarily very large number.

-ily
suf.
''Forms adverbs from nouns and verbs whose derived adjectives are suffixed with ''-y''. ''

-imundo
suf.
(context slang) (non-gloss definition: nonsense suffix added to adjectives to give emphasis. )

-in
suf.
1 (context proscribed dialect or eye dialect) (alternative form of -ing)
2 (context biochemistry) (non-gloss definition: Used, as a modification of -ine, to form the names of a variety of types of compound; examples include proteins (globulin), carbohydrates (dextrin), dyes (alizarin) and others (vanillin). )

-in'
suf.
(context proscribed eye dialect) (alternative form of -ing)

-in-law
a.
(context postpositive) Related through marriage.

-incher
suf.
Used after numbers to refer to any object of that size in inches.

-inda
suf.
(non-gloss definition: A component of some female given names).

-ine
suf.
1 (context chiefly non-productive) of or pertaining to, like: ''asinine''; ''marine''.
2 (context chemistry) (non-gloss definition: Used to form names of chemically basic and alkaloidal substances, or halogens)
3 (context non-productive) feminine nouns: ''heroine'', ''speakerine''.
4 (context non-productive) given names or titles: ''Clementine'', ''landgravine''.
5 commercial material: ''glassine''.

-ing
Etymology 1
suf.
1 Used to form gerunds, a type of verbal nouns, from verbs.
2 Used to form uncountable nouns from various part of speech denoting materials or systems of objects considered collectively.
3 Used to form nouns of the action or the procedure of a verb; usually identical with meaning 1. in the English language or expressed with -tion instead
Etymology 2

suf.
Used to form present participles of verbs.
Etymology 3

suf.
1 Forming derivative nouns (originally masculine), with the sense ‘son of, belonging to’, as patronymics or diminutives. No longer productive in either sense.
2 Having a specifed quality, characteristic, or nature; of the kind of

-ino
suf.
(context physics) Suffix used to indicate the fermionic supersymmetric partner of a boson (a bosino), symbolized by a tilde over the nonsupersymmetric particle symbol. ''Contrast with '''s-'''''

-inæ
suf.
(context http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Binomial%20nomenclature) (non-gloss definition forms names of subfamily subfamilies of the kingdom ''Animalia'')

-ion
suf.
1 (context non-productive) an action or process, or the result of an action or process
2 (context non-productive) a state or condition

-iot
suf.
Of or relating to an island or peninsula in Greece or the Hellenic sphere.

-iour
alt.
1 (context no longer productive) Suffix added to verbs to form nouns.
2 (alternative form of -our)
suf.
1 (context no longer productive) Suffix added to verbs to form nouns.
2 (alternative form of -our)

-ious
suf.
(alternative spelling of -ous)

-isation
suf.
(form of Non-Oxford NZ -ization lang=en nodot=1) (qualifier see -ise#Usage+notes the usage notes about ''-ise'').

-ise
Etymology 1
suf.
(alternative form of -ize lang=en nodot=1) (non-gloss definition used in certain words; see the -ise#Usage notes usage notes).
Etymology 2

suf.
(non-gloss definition: Suffix used in loanwords from French to form abstract nouns of quality or function. )

-ish
suf.
1 (label en appended to many kinds of words) Typical or similar to.
2 (label en appended to adjectives) somewhat.

-ism
suf.
1 (non-gloss definition lang=en Used to form nouns of action or process or result based on the accompanying verb in -ize. )
2 (non-gloss definition lang=en Used to form the name of a system, school of thought or theory based on the name of its subject or object or alternatively on the name of its founder) ((sense: when de-capitalized, these overlap with the generic " doctrines" sense below, e. g. Liberalism vs. liberalism)).
3 (non-gloss definition: Used to form names of a tendency of behaviour, action, state, condition or opinion belonging to a class or group of persons; the result of a doctrine, ideology or principle or lack thereof. )
4 (non-gloss definition lang=en Used to form nouns indicating a peculiarity or characteristic of language)
5 (non-gloss definition: Used to form names of ideologies expressing belief in the superiority of a certain class within the concept expressed by the root word, or a pattern of behavior or a social norm that benefits members of the group indicated by the root word. ) ((sense: based on a late 20th-century narrowing of the " terms for a doctrine" sense))
6 (context medicine) (non-gloss definition lang=en Used to form names of conditions or syndromes)

-ismus
suf.
Forming compound nouns describing a condition or system.

-ist
suf.
1 Added to words to form nouns denoting:
2 # a person with a particular creative or academic role;
3 # one who subscribes to a particular theological doctrine or religious denomination;
4 # one who owns or manages something;
5 # one who has a certain political tendency;
6 # a person who holds bigoted, partial views.

-ista
suf.
Added to words to form nouns denoting one who follows a principle; an adept.

-istic
suf.
Used to form adjectives from nouns, especially nouns in ''-ist'' and ''-ism'', with the meaning " of or pertaining to" said nouns.

-istical
suf.
Used to form adjectives meaning of or relating to corresponding nouns ending in '''-istic''' or '''-ist'''; most often redundant with respect to the latter which can also become adjectives through the addition of -ic alone, or with no change to the root noun. Hence, theist, theistic and theistical can all be used as the adjective form of theism.

-istically
suf.
Used to form adverbs describing action in the manner of the root adjective; use is identical irrespective of whether the root adjective ends with -istic or -istical.

-ite
Etymology 1
suf.
1 a follower or adherent of a specified person
2 a descendant of a specified historical person
Etymology 2

suf.
forming adjectives

-itis
suf.
1 (context pathology) Suffix denoting diseases characterized by inflammation, itself often caused by an infection.
2 (context humorous) Used to form the names of various fictitious afflictions or diseases.

-itol
suf.
polyhydric alcohols.

-itude
suf.
state of

-ity
suf.
1 (non-gloss definition: Used to form a noun from an adjective; especially, to form the noun referring to the state, property, or quality of conforming to the adjective's description. )
2 (non-gloss definition: Used to form other nouns, especially abstract nouns. ) < !-- such as proclivity -->

-ium
suf.
1 Used to form the names of metal elements, after the style of early-named elements, as well as the isotopes of hydrogen.
2 By extension, appended to common words to create scientific-sounding or humorous-sounding fictional substance names.
3 Used to indicate the setting where a given activity is carried out: gymnasium, auditorium, stadium, colloquium, planetarium, podium, sanatorium. Words so formed often take " -a" for the plural.

-ive
suf.
An adjective suffix signifying relating or belonging to, of the nature of, tending to; as affirmative, active, conclusive, corrective, diminutive.

-ization
suf.
(non-gloss definition: A suffix forming nouns denoting the act, process, or result of doing something, or of making something. )

-ize
suf.
(non-gloss definition: Used to form verbs from nouns or adjectives, the verbs having the sense of " to make what is denoted by the noun/adjective" . )

-izer
suf.
(non-gloss definition: used to form nouns which are formed from verbs from nouns or adjectives, the final nouns having the sense of " the agent which makes what is denoted by the noun/adjective" . )

-izzle
suf.
(context slang) A slang suffix to form hip-hop-sounding words, which replaces the word with the first sound of the word followed by ''-izzle''.

-ja
suf.
(context colloquial) you, ya; ''only used after a'' [d] ''sound''.

-k
suf.
(context obsolete no longer productive) A suffix found in words of Middle English, Old English, and Proto-Germanic origin; occurring simultaneously in other Germanic languages, usually with an intensive or frequentative effect.

-k-
interfix
(context chiefly in verb forms) ''Added after a word’s terminal ‘c’ when it is suffixed by a morpheme beginning in ‘e’, ‘i’, ‘y’, ‘æ’, or ‘œ’ (usually'' (term -ed) ''or'' (term -ing)''), so as to preserve its “hard”'' (IPAchar: [k]) ''sound (as opposed to'' (IPAchar: [s])''). ''

-ki-
infix
(context pharmacology) a shortened allomorph of the monoclonal antibody affix -kin-, used before the affixes -xi- and -zu- for ease of pronunciation

-kin
Etymology 1
suf.
1 (context Now chiefly dialectal) A suffix used to form adjectives expressing resemblance or likeness to, similar to (term -like).
2 A suffix used to form nouns having qualities of or belonging to a particular kind, class, or sort.
Etymology 2

suf.
(context now archaic) Forming diminutives of nouns.

-kin-
article
(context pharmacology) a monoclonal antibody that targets interleukins

-kind
suf.
(non-gloss definition: Used to form nouns denoting groups or classes taken collectively. )

-kinesis
suf.
movement, motion

-kins
suf.
Forming (often intentionally childish or twee) diminutives of nouns.

-kun
suf.
(cx anime and manga fandom) (non-gloss definition: Appended to a young man's name or nickname to indicate familiarity. )

-lalia
suf.
(non-gloss definition: Forming nouns denoting abnormal or disordered forms of speech. )

-land
suf.
(non-gloss definition: Used to form a name of a territory, country, or region. )

-landia
suf.
(context humorous) (non-gloss definition: A fictional or metaphorical place relating to the person or thing being suffixed. )

-latry
suf.
(non-gloss definition: Added to stem of a noun, forms a noun meaning worship of stemmed noun)

-le
Etymology 1
suf.
A frequentative suffix of verbs, indicating repetition or continuousness:
Etymology 2

suf.
A suffix forming adjectives from verbs with the meaning of " prone" , " tend" , " apt" , " capable" ; compare (term -ative):
Etymology 3

suf.
A suffix forming agent nouns from verbs:
Etymology 4

alt.
A suffix forming diminutives from other nouns; compare (term -ling):
suf.
A suffix forming diminutives from other nouns; compare (term -ling):

-leafed
suf.
Having leaf of the kind described by the adjective used with this combining form.

-lect
suf.
(language) variety

-lepsy
suf.
a specified form of fit or seizure

-lept
suf.
(context palynology) Having pollen grains with one or more leptomata, thin edges near the pole

-leptic
suf.
1 Of or relating to a condition of seizing, as in ''nympholeptic''.
2 A person who is afflicted with a condition prone to cause violent seizings, as in ''epileptic''.

-les-
infix
(context pharmacology) a monoclonal antibody that targets an infectious lesion

-less
suf.
lacking (something); without (something).

-let
suf.
a diminutive suffix; for example:

-li-
infix
(context pharmacology) a shortened allomorph of the monoclonal antibody affix -lim-, used before the affixes -xi- and -zu- for ease of pronunciation

-licious
suf.
(non-gloss definition: Used to form intensified adjectives indicating deliciousness, from nouns and adjectives).

-like
suf.
Having some of the characteristics of (''used to form adjectives from nouns'').

-lim-
infix
(context pharmacology) a monoclonal antibody that is an immunomodulator

-ling
Etymology 1
alt.
A diminutive#Noun modifier of nouns having either the physical sense of " a younger, smaller or inferior version of what is denoted by the original noun" , or the derived sense indicating possession of or connection with a quality, which may have the sense of " a follower or resident of what is denoted by the stem form" .
suf.
A diminutive#Noun modifier of nouns having either the physical sense of " a younger, smaller or inferior version of what is denoted by the original noun" , or the derived sense indicating possession of or connection with a quality, which may have the sense of " a follower or resident of what is denoted by the stem form" .
Etymology 2

alt.
(context as an adverb) In the manner or direction indicated by the main stem (object. )
suf.
(context as an adverb) In the manner or direction indicated by the main stem (object. )

-lings
suf.
(context now UK dialectal) Forming adverbs, generally of condition or situation.

-lingual
suf.
speaking or using a number of languages

-lite
suf.
used to form names of rocks and minerals

-lith
suf.
(alternative form of -lite)

-lock
suf.
(context no longer productive) action or proceeding, practice, ritual

-log
suf.
1 Used to denote discourse of a specify kind.
2 Used to denote compilation.
3 (context rare) ''-logist''.

-logic
suf.
-logical

-logical
suf.
Used to form adjectival forms of nouns ending in -logy.

-logist
suf.
A person who studies or is an expert in the related -logy.

-logs
suf.
(plural of -log)

-logue
suf.
1 Used to denote discourse of a specify kind.
2 Used to denote compilement.
3 (context rare) ''-logist''.

-logues
suf.
(plural of -logue)

-logy
suf.
1 A branch of learning; a study of a particular subject.
2 Something said, or a way of speaking, a narrative.

-long
suf.
(non-gloss definition: Forms adjectives indicating duration when suffixed to nouns of duration)

-loquy
suf.
(context forming nouns Latinate) speaking, speech

-ly
Etymology 1
suf.
Used to form adjectives from nouns, the adjectives having the sense of " like or characteristic of what is denoted by the noun" .
Etymology 2

suf.
Used to form adverbs from adjectives.

-lysis
suf.
1 decomposition or breakdown
2 dissolving
3 disintegration

-ma-
infix
1 (context pharmacology) a shortened allomorph of the monoclonal antibody affix -mar-, used before the affixes -xi- and -zu- for ease of pronunciation
2 (context jocular) (non-gloss definition: Adds ironic pseudo-sophistication to an existing word. )

-mab
suf.
(context pharmacology) monoclonal antibody

-machy
suf.
Forming nouns with the sense of ‘battle, fight’.

-mageddon
suf.
(alternative form of -geddon)

-malacia
suf.
(context medical) used to denote an abnormal " softening of the tissues" ; malacia

-man
suf.
1 Someone (implied male) who is an expert in an area.
2 Someone (implied male) who is employed or holds a position in an area.
3 Someone (implied male) who has special characteristics relating to an area.
4 In certain cases, someone (implied male) who derives from a particular nationality.

-mance
suf.
to carry out a specified form of divination

-mancer
suf.
A practitioner of a specific type of divination.

-mancy
suf.
Specified forms of divination.

-mane
suf.
Forming compound nouns with the sense ‘person who has a mania for’.

-mania
suf.
Used to form a word indicating a compulsion or obsession.

-maniac
suf.
Used to form a word indicating a person who experiences a type of compulsion or obsession.

-manifold
n.
(context mathematics) A manifold of the specified number of dimensions.

-manifolds
n.
(plural of -manifold)

-manship
suf.
1 Holding of a position; e. g. ''chairmanship''.
2 Expertise, involvement, or special status in an area; e. g. ''horsemanship'', ''sportsmanship''.

-mantic
suf.
Adjective form of ''-mancy''.

-mar-
infix
(context pharmacology) a monoclonal antibody that targets mammary tumors

-mas
suf.
A holiday, sacred day.

-me-
infix
(context pharmacology) a shortened allomorph of the monoclonal antibody affix -mel-, used before the affixes -xi- and -zu- for ease of pronunciation

-meal
Etymology 1
suf.
(context rare or no longer productive) Used to denote a fixed number, measure, or amount at a time.
Etymology 2

suf.
Denotes a powder made of ground cereal.

-meister
suf.
1 An expert on the specified subject.
2 A person in charge of a specified thing.
3 A suffix attached to a person's name in humorous (or ironic) approbation.

-mel-
infix
(context pharmacology) a monoclonal antibody that targets melanomas

-men
suf.
1 Persons who are experts in an area; e. g. ''horsemen'', ''sportsmen''.
2 Persons who are employed or hold a position in an area; e. g ''lawmen'', ''newsmen''.
3 Persons who have special characteristics relating to an area, e. g. ''freemen'', ''icemen'', ''supermen''.
4 In certain cases, persons who derives from a particular nationality; e. g. ''Scotsmen'', ''Chinamen''.

-ment
suf.
Used to form nouns from verbs, the nouns having the sense of " the action or result of what is denoted by the verb" .

-mer
suf.
(context chemistry) (non-gloss definition: Used to form words relating to chemical structure. )

-mere
suf.
Forming nouns with the sense of part, segment

-merous
suf.
1 (context biology forming adjectives) Having parts of the specified quality.
2 (context chiefly botany and zoology forming adjectives) Comprising the specified number of parts.

-meter
suf.
(non-gloss definition: Used to form the names of measuring devices. )

-metre
suf.
(context nonstandard British) (alternative form of -meter lang=en nodot=1) {{gloss|(non-gloss definition: suffix used to form the names of measuring devices)}}.

-metric
suf.
1 Forming adjectives corresponding to nouns in ''-meter''.
2 Of or relating to measurement.

-metry
suf.
Forming nouns relating to measures and measurement.

-micin
suf.
(context biochemistry) Applied to aminoglycosides derived from bacteria of the genus ''Streptomyces''.

-mo
suf.
(context paper printing) Used to form page and book sizes.

-mobile
suf.
Used to form nouns meaning a particular type of vehicle, particularly one to transport the person or thing described by the word to which the suffix is attached.

-monger
suf.
1 A person who sells the specified thing, such as a fishmonger.
2 (context by extension) A person who spreads or encourages the specified thing; in modern coinages, the thing mongered is usually undesirable and intangible.

-mony
suf.
1 Deadjectival suffix used to form an abstract noun usually from personal adjectives.
2 Denominal and deverbal suffix used to form a noun designating a legal status, estate, property.

-more
suf.
1 (context archaic) (non-gloss definition: Used to form a comparative of certain adjectives and adverbs, usually ending in -er. )
2 Used for placenames

-morph
suf.
1 shape, form, structure
2 morpheme

-morphic
suf.
having a specific shape or form

-morphism
suf.
the state of having a specified shape or form

-morphous
suf.
having a specified shape or form

-morphy
suf.
Forming compound words with the sense ‘shaped or formed as described by the first element’.

-most
suf.
furthest; -est; ''used to form superlatives of certain adjectives, especially directional and inherently-comparative ones''.

-mu-
infix
(context pharmacology) a shortened allomorph of the monoclonal antibody affix -mul-, used before the affixes -xi- and -zu- for ease of pronunciation

-mul-
infix
(context pharmacology) a monoclonal antibody that targets the muscoskeletal system

-mycete
suf.
(context biology) Used primarily in mycology to form words used for categorising fungi based on their evolutionary origin, life-history, growth-form or ecological preferences.

-mycin
suf.
(context biochemistry) Applied to aminoglycosides derived from bacteria of the genus (taxlink Micromonospora genus noshow=1).

-n
suf.
(alternative form of -an lang=en nodot=1)'', adjective suffix meaning ''" of or pertaining to" '', used with words which already end in ''a''.

-n't
suf.
(non-gloss definition negate Negates the meaning of the clause in which it occurs. )

-n-
interfix
{{non-gloss definition|Frequently used with certain suffixes, such as (term: -ian) and (term: -ese), when the base word ends in a vowel that is not readily elided. }}

-nap
suf.
(non-gloss definition: A suffix forming verbs with the sense of " abduct" , or sometimes " abscond with" . )

-nasty
suf.
(context botany) relating to a nastic change

-naut
suf.
Forms nouns meaning a voyager, farer, or tripper

-nazi
suf.
Forming blended nouns denoting people seen as controlling.

-nd
suf.
(non-gloss definition: Marks ordinals written in digits when the final term of the spelled number is " second" )

-ne-
infix
(context pharmacology) a shortened allomorph of the monoclonal antibody affix -ner-, used before the affixes -xi- and -zu- for ease of pronunciation

-ner-
infix
(context pharmacology) a monoclonal antibody that targets the nervous system

-ness
suf.
1 Appended to adjectives to form nouns meaning " the state of being(the adjective)" , " the quality of being(the adjective)" , or " the measure of being(the adjective)" .
2 Appended to words of other parts of speech to form nouns (often nonce words or terms in philosophy) meaning the state/quality/measure of the idea represented by these words.

-nik
suf.
Appended to words to create a nickname for a person who exemplify, endorses, or is associated with the thing or quality specified (by the base form), often a particular ideology or preference.

-nil-
infix
(context chemistry) Used in the systematic element names of elements, standing for a 0 in the atomic number.

-nomics
suf.
(context economics) Used, with a combining form to form nouns meaning the economics of a specified person or state; e. g. Reaganomics.

-nomy
suf.
a system of rules, laws, or knowledge about a body of a particular field; distribution, arrangement, management

-nym
suf.
Used to form nouns describing types of word or name

-o
Etymology 1
suf.
(context jocular) (non-gloss definition: Converts certain words to faux Italian or Spanish. ) Can be used with el#Spanish for expressions such as el stinko.
Etymology 2

suf.
(non-gloss definition: A diminutive suffix. )
Etymology 3

suf.
An error of a specific type.

-o-
Etymology 1
interfix
A linking vowel inserted interconsonantally between two morphemes, to ease pronunciation, without contributing to the meaning. It frequently joins words of Ancient Greek origin but can also be used between modern terms and even abbreviations.
Etymology 2

article
(context pharmacology) a monoclonal antibody derived from a murine source

-o-rama
suf.
(alternative spelling of -orama)

-oate
suf.
(context organic chemistry) Used to form the names of salts and esters of carboxylic acids e. g. benzoate, hexanoate

-ock
suf.
Forming nouns from nouns, originally with a diminutive sense.

-ocracy
suf.
(alternative form of -cracy) (non-gloss: Used following a consonant. )

-ode
suf.
way, path

-odont
suf.
-toothed

-odontia
suf.
1 (context dentistry and medicine):
2 # (context forms nouns) (l en branch) of (l en dentistry)
3 # (context forms nouns) (l en condition) of the (l en tooth teeth)

-oecious
suf.
1 Forms adjectives describing the arrangement of sexual organs.
2 (context biology) Forms adjectives describing the host of an organism.

-off
Etymology 1
suf.
(non-gloss definition: Forming nouns denoting competitions. )
Etymology 2

suf.
(alternative spelling of -ov)

-oholic
suf.
(non-gloss definition: Used to make nouns and adjectives describing someone who is addicted to something or feels a compulsion to do something. )

-oi
suf.
(plural of -os)

-oic
suf.
(context organic chemistry) used to form the names of carboxylic groups and acids

-oic acid
suf.
(context functional group suffix) A carboxylic acid functional group.

-oid
suf.
Of similar form to, but not the same as. Having the likeness of. Suffix appended to various words to make an adjective form.

-ol
Etymology 1
suf.
(context organic chemistry) An alcohol or phenol.
Etymology 2

suf.
(non-gloss definition: Indicating an oily substance)

-ola
Etymology 1
suf.
1 (non-gloss definition: Used to form the names of several commercial companies and products).
2 (context entertainment industry) (non-gloss definition: Used to form pejorative terms associated with commercial bribery).
3 (non-gloss definition: Used to form humorous and pejorative words).
Etymology 2

suf.
(non-gloss definition: Used to form words relating to oil or oiliness)

-ole
suf.
(context organic chemistry) {{non-gloss definition|in the (w: Hantzsch–Widman nomenclature) for naming heterocycles, denotes an unsaturated five-membered ring system}}

-ologist
suf.
(alternative spelling of -logist) (One who studies a subject)

-ology
suf.
1 (alternative form of -logy nodot=1), (non-gloss: used for phonological reasons when the preceding morpheme ends in certain consonant sounds. )
2 (label en often humorous) (non-gloss: added to an ordinary English word to create a name for a (possibly non-existent) field of study. )

-oma
suf.
1 (context pathology) A suffix forming nouns indicating disease or morbidity.
2 (context pathology specifically) A suffix forming nouns indicating tumors or masses, which may be benign or cancerous (malignant).

-omas
suf.
(plural of -oma)

-omata
suf.
(plural of -oma)

-ome
Etymology 1
suf.
a mass of something
Etymology 2

suf.
(context biology) the complete whole of a class of substances for a species or an individual

-ometer
suf.
(alternative form of -meter)

-omics
suf.
(context biology) used to form nouns meaning a study of the totality of something; e. g. genomics, proteomics

-on
suf.
1 (context physics and biology) Forming nouns denoting subatomic particles (qualifier: proton), quanta (qualifier: photon), molecular units (qualifier: codon), or substances (qualifier: interferon).
2 (context biology genetics) Forming names of things considered as basic or fundamental units, such as codon or recon.
3 (context chemistry) Forming names of noble gases and certain nonmetal elements (such as boron or silicon).

-one
suf.
1 a ketone
2 any similar compound containing a carbonyl functional group

-onomics
suf.
(alternative form of -omics)

-onomy
suf.
(alternative form of -nomy)

-onym
suf.
1 name
2 word

-oon
suf.
Forming nouns, mainly in borrowed words.

-opia
suf.
(context medicine ophthamology) (non-gloss definition: Used to form names of visual defects)

-opsia
suf.
(context ophthalmology) Forming compound nouns denoting specific deficiencies of sight. (from 19th c. )

-opsy
suf.
(context medicine) Denoting an examination.

-or
suf.
Suffix appended to words to create an agent noun, indicating a person who does something.

-orama
suf.
Used to form, from one noun, a second meaning " wide view of" the first, or (with ironic reference to the preceding sense) " surfeit of" , " overattention to" , or " exaggerated praise of" the first.

-ory
suf.
1 of or pertaining to, serving for; adjective suffix appended to various words, often nouns but also verbs, to make an adjective form. Often added to words of Latin origin, but used with other words also< ref name=" heritage" />
2 that which pertains to, or serves for; noun suffix appended to various words< ref name=" webster" />

-os
suf.
{{non-gloss definition|Used to form plurals of some Hebrew and Yiddish loanwords, usually ending in (term: -a) or (term: -ah). }}

-os-
infix
(context pharmacology) a monoclonal antibody that targets bone

-ose
Etymology 1
suf.
full of, like
Etymology 2

suf.
(context chemistry) Used to form the names of sugars.

-osin
suf.
An alpha-1 adrenergic receptor antagonist

-osis
suf.
1 (context pathology) functional disease or condition such as (m en hepatosis)
2 process, action
3 formation, increase

-osity
suf.
1 Forming nouns, usually abstract, and usually from adjectives in ''-ous'' or ''-ose''.
2 (context colloquial) Forming nouns from other adjectives for humourous effect.

-ostomy
suf.
(alternative form of -stomy)

-oth
suf.
{{non-gloss definition|Used to form plurals of some Hebrew loanwords ending in (term: -a) or (term: -ah). }}

-otomy
suf.
1 (context anatomy) A division.
2 (context surgery) A surgical incision.

-ous
suf.
1 Used to form adjectives from nouns.
2 (context chemistry) Used in chemical nomenclature to name chemical compounds in which a specified chemical element has a lower oxidation number than in the equivalent compound whose name ends in the suffix -ic. For example sulphuric acid (hydrogen 2 sulfate) has more oxygen atoms per molecule than sulphurous acid (H 2 SO 3 ). See http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Inorganic%20nomenclature.

-ov
alt.
{{non-gloss definition|1=A romanization of the Russian possessive suffix (term -ов Russian). }}
suf.
{{non-gloss definition|1=A romanization of the Russian possessive suffix (term -ов Russian). }}

-oxy
suf.
(context functional group suffix) A ether functional group, consisting of a carbon chain with an intervening oxygen atom at the attachment point.

-pants
suf.
(context informal usually pejorative) (non-gloss definition: Used with adjectives ending in -y to form nicknames based on a negative quality of a person. )

-parous
suf.
parous; relating to parity#Etymology 2 (the number of times a woman has given birth).

-partite
suf.
(context forming adjectives) Having the specify number of parts.

-path
suf.
1 (non-gloss definition: Used to form nouns indicating someone with a particular disorder)
2 (non-gloss definition: Used to form nouns indicating someone with a particular capability, as a type of remedial treatment)

-pathic
suf.
Adjectival form of suffix -pathy.

-pathy
suf.
1 suffering, feeling
2 Damage to, disease of, or abnormality
3 therapy

-pause
suf.
(non-gloss definition: Indicative of a pause or discontinuance. )

-pedia
suf.
1 Relating to learning.
2 ''(from a back-formation of encyclopedia)'' A specialized encyclopedia about the prefix (i. e. " Investopedia" ) or a general encyclopedia in the structure of the prefix.

-penia
suf.
deficiency

-person
suf.
a man or woman having a specified role

-pexy
suf.
fixing (in place), fastening

-phage
suf.
(non-gloss definition: Something that eats, or consumes. )

-phagous
suf.
(non-gloss definition: Used to form adjectives meaning " eating" or " feeding on" . )

-phagy
suf.
1 Forming nouns with the sense of ‘feeding on, consumption of’.
2 Forming nouns with the sense of eating in a specified manner, normal or abnormal.

-phil
suf.
(alternative spelling of -phile)

-phile
suf.
(non-gloss definition: Forming nouns and adjectives meaning " loving" , " friendly" , or " friend" . )

-philia
suf.
(context pathology) Forming words meaning " an abnormal liking for or tendency towards a given thing" . See paraphilia.

-philiac
suf.
someone with tendency towards something, or an abnormal attraction to something

-philic
suf.
a variant of -philous

-philous
suf.
having an affinity, attraction, preference or love of something

-phobe
suf.
Used to form nouns denote a person having a fear of a specific thing.

-phobia
suf.
Used to form nouns meaning fear of a specific thing.

-phobic
suf.
1 Used to form adjectives meaning of a fear of a specific thing.
2 Used to form adjectives meaning of hate directed towards a particular type of person (due to fear of that type of person).
3 Used as a synonym of -phobe to form nouns.

-phone
suf.
1 A type of sound.
2 A device that makes a sound.
3 A device related to the telephone.
4 A speaker of a certain language.

-phonic
suf.
(non-gloss definition: Forms adjectives relating to sound)

-phony
suf.
(non-gloss definition: Forms nouns related to sound or musical structure)

-phor
suf.
(alternative spelling of -phore) (carrier)

-phore
suf.
(non-gloss definition bearer Bearer or carrier of).

-phoresis
suf.
Forming words denoting movement of particles by a force.

-phyl
suf.
(alternative form of -phyll)

-phyll
suf.
leaf

-phyte
suf.
1 A taxonomic group of plants or algae, e. g. arthrophyte, cyanophyte.
2 A plant that grows in a specified habitat, e. g. acrophyte.
3 A plant that grows in a specified form or habit, e. g. anthophyte, macrophyte.
4 A pathological growth, e. g. osteophyte.

-plasia
suf.
(context medicine) growth or formation (of the specified type)

-plast
suf.
1 A small body, structure, particle, or granule, especially of living matter
2 A plastid

-plasty
suf.
1 Medical suffix meaning repair or restoration of a part or function.
2 Molding or shaping through a surgical procedure.

-ple
suf.
1 (context as a noun plural '''-ples''') A tuple containing the specified number of terms.
2 (context as an adjective not comparable) Containing the specified number of terms.

-plegia
suf.
Various forms of paralysis

-plegic
suf.
Adjectives derived from the related -plegia

-ples
n.
(plural of -ple)

-plex
suf.
comprising a number of parts, as in (term duplex)

-pnea
suf.
(alternative spelling of -pnœa)

-pnoea
suf.
(alternative spelling of -pnœa)

-pnœa
suf.
(context physiology) (l en breathing), (l en respiration)

-pod
suf.
Related to or resembling a foot or similar limb.

-poeia
suf.
Used to form nouns that denote the making or creating of something.

-poiesis
suf.
production, creation or formation; compare -poeia

-poleis
suf.
(plural of -polis)

-polis
suf.
city

-polises
suf.
(plural of -polis)

-pounder
suf.
1 Something or someone weighing so many pounds.
2 Something or someone costing so many pounds sterling.
3 A cannon firing a projectile of so many pounds.

-pr-
infix
(context pharmacology) a shortened allomorph of the monoclonal antibody affix -pro-, used for ease of pronunciation before all source affixes but -xi- and -zu-

-pro-
infix
(context pharmacology) a monoclonal antibody that targets prostate tumors

-proof
suf.
(non-gloss definition: Used to form adjectives denoting an impervious or impenetrable quality. )

-pter
suf.
wing

-pteran
suf.
(alternative form of -pterous)

-pterous
suf.
Having wings (of a specified size, type or number).

-punk
suf.
Denotes a fictional and aesthetic genre based on the noun to which it is suffixed, usually involving ahistorical or anachronistic technology and its effects on society.

-pœia
suf.
(alternative spelling of -poeia)

-rama
suf.
Alteration of -orama, used in suffixing a word ending with an ''r'' or vowel sound, for example

-rd
suf.
(non-gloss definition: Marks ordinals written in digits when the final term of the spelled number is " third" )

-red
suf.
(context no longer productive) (non-gloss definition: A suffix forming nouns of condition or state. )

-rel
suf.
1 pejorative suffix, as in (term lang=en wastrel)
2 diminutive suffix, as in (term lang=en cockerel)

-ren
suf.
(context non-standard humorous) (non-gloss definition: Used to form the plural of nouns. )

-ress
suf.
{{non-gloss definition|Forms feminine (l en agent noun agent nouns). }}

-ric
suf.
(context no longer productive) A termination denoting jurisdiction, or a district over which government is exercised.

-rices
suf.
(plural of -rix)

-ridden
suf.
Figuratively construed as " repeatedly subject to" or " unable to escape from" (example: hag-ridden, bedridden. )

-riffic
suf.
(non-gloss definition: Used to form intensified adjectives from nouns and adjectives).

-rix
suf.
(context dated) A suffix appended to words, chiefly verbs, to form female agent nouns.

-rrhagia
suf.
(context medicine) Forming nouns indicating excessive discharge or haemorrhage from an organ.

-rrhaphy
suf.
(context surgery) suture

-rrhea
suf.
flowing

-rrhœa
suf.
(context UK English) (alternative spelling of -rrhea)

-ry
suf.
(alternative form of -ery)

-s
Etymology 1
suf.
1 (non-gloss definition: Used to form regular plurals of nouns. )
2 (non-gloss definition Used to form many plurale tantum pluralia tantum (nouns that are almost or entirely without singular forms). )
Etymology 2

suf.
Used to form the third-person singular indicative present tense of verbs.
Etymology 3

suf.
(context not productive) (non-gloss definition: used in the formation of certain English adverbs. )
Etymology 4

suf.
(lb en usually nonstandard) (alternative form of 's)
Etymology 5

suf.
(non-gloss definition: Diminutive suffix)

-safe
suf.
void from danger or commonly associated problems.

-sama
suf.
(cx anime and manga fandom) (non-gloss definition: Appended to a person's name or nickname to convey honour and respect. )

-san
suf.
honorific ending used to indicate a person is Japanese or talking with Japanese, or treated like Japanese.

-sauce
suf.
(context slang) (non-gloss definition Used to add emphasis to adjectives, especially those that relate to coolness#English cool- or uncoolness#English uncoolness. )

-saurus
suf.
(non-gloss definition: Denoting something having the qualities of a dinosaur)

-scape
suf.
1 form, formation, shape
2 scene, picture, view
3 A specific type of space

-scope
suf.
Used to make terms denoting an instrument used for viewing or examination.

-scopy
suf.
observation, viewing

-self
suf.
(non-gloss definition: Used in forming intensive and reflexive forms of the singular personal pronouns. )

-selves
suf.
Used in forming intensive and reflexive forms of the plural personal pronouns.

-shaped
suf.
Having a shape similar to what is denoted by the word to which this combining form is attached.

-ship
suf.
(non-gloss definition: Appended to a noun to form a new noun denoting a property or state of being. )

-side
suf.
1 (non-gloss definition: Forms adjectives describing position next to or alongside an object).
2 (non-gloss definition: Forms adjectives describing position in relation to a dividing line or other separation).
3 (non-gloss definition: Forms nouns describing the area alongside or around an object).
4 (label en chiefly UK English) (non-gloss definition: Forms proper nouns naming the conurbation around a river).

-sies
suf.
A diminutive modifier used to add an element of childishness, informality, or levity to a word.

-sion
suf.
A suffix used in some words derived from Latin.

-sis
suf.
1 forming nouns of action or process
2 (context medical) form noun of condition

-ski
suf.
(context informal humorous) Added to a word, name, or phrase to invoke Russianness.

-sky
alt.
(alternative spelling of -ski)
suf.
(alternative spelling of -ski)

-sol
suf.
(context soil science) (n-g: Forming the names of different kinds of soil. )

-some
Etymology 1
suf.
characterized by some specific condition or quality
Etymology 2

suf.
(non-gloss definition: Used to form a word indicating a group with a certain small number of members)
Etymology 3

suf.
a body
Etymology 4

suf.
a chromosome

-something
suf.
Indicating approximation, as in a range of numbers.

-son
suf.
Added to a stem (usually a given name or surname) to form a patronymic or matronymic surname

-sophy
suf.
(combining form of sophy)

-speak
suf.
Indicates a manner of speech or writing typical of or characterized by the root term.

-sphere
suf.
1 (context mathematics) (non-gloss definition: Used to form nouns indicating a sphere of ''x'' dimensions)
2 Designating some layer of the Earth.

-splain
suf.
(label en slang) (non-gloss definition: A suffix combined with a descriptive adjective or noun to create a verb meaning someone who fits that description condescendingly explaining something to someone who does not fit that description (especially, something the listener has more experience of). )

-sson
suf.
(alternative form of -son)

-st
Etymology 1
suf.
(context archaic) Verb suffix for the second-person singular
Etymology 2

suf.
(non-gloss definition: Marks ordinals written in digits when the final term of the spelled number is " first" )
Etymology 3

suf.
excrescent suffix (adding sound but largely not changing the meaning).

-stan
suf.
home of; place where one stays; used especially in place names

-stat
suf.
(non-gloss definition forming nouns naming scientific instruments that act to render )[(non-gloss definition the prefixed element)] (l en stationary) (non-gloss definition or) (l en static) (non-gloss definition in some respect)

-ster
suf.
1 Someone who is, or who is associated with, or who does something specified.
2 (context humorous sometimes offensive) A diminutive appended to a person's name.

-stock
suf.
Forming the names of theme-based festivals or concerts.

-stomy
suf.
A surgical procedure forming a hole, used for access, nutrition, or waste elimination.

-style
suf.
column or having columns. Combining form is appended to make an adjective form.

-styly
suf.
(rfdef:)

-t
Etymology 1
suf.
Forms the past tense and/or past participle of some verbs (leapt, kept, dreamt, etc)
Etymology 2

suf.
An excrescent ending appended to words suffixed with (term -s).

-tainment
suf.
Denoting material created in part to entertain, while also serving another purpose.

-tard
suf.
1 (context slang) (non-gloss definition: Used to form words conveying an attitude of contempt or doubt over the subject's intelligence. )
2 (context slang) (non-gloss definition: A thing associated with persons of low intelligence. )

-tastic
suf.
1 (context slang) fantastic; ''used to form adjectives conveying praise or celebration''.
2 (context slang) fantastic; ''used sarcastically''.

-teen
suf.
(non-gloss definition: Used to form cardinal numbers from thirteen to nineteen).

-tene
suf.
(context biology) Ribbon-like structure; (non-gloss definition: Used to form words relating the structure of chromosones in meiosis)

-terol
suf.
(context chemistry) A suffix for several beta-2 adrenergic receptor agonists.

-th
Etymology 1
suf.
1 (context rare) Forming nouns from verbs of action.
2 (context rare) Forming nouns from adjectives.
Etymology 2

suf.
Used to form the ordinal numeral when the final term of the spelled number is not " first" , " second" , or " third" .
Etymology 3

suf.
(context archaic) a variant of -eth, used to form the archaic third-person singular of verbs

-therapy
suf.
Denoting therapy.

-therm
suf.
(context biology) used to name types of animal having a specified form of body temperature mechanism

-thermal
suf.
Relating to heat or temperatures.

-thermic
suf.
Relating to heat or temperatures.

-thermy
suf.
heat

-thon
suf.
(alternative form of -athon)

-tide
suf.
Time; (n-g: added to a festival name to indicate the period around that festival. )

-tinib
suf.
(context pharmacology) tyrosine kinase inhibitor

-tion
alt.
(context non-productive) Used to form nouns meaning " the action of (a verb)" or " the result of (a verb)" . Words ending in this suffix are almost always derived from a similar Latin word; a few (''eg'' gumption) are not derived from Latin and are unrelated to any verb.
suf.
(context non-productive) Used to form nouns meaning " the action of (a verb)" or " the result of (a verb)" . Words ending in this suffix are almost always derived from a similar Latin word; a few (''eg'' gumption) are not derived from Latin and are unrelated to any verb.

-to-be
suf.
future, later, expectant.

-tome
Etymology 1
suf.
An instrument for cutting.
Etymology 2

suf.
A section or segment.

-tomy
suf.
cutting, incision, section

-ton
suf.
Place-name suffix, from the unstressed word " town" .

-tort
suf.
To make something change its shape.

-town
suf.
Used to form names of townships derived from names of persons or other things.

-tox-
infix
(context pharmacology) a shortened allomorph of the monoclonal antibody affix -toxa-, used for ease of pronunciation before all source affixes but -xi- and -zu-

-toxa-
infix
(context pharmacology) a monoclonal antibody that targets a toxin

-treme
suf.
Having a trema (hole or aperture) or tremata of the type, position or number specified by the prefix

-troph
suf.
(non-gloss definition: Forming nouns denoting members of classes of organisms distinguished by trophic modes. )

-trophic
suf.
(non-gloss definition: Used to form adjectives corresponding to nouns ending in -trophy)

-trophy
suf.
1 nutrition
2 growth, development

-tropic
suf.
1 (label en science) turning or changing
2 (label en science) affecting or attracted to the thing specified

-tu-
infix
(context pharmacology) a shortened allomorph of the monoclonal antibody affix -tum-, used before the affixes -xi- and -zu- for ease of pronunciation

-tude
suf.
(alternative form of -itude)

-tum-
infix
(context pharmacology) a monoclonal antibody that targets a tumor not covered by one of the suffixes -col-, -mel-, -mar-, -got-, -gov-, -pr-/-pro-, or that targets a combination of such tumors

-tuple
suf.
(context mathematics) A tuple containing the specified number of terms.

-tuples
n.
(plural of -tuple)

-ty
Etymology 1
suf.
(non-gloss definition nonproductive Nonproductive suffix indicating single-digit integer multiples of ten)
Etymology 2

suf.
(alternative form of -ity) (non-gloss definition: Used to form abstract nouns from adjectives)

-type
suf.
1 impressed form; stamp; print
2 typical form

-u-
infix
(context pharmacology) a monoclonal antibody derived from a human source

-ual
suf.
See -al.

-ule
suf.
diminutive suffix.

-um
Etymology 1
suf.
1 (non-gloss definition: Denotes singular grammatical number. )
2 (context chemistry) Forms the ends of the names of certain elements (such as molybdenum and platinum).
Etymology 2

suf.
Denotes transitive verbs in the trade pidgins used between English-speakers and indigenous populations; used derogatorily by extension in English by addition to any verb, transitive or not.

-un-
article
(context chemistry) Used in the systematic names of chemical elements, standing for a 1 in the atomic number

-ure
suf.
1 (context non-productive) A process; a condition; a result of an action
2 (context non-productive) An official entity or function.

-uret
suf.
(context obsolete chemistry) -ide

-uretic
suf.
urine

-urgy
suf.
technique for working with (the suffix)

-uria
suf.
(context pathology) urine

-valent
suf.
Having one or more valences.

-ve
a.
(context mathematics) negative.

-verse
suf.
1 Forming compound nouns denoting the whole range or totality of what is indicated by the first element. (from 20th c. )
2 Forming compounds nouns denoting the fictional world of a given character, television series etc. (from 20th c. )

-vi-
infix
(context pharmacology) a shortened allomorph of the monoclonal antibody affix -vir-, used before the affixes -xi- and -zu- for ease of pronunciation

-ville
suf.
(non-gloss definition: Used to form a name of an inhabited place, a town or city. )

-vir-
article
(context pharmacology) A monoclonal antibody that targets a virus.

-vore
suf.
An animal, identified by their kind of diet.

-vorous
suf.
forming adjectives with the sense of ‘habitually eating, feeding on’

-wad
suf.
Added to a variety of vulgar term and insults for an obnoxious person to create new insults.

-ward
suf.
1 Forming adverbs denoting course or direction to, or motion or tendency toward, as in " backward" , " toward" , " forward" , etc.
2 Forming adjectives, as in " a backward look" , " the northward road" , etc; used even by speakers who usually use ''-wards'' for adverbs.

-wards
suf.
Forming adverbs denoting course or direction to, or motion or tendency toward, as in " backwards" , " towards" , etc.

-ware
Etymology 1
suf.
1 Used to form nouns denoting, collectively, items made from a particular substance.
2 Used to form nouns denoting, collectively, items of a particular kind or for a particular use.
Etymology 2

suf.
Used to form mass nouns denoting specific classes of computer software, based on use, function, or method of distribution.

-ways
suf.
towards, in the direction towards.

-wear
suf.
1 Used to form nouns denoting clothing worn by a particular sex (e. g. ''menswear'') or age of person (e. g. ''kidswear'')
2 # on a particular part of the body (e. g. neckwear)
3 # for a particular use (e. g. daywear)
4 # made in a particular way (eg, knitwear) or (redundantly) of a particular kind (eg, shoewear).

-wich
alt.
in placenames, “village, settlement, hamlet”
suf.
in placenames, “village, settlement, hamlet”

-wide
suf.
Throughout the specified area.

-wise
suf.
1 in the direction or orientation of
2 in the manner of
3 in the matter of; with regard to

-woman
suf.
1 Someone (implied female) who is an expert in an area.
2 Someone (implied female) who is employed or holds a position in an area.
3 Someone (implied female) who has special characteristics relating to an area.

-women
suf.
1 Persons who are experts in an area; e. g. ''horsewomen'', ''sportswomen''.
2 Persons who are employed or hold a position in an area; e. g ''newswomen'', ''policewomen''.
3 Persons who have special characteristics relating to an area, e. g. ''superwomen''.

-worthy
suf.
1 Of sufficient worth for; deserving of.
2 suitable or safe for; capable of enduring or able to bear; able to withstand.
3 Able to be; fit to be; -able.
4 Having the right, power, permission, or freedom to.

-x
suf.
(label en slang) {{non-gloss definition|Used to replace a -ks- sound, as in (term: hax) (hacks), (term: punx) (punks), (term: pix) (pics). }}

-xeny
suf.
guest, stranger, host

-xi-
infix
(context pharmacology) a chimeric monoclonal antibody, derived from both human and murine sources

-xizu-
infix
(context pharmacology) a hybrid monoclonal antibody, derived from both chimeric and humanized sources

-xor
suf.
(context internet slang) A suffix used to modify words ending in -cker or -ker

-y
Etymology 1
suf.
1 Added to nouns and adjectives to form adjectives meaning " having the quality of" .
2 Added to verbs to form adjectives meaning " inclined to" .
3 Variation of -ie added to nouns, adjectives and names to form terms of affection.
Etymology 2

suf.
(non-gloss definition: Forming diminutive nouns. Also used for familiar and pet names as a term of endearment. )
Etymology 3

suf.
1 Forming abstract nouns denoting a state, condition, or quality.
2 Used in the name of some locations which end in -ia in Latin.

-year-old
suf.
Suffix used to indicate the age of something or someone, in terms of years.

-yer
suf.
(context rare usually no longer productive) Agent suffix, equivalent to (l en -er), appended to some nouns (especially those ending in the letter " w" ).

-yl
suf.
(context organic chemistry) A univalent radical or functional group formed from a given molecule. Thus " propyl" from propane, " benzyl" from benzene, and so forth.

-ylene
suf.
(context organic chemistry) used to form the names of bivalent radicals

-ylidene
suf.
(context organic chemistry) Forms the names of divalent radicals or groups connected through a carbon double bond

-yne
suf.
1 (context organic chemistry) An unsaturated hydrocarbon having at least one triple bond; an alkyne.
2 A polymer derived from an alkyne.

-z
suf.
1 (context urban slang) Used as a substitute for -s in marking the plural of nouns. Usually used in words in which the -s suffix is actually pronounced " z" .
2 (context urban slang) Used as a substitute for -s in marking verb inflections.

-zilla
suf.
(label en informal humorous) Forms nouns and names suggesting monster or a thing of extremely large size or great destructiveness, or other characteristics of the fictional Godzilla.

-zoan
suf.
(context zoology) Used primarily as a tool in zoology to form words used for categorising animals based on their evolutionary origin, life-history, growth-form or ecological preferences.

-zoic
suf.
1 Relating to some specified form of animal existence
2 Relating to some specified geologic period

-zu-
infix
(context pharmacology) a humanized monoclonal antibody

-zygous
suf.
1 (context biology) Having or originating from a specified state as a result of conditions in the zygote stage of development.
2 (context genetics) Having a specified state of allele pairs in the nucleus.
3 (context anatomy) Having a specified state of physical pairing of structures.

-æ
suf.
(archaic spelling of -ae)

-èd
suf.
(context poetic) (alternative spelling of -ed)

-é
suf.
(non-gloss definition: Used on words borrowed from other languages, especially French, as a reminder that the final " e" is not silent)

-ïng
suf.
(context rare chiefly Netherlands nonstandard) (alternative spelling of -ing)

.500
n.
(context sports) Used to indicate a team that has an equal number of wins and losses, or to compare a team to a hypothetical record of equal wins and losses.

.NET
n.
(context computing) A set of http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Microsoft products and services & mdash; primarily the http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/. NET%20Framework, which permits the development of software for a virtual machine in any CLI-compliant programming language.

.NET CF
abbr.
(context computing) (abbreviation of :w:. NET Compact Framework. NET Compact Framework)

.com
n.
(alternative form of dot-com)

.coms
n.
(plural of. com)

/
conj.
1 (non-gloss definition: Used to indicate strong conjunction between words or phrases).
2 (non-gloss definition: Used to link alternatives).
prep.
1 (abbreviation of per)
2 (abbreviation of shilling) (''pre-decimalisation'').
sym.
(non-gloss definition: Used to form some abbreviations or initialisms).

/b/tard
n.
A habitual poster on the /b/ - Random board on http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/4chan; a member of the /b/ community.

/b/tards
n.
(plural of /b/tard)

/dev/null
n.
1 A device file, present in Unix and Unix-like operating systems, that discards all data written to it and yields no input.
2 (context Internet figuratively) Nowhere; often suggests an intent to ignore specific correspondence.

0
n.
1 0#Translingual.
2 The origin, starting point, or fixed reference point, especially for a measurement.
3 (context electrical engineering) The off or low bit state.

0 deg lat
n.
(abbreviation of 0° Latitude; equator)

0-0
a.
(context aviation) zero-zero, (non-gloss definition: a term meaning no ceiling and no visibility)

0-10-0
n.
Under the http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Whyte_notation system, a steam locomotive, with five axles connecting ten powered driving wheels, and no leading wheels or trailing wheels.

0-10-0s
n.
(plural of 0-10-0)

0-10-2
n.
Under the http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Whyte_notation system, a steam locomotive that has ten coupled driving wheels followed by two trailing wheels, with no leading wheels.

0-10-2s
n.
(plural of 0-10-2)

0-12-0
n.
Under the http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Whyte_notation system, a steam locomotive, with six axles connecting twelve powered driving wheels, and no leading wheels or trailing wheels.

0-12-0s
n.
(plural of 0-12-0)

0-2-2
n.
Under the http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Whyte_notation system, a steam locomotive that has two coupled driving wheels followed by two trailing wheels, with no leading wheels.

0-2-2s
n.
(plural of 0-2-2)

0-4-0
n.
Under the http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Whyte_notation system, the simplest form of steam locomotive, with two axles and four driving wheels, and no leading wheels or trailing wheels.

0-4-0+0-4-0
n.
Under the http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Whyte_notation system, a steam locomotive that is articulated in three parts, with a boiler mounted on the centre frame, and two steam engines mounted on separate frames, one on each end of the boiler, and each having an 0-4-0 wheel configuration.

0-4-0+0-4-0s
n.
(plural of 0-4-0+0-4-0)

0-4-0s
n.
(plural of 0-4-0)

0-4-2
n.
Under the http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Whyte_notation, a steam locomotive that has four coupled driving wheels followed by two trailing wheels, with no leading wheels.

0-4-2s
n.
(plural of 0-4-2)

0-4-4
n.
Under the http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Whyte_notation, a steam locomotive that has four coupled driving wheels followed by four trailing wheels, with no leading wheels.

0-4-4-0
n.
Under the http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Whyte_notation system, a Mallet-type locomotive with no leading truck, two sets of four driving wheels, and no trailing truck.

0-4-4-0s
n.
(plural of 0-4-4-0)

0-4-4-2
n.
Under the http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Whyte_notation system, a Mallet-type locomotive with no leading truck, two sets of four driving wheels, and two trailing wheels on a trailing truck.

0-4-4-2s
n.
(plural of 0-4-4-2)

0-4-4s
n.
(plural of 0-4-4)

0-6-0
n.
Under the http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Whyte_notation system, a simple form of steam locomotive, with three axles connecting six driving wheels, and no leading wheels or trailing wheels.

0-6-0s
n.
(plural of 0-6-0)

0-6-2
n.
Under the http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Whyte_notation system, a steam locomotive that has six coupled driving wheels followed by two trailing wheels, with no leading wheels.

0-6-2s
n.
(plural of 0-6-2)

0-6-4
n.
Under the http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Whyte_notation, a steam locomotive that has six coupled driving wheels followed by four trailing wheels, with no leading wheels.

0-6-4s
n.
(plural of 0-6-4)

0-6-6-0
n.
Under the http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Whyte_notation system, a Mallet-type locomotive with no leading truck, two sets of six driving wheels, and no trailing truck.

0-6-6-0s
n.
(plural of 0-6-6-0)

0-8-0
n.
Under the http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Whyte_notation system, a steam locomotive, with four axles connecting eight powered driving wheels, and no leading wheels or trailing wheels.

0-8-0s
n.
(plural of 0-8-0)

0-8-2
n.
Under the http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Whyte_notation system, a steam locomotive that has eight coupled driving wheels followed by two trailing wheels, with no leading wheels.

0-8-2s
n.
(plural of 0-8-2)

0-8-4
n.
Under the http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Whyte_notation, a steam locomotive that has eight coupled driving wheels followed by four trailing wheels, with no leading wheels.

0-8-4s
n.
(plural of 0-8-4)

0-8-8-0
n.
Under the http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Whyte_notation system, a Mallet-type locomotive with no leading truck, two sets of eight driving wheels, and no trailing truck.

0-8-8-0s
n.
(plural of 0-8-8-0)

0-G
n.
1 (initialism of zero microgravity)
2 (initialism of zero gravity)

0-dark-hundred
n.
(context chiefly US military slang) An otherwise unspecified time of night; some time when it is dark out.

0-dark-thirty
n.
(context chiefly US military slang) Half an hour after 0-dark-hundred; an otherwise unspecified time of night; some time when it is dark out.

0-day
a.
(context computing) (alternative form of zero-day)

000
n.
In Australia, the phone number for contacting emergency services.

007
n.
A special agent of similar ability to the fictional James Bond.
n.
The fictional MI6 agent James Bond.

0800 number
n.
(context UK NZ) A telephone number beginning with 0800; these numbers are free for the caller because the call is paid for by the company or organisation being called.

0800 numbers
n.
(plural of 0800 number)

0D
a.
(initialism of zero-dimensional)

0G
init.
1 zero gravity
2 zero gauge

0I
n.
(initialism of zero inventory)

0TLP
n.
(initialism of zero transmission level point)

0TLPs
n.
(plural of 0TLP)

0s
n.
(plural of 0)

0th
a.
(abbreviation of zeroth)

1
sym.
1 1#Translingual.
2 (context Internet slang leet sarcastic) (deliberate misspelling of ! lang=en nodot=1)(non-gloss definition:, imitating noobs who forget to hold down the shift key while typing exclamation marks. )

1 Chr
alt.
(abbreviation of 1 Chronicles)
n.
(abbreviation of 1 Chronicles)

1 Chron.
alt.
(abbreviation of 1 Chronicles)
n.
(abbreviation of 1 Chronicles)

1 Chronicles
n.
(context biblical) The first of the two Books of Chronicles and the thirteenth book of the Old Testament of the Bible. Sometimes abbreviated as 1 Chr or 1 Chron.

1 Cor
alt.
(abbreviation of 1 Corinthians)
n.
(abbreviation of 1 Corinthians)

1 Cor.
alt.
(abbreviation of 1 Corinthians)
n.
(abbreviation of 1 Corinthians)

1 Corinthians
n.
(context biblical) The first book of Corinthians and the seventh book in the New Testament of the Bible, an epistle to the people of http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Corinth attributed to http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Paul%20the%20Apostle and http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Sosthenes.

1 Jn
n.
(abbreviation of 1 John)

1 John
n.
(context biblical) The twenty-third book of the New Testament of the Bible, the first epistle of John.

1 KG
n.
(alternative form of 1 Kgs)

1 Kgs
alt.
(abbreviation of 1 Kings)
n.
(abbreviation of 1 Kings)

1 Kings
n.
(context biblical) The eleventh book of the Old Testament of Bible, and of the Tanakh; in some Bibles known as 1 Samuel or 3 Kings.

1 Macc.
n.
(abbreviation of 1 Maccabees)

1 Maccabees
n.
(context biblical) The first book of Maccabees of the Old Testament Apocrypha.

1 Pet.
n.
(abbreviation of 1 Peter)

1 Peter
n.
(context biblical) The first epistle of Peter, the twenty-first book of the New Testament of the Bible.

1 Sam.
n.
(abbreviation of 1 Samuel)

1 Samuel
n.
(context biblical) The ninth book of the Old Testament of the Bible, and of the Tanakh; in some Bibles known as 1 Kings.

1 Thess.
n.
(abbreviation of 1 Thessalonians)

1 Thessalonians
n.
(context biblical) The thirteenth book of the New Testament of the Bible, the first epistle to the Thessalonians.

1 Tim.
n.
(abbreviation of 1 Timothy)

1 Timothy
n.
(context biblical) The fifteenth book of the New Testament of the Bible, the first epistle to Timothy.

1 gauge
n.
A model railway gauge of 1. 75 inches (44. 45 mm).

1,2-naphthoquinone
n.
(context organic compound) An isomer of naphthoquinone.

1,4-naphthoquinone
n.
(context organic compound) An isomer of naphthoquinone.

1-2-3 block
n.
A tool used in machining fields, especially milling machine, to aid in setup. It is a block of steel that is precisely square#Verb and parallel whose sides are 1, 2, and 3 inches long, respectively. Similar, larger blocks are called ''2-4-6 blocks''.

1-2-3 blocks
n.
(plural of 1-2-3 block)

1-800
n.
(context North America) A toll-free number or a long-distance telephone numbers; using any of North American toll-free area codes 800, 888, 877, 866, or 855.

1-900
a.
Of telephone numbers dialed in North America, having an additional charge assessed to the caller, part of which is returned to the owner of the number.

1-A
n.
(non-gloss definition: A selective service class denoting that the registrant is available for service in the military)

1-A-O
n.
(non-gloss definition: A selective service class denoting that the registrant is only available for noncombat military service due to their conscientious objector status)

1-As
n.
(plural of 1-A)

1-C
n.
(non-gloss definition: A selective service class denoting that the registrant is already a member of the armed forces or also the NOAA or the Public Health Service. )

1-D
a.
(initialism of one dimensional)
n.
(non-gloss definition: A selective service class denoting that the registrant is already a reserve member of the armed forces or a student taking military training, as in ROTC or an accepted aviation cadet applicant. )

1-D RCM
n.
(initialism of one dimensional radiative-convective model)

1-D RCMs
n.
(plural of 1-D RCM)

1-G
n.
(initialism of normal gravity), ''as in 1X gravity''.

1-H
n.
(non-gloss definition: A selective service class denoting that the registrant is not currently subject to induction processing. )

1-Hs
n.
(plural of 1-H)

1-O
sym.
(non-gloss definition: A selective service class denoting that the registrant a conscientious objector available for alternate service contributing to maintenance of national health, safety, or interest. )

1-connected
a.
(context topology of a topological space) Having a singleton as its fundamental group.

1-h TL FM
n.
(context US meteorology) (initialism of one-hour timelag fuel moisture).

1-methyl-4-phenylpyridinium
n.
1 (context organic compound) MPP+, the active metabolite of MPTP.
2 (context neurotoxin) A neurotoxin that cannot cross the blood-brain barrier but which, once in contact, can destroy the dopaminergic neurons of the substantia nigra.

1-up
n.
1 (context video games countable) An item that grants the player an extra life in the game, staving off game over by one more try.
2 (context video games uncountable) In a game with multiple players, an indicator or identifier of player 1.

1-ups
n.
(plural of 1-up)

1.0
a.
An initial version of something or, figuratively, of someone.

1/4 d
n.
(context UK English) (abbreviation of farthing)

1/C
a.
(initialism of single conductor nodot = 1 ) wire or cable.

1/O
init.
(context UK navy) first officer.

1/d
phr.
(context medicine) One time a day, ''used for prescription directions. ''

10 Downing Street
alt.
1 The address of the residence in London of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
2 (context by extension idiom) The title or office of the Prime Minister.
n.
1 The address of the residence in London of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
2 (context by extension idiom) The title or office of the Prime Minister.

10 points to Gryffindor
phr.
(alternative form of ten points to Gryffindor)

10's
n.
(alternative spelling of 10s nodot=1); (plural of 10 nocap=1)

10-20
n.
(context CB slang) Location.

10-4
alt.
1 (context CB slang) affirmative.
2 Message received, understood, acknowledged
interj.
1 (context CB slang) affirmative.
2 Message received, understood, acknowledged

10-undecenoic acid
n.
(context fatty acid) The common name for undecylenic acid.

100 meters
n.
(standard spelling of from=American spelling lang=en 100 metres)

100 metres
alt.
(context athletics) A sprint race over 100 metres.
n.
(context athletics) A sprint race over 100 metres.

100 percent
a.
complete, entire, whole
adv.
completely, entirely, wholly
interj.
(context South Africa slang) excellent, wonderful, magnificent

100's
n.
(alternative spelling of 100s)

100-year flood
n.
A flood event that has a 1% probability of occurring in any given year; an exceptionally large flood.

100-year floods
n.
(plural of 100-year flood)

10000 meters
n.
(standard spelling of from=American spelling lang=en 10000 metres)

10000 metres
alt.
(context athletics) A long-distance running race over 10& nbsp; 000 metres.
n.
(context athletics) A long-distance running race over 10& nbsp; 000 metres.

1000th
a.
(abbreviation of thousandth)

100s
alt.
1 Temperatures ranging from 100 to 109 degrees Fahrenheit.
2 hundreds, written as a number but in plural form.
n.
1 Temperatures ranging from 100 to 109 degrees Fahrenheit.
2 hundreds, written as a number but in plural form.

100th
a.
(abbreviation of hundredth)

101
Etymology 1
a.
(context chiefly US postpositive) basic, beginner, starting from scratch.
Etymology 2

num.
A thoroughly large number. Used especially in book titles.

1040
n.
(context US taxation) The main form for US individual income tax filing.

1040s
n.
The decade from 1040 to 1049.

1080
n.
(context informal) http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Sodium%20fluoroacetate poison.

109
n.
(context dated informal military World War II) The German Messerschmitt 109 fighter aircraft.

1099
n.
(context US taxation) A form reporting one's non-employment income from a given source for a year.

1099s
n.
(plural of 1099)

109s
n.
(plural of 109)

10BASE2
n.
(context computing) An early thin form of Ethernet cable

10BASE5
n.
(context computing) An early form of Ethernet cable

10Base5
n.
IEEE 802. 3 Ethernet standard using a type of cable called Thick Ethernet or RG-8 which is thick and yellow and has markings at every 2. 5 meters, which designation means the following: (1) the cable transmission speed is 10 Mbps, (2) the transmission is in baseband, and (3) the length of the cable should be no more than 500 meters.

10Base5s
n.
(plural of 10Base5)

10q
abbr.
(context Internet slang texting) thank you.

10s
n.
tens, written as a number but in plural form.

10th
a.
(abbreviation of tenth)

10th Cir.
n.
(legal) {{abbreviation of|(w: United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit)|lang=en}}

10th grade
n.
(alternative spelling of tenth grade)

10x
interj.
(context slang intentional) (alternative spelling of thanks) See also thanx or thx.

11 Bang-Bang
n.
(context US military slang derogatory) An infantryman.

11-deoxycorticosterone
n.
(context steroid hormone) The mineralocorticoid hormone desoxycorticosterone.

11-plus examination
n.
(context British) an examination, now mostly phased-out, taken at age 11, to select the type of secondary education - either a grammar school or a secondary modern school

11-plus examinations
n.
(plural of 11-plus examination)

110 proof
a.
1 (context US) (& lit 55percent % alcohol by volume. )
2 (context idiomatic) Stronger than strong.
adv.
intensely; strongly. Category:English degree adverbs

110%
alt.
(alternative spelling of a hundred and ten percent)
n.
(alternative spelling of a hundred and ten percent)

112
n.
The standard pan-European phone number for contacting emergency services.

11th
a.
(abbreviation of eleventh)

11th Cir.
n.
(legal) {{abbreviation of|(w: United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit)|lang=en}}

11th grade
n.
(alternative spelling of eleventh grade)

11th hour
n.
(alternative form of eleventh hour)

12-foot
n.
(context curling) The 12-foot diameter circle outermost in the house.

12-hour clock
n.
A timekeeping convention in which the 24 hours of the day are divided into two periods called ante meridiem and post meridiem.

12-ounce curls
alt.
(context idiomatic) drink beer.
n.
(context idiomatic) drink beer.

120 reset
vb.
(context computing US rare) To power off and then power on a personal computer in order to fix a problem.

120-cell
n.
(context mathematics) A four-dimensional object equivalent to a dodecahedron, constructed out of one hundred and twenty dodecahedra.

120-cells
n.
(plural of 120-cell)

121
a.
(context informal) one-to-one.

12GA
abbr.
(context firearms) 12 gauge

12mo
n.
1 (context paper) (abbreviation of duodecimo dot=), a page size (5" -5. 5" x 7. 125" -7. 5" )
2 (context printing) A book size using duodecimo-sized pages.

12mos
n.
(plural of 12mo)

12th
a.
(abbreviation of twelfth)

12th grade
n.
(alternative spelling of twelfth grade)

1337
a.
1 (context internet slang leet) (alternative form of elite)
2 (context internet slang leet) (alternative spelling of leet)
n.
(context internet slang leet) (alternative spelling of leet)

13th
a.
(abbreviation of thirteenth)

14-18
n.
World War I

147
n.
(context snooker) The highest score possible in one visit to the table in snooker. Also called a maximum break.

1471
n.
The call return number for the United Kingdom.

147s
n.
(plural of 147)

15 megabytes of fame
n.
A modest amount of fame achieved in the world of computing, as by inclusion on a popular video or audio clip available on the Internet.

15 minutes
n.
(synonym of: 15 minutes of fame)

15 minutes of fame
n.
(context idiomatic) A very short time in the spotlight or brief flurry with fame, after which the person or subject involved is quickly forgotten.

1500 meters
n.
(standard spelling of from=American spelling lang=en 1500 metres)

1500 metres
alt.
(context athletics) A middle-distance running race over 1500 metres.
n.
(context athletics) A middle-distance running race over 1500 metres.

16-cell
n.
(context mathematics) A four-dimensional object equivalent to an octahedron, constructed out of sixteen tetrahedra.

16-cells
n.
(plural of 16-cell)

1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
n.
1 The residence and offices of the President and certain members of his staff.
2 (context colloquial idiom) The current President and the closest members of his administration.

163rd game
n.
(context baseball) A one-game playoff between two teams for a playoff spot.

16mo
n.
(context paper printing) sextodecimo.

16mos
n.
(plural of 16mo)

18 holes
n.
(context sports slang): A round of golf.

18-wheeler
n.
A big rig truck: a semi-trailer plus the truck or tractor pulling it.

18-wheelers
n.
(plural of 18-wheeler)

18-yard box
n.
(context soccer) penalty box

18-yard boxes
n.
(plural of 18-yard box)

180
n.
1 An instance of spinning 180 degrees, so that one is facing in the opposite direction.
2 (context figuratively) The exact opposite.
3 (context figuratively by extension) A complete change of direction or opinion.

180s
n.
(plural of 180)

187
n.
(context US) police code for murder, in the State of California.

1870s
n.
The decade from 1870 to 1879.

1880s
n.
The decade from 1880 to 1889.

1890s
n.
The decade from 1890 to 1899.

18mo
n.
1 (context paper) (abbreviation of octodecimo dot=), a page size`
2 (context printing) A book size using octodecimo-sized pages.

1900s
n.
1 The century that began on January 1, 1900, and ended on December 31, 1999. Approximately equal to the twentieth century.
2 (context rare) The decade that began on January 1, 1900 and ended on December 31, 1909. The noughties.

1910s
n.
The decade from 1910 to 1919.

1920s
n.
The decade from 1920 to 1929.

1930s
n.
The decade from 1930 to 1939.

1940s
n.
The decade from 1940 to 1949.

1950's
n.
(alternative form of 1950s)

1950s
a.
Designating of anything that evolved, occurred, or was popular in this decade.
n.
The decade beginning in 1950 and ending in 1959.

1960s
a.
Designating of anything that evolved, occurred, or was popular in this decade.
n.
The decade beginning in 1960 and ending in 1969.

1970s
a.
Designating of anything that evolved, occurred, or was popular in this decade.
n.
The decade beginning in 1970 and ending in 1979.

1980s
a.
Designating of anything that evolved, occurred, or was popular in this decade.
n.
The decade beginning in 1980 and ending in 1989.

1984
n.
A totalitarian or dystopic society, especially when characterised by intense surveillance of its citizens. Also used attributively. (from 20th c. )

1984-ish
a.
Resembling or pertaining to a totalitarian society, especially one characterised by intensive surveillance of the population. (from 20th c. )

1990s
a.
Designating of anything that evolved, occurred, or was popular in this decade.
n.
The decade beginning in 1990 and ending in 1999.

1992
n.
(context economics) The commencement of the single market trade association of European Union countries, on January 1, 1993. < !-- yes, *1993* -->

1AESS
n.
(context telephony) (abbreviation of number Number 1A electronic Electronic switching Switching system System)

1ANCP
abbr.
(context networking) Number 1A network control point.

1ASES
abbr.
(context networking) Number 1A service evaluation system.

1AVSS
abbr.
(context telephony) Number 1A voice storage system.

1B
alt.
1 (context baseball) The baseball statistic of “one-base hits” or “singles”.
2 (context baseball) (initialism of first base 1st Base)
3 (context baseball) (initialism of first baseman First baseman)
n.
1 (context baseball) The baseball statistic of “one-base hits” or “singles”.
2 (context baseball) (initialism of first base 1st Base)
3 (context baseball) (initialism of first baseman First baseman)

1B1T
n.
(context military) (initialism of one ball, one tracer nodot=1), meaning that the normal rounds in the gun are alternated with tracer rounds.

1BH
alt.
(context baseball) (initialism of one-base hit lang= en)
n.
(context baseball) (initialism of one-base hit lang= en)

1BHs
n.
(plural of 1BH)

1BTSPS
abbr.
(context telephony) Number 1B traffic service position system.

1Bs
n.
(plural of 1B)

1D
n.
(context American football) (initialism of first down)

1Ds
n.
(plural of 1D)

1EAX
abbr.
(context telephony) Number 1 electronic automatic exchange.

1ESS
n.
(context telephony) (abbreviation of number Number 1 electronic Electronic switching Switching system System)

1FR
n.
(abbreviation of one-party flat rate)

1FTR
n.
(context internet slang) (initialism of one for the road)

1G
n.
(context retronym) analog cell phone network technology.

1GBC
init.
(context telephony) One gigabaud fiber channel.

1GL
n.
(context programming) First generation language, i. e. machine language.

1H4
n.
(context theater) (initialism of http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Henry%20IV, %20part%20I), ''by (w: William Shakespeare)''.

1H6
n.
(context theater) (initialism of http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Henry%20VI, %20part%20I), ''by (w: William Shakespeare)''.

1L
n.
(abbreviation of one L)

1LT
n.
(abbreviation of first lieutenant)

1MM
n.
(context networking) (initialism of one megabyte modem Portuguese)

1MMS
n.
(context networking) (initialism of one megabyte modem system Portuguese)

1MR
init.
One-party message rate.

1NCP
init.
(context networking) Number 1 network control point.

1NF
init.
first normal form

1drfl
a.
(context Internet slang text messaging) (abbreviation of wonderful)

1st
a.
(abbreviation of first)

1st Cir.
n.
(legal) {{abbreviation of|(w: United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit)|lang=en}}

1st grade
n.
(alternative spelling of first grade)

2
adv.
(context text messaging informal) abbreviation of too
prep.
(context text messaging informal) abbreviation of to

2 Chr
n.
(abbreviation of 2 Chronicles)

2 Chron.
n.
(abbreviation of 2 Chronicles)

2 Chronicles
n.
(context biblical) The second of the two Books of Chronicles and the fourteenth book of the Old Testament of the Bible. Sometimes abbreviated as 2 Chr or 2 Chron.

2 Cor.
n.
(abbreviation of 2 Corinthians)

2 Corinthians
n.
(context biblical) The second book of Corinthians and the eighth book in the New Testament of the Bible, an epistle to the people of http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Corinth attributed to http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Paul%20the%20Apostle and http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Timothy.

2 Joh.
n.
(label en biblical rare) (abbreviation of John lang=en nodot=yes) {{gloss|(l en 2 John), (w: Second Epistle of John)}}.

2 John
alt.
(context biblical) The twenty-fourth book of the New Testament of the Bible, the second epistle of John.
n.
(context biblical) The twenty-fourth book of the New Testament of the Bible, the second epistle of John.

2 Kgs
n.
(abbreviation of 2 Kings)

2 Kings
n.
(context biblical) The twelfth book of the Old Testament of Bible, and of the Tanakh; in some Bibles known as 2 Samuel or 4 Kings.

2 L
n.
(legal) 2L

2 Macc.
n.
(abbreviation of 2 Maccabees)

2 Maccabees
n.
(context biblical) The second book of Maccabees of the Old Testament Apocrypha.

2 Pet.
n.
(abbreviation of 2 Peter)

2 Peter
n.
(context biblical) The second epistle of Peter, the twenty-second book of the New Testament of the Bible.

2 Sam.
n.
(abbreviation of 2 Samuel)

2 Samuel
n.
(context biblical) The tenth book of the Old Testament of Bible, and of the Tanakh; in some Bibles known as 2 Kings.

2 Thess.
n.
(abbreviation of 2 Thessalonians)

2 Thessalonians
n.
(context biblical) The fourteenth book of the New Testament of the Bible, the second epistle to the Thessalonians.

2 Tim.
n.
(abbreviation of 2 Timothy)

2 Timothy
n.
(context biblical) The sixteenth book of the New Testament of the Bible, the second epistle to Timothy.

2 gauge
n.
A model railway gauge of 64 mm, standardised in 1909 but since fallen into disuse.

2+1 road
n.
(context transport) A three-lane road with two lanes in one direction and one lane in the other.

2+1 roads
n.
(plural of 2+1 road)

2-10-0
n.
Under the http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Whyte_notation system, a steam locomotive that has a single-axle leading truck followed by five powered driving axles, and no trailing wheels.

2-10-0s
n.
(plural of 2-10-0)

2-10-10-2
n.
Under the http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Whyte_notation system, a Mallet-type locomotive with two leading wheels on a leading truck, two sets of ten driving wheels, and two trailing wheels on a trailing truck.

2-10-10-2s
n.
(plural of 2-10-10-2)

2-10-2
n.
Under the http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Whyte_notation system, a steam locomotive that has two leading wheels, five pairs of coupled driving wheels, and two trailing wheels.

2-10-2s
n.
(plural of 2-10-2)

2-10-4
n.
Under the http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Whyte_notation system, a steam locomotive that has two leading wheels arranged in a leading truck, ten coupled driving wheels and four trailing wheels in a trailing truck.

2-10-4s
n.
(plural of 2-10-4)

2-12-0
n.
Under the http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Whyte_notation system, a steam locomotive that has a single-axle leading truck followed by six powered driving axles, and no trailing wheels.

2-12-0s
n.
(plural of 2-12-0)

2-12-2
n.
Under the http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Whyte_notation system, a steam locomotive that has two leading wheels, six pairs of coupled driving wheels, and two trailing wheels.

2-12-2s
n.
(plural of 2-12-2)

2-12-4
n.
Under the http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Whyte_notation system, a steam locomotive that has two leading wheels, six pairs of coupled driving wheels, and four trailing wheels.

2-12-4s
n.
(plural of 2-12-4)

2-2-0
n.
Under the http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Whyte_notation system, a steam locomotive that has one unpowered leading axle and one powered driving axle.

2-2-0s
n.
(plural of 2-2-0)

2-2-2
n.
Under the http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Whyte_notation system, a steam locomotive that has two leading wheels, two driving wheels and two trailing wheels.

2-2-2s
n.
(plural of 2-2-2)

2-2-4
n.
Under the http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Whyte_notation system, a steam locomotive that has two leading wheels followed by two coupled driving wheels and four trailing wheels.

2-2-4s
n.
(plural of 2-2-4)

2-4-0
n.
Under the http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Whyte_notation system, a steam locomotive that has two leading wheels followed by two sets of coupled driving wheels, and no trailing wheels.

2-4-0s
n.
(plural of 2-4-0)

2-4-2
n.
Under the http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Whyte_notation system, a steam locomotive that has two leading wheels arranged in a leading truck, four coupled driving wheels and two trailing wheels in a trailing truck.

2-4-2s
n.
(plural of 2-4-2)

2-4-4
n.
Under the http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Whyte_notation system, a steam locomotive that has two leading wheels arranged in a leading truck, four coupled driving wheels and four trailing wheels in a trailing truck.

2-4-4-2
n.
Under the http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Whyte_notation system, a Mallet-type locomotive with two leading wheels on a leading truck, two sets of four driving wheels, and two trailing wheels on a trailing truck.

2-4-4-2s
n.
(plural of 2-4-4-2)

2-4-4s
n.
(plural of 2-4-4)

2-4-6 block
n.
A tool used in machining fields, especially milling machine, to aid in setup. It is a block of steel that is precisely square#Verb and parallel whose sides are 2, 4, and 6 inches long, respectively. 2-4-6 blocks are a larger version of the more-common 1-2-3 block.

2-4-6 blocks
n.
(plural of 2-4-6 block)

2-6-0
n.
Under the http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Whyte_notation system, a steam locomotive that has a pair of leading wheels followed by six driving wheels, with no trailing wheels.

2-6-0+0-6-2
n.
Under the http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Whyte_notation system, a Garratt steam locomotive that is articulated in three parts, with a boiler mounted on the centre frame, and two steam engines mounted in opposite directions on separate frames, one on each end of the boiler, and each engine having a 2-6-0 wheel configuration.

2-6-0+0-6-2s
n.
(plural of 2-6-0+0-6-2)

2-6-0s
n.
(plural of 2-6-0)

2-6-2
n.
Under the http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Whyte_notation system, a steam locomotive that has two leading wheels, six coupled driving wheels, and two trailing wheels.

2-6-2s
n.
(plural of 2-6-2)

2-6-4
n.
Under the http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Whyte_notation system, a steam locomotive that has two leading wheels, six coupled driving wheels, and four trailing wheels.

2-6-4s
n.
(plural of 2-6-4)

2-6-6
n.
Under the http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Whyte_notation system, a steam locomotive that has two leading wheels, six coupled driving wheels, and six trailing wheels.

2-6-6-0
n.
Under the http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Whyte_notation system, a Mallet-type locomotive with two leading wheels on a leading truck, two sets of six driving wheels, and no trailing wheels.

2-6-6-0s
n.
(plural of 2-6-6-0)

2-6-6-2
n.
Under the http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Whyte_notation system, a Mallet-type locomotive with two leading wheels on a leading truck, two sets of six driving wheels, and two trailing wheels on a trailing truck.

2-6-6-2s
n.
(plural of 2-6-6-2)

2-6-6-4
n.
Under the http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Whyte_notation system, a Mallet-type locomotive with two leading wheels on a leading truck, two sets of six driving wheels, and four trailing wheels on a trailing truck.

2-6-6-4s
n.
(plural of 2-6-6-4)

2-6-6-6
n.
Under the http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Whyte_notation system, an articulated locomotive with two leading wheels on a leading truck, two sets of six driving wheels, and six trailing wheels on a trailing truck. This arrangement was used only on the C& O which called it the Allegheny and the Virginian, which named it the Blue Ridge.

2-6-6-6s
n.
(plural of 2-6-6-6)

2-6-6s
n.
(plural of 2-6-6)

2-6-8-0
n.
Under the http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Whyte_notation system, a Mallet-type locomotive with two leading wheels on a leading truck, a set of six driving wheels followed by another set of eight driving wheels, and no trailing wheels.

2-6-8-0s
n.
(plural of 2-6-8-0)

2-8-0
n.
Under the http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Whyte_notation system, a steam locomotive that has a single-axle leading truck followed by four powered driving axles, and no trailing wheels. It's popular name is " Consolidation" as its appearance coincided with the consolidation of several Eastern coal railroads. The Consolidation was extremely popular, especially in the first quarter of the 20th century.

2-8-0+0-8-2
n.
Under the http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Whyte_notation system, a Garratt steam locomotive that is articulated in three parts, with a boiler mounted on the centre frame, and two steam engines mounted in opposite directions on separate frames, one on each end of the boiler, and each engine having a 2-8-0 wheel configuration.

2-8-0+0-8-2s
n.
(plural of 2-8-0+0-8-2)

2-8-0s
n.
(plural of 2-8-0)

2-8-2
n.
Under the http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Whyte_notation system, a steam locomotive that has two leading wheels, four pairs of coupled driving wheels, and two trailing wheels.

2-8-2s
n.
(plural of 2-8-2)

2-8-4
n.
Under the http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Whyte_notation system, a steam locomotive that has two leading wheels arranged in a leading truck, eight coupled driving wheels and four trailing wheels in a trailing truck.

2-8-4s
n.
(plural of 2-8-4)

2-8-6
n.
Under the http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Whyte_notation system, a steam locomotive that has two leading wheels, eight coupled driving wheels, and six trailing wheels.

2-8-6s
n.
(plural of 2-8-6)

2-8-8-0
n.
Under the http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Whyte_notation system, a Mallet-type locomotive with two leading wheels on a leading truck, two sets of eight driving wheels, and no trailing wheels.

2-8-8-0s
n.
(plural of 2-8-8-0)

2-8-8-2
n.
Under the http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Whyte_notation system, a Mallet-type locomotive with two leading wheels on a leading truck, two sets of eight driving wheels, and two trailing wheels on a trailing truck.

2-8-8-2s
n.
(plural of 2-8-8-2)

2-8-8-4
n.
Under the http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Whyte_notation system, a Mallet-type locomotive with two leading wheels on a leading truck, two sets of eight driving wheels, and four trailing wheels on a trailing truck.

2-8-8-4s
n.
(plural of 2-8-8-4)

2-8-8-8-2
n.
Under the http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Whyte_notation system, a steam locomotive that has two leading wheels, three sets of eight driving wheels, and a two trailing wheels.

2-8-8-8-2s
n.
(plural of 2-8-8-8-2)

2-8-8-8-4
n.
Under the http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Whyte_notation system, a steam locomotive that has two leading wheels, three sets of eight driving wheels, and four trailing wheels.

2-8-8-8-4s
n.
(plural of 2-8-8-8-4)

2-D
a.
(abbreviation of two-dimensional)

2-IC
init.
(context Canada and British slang) second in command

2-butanone
n.
(context organic compound) The industrial solvent butanone.

2-dimensional
a.
(alternative form of two-dimensional)

2-methyl-1,3-butadiene
n.
(context organic compound) The IUPAC name for isoprene.

2-methyl-2-propenoic acid
n.
(context organic compound) The IUPAC name for methacrylic acid.

2-methylbutane
n.
(context organic compound) The organic compound isopentane.

2-methylpropane
n.
(context organic compound) isobutane

2-methylpropanes
n.
(plural of 2-methylpropane)

2-up
a.
(context printing) (alternative form of two-up)
n.
1 (context gaming) An item that grants the player two extra lives in the game.
2 (context video games uncountable) In a game with multiple players, an indicator or identifier of player 2.

2.0
a.
A second major version of something or, figuratively, of someone.

2/2
n.
(context music) A meter of two half notes per measure.

2/4
n.
(context music) A meter of two quarter notes per measure.

20/20
a.
(abbreviation of twenty-twenty)

200 meters
n.
(standard spelling of from=American spelling lang=en 200 metres)

200 metres
alt.
(context athletics) A sprint race over 200 metres.
n.
(context athletics) A sprint race over 200 metres.

2000s
n.
1 The decade that began on January 1, 2000 and ended on December 31, 2009.
2 The century that began on January 1, 2000 and ends on December 31, 2099.
3 (context rare) The millennium that began on January 1, 2000 and ends on December 31, 2999.

2010s
n.
The decade from 2010 to 2019.

2020s
n.
The decade from 2020 to 2029.

20s
n.
1 The decade of the 1920s.
2 Temperatures from 20 to 29 degrees.

224
abbr.
(context Internet slang) today, tomorrow, forever.

23 Skidoo Street
n.
(context idiomatic dated rare chiefly US) (c. 1900) A fictitious place or a generic place that could refer to any location.

23 skidoo
phr.
(context idiomatic archaic chiefly US) (c. 1908-1923) To leave, particularly quickly or at an advantageous time.

24 Sussex Drive
n.
(context Canada) The office of Prime Minister of Canada.

24 Sussex Street
n.
(obsolete form of 24 Sussex Drive)

24-7
adv.
Twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week; continuously.

24-cell
n.
(context mathematics) A four-dimensional object equivalent to a hexagon, constructed out of twenty-four tetrahedron.

24-cells
n.
(plural of 24-cell)

24-hour clock
n.
A timekeeping convention in which the 24 hours of the day are treated as one single period.

24/7
adv.
(abbreviation of twenty-four seven)

24mo
n.
(context paper printing) vicesimo-quarto.

26+6=1
phr.
The 26 county of the Republic of Ireland and the 6 counties of Northern Ireland together make a single United Ireland.

2A0
n.
A standard paper size, twice the size of A0, defined by ISO 216; dimensions: 1189 x 1682 mm.

2B
init.
1 (context baseball) second base, second baseman.
2 (context baseball) double, a baseball statistic indicating a runner has safely advanced to second base.
3 (context British) A grade of pencil with lead that makes darker marks than a pencil grade B but lighter marks than a pencil of grade 3B.

2CV
init.
deux chevaux (" two horses" ) (a model of car by French manufacturer, Citroën )

2D
a.
(abbreviation of two-dimensional)

2G
init.
(context telecommunications) Retronym referring to standards before 3G. Includes GSM, DMA, TDMA, iDEN, and PDC.

2GL
n.
(context programming) Second generation language, i. e. assembly language.

2H
init.
(context British) A grade of pencil with lead that makes lighter marks than a pencil grade H but darker marks than a pencil of grade 3H; a pencil with hard lead.

2IC
init.
second-in-command.

2L
alt.
1 (legal) The second year of law school.
2 (legal) A law student in the second year of law school.
n.
1 (legal) The second year of law school.
2 (legal) A law student in the second year of law school.

2Ls
n.
(plural of 2L)

2NF
init.
second normal form

2SLS
init.
http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Two-stage%20least%20squares

2WD
init.
2-wheel-drive

2d
abbr.
1 two-dimensional; 2D.
2 second, as in: after the first; commonly used in legal writing.
3 (context British dated) two penny, tuppence (in pre-decimalisation currency, never used for 'two new pence').

2d Cir.
n.
(legal) {{abbreviation of|(w: United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit)|lang=en}}

2moz
n.
(context texting) (nonstandard spelling of tomorrow)

2mrw
adv.
(context Internet slang) (abbreviation of tomorrow)

2nd
a.
(abbreviation of second)

2nd grade
n.
(alternative spelling of second grade)

2ry
a.
(abbreviation of secondary)

2x4
n.
(abbreviation of two by four)

2x4s
n.
(plural of 2x4)

3 John
n.
(context biblical) The antepenultimate book of the New Testament of the Bible, the third epistle of John.

3 Kgs
n.
(abbreviation of 3 Kings)

3 Kings
n.
(context biblical) A book of the Old Testament of Bible, and of the Tanakh; in some Bibles known as 1 Kings.

3 card monte
n.
(alternative spelling of lang=en three-card monte)

3' end
n.
(context biochemistry genetics) A nucleic acid strand which terminates at the hydroxyl (-OH) chemical group attached to the third carbon in the sugar-ring.

3' ends
n.
(plural of 3' end)

3-D
a.
(abbreviation of three-dimensional)
alt.
(abbreviation of three-dimensional)

3-card monte
n.
(alternative spelling of lang=en three-card monte)

3-dimensional
a.
(alternative form of three-dimensional)

3-on-the-tree
n.
1 (alternative spelling of three-on-the-tree)
2 (context idiomatic) On an automobile (especially those produced from 1939 through the mid-1970s), a three-speed manual transmission whose gearshift lever is mounted on the steering column.

3/4
n.
(context music) A meter of three quarter notes per measure.

3/4 brother
n.
(alternative spelling of three-quarter brother)

3/4 brothers
n.
(plural of 3/4 brother)

3/4 sibling
n.
(alternative spelling of three-quarter sibling)

3/4 siblings
n.
(plural of 3/4 sibling)

3/4 sister
n.
(alternative spelling of three-quarter sister)

3/4 sisters
n.
(plural of 3/4 sister)

303
n.
1 (context uncountable informal firearms) The http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/. 303%20British rifle calibre.
2 (context countable) A rifle chambered in this calibre, normally the SMLE series.

30s
n.
1 The decade of the 1930s.
2 Temperatures from 30 to 39 degrees.

32-county
a.
(context Ireland British) Covering the whole of the island of Ireland, including both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland.

32mo
n.
1 (context paper) (abbreviation of thirty-twomo dot=); a size of paper cut from standard uncut free sheets, corresponding to such a sheet folded into thirty-two leaves, yielding sixty-four pages when printed on both sides. Page size is dependent on the size of sheet used, with the largest standard size, Atlas (36" by 26" ) yielding a page size of 6-1/2" by 4-1/2" .
2 (context printing) A book with leaves of such size, about the size of a contemporary trade paperback.

32mos
n.
(plural of 32mo)

32nd note
n.
(context music US) a note with 1/32 the length of a whole note

32nd notes
n.
(plural of 32nd note)

32ºs
n.
(plural of 32º)

33
n.
A gramophone record played at 33⅓ revolutions per minute.

33's
n.
(plural of 33)

33s
n.
(plural of 33)

360
n.
1 A single spin which results in the original orientation.
2 (context video games) (abbreviation of http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Xbox%20360)

360 backflip
n.
A maneuver in various sports (such as skateboarding) in which the player flips backwards, rotates a full turn, and finishes travelling in the original direction.

360 backflips
n.
(plural of 360 backflip)

360-degree
a.
1 covering all 360 degrees of a circle
2 (context by extension) comprehensive; incorporating all points of view
3 able to turn freely about an axis

360s
n.
(plural of 360)

3B
init.
1 (context baseball) third base, third baseman
2 (context baseball) triple, a baseball statistic indicating a runner has safely advanced to third base
3 (context British) A grade of pencil with lead that makes darker marks than a pencil grade 2B but lighter marks than a pencil of grade 4B.

3D
a.
(alternative spelling of 3-D)

3D job
n.
A menial blue-collar job often performed by migrants.

3D jobs
n.
(plural of 3D job)

3D printer
n.
(context lang=en hardware printing) A device for making three-dimensional solid objects from a digital model.

3D printers
n.
(plural of 3D printer)

3D scanner
n.
A device that analyzes a real-world object or environment to collect data on its shape and possibly its color.

3D scanners
n.
(plural of 3D scanner)

3D ultrasound
n.
1 (context uncountable) A medical ultrasound technique, used, for example, during pregnancy, providing three-dimensional-looking flat images.
2 (context countable) An image so produced.

3D ultrasounds
n.
(plural of 3D ultrasound)

3DES
n.
(context cryptography informal) (abbreviation of Triple DES lang=en dot=), a cipher formed from the http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Data%20Encryption%20Standard (DES) cipher by using it three times.

3DPD
abbr.
(context Internet slang anime imageboards) 3-Dimensional Pig Disgusting & ndash; an assertion that two-dimensional images are preferable to three-dimensional human beings.

3DTDS
n.
(abbreviation of lang=en three-dimensional topological Dirac semi-metal)

3G
init.
(label en telecommunications mobile) 3rd Generation (qualifier: cellular phone commmunication standard)

3GL
n.
(context programming) Third generation language, e. g. , C, C++, Java, Fortran.

3GPP
init.
(context electronics) Third Generation Partnership Project.

3H
init.
(context British) A grade of pencil with lead that makes lighter marks than a pencil grade 2H but darker marks than a pencil of grade 4H; a pencil with hard lead.

3L
abbr.
Abbreviated form of three L.

3NF
init.
third normal form

3P
n.
(context slang) threesome

3PL
abbr.
third-party logistics.

3Ps
n.
(plural of 3P)

3d
abbr.
1 three-dimensional.
2 third, as in: after the second; commonly used in legal writing.

3d Cir.
n.
(legal) {{abbreviation of|(w: United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit)|lang=en}}

3dml
init.
http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/3dml; a set of tags and rules used to develop three dimensional representations of documents to be presented on the World Wide Web, allowing incorporation of text, graphics, sound, video, and hyperlinks. Internet browsers read 3DML through a plugin known as ''Rover'' to know what they should display.

3rd
a.
(abbreviation of third)
vb.
To third.

3rd grade
n.
third grade.

3rded
vb.
(en-past of: 3rd)

3rding
vb.
(present participle of 3rd)

3rds
vb.
(en-third-person singular of: 3rd)

4
prep.
(context text messaging slang) abbreviation of (term: for)

4 Kgs
n.
(abbreviation of 4 Kings)

4 Kings
n.
(context biblical) A book of the Old Testament of Bible, and of the Tanakh; in some Bibles known as 2 Kings.

4-10-0
n.
Under the http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Whyte_notation system, a steam locomotive that has four leading wheels on a leading truck followed by ten coupled driving wheels, and no trailing wheels.

4-10-0s
n.
(plural of 4-10-0)

4-10-2
n.
Under the http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Whyte_notation system, a steam locomotive that has four coupled leading wheels, ten coupled driving wheels, and one pair of trailing wheels.

4-10-2s
n.
(plural of 4-10-2)

4-12-2
n.
Under the http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Whyte_notation system, a steam locomotive that has four coupled leading wheels, twelve coupled driving wheels, and one pair of trailing wheels.

4-12-2s
n.
(plural of 4-12-2)

4-14-4
n.
Under the http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Whyte_notation system, a steam locomotive with four leading wheels in a leading truck, fourteen driving wheels (seven axles) in a rigid frame, and four trailing wheels in a trailing truck.

4-14-4s
n.
(plural of 4-14-4)

4-2-0
n.
Under the http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Whyte_notation system, a steam locomotive that has a four-wheel leading truck followed by a single driving axle.

4-2-0s
n.
(plural of 4-2-0)

4-2-2
n.
Under the http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Whyte_notation system, a steam locomotive that has four leading wheels arranged in a leading truck, two driving wheels and two trailing wheels.

4-2-2s
n.
(plural of 4-2-2)

4-2-4
n.
1 (context countable) Under the http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Whyte_notation system, a steam locomotive that has a four-wheel leading truck, one powered driving axle and a four-wheel unpowered trailing truck.
2 (context football uncountable) A popular soccer formation with 4 defenders, 2 midfielders and 4 strikers

4-2-4s
n.
(plural of 4-2-4)

4-3 suspension
n.
A musical device, commonplace in the Western classical tradition, whereby a suspension is formed through a note a fourth above the bass which resolves to a third.

4-3 suspensions
n.
(plural of 4-3 suspension)

4-3-3
n.
(context football) A popular soccer formation with 4 defenders, 3 midfielders and 3 strikers

4-4-0
n.
Under the http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Whyte_notation system, a steam locomotive that has four leading wheels on a leading truck followed by two sets of coupled driving wheels, and no trailing wheels.

4-4-0s
n.
(plural of 4-4-0)

4-4-2
n.
(context football) A popular soccer formation with 4 defenders, 4 midfielders and 2 strikers.

4-4-2s
n.
(plural of 4-4-2)

4-4-4
n.
Under the http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Whyte_notation system, a steam locomotive that has four leading wheels arranged in a leading truck, four coupled driving wheels and four trailing wheels in a trailing truck.

4-4-4-4
n.
Under the http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Whyte_notation system, a duplex steam locomotive that has four leading wheels in a leading truck, two sets of four driving wheels, and a four-wheel trailing truck.

4-4-4-4s
n.
(plural of 4-4-4-4)

4-4-4s
n.
(plural of 4-4-4)

4-4-6-4
n.
Under the http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Whyte_notation system, a duplex steam locomotive that has four leading wheels in a leading truck followed by four coupled driving wheels, a second set with six coupled driving wheels, and four trailing wheels in a trailing truck.

4-4-6-4s
n.
(plural of 4-4-6-4)

4-5-1
n.
(context football) A popular soccer formation with 4 defenders, 5 midfielders and 1 striker

4-6-0
n.
Under the http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Whyte_notation system, a steam locomotive that has four leading wheels on a leading truck followed by three sets of coupled driving wheels, and no trailing wheels.

4-6-0s
n.
(plural of 4-6-0)

4-6-2
n.
Under the http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Whyte_notation system, a steam locomotive that has four coupled leading wheels, six coupled driving wheels, and a pair of trailing wheels. Also known in UK English as a " Pacific" locomotive.

4-6-2+2-6-4
n.
Under the http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Whyte_notation system, a Garratt steam locomotive that is articulated in three parts, with a boiler mounted on the centre frame, and two steam engines mounted in opposite directions on separate frames, one on each end of the boiler, and each engine having a 2-6-4 wheel configuration.

4-6-2+2-6-4s
n.
(plural of 4-6-2+2-6-4)

4-6-2s
n.
(plural of 4-6-2)

4-6-4
n.
Under the http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Whyte_notation system, a steam locomotive that has four leading wheels arranged in a leading truck, six coupled driving wheels and four trailing wheels in a trailing truck.

4-6-4-4
n.
Under the http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Whyte_notation system, a duplex steam locomotive that has four leading wheels in a leading truck followed by six coupled driving wheels, a second set with four coupled driving wheels, and four trailing wheels in a trailing truck.

4-6-4-4s
n.
(plural of 4-6-4-4)

4-6-4s
n.
(plural of 4-6-4)

4-6-6-2
n.
Under the http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Whyte_notation system, a Mallet-type locomotive with four leading wheels on a leading truck, two sets of six driving wheels, and two trailing wheels on a trailing truck.

4-6-6-2s
n.
(plural of 4-6-6-2)

4-6-6-4
n.
Under the http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Whyte_notation system, a Mallet-type locomotive with four leading wheels on a leading truck, two sets of six driving wheels, and four trailing wheels on a trailing truck.

4-6-6-4s
n.
(plural of 4-6-6-4)

4-8-0
n.
Under the http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Whyte_notation system, a steam locomotive that has four leading wheels on a leading truck followed by four sets of coupled driving wheels, and no trailing wheels.

4-8-0s
n.
(plural of 4-8-0)

4-8-2
n.
Under the http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Whyte_notation system, a steam locomotive that has four leading wheels arranged in a leading truck, eight coupled driving wheels and two trailing wheels in a trailing truck.

4-8-2s
n.
(plural of 4-8-2)

4-8-4
n.
Under the http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Whyte_notation system, a steam locomotive that has four leading wheels arranged in a leading truck, eight coupled driving wheels and four trailing wheels in a trailing truck.

4-8-4+4-8-4
n.
Under the http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Whyte_notation system, a Garratt steam locomotive that is articulated in three parts, with a boiler mounted on the centre frame, and two steam engines mounted in opposite directions on separate frames, one on each end of the boiler, and each engine having a 4-8-4 wheel configuration.

4-8-4+4-8-4s
n.
(plural of 4-8-4+4-8-4)

4-8-4s
n.
(plural of 4-8-4)

4-8-6
n.
Under the http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Whyte_notation system, a steam locomotive that has four leading wheels arranged in a leading truck, eight coupled driving wheels and six trailing wheels in a trailing truck. The C& O had one planned as their class J4, but it was never built.

4-8-6s
n.
(plural of 4-8-6)

4-8-8-2
n.
Under the http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Whyte_notation system, a Mallet-type locomotive with four leading wheels on a leading truck, two sets of eight driving wheels, and two trailing wheels on a trailing truck.

4-8-8-2s
n.
(plural of 4-8-8-2)

4-8-8-4
n.
Under the http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Whyte_notation system, a Mallet-type locomotive with four leading wheels on a leading truck, two sets of eight driving wheels, and four trailing wheels on a trailing truck.

4-8-8-4s
n.
(plural of 4-8-8-4)

4-H
n.
In the United States, a youth organization administered by the (w: Cooperative Extension System) of the (w: United States Department of Agriculture) with the mission of " engaging youth to reach their fullest potential while advancing the field of youth development. "

4-H Club
n.
A youth organization supported and sponsored by the United States Department of Agriculture, offering courses and lessons in agriculture and home economics.

4-H'er
n.
A participant in 4-H.

4-H'ers
n.
(plural of 4-H'er)

4-dimensional
a.
(alternative form of four-dimensional)

4-foot
alt.
1 (context curling) The 4-foot diameter circle in the house
2 (context rail transport) (alternative form of four foot)
n.
1 (context curling) The 4-foot diameter circle in the house
2 (context rail transport) (alternative form of four foot)

4-on-the-floor
a.
(context idiomatic colloquial motor vehicle) (alternative spelling of four-on-the-floor)

4/4
n.
(context music) A meter of four quarter notes per measure.

40 mike-mike
n.
(context US Army and Marines military slang) Any weapon firing a 40mm grenade. Often specifically the http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/M203%20grenade%20launcher whether mounted underneath an M-16 or variant. Often in the Marine Corps, the " 40 Mike-Mike" is slang for the '''Mark-19 Automatic 40mm Grenade Launcher'''.

400 meters
n.
(standard spelling of from=American spelling lang=en 400 metres)

400 metres
alt.
(context athletics) A sprint race over 400 metres.
n.
(context athletics) A sprint race over 400 metres.

404
a.
(context computing slang) Not found, especially of a web page on the internet.

404 page
n.
the result of trying to follow a broken link within a website. A 404 is an error message means that the server could not find the url that was requested within the website.

404 pages
n.
(plural of 404 page)

40s
n.
1 The decade of the 1940s.
2 Temperatures from 40 to 49 degrees.
3 (context slang) (plural of 40 nodot=1)Category:English plurals (bottle of beer).

411
n.
(context slang) The latest scoop, information or news.

419
n.
A 419 fraud; any of the various advance-fee frauds in which the scammer solicits up front payments promising large sums of money.

419 fraud
n.
A scam in which the solicitor offers large sums of money in return for a smaller up front investment.

419 frauds
n.
(plural of 419 fraud)

419 scam
n.
A 419 fraud.

419 scammer
n.
Someone who commits (l en Nigerian scam).

419 scams
n.
(plural of 419 scam)

419s
n.
(plural of 419)

42
n.
(alternative form of Texas 42)

420
Etymology 1
n.
A particular type of monohull dinghy with two sails, designed for two people.
Etymology 2

n.
(context North America) The consumption of cannabis, or cannabis itself.

420s
n.
(plural of 420)

45
n.
A gramophone record played at 45 revolutions per minute.

45's
n.
(plural of 45)

45s
n.
(plural of 45)

470
n.
A monohull dinghy, 4. 7 metres in length, with two sails, designed for two people

49er
n.
1 A class of two-handed double-trapeze dinghy (from its maximum length of 16 feet, approx. 4900 millimetres).
2 (alternative spelling of forty-niner)
3 (context American football) A player for the (w: San Francisco 49ers), an NFL team.
4 A student or player on a sports team at (w: California State University, Long Beach) (more commonly known as " Long Beach State" ).
5 A student or player on a sports team at the (w: University of North Carolina at Charlotte) (more commonly known as " Charlotte" in a sports context).

49ers
n.
(plural of 49er)

4B
init.
(context British) A grade of pencil with lead that makes darker marks than a pencil grade 3B but lighter marks than a pencil of grade 5B; a pencil with very soft lead.

4D
a.
Describes a 3D film experience that is supplemented with synchronized physical effects

4D ultrasound
n.
1 (context uncountable) A medical ultrasound technique that produces a sequence of 3D images over time.
2 (context countable) An image so produced.

4D ultrasounds
n.
(plural of 4D ultrasound)

4F
init.
Military draftee rejected for being physically unfit.

4G LTE
n.
(context communication mobile) (synonym of LTE) (gloss: Long Term Evolution)

4GL
n.
(context programming) Fourth generation language, characterized by having its own operating environment (e. g. , Foxpro, R, Mathematica, AMPL).

4H
init.
(context British) A grade of pencil with lead that makes lighter marks than a pencil grade 3H but darker marks than a pencil of grade 5H; a pencil with very hard lead.

4NF
init.
fourth normal form

4PL
abbr.
fourth-party logistics.

4WD
abbr.
1 (context automotive) four-wheel drive.
2 Abbreviation of forward

4eva
adv.
(context Internet slang text messaging) forever.
alt.
(context Internet slang text messaging) forever.

4evah
adv.
(context Internet slang text messaging) forever.
alt.
(context Internet slang text messaging) forever.

4ever
adv.
(context Internet slang text messaging) forever.
alt.
(context Internet slang text messaging) forever.

4ktro
n.
(context demoscene) An intro that can be stored in four kilobytes of memory (intended to challenge the programmer, who must write compact and efficient code to achieve this).

4ktros
n.
(plural of 4ktro)

4rum
n.
(context Internet leet) (alternative spelling of forum)
prep.
(context rare Internet leet) (alternative spelling of from)

4rums
n.
(plural of 4rum)

4th
a.
(abbreviation of fourth)

4th Cir.
n.
(legal) {{abbreviation of|(w: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit)|lang=en}}

4th grade
n.
(alternative spelling of fourth grade)

4th of July
n.
(alternative spelling of Fourth of July)

4to
n.
1 (context paper) (abbreviation of quarto dot=), a paper size.
2 (context printing) (abbreviation of quarto dot=), a corresponding book size.

4tos
n.
(plural of 4to)

4tw
abbr.
(context Internet slang) for the win.
alt.
(context Internet slang) for the win.

4x2
n.
1 A four by two.
2 (context automotive) a four-wheeled vehicle with 2-wheel drive < ref> https://archive. is/20130628111719/www. associatedcontent. com/article/457471/is_your_car_or_truck_a_4x4_4x2_awd. html < /ref> < ref> http://www. canadiandriver. com/roadtest/07tundra. htm < /ref> < ref> http://answers. yahoo. com/question/index?qid=20071228200754AARvjzA < /ref> < ref> http://4wheeldrive. about. com/cs/offroadingtips/a/aa021401a. htm < /ref> < ref> http://www. usatoday. com/money/autos/reviews/healey/2004-01-22-drive-durango_x. htm < /ref>

4x2s
n.
(plural of 4x2)

4x4
Etymology 1
n.
A piece of timber with a cross section of 4 inches square.
Etymology 2

n.
1 (context automotive) A four-wheel drive vehicle with a four-speed transmission.
2 (context automotive) A four-wheel vehicle with four-wheel-drive.
3 (context automotive) By extension, any four-wheel-drive vehicle.

4x4x4s
n.
(plural of 4x4x4)

5 o'clock shadow
n.
(alternative form of five o'clock shadow)

5 o'clock shadows
n.
(plural of 5 o'clock shadow)

5 o'clock traffic
n.
rush hour traffic.

5 percenter
alt.
A member of the Five-Percent Nation or Nation of Gods and Earths.
n.
A member of the Five-Percent Nation or Nation of Gods and Earths.

5 second delay
n.
(alternative name of: broadcast delay)

5' cap
n.
(context biochemistry) A specially altered nucleotide end to the 5' end of precursor messenger RNA and some other primary RNA transcripts as found in eukaryotes and caliciviruses, vital to creating mature messenger RNA which is then able to undergo translation.

5' end
n.
(context biochemistry genetics) A nucleic acid strand which terminates at the chemical group attached to the fifth carbon in the sugar-ring.

5-O
n.
(context US slang street slang) The police.

5-cell
n.
(context mathematics) A four-dimensional object equivalent to a tetrahedron, constructed out of five tetrahedra.

5-cells
n.
(plural of 5-cell)

5-hydroxytryptamine
n.
The neurotransmitter serotonin.

5-methoxy-dimethyltryptamine
n.
(context organic compound) A potent hallucinogenic drug that is a methyl ether of dimethyltryptamine

5-second delay
n.
(alternative name of: broadcast delay)

5-second delays
n.
(plural of 5-second delay)

5-star
a.
luxurious and expensive.

50+
n.
The age group of persons over the age of fifty.

50-50
n.
(alternative form of fifty-fifty)

50-gon
n.
A fifty-sided polygon.

5000 meters
n.
(standard spelling of from=American spelling lang=en 5000 metres)

5000 metres
alt.
(context athletics) A long-distance running race over 5000 metres.
n.
(context athletics) A long-distance running race over 5000 metres.

506U78
n.
nelarabine.

50s
n.
1 The decade of the 1950s.
2 Temperatures from 50 to 59 degrees.

51 percent
alt.
A narrow or bare majority.
n.
A narrow or bare majority.

52 pickup
n.
A card game played as a practical joke, wherein the " dealer" throws the deck of cards in the air, and the other player must pick them up off the floor.

52-card pickup
n.
A card game played as a practical joke, wherein the " dealer" throws the deck of cards in the air, and the other player must pick them up off the floor.

527
n.
(context US) A tax-exempt organization whose role is to influence the selection, nomination, election, appointment or defeat of candidates for federal, state or local public office.

540
n.
The act of spinning 540 degrees in the air, making 1 1/2 turns.

540s
n.
(plural of 540)

56k
n.
An Internet connection nominally capable of download speeds up to 56 kbit/s (56, 000 bits per second).

5B
init.
(context British) A grade of pencil with lead that makes darker marks than a pencil grade 4B but lighter marks than a pencil of grade 6B; a pencil with very soft lead.

5GL
n.
(context programming) High-level, constraint-based programming languages (e. g. Prolog).

5H
init.
(context British) A grade of pencil with lead that makes lighter marks than a pencil grade 4H but darker marks than a pencil of grade 6H; a pencil with very hard lead.

5NF
init.
fifth normal form

5S
abbr.
sort, straighten, shine, standardize, sustain: a workplace discipline used to ensure reliable work practices and a clean working environment, now used in the West but originally from Japan.

5W1H
init.
The 6 basic question words in English, with 5 of them beginning with “w” (what, when, where, who, why) and 1 of them beginning with “h” (how).

5ever
adv.
(context Internet slang humorous) For a very long time; beyond forever.

5s
n.
(plural of 5)

5th
a.
(abbreviation of fifth)

5th Cir.
n.
(legal) {{abbreviation of|(w: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit)|lang=en}}

5th grade
n.
(alternative spelling of fifth grade)

5′
a.
(context informal) Relatively close to the 5′ end of a strand of DNA.
n.
That end of any DNA strand that has a terminal phosphate group.

6
n.
MI6; the agency or a particular agent.

6-2-0
n.
Under the http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Whyte_notation system, a steam locomotive that has an unpowered three-axle leading truck followed by a single powered driving axle.

6-2-0s
n.
(plural of 6-2-0)

6-4-4-6
n.
Under the http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Whyte_notation system, a duplex steam locomotive that has six coupled leading wheels in a leading truck, two sets of four driving wheels, and a six coupled trailing wheels in a trailing truck.

6-4-4-6s
n.
(plural of 6-4-4-6)

6-8-6
n.
Under the http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Whyte_notation system, a steam locomotive that has six leading wheels arranged in a leading truck, eight coupled driving wheels and six trailing wheels in a trailing truck.

6-8-6s
n.
(plural of 6-8-6)

6-foot
n.
(alternative form of six foot)

6/8
n.
(context music) A meter of six eighth notes per measure.

600-cell
n.
(context mathematics) A four-dimensional object equivalent to an icosahedron, constructed out of six hundred tetrahedron.

600-cells
n.
(plural of 600-cell)

606
n.
arsphenamine.

60s
n.
1 The decade of the 1960s.
2 Temperatures from 60 to 69 degrees.

64-pounder
n.
(context nautical) A muzzleloading gun capable of firing shells weighing sixty-four pounds

64mo
n.
A size of paper or book: 1. 87" -2. 5" x 2. 5" -3. 125" .

64th note
n.
(context music) A note whose duration is one sixty-fourth that of a whole note.

64th notes
n.
(plural of 64th note)

68-95-99.7 rule
n.
(context singulare tantum statistics) The rule that a normal distribution will have 68% of its observations within one standard deviation of the mean, 95% within two, and 99. 7% within three.

69
n.
(context sexuality) (alternative form of sixty-nine)

69s
n.
(plural of 69)

6B
init.
(context British) A grade of pencil with lead that makes darker marks than a pencil grade 5B; a pencil with extremely soft lead.

6DOF
init.
6 degrees Of freedom; the range of movements allowed in a virtual reality system and related games, namely those in the x-direction, y-direction and z-direction, or pitch, yaw and roll respectively

6H
init.
(context British) A grade of pencil with lead that makes lighter marks than a pencil grade 5H; a pencil with extremely hard lead.

6NF
init.
sixth normal form

6in4
n.
an Internet transition mechanism for migrating from Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4) to IPv6.

6mo
n.
(context paper printing) sexto, sixmo.

6s
n.
(plural of 6)

6th
a.
(abbreviation of sixth)

6th Cir.
n.
(legal) {{abbreviation of|(w: United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit)|lang=en}}

6th grade
n.
(alternative spelling of sixth grade)

6to
n.
(context paper printing) sixmo, sexto.

6x6
n.
(context automotive) a six-wheeled vehicle with six-wheel drive (each wheel has powered drive)

7 second delay
n.
(alternative name of: broadcast delay)

7-11
n.
Any of a chain of 24-hour convenience stores found across North America.
n.
A chain of 24-hour convenience stores found across North America.

7-6 suspension
n.
(context music) a suspension that has the suspended note a seventh (plus any number that is a multiple of seven) from the bass move down a step to the note in the chord where the suspension is happening that is a sixth (plus any number that is a multiple of seven) above the bass note

7-6 suspensions
n.
(plural of 7-6 suspension)

7-second delay
n.
(alternative name of: broadcast delay)

7-second delays
n.
(plural of 7-second delay)

7/7
n.
The terrorist bombings of London’s public transportation system on 7 July 2005.

70s
n.
1 The decade of the 1970s.
2 Temperatures from 70 to 79 degrees.

720
n.
The act of spinning 720 degrees in the air, doing two complete turns.

720s
n.
(plural of 720)

737
n.
(context aviation) A http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Boeing airplane model, number seven thirty-seven, sold to airlines for passenger or cargo transportation.

737s
n.
(plural of 737)

747
n.
(context aviation) A http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Boeing airplane, model number seven forty-seven, sold to airlines for passenger or cargo transportation. Popularly known as the jumbo jet.

747s
n.
(plural of 747)

757
n.
(context aviation) A http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Boeing%20757 aeroplane.

777
n.
(context aviation) A http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Boeing%20777, a wide body twinjet used for commercial airlines.

777s
n.
(plural of 777)

78
n.
(context retronym) A gramophone record played at 78 revolutions per minute.

78's
n.
(plural of 78)

78s
n.
(plural of 78)

7th
a.
(abbreviation of seventh)

7th Cir.
n.
(legal) {{abbreviation of|(w: United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit)|lang=en}}

7th art
n.
(alternative form of seventh art)

7th grade
n.
(alternative spelling of seventh grade)

8
vb.
(context text messaging slang) abbreviation of (term: ate)

8 ball
alt.
1 (context literally billiards) The eighth numbered ball.
2 A cocktail made with vodka and http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/V8%20(beverage).
3 (context slang African American Vernacular English) An eighth of an ounce, especially as a drug quantity.
4 (context slang African American Vernacular English) 3. 5 gram of cocaine.
5 (context slang African American Vernacular English) A 40 ounce bottle of malt liquor
6 (context slang African American Vernacular English) The alliance of the Folks and Crips (two gang).
n.
1 (context literally billiards) The eighth numbered ball.
2 A cocktail made with vodka and http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/V8%20(beverage).
3 (context slang African American Vernacular English) An eighth of an ounce, especially as a drug quantity.
4 (context slang African American Vernacular English) 3. 5 gram of cocaine.
5 (context slang African American Vernacular English) A 40 ounce bottle of malt liquor
6 (context slang African American Vernacular English) The alliance of the Folks and Crips (two gang).

8-bit
a.
1 (context computing of a word size, or an integer) Represented using 8 bits (1 byte)
2 (context computer graphics music) Originating from or resembling art from the 8-bit computer game era.

8-cell
n.
(context mathematics) A four-dimensional object equivalent to a cube, constructed out of eight cubes.

8-cells
n.
(plural of 8-cell)

8-foot
n.
(context curling) The 8-foot diameter circle in the house.

8-track
n.
1 A form of magnetic tape technology for audio storage, popular from the mid-1960s to the early 1980s. < !--adjective?-->
2 (context countable) A cartridge for an 8-track player.

8-tracks
n.
(plural of 8-track)

8.3
n.
(context computing retronym) The naming convention in older MS-DOS and Microsoft Windows computers, restricting file names to eight characters followed by a decimal point and a three-character file extension.

80's
n.
(alternative form of 80s)

800 meters
n.
(standard spelling of from=American spelling lang=en 800 metres)

800 metres
alt.
(context athletics) A middle-distance running race over 800 metres.
n.
(context athletics) A middle-distance running race over 800 metres.

800 number
n.
Name given to toll-free telephone number in North America.

800 numbers
n.
(plural of 800 number)

800-pound gorilla
n.
1 (context idiomatic) An entity that dominates its environment.
2 (context idiomatic) Something dangerous, menacing, or spooky that is obvious but not addressed.

800-pound gorillas
n.
(plural of 800-pound gorilla)

802.11e
n.
An IEEE standard, [http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/IEEE_802. 11e-2005 IEEE 802. 11e-2005], that adds QoS (Quality of Service) features and multimedia support to the existing 802. 11b, 802. 11g, and 802. 11a wireless networks.

802.11i
n.
An IEEE standard specifying security mechanisms for 802. 11 networks. 802. 11i makes use of the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) block cipher. The standard also includes improvements in key management, user authentication through 802. 1X and data integrity of headers.

80s
n.
1 The decade of the 1980s.
2 Temperatures from 80 to 89 degrees.

8514/A
n.
(context computing) 8514/Adapter, a video interface card for computers, made obsolete in 1990 by the XGA video standard.

8514/Adapter
n.
(context computing) (alternative spelling of 8514/A)

86
vb.
1 (context informal) To cancel an order for food.
2 (context informal) To remove an item from the menu.
3 (context informal) To throw out; discard.
4 (context informal) To deny service.

86ed
vb.
(en-past of: 86)

86ing
vb.
(present participle of 86)

86s
vb.
(en-third-person singular of: 86)

88
n.
(context dated military)A WWII German 88mm anti-aircraft artillery piece.

88 14
interj.
{{non-gloss definition|a greeting or expression of praise used by (l en neo-Nazi neo-Nazis)}}

880 ammonia
n.
(context inorganic chemistry) A saturated solution of ammonia in water; ammonium hydroxide 28% (w/w as ammonia).

88s
n.
(plural of 88)

8N1
abbr.
(context computing) shorthand for " eight data bits, no parity, one stop bit" , the most common configuration for serial lines, e. g. EIA-232.

8th
a.
(abbreviation of eighth)

8th Cir.
n.
(legal) {{abbreviation of|(w: United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit)|lang=en}}

8th grade
n.
(alternative spelling of eighth grade)

8va
adv.
(context music Translingual) (abbreviation of ottava)

8vo
n.
1 (context paper) (abbreviation of octavo), a page size (5" -6. 25" x 7. 5" -10" ).
2 (context printing) A book size, corresponding to the page size.

8vos
n.
(plural of 8vo)

8x8
n.
(context automotive) an eight-wheeled vehicle with eight-wheel drive, each wheel has powered drive. {{gloss| (abbreviation of lang=en 8 drive wheels on 8 wheels) }}

8x8s
n.
(plural of 8x8)

9 to 5
alt.
1 A day job, especially at a large company, emphasizing banality.
2 The workday itself (the period of the day between 9 am and 5 pm).
3 One who works in a job from 9 am to 5pm.
n.
1 A day job, especially at a large company, emphasizing banality.
2 The workday itself (the period of the day between 9 am and 5 pm).
3 One who works in a job from 9 am to 5pm.

9-1-1
alt.
1 by extension, an emergency phone call
2 by genericization, an emergency
n.
1 by extension, an emergency phone call
2 by genericization, an emergency
n.
(context US Canada) the telephone number used to call the police or other emergency services.

9-8 suspension
n.
(context music) a suspension that has a suspended note a ninth (plus any number that is a multiple of seven) from the bass move down a step to the note in the chord where the suspension is happening that has the same pitch class as the bass note

9-8 suspensions
n.
(plural of 9-8 suspension)

9/10ths
n.
(alternative spelling of nine-tenths)

9/11
alt.
1 The date of the attack on the Twin Towers and the Pentagon in the USA, September 11th, 2001.
2 The attack itself.
n.
An event comparable to 9/11.
n.
1 The date of the attack on the Twin Towers and the Pentagon in the USA, September 11th, 2001.
2 The attack itself.

9/11s
n.
(plural of 9/11)

90-day wonder
alt.
(context US Army derogatory slang) Newly-commissioned graduate of http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Officer%20Candidate%20School or Direct Commissioning program.
n.
(context US Army derogatory slang) Newly-commissioned graduate of http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Officer%20Candidate%20School or Direct Commissioning program.

90-day wonders
n.
(plural of 90-day wonder)

900
n.
The act of spinning 900 degrees in the air, doing two and a half complete turns.

900 number
n.
Name given to telephone number in North America for which an extra charge is assessed, part of which is returned to the owner of the number.

900 numbers
n.
(plural of 900 number)

900s
n.
(plural of 900)

90Y-DOTA-biotin
n.
(context oncology) The vitamin biotin labelled with radioactive (yttrium), used in the treatment of cancer, where it seeks out tumor cells that have been targeted by an antibody linked to strepavidin and kills them.

90s
n.
1 The decade of the 1990s.
2 Temperatures from 90 to 99 degrees Fahrenheit.

911
n.
(context figuratively by extension of the previous sense) An emergency.
n.
1 In the United States and Canada, the telephone number used to call the police or other emergency services.
2 Another term for (term: 9/11).
vb.
To make an emergency call.

911ed
vb.
(en-past of: 911)

911ing
vb.
(present participle of 911)

911s
n.
(plural of 911)
vb.
(en-third-person singular of: 911)

96
n.
(context usually with " the" ) The victims of the http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Hillsborough%20disaster.

99
n.
(label en UK Ireland) An ice cream cone with a Cadbury's Flake (stick of chocolate) inserted into the ice cream.

99 percent
adv.
almost totally.
n.
1 Almost all.
2 Those who are not part of the ultrarich.

9th
a.
(abbreviation of ninth)

9th Cir.
n.
(legal) {{abbreviation of|(w: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit)|lang=en}}

9th grade
n.
(alternative spelling of ninth grade)

?
n.
1 (context text messaging) A question.
2 objects seen/shaped as the question mark

?s
n.
(plural of ?)

@
prep.
1 at a rate of (so much each)
2 (context informal neologism) at (any sense)
3 (context text messaging) Replacing the sounding /æt/ on any word that has this pronunciation or similar.

@$$
n.
(context US Internet slang) ass. (non-gloss: Used to bypass swearing filters in online games. )

@55
n.
(context Internet slang) (alternative spelling of ass nodot=1), usually to bypass a filter in online games.

@end
vb.
(context text messaging) (abbreviation of attend)

A & E
n.
(alternative form of A& E)

A & R
alt.
http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Artists%20and%20Repertoire; Artists and Repertory; Artist and Repertory.
init.
http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Artists%20and%20Repertoire; Artists and Repertory; Artist and Repertory.

A 1
a.
(alternative form of A1)

A No. 1
a.
(context US colloquial) First class, superior. < ref> Brown, Lesley (2003)< /ref>

A Special
n.
(context historical) A member of a special police force from Northern Ireland.

A Specials
n.
(plural of A Special)

A and M
abbr.
(alternate form of A& M lang= en)

A band
n.
(context anatomy) A strip of proteins in the myofibril, that stains dark. < ref name=SOED> * (R:SOED5: page=1)< /ref> < ref> (reference-book last = first = authorlink = coauthors = editor =Thomas, Clayton L. others = title =Taber's Encyclopedic Medical Dictionary origdate = origyear = 1940 origmonth = url = format = accessdate = accessyear = accessmonth = edition = 5th date = year =1993 month = publisher =F. A. Davis Company location =Philadelphia, PA language = id = doi = isbn =0-8036-8313-8 lccn = ol = pages =1)< /ref>

A bands
n.
(plural of A band)

A batteries
n.
(plural of A battery)

A battery
n.
(context dated electronics) A battery used to heat the filament or cathode heaters of electron tubes. < ref> (R:RHCD: page=1)< /ref>

A cup
n.
1 A standard, relatively small, bra cup size, consisting of a measurement around the bust that is one inch longer than a measurement around the band, plus five inches.
2 (context by synecdoche) A woman with small breasts.

A cups
n.
(plural of A cup)

A flat
n.
(alternative spelling of A-flat)

A game
n.
One's best effort.

A games
n.
(plural of A game)

A level
n.
1 A non-compulsory examination taken in the final two years in British high schools.
2 In Internet prostitution, a euphemism for anal sex.

A levels
n.
(plural of A level)

A list
n.
(alternative spelling of A-list)

A major
n.
1 (context music) The major key with A as its tonic, with the notes A, B, C♯, D, E, F♯, and G♯, the key signature of which has three sharps.
2 (context music) The major chord with a root of A.

A minor
n.
1 (context music) The minor key with A as its tonic, consisting of the pitches A, B, C, D, E, F, and G.
2 (context music) The minor chord with a root of A.

A minus
n.
(context education) A grade lower than " A" and higher than " B plus" .

A minuses
n.
(plural of A minus)

A negative
a.
(context medicine) Of a blood type within the ABO and Rh blood grouping system. Blood type '''A negative''' has a phenotype of " A" and a Rhesus system classification of negative.

A plot
n.
The primary plot of a piece of literature, television, etc. , contrasted with the secondary B plot.

A plots
n.
(plural of A plot)

A plus
alt.
1 An academic grade issued by certain educational institutions. Slightly better than an A.
2 (context slang) The highest possible rating.
n.
1 An academic grade issued by certain educational institutions. Slightly better than an A.
2 (context slang) The highest possible rating.

A pluses
n.
(plural of A plus)

A positive
a.
(context medicine) Of a blood type within the ABO and Rh blood grouping system. Blood type '''A positive''' has a phenotype of " A" and a Rhesus system classification of positive.

A road
n.
(context British) Any of many major roads in Britain, mostly multi-lane dual carriageways between city

A roads
n.
(plural of A road)

A roll
n.
(context television film) The primary footage for non-narrative or interview based film, and usually refers to talking heads or footage that directly relates to the moment.

A sharp
n.
(alternative spelling of A-sharp)
n.
A programming language version of Ada for CLI, spelled A#.

A team
alt.
1 (context sports) The best of a set of teams in a single club.
2 (context informal) The group or team which performs its work most effectively; a very good team.
n.
1 (context sports) The best of a set of teams in a single club.
2 (context informal) The group or team which performs its work most effectively; a very good team.

A teams
n.
(plural of A team)

A to Z
adv.
1 Alphabetical order; lexical order
2 From beginning to the end.
3 Over the entirety; completely.
n.
1 (context British) Any of a set of street maps of most British towns and cities; properly the http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Geographer's%20A%E2%80%93Z%20Street%20Atlas
2 (context uncountable) All facts related to a subject

A to Zs
n.
(plural of A to Z)

A$
abbr.
(context slang) Australian dollar

A&B
init.
assault and battery

A&E
n.
1 (context chiefly British NZ) the accident and emergency (casualty) department of a hospital.
2 (initialism of arts Arts and entertainment Entertainment)

A&M
alt.
1 Agricultural and Mechanical, a historical university description
2 Agricultural and Mines, a historical university description
init.
1 Agricultural and Mechanical, a historical university description
2 Agricultural and Mines, a historical university description

A&R
alt.
(alternate form of A & R)
init.
(alternate form of A & R)

A'asia
n.
(abbreviation of Australasia)

A's
n.
(plural of A)

A*
n.
1 An academic grade, higher than A. Where it is used, it is often the best class of result.
2 (context computer science) A http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Best-first%20search graph search algorithm for finding a lowest-cost path to a goal.

A*'s
n.
(plural of A*)

A*s
n.
(plural of A*)

A+
n.
1 An academic grade issued by certain educational institutions. Slightly better than an A.
2 (context slang) The highest possible rating.
3 (context baseball) Single A advanced league.

A+'s
n.
(plural of A+)

A-
alt.
academic grade issued by some institutions, which is inferior to an A and superior to a B+.
n.
academic grade issued by some institutions, which is inferior to an A and superior to a B+.

A-'s
n.
(plural of A-)

A-1
a.
(alternative spelling of A1)
n.
1 (context US military historical) (w: Cox-Klemin A-1) Air Ambulance, never mass produced.
2 (context US military) (w Douglas A-1 Skyraider Skyraider) single engine general-purpose attack aircraft.
3 (context US military) Personnel section of an air force staff.
4 (context military) Air personnel officer.
5 angstrom.

A-106
n.
(context aviation) The (w: Agusta A. 106) prototype helicopter, that never made it past the production stage.

A-106s
n.
(plural of A-106)

A-109
n.
(context aviation) The Agusta A109 twin-engine utility helicopter.

A-109s
n.
(plural of A-109)

A-1s
n.
(plural of A-1)

A-2
a.
Almost A-1 in quality; rated just below the best.
n.
1 (context US military historical) (w: Fokker A-2) air ambulance, that did not see production.
2 (context military) Intelligence section of an air force staff.
3 (context military ranks) Intelligence officer on an air force staff.

A-2s
n.
(plural of A-2)

A-3
n.
1 (context military) Air operations and training officer.
2 (context military) Operations and training section of an Air Force staff.
3 (context military) (w: Sky warrior) twin engine all weather attack aircraft.

A-32
n.
(context military) (w: Lansen) single seat fighter craft, used from 1955-1997.

A-32s
n.
(plural of A-32)

A-3s
n.
(plural of A-3)

A-4
n.
1 (context military) (w: Skyhawk) single engine attack aircraft.
2 (context military) Air material and supply officer.
3 (context military) Material and supply section of an Air Force staff.

A-5
n.
1 (context military) The planning section of an Air Force staff.
2 (context military) (w: Vigilante) supersonic attack aircraft.

A-6
n.
1 (context military) (w: Intruder) twin engine low-altitude attack aircraft.
2 (context military) Communications section of an Air Force staff.

A-60
n.
(context military) The strike version of the (w: Saab 105) twin-engine training aircraft, still in service.

A-68
n.
(context medical) A protein from patients with Alzheimer's

A-6s
n.
(plural of A-6)

A-7
n.
(context military) (w: Corsair) single engine light attack bomber.

A-7s
n.
(plural of A-7)

A-H conduction time
n.
(alternative case form of a-h conduction time)

A-I
a.
(context cinema) For general patronage.

A-II
a.
(context film) Rated for adults and adolescents only.

A-III
a.
(context film) For adults only

A-IV
a.
(context film) For adults with reservations.

A-OK
a.
(alternative spelling of A-okay)

A-Pucikwar
n.
1 The language spoken by the Pucikwar people.
2 (context now chiefly historical) (non-gloss definition: A possibly erroneous synonym for) the Pucikwar people.

A-T
n.
ataxia telangiectasia

A-bomb
n.
(context always capitalized) An atomic bomb; a weapon that derives its energy from nuclear reactions and has enormous destructive power.
vb.
(context always capitalized) Atom-bomb; to bomb with an atom-bomb.

A-bombed
vb.
(en-past of: A-bomb)

A-bomber
n.
An aircraft capable of delivering an atomic bomb as a weapon. < ref> (R:MW3 1976: page=5)< /ref>

A-bombing
vb.
(present participle of A-bomb)

A-bombs
n.
(plural of A-bomb)

A-cup
a.
Sized so as to fit an A cup.

A-flat
n.
1 (context music) A tone four fifths below C in the cycle of fifths, intermediate between G and A, denoted A♭.
2 (context music) A key or other mechanism for producing an A-flat.
3 (context music) The key of A-flat major.

A-flat major
n.
1 (context music) The major key with A-flat as its tonic, consisting of the pitches A♭, B♭, C, D♭, E♭, F, and G.
2 (context music) The major chord with a root of A-flat.

A-flat minor
n.
(context music) a minor key with the notes A♭, B♭, C♭, D♭, E♭, F♭, and G♭

A-frame
n.
An architectural structure, in the shape of an " A" , having two straight sides meeting at the top. < ref> Brown, Lesley (2003)< /ref>

A-frames
n.
(plural of A-frame)

A-gang
n.
(context US Navy slang) Auxiliary division onboard a ship or submarine. Responsible for sanitary, heating/AC, emergency diesels, hydraulics, high pressure air, low pressure air, oxygen generating equipment, potable water, hatch maintenance, and assorted systems.

A-gangs
n.
(plural of A-gang)

A-gay
n.
(context LGBT slang) An A-list gay; an affluent, well-connected, upwardly mobile gay man or woman.

A-gays
n.
(plural of A-gay)

A-level
n.
(alternative spelling of A level)

A-levels
n.
(alternative spelling of A levels)

A-life
n.
artificial life

A-lifer
n.
One with an interest in artificial life.

A-line
a.
Having a silhouette that replicates the letter A by flaring out from the top, like a funnel, narrow and fitted at the neck and shoulders, skimming the hips and widening toward the bottom, with little or no shaping or seaming at the waist.
n.
Any article of clothing with a narrow mid-section and a flared bottom. < ref> Brown, Lesley (2003)< /ref>

A-lines
n.
(plural of A-line)

A-list
a.
(context chiefly US) Best of the group; top.
n.
(context chiefly US) An informal list of people in any of several categories (but especially in the entertainment industry) who are most admired, desirable or bankable.

A-lister
n.
Someone on an A-list.

A-listers
n.
(plural of A-lister)

A-minor
n.
1 (context music) the minor key with A as its tonic
2 (context music) the minor chord with a root of A

A-okay
a.
(context colloquial) In perfect order; thoroughly acceptable.
alt.
(context colloquial) In perfect order; thoroughly acceptable.

A-per-se
n.
(context dated) A person or thing that is preeminent, unique, or which has unusual merit.

A-pillar
n.
(context automotive) The vertical support dividing a car's front windscreen from its front side windows.

A-pillars
n.
(plural of A-pillar)

A-post
n.
(context automotive) An A-pillar.

A-road
n.
(context British) A main or principal road. A trunk road.

A-roads
n.
(plural of A-road)

A-sharp
n.
1 (context music) A tone ten fifths above C in the cycle of fifths, intermediate between A and B, denoted A♯.
2 (context music) The key of A sharp major

A-sharp major
n.
1 (context music) the major key with A-sharp as its tonic and the notes A#, B#, C##, D#, E#, F##, G##. Such a high number of accidentals (especially double sharp) is undesirable. Therefore, it is usually scored and referred to as its enharmonic equivalent; B-flat major.
2 (context music) the major chord with a root of A-sharp

A-sharp minor
n.
(context music) a minor key with the notes A♯, B♯, C♯, D♯, E♯, F♯, G♯

A-shirt
n.
An athletic shirt or a similarly cut undershirt.

A-shirts
n.
(plural of A-shirt)

A-side
n.
1 On a cassette tape or record, the side which holds the primary track.
2 The track on the A-side of a tape or record.

A-sides
n.
(plural of A-side)

A-team
n.
(alternative form of A team)

A-teams
n.
(plural of A-team)

A-type conflict
n.
disagreement that focuses on individual- or personally-oriented issues

A.
a.
1 absent
2 Absolute
3 accepted
4 adjusted
5 alto
6 American
7 amphibious
8 anterior
9 approved
10 arctic
11 arterial
12 Asian
13 asked
14 astragal
15 asymmetric
16 atomic
17 Australian
18 auxiliary
19 avancé (fast)
adv.
anno (in the year)
n.
1 absolute temperature
2 absorbance; absorbancy
3 academy; academician
4 accommodation
5 accumulator
6 accusative case
7 acid
8 acre; acres
9 address
10 adjutant
11 administration
12 admiral
13 adult
14 age; aged
15 air
16 air branch
17 aircraft; airplane
18 airman
19 alfa
20 alto
21 amateur
22 ambassador
23 America; Americanization
24 (context biblical) Amos, the book of
25 amphibian
26 amplitude
27 ana; anna
28 angstrom
29 annus (a year)
30 anode
31 answer
32 application
33 apprentice
34 April
35 aqua
36 arctic
37 army
38 article
39 artificer
40 artillery
41 (context military) assault, as on a badge
42 associate; association
43 Atlantic
44 atomic weight
45 attack
46 August
47 author
48 automobile
prep.
1 after
2 ante (before)
3 at
vb.
1 admit
2 Americanize

A. & M.
init.
(Hymns) Ancient and Modern.

A. & R.
alt.
(alternate form of A & R)
init.
(alternate form of A & R)

A. C. T.
abbr.
(alternative form of lang=en ACT)

A. D. A.
abbr.
(alternative form of lang=en ADA)

A. E. F.
n.
(alternative spelling of AEF)

A. N. Other
n.
(context British) A formulaic name that is substituted for that of a person whose name or identity is not known, or not relevant; ''typically used when exhibiting an example''.

A. U.
init.
(alternative form of lang=en AU)

A. U. S. A.
n.
(alternative form of lang=en AUSA)

A. and M.
abbr.
(alternate form of A& M lang= en)

A.A.
n.
1 achievement age< ref name=Taber> Thomas, Clayton L. (1993)< /ref>
2 alcoholics anonymous
3 amino acid< ref name=Taber/>
4 antiaircraft; antiaircraft artillery
5 arteriae< ref name=Taber/>
6 associate in accounting
7 associate of arts; associate in arts

A.A. Ag.
n.
(abbreviation of Associate of Arts in Agriculture lang= en)

A.A.A.
init.
1 (context UK English) (w: Amateur Athletic Association)
2 (w: American Academy of Allergists)< ref name=Traber> Thomas, Clayton L. (1993)< /ref>
3 (w: American Association of Anatomists)< ref name=Traber/>
4 (w: American Automobile Association)

A.A.A.L.
init.
American Academy of Arts and Letters.

A.A.A.S.
alt.
1 (w: American Association for the Advancement of Science). < ref> (R:RHCD page=1 chapteruruote =)< /ref>
2 (w: Associate in Arts and Science)
init.
1 (w: American Association for the Advancement of Science). < ref> (R:RHCD page=1 chapteruruote =)< /ref>
2 (w: Associate in Arts and Science)

A.A.C.C.A.
n.
{{acronym of |associate of the (w: Association of Certified and Corporate Accountants)|lang=en}}

A.A.C.C.A.s
n.
(plural of A. A. C. C. A. )

A.A.C.N.
init.
1 American Association of Colleges of Nursing< ref name=TRABER> Thomas, Clayton L. (1993)< /ref>
2 American Association of Critical Care Nurses< ref name=TRABER/>

A.A.C.S.
alt.
1 Airways and Air Communications System
2 Army Air Communications System
init.
1 Airways and Air Communications System
2 Army Air Communications System

A.A.F.
alt.
1 Allied Air Forces
2 (context obsolete) Army Air Forces
init.
1 Allied Air Forces
2 (context obsolete) Army Air Forces

A.A.G.P.
init.
(context dated) American Academy of General Practice< ref> (reference-book last = first = authorlink = coauthors = editor =Thomas, Clayton L. others = title =Taber's Encyclopedic Medical Dictionary origdate = origyear = 1940 origmonth = url = format = accessdate = accessyear = accessmonth = edition = 5th date = year =1993 month = publisher =F. A. Davis Company location =Philadelphia, PA language = id = doi = isbn =0-8036-8313-8 lccn = ol = pages =1 chapter = chapterurl = quote =)< /ref>

A.A.M.A.
init.
American Association of Medical Assistants< ref> Thomas, Clayton L. (1993)< /ref>

A.A.M.D.
init.
American Association of Mental Deficiency< ref> Thomas, Clayton L. (1993)< /ref>

A.A.M.I.
init.
Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation< ref> Thomas, Clayton L. (1993)< /ref>

A.A.N.
init.
American Academy of Nursing< ref> Thomas, Clayton L. (1993)< /ref>

A.A.N.A.
init.
American Association of Nurse Anesthetists< ref> Thomas, Clayton L. (1993)< /ref>

A.A.N.N.
init.
American Association of Neurological Nurses< ref> Thomas, Clayton L. (1993)< /ref>

A.A.O.H.N.
init.
American Association of Occupational Health Nurses< ref> Thomas, Clayton L. (1993)< /ref>

A.A.P.
init.
1 American Academy of Pediatrics< ref name=Traber> Thomas, Clayton L. (1993)< /ref>
2 American Association of Pathologists< ref name=Traber/>

A.A.P.A.
init.
American Academy of Physician Assistants< ref> Thomas, Clayton L. (1993)< /ref>

A.A.P.S.S.
init.
American Academy of Political and Social Science. < ref> Morris, William, (1971)< /ref>

A.A.R.T.
init.
American Association for Respiratory Therapy< ref> (reference-book last = first = authorlink = coauthors = editor =Thomas, Clayton L. others = title =Taber's Encyclopedic Medical Dictionary origdate = origyear = 1940 origmonth = url = format = accessdate = accessyear = accessmonth = edition = 5th date = year =1993 month = publisher =F. A. Davis Company location =Philadelphia, PA language = id = doi = isbn =0-8036-8313-8 lccn = ol = pages =1 chapter = chapterurl = quote =)< /ref>

A.A.U.
alt.
Amateur Athletic Union< ref> (R:RHCD: page=1)< /ref> < ref> (R:MW3 1976: page=1)< /ref>
init.
Amateur Athletic Union< ref> (R:RHCD: page=1)< /ref> < ref> (R:MW3 1976: page=1)< /ref>

A.A.U.P.
init.
American Association of University Professors< ref> (R:RHCD: page=1)< /ref> < ref> (R:American Heritage 1971: page=1)< /ref>

A.A.U.W.
init.
American Association of American Women< ref> (R:RHCD: page=1)< /ref>

A.B.
init.
1 able seaman; able-bodied seaman< ref name = Her> (R:American Heritage 1971: page=1)< /ref> < ref name = rand> (R:RHCD: page=1)< /ref>
2 artium baccalaureus (Bachelor of Arts)< ref name=Her/> < ref name=rand/>

A.B.A.
init.
1 American Bar Asociation< ref name = rand> (R:RHCD: page=1)< /ref> < ref name= her> (R:American Heritage 1971: page=1)< /ref>
2 American Bankers Association < ref name=her/>
3 American Basketball Association < ref name=rand/>

A.C.T.
abbr.
(alternative form of lang=en ACT)

A.D.
init.
(alternative form of AD)

A.D.A.
abbr.
(alternative form of lang=en ADA)

A.E.F.
n.
(alternative spelling of AEF)

A.K.A.
prep.
(alternative spelling of AKA)

A.L.J.
n.
(legal) {{abbreviation of|(w: administrative law judge)|lang=en}}

A.N. Other
n.
(alternative form of A. N. Other)

A.R.
init.
(context alchemy) aqua regia

A.U.
init.
(alternative form of lang=en AU)

A.U.'s
n.
(plural of lang=en A. U. ) (gloss: astronomical units)

A.U.S.A.
n.
(alternative form of lang=en AUSA)

A.W.O.L.
a.
(alternative form of AWOL)
n.
(alternative form of AWOL)

A/3C
alt.
(context military rank) airman third class
n.
(context military rank) airman third class

A/3Cs
n.
(plural of A/3C)

A/3c
alt.
(alternative form of A/3C)
n.
(alternative form of A/3C)

A/3cs
n.
(plural of A/3c)

A/A
n.
(initialism of Agnostics/Atheists lang= en)

A/As
n.
(plural of A/A)

A/B
init.
acid-base.

A/C
init.
1 account; account current
2 air conditioning; air conditioned

A/G
init.
(initialism of air-to-ground '''A'''ir-to-'''G'''round)

A/R
init.
(context accounting) accounts receivable

A/S
n.
Maintenance service provided after the sale of a product

A0
n.
The base size in the series of the international standard, set such that it has an area of 1 square metre, where the ratio between the width and the length equals square root of 2, and the width of each size is equal to the length of next smaller size; dimensions: 1189 x 841 mm (1189. 21 x 840. 90 mm).

A1
Etymology 1
n.
A standard paper size, defined by ISO 216 to have dimensions: 841 x 594 mm (840. 90 x 594. 60 mm)
Etymology 2

a.
1 (context informal) In good health.
2 (context informal) In excellent or top condition.
3 (context of a ship) first-class. (qualifier: Compare A 2 and A 3, which are inferior grades. )
alt.
1 (context informal) In good health.
2 (context informal) In excellent or top condition.
3 (context of a ship) first-class. (qualifier: Compare A 2 and A 3, which are inferior grades. )
Etymology 3

n.
Under the http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/International%20Union%20of%20Railways (" UIC" ) classification system, a steam locomotive that has two coupled driving wheels followed by two trailing wheels, with no leading wheels; also called an 0-2-2.

A1/C
n.
(context military ranks) (alternate form of A1C lang= en)

A1/Cs
n.
(plural of A1/C)

A10
n.
A standard paper size, defined by ISO 216; dimensions: 37 x 26 mm (37. 163 x 26. 278 mm).

A1C
alt.
1 (context military ranks) (abbreviation of airman 1st class)
2 (context biochemistry) (abbreviation of glycated hemoglobin)
n.
1 (context military ranks) (abbreviation of airman 1st class)
2 (context biochemistry) (abbreviation of glycated hemoglobin)

A1Cs
n.
(plural of A1C)

A2
a.
1 A standard paper size, defined by ISO 216.
2 (context virology) A type of Asian influenza virus.
3 (context cardiology) aortic second sound.

A2/C
alt.
(alternative form of A2/c)
n.
(alternative form of A2/c)

A2/Cs
n.
(plural of A2/C)

A2/c
alt.
(context military rank) Airman second class
n.
(context military rank) Airman second class

A2/cs
n.
(plural of A2/c)

A20 gate
n.
(context computing) A gate on x86 microprocessors restricting access to the memory beyond 1 MB.

A2C
alt.
(context military rank) airman second class
n.
(context military rank) airman second class

A2Cs
n.
(plural of A2C)

A2S
n.
1 (context business) Assist-2-Sell, a real-estate franchise organisation in the United States of America
2 (context computing) Amazon Associates Web Service

A2Ss
n.
(plural of A2S)

A3
n.
1 A standard paper size, defined by ISO 216.
2 (context countable management) A one-page document, often tabular or graphical, on such paper.
3 (context UK rail transport) http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/LNER%20Gresley%20Classes%20A1%20and%20A3, a class of steam locomotive used on the London and North Eastern Railway.

A3C
alt.
(context military rank) airman third class
n.
(context military rank) airman third class

A4
Etymology 1
n.
A standard paper size, defined by ISO 216.
Etymology 2

n.
1 one in a series of alphanumerics used in many national road systems.
2 (context UK rail transport) http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/LNER%20Class%20A4, a class of steam locomotive used on the London and North Eastern Railway.

A440
n.
A four-hundred and forty Hertz tone that serves as the standard for musical pitch, and is the musical note A above middle C.

A5
n.
A standard paper size, defined by ISO 216.

A6
n.
A standard paper size, defined by ISO 216, with dimensions: 148 x 105 mm

A7
n.
A standard paper size, defined by ISO 216, with dimensions: 105 x 74 mm (105. 112 x 74. 325 mm).

A8
Etymology 1
n.
1 A standard paper size, defined by ISO 216 as having dimensions 74 x 53 mm (74. 325 x 52. 556 mm)
2 (''as a modifier'') Describing paper of that size.
Etymology 2

n.
The eight former Eastern European countries that acceded to the European Union in 2004.

A9
n.
A standard paper size, defined by ISO 216, with dimensions: 53 x 37 mm (52. 556 x 37. 163 mm)

B & B
init.
(alternative form of B& B)

B cell
n.
(context immunology) A lymphocyte, developed in the bursa of birds and the bone marrow of other animals, that produces antibodies and is responsible for the immune system.

B cells
n.
(plural of B cell)

B flat
n.
(alternative spelling of B-flat)

B major
n.
1 (context music) The major key with B as its tonic, with the notes B, C♯, D♯, E, F♯, G♯(, ) and A♯, the key signature of which has five sharps.
2 (context music) The major chord with a root of B.

B minor
n.
1 (context music) a minor key with the notes B, C♯, D, E, F♯, G, A
2 (context music) the minor chord with a root of B

B plot
n.
The secondary plot of a piece of literature, television, etc. , contrasted with the primary A plot.

B plots
n.
(plural of B plot)

B road
n.
(context British) Any of many minor roads in Britain, typically branching off of A roads and travelling to smaller towns and villages

B roads
n.
(plural of B road)

B&B
init.
bed and breakfast (''guesthouse'')

B&E
init.
breaking and entering; burglary in general.

B&H
init.
Building and Housing

B&NES
alt.
(context British) (abbreviation of lang=en Bath and North East Somerset), a unitary authority in South West England.
n.
(context British) (abbreviation of lang=en Bath and North East Somerset), a unitary authority in South West England.

B"H
abbr.
(label en Judaism) b'ezrat hashem ({{non-gloss definition|Transliterated form of (m he ב״ה), written at the top of documents}}).

B's
n.
(plural of B)

B'wood
n.
A shortening of Bollywood.

B+
n.
1 An academic grade awarded by some institutions. Slightly better than a B and slightly worse than an A-.
2 A position in ballet where the dancer's working leg is pointed behind them in a bent fourth position; an unstretched tendu en arrière

B-52
n.
A cocktail shooter consisting of 3 distinct layers of coffee liqueur, Baileys and Grand Marnier.

B-52s
n.
(plural of B-52)

B-NICE
init.
(context emergency medicine) an initialism for biological, nuclear / radiological, incendiary, chemical, and explosive agents used to remember the types hazmat emergencies

B-bender
n.
(context music) A guitar accessory that enables a player to mechanically bend the B-string up a full tone to C-sharp.

B-benders
n.
(plural of B-bender)

B-boy
n.
1 A male who performs b-boying or breaking, commonly called breakdance; a breaker.
2 A male member of the hip-hop subculture.

B-boys
n.
(plural of B-boy)

B-double
n.
(context Australia) A truck and trailer combination consisting of a prime mover coupled to two trailers.

B-doubles
n.
(plural of B-double)

B-drinker
n.
(context US slang) Girl hired to sit at a bar and induce the customers to buy her drinks, spend money at the bar.

B-drinkers
n.
(plural of B-drinker)

B-flat
n.
(context music) The 11 th note of the C chromatic scale.

B-flat major
n.
1 (context music) The major key with B-flat as its tonic, consisting of the pitches B♭, C, D, E♭, F, G, and A.
2 (context music) The major chord with a root of B-flat.

B-flat minor
n.
1 (context music) a minor key with the notes B♭, C, D♭, E♭, F, G♭, A♭
2 (context music) a minor chord with a root of B-flat.

B-frame
n.
(context signal processing) A compressed video frame which is reconstructed based on its differences from both the previous and the subsequent frame.

B-frames
n.
(plural of B-frame)

B-girl
n.
1 A woman employed to talk to customers in a bar and encourage them to buy drinks.
2 A female person who performs breakdance; a breaker
3 A female member of the hip-hop subculture

B-girls
n.
(plural of B-girl)

B-list
n.
An informal list of people in any of several categories (but especially in the entertainment industry) who are admired, desirable or bankable, but not as much as the people on the A-list

B-movie
n.
(context cinema) A low-budget motion picture, especially one with poor production values.

B-movies
n.
(plural of B-movie)

B-pillar
n.
(context automotive) The vertical support dividing a car's front side window from its rear or central side window.

B-post
n.
(context automotive) A B-pillar.

B-side
n.
1 The reverse side of a phonograph record, especially of a vinyl single.
2 Any song included on a compact disc single, besides the first song (the A-side).

B-sides
n.
(plural of B-side)

B-story
n.
subplot

B-tree
n.
(context computing) An indexed data structure suitable for storage of a large number of items in a balanced fashion, with very few disk hits required for locating the correct record block.

B-trees
n.
(plural of B-tree)

B-unit
n.
(context trains) a locomotive with an engine, generator and motors, but without control mechanisms

B-units
n.
(plural of B-unit)

B.
n.
1 (abbreviation of bachelor lang=en dot=:) (non-gloss definition: used in abbreviations of names of bachelor's degrees, usually followed by an abbreviation indicating the specific discipline. )
2 (legal) (abbreviation of baron)

B. A. S.
abbr.
(alternate form of BAS)

B. A. Sc.
init.
(alternate form of BASc)

B. C. A.
init.
British Central Africa, as overprinted on stamps of Rhodesia in 1891.

B. E. F.
n.
(alternative spelling of BEF)

B. Eng.
n.
(alternate form of B. Eng. )

B. I. O. T.
init.
British Indian Ocean Territory, sometimes used as an overprint on stamps.

B. M. A.
init.
British Military Administration, used in the late 1940s as an overprint on certain stamps of Great Britain used in British offices in Eritrea and Tripolitania.

B. Q.
abbr.
(alternative form of BQ)

B. S.
abbr.
(alternative form of lang=en BS)

B.A.S.
abbr.
(alternate form of BAS)

B.A.S.E. jumping
n.
(context sports) (alternative form of BASE jumping)

B.A.Sc.
init.
(alternate form of BASc)

B.Acc.
abbr.
bachelor of accounting (or of accountancy).

B.Acy.
abbr.
bachelor of accountancy.

B.Arch.
abbr.
bachelor of architecture.

B.B.A.
abbr.
bachelor of business administration.
alt.
bachelor of business administration.

B.C.
n.
(alternative form of BC)

B.C. roll
n.
A form of makizushi popular in British Columbia, containing barbecued salmon, cucumber, and other varying ingredients.

B.C. rolls
n.
(plural of B. C. roll)

B.C.A.
n.
(legal) {{abbreviation of|(w: Board of Contract Appeals)|lang=en}}

B.C.E.
abbr.
bachelor of civil engineering.

B.Comm.
abbr.
1 bachelor of commerce.
2 bachelor of communication.

B.Des.
abbr.
bachelor of design.

B.E.
abbr.
bachelor of engineering.

B.E.E.
abbr.
bachelor of electrical engineering.

B.E.F.
n.
(alternative spelling of BEF)

B.Ed.
abbr.
bachelor of education.

B.Eng.
abbr.
1 Bachelor of Arts in English.
2 bachelor of engineering.

B.F.A.
abbr.
bachelor of fine arts.

B.I.A.
n.
(legal) {{abbreviation of|(w: Board of Immigration Appeals)|lang=en}}

B.L.S.
abbr.
bachelor of library science.

B.Lib.
abbr.
bachelor of library science.

B.Lit.
abbr.
bachelor of literature.

B.M.E.
abbr.
bachelor of mechanical engineering.

B.Math
abbr.
bachelor of mathematics.

B.P.A.I.
n.
(legal) {{abbreviation of|(w: Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences)|lang=en}}

B.Q.
abbr.
(alternative form of BQ)

B.S.
n.
(alternative form of lang=en BS)

B.T.A.
n.
(legal) {{abbreviation of|(w: Board of Tax Appeals)|lang=en}}

B/E
abbr.
(context banking) bill of exchange

B/L
abbr.
bill of lading

B/U
init.
Abbreviated form of back-up.

B0
n.
A standard paper size, defined by ISO 216 with dimensions: 1000 x 1414 mm

B1
n.
A standard paper size, defined by ISO 216 with dimensions: 707 x 1000 mm

B2B
init.
(context business) business-to-business

B2C
init.
(context business) (initialism of business-to-customer Business to Customer)

B2I
abbr.
business-to-institutions

B3
n.
A standard paper size, defined by ISO 216, with dimensions: 353 x 500 mm

B4
n.
paper size defined by http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/ISO%20216 as 250mm × 353mm or 9. 8 in × 13. 9 in.
prep.
(context messaging) (abbreviation of before)

B5
n.
A standard paper size, defined by ISO 216 with dimensions: 176 x 250 mm

B6
n.
A standard paper size, defined by ISO 216 with dimensions: 125 x 176 mm

B8
n.
A standard paper size, defined by ISO 216 with dimensions: 62 x 88 mm

C clef
n.
(context music) A clef indicating the position of one-lined C on a staff.

C clefs
n.
(plural of C clef)

C fiber
n.
(context anatomy) The slowest of the nerve fibers, unique in being unmyelinated

C fibers
n.
(plural of C fiber)

C instrument
n.
(context music) an instrument that either does not transpose or transposes by an octave or multiple octaves

C instruments
n.
(plural of C instrument)

C major
n.
1 (context music) The major key with C as its tonic, and no sharps or flats, having the notes C, D, E, F, G, A, and B.
2 (context music) The major chord with a root of C.

C minor
n.
1 (context music) a minor key with the notes C, D, E♭, F, G, A♭, B♭
2 (context music) the minor chord with a root of C

C of A
abbr.
Commonwealth of Australia

C of E
n.
The Church of England.

C sharp
n.
(context music) A musical pitch, the note C♯.
n.
An object-oriented programming language named (unsupported: C sharp).

C$
abbr.
(context slang finance) Canadian dollar

C&C
init.
1 Command and Control
2 Clear and Convincing (evidence)
3 Comment(s) and Critique

C&I
init.
commercial and industrial (waste)

C's
n.
(plural of C)

C+
n.
An academic grade issued by certain institutions. Slightly better than a C and slightly worse than a B-.

C++
n.
A multi--paradigm high-level compiler programming language, that is a more advanced form of C.

C-1
sym.
(context canoeing) A class of canoe for a single kneeling person.

C-2
alt.
(context canoeing) A class of canoe for two kneeling people.
sym.
(context canoeing) A class of canoe for two kneeling people.

C-47
alt.
''(filmmaking jargon)'' A standard wooden clothespin with a metal spring, used to hold gels to the barn doors of cinema lights.
n.
''(filmmaking jargon)'' A standard wooden clothespin with a metal spring, used to hold gels to the barn doors of cinema lights.

C-channel
n.
A structural framing member shaped like a squared-off letter C.

C-channels
n.
(plural of C-channel)

C-clamp
n.
A type of clamp used to temporarily fasten two objects together in carpentry and other crafts.

C-clamps
n.
(plural of C-clamp)

C-clef
n.
(context music) a sign that indicates where middle C is on the staff with the center of the sign being middle C.

C-clefs
n.
(plural of C-clef)

C-clip
n.
A circlip.

C-flat major
n.
(context music) a major key with the notes C♭, D♭, E♭, F♭, G♭, A♭, B♭

C-pillar
n.
(context automotive) The vertical support dividing a car's rear window from its rear windscreen, or, if the car has an additional window and D-pillar, the support dividing the central and rear windows.

C-pillars
n.
(plural of C-pillar)

C-pop
n.
Chinese pop music influenced by western genres. It consists of two subgenres, cantopop and mandopop, but sometimes these terms are confused or used in the narrower sense of one of the subgenres since the gap between them has been narrowing.

C-post
n.
(context automotive) A C-pillar.

C-rat
abbr.
(context US military slang) C-ration

C-ration
n.
(context US military) An individual canned, precooked, or prepared wet ration formerly issued to land forces in the US military.

C-rats
n.
(plural of C-rat)

C-reactive protein
n.
(context hematology) A protein found in the blood, whose plasma concentrations are raised in patients with infection or inflammation.

C-section
n.
Short form of Caesarean section.

C-sections
n.
(plural of C-section)

C-sharp major
n.
(context music) a key with the notes C♯, D♯, E♯, F♯, G♯, A♯, and B♯

C-sharp minor
n.
(context music) a minor key with the notes C♯, D♯, E, F♯, G♯, A, B

C-spine
abbr.
cervical spinal immobilization
n.
1 (context emergency medicine) A neckbrace.
2 (context emergency medicine) The position in which a trauma patient's cervical spine is immobilized to prevent possible or further spinal injury.
vb.
To immobilize a person's neck and head.

C-spined
vb.
(en-past of: C-spine)

C-spines
n.
(plural of C-spine)

C-spining
vb.
(present participle of C-spine)

C-suite
n.
1 (context management) The group of officers of a business organization, who have the word " chief" in their titles.
2 (context management) Senior headquarters executives.

C-suites
n.
(plural of C-suite)

C-terminus
alt.
(context biochemistry) The end of a polypeptide chain that consists of an amino acid with a free carboxyl group
n.
(context biochemistry) The end of a polypeptide chain that consists of an amino acid with a free carboxyl group

C.
abbr.
(legal) code.
n.
century.

C. B. D.
abbr.
(alternate form of lang=en CBD)

C. B. N.
abbr.
(alternate form of lang=en CBN)

C. E. F.
n.
(alternative spelling of CEF)

C. difficile
n.
Clostridium difficile.

C.A.A.F.
n.
(legal) {{abbreviation of|(w: United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces)|lang=en}}

C.A.F.C.
abbr.
(legal) http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/United%20States%20Court%20of%20Appeals%20for%20the%20Federal%20Circuit, as used in case citations.

C.B.
n.
1 (legal) (abbreviation of Chief Baron)
2 (alternate form of lang=en CB)

C.B.D.
abbr.
(alternate form of lang=en CBD)

C.B.N.
abbr.
(alternate form of lang=en CBN)

C.C.P.A.
n.
(legal) {{abbreviation of|(w: Court of Customs and Patent Appeals)|lang=en}}

C.D.
abbr.
(legal) central district, used in case citations to identify courts, particularly http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/United%20States%20Federal%20court designated to cover the central part of a multi-district state.

C.D. Cal.
abbr.
(legal) http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/United%20States%20District%20Court%20for%20the%20Central%20District%20of%20California, as used in case citations.

C.D. Ill.
abbr.
(legal) http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/United%20States%20District%20Court%20for%20the%20Central%20District%20of%20Illinois, as used in case citations.

C.E.
init.
(alternative form of CE)

C.E.F.
n.
(alternative spelling of CEF)

C.F.R.
n.
(legal) http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Code%20of%20Federal%20Regulations.

C.J.
n.
1 (legal) (abbreviation of chief judge)
2 (legal) (abbreviation of Chief Justice)

C.M.A.
n.
(legal) {{abbreviation of|(w: Court of Military Appeals)|lang=en}}

C.M.R.
n.
(legal) {{abbreviation of|(w: Court of Military Review)|lang=en}}

C.O.D.
init.
(alternative form of COD)

C.Z.
abbr.
(legal) Canal Zone, as used in case citations.

C/N
abbr.
credit note

C12
sym.
the 1100s or twelfth century.

C13
sym.
the 1200s or thirteenth century.

C14
sym.
the 1300s or 14th century.

C15
sym.
the 1400s or 15th century; the quattrocento

C16
sym.
the 1500s or 16th century.

C17
sym.
the 1600s or 17th century.

C18
sym.
the 1700s or 18th century.

C19
sym.
The nineteenth century; the 1800s.

C3ISTAR
n.
(context military US initialism) Command, control, communications, intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition and reconnaissance

C3PO
init.
(context space US) Initialism of (w: Commercial Crew and Cargo Program Office)

C4
n.
(context British) (abbreviation of w:Channel 4 Channel 4 the British television channel)

C4ISR
n.
(context military US initialism) (w: Command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance)

C64
n.
the http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Commodore%2064 home computer

D and C
n.
(abbreviation of dilation and curettage)

D major
n.
1 (context music) The major key with the notes D, E, F♯, G, A, B, and C♯, the key signature of which has two sharps.
2 (context music) The major chord with a root of D.

D minor
n.
1 (context music) a minor key with the notes D, E, F, G, A, B♭, C
2 (context music) the minor chord with a root of D

D valve
n.
A slide valve with a cup-like cavity in its face, through which exhaust steam passes.

D&C
Etymology 1
n.
A procedure comprising dilation of the cervix and curettage of the uterus.
Etymology 2

n.
(w: Doctrine and Covenants): part of the open scriptural canon of several denominations of the Latter Day Saint movement.

D&Cs
n.
(plural of D& C)

D&D
init.
1 (context game) http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Dungeons%20and%20Dragons
2 drunk and disorderly
3 drink and drive
4 dinner and dance

D&O
abbr.
(context insurance) 'directors' and officers'.

D's
n.
(plural of D)

D+
n.
An academic grade given by certain institutions. Slightly better than a D and slightly worse than a C-.

D-Day
n.
1 (context historical) June 6, 1944, the date during World War II when the Allies invaded western Europe.
2 (context figuratively) The date of any major event planned for the future.

D-Days
n.
(plural of D-Day)

D-MER
init.
(context clinical psychology) dysphoric milk ejection reflex

D-bag
n.
(context neologism slang) an idiot or retard; a general purpose moderate insult.

D-bags
n.
(plural of D-bag)

D-beat
n.
a subgenre of hardcore punk

D-flat major
a.
(context music) describing a piece, song, or scale that has a D-flat major key
n.
(context music) a major key with five flats with the notes D♭, E♭, F, G♭, A♭, B♭, C

D-frame
n.
(context signal processing video compression) A low-quality intraframe containing only DC components, used for high-speed previews.

D-frames
n.
(plural of D-frame)

D-mark
alt.
The currency of Germany 1948 – 2002.
n.
The currency of Germany 1948 – 2002.

D-notice
n.
(context UK now historical) A defence notice; an official request to news editors not to publish or broadcast items on specified subjects for reasons of national security (replaced in 1993 with the DA-notice).

D-notices
n.
(plural of D-notice)

D-pillar
n.
(context automotive) The vertical support dividing a car's rear windscreen from its rear window (where the car has a central side window between the front and rear side windows; see (term: C-pillar)).

D-pillars
n.
(plural of D-pillar)

D-post
n.
(context automotive) A D-pillar.

D-sharp minor
n.
(context music) a minor key with the notes D♯, E♯, F♯, G♯, A♯, B, C♯

D.
abbr.
1 (legal) district, as used in case citations.
2 (context education) doctor, as used in academic degrees.
3 (context grammar) (abbreviation of dative case)

D. A.
abbr.
(alternative form of lang=en DA)

D. A. T.
abbr.
(alternative form of lang=en DAT)

D. Alaska
abbr.
(legal) http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/United%20States%20District%20Court%20for%20the%20District%20of%20Alaska, as used in case citations.

D. Ariz.
abbr.
(legal) http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/United%20States%20District%20Court%20for%20the%20District%20of%20Arizona, as used in case citations.

D. Colo.
abbr.
(legal) http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/United%20States%20District%20Court%20for%20the%20District%20of%20Colorado, as used in case citations.

D. Conn.
abbr.
(legal) http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/United%20States%20District%20Court%20for%20the%20District%20of%20Connecticut, as used in case citations.

D. Del.
abbr.
(legal) http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/United%20States%20District%20Court%20for%20the%20District%20of%20Delaware, as used in case citations.

D. Guam
abbr.
(legal) http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/United%20States%20District%20Court%20for%20the%20District%20of%20Guam, as used in case citations.

D. Haw.
abbr.
(legal) http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/United%20States%20District%20Court%20for%20the%20District%20of%20Hawaii, as used in case citations.

D. Idaho
abbr.
(legal) http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/United%20States%20District%20Court%20for%20the%20District%20of%20Idaho, as used in case citations.

D. Kan.
abbr.
(legal) http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/United%20States%20District%20Court%20for%20the%20District%20of%20Kansas, as used in case citations.

D. Mass.
abbr.
(legal) http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/United%20States%20District%20Court%20for%20the%20District%20of%20Massachusetts, as used in case citations.

D. Md.
abbr.
(legal) http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/United%20States%20District%20Court%20for%20the%20District%20of%20Maryland, as used in case citations.

D. Me.
abbr.
(legal) http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/United%20States%20District%20Court%20for%20the%20District%20of%20Maine, as used in case citations.

D. Minn.
abbr.
(legal) http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/United%20States%20District%20Court%20for%20the%20District%20of%20Minnesota, as used in case citations.

D. Mont.
abbr.
(legal) http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/United%20States%20District%20Court%20for%20the%20District%20of%20Montana, as used in case citations.

D. Neb.
abbr.
(legal) http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/United%20States%20District%20Court%20for%20the%20District%20of%20Nebraska, as used in case citations.

D. Nev.
abbr.
(legal) http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/United%20States%20District%20Court%20for%20the%20District%20of%20Nevada, as used in case citations.

D. O. F.
abbr.
(alternative form of lang=en DOF)

D. Or.
abbr.
(legal) http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/United%20States%20District%20Court%20for%20the%20District%20of%20Oregon, as used in case citations.

D. S.
abbr.
(alternate form of lang=en DS)

D. Utah
abbr.
(legal) http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/United%20States%20District%20Court%20for%20the%20District%20of%20Utah, as used in case citations.

D. Vt.
abbr.
(legal) http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/United%20States%20District%20Court%20for%20the%20District%20of%20Vermont, as used in case citations.

D. Wyo.
abbr.
(legal) http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/United%20States%20District%20Court%20for%20the%20District%20of%20Wyoming, as used in case citations.

D. o. F.
abbr.
(alternative form of DOF) (In the sense ''degree of freedom'')

D.A.
abbr.
(alternative form of lang=en DA)

D.A.T.
abbr.
(alternative form of lang=en DAT)

D.Arch.
abbr.
Doctor of Architecture

D.B.A.
init.
1 database analyst
2 database administrator
3 Doctor of Business Administration, a terminal degree.
4 Doing Business As

D.C.
abbr.
1 (abbreviation of lang=en Dubai City)
2 (abbreviation of lang=en District of Columbia)
alt.
1 (abbreviation of lang=en Dubai City)
2 (abbreviation of lang=en District of Columbia)
init.
(alternate form of lang=en DC)

D.C. Cir.
n.
(legal) {{abbreviation of|(w: United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit)|lang=en}}

D.C.Z.
abbr.
(legal) http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/United%20States%20District%20Court%20for%20the%20District%20of%20the%20Canal%20Zone, as used in case citations.

D.D.
n.
(context education) doctor of divinity.

D.D.C.
abbr.
(legal) http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/United%20States%20District%20Court%20for%20the%20District%20of%20Columbia, as used in case citations.

D.D.S.
init.
doctor of dental surgery, a terminal higher education degree.

D.F.A.
init.
Doctor of Fine Arts, a terminal higher education degree

D.I.T.
init.
1 Doctor of Information technology, a terminal degree.
2 Doctor of industrial technology, a terminal degree.

D.M.
init.
Doctor of music, a terminal higher education degree.

D.N.D.
abbr.
(legal) http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/United%20States%20District%20Court%20for%20the%20District%20of%20North%20Dakota, as used in case citations.

D.N.H.
abbr.
(legal) http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/United%20States%20District%20Court%20for%20the%20District%20of%20New%20Hampshire, as used in case citations.

D.N.J.
abbr.
(legal) http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/United%20States%20District%20Court%20for%20the%20District%20of%20New%20Jersey, as used in case citations.

D.N.M.
abbr.
(legal) http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/United%20States%20District%20Court%20for%20the%20District%20of%20New%20Mexico, as used in case citations.

D.O.
abbr.
(context US) a http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Doctor%20of%20Osteopathic%20Medicine

D.O.F.
abbr.
(alternative form of lang=en DOF)

D.P.H.
init.
doctor of public health, a terminal degree.

D.P.R.
abbr.
(legal) http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/United%20States%20District%20Court%20for%20the%20District%20of%20Puerto%20Rico, as used in case citations.

D.P.T.
init.
(alternative form of DPT)

D.R.
abbr.
(alternate form of lang=en DR)

D.R.I.
abbr.
(legal) http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/United%20States%20District%20Court%20for%20the%20District%20of%20Rhode%20Island, as used in case citations.

D.S.
abbr.
(alternate form of lang=en DS)

D.S.C.
abbr.
(legal) http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/United%20States%20District%20Court%20for%20the%20District%20of%20South%20Carolina, as used in case citations.

D.S.D.
abbr.
(legal) http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/United%20States%20District%20Court%20for%20the%20District%20of%20South%20Dakota, as used in case citations.

D.Sc.
abbr.
Doctor of Science (Latin: ''Scientiæ Doctor'')

D.U.I.
abbr.
(context legal initialism) '''D'''riving '''U'''nder the '''I'''nfluence; drunk driving.

D.V.I.
abbr.
(legal) http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/United%20States%20District%20Court%20for%20the%20District%20of%20the%20Virgin%20Islands, as used in case citations.

D.W.I.
abbr.
(context initialism legal) '''D'''riving '''W'''hile '''I'''ntoxicated; drunk driving

D.o.F.
abbr.
(alternative form of DOF) (In the sense ''degree of freedom''. )

D/L
abbr.
(context chemistry) dextro-/levo- (gloss: used as a prefix to describe racemic mixtures)
n.
1 (context computing) download
2 (context cricket) Duckworth-Lewis method
vb.
(context computing) download

D/P
abbr.
(context banking business) documents against payment, a trade agreement whereby shipping papers are released once the buyer has paid for the draft

D10W
n.
A ten-percent (by volume) solution of dextrose, suitable for intravenous injection.

D20W
n.
A twenty-percent (by volume) solution of dextrose, suitable for intravenous injection.

D5W
n.
A five-percent (by volume) solution of dextrose, suitable for intravenous injection.

E chart
n.
A placard with the capital letter (term E) printed on it in various orientations and sizes, designed to test distance vision.

E charts
n.
(plural of E chart)

E flat major
alt.
1 (context music) The major key with E-flat as its tonic.
2 (context music) The major chord with a root of E-flat.
n.
1 (context music) The major key with E-flat as its tonic.
2 (context music) The major chord with a root of E-flat.

E major
n.
1 (context music) The major key with the notes E, F♯, G♯, A, B, C♯, D♯, the key signature of which has four sharps.
2 (context music) The major chord with a root of E.

E minor
n.
1 (context music) a minor key with the notes E, F♯, G, A, B, C, and D
2 (context music) the minor chord with a root of E

E number
n.
1 Any of a range of European abbreviations for food additives used on labels.
2 (context British Ireland informal) Any such additive, often regarded as undesirable.

E numbers
n.
(plural of E number)

E&O
abbr.
(context insurance) errors and omissions insurance.

E&OE
alt.
error and omissions excepted ''or'' excluded.
init.
error and omissions excepted ''or'' excluded.

E'd up
a.
(context slang) Under the influence of the recreational drug Ecstasy.

E's
n.
(plural of E)

E-FIT
init.
electronic facial identification technique: a computerised system used by police forces for constructing images of suspects' faces from eyewitness accounts.

E-Prime
n.
A modified form of English that eliminates the verb ''be'' and thus avoids the passive voice, intended to reduce the dogmatism of language and the likelihood of misunderstanding and conflict.

E-collar
n.
An Elizabethan collar.

E-day
n.
The day on which the euro became the official currency in much of Europe — 1st January 2002.

E-flat
n.
1 (context music) A tone intermediate between D and E, denoted E♭.
2 (context music) A key or other mechanism for producing an E-flat.
3 (context music) The key of E-flat major.

E-flat major
n.
(context music) (alternative spelling of E flat major)

E-flat minor
n.
(context music) a minor key with the notes E♭, F, G♭, A♭, B♭, C♭, D♭

E-format
alt.
(context computing) A scientific notation for floating point numbers in which e. g. 51. 75 would be represented as. 5175E+02 (meaning. 5175 x 10 2 )
n.
(context computing) A scientific notation for floating point numbers in which e. g. 51. 75 would be represented as. 5175E+02 (meaning. 5175 x 10 2 )

E-la
n.
1 (context obsolete music) The highest note in the scale proposed by (w: Guido of Arezzo).
2 (context obsolete by extension) Any extravagant saying.

E-meter
n.
(context Scientology) An electronic device used in auditing in an attempt < ref> http://www. clambake. org/archive/books/tsos/sos-18. html< /ref> to diagnose whether a subject has been relieved from spiritual impediment of his or her sins.

E-meters
n.
(plural of E-meter)

E-tool
n.
(context military) entrenching tool

E-tools
n.
(plural of E-tool)

E.
n.
1 (legal) (abbreviation of East)
2 (legal) (abbreviation of Eastern)

E. A. D. A.
abbr.
(alternative form of lang=en EADA)

E.A.D.A.
abbr.
(alternative form of lang=en EADA)

E.C.
init.
earth closet.

E.D.
abbr.
(legal) eastern district, used in case citations to identify courts, particularly http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/United%20States%20Federal%20court designated to cover the eastern part of a multi-district state.

E.D. Ark.
abbr.
(legal) http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/United%20States%20District%20Court%20for%20the%20Eastern%20District%20of%20Arkansas, as used in case citations.

E.D. Cal.
abbr.
(legal) http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/United%20States%20District%20Court%20for%20the%20Eastern%20District%20of%20California, as used in case citations.

E.D. Ky.
abbr.
(legal) http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/United%20States%20District%20Court%20for%20the%20Eastern%20District%20of%20Kentucky, as used in case citations.

E.D. La.
abbr.
(legal) http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/United%20States%20District%20Court%20for%20the%20Eastern%20District%20of%20Louisiana, as used in case citations.

E.D. Mich.
abbr.
(legal) http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/United%20States%20District%20Court%20for%20the%20Eastern%20District%20of%20Michigan, as used in case citations.

E.D. Mo.
abbr.
(legal) http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/United%20States%20District%20Court%20for%20the%20Eastern%20District%20of%20Missouri, as used in case citations.

E.D. Okla.
abbr.
(legal) http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/United%20States%20District%20Court%20for%20the%20Eastern%20District%20of%20Oklahoma, as used in case citations.

E.D. Pa.
abbr.
(legal) http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/United%20States%20District%20Court%20for%20the%20Eastern%20District%20of%20Pennsylvania, as used in case citations.

E.D. Tenn.
abbr.
(legal) http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/United%20States%20District%20Court%20for%20the%20Eastern%20District%20of%20Tennessee, as used in case citations.

E.D. Tex.
abbr.
(legal) http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/United%20States%20District%20Court%20for%20the%20Eastern%20District%20of%20Texas, as used in case citations.

E.D. Va.
abbr.
(legal) http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/United%20States%20District%20Court%20for%20the%20Eastern%20District%20of%20Virginia, as used in case citations.

E.D. Wash.
abbr.
(legal) http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/United%20States%20District%20Court%20for%20the%20Eastern%20District%20of%20Washington, as used in case citations.

E.D. Wis.
abbr.
(legal) http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/United%20States%20District%20Court%20for%20the%20Eastern%20District%20of%20Wisconsin, as used in case citations.

E.D.N.C.
abbr.
(legal) http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/United%20States%20District%20Court%20for%20the%20Eastern%20District%20of%20North%20Carolina, as used in case citations.

E.D.N.Y.
abbr.
(legal) http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/United%20States%20District%20Court%20for%20the%20Eastern%20District%20of%20New%20York, as used in case citations.

E10
n.
petrol blended with 10 per cent ethanol.

E2E
abbr.
end to ('''2''') '''E'''nd

E4M
init.
Encryption for the Masses, a disk encryption program similar to scramdisk.

E=mc²
n.
Any formulation or realization that captures a profound thought in simple terms.

F clef
n.
(context music) a clef which indicates the position of F below middle C in a given staff

F clefs
n.
(plural of F clef)

F distribution
n.
(context statistics probability) A probability distribution of the ratio of two variables, each with a chi-square distribution; used in analysis of variance, especially in the significance testing of a correlation coefficient (R squared).

F instrument
n.
(context music) an instrument that produces a concert pitch of F when a C is written in the music

F instruments
n.
(plural of F instrument)

F major
n.
1 (context music) The major key with the notes F, G, A, B♭, C, D, E, the key signature of which has one flat.
2 (context music) The major chord with a root of F.

F minor
n.
1 (context music) a minor key with the notes F, G, A♭, B♭, C, D♭, E♭
2 (context music) the minor chord with a root of F

F minus
n.
A hypothetical grade lower than an " F" ; a grade representing not merely a failure, but a complete and utter failure.

F minuses
n.
(plural of F minus)

F off
interj.
(context euphemistic) fuck off.
vb.
(context euphemistic) to fuck off.

F word
n.
(alternative form of f-word)

F words
n.
(plural of F word)

F&E
init.
flee and ('''& ''') elude.

F&M
abbr.
foot and mouth (foot-and-mouth disease)

F's
n.
(plural of F)

F+
n.
An academic grade given by certain institutions. Slightly better than an F and slightly worse than a D-.

F-bombs
n.
(alternative form of f-bombs); (plural of F-bomb)

F-box
n.
(context biology) The name of a structural motif, and associated protein, first identified in cyclin-F

F-sharp major
n.
(context music) a musical key with the notes F♯, G♯, A♯, B, C♯, D♯, and E♯

F-sharp minor
n.
(context music) a minor key with the notes F♯, G♯, A, B, C♯, D, E

F. B. O.
abbr.
(alternate form of lang=en FBO)

F. O. B.
abbr.
(alternative form of lang=en FOB)

F. Supp.
abbr.
Federal supplement, an extension to a federal case reporter.

F.B.O.
abbr.
(alternate form of lang=en FBO)

F.O.B.
abbr.
(alternative form of lang=en FOB)

F.T.
init.
(context Islam) Final Testament (Quran)

F/A
init.
(context US military aviation) fighter and attack aircraft (qualifier: prefix)

F/B/O
abbr.
(alternate form of lang=en FBO)

F/O
abbr.
(context aeronautical jargon) first officer

F0
init.
A rating of 0 on the Fujita scale

F1
init.
1 F1 hybrid
2 Formula One / Formula 1
3 (context weather) A rating of F1 on the Fujita scale
4 a computer keyboard key, short for function 1.
5 (context slang dated) help or advice (gloss: derived from the common usage of " F1" as the help key, during the DOS era of computing programs)

F1 hybrid
n.
(context genetics) The first filial generation of seeds or animal offspring, which are usually vigorous and uniform. Produced by crossing two distinctly different parents.

F1 hybrids
n.
(plural of F1 hybrid)

F2F
init.
face to face

F2L
init.
(context Rubik's cubes) First two layers

F2M
n.
(alternative form of FtM)

F2Ms
n.
(plural of F2M)

F2P
init.
(context video games) free-to-play

F3
init.
1 (context weather) A rating of 3 on the Fujita scale
2 Formula Three / Formula 3

F4
init.
A rating of 4 on the Fujita scale

F5
init.
A rating of 5 on the Fujita scale

G clef
n.
(context music) A clef indicating the position of one-lined G (g′ or G4) on a staff.

G clefs
n.
(plural of G clef)

G major
n.
1 (context music) The major key with the notes G, A, B, C, D, E, F♯, the key signature of which has one sharp.
2 (context music) The major chord with a root of G.

G minor
n.
1 (context music) a minor key with the notes G, A, B♭, C, D, E♭, F
2 (context music) the minor chord with a root of G

G protein
alt.
(context biochemistry) Any of a class of proteins, found in cell membranes, that pass signals between hormone receptors and effector enzymes
n.
(context biochemistry) Any of a class of proteins, found in cell membranes, that pass signals between hormone receptors and effector enzymes

G proteins
n.
(plural of G protein)

G string
n.
(alternative spelling of G-string)

G strings
n.
(plural of G string)

G&A
abbr.
general and administrative (e. g. G& A Costs)

G&T
alt.
gin and tonic
n.
gin and tonic

G's
n.
(plural of G)

G++
n.
(context computing) compiler system supporting various programming languages

G-2
abbr.
(context military slang) gear-to, gear up; to gear up and get ready for battle, movement, or any type of action.
init.
(context military intelligence US) army military intelligence officer position at the division level and higher

G-clamp
n.
(alternative form of C-clamp)

G-clamps
n.
(plural of G-clamp)

G-clef
n.
(alternative spelling of G clef)

G-clefs
n.
(plural of G-clef)

G-d
n.
(context Judaism) (form of A deliberately incomplete spelling God).

G-flat major
n.
(context music) a major key with the notes G♭, A♭, B♭, C♭, D♭, E♭, and F

G-funk
n.
gangsta-funk, a kind of slow, melodic hip-hop music.

G-man
n.
1 (context historical) A US government agent fighting organized crime in the interwar years.
2 Any person working for the US Government, especially in undercover work.

G-men
n.
(plural of G-man)
n.
(context US American football) nickname of the http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/New%20York%20Giants football team.

G-note
n.
(context US informal) A one-thousand dollar banknote.

G-notes
n.
(plural of G-note)

G-protein
n.
(alternative spelling of G protein)

G-proteins
n.
(plural of G-protein)

G-sharp minor
n.
(context music) a minor key with the notes G♯, A♯, B, C♯, D♯, E, F♯

G-spot
n.
A sensitive, erogenous zone on the anterior wall of the vagina.

G-spots
n.
(plural of G-spot)

G-string
alt.
1 (context music) On a stringed musical instrument, the string that produces the note of G.
2 A scant covering for the genitalia, especially one worn by a stripper.
3 A type of loincloth or breech cloth.
n.
1 (context music) On a stringed musical instrument, the string that produces the note of G.
2 A scant covering for the genitalia, especially one worn by a stripper.
3 A type of loincloth or breech cloth.

G-strings
n.
(plural of G-string)

G-suit
n.
A suit designed to maintain the supply of blood to the head during violent acceleration

G.
abbr.
(alternative form of lang=en G)

G. E. A.
n.
(abbreviation of German East Africa dot=, ) found as an occupation overprint stamps of East Africa and Uganda in 1917 for the entire occupied territory, and Kenya and Uganda in 1921 for the part now in Tanzania.

G. M. A. T.
abbr.
(alternative form of lang=en GMAT)

G.I.
n.
(alternative spelling of GI)

G.I. parties
n.
(alternative spelling of GI parties)

G.I. party
n.
(alternative spelling of GI party)

G.M.A.T.
abbr.
(alternative form of lang=en GMAT)

G.R.I.
init.
(qualifier: overprint on German colony stamps) stamps overprinted by the British when the German Pacific Ocean territories were captured during World War One.

G1
pre.
(context star) (misspelling of Gl), the prefix for Gliese catalog of nearby stars

G2
n.
(context economics politics) (abbreviation of group of two dot=; ) the two leading economies of the world, the United States of America and the People's Republic of China

G20
n.
(context politics economics) a group of finance ministers and central bank governors from 20 economies: 19 countries plus the European Union

G2B
init.
(context business) (initialism of government-to-business)

G2G
a.
(context politics) (abbreviation of government-to-government)
interj.
1 (context Internet slang) (abbreviation of got to go)
2 (context Internet slang) (abbreviation of get together)

G2K
init.
(context Internet slang) good to know.

G8
n.
1 (context politics economics) The eight leading industrialized nations - Germany, Canada, the United States, France, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and Russia.
2 The annual meeting of their leaders

H II region
n.
(context astronomy) A large nebula of gas and plasma of glowing low density in which star formation has recently taken place.

H II regions
n.
(plural of H II region)

H bone
n.
(alternative form of aitchbone)

H&C
init.
hot and cold (water)

H&P
n.
A report containing a patient's medical history and the results of his physical exam.

H's
n.
(plural of H)

H-O-R-S-E
n.
(alternative spelling of horse) (qualifier: variant of basketball)

H-R diagram
n.
(context astronomy) Hertzsprung-Russell diagram.

H-bomb
n.
hydrogen bomb

H-bombs
n.
(plural of H-bomb)

H-hour
n.
(context figuratively) The hour at which any major event planned for the future is set to begin, as used in United States military.

H-hours
n.
(plural of H-hour)

H-piece
n.
(context mining) The part of a plunger pump that contains the valve.

H.D.
n.
(legal) (abbreviation of House of Delegates)

H.E.
abbr.
Holocene Era.

H.K.
n.
(legal) (abbreviation of Hong Kong)

H.O.R.S.E.
Etymology 1
n.
(alternative spelling of horse) (qualifier: variant of basketball)
Etymology 2

n.
(alternative spelling of HORSE) (qualifier: variant of poker)

H.R.
n.
(legal) (abbreviation of House of Representatives)

H/C
init.
(alternative case form of h/c).

H/Hr
n.
(context fandom slang) The ship of characters http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Harry%20Potter%20(character) and (w: Hermione Granger) of the (w Harry Potter ''Harry Potter'' series).

H1N1
n.
(context medicine) A strain of influenza, the most common cause of flu in humans; also the strain responsible for swine flu.

H2H
init.
human to Human.

H5N1
n.
(context medicine) A strain of avian influenza, often lethal in humans but not transmissible between humans.

I Ching
n.
A Chinese classic text describing an ancient system of cosmology and philosophy which is at the heart of traditional Chinese cultural beliefs.

I am
interj.
(non-gloss definition: Indicates solidarity or a support of a shared conviction with the person or object upon which a perceived injustice is being inflicted. )
n.
1 God, seen as self-sufficient and self-existent.
2 (context colloquial frequently with great) A self-centred, arrogant person.

I am ... year(s) old
phr.
(alternative form of I'm. . . year(s) old)

I am English
phr.
Indicates that the speaker is from England.

I am HIV positive
phr.
Indicates that the speaker is a carrier of the human immunodeficiency virus

I am blind
phr.
(alternative form of I'm blind)

I am hungry
phr.
(alternative form of I'm hungry)

I am thirsty
phr.
(alternative form of I'm thirsty)

I am tired
phr.
(alternative form of I'm tired)

I am twenty years old
phr.
(alternative form of I'm twenty years old)

I am what I am
phr.
I can't help the way I am

I and I
pron.
1 (context rasta) you and I.
2 (context rasta) Jah (God) and I.

I approve this message
phr.
1 (context US politics) (non-gloss definition: a phrase said by candidates for federal office to show their consent to comply with http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Stand%20By%20Your%20Ad%20provision. )
2 (context US humorous) (non-gloss definition: a phrase said after or before one makes a declaration to attach a mock solemnity to a strongly held belief)

I beg your pardon
phr.
1 A phrase used to request something, for example if it wasn't heard.
2 A phrase used to express an apology for an action.
3 A phrase used to ask for clarification of something said if it is unexpected, odd or seen as rude without context

I believe you, thousands wouldn't
phr.
(context British Irish sarcastic) Used to indicate that the speaker does not put faith in something they have just heard.

I came, I saw, I conquered
phr.
Used to indicate a total swift victory in allusion to Julius Caesar's terse report to the Roman Senate in 707 AUC of his total swift victory over Pharnaces II of Pontus in the Battle of Zela.

I can tell you
phr.
1 (context idiomatic) (non-gloss definition: Emphasises the truth of a statement. )
2 (& lit I can tell you)

I could eat a horse
alt.
(context idiomatic hyperbole) I am very hungry; short form of " I'm so hungry, I could eat a horse. "
phr.
(context idiomatic hyperbole) I am very hungry; short form of " I'm so hungry, I could eat a horse. "

I couldn't have said it better myself
phr.
(non-gloss definition: Used to wholeheartedly agree with a previously said expression)

I do
phr.
1 (& lit I do)
2 A traditional phrase said upon acceptance of marriage.

I don't care
phr.
Indicates that the speaker has no interest or emotional investment in the topic at hand.

I don't eat fish
phr.
Indicates that the speaker does not eat fish.

I don't eat meat
phr.
Indicates that the speaker does not eat meat.

I don't eat pork
phr.
Indicates that the speaker does not eat pork.

I don't fancy yours
phr.
(context slang idiomatic jocular) Used to reserve the right to chat up an attractive woman, who is with an unattractive woman.

I don't know
phr.
''This entry exists in order to provide translations and derivatives. ''

I don't speak English
phr.
Indicates that the speaker is unable to speak the English language.

I don't think
interj.
(non-gloss definition: used after a statement to indicate an emphatic or ironic negative)

I don't think so
phr.
1 I think what has been said is untrue.
2 (context sarcastic) No (''used to refuse or decline something proposed'').

I don't understand
phr.
Indicates that the speaker is not understanding the current subject or situation.

I hadn't the foggiest
vb.
(en-past of: I haven't the foggiest)

I hate you
phr.
Expression of hatred, or intense disdain or dislike directed at someone.

I have AIDS
phr.
Indicates that the speaker has acquired immune deficiency syndrome.

I have a cold
phr.
I am suffering from a cold.

I have a fever
phr.
Indicates that the speaker has higher than normal body temperature, which is usually a symptom of a disease.

I have a question
phr.
Indicates that the speaker wants to ask a question

I have asthma
phr.
Indicates that the speaker is afflicted with asthma

I have cancer
phr.
Indicates that the speaker is afflicted with some form of cancer.

I have diabetes
phr.
Indicates that the speaker has diabetes.

I have high blood pressure
phr.
Indicates that the speaker has hypertension (high blood pressure).

I have low blood pressure
phr.
Indicates that the speaker has hypotension (low blood pressure).

I have never
n.
A game in which one player announces that they have never done a specific thing, and all those who have done it must do a forfeit.

I have no money
phr.
Indicates that the speaker has no money.

I have to love you and leave you
alt.
(context informal) Used as an affectionate way of saying goodbye
phr.
(context informal) Used as an affectionate way of saying goodbye

I haven't the foggiest
alt.
(context idiomatic) I don't know, I haven't a clue (as thoughts clouded by a thick fog).
phr.
(context idiomatic) I don't know, I haven't a clue (as thoughts clouded by a thick fog).

I knew someone when
phr.
(non-gloss definition: Used upon hearing of a success of an acquaintance, often ironically for minor successes)

I know
phr.
1 (non-gloss definition: A response used to indicate that speaker was in agreement with the preceding statement before it was made).
2 (non-gloss definition: An emphatic assertion that one has a solution, an answer, or an idea).

I know you are but what am I
phr.
(context rhetorical question colloquial childish) Assertion that an insult made by the party to whom the phrase is directed is actually true of that party, and not of the person using the phrase. Usually considered to be a playground taunt.

I like pie
phr.
(context pejorative internet slang) You are stupid; said as if lowering oneself to an equally moronic state of mind.

I like you
phr.
Indicates that the speaker likes the interlocutor.

I live in Melbourne
phr.
Explains where the person lives (example).

I lost my backpack
phr.
Indicates that the speaker has lost his or her backpack.

I lost my bag
phr.
1 Indicates that the speaker has lost his or her backpack.
2 Indicates that the speaker has lost his or her handbag.

I lost my glasses
phr.
Indicates that the speaker has lost his or her glasses.

I lost my handbag
phr.
Indicates that the speaker has lost his or her handbag.

I lost my keys
alt.
(context US) Indicates that the speaker has lost his or her keys.
phr.
(context US) Indicates that the speaker has lost his or her keys.

I lost my wallet
phr.
Indicates that the speaker has lost his or her wallet.

I love you
phr.
1 An affirmation of affection or deep caring, especially to a family member.
2 An affirmation of romantic feeling to a lover or spouse.
3 A platonic expression of strong inclination or liking to a friend.

I miss you
phr.
An expression of sorrow or sadness from the absence of a family member, close friend, lover or spouse.

I must go
phr.
I must leave

I must say
adv.
(non-gloss definition: A term of asseveration. )

I need ...
phr.
(translation only)

I need a battery
phr.
Indicates that the speaker needs an electrical battery.

I need a compass
phr.
Indicates that the speaker needs a compass.

I need a condom
phr.
Indicates that the speaker needs a condom.

I need a dictionary
phr.
Indicates that the speaker needs a dictionary.

I need a doctor
phr.
A request for a doctor

I need a drink
phr.
1 A phrase used to indicate that the speaker is thirsty for water or a non-alcoholic beverage.
2 (context colloquial) A phrase used to indicate that the speaker desires an alcoholic beverage.

I need a guide
phr.
1 Indicates that the speaker needs a person to guide him or her.
2 Indicates that the speaker needs a book or document to guide him or her.

I need a lawyer
phr.
Indicates that the speaker needs a lawyer.

I need a pen
phr.
Indicates that the speaker needs a pen.

I need a razor
phr.
Indicates that the speaker needs a razor.

I need a taxi
phr.
Indicates that the speaker needs a taxi.

I need a towel
phr.
Indicates that the speaker needs a towel.

I need an interpreter
phr.
Indicates that the speaker needs an interpreter.

I need aspirin
phr.
Indicates that the speaker needs aspirin.

I need food
phr.
Indicates that the speaker needs food.

I need gas
phr.
(context North America) Indicates that the speaker needs gasoline.

I need money
phr.
Indicates that the speaker needs money.

I need petrol
phr.
(context British Australia New Zealand) Indicates that the speaker needs petrol.

I need shampoo
phr.
Indicates that the speaker needs shampoo.

I need sunblock
phr.
Indicates that the speaker needs sunblock (sunscreen) - a cream or lotion that can be rubbed onto the skin to prevent it being burnt by the sun.

I need toilet paper
phr.
Indicates that the speaker needs toilet paper.

I need toothpaste
phr.
Indicates that the speaker needs toothpaste.

I need water
phr.
Indicates that the speaker needs water.

I need your help
phr.
Indicates that the speaker needs assistance from the interlocutor.

I never did
interj.
(context idiomatic dated) An exclamation of great surprise.

I rest my case
phr.
1 (legal) My argument is proven; I conclude my statement.
2 (context idiomatic) The previous encapsulates my view.

I say
interj.
1 (context British dated) An exclamation of surprise or protest.
2 (non-gloss definition: Used for emphasis, or when resuming after diversion or interruption. )

I see what you did there
phr.
1 (& lit I see what you did there)
2 (context informal) (non-gloss definition: An expression used to point out that another person's joke has been understood, either to praise its cleverness or to clearly communicate a lack of amusement at it. )

I see, said the blind man
phr.
(context idiomatic) {{non-gloss definition|Said to express confusion. Also used to express understanding after an initial period of confusion, i. e. , " (en-phrase: I see), said the blind man. " }}

I should coco
interj.
(alternative spelling of I should cocoa)

I should cocoa
interj.
(context Cockney rhyming slang British dated humorous) I should say so; I strongly agree (context almost always used ironically or sarcastically).

I spy
alt.
(context games) A game where players have to guess what one player can see, based on the initial letter of the object.
n.
(context games) A game where players have to guess what one player can see, based on the initial letter of the object.

I take it
phr.
(context idiomatic) (non-gloss definition: Used to indicate one's rendering of another's action. )

I tell a lie
phr.
(context chiefly British) I am mistaken; I thought that what I said (or wrote) was true, but I have just realised that it is not.

I think so
phr.
An indefinite indication of agreement.

I think therefore I am
phr.
(context philosophy) I am able to think, therefore I exist. A philosophical proof of existence based on the fact that someone capable of any form of thought necessarily exists.

I told you so
phr.
A phrase used to remind someone that they were already warned that a certain event would happen.

I want my money back
phr.
Said to demand a refund for a product or service.

I want to go to the toilet
phr.
Indicates that the speaker feels the urge to go the toilet.

I want to know
phr.
(non-gloss definition: Used to explain a request for information. )

I was born in ...
phr.
1 I was born in. . . (year).
2 I was born in. . . (place name).

I wis
adv.
assuredly, truly, indeed

I wish
phr.
(context idiomatic colloquial) (non-gloss definition: Used to express the speaker's wish that the preceding statement were true)

I wiss
adv.
(context archaic or poetic) surely, certainly; indeed, assuredly

I would
phr.
(context slang idiomatic) Used to denote that a speaker finds another sexually attractive.

I'd
contraction
1 I had.
2 I would, I should.

I'd like to kiss you
phr.
Used to ask to kiss a person.

I'd like to know
phr.
Polite request

I'd say
interj.
(context idiomatic) It is my estimate or opinion.

I'd've
contraction
(context nonstandard) I#English would have; I would've; I'd have; I woulda.

I'da
contraction
(context slang) (contraction of I would have)

I'dn't've
contraction
(context nonstandard or colloquial or dialectal) I would not have.

I'l
contraction
(obsolete form of I’ll)

I'll
contraction
1 I will
2 I shall

I'll be
interj.
(context idiomatic) (non-gloss definition: Expressing surprise. )

I'll be a monkey's uncle
phr.
(context idiomatic) (''often preceded by'' '''well''') expressing complete surprise or disbelief

I'll be blowed
phr.
A set phrase used to express amazement and surprise.

I'll be bound
phr.
I am certain (that something is true)

I'll call the police
phr.
Indicates that the speaker is going to call the police, presumably to counter actions from the interlocutor.

I'll drink to that
interj.
1 I agree with that
2 I support that opinion

I'll say
phr.
(context idiomatic colloquial) (non-gloss definition: Used to indicate emphatic agreement. )

I'll see you and raise you
phr.
1 Used to accept a bet, and at the same time raise the stakes.
2 More generally, used when someone produces or reveals something. One says this to announce they will answer by producing or revealing something of their own.

I'll've
contraction
I will have

I'm
contraction
Contraction of I am.

I'm ... year(s) old
phr.
I was born. . . years ago.

I'm Jewish
phr.
1 Indicates that the speaker is of Jewish ethnic descent.
2 Indicates that the speaker is a follower of Judaism.

I'm a
contraction
(alternative form of Imma)

I'm a Buddhist
phr.
Indicates that the speaker is a Buddhist.

I'm a Catholic
phr.
Indicates that the speaker is a Catholic.

I'm a Christian
phr.
Indicates that the speaker is a follower of the Christian religion in general.

I'm a Muslim
phr.
Indicates that the speaker is a follower of Islam.

I'm a Protestant
phr.
Indicates that the speaker is a Protestant.

I'm a girl
phr.
Indicates that the speaker is female.

I'm a guy
phr.
(cx informal) Indicates that the speaker is male.

I'm a vegetarian
phr.
Indicates that the speaker is a vegetarian.

I'm a'
contraction
(alternative form of Imma)

I'm afraid not
alt.
unfortunately, no; I regret that that is not so.
phr.
unfortunately, no; I regret that that is not so.

I'm afraid so
alt.
unfortunately, yes; I regret that that is so.
phr.
unfortunately, yes; I regret that that is so.

I'm agnostic
phr.
Indicates that the speaker is agnostic.

I'm all right, Jack
phr.
(context British) A comment that indicates a selfish attitude. Not worried about any problems your friends and neighbours might have. Often associated with strikes and other trade union industrial actions.

I'm allergic to aspirin
phr.
Indicates that the speaker has an allergy to aspirin.

I'm allergic to nuts
phr.
Indicates that the speaker has an allergy to nuts.

I'm allergic to penicillin
phr.
Indicates that the speaker has an allergy to penicillin.

I'm allergic to pollen
phr.
Indicates that the speaker has an allergy to pollen.

I'm an atheist
phr.
Indicates that the speaker is an atheist.

I'm ashamed
phr.
Indicates that the speaker is ashamed.

I'm bisexual
phr.
Indicates that the speaker is bisexual.

I'm bleeding
phr.
Indicates that the speaker is bleeding.

I'm blind
phr.
Indicates that the speaker suffers from blindness.

I'm cold
phr.
Indicates that the speaker is cold.

I'm confused
alt.
Indicates that the speaker is confounded by something.
phr.
Indicates that the speaker is confounded by something.

I'm deaf
phr.
(non-gloss definition: Indicates that one is deaf. )

I'm divorced
phr.
Indicates that the speaker is divorced.

I'm dying
phr.
Indicates that the speaker believes that he or she is dying.

I'm easy
phr.
(context following a proposal) I have no strong feelings one way or another but am ready to comply

I'm fine
phr.
Response to how are you?

I'm fine, thank you
phr.
The expected, polite response to how are you?

I'm full
phr.
Indicates that the speaker does not wish to continue eating.

I'm gay
phr.
Indicates that the speaker is a homosexual.

I'm hot
phr.
Indicates that the speaker is hot (''i. e. feeling the sensation of heat, especially to the point of discomfort'')

I'm hungry
phr.
Indicates that the speaker feels the need to eat.

I'm illiterate
phr.
Indicates that the speaker cannot read or write.

I'm in love with you
phr.
A declaration of passion or romantic feeling.

I'm looking for a grocery store
phr.
Indicates that the speaker is looking for a grocery store.

I'm looking for a job
phr.
Indicates that the speaker is looking for a job.

I'm lost
phr.
Indicates that the speaker is unable to find his or her way.

I'm married
phr.
Indicates that the speaker has a spouse.

I'm mute
phr.
I'm mute

I'm not religious
phr.
Indicates that the speaker is a not a follower of religious doctrine.

I'm rubber, you're glue
alt.
The first line of a children's rhyme countering an attack of character.
phr.
The first line of a children's rhyme countering an attack of character.

I'm scared
phr.
Indicates that the speaker is scared.

I'm sick
phr.
Indicates that the speaker has an illness.

I'm single
phr.
Indicates that the speaker does not have a spouse or romantic partner.

I'm sorry
phr.
Indicates that the speaker is sorry

I'm straight
phr.
Indicates that the speaker is a heterosexual.

I'm thirsty
phr.
1 (context usually) I need some water, or want something to drink.
2 (context more generally) I need something, or want something a lot.
3 (context euphemistic) I want an alcoholic beverage.

I'm tired
phr.
Indicates that the speaker is in need of rest or sleep.

I'm transsexual
phr.
Indicates that the speaker is transgendered.

I'm twenty years old
phr.
Indicates that the speaker is aged twenty.

I'm'a
contraction
(alternative form of Imma)

I'ma
contraction
(alternative form of Imma)

I's
contraction
(context nonstandard) Contraction of '''I''' and ''is'''.
n.
(plural of I lang=en nodot=1) (gloss: letter of the alphabet)

I'se
contraction
1 Contraction of I is, meaning ''I am'' (or other senses of be).
2 Contraction meaning ''I have''.

I've
contraction
Contraction of I have.

I've been raped
phr.
Indicates that the speaker was forced into have sex against their will.

I've been robbed
phr.
Indicates that the speaker has been robbed.

I've been shot
phr.
I have been hit by a projectile from a firearm.

I've burned myself
phr.
Indicates that the speaker is physically hurt due to contact with fire.

I've got your nose
n.
(context games) A young children's game in which someone simulates stealing the victim's nose from their face and demonstrates this by having their thumb protruding between the index finger and middle fingers.

I've lost my keys
alt.
(context UK English) Indicates that the speaker has lost his or her keys.
phr.
(context UK English) Indicates that the speaker has lost his or her keys.

I've never heard it called that before
phr.
(context informal) (non-gloss definition: Used to draw attention to a possible double entendre in the immediately preceding utterance of another speaker. )

I'ven't
contraction
(context nonstandard) I have not

I-HAWK
acr.
improved homing-all-the-way killer, a type of missile.

I-Kiribati
n.
A native or inhabitant of Kiribati.

I-beam
n.
1 (context engineering) A beam shaped like a capital letter I (with serifs top and bottom), used in construction.
2 (context computing graphical user interface) A cursor shaped like the letter I, usually indicating the presence of editable text.

I-beams
n.
(plural of I-beam)

I-frame
n.
(context signal processing video compression) An intraframe, a frame which contains all necessary rendering information within itself

I-frames
n.
(plural of I-frame)

I-hood
n.
The state of one's own self or identity; one's conscious personality.

I-ness
n.
I-hood.

I-ship
n.
(context rare) I-hood.

I-sites
n.
(context biochemistry) A protein folding initiation site motif consisting of an amino acid sequence pattern and a local structure type.

I-spin
abbr.
(context physics) isotopic spin or isospin

I-spy
n.
(alternative form of I spy)

I-way
n.
information superhighway

I.D.
alt.
(abbreviation of identification Identification or identity documentation)
n.
(abbreviation of identification Identification or identity documentation)

I/O
abbr.
(context computing electrical engineering) input/output
alt.
(context computing electrical engineering) input/output

I/O bound
a.
(context computing) Of total system throughput, being limited by the input/output rate, rather than by processing speed of the CPU.

I2
init.
1 (context Internet) http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Internet2, the state-of-the-art network connecting multiple research universities.
2 (context Internet) http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Intermud, a protocol for instant communication between MUDs via the Internet.

I3
init.
(context Internet) An abbreviation of Intermud-3, a protocol for instant communication between MUDs via the Internet.

J stroke
n.
(context canoeing) A paddling technique used by the sternman of a canoe that starts with a stroke perpendicular to the boat and ends with a hook behind the back of the boat. This forms a letter " J" when paddling on the right side of the boat. The technique is used to overcome the tendency of the boat to turn when paddling on one side and keep the boat going straight in the water.

J strokes
n.
(plural of J stroke)

J'lem
n.
(abbreviation of Jerusalem)

J'ouvert
n.
A large street party held during Carnival in the eastern Caribbean region.

J's
n.
(plural of J)

J++
n.
A programming language developed by http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Microsoft that is a nonstandard variant of Java.

J-drama
n.
dorama (Japanese television drama)

J-dramas
n.
(plural of J-drama)

J-pop
n.
Japanese pop music influenced by western genres

J-rock
n.
(context slang) Japanese rock music.

J.
n.
1 (legal) (abbreviation of judge) (title)
2 (legal) (abbreviation of justice) (title)

J. Arthur Rank
n.
(context Cockney rhyming slang) A wank.

J. Random
n.
(context computing slang) An unspecified person; any old person (qualifier: followed by a generic role).

J.D.
abbr.
(context education) Juris Doctor.

J.P.
alt.
(context law abbreviation) Abbreviation of Justice of the Peace, usually used after the name of a person who holds this office.
n.
(context law abbreviation) Abbreviation of Justice of the Peace, usually used after the name of a person who holds this office.

J.P.M.L.
n.
(legal) {{abbreviation of|(w: Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation)|lang=en}}

J/psi particle
n.
(context particle) a subatomic particle with an unusually long lifetime and a large mass; a bound state of a charm quark and a anti-charm quark

J2EE
n.
(context computing) old abbreviation for JavaEE.

J2ME
n.
(context computing) Old abbreviation for JavaME.

J2MEs
n.
(plural of J2ME)

J2RE
n.
(context computing) Initialism for '''Java 2 Runtime Environment'''

J2REs
n.
(plural of J2RE)

J2SE
n.
(context computing) Old abbreviation for JavaSE.

J2SEs
n.
(plural of J2SE)

K Street
n.
(context US politics figurative) The people and firms that lobby the United States Congress.

K ration
n.
An individual daily combat food ration introduced by the http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/United%20States%20Army during World War II and comprising three courses for breakfast, dinner and supper.

K rations
n.
(plural of K ration)

K'iche'
alt.
1 The most populous Mayan people of Guatemala.
2 The language of this people.
3 The region where this people lives.
4 A department of Guatemala lying within this region.
n.
1 The most populous Mayan people of Guatemala.
2 The language of this people.
3 The region where this people lives.
4 A department of Guatemala lying within this region.

K's
n.
(plural of K)

K'ung-tzu
n.
(alternative spelling of Confucius)

K-1
alt.
(context canoeing) A class of kayak for two seated people.
sym.
(context canoeing) A class of kayak for two seated people.

K-12
abbr.
(context North America education) kindergarten through 12th grade (US)/grade 12 (Canada).

K-2
alt.
(context canoeing) A class of kayak for two seated people.
sym.
(context canoeing) A class of kayak for two seated people.

K-4
alt.
(context canoeing) A class of canoe for four seated people.
sym.
(context canoeing) A class of canoe for four seated people.

K-9
acr.
(alternative spelling of K9)

K-9 unit
n.
(context US) A police dog or a police dog and its handler.

K-9 units
n.
(plural of K-9 unit)

K-T boundary
alt.
The geological signature of the transition between the Cretaceous period and the Tertiary period 65. 5 million years ago. This transition is marked worldwide by a layer of material that contains a high level of iridium.
n.
The geological signature of the transition between the Cretaceous period and the Tertiary period 65. 5 million years ago. This transition is marked worldwide by a layer of material that contains a high level of iridium.

K-T extinction event
alt.
The rapid dying off of a large percentage of all animal species in a comparatively short period of time 65. 5 million years ago. This coincides with the end of the Cretaceous period, and may have been caused by an impact event.
n.
The rapid dying off of a large percentage of all animal species in a comparatively short period of time 65. 5 million years ago. This coincides with the end of the Cretaceous period, and may have been caused by an impact event.

K-complex
n.
(context electrencephalography) A (l en waveform) that occurs approxmiately every 60–100 seconds during stage 2 of (l en NREM) sleep, and which consists of a brief negative high-voltage peak (usually > 100(l mul µV)), followed by a slower positive complex ~350–550(l mul ms), and at 900ms a final negative peak.

K-drama
n.
(South) Korean television drama

K-dramas
n.
(plural of K-drama)

K-hed
n.
(context US) A brief news item in a newspaper consisting of a one-line heading and a single paragraph, especially one of little interest added to fill space

K-heds
n.
(plural of K-hed)

K-hole
n.
(context slang) The state of dissociation from the body commonly experienced after taking the drug ketamine.

K-pop
n.
Korean pop music influenced by western genres

K-theory
n.
(context math) The study of a ring generated by vector bundles over a topological space or scheme, with certain applications in string theory.

K-wire
n.
Kirschner wire

K.
abbr.
(alternative form of lang=en K)

K. C.
abbr.
(alternative form of lang=en KC)

K. pneumoniae carbapenemase
n.
K. pneumoniae carbapenemase

K.C.
abbr.
(alternative form of lang=en KC)

K.K.
abbr.
Abbreviation for (term 株式会社 tr=kabushiki kaisha, kabushiki gaisha lang=la sc=Jpan), Japanese for a type of business organization defined under Japanese law and roughly equivalent to a stock company.

K/S
n.
A subgenre of science fiction fanfiction where the ''Star Trek'' characters Kirk and Spock are shown in a homosexual relationship. Often attributive. (from 20th c. )

K2
n.
The world’s second highest mountain, located in the Ladakh Himalayas.

K9
n.
A trained police dog.

K9s
n.
(plural of K9)

L cut
n.
(context film) An edit transition from one shot to another, where the picture and sound are synchronized but the transitions in each are not coincident.

L'Aquila
n.
1 Province of Abruzzo, Italy.
2 Town and capital of L'Aquila.

L's
n.
(plural of L)

L'viv
n.
(alternative spelling of Lviv)

L-DOPA
n.
(alternative form of dopa)

L-bomb
n.
(context idiomatic) an expression of love, usually one that provokes a significant change in a relationship

L-bombs
n.
(plural of L-bomb)

L-driver
n.
Someone who is learning to drive.

L-estimator
n.
(context statistics) Any estimator that is a linear combination of order statistics of the measurements.

L-kick
n.
capoeira and breakdancing (and other dance forms) movement executed by throwing the body into a cartwheel, and before completing the wheel, the body flexes while supported by one hand at the ground. One leg is brought downwards and forwards in a kicking motion while the other remains in the air.

L-plates
n.
(plural of L-plate)

L-shaped
a.
Shaped like the letter '''L'''.

L-system
n.
A parallel rewriting system; a rewriting system in which in each step as many rewrite rules are applied as possible.

L.
abbr.
1 Latin
2 pound sterling
3 (context grammar) (abbreviation of locative case)

L. A.
abbr.
(alternative form of lang=en LA)

L.A.
n.
(alternative form of lang=en LA)

L.E.M.
abbr.
http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Lunar%20Excursion%20Module

L.J.
n.
(legal) {{abbreviation of|(w: Lord Justice)|lang=en}}

L.P.
n.
(context US politics) The Libertarian party of the United States.

L/C
abbr.
1 (context finance banking) letter of credit
2 lowercase

L1
init.
(context astrophysics) first Lagrange point, located further in towards the primary of a system where a smaller object orbits a larger one, in front of the smaller object, inline with a line drawn through the centres of the larger and smaller objects
n.
mother tongue (someone's native language)

L10n
n.
(context software engineering) localization.

L1s
n.
(plural of L1)

L2
abbr.
second language (a language being learned, as opposed to mother tongue).
init.
(context astrophysics) second Lagrange point, located further out from the primary of a system where a smaller object orbits a larger one, behind the smaller object, inline with a line drawn through the centres of the larger and smaller objects

L2TP
n.
layer two tunnelling protocol

L3
init.
(context astrophysics) third Lagrange point, located 180-degrees behind or ahead on the orbit of the smaller object in orbit around a larger one, diametrically opposed to the smaller object

L4
init.
(context astrophysics) fourth Lagrange point, located 60-degrees ahead on the orbit of the smaller object in orbit around a larger one

L5
init.
(context astrophysics) fifth Lagrange point, located 60-degrees behind on the orbit of the smaller object in orbit around a larger one

M and M boys
abbr.
(context baseball) http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Mickey%20Mantle and http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Roger%20Maris, who competed to break http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Babe%20Ruth home run record while on the same team.

M&A
init.
1 http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Mergers%20and%20acquisitions
2 Marketing and Advertising
3 Management and Analysis

M&M
n.
A small, milk chocolate candy piece with an artificially colored sugar coating produced by http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Mars%20Incorporated.

M&M's
n.
(plural of M& M)

M'Naghten rule
n.
(alternative form of McNaughton rules)

M's
n.
(plural of M)

M-1
alt.
The Garand semiautomatic rifle, also named the United States Rifle, Caliber. 30, M1.
n.
The Garand semiautomatic rifle, also named the United States Rifle, Caliber. 30, M1.

M-16
n.
(context US) A lightweight assault rifle, originating from the Vietnam War period

M-16s
n.
(plural of M-16)

M-1s
n.
(plural of M-1)

M-F
adv.
Monday through Friday

M-W
abbr.
(context linguistics) http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Merriam-Webster

M-business
n.
The mobile support of business transactions regarding the search, negotiation, production and the delivery of products or services. The main focuses are the enabling of mobile business process and the automation of technical processes.

M-day
n.
(context military) mobilization day. The day on which mobilization commences.

M-theory
n.
(context physics) A generalized theory of eleven-dimensional supergravity that attempts to unify the five superstring theories

M. A. S.
abbr.
(alternate form of MAS)

M. A. Sc.
abbr.
(alternate form of MASc)

M. Eng.
abbr.
(alternate form of M. Eng. )

M.A.
n.
Master of Arts (degree).

M.A.S.
abbr.
(alternate form of MAS)

M.A.Sc.
abbr.
(alternate form of MASc)

M.C.A.T.
abbr.
(alternative form of lang=en MCAT)

M.D.
alt.
1 http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Doctor%20of%20Medicine.
2 (legal) middle district, used in case citations to identify courts, particularly http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/United%20States%20Federal%20court designated to cover the central part of a multi-district state.
n.
1 http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Doctor%20of%20Medicine.
2 (legal) middle district, used in case citations to identify courts, particularly http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/United%20States%20Federal%20court designated to cover the central part of a multi-district state.

M.D. Ala.
abbr.
(legal) http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/United%20States%20District%20Court%20for%20the%20Middle%20District%20of%20Alabama, as used in case citations.

M.D. Fla.
abbr.
(legal) http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/United%20States%20District%20Court%20for%20the%20Middle%20District%20of%20Florida, as used in case citations.

M.D. Ga.
abbr.
(legal) http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/United%20States%20District%20Court%20for%20the%20Middle%20District%20of%20Georgia, as used in case citations.

M.D. La.
abbr.
(legal) http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/United%20States%20District%20Court%20for%20the%20Middle%20District%20of%20Louisiana, as used in case citations.

M.D. Pa.
abbr.
(legal) http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/United%20States%20District%20Court%20for%20the%20Middle%20District%20of%20Pennsylvania, as used in case citations.

M.D. Tenn.
abbr.
(legal) http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/United%20States%20District%20Court%20for%20the%20Middle%20District%20of%20Tennessee, as used in case citations.

M.D.N.C.
abbr.
(legal) http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/United%20States%20District%20Court%20for%20the%20Middle%20District%20of%20North%20Carolina, as used in case citations.

M.D.s
alt.
(plural of M. D. )
n.
(plural of M. D. )

M.Eng.
abbr.
(abbreviation of Master of Engineering)

M.L.A.
alt.
Master of Landscape Architecture.
init.
Master of Landscape Architecture.

M.R.
n.
(legal) {{abbreviation of|(w: Master of the Rolls)|lang=en}}

M.S.P.H.
init.
Master of Science in public health

M.Y.O.B.
phr.
(alternative spelling of MYOB)

M/S
abbr.
(context nautical) Motor Ship & mdash; a motor ship & ndash; diesel-engined ship

M/V
abbr.
(context nautical) Motor Vessel & mdash; a motor vessel & ndash; diesel-engined vessel

M0
abbr.
(context US) (''money supply'') the amount of coin and banknotes in circulation

M1
abbr.
(context US) (''money supply'') the amount of cash in circulation plus the amount in bank accounts

M16
n.
(alternative form of M-16)

M2
abbr.
1 (context US) (''money supply'') the amount of cash in circulation plus bank accounts, savings accounts and small deposits
2 (context music) major second

M2AF
init.
(context Internet slang) message to all friend, used on messages to all users in a friends list of services with strict character limits on said messages.

M2F
n.
(alternative form of MtF)

M2Fs
n.
(plural of M2F)

M3
abbr.
1 (context US) (''money supply'') the amount of cash, all bank accounts etc plus foreign currency in circulation
2 (context music) major third

N Centauri
n.
A double star in the constellation of Centaurus.

N'Djamena
n.
The capital of Chad.

N'Yawk
alt.
(eye dialect of New York from=New York City)
n.
(eye dialect of New York from=New York City)

N's
n.
(plural of N)

N-benzyl-N-isopropylpivalamide
n.
(non-gloss definition: Chemical name for tebutam. )

N-bomb
n.
1 A neutron bomb.
2 (alternative spelling of n-bomb)

N-cadherin
n.
(context biochemistry) a protein found in vertebrates such as humans, mice and chickens

N-facilities
n.
(plural of N-facility)

N-facility
n.
(context telecommunications) In the ''Open Systems Interconnection-Reference Model'' (OSI-RM), the transfer of data from one layer (N) to the next higher layer (N+1).

N-pole
n.
The positive pole of a magnetic dipole, which seeks geographic north.

N-ray
n.
A discredited hypothetical form of radiation described in 1903.

N-terminus
alt.
(context biochemistry) The end of a polypeptide chain that consists of an amino acid with a free amino group
n.
(context biochemistry) The end of a polypeptide chain that consists of an amino acid with a free amino group

N.
n.
1 (legal) (abbreviation of north)
2 (legal) (abbreviation of northern)
3 (context grammar) (abbreviation of nominative case)

N. Am.
n.
(legal) (abbreviation of North America)

N. F.
n.
(abbreviation of Nyassaland force Force dot=), used as an overprint in 1916 on the stamps of the Nyassaland Protectorate for use in occupied German East Africa

N. Ir.
n.
(legal) (abbreviation of Northern Ireland)

N. Kor.
n.
(legal) (abbreviation of North Korea)

N. Mar. I.
n.
(legal) (abbreviation of Northern Mariana Islands)

N. S. W.
abbr.
(alternative form of lang=en NSW)

N. T.
abbr.
1 (alternative form of lang=en NT)
2 (alternative form of lang=en N. T. )

N. Terr.
n.
(legal) (abbreviation of Northern Territory)

N. Y.
init.
{{abbreviation of|lang=en| (l en new New) (l en York) }}

N. Zealand
n.
(abbreviation-old: en) of New Zealand

N. Zealander
abbr.
New Zealander

N. Zealanders
n.
(plural of N. Zealander)

N.A.
abbr.
1 (context banking US) national association – a http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/National%20bank%23United%20States, as defined in the (w: National Banking Act)
2 (context informal) (abbreviation of North Atlantican)

N.B.
interj.
(alternative form of n. b. nodot=1)
n.
(abbreviation of New Brunswick)

N.C.
abbr.
North Carolina.

N.D.
abbr.
1 http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Doctor%20of%20Naturopathic%20Medicine, an academic degree and title in http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/naturopathic%20medicine
2 North Dakota, a state of the United States of America
3 (legal) northern district, used in case citations to identify courts, particularly http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/United%20States%20federal%20courts designated to cover the northern part of a multi-district state

N.D. Ala.
abbr.
(legal) http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/United%20States%20District%20Court%20for%20the%20Northern%20District%20of%20Alabama, as used in case citations.

N.D. Cal.
abbr.
(legal) http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/United%20States%20District%20Court%20for%20the%20Northern%20District%20of%20California, as used in case citations.

N.D. Fla.
abbr.
(legal) http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/United%20States%20District%20Court%20for%20the%20Northern%20District%20of%20Florida, as used in case citations.

N.D. Ga.
abbr.
(legal) http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/United%20States%20District%20Court%20for%20the%20Northern%20District%20of%20Georgia, as used in case citations.

N.D. Ill.
abbr.
(legal) http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/United%20States%20District%20Court%20for%20the%20Northern%20District%20of%20Illinois, as used in case citations.

N.D. Ind.
abbr.
(legal) http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/United%20States%20District%20Court%20for%20the%20Northern%20District%20of%20Indiana, as used in case citations.

N.D. Iowa
abbr.
(legal) http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/United%20States%20District%20Court%20for%20the%20Northern%20District%20of%20Iowa, as used in case citations.

N.D. Miss.
abbr.
(legal) http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/United%20States%20District%20Court%20for%20the%20Northern%20District%20of%20Mississippi, as used in case citations.

N.D. Ohio
abbr.
(legal) http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/United%20States%20District%20Court%20for%20the%20Northern%20District%20of%20Ohio, as used in case citations.

N.D. Okla.
abbr.
(legal) http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/United%20States%20District%20Court%20for%20the%20Northern%20District%20of%20Oklahoma, as used in case citations.

N.D. Tex.
abbr.
(legal) http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/United%20States%20District%20Court%20for%20the%20Northern%20District%20of%20Texas, as used in case citations.

N.D.N.Y.
abbr.
(legal) http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/United%20States%20District%20Court%20for%20the%20Northern%20District%20of%20New%20York, as used in case citations.

N.D.W.Va.
abbr.
(legal) http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/United%20States%20District%20Court%20for%20the%20Northern%20District%20of%20West%20Virginia, as used in case citations.

N.H.
abbr.
(legal) New Hampshire, as used in case citations.

N.J.
abbr.
(legal) New Jersey, as used in case citations.

N.M.
abbr.
(legal) New Mexico, as used in case citations.

N.N.
n.
(non-gloss definition: Used as a substitute for an unknown name or one that the writer wishes not to reveal. )

N.O.
init.
New Orleans.

N.O.S.
abbr.
(alternative form of NOS)

N.S.
n.
1 (legal) (abbreviation of Nova Scotia)
2 (context slang) (abbreviation of NATO state)

N.S.W.
n.
(legal) (abbreviation of New South Wales) ((alternative form of lang=en NSW)).

N.T.
abbr.
(alternative form of lang=en NT)
init.
1 (context Christianity) New Testament
2 (context bridge) no trump

N.W.T.
alt.
(legal) (abbreviation of Northwest Territories)
n.
(legal) (abbreviation of Northwest Territories)

N.Y.
n.
New York.

N.Z.
n.
(legal) (abbreviation of New Zealand)

N/A
init.
(alternative form of n/a)

N/S
a.
(context Canada military) Non-serviceable, broken, needing repair.

O Canada
n.
The national anthem of Canada

O RLY
interj.
(context Internet slang) Expressing interest, usually with implied sarcasm or disdain.

O mark
n.
A circle, which serves as a checkmark in Japanese: ◯.

O marks
n.
(plural of O mark)

O my God
interj.
(alternative form of oh my God)

O&S
init.
olefin and surfactant

O'
pre.
descendant of; used to form Irish patronymic surnames.

O'Casey
n.
(surname: from=Irish)

O'Cawley
n.
(surname:)

O'Dare
n.
(surname from=Irish dot=) of (etyl ga en) origin, variant of O'Deere, anglicised from (term Ó Duibhuidir Irish). Most of the O’Dare clan now lives on the Eastern Coast of the US.

O'Dea
n.
(surname: from=Irish)

O'Leary
n.
1 (surname: from=Irish)
2 A community in Prince Edward Island

O'Malley
n.
(surname: from=Irish)

O'Neillism
n.
(context Ireland politics) The policies of (w: Terence O'Neill) (1914–1990), fourth Prime Minister of Northern Ireland.

O'Neillite
n.
A supporter of O'Neillism.

O'Neillites
n.
(plural of O'Neillite)

O'Reilly
n.
(surname A=An Irish patronymic from=Irish dot=) from Reilly.

O'Shea
n.
(surname)

O'odham
n.
A person of Tohono O'odham (formerly Papago), Akimel O'odham (formerly Pima), or other O'odham ancestry.
n.
The indigenous Uto-Aztecan language of the O'Odham.

O'odhams
n.
(plural of O'odham)

O's
n.
(plural of O)

O-Kung
n.
(alternative form of ǃOǃKung)

O-ring
n.
A circular gasket, usually made of rubber.

O-rings
n.
(plural of O-ring)

O.
abbr.
(alternative form of lang=en O)

O. M. G.
abbr.
(alternate form of lang=en OMG)

O.M.
abbr.
http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Order%20of%20Merit

O.M.G.
abbr.
(alternate form of lang=en OMG)

O/O
init.
(context nautical) ore/oil; designating that a ship can carry both ore and oil

O2
sym.
(context medicine) Both eyes.

P U
alt.
(context euphemistic) (non-gloss definition: An interjection in response to smelling an unpleasant scent; an exaggerated pronunciation of pew. )
interj.
(context euphemistic) (non-gloss definition: An interjection in response to smelling an unpleasant scent; an exaggerated pronunciation of pew. )

P wave
n.
(alternative form of P-wave)

P waves
n.
(plural of P wave)

P&G
init.
http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Procter%20& %20Gamble

P&H
abbr.
1 (abbreviation of postage and handling)
2 (abbreviation of processing and handling)

P&P
init.
(alternative form of p& p)

P'eng-lai
n.
(obsolete form of lang=en Penglai)

P's
n.
(plural of P)

P'ship
n.
(legal) (abbreviation of partnership)

P'urhépecha
n.
(alternative form of Purepecha)

P-E ratio
n.
price-earnings ratio

P-E ratios
n.
(plural of P-E ratio)

P-complete
a.
(context computing theory) Describing any problem in the complexity class P to which there exists a polynomial time mapping from any other problem in P.
n.
(context computing theory) The set of such problems.

P-frame
n.
(context signal processing video compression) A video frame which contains only information on the differences from previous frames

P-frames
n.
(plural of P-frame)

P-plate
n.
(Australia) a plastic square sticker consisting of a large red letter P on a white background, placed on a vehicle to indicate that the driver only has a provisional licence.

P-wave
n.
(context geology seismology) A longitudinal compressional wave produced by an earthquake.

P-waves
n.
(plural of P-wave)

P. I.
init.
(alternative form of PI)

P. Q.
abbr.
(alternative form of PQ)

P.E.I.
n.
(legal) (abbreviation of Prince Edward Island)

P.I.
n.
(alternative form of PI)

P.M.
n.
1 (alternative spelling of p. m. )
2 (alternative spelling of PM)

P.O.
n.
(abbreviation of post office)

P.O.I.
init.
(context engineering) point of interest.

P.Q.
abbr.
(alternative form of PQ)

P.R.
abbr.
(legal) Puerto Rico, as used in case citations.

P.S.
init.
(alternative form of PS lang=en nodot=1) (gloss: post scriptum).

P.U.C.
n.
(legal) {{abbreviation of|(w: Public Utilities Commission)|lang=en}}

P/E ratio
n.
(context finance) '''Price-to-Earnings ratio''' for an issue of stock. The '''Price-to-Earnings ratio''' of a stock is a number calculated from the price per share of the stock divided by the earnings per share of that stock for the past 12 months.

P/E ratios
n.
(plural of P/E ratio)

P/Invoke
n.
(context programming) (w: Platform Invocation Services)

P/N
init.
1 part number (a unique, manufacturer-assigned identifier of an item or part).
2 A semiconductor photovoltaic device structure in which the junction is formed between a http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/p-type%20layer and an http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/n-type%20layer.

P2G
init.
Proloquo2Go, a widely used assistive technology speech-to-text program.

P2P
abbr.
1 (context chemistry) phenyl-2-propanone (phenylacetone)
2 (context networking) peer-to-peer
3 (context online gaming) pay-to-play
4 (context politics) people-to-people (relations)

P3
n.
1 (context business) public-private partnership
2 (context chemistry) period 3
n.
1 (context computing) Intel Pentium III
2 (context computing dated) Intel 80386, 386 family
3 (context military aviation US) (misspelling of P-3)

P45
abbr.
(abbreviation of pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis)

P45s
n.
(plural of P45)

P60
n.
(context UK Ireland) The end-of-year tax certificate given to each employee by their employer.

Q & A
abbr.
(alternative spelling of Q and A)

Q and A
n.
A period of time in which questions are asked of a person; an interview.

Q code
alt.
1 (context radio) code used as a shorthand for common messages, consisting of sequences all beginning with Q
2 (context radio) specific code from the aforementioned set
n.
1 (context radio) code used as a shorthand for common messages, consisting of sequences all beginning with Q
2 (context radio) specific code from the aforementioned set

Q codes
n.
(plural of Q code)

Q factor
n.
a measure of the quality of an electric circuit; the ratio of the reactance to the resistance

Q fever
n.
An infectious disease, resembling influenza, caused by the bacterium (taxlink Coxiella burnetii species noshow=1)

Q meter
n.
an instrument used to measure the Q factor of an electric circuit at radio frequencies

Q meters
n.
(plural of Q meter)

Q quotient
n.
(context idiomatic) The attractiveness, and in turn the marketability of a celebrity.

Q&A
abbr.
(alternative spelling of Q and A)

Q'anjob'al
alt.
A Mayan language spoken in Guatemala and part of Mexico.
n.
A Mayan language spoken in Guatemala and part of Mexico.

Q's
n.
(plural of Q)

Q'um
n.
(alternative spelling of Qom)

Q-Celtic
n.
the Goidelic language group

Q-ball
n.
A charged soliton that represents the lowest possible energy state of its components and is therefore stable.

Q-car
n.
1 (context UK slang) A high-performance car with an unassuming exterior.
2 (context AU informal dated) An unmarked police car.

Q-code
n.
(alternative spelling of Q code)

Q-codes
n.
(plural of Q-code)

Q-tip
n.
A cotton swab consisting of short, thin, flexible plastic rods with a swab of cotton wool (''UK'')/cotton (''US'') at each end; they are typically used for cleaning the ears.

Q-tips
n.
(plural of Q-tip)

Q-wave
n.
(context geology) A seismic surface shock wave, which is also known as a Love wave, with a lateral horizontal movement perpendicular to the direction of propagation.

Q. C.
abbr.
(alternative form of QC)

Q.931
abbr.
An ISDN connection protocol somewhat similar to TCP

Q.C.
abbr.
(alternative form of QC)

R & B
abbr.
rhythm and blues

R & D
init.
(alternative form of R& D)

R Us
suf.
(context humorous) Suggesting a group of people or repository of products of the specified kind.

R acid
n.
(context organic compound) A crystalline sulfonic acid HOC 10 H 5 (SO 3 H) 2 derived from beta naphthol and used as a dye intermediate; 2-naphthol-3, 6-disulfonic acid.

R and R
alt.
rest and recreation, or rest and relaxation; especially as a respite from military combat
n.
rest and recreation, or rest and relaxation; especially as a respite from military combat

R&D
init.
(context business government) research and development; a department within a company (or governmental division) dedicated to that task, or the fiscal category that represents it in fiscal reporting.

R&F
init.
Regular and Frequent

R&O
init.
Resisting and Obstructing

R&R
alt.
1 (label en slang) rock and roll.
2 (label en military dated) rest and recuperation, rest and recreation, or rest and relaxation.
n.
1 (label en slang) rock and roll.
2 (label en military dated) rest and recuperation, rest and recreation, or rest and relaxation.
phr.
(label en fandom slang) read and review; used to request that people read a work (generally fan fiction) and give feedback on it.

R'lyehian
n.
An artificial language created by Lovecraft.

R'n'B
abbr.
rhythm and blues

R'n'R
abbr.
1 (context slang) rock and roll
2 (context military) rest and recuperation
alt.
1 (context slang) rock and roll
2 (context military) rest and recuperation

R's
n.
(plural of R)

R-1
n.
a Soviet rocket modelled on the V-2; the Scunner

R-coloured vowel
alt.
(context linguistics) A vowel modified so that the frequency of its third formant is lowered.
n.
(context linguistics) A vowel modified so that the frequency of its third formant is lowered.

R-module
n.
(context algebra) The monoid action of a ring ''R'' on an abelian group.

R-rated
a.
Of a motion picture, suitable only for adults.

R.
abbr.
1 (alternate form of lang=en R)
2 (abbreviation of lang=en Regina), (abbreviation of lang=en Rex), the queen-regnant, the king-regnant.

R. S. V. P.
init.
(synonym of RSVP)

R.E.M.
init.
(alternative spelling of REM)

R.I.
abbr.
(legal) Rhode Island, as used in case citations.

R.Ph.
abbr.
(context US) registered pharmacist.

R.R.
n.
(legal) (abbreviation of railroad)

R/P
abbr.
reserves-to-production

R/T
alt.
radiotelephone; radiotelegraph.
init.
radiotelephone; radiotelegraph.

S & L
abbr.
(alternative spelling of S& L)

S & M
abbr.
(alternative spelling of S& M)

S meter
n.
An indicator used to measure the strength of the radio signal, often provided on communications receivers.

S meters
n.
(plural of S meter)

S plane
n.
(context mathematics engineering) The complex plane on which Laplace transforms are graphed; a mathematical domain where processes are viewed in the frequency domain rather than the time domain; used as a graphical analysis tool in engineering and physics.

S wave
n.
(alternative form of S-wave)

S waves
n.
(plural of S wave)

S&A
abbr.
sale and administration (e. g. S& A Costs)

S&H
abbr.
(abbreviation of shipping and handling)

S&L
abbr.
savings and loan.

S&M
abbr.
sadomasochism

S&O
init.
1 Strategy and Operations
2 Stipulation and Order

S&S
init.
Search and Seizure

S&T
init.
1 Science and Technology
2 (context rail transport) Signalling and Telecommunications

S'holder
n.
(legal) (abbreviation of shareholder)

S'pore
n.
(abbreviation of Singapore)

S's
n.
(plural of S)

S-2
init.
(context military intelligence US) staff military intelligence officer position in smaller units, or section in larger formations

S-A node
abbr.
The sinoatrial node.

S-expression
n.
(context computing) A symbolic expression.

S-pole
n.
The negative pole of a magnetic dipole, which seeks geographic south.

S-shaped
a.
shaped like the letter '''S'''

S-wave
n.
(context geology seismology) A transverse, shear wave, such as that produced by an earthquake. Movement is transverse to the direction of propagation and is a body wave.

S-waves
n.
(plural of S-wave)

S.
abbr.
1 Saint.
2 Signor or Signore.
n.
1 (legal) (abbreviation of South)
2 (legal) (abbreviation of Southern)

S. A.
abbr.
1 (alternative form of lang=en SA)
2 (alternative form of lang=en S. A. )

S. A. T.
abbr.
(alternative form of lang=en SAT)

S. Afr.
n.
(legal) (abbreviation of South Africa)

S. Am.
n.
(legal) (abbreviation of South America)

S. Austl.
n.
(legal) (abbreviation of South Australia)

S. F.
abbr.
(alternative form of lang=en SF)

S. Kor.
n.
(legal) (abbreviation of South Korea)

S. of III Ch.
n.
(abbreviation of Song of the Three Holy Children)

S. of Sol.
n.
(abbreviation of Song of Solomon)

S.A.
a.
sub anno
n.
(context dated) sex appeal
n.
1 South Africa
2 South America

S.A.T.
abbr.
(alternative form of lang=en SAT)

S.Afr.
abbr.
South Africa.

S.C.
abbr.
(legal) South Carolina, as used in case citations.

S.D.
n.
(label en law) (abbreviation of southern Southern district District) (non-gloss definition lang=en Used in case citations to identify courts, particularly http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/United%20States%20Federal%20court designated to cover the southern part of a multi-district state. )

S.D. Ala.
abbr.
(legal) http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/United%20States%20District%20Court%20for%20the%20Southern%20District%20of%20Alabama, as used in case citations.

S.D. Cal.
abbr.
(legal) http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/United%20States%20District%20Court%20for%20the%20Southern%20District%20of%20California, as used in case citations.

S.D. Fla.
abbr.
(legal) http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/United%20States%20District%20Court%20for%20the%20Southern%20District%20of%20Florida, as used in case citations.

S.D. Ga.
abbr.
(legal) http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/United%20States%20District%20Court%20for%20the%20Southern%20District%20of%20Georgia, as used in case citations.

S.D. Ill.
abbr.
(legal) http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/United%20States%20District%20Court%20for%20the%20Southern%20District%20of%20Illinois, as used in case citations.

S.D. Ind.
abbr.
(legal) http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/United%20States%20District%20Court%20for%20the%20Southern%20District%20of%20Indiana, as used in case citations.

S.D. Iowa
abbr.
(legal) http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/United%20States%20District%20Court%20for%20the%20Southern%20District%20of%20Iowa, as used in case citations.

S.D. Miss.
abbr.
(legal) http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/United%20States%20District%20Court%20for%20the%20Southern%20District%20of%20Mississippi, as used in case citations.

S.D. Ohio
abbr.
(legal) http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/United%20States%20District%20Court%20for%20the%20Southern%20District%20of%20Ohio, as used in case citations.

S.D. Tex.
abbr.
(legal) http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/United%20States%20District%20Court%20for%20the%20Southern%20District%20of%20Texas, as used in case citations.

S.D.N.Y.
abbr.
(legal) http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/United%20States%20District%20Court%20for%20the%20Southern%20District%20of%20New%20York, as used in case citations.

S.D.W.Va.
abbr.
(legal) http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/United%20States%20District%20Court%20for%20the%20Southern%20District%20of%20West%20Virginia, as used in case citations.

S.Dak.
n.
(abbreviation of South Dakota)

S.F.
n.
(alternative form of lang=en SF)

S.O.L.
alt.
(context North America vulgar slang) shit out of luck, meaning that luck has run out; an impasse has been reached (figuratively or literally)
init.
(context North America vulgar slang) shit out of luck, meaning that luck has run out; an impasse has been reached (figuratively or literally)

S.O.S.
abbr.
(alternative spelling of SOS)

S.S.
n.
(legal) (abbreviation of steamship)

S.T.
abbr.
Abbreviation of " subject to" , used in optimisation problems.

S.U.V.
n.
(context dated) sport utility vehicle

S.U.V.'s
n.
(plural of S. U. V. )

S.W.A.T.
abbr.
(alternate form of SWAT)

S/N
abbr.
1 signal-to-noise
2 signal-to-noise

S/S
abbr.
same size

T Tauri star
n.
(context star) a class of young visible stars having optical variability; they are often surrounded by a protoplanetary disc

T and O map
n.
(context historical cartography) A type of mediaeval map of the world, representing only the top half of a spherical Earth.

T cell
alt.
(context immunology) A lymphocyte, from the thymus, that can recognise specific antigens and can activate or deactivate other immune cells.
n.
(context immunology) A lymphocyte, from the thymus, that can recognise specific antigens and can activate or deactivate other immune cells.

T cells
n.
(plural of T cell)

T perm
n.
(context Rubik's Cube) A PLL case (i. e. a case where the cubies of the last layer all have the last-side colour facing the last side) where a pair of opposite edge cubies and a pair of corner cubies that lie on either side of one of the wrong edges both need to be swapped.

T perms
n.
(plural of T perm)

T&A
abbr.
scantily-clad women, or entertainment featuring scantily clad women.

T&G
abbr.
tongue and groove

T'ai-yeh Lake
n.
(alternative form of Taiye Lake)

T'ai-yeh Pond
alt.
(altname: Taiye Lake)
n.
(altname: Taiye Lake)

T'aiyeh Lake
n.
(alternative form of T'ai-yeh Lake)

T'aiyeh Pond
n.
(alternative form of T'ai-yeh Pond)

T's
n.
(plural of T)

T-Day
n.
(context US slang) Thanksgiving Day; Turkey Day.

T-Play
n.
In sports betting, a T-Play is a combination of parlays that link together two or more individual picks. (sports matches)

T-Rex
n.
(lb en informal) (alternative spelling of T. rex)

T-V distinction
n.
(context sociolinguistics) the distinction between a formal and an informal second-person pronoun in some languages

T-ball
alt.
1 (context US) A form of baseball, played by young children, in which the batter hits a ball placed on a tee rather than being thrown by a pitcher.
2 (context US) The lightweight wiffleball used to play a game of ''tee ball''.
n.
1 (context US) A form of baseball, played by young children, in which the batter hits a ball placed on a tee rather than being thrown by a pitcher.
2 (context US) The lightweight wiffleball used to play a game of ''tee ball''.

T-bar
n.
1 A type of ski lift where skiers/snowboarders are dragged up the ski run while they slide along on their skis/snowboards on the slope. They hang onto a T-shaped bar, a crossbar handle and a lead shaft linking to the drive cable.
2 (context automobile) A T-top.

T-bars
n.
(plural of T-bar)

T-bill
n.
(context US finance) A Treasury bill.

T-bone
Etymology 1
n.
T-bone steak
Etymology 2

vb.
(context transitive chiefly US slang of a car or similar vehicle) collide perpendicularly with the side of (context chiefly) another vehicle.

T-bone steak
n.
A large beef steak, containing a T-shaped bone.

T-bone steaks
n.
(plural of T-bone steak)

T-boned
vb.
(en-past of: T-bone)

T-bones
n.
(plural of T-bone)
vb.
(en-third-person singular of: T-bone)

T-boning
vb.
(present participle of T-bone)

T-carrier
n.
(context telecommunications) The generic designator for several digitally multiplexed signal carrier systems.

T-cell
n.
(alternative spelling of T cell)

T-cells
n.
(plural of T-cell)

T-form
n.
(label en linguistics) A second-person pronoun used in informal situations, to address friends, family, and sometimes inferiors.

T-junction
n.
An intersection of routes where one road terminates as it joins a (usually higher priority) road at approximately 90°. In most countries, a give way or stop road sign will be seen at a T-junction.

T-minus
phr.
(label en aerospace) (non-gloss definition: Usually specifies the remaining time until some future event (takeoff, encounter, et al. ). )

T-ray
n.
(context engineering) Electromagnetic waves with frequencies intermediate between, and sharing properties of both, short radio waves and long IR optical waves. This region is defined variously as between 0. 1 - 10 THz, 0. 3-3 THz or 0. 3-30 THZ.

T-rays
n.
(plural of T-ray)

T-shaped
a.
1 having the shape of a capital T.
2 (context figuratively) having knowledge or skills that are broad and deep

T-shirt
n.
A lightweight shirt without buttons, with short sleeves and no collar. Often made of cotton and frequently bears a picture or slogan.

T-shirts
n.
(plural of T-shirt)

T-square
n.
a rule with a short perpendicular crosspiece at one end, used by draughtsmen to draw parallel lines

T-squares
n.
(plural of T-square)

T-stop
n.
1 (context photography) A transmission stop; an alternative to an f-stop.
2 (context skating) A method of stopping by placing one foot perpendicular to, and behind, the other, thereby forming a " T" shape.
vb.
(context intransitive skating) To perform a T-stop.

T-storm
n.
(abbreviation of thunderstorm)

T-top
n.
An automobile roof with a removable panel on each side of a rigid bar running from the center of one structural bar between pillars to the center of the next structural bar.

T-tops
n.
(plural of T-top)

T-unit
n.
(context linguistics) shortest grammatically allowable sentence into which a piece of writing can be split

T-wave
n.
(context engineering) electromagnetic wave with frequencies intermediate between, and sharing properties of both, short radio waves and long IR optical waves. This region is defined variously as between 0. 1 - 10 THz, 0. 3-3 THz or 0. 3-30 THZ.

T-waves
n.
(plural of T-wave)

T-zone
n.
The forehead and nose considered together as a region of the face that can, in some people, produce excess sebum compared to other parts of the face.

T.
abbr.
(alternative form of lang=en T)

T. H. C.
abbr.
(alternate form of lang=en THC)

T. Rex
n.
(lb en informal) (alternative spelling of T. rex)

T. rex
alt.
A ''Tyrannosaurus rex''.
n.
A ''Tyrannosaurus rex''.

T.A.
alt.
(pos n) A teaching assistant.
init.
(pos n) A teaching assistant.

T.G.I.F.
abbr.
(initialism of Thank God It's Friday)
alt.
(initialism of Thank God It's Friday)

T.H.C.
abbr.
(alternate form of lang=en THC)

T.O.
n.
(label en Canada informal) The Canadian city of Toronto. (qualifier: Also '''TO'''. )

T1
n.
A type of serial line that transmits data at a rate of 1544 (or 1536) kilobits per second.

T1s
n.
(plural of T1)

T2
n.
(label en AU NZ) a transit lane restricted to vehicles with a minimum of two occupants.

T3
n.
1 (context Networking):A Protocol much faster than http. Uses small packets for transmission. It is a single independent protocol. Hence increase efficiency by using fewer OS resources.
2 (context Networking): A network backbone connection equivalent to 28 T1 lines, typically fiber optic.
3 (context Canada) A tax reporting form used by estates and trusts.
4 (context AU) a transit lane restricted to vehicles with a minimum of three occupants.

U$
abbr.
(context slang) United States dollar

U&O
n.
(context initialism) use and occupancy. An official authorization or permit to inhabit a building or dwelling, usually issued upon successful completion of a final building inspection after construction and/or renovation is complete. Also referred to as a " certificate of occupancy" or " occupancy permit" .

U's
n.
(plural of U)

U-235
n.
Abbreviation of uranium-235.

U-Haul lesbian
n.
(context slang US derogatory) In North American lesbian culture, a lesbian in a relationship that progresses very quickly, for example moving in together after only a short period of time.

U-RP
n.
(context linguistics) The form of Received Pronunciation used by the upper classes.

U-bend
n.
A U-shaped bend, usually the bend in a waste pipe.

U-boat
n.
Any German submarine of the First World War or Second World War, or any Austro-Hungarian submarine of the First World War.

U-boater
n.
A submariner on a U-boat

U-boats
n.
(plural of U-boat)

U-bolt
n.
a metal fixing in the shape of the letter U, which has a pin or screw bolt closure which fits across the two ends making a closed clamp

U-pick
a.
Where customers can harvest the produce they want to buy.

U-shaped
a.
Shaped like the letter " U" ; bent such that the two ends are parallel.

U-tube
n.
(context scientific usually dated or in textbooks) A tube with two ends and an artificial semipermeable membrane in the middle.

U-tubes
n.
(plural of U-tube)

U-turn
n.
1 (context literally) A turn in a vehicle carried out by driving in a semicircle in order to travel in the opposite direction.
2 (context figuratively) A reversal of policy; a volte-face, a backflip

U-turns
n.
(plural of U-turn)

U-value
n.
thermal transmittance or thermal conductance

U.
a.
(alternative form of lang=en U)
n.
(alternative form of lang=en U)
prep.
(alternative form of lang=en U)

U. S.
abbr.
(alternative form of US)

U. S. Virgin Islands
n.
United States Virgin Islands (alternative form of US Virgin Islands) (gloss: a group of islands under the adminsitration of the United States of America, in the Virgin Islands chain of the Carribean)

U.A.E.
n.
(legal) (abbreviation of United Arab Emirates)

U.K.
n.
(legal) (abbreviation of United Kingdom)

U.P.
n.
(alternative form of UP Upper Peninsula)

U.S.
n.
(form of Variant US lang=en dot=1)

U.S. American
n.
(alternative form of US American)

U.S. Americans
n.
(plural of U. S. American) (alternative form of US Americans)

U.S. G.P.O.
n.
(context initialism) http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/United%20States%20Government%20Printing%20Office

U.S. Inc
n.
(context informal) The United States commercial community considered as a single organization; or the commercial interests of the United States considered as a whole

U.S. Virgin Islands
n.
United States Virgin Islands (alternative form of US Virgin Islands) (gloss: a group of islands under the adminsitration of the United States of America, in the Virgin Islands chain of the Carribean)

U.S. dollar
n.
(alternative form of US dollar)

U.S. dollars
n.
(plural of U. S. dollar) (alternative form of US dollars)

U.S. of A.
n.
(context informal) Informal reference to the U. S. A. .

U.S. pint
n.
(alternative form of US pint)

U.S. pints
n.
(plural of U. S. pint) (alternative form of US pints)

U.S.A.
n.
(initialism of United States of America)

U.S.C.
n.
(legal) http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/United%20States%20Code.

U.S.S.R.
n.
(alternative spelling of USSR)

V card
n.
(context euphemistic) virginity

V cards
n.
(plural of V card)

V moth
n.
(context zoology) A common grey European moth with a V-shaped spot of dark brown on each forewing.

V sign
alt.
1 a sign of victory or peace made with the index and middle fingers, and the palm outwards
2 (context chiefly British) a gesture of contempt made with the palm inwards; supposedly originated by English bowmen at :w:V_sign#Origins
n.
1 a sign of victory or peace made with the index and middle fingers, and the palm outwards
2 (context chiefly British) a gesture of contempt made with the palm inwards; supposedly originated by English bowmen at :w:V_sign#Origins

V signs
n.
(plural of V sign)

V speed
n.
(context aviation) Any of a group of standard airspeeds.

V speeds
n.
(plural of V speed)

V's
n.
(plural of V)

V*
abbr.
(context star) a variable star

V-1
n.
an early cruise missile, powered by a pulse jet, used by Germany in the Second World War

V-2
n.
an early long-range liquid-fuel ballistic missile used by Germany during the Second World War

V-E
init.
victory-Europe, from World War II.

V-form
n.
(label en linguistics) A second-person pronoun used in formal situations, to address unfamiliar people and superiors.

V-neck
n.
A V-shaped neckline on a garment such as a pullover, usually at the front of the garment.

V-necks
n.
(plural of V-neck)

V-sign
n.
Alternative form of '''V sign'''

V-signs
n.
(plural of V-sign)

V-sync
n.
(abbreviation of vertical synchronization)

V-twin
n.
A two-cylinder internal combustion engine with the cylinders arranged in a configuration resembling the letter V.

V-twins
n.
(plural of V-twin)

V.
abbr.
(alternative form of lang=en V)

V. D.
abbr.
(alternative form of lang=en VD)

V. I.
abbr.
(alternative form of V. I. )

V. R.
init.
see VR

V.C.
n.
(legal) (abbreviation of vice chancellor)

V.D.
abbr.
(alternative form of lang=en VD)

V.I.
abbr.
(legal) Virgin Islands, as used in case citations.

V.I.P.
n.
(context initialism) (alternative form of VIP nodot=1) (" very important person" )

V.O.F.
init.
1 '''V'''oid '''O'''f '''F'''raction
2 '''V'''olume '''O'''f '''F'''luid: used to model free-surface flows in computational fluid dynamics (CFD).

V8
n.
An internal combustion engine with eight cylinders forming a V shape.

W's
n.
(plural of W)

W-2
n.
(context US taxation) A form reporting one's compensation as an employee during a year at an employer or personal income taxation.

W-2s
n.
(plural of W-2)

W-boson
alt.
(context particle) a fundamental particle, a gauge boson, that, together with the Z-boson, mediates the weak nuclear force; it has a charge of ± 1
n.
(context particle) a fundamental particle, a gauge boson, that, together with the Z-boson, mediates the weak nuclear force; it has a charge of ± 1

W-bosons
n.
(plural of W-boson)

W.
abbr.
1 Wednesday.
2 (legal) west or western, as used in case citations.

W. A.
abbr.
(alternative form of lang=en WA)

W. Aust.
n.
(legal) (abbreviation of Western Australia)

W. O.
abbr.
(alternative form of WO)

W.A.
abbr.
(alternative form of lang=en WA)

W.D.
abbr.
(legal) western district, used in case citations to identify courts, particularly http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/United%20States%20Federal%20court designated to cover the western part of a multi-district state.

W.D. Ark.
abbr.
(legal) http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/United%20States%20District%20Court%20for%20the%20Western%20District%20of%20Arkansas, as used in case citations.

W.D. Ky.
abbr.
(legal) http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/United%20States%20District%20Court%20for%20the%20Western%20District%20of%20Kentucky, as used in case citations.

W.D. La.
abbr.
(legal) http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/United%20States%20District%20Court%20for%20the%20Western%20District%20of%20Louisiana, as used in case citations.

W.D. Mich.
abbr.
(legal) http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/United%20States%20District%20Court%20for%20the%20Western%20District%20of%20Michigan, as used in case citations.

W.D. Mo.
abbr.
(legal) http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/United%20States%20District%20Court%20for%20the%20Western%20District%20of%20Missouri, as used in case citations.

W.D. Okla.
abbr.
(legal) http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/United%20States%20District%20Court%20for%20the%20Western%20District%20of%20Oklahoma, as used in case citations.

W.D. Pa.
abbr.
(legal) http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/United%20States%20District%20Court%20for%20the%20Western%20District%20of%20Pennsylvania, as used in case citations.

W.D. Tenn.
abbr.
(legal) http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/United%20States%20District%20Court%20for%20the%20Western%20District%20of%20Tennessee, as used in case citations.

W.D. Tex.
abbr.
(legal) http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/United%20States%20District%20Court%20for%20the%20Western%20District%20of%20Texas, as used in case citations.

W.D. Va.
abbr.
(legal) http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/United%20States%20District%20Court%20for%20the%20Western%20District%20of%20Virginia, as used in case citations.

W.D. Wash.
abbr.
(legal) http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/United%20States%20District%20Court%20for%20the%20Western%20District%20of%20Washington, as used in case citations.

W.D. Wis.
abbr.
(legal) http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/United%20States%20District%20Court%20for%20the%20Western%20District%20of%20Wisconsin, as used in case citations.

W.D.N.C.
abbr.
(legal) http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/United%20States%20District%20Court%20for%20the%20Western%20District%20of%20North%20Carolina, as used in case citations.

W.D.N.Y.
abbr.
(legal) http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/United%20States%20District%20Court%20for%20the%20Western%20District%20of%20New%20York, as used in case citations.

W.O.
abbr.
(alternative form of WO)

W.Va.
abbr.
(legal) West Virginia, as used in case citations.

W3
init.
1 (initialism of Webster's Third New International Dictionary of the English Language)
2 (initialism of World Wide Web)
3 (initialism of w:World Wide Web Conference World Wide Web Conference)
4 (synonym of W3C)

W3C
init.
(context software Internet) (initialism of http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/World%20Wide%20Web%20Consortium)

W5
abbr.
WWWWW

X Prize
n.
A prize, usually a multi-million dollar monetary one, offered for a specific scientific or technological advance.

X boson
n.
(context physics) A hypothetical elementary particle that couples quarks to leptons, analogous to the W boson and Z boson, but corresponding to a new type of force predicted by the (w: Georgi–Glashow model).

X bosons
n.
(plural of X boson)

X chromosome
alt.
(context genetics) A mammalian sex chromosome. Cells of females have a pair of X chromosomes while cells of males have an X and a Y.
n.
(context genetics) A mammalian sex chromosome. Cells of females have a pair of X chromosomes while cells of males have an X and a Y.

X chromosomes
n.
(plural of X chromosome)

X factor
alt.
1 (context idiomatic) An unknown or hard-to-define influence; a factor with unknown or unforeseeable consequences.
2 prothrombinase, also called factor X.
3 (cx astrophysics) The proportionality constant which converts CO emission line brightness to molecular hydrogen mass.
n.
1 (context idiomatic) An unknown or hard-to-define influence; a factor with unknown or unforeseeable consequences.
2 prothrombinase, also called factor X.
3 (cx astrophysics) The proportionality constant which converts CO emission line brightness to molecular hydrogen mass.

X factors
n.
(plural of X factor)

X mark
n.
A symbol comprised of two perpendicular lines (✗), especially when representing negation or lack of verification.

X marks
n.
(plural of X mark)

X marks the spot
phr.
(context idiomatic) You will find what you are looking for under an obvious sign for it.

X out
vb.
to cross out with letter X's, or with scribble, or with lines.

X's
n.
(plural of X)

X's and O's
abbr.
kisses and hugs.
n.
1 tic-tac-toe
2 (context idiomatic sports) The fundamental elements of a play.
3 (context idiomatic management) The basic delineation of roles in a project.

X-Acto
n.
A utility knife, usually with a short, sharp, disposable blade mounted on a pen-like body, usually for crafts and hobby; an ''X-Acto knife''.

X-Phile
n.
A fan of the television series ''(w: The X-Files)''.

X-Philes
n.
(plural of X-Phile)

X-SAMPA
n.
(acronym of extended Extended speech Speech assessment Assessment method Methods phonetic Phonetic alphabet Alphabet dot=), a SAMPA-inspired transcription of the IPA into ASCII.

X-Verse
alt.
(context fandom slang) The fictional world, or universe, which serves as the setting for the http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Marvel%20Comics and film series featuring the characters, ''the http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/X-Men''.
n.
(context fandom slang) The fictional world, or universe, which serves as the setting for the http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Marvel%20Comics and film series featuring the characters, ''the http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/X-Men''.

X-bar
n.
(context grammar X-bar theory) A phrase, or, equivalently, a node in a syntax tree, which consists either of: (1) an adjunct and another X-bar phrase, (2) a head, X, and an optional complement, or (3) a conjunction sandwiched between two other X-bars. The X is a " pro-letter" which can be substituted by letters such as N for noun, V for verb, P for preposition, I for inflectional, etc.

X-bar theory
n.
(context linguistics) A theory that attempts to identify syntactic features common to all human languages.

X-box
n.
(misspelling of Xbox)

X-boxes
n.
(plural of X-box) (misspelling of Xboxes)

X-certificate
a.
(context of films) strictly reserved for adult viewing, pornographic

X-chair
n.
A folding chair with an X-shaped frame.

X-chairs
n.
(plural of X-chair)

X-chromosome
n.
(context genetics) (alternative spelling of X chromosome)

X-chromosomes
n.
(plural of X-chromosome)

X-country
adv.
Across the country.
n.
1 (context informal usually used attributively) cross-country
2 (context informal) cross-country skiing

X-factor
n.
(alternative spelling of X factor)

X-gal
n.
5-bromo-4-chloro-3-indolyl-β-D-galactopyranoside, used to detect β-galactosidase.

X-junction
n.
A non-linear strand of DNA where certain cruciform binding proteins can compete for binding.

X-junctions
n.
(plural of X-junction)

X-linked
a.
(context genetics) Associated with the X chromosome.

X-linked gene
n.
(context genetics): Any gene located on the sex chromosomes. Typically, these genes are found on the X chromosome and not on the Y chromosome.

X-linked genes
n.
(plural of X-linked gene)

X-linked trait
n.
(context genetics): Any trait or characteristic whose appearance or absence in a person is determined by a gene on the sex chromosomes. Typically, these genes are found on the X chromosome but not on the Y chromosome.

X-linked traits
n.
(plural of X-linked trait)

X-mas
n.
(alternative form of Xmas)

X-radiation
n.
X-ray radiation

X-rated
a.
1 pornographic or indecent.
2 Denoting a film given an X classification.

X-ray
a.
Of or having to do with X-rays.
n.
1 Short wavelength electromagnetic radiation usually produced by bombarding a metal target in a vacuum. Used to create images of the internal structure of objects; this is possible because X-rays pass through most objects and can expose photographic film.
2 A radiograph: a photograph made with X-rays.
vb.
(context transitive informal) To take a radiograph of; to obtain an image of using X-ray radiation, ''especially'' for the purpose of medical diagnostic evaluation.

X-ray absorbing glass
n.
glass (having a high lead content) that resists the penetration of X-rays and gamma rays

X-ray astronomy
n.
(context astronomy) An observational branch of astronomy, which deals with the study of X-ray emission from celestial objects.

X-ray binary
n.
(context astronomy) A binary star system in which one star of the pair is an optically invisible X-ray source.

X-ray crystallography
n.
(context analytical chemistry) A technique in which the patterns formed by the diffraction of X-rays on passing through a crystalline substance yield information on the lattice structure of the crystal, and the molecular structure of the substance.

X-ray diffraction
n.
1 (context physics) The scattering of X-rays by the regular lattice of atoms or molecules in a crystal.
2 (context physics) The diffraction pattern so obtained.
3 (context analytical chemistry) The technique of using such patterns to determine that geometry of a crystal, or the arrangements of atoms in a molecule; X-ray crystallography.

X-ray diffractions
n.
(plural of X-ray diffraction)

X-ray fluorescence
n.
(context physics) The emission of electrons from a material when exposed to X-rays.

X-ray microscope
n.
A device that uses soft X-rays to produce images of very small objects.

X-ray photograph
n.
radiograph

X-ray radiation
n.
electromagnetic radiation consisting of X-rays, radiation in the X-ray spectrum, of shorter wavelength and higher frequency than ultraviolet and longer wavelength and lower frequency than gamma rays

X-ray spectrometer
n.
(context analytical chemistry) A device for analyzing the chemical composition of substances using the characteristic spectral lines produced by their interaction with X-rays.

X-ray spectrometers
n.
(plural of X-ray spectrometer)

X-ray spectroscopy
n.
(context analytical chemistry) The use of an X-ray spectrometer for chemical analysis.

X-ray telescope
n.
(context astronomy) An instrument that detects X-rays originating from outside the Earth's atmosphere.

X-ray tetra
n.
''Pristella maxillaris'', a fish with a highly transparent body.

X-ray tetras
n.
(plural of X-ray tetra)

X-ray therapies
n.
(plural of X-ray therapy)

X-ray therapy
n.
The therapeutic use of controlled doses of X-rays

X-ray tube
n.
A device that produces X-rays by directing energetic electrons into a metal target.

X-ray vision
n.
Vision into the X-ray portion of the light spectrum enabling visibility through certain solid matter.

X-ray visions
n.
(plural of X-ray vision)

X-rayed
vb.
(en-past of: X-ray)

X-raying
vb.
(present participle of X-ray)

X-rays
n.
(plural of X-ray)
vb.
(en-third-person singular of: X-ray)

X-ring
n.
A circle in the middle of a shooting target's bullseye used to determine the winner in the event of a tie.

X-stool
n.
A simple stool having an X-shaped frame, often one that folds

X-stools
n.
(plural of X-stool)

X-stretcher
n.
A pair of flat or curved stretchers, on a chair etc. , that often have a knob at the intersection

X-stretchers
n.
(plural of X-stretcher)

X-verse
n.
(alternative form of X-Verse)

X.
abbr.
(alternative form of lang=en X)
pre.
prefix used for CCITT-ratified (UN) international telecom standards on e-mail

X11
init.
The 11th version of the http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/X%20Window%20System.

Y chromosome
alt.
(context genetics) A mammalian sex chromosome, occurring only in male cells. Cells of females have a pair of X chromosomes while cells of males have an X and a Y.
n.
(context genetics) A mammalian sex chromosome, occurring only in male cells. Cells of females have a pair of X chromosomes while cells of males have an X and a Y.

Y chromosomes
n.
(plural of Y chromosome)

Y level
alt.
A surveyor's instrument for measuring differences of level by means of a telescope resting in a Y-shaped support.
n.
A surveyor's instrument for measuring differences of level by means of a telescope resting in a Y-shaped support.

Y's
n.
(plural of Y)

Y-chromosome
n.
(context genetics) (alternative spelling of Y chromosome)

Y-chromosomes
n.
(plural of Y-chromosome)

Y-fronted
a.
1 (context UK English) Having a Y-shaped seam, as Y-fronts do.
2 (context UK English) Wearing Y-fronts.

Y-fronts
n.
(context plurale tantum British informal) Men's briefs that have a fly as part of an inverted Y formed by the seams.

Y-jack
n.
A splitter; a device used to split a single jack into two.

Y-jacks
n.
(plural of Y-jack)

Y.
abbr.
(alternative form of lang=en Y)

Y. O. B.
abbr.
(alternative form of lang=en YOB)

Y.O.B.
abbr.
(alternative form of lang=en YOB)

Y10K
n.
1 (context computing) (abbreviation of year 10000)
2 (context computing by extension) Y10K bug

Y2K
n.
1 (context computing): (abbreviation of year 2000)
2 (context computing by extension) Y2K bug

Y2K bug
n.
the millennium bug

Y2K38
n.
(context computing) The year 2038, in which certain date-related bugs in computer software are expected to manifest themselves.

Z boson
n.
(alternative form of Z-boson)

Z bosons
n.
(plural of Z boson)

Z score
n.
(context statistics) The standard deviation units away from the mean a particular value of data lies.

Z scores
n.
(plural of Z score)

Z time
n.
(alternative form of Zulu time)

Z's
n.
1 (plural of Z)
2 (alternative case form of z's lang=en nodot=1) (gloss: sleep).

Z-boson
alt.
(context particle) a fundamental particle, a gauge boson, that, together with the W-boson, mediates the weak nuclear force; it has a charge of 0
n.
(context particle) a fundamental particle, a gauge boson, that, together with the W-boson, mediates the weak nuclear force; it has a charge of 0

Z-bosons
n.
(plural of Z-boson)

Z-car
alt.
(context British) any of several early models of police car
n.
(context British) any of several early models of police car

Z-cars
n.
(plural of Z-car)

Z-list
n.
A group of people who are very far from stardom, unlike the A-list.

Z-order
n.
(alternative spelling of z-order)

Z-orders
n.
(plural of Z-order)

Z-pak
n.
A package of six pills, each one containing 250 mg of the antibacterial azithromycin.

Z-transform
n.
(context mathematics) transform that converts a discrete time-domain signal into a complex frequency-domain representation

^
prep.
1 (context text messaging) up (any sense, since it's pointing upwards)
2 (context text messaging) Replacing 'up' in a word.

^H
interj.
(context Internet slang usually humorous) delete that last letter.

^W
interj.
(context Internet slang usually humorous) delete that last word.

a & a
n.
1 (initialism of abbreviations and acronyms lang= en)
2 (initialism of additions and ammendments lang= en)
3 (initialism of aid and attendance lang= en)

a Roland for an Oliver
n.
(context idiomatic) Equal measure; measure for measure; adequate response.

a baculo
adv.
By means of the rod. < ref> (R:MW3 1976: page=3)< /ref>

a bad carpenter blames his tools
prov.
(alternative form of a bad workman always blames his tools)

a bad penny always comes back
prov.
(alternative form of a bad penny always turns up)

a bad penny always turns up
alt.
A person or thing which is unpleasant, dishonorable, or unwanted tends to appear (or reappear), especially at inopportune times.
prov.
A person or thing which is unpleasant, dishonorable, or unwanted tends to appear (or reappear), especially at inopportune times.

a bad workman always blames his tools
alt.
It is not the tools we use which make us good, but rather how we employ them.
prov.
It is not the tools we use which make us good, but rather how we employ them.

a bene placito
adv.
(context music) At pleasure; ad libitum.

a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush
prov.
It is preferable to have a small but certain advantage than a mere potential of a greater one.

a bit
adv.
To a small extent; in a small amount; rather.

a bit much
n.
(context idiomatic of undesirable behaviour) More than is reasonable; a bit too much.

a camel is a horse designed by a committee
alt.
An expression critical of committees—or by analogy, group decision-making—by emphasizing the ineffectiveness of incorporating too many conflicting opinions into a single project. In this figure of speech, the distinguishing features of a camel, such as its humps and poor temperament, are taken to be the deformities that resulted from its poor design.
prov.
An expression critical of committees—or by analogy, group decision-making—by emphasizing the ineffectiveness of incorporating too many conflicting opinions into a single project. In this figure of speech, the distinguishing features of a camel, such as its humps and poor temperament, are taken to be the deformities that resulted from its poor design.

a camel is a horse made by a committee
prov.
(alternative form of a camel is a horse designed by a committee)

a capella
a.
(alternative spelling of a cappella)
adv.
(alternative spelling of a cappella)

a cappella
a.
1 (context music) singing solely or mainly without instrumental accompaniment. (First attested in the late 19th century. )< ref name=SOED/>
2 (context obsolete music) alla breve.
adv.
1 (context music) In a manner of a choir with no instrumental accompaniment; literally " in the style of the (Sistine) Chapel (in Rome)" ; such as a musical Mass done ''a cappella''. (First attested in the late 19th century. )< ref name=SOED> Brown, Lesley, ed. ''The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary. '' 5th. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003. < /ref>
2 (context obsolete music) In ''alla breve'' time.

a capriccio
adv.
(context music) At whatever tempo and with whatever expression the conductor or performer desires.

a cat can look at a king
prov.
(alternative form of a cat may look at a king)

a cat in gloves catches no mice
prov.
One cannot get what one wants by being cautious, one must use aggression to get it.

a cat may look at a king
alt.
A purported inferior has certain ability, even in the presence of a purported superior.
prov.
A purported inferior has certain ability, even in the presence of a purported superior.

a chain is only as strong as its weakest link
prov.
An organization (especially a process or a business) is only as strong or powerful as its weakest person. A group of associates is only as strong as its laziest member.

a chicken in every pot
n.
(non-gloss definition: something suggestive of) general welfare or prosperity

a closed mouth gathers no feet
prov.
One who does not speak can be certain he won't say anything embarrassing.

a cold day in Hell
n.
(context idiomatic slang) The time of occurrence of an event that will never happen.

a cold day in July
n.
(context idiomatic colloquial) The time of occurrence of an event that will never happen.

a cut above
n.
1 Superior to the norm.
2 (context followed by a noun phrase) Superior to.

a cut below
a.
(context idiomatic) inferior to; of a lower quality than

a damn sight
adv.
(context colloquial) a lot; a great deal.
n.
(context colloquial uncountable) a large amount; a lot.

a day late and a dollar short
alt.
(context US idiomatic) Action that was taken too late and is too feeble to be of any use.
n.
(context US idiomatic) Action that was taken too late and is too feeble to be of any use.

a dumb priest never got a parish
prov.
(context Ireland) Those who fail to speak up fail to get what they want.

a fat lot
n.
fat chance

a few
det.
A small number of. Not zero but more than two.
pron.
A small number of things

a few sandwiches short of a picnic
phr.
(context idiomatic) Exhibiting disquiet or unsoundness of mind; not sane; mad.

a fool and his money are soon parted
prov.
It is easy to get money from foolish people, especially rich ones.

a fortiori
a.
With stronger or greater reason; as a corollary implied by a stronger claim.
adv.
With stronger or greater reason; as a corollary implied by a stronger claim.

a fresh fucked fox in a forest fire
n.
(label en vulgar chiefly southern US) Something which is extremely hot, in any sense. Hot weather< ref> (cite web url=http://www. tucsonweekly. com/gbase/books/Content?oid=oid:59109 title=couch and conservation publisher=Tucson Weekly)< /ref> , sexual arousal< ref> ''A Dirty Shame, 2004''< /ref> , one who is wanted by the police< ref> ''Another Day in Paradise, 1999''< /ref> , etc. are all described as " hotter than. . . " or " as hot as a fresh fucked fox in a forest fire"

a friend in need is a friend indeed
prov.
1 A true friend is one who helps you when you are in need.
2 If one of your friends is in need (of help), be a good friend to them and help them.

a fuck sight
adv.
(context UK colloquial vulgar) a lot; a great deal.
n.
(context UK colloquial vulgar uncountable) a large amount; a lot.

a golden key can open any door
prov.
Sufficient money can accomplish anything.

a good beginning makes a good ending
prov.
Start off on a good note to reap the benefits at the end.

a good deal
adv.
(context idiomatic) Very much; to a great extent; a lot; lots.
alt.
(context idiomatic) Very much; to a great extent; a lot; lots.
n.
(context idiomatic) A large amount; a lot.

a good deed is its own reward
phr.
One should not expect a reward for good deeds, but should perform them merely for the satisfaction of doing so.

a good voice to beg bacon
n.
(context idiomatic vulgar) said in ridicule of a bad voice.

a great deal
adv.
(context idiomatic) Very much; to a great extent; a lot; lots.
alt.
(context idiomatic) Very much; to a great extent; a lot; lots.
n.
(context idiomatic) A large amount; a lot.

a hair past a freckle
n.
(label en humorous) (non-gloss definition: Said when asked the time, humorously indicating that one does not know or does not care to check. )

a hair's breadth
n.
(context idiomatic) a very small distance or amount

a hoot and a holler
n.
a short journey; literally, within shouting distance

a house divided against itself cannot stand
prov.
A group or organisation weakened by internal dissent will not remain united.

a house is not a home
prov.
A home is not merely a building but requires inhabitants and a friendly atmosphere.

a hundred and ten percent
n.
1 (context idiomatic US sports informal) A level of effort exceeding one's sustained capacity, possibly risking injury.
2 (context idiomatic colloquial) The exertion of more than seems possible, hence 110%, not 100%, the usual maximum amount possible.

a into g
phr.
(context idiomatic euphemistic) (abbreviation of arse into gear dot=) (English) or '''(l en ass into gear)''' (American).

a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step
prov.
even the longest and most difficult ventures have a starting point

a la
a.
(context British slang) pretentious.
prep.
In the style or manner of.

a la carte
a.
(alternative form of à la carte)
adv.
(alternative form of à la carte)

a la minute
a.
1 (context cooking) prepared to order, not prepared in advance
2 (context cooking of a sauce) prepared in the same pan in which the item the sauce is served over or with was cooked

a la mode
a.
(context US) Served with ice cream.
adv.
In a particular style or fashion.

a leopard cannot change its spots
prov.
One cannot change one's own nature.

a lie has no legs
prov.
You can't get away with a lie; the truth will always come out.

a life of its own
n.
(context idiomatic) An independent existence with some characteristics of life.

a little
adv.
To a small extent or degree.
det.
a small amount

a little bird told me
phr.
(context idiomatic) I received the information from a source not to be overtly exposed.

a little bit of bread and no cheese
interj.
(context UK idiomatic onomatopoeic) the birdsong of the yellowhammer.

a little from column A and a little from column B
n.
(alternative form of a little from column A, a little from column B)

a little from column A, a little from column B
n.
(context idiomatic informal) A combination of two factors or reasons.

a lot
adv.
1 (context idiomatic) very much; a great deal; to a large extent.
2 (context idiomatic) often; frequently
alt.
A large amount.
n.
A large amount.

a man is known by the company he keeps
prov.
People are similar in character to their friends.

a man's home is his castle
prov.
(context US) a proverbial expression of personal privacy and security

a mensa et thoro
adv.
(context historical legal of a divorce) Such as not to dissolve the marriage bond, but merely to authorize the husband and wife to live apart from each other.

a miss is as good as a mile
prov.
A failure remains a failure, regardless of how close to success one has actually come.

a new broom sweeps clean
prov.
New management will often make radical changes.

a nod is as good as a wink
prov.
The hint, suggestion etc can be understood without further explaining.

a non domino
a.
(legal) Describing a disposition of property granted by a party who has no title to it.

a notch above
a.
(context idiomatic) superior to; of a higher quality than

a number of
det.
1 several.
2 Several of.

a penny saved is a penny earned
prov.
A maxim for thrift that says that money not spent may be spent later, or may earn interest in the meantime

a penny saved is a penny gained
prov.
a penny saved is a penny earned

a piacere
adv.
(context music) At pleasure.

a picture is worth a thousand words
alt.
A visualisation is a better description than a verbal description.
prov.
A visualisation is a better description than a verbal description.

a picture paints a thousand words
prov.
(alternative form of a picture is worth a thousand words)

a posteriori
a.
1 (context logic) Involving deduction of theories from facts.
2 (context linguistics of a constructed language) Developed on a basis of languages which already exist. < ref> Donald J. Harlow, [http://donh. best. vwh. net/Esperanto/EBook/chap03. html How to Build a Language]< /ref>
adv.
(context logic) In a manner that deduces theories from facts.

a potiori
a.
1 (context of an argument) from the stronger or more important; according to the majority
2 (context grammar) (rfdef:) < !--transfer of modifier from a phrase to a part-->

a priori
a.
1 (context logic) Based on hypothesis rather than experiment.
2 self-evident, intuitively obvious
3 presumed without analysis
4 (context linguistics of a constructed language) Developed entirely from scratch, without deriving it from existing languages. < ref> Donald J. Harlow, [http://donh. best. vwh. net/Esperanto/EBook/chap03. html How to Build a Language]< /ref>
adv.
(context logic) In a way based on theoretical deduction rather than empirical observation

a priorism
n.
(alternative form of apriorism)

a quick drop and a sudden stop
n.
(context idiomatic) A fall to one’s death, especially by hanging.

a riddle wrapped up in an enigma
n.
(context idiomatic) Something very mysterious and hidden.

a rising tide lifts all boats
prov.
A truly good outcome benefits all.

a rolling stone gathers no moss
prov.
1 A person who never settles in one place will never be successful / prosper.
2 (rft-sense) A person must keep active in order to avoid stagnate.

a small matter
adv.
(context obsolete) somewhat; slightly; a little.

a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down
prov.
An otherwise unpleasant situation can be pleasant when a pleasant aspect is deliberately introduced.

a sprat to catch a mackerel
n.
One may sacrifice something of little value in the hope of gaining something better

a stitch in time saves nine
prov.
A little effort expended sooner to fix a small problem prevents it from becoming a larger problem requiring more effort to fix later; A little preparation can eliminate the need for repairs later; consistency (achieving a set rhythm) is better than trying to rush ahead.

a stopped clock is right twice a day
alt.
A normally unreliable person or instrument can occasionally provide correct information, even if only by accident.
prov.
A normally unreliable person or instrument can occasionally provide correct information, even if only by accident.

a thing or two
n.
A considerable amount; a lot.

a to z
n.
(alternative case form of A to Z)

a treat
adv.
(context UK English) Very effectively.

a trifle
adv.
a little.

a watched kettle never boils
prov.
(alternative form of a watched pot never boils)

a watched pot never boils
alt.
A process appears to go more slowly if one waits for it rather than engaging in other activity.
prov.
A process appears to go more slowly if one waits for it rather than engaging in other activity.

a week from next Tuesday
phr.
1 (context idiomatic) Some unspecified time in the future.
2 {{context|idiomatic|usually preceded by (term until)|lang=en}} forever.

a week is a long time in politics
id.
In politics, a lot of change can happen in a short space of time.

a whole 'nother
det.
(context informal proscribed) (alternative form of a whole nother)

a whole nother
det.
(context informal proscribed) An entirely different; an intensified version of (term: another).

a wild goose never laid a tame egg
phr.
(context idiomatic) most things are inherited and predetermined

a'
a.
(alternative spelling of a nodot=1) (all). (First attested from 1350 to 1470. )
adv.
(alternative spelling of a nodot=1) (all). (First attested from 1350 to 1470. )

a'a
n.
(alternative form of aa)

a'ight
interj.
all right

a'n't
contraction
(eye dialect of ain’t)

a'right
interj.
(contraction of all right)

a's
n.
(plural of a)

a(n)
article
a or an; the indefinite article (when the initial sound of what will follow is unclear)

a**
n.
(euphemistic spelling of ass)

a**e
n.
(euphemistic spelling of arse)

a**es
n.
(plural of a**)

a**hole
n.
(euphemistic spelling of asshole)

a**holes
n.
(plural of a**hole)

a-
Etymology 1
pre.
1 (context no longer productive) (non-gloss definition: forming verbs with the sense ''away'', ''up'', ''on'', ''out'')
2 (context no longer productive) (non-gloss definition: forming verbs with the sense of intensified action. )
Etymology 2

pre.
1 (context no longer productive) in, on, at; used to show a state, condition, or manner. (First attested prior to 1150)< ref name=SOED> Brown, Lesley (2003)< /ref>
2 (context no longer productive) In, into. (First attested prior to 1150)< ref name=SOED/>
3 In the direction of, or toward. (First attested prior to 1150)< ref name=SOED/>
4 (context archaic dialectal) At such a time. (First attested prior to 1150)< ref name=SOED/>
5 (context archaic dialectal) In the act or process of. (First attested prior to 1150)< ref name=SOED/>
Etymology 3

alt.
(obsolete form of lang=en y-)(First attested around 1150 to 1350. )< ref name=SOED/>
pre.
(obsolete form of lang=en y-)(First attested around 1150 to 1350. )< ref name=SOED/>
Etymology 4

pre.
(context no longer productive) (non-gloss definition: forming words with the sense of ''wholly'', or ''utterly'' ''out'')(First attested from around 1150 to 1350. )< ref name=SOED/>
Etymology 5

pre.
not, without, opposite of.
Etymology 6

pre.
(context no longer productive) Towards; Used to indicate direction, reduction to, increase to, change into, or motion. (First attested from around 1150 to 1350. )< ref name=SOED/>
Etymology 7

pre.
(context no longer productive) Away from. (First attested from around 1150 to 1350. )< ref name=SOED/>
Etymology 8

pre.
(context no longer productive) Of, from. (First attested prior to 1150. )< ref name=SOED/>

a- -ing
circumfix
(context archaic) Used to form present participles and verbal nouns; and, (qualifier: dialectal) circumfixed to words which function as part of a verb phrase (e. g. : “he went '''a-'''hunt'''ing'''”).

a-a
a.
(abbreviation of air-to-air)

a-be
adv.
(context Scotland) alone. (Early 18 th century. )< ref name=SOED/>

a-building
adv.
Being built or under construction, as a structure or a vessel.

a-burton
a.
(alternate form of aburton)
adv.
(alternate form of aburton)

a-c
init.
(context electricity) alternating current

a-cock-horse
adv.
(context archaic) astride; mounted on something as though on horseback.

a-fib
n.
(context medicine) atrial fibrillation

a-h conduction time
n.
(context medicine cardiology) The time between the start of the first high frequency component of the atrial electrocardiogram to the first high frequency component of the bundle of His electrocardiogram, normally 92ms ± 38 ms.

a-h conduction times
n.
(plural of a-h conduction time)

a-ha
interj.
(alternative spelling of aha)

a-hold
adv.
(alternative form of ahold)

a-hole
n.
(context pejorative) asshole

a-holes
n.
(plural of a-hole)

a-mornings
adv.
(context obsolete) In the morning; every morning.

a-mothering
n.
(context obsolete) practice of visiting one's literal or figurative mother or mother church (compare Mothering Sunday); also called '''Mothering'''

a-schwa
n.
the vowel [ɐ], which lies between [a] and [ə] (true schwa)

a-sharp
n.
(alternative spelling of A-sharp)

a-stem
n.
(context linguistics) A word, especially a noun in Indo-European linguistics, whose stem ends in /a/.

a-stems
n.
(plural of a-stem)

a-tilt
adv.
With a lance.
alt.
With a lance.

a-vie
adv.
(context obsolete) In rivalry. (16th-17th c. )

a-word
n.
(context euphemistic) The word (term ass) or (term arse).

a.
a.
1 absent
2 absolute
3 abundant
4 accepted
5 accidental
6 acting
7 active
8 aerial
9 alto
10 amateur
11 annus (a year)
12 anonymous
13 ante (before)
14 anterior
15 aqua< ref name=Taber/>
16 argent
17 artery, < ref name=Taber> Thomas, Clayton L. (1993)< /ref> arterial blood
18 automatic
19 available
20 azure
adv.
1 anno (in the year)
2 annually
conj.
also
n.
1 abbreviation
2 acceleration, in feet per second.
3 accommodation< ref name=Taber/>
4 account
5 acre; acres; acreage
6 acronym
7 act; acting
8 activity
9 adjective
10 adjutant
11 adult
12 afternoon
13 age
14 altitude; altitude intercept
15 alto
16 amateur
17 ampere
18 annealing
19 anode< ref name=Taber/>
20 answer
21 anthracite
22 apprentice
23 arc
24 are, ares
25 area< ref name=Taber/>
26 argent
27 assist, assists
28 atmosphere
29 attendance
30 audit, auditor
31 aunt
32 aviation, aviator
33 axis
prep.
1 about
2 at

a.a.
init.
1 achievement age< ref name=Taber> Thomas, Clayton L. (1993)< /ref>
2 alcoholics anonymous< ref name=Taber/>
3 amino acid< ref name=Taber/>
4 arteriae< ref name=Taber/>

a.b.
init.
(context nautical) able-bodied seaman

a.c.
init.
1 (context electricity) alternating current
2 (context medical) ante cibum, before meals

a.e.
abbr.
1 At the age of; aged.
2 (context mathematics) almost everywhere

a.e.t.
init.
(context football) after extra time

a.k.a.
init.
(alternative spelling of AKA) (alternative form of a/k/a)

a.l.
n.
(initialism of autograph letter)

a.m.
a.
(initialism of ad modum)
adv.
before noon.

a.o.
adv.
(alternative spelling of ao)

a.o.b.
phr.
(initialism of any other business lang=en dot=) or any other competent business, the last item on the agenda for a meeting, when any matter not already dealt with may be raised.

a.s.
adv.
(initialism of almost surely)

a.u.
n.
(alternative spelling of AU) (gloss-stub: en)

a.w.o.l.
a.
(alternative form of AWOL)
n.
(alternative form of AWOL)

a/A
sym.
(context medical) Arterial to alveolar oxygen ratio.

a/a
a.
(context military) (initialism of antiaircraft)
alt.
(context military) (initialism of antiaircraft)
n.
(context military) (initialism of antiaircraft)

a/c
a.
(abbreviation of antecubital)
n.
1 (abbreviation of account)
2 (initialism of air conditioning)
3 (lb en aeronautical jargon) (initialism of aircraft)

a/k/a
alt.
(initialism of also known as nodot=1); having the specified alias.
init.
(initialism of also known as nodot=1); having the specified alias.

a/s/l
init.
(context Internet slang) Age, Sex, Location. Used mainly in chat rooms to request this information from the person to whom one is talking.

a1
a.
1 first rate or excellent
2 (context of a ship) in first class condition

a11y
abbr.
(context software engineering) accessibility.

b&
a.
(context Internet slang) banned (blocked from participation).

b'ak'tun
n.
In the http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Maya%20calendar, a period of 144& nbsp; 000 days (20 k’atun periods): 394. 25 solar years.

b'lieve
vb.
(eye dialect of believe)

b'long
contraction
(context dialect) (informal form of belong)

b'low
adv.
(eye dialect of below)
prep.
(eye dialect of below)

b's
n.
(plural of b)

b'steeya
n.
(alternative form of pastilla)

b****cks
n.
(euphemistic spelling of bollocks)

b*llshit
n.
(misspelling of bullsh*t)

b*tch
n.
(euphemistic spelling of bitch)

b*tches
n.
(plural of b*tch)

b-ball
n.
basketball

b-word
n.
1 (context euphemistic) The word ''bitch'', regarded as a vulgar or taboo word.
2 (context euphemistic) Refers to any various taboo words beginning with ''b'', such as ''bastard'' or ''bugger''.
3 Any word beginning with ''b'' that is not normally taboo but is considered (often humorously) to be so in the given context.

b.
a.
born
n.
breadth

b/c
abbr.
1 because
2 backwards compatibility [tech. ]

b/d
abbr.
wikipedia:barrels per day

b/w
abbr.
1 (context music) " backed with" . Commonly used with old 45 and 78 RPM records, referring to the flip side (commonly called " B side" ) of the record.
2 (context arts) " black and white" , meaning print in black and white ink
3 between

b@
abbr.
(context text messaging) bat

c note
n.
(alternative spelling of c-note)

c notes
n.
(plural of c note)

c u l8r
interj.
(context internet slang text messaging) (alternative spelling of cul8r)

c&b
abbr.
(context cricket on a scorecard) caught and bowled.

c'est la vie
phr.
that's life; such is life.

c'mere
contraction
(context informal) come here.

c'mon
contraction
(context informal) come on.

c'n
vb.
(eye dialect of can nodot=1) (the modal verb).

c's
n.
(plural of c)

c**t
n.
(euphemistic spelling of cunt)

c**ts
n.
(plural of c**t)

c*ck
n.
(euphemistic spelling of cock)

c*cksucker
n.
(euphemistic spelling of cocksucker)

c*nt
n.
(euphemistic spelling of cunt)

c*nts
n.
(plural of c*nt)

c-command
n.
(context syntax) The relationship between a node in a parse tree and its sibling nodes (usually meaning the children of the first branching node that dominates the node) and all the sibling nodes' children.
vb.
(cx syntax transitive) To dominate in a c-command relationship.

c-decay
n.
A discredited theory proposed by creationists in order to support the belief that the universe is a few thousand years old that claims that the speed of light has decreased over time, meaning that objects millions of light years away are visible today (whereas a constant speed of light would imply that the universe is millions of years old and so contradict this belief).

c-note
alt.
1 (context US informal) A one-hundred dollar banknote.
2 (context music) the lowest note of an instrument, written below the staff and the D note.
n.
1 (context US informal) A one-hundred dollar banknote.
2 (context music) the lowest note of an instrument, written below the staff and the D note.

c-notes
n.
(plural of c-note)

c-word
alt.
(context euphemistic) The word ''cunt'', ''cock'', ''Chink'', ''cracker'' or ''cancer'', regarded as taboo words.
n.
(context euphemistic) The word ''cunt'', ''cock'', ''Chink'', ''cracker'' or ''cancer'', regarded as taboo words.

c.
adv.
circa.
n.
1 city.
2 (context informal) cancer.

c.f.
abbr.
(alternative form of cf)

c.l.
abbr.
(abbreviation of confidence level)
alt.
(abbreviation of confidence level)

c/-
abbr.
(context Australia New Zealand) (alternative form of c/o); care of

c/o
abbr.
1 care of
2 [certificate of origin] a document used for shipping purposes. Describes country of origin of a given product.
alt.
1 care of
2 [certificate of origin] a document used for shipping purposes. Describes country of origin of a given product.

c4
abbr.
(context US politics) 501(c)(4)/501(c)4, an organization that conforms to the United States Internal Revenue Code section ''501(c)4''; a spooky PAC

c@
abbr.
(context text messaging) cat

d'
prep.
da

d'I
contraction
(context rare) (contraction of do I)

d'oh
interj.
Expresses frustration or anger, especially at one’s own stupidity.

d's
n.
(plural of d)

d'y'all
contraction
1 (context nonstandard) ''Shortened form of'' do you all; do y'all.
2 (context nonstandard) ''Shortened form of'' did you all; did y'all.

d'ya
contraction
''Shortened form of do ya''; do you

d'ye
contraction
1 (context archaic informal) did ye.
2 (context archaic informal) do ye.

d'yer
contraction
do you?

d'you
contraction
1 (context informal) did you.
2 (context UK informal) do you.

d*ck
n.
(euphemistic spelling of dick)

d*cks
n.
(plural of d*ck)

d-amphetamine
n.
(context pharmaceutical drug) (alternative spelling of dextroamphetamine)

d-pad
n.
(context video games) A plus-shaped directional input pad on a video game controller that allows for eight degrees of movement, now largely superseded by the thumbstick.

d-pads
n.
(plural of d-pad)

d-word
alt.
1 (context euphemistic) The word ''damn''.
2 (context euphemistic) The word ''dick''.
3 Any word beginning with ''d'' that is not normally taboo but is considered (often humorously) to be so in the given context.
n.
1 (context euphemistic) The word ''damn''.
2 (context euphemistic) The word ''dick''.
3 Any word beginning with ''d'' that is not normally taboo but is considered (often humorously) to be so in the given context.

d.
a.
died

d. f.
abbr.
(alternative form of DOF) (In the sense ''degree of freedom'')

d. in p. aeq.
vb.
(context pharmacology in prescriptions) Let it be divided into equal parts.

d. o. f.
abbr.
(alternative form of DOF) (In the sense ''degree of freedom'')

d.c. al coda
alt.
(context music) A music notation roughly meaning " go back to the beginning, playing everything again up to the coda. "
phr.
(context music) A music notation roughly meaning " go back to the beginning, playing everything again up to the coda. "

d.f.
abbr.
(alternative form of DOF) (In the sense ''degree of freedom'')

d.o.f.
abbr.
(alternative form of DOF) (In the sense ''degree of freedom''. )

d/b/a
abbr.
(context US legal) (initialism of doing business as)

d/l
alt.
(context computing) (abbreviation of download)
n.
(context computing) (abbreviation of download)
vb.
(context computing) (abbreviation of download)

d00d
n.
(context Internet slang leet) (alternative spelling of dude)

d10
abbr.
(context board games role-playing games) A die#Noun with ten sides.
alt.
(context board games role-playing games French) #English

d100
abbr.
(context board games role-playing games) A die roll used for example in some role-playing games and wargames to generate a random number between 1 and 100. The most common method is to roll 2 differently colored d10s, where each color has been designated to represent one of the two digits. (Rolls of ''10'' are treated as the digit ''0''. Double-''0'' can be treated as zero or 100, depending on the context. )

d1000
abbr.
(context board games role-playing games) A die roll used for example in some role-playing games and wargames to generate a random number between 1 and 1000. The most common method is to roll 3 differently colored d10s, where each color has been designated to represent one of the three digits.

d12
abbr.
(context board games role-playing games) A die#Noun with twelve sides.
alt.
(context board games role-playing games French) #English

d20
abbr.
(context board games role-playing games) A die#Noun with twenty sides.
alt.
(context board games role-playing games) A die#Noun with twenty sides.

d4
abbr.
(context board games role-playing games) A die#Noun with four sides.
alt.
(context board games role-playing games) A die#Noun with four sides.

d6
abbr.
(context board games role-playing games) A die#Noun with six sides.
alt.
(context board games role-playing games French) #English

d8
Etymology 2
abbr.
(context Internet slang text messaging) date.
Etymology 3

abbr.
To be deeply involved in an activity or to perform an activity to the fullest extent possible.
Etymology 5

abbr.
(context board games role-playing games) A die#Noun with eight sides.
alt.
(context board games role-playing games French) #English

d@
abbr.
(context text messaging) dat (colloquial form of (l/en: that))

e caudata
n.
1 A form of the letter (l mul e) modified by the addition of a (l/en: diacritical) “tail”: ⟨(l mul ę)⟩.
2 # Used in Latin for a long (term ē Latin) that represents an etymological ⟨ae⟩ or ⟨oe⟩ (l/en: diphthong). ((non-gloss definition Both of which diphthongs had phonologically merged into ''⟨ē⟩'' by the early Mediaeval period. ))
3 # Used in (l/en Middle Irish Middle) and (l/en Irish Early Modern Irish) for ⟨e⟩, ⟨ae⟩, and ⟨ea⟩.
4 # Used in (l/en: Old Norse) for (IPAchar /æ(ː)/ Old Norse), representing the (l/en: Proto-Germanic) (IPAchar */a/ lang=gem) (as opposed to the Proto-Germanic (IPAchar */e/ lang=gem)).

e caudatae
n.
(plural of e caudata)

e pluribus unum
prov.
" From many, one" , or " out of many, one"

e thumb
n.
1 (context US idiomatic) A natural skill for tinkering with electronics; or computers.
2 (context US) A person with this skill.

e&oe
init.
(alternative case form of E& OE)

e'en
adv.
(context poetic archaic) Contraction of '''even''' (used especially for the sake of metre).

e'er
adv.
(context poetic) Contraction of '''ever'''.

e's
n.
(plural of e)

e-
Etymology 1
alt.
out, out of
pre.
out, out of
Etymology 2

pre.
in an electronic form, usually in association with the internet
Etymology 3

pre.
for emergency purposes

e-Business
n.
(alternative spelling of e-business)

e-Businesses
n.
(plural of e-Business)

e-access
n.
electronic access to resources, such as publications at a library

e-auction
n.
An auction that takes place between remote bidders by means of a computer network.

e-auctions
n.
(plural of e-auction)

e-banking
n.
(context banking) banking carried out electronically, as for example over the Internet.

e-bike
n.
(context informal) A bicycle powered by an electric motor.

e-bikes
n.
(plural of e-bike)

e-billing
n.
electronic billing

e-book
alt.
electronic book, a book published in electronic form
n.
electronic book, a book published in electronic form

e-book reader
n.
A lightweight hardware device used to read e-books.

e-books
n.
(plural of e-book)

e-border
n.
A national border where entry and exit is regulated by means of technology, such as biometrics.

e-borders
n.
(plural of e-border)

e-boutique
n.
An online boutique.

e-boutiques
n.
(plural of e-boutique)

e-brochure
n.
A brochure in electronic format.

e-brochures
n.
(plural of e-brochure)

e-business
n.
1 (context uncountable business) The practice of servicing businesses or employees over the Internet.
2 (context uncountable business) The practice of running a business over the Internet; e-commerce.
3 (context countable business) A business that operates partially or primarily over the Internet, usually providing services to other businesses.

e-businesses
n.
(plural of e-business)

e-card
n.
(alternative form of ecard)

e-cards
n.
(plural of e-card)

e-cash
n.
money that is held, exchanged and represented in electronic form, and is used for transactions over the Internet

e-catalog
n.
(alternative form of e-catalogue)

e-catalogs
n.
(plural of e-catalog)

e-catalogue
n.
A catalogue in electronic format.

e-catalogues
n.
(plural of e-catalogue)

e-caudata
n.
(alternative form of e caudata)

e-caudatae
n.
(plural of e-caudata)

e-check
n.
(alternative form of e-cheque)

e-checks
n.
(plural of e-check)

e-cheque
n.
A payment made by direct debit.

e-cheques
n.
(plural of e-cheque)

e-cigarette
n.
(alternative form of electronic cigarette)

e-cigarettes
n.
(plural of e-cigarette)

e-commerce
n.
commercial activity conducted via the Internet.

e-communication
n.
communication by electronic means, especially over computer networks

e-communications
n.
(plural of e-communication)

e-conomy
n.
The economy associated with the Internet and e-commerce.

e-contract
n.
A contract in electronic or digital form.

e-contracts
n.
(plural of e-contract)

e-coupon
n.
A coupon stored in electronic form.

e-coupons
n.
(plural of e-coupon)

e-crime
n.
cybercrime

e-crimes
n.
(plural of e-crime)

e-cruitment
n.
(alternative form of e-recruitment)

e-dating
n.
The Internet equivalent of a date; the process of getting to know someone via instant messages or other computerized communication.

e-democracies
n.
(plural of e-democracy)

e-democracy
n.
democracy managed or attained by means of computer networks

e-diaries
n.
(plural of e-diary)

e-diary
n.
A diary kept in electronic format; an Internet journal.

e-dictionaries
n.
(plural of e-dictionary)

e-dictionary
n.
A dictionary in electronic form (software or hardware).

e-discovery
n.
discovery in civil litigation which deals with the exchange of information in electronic format

e-distribution
n.
distribution by electronic means; transmission over the Internet, etc.

e-dress
alt.
An e-mail address, a unique identifier specifying a virtual location to which e-mail can be sent.
n.
An e-mail address, a unique identifier specifying a virtual location to which e-mail can be sent.

e-dresses
n.
(plural of e-dress)

e-education
n.
education assisted by computer technology

e-fencing
n.
fencing though the use of the internet to sell stolen merchandise.

e-finance
n.
financial activity carried out electronically, as for example over the Internet.

e-flat major
n.
(context music) (alternative spelling of E flat major)

e-frontier
n.
cyberfrontier

e-gate
n.
An electronic immigration gate at an airport, using biometrics etc.

e-gates
n.
(plural of e-gate)

e-governance
n.
The use of computer technology in governance.

e-government
n.
government accessed by, or connected to, computer networks

e-grade
n.
(context Indo-European linguistics) In Proto-Indo-European linguistics, a term used to describe an ablaut form of a root characterised by the presence of the */e/ phoneme.

e-health
n.
healthcare facilitated by electronic technology

e-identities
n.
(plural of e-identity)

e-identity
n.
One's identity on an electronic or digital system such as the Internet.

e-inclusion
n.
The promotion of computer use by all members of society, so as to avoid a reduction in opportunity for those who do not have or cannot understand the technology.

e-invoice
n.
An invoice sent by electronic means to the recipient.

e-invoicing
n.
electronic invoicing

e-journal
alt.
electronic journal, an academic journal published in electronic form
n.
electronic journal, an academic journal published in electronic form

e-journalism
n.
cyberjournalism

e-journals
n.
(plural of e-journal)

e-kiosk
n.
A kiosk offering information or services by means of a computer screen.

e-kiosks
n.
(plural of e-kiosk)

e-learner
n.
One who learns by means of e-learning.

e-learners
n.
(plural of e-learner)

e-learning
n.
learning conducted via electronic media, especially via the Internet

e-lesson
n.
A live lesson broadcast over the internet

e-lessons
n.
(plural of e-lesson)

e-libraries
n.
(plural of e-library)

e-library
n.
A digital library; a virtual library offering books in computerized form.

e-liquid
n.
The liquid in an electronic cigarette that is used to produce the vapour.

e-literacies
n.
(plural of e-literacy)

e-literacy
n.
The quality or degree of being e-literate.

e-literate
a.
competent in the use of information technology.

e-literature
n.
literature published in electronic form, possibly incorporating hypertext and multimedia.

e-magazine
n.
A magazine published in electronic format.

e-magazines
n.
(plural of e-magazine)

e-mail
n.
1 (context uncountable) A system for transferring messages from one computer to another, usually via a network.
2 (context countable '' see ''Usage notes'' below'') A message sent via an e-mail system.
3 (context uncountable ''see ''Usage notes'' below'') A quantity of e-mail messages.
4 (context informal) An e-mail address.
vb.
1 (context transitive) To send an e-mail or e-mails to.
2 (context intransitive) To send, or compose and send, an e-mail or e-mails.
3 (context transitive may take two objects) To send via e-mail.

e-mail address
alt.
A unique identifier of the form user name@domain name specifying a virtual location to which e-mail can be sent.
n.
A unique identifier of the form user name@domain name specifying a virtual location to which e-mail can be sent.

e-mail addresses
n.
(plural of e-mail address)

e-mailable
a.
Capable of, or suitable for, being e-mailed.

e-mailed
vb.
(en-past of: e-mail)

e-mailer
n.
One who, or that which, sends an e-mail.

e-mailers
n.
(plural of e-mailer)

e-mailing
vb.
(present participle of e-mail)

e-mails
n.
(plural of e-mail)

e-marketer
n.
one who engages in e-marketing

e-marketers
n.
(plural of e-marketer)

e-marketing
n.
marketing by electronic means, especially the Internet

e-mentee
n.
One who is mentored through electronic forms of communication.

e-mentees
n.
(plural of e-mentee)

e-mentor
n.
A mentor who communicates with his/her mentees through electronic means, such as e-mail.
vb.
(context transitive) To mentor (somebody) by electronic means, such as e-mail.

e-mentored
vb.
(en-past of: e-mentor)

e-mentoring
vb.
(present participle of e-mentor)

e-mentors
n.
(plural of e-mentor)
vb.
(en-third-person singular of: e-mentor)

e-money
n.
The virtual money used in e-banking.

e-news
n.
news published in electronic form.

e-newsletter
n.
A newsletter published in electronic form.

e-newsletters
n.
(plural of e-newsletter)

e-nose
n.
An electronic device able to detect specific combinations of chemicals in gaseous form.

e-noses
n.
(plural of e-nose)

e-novella
n.
an electronic novella

e-novellas
n.
(plural of e-novella)

e-pal
n.
An Internet pen pal.

e-pals
n.
(plural of e-pal)

e-paper
n.
A display technology designed to mimic the appearance of ordinary ink on paper.

e-passport
n.
Any of several European biometric passports

e-passports
n.
(plural of e-passport)

e-petition
n.
A petition that is published on the Internet to be signed by online supporters.

e-petitions
n.
(plural of e-petition)

e-piracy
n.
The piracy of digital content by electronic means.

e-prescription
n.
A medical prescription transmitted electronically.

e-prescriptions
n.
(plural of e-prescription)

e-procurement
n.
The purchase of supply, work and/or services by means of computer networks.

e-publication
n.
1 (context uncountable) The publication of works in an electronic format.
2 (context countable) A work published in an electronic format.

e-publications
n.
(plural of e-publication)

e-publisher
n.
One who publishes works in an electronic format.

e-publishers
n.
(plural of e-publisher)

e-publishing
n.
The publication of works in an electronic format.

e-quaintance
n.
1 (context Internet) a person known exclusively online, usually from instant messaging such as AIM, or through internet dating personals.
2 (context Internet) the state of knowing exclusively online

e-quaintances
n.
(plural of e-quaintance)

e-quainted
a.
(context Internet) Known or knowing exclusively online.

e-reader
n.
A hardware device used to read e-books.

e-readers
n.
(plural of e-reader)

e-recruitment
n.
(context Internet business) The process of personnel recruitment using electronic resources, in particular the internet, online job advertising boards and search engines.

e-resource
n.
An electronic resource, such as a computer available for use in a library.

e-resources
n.
(plural of e-resource)

e-right
n.
1 (legal) A right of a person in the context of electronic media and communications.
2 (context copyright) The right to publish a given work in electronic form.

e-rights
n.
(plural of e-right)

e-safety
n.
safety when using the Internet.

e-sales
n.
sales activity carried out by means of computer networks.

e-scrap
n.
discarded electronic equipment.

e-security
n.
(context Internet) security as it pertains to the Internet, such as information security.

e-seminar
n.
An Internet seminar, or webinar.

e-seminars
n.
(plural of e-seminar)

e-service
n.
A service offered over a computer network.

e-services
n.
(plural of e-service)

e-shop
n.
A sales outlet which supplies goods or services over the Internet.

e-shopper
n.
One who purchases from e-shops; an Internet shopper.

e-shoppers
n.
(plural of e-shopper)

e-shopping
n.
Internet shopping; purchasing from e-shops

e-shops
n.
(plural of e-shop)

e-society
n.
A society that makes effective use of computer networks.

e-sports
n.
The competitive play of video games as a commercial spectator sport.

e-statement
n.
A financial statement transmitted electronically.

e-statements
n.
(plural of e-statement)

e-store
n.
The virtual store of a retailer that sells goods or services over the Internet.

e-stores
n.
(plural of e-store)

e-tagging
n.
electronic tagging

e-tail
n.
e-tailing

e-tailer
n.
A company that does business via electronic media, especially via the Internet

e-tailers
n.
(plural of e-tailer)

e-tailing
n.
The conducting of retail business via electronic media, especially via the Internet

e-teacher
n.
A teacher involved in e-learning.

e-teachers
n.
(plural of e-teacher)

e-tender
n.
A tender for a contract made by means of computer networks.

e-text
alt.
An electronic or digital version of a text.
n.
An electronic or digital version of a text.

e-texts
alt.
(plural of e-text)
n.
(plural of e-text)

e-ticket
n.
A virtual ticket, especially for a flight, that is issued electronically.

e-ticketing
n.
The generation, recording and issuing of e-tickets instead of conventional tickets

e-tickets
n.
(plural of e-ticket)

e-trade
n.
online trade

e-trading
n.
e-trade; online trade, as of stocks and shares

e-transaction
n.
A transaction carried out by electronic means or over a computer network.

e-transactions
n.
(plural of e-transaction)

e-travel
n.
The use of computerized information systems to handle travel arrangements or expenses.

e-tray
n.
A simulated e-mail in-tray used for training potential employees.

e-tutor
n.
A tutor involved in e-learning.

e-tutors
n.
(plural of e-tutor)

e-vite
n.
An invitation sent by e-mail or computer network.

e-vites
n.
(plural of e-vite)

e-voter
n.
A voter who uses an e-voting system.

e-voters
n.
(plural of e-voter)

e-voting
n.
The use of electronic or computer-based systems to cast and count votes in an election.

e-voucher
n.
A voucher stored in electronic form.

e-vouchers
n.
(plural of e-voucher)

e-wallet
n.
An electronic data store for a customer's e-money, credit card details, etc.

e-wallets
n.
(plural of e-wallet)

e-warfare
n.
cyberwarfare

e-waste
n.
discarded electric and electronic equipment.

e-zine
n.
(context computing) A magazine published in electronic form, especially on the World Wide Web.

e-zines
n.
(plural of e-zine)

e.g.
adv.
Literally, “for the sake of example”. Used to introduce an example or list of examples to illustrate what is being discussed.
n.
(context informal) misuse of e. g. (exampli gratia, for example), pseudo-abbreviation of example

f stop
n.
(alternative spelling of f-stop)

f word
n.
(alternative form of f-word)

f'rever
contraction
(contraction of forever)

f'rinstance
adv.
(context conjunctive) (eye dialect of for instance)
n.
(context informal) example.

f'rinstances
n.
(plural of f'rinstance)

f's
n.
(plural of f)

f'up
abbr.
(alternative spelling of fup)

f***er
n.
(euphemistic spelling of fucker)

f***ers
n.
(plural of f***er)

f***in'
vb.
(euphemistic spelling of fuckin')

f***ing
adv.
(euphemistic spelling of fucking)

f**k
interj.
(euphemistic spelling of fuck)
n.
(euphemistic spelling of fuck)
vb.
(euphemistic spelling of fuck)

f**ked
vb.
(en-past of: f**k)

f**khead
n.
(euphemistic spelling of fuckhead)

f**king
vb.
(present participle of f**k)

f**ks
n.
(plural of f**k)
vb.
(en-third-person singular of: f**k)

f--ing
a.
(form of censored form fucking)

f--k
vb.
A censored form of the word fuck.

f--king
vb.
A censored form of the word fucking.

f-bomb
n.
(euphemistic spelling of fuck)

f-bombs
n.
(plural of f-bomb)

f-hole
n.
(context musical instruments) A hole, shaped like a lowercase ''f'', through the top surface of a string instrument.

f-holes
n.
(plural of f-hole)

f-number
n.
(context photography) The ratio of the focal length of a lens to its diameter; a measure of the light-gathering ability of the lens.

f-stop
alt.
(context photography) Any of the discrete steps or stopping points for adjusting the aperture of a lens, either marked on a ring on the lens and adjusted by rotate that ring or marked in the display of a digital camera and adjusted by buttons or touch-sensitive controls.
n.
(context photography) Any of the discrete steps or stopping points for adjusting the aperture of a lens, either marked on a ring on the lens and adjusted by rotate that ring or marked in the display of a digital camera and adjusted by buttons or touch-sensitive controls.

f-word
alt.
1 (context euphemistic) The word ''fuck'' or ''faggot''.
2 Any word beginning with ''f'' that is not normally taboo but is considered (often humorously) to be so in the given context.
n.
1 (context euphemistic) The word ''fuck'' or ''faggot''.
2 Any word beginning with ''f'' that is not normally taboo but is considered (often humorously) to be so in the given context.
vb.
(context euphemistic) To use vulgarities.

f-worded
vb.
(en-past of: f-word)

f-wording
vb.
(present participle of f-word)

f-words
n.
(plural of f-word)

f.
abbr.
1 and the following (page, paragraph, etc. )
2 (context grammar) (abbreviation of feminine)
3 (context biology) (abbreviation of form) (non-gloss definition: Used in certain three-part names)

f.n.
n.
(abbreviation of footnote)

f/k/a
prep.
Having previously had the specified name.

f/stop
n.
(alternative spelling of f-stop)

f@
abbr.
(context text messaging) fat

g force
n.
(alternative spelling of g-force)

g forces
n.
1 (alternative spelling of g-forces)
2 (plural of g force)

g st
abbr.
(context knitting) garter stitch

g'd
a.
(context poetic) (contraction of good)

g'day
interj.
(context Australia New Zealand South Africa colloquial) hi, hello.

g'head
phr.
(context imperative) (contraction of go ahead)

g'night
interj.
(cx colloquial) goodnight

g's
n.
(plural of g)

g-force
alt.
The acceleration of a body, relative to the freefall acceleration due to any local gravitational field, expressed in multiples of ''g0'' (the mean acceleration due to gravity at the Earth's surface).
n.
The acceleration of a body, relative to the freefall acceleration due to any local gravitational field, expressed in multiples of ''g0'' (the mean acceleration due to gravity at the Earth's surface).

g-forces
n.
(plural of g-force)

g-word
alt.
1 (context euphemistic) The word ''gay''.
2 (context humorous) Any word beginning with g that is not normally taboo but is considered (often humorously) to be so in the given context.
n.
1 (context euphemistic) The word ''gay''.
2 (context humorous) Any word beginning with g that is not normally taboo but is considered (often humorously) to be so in the given context.

g/kg
n.
A gram of medication per kilogram of the body weight of the person take the medication.

g11n
abbr.
(context software engineering) globalization.

g8
abbr.
(context Internet slang text messaging) gate.

h bar
n.
The character ħ

h'lo
interj.
(context informal) hello

h'm
interj.
(form of Form hmm)

h's
n.
(plural of h)

h-prothesis
n.
(lb en linguistics) The prothesis of the sound (IPAchar: /h/) to words beginning with a vowel, especially as found in Celtic languages such as Irish and Welsh.

h-word
n.
1 (context euphemistic) The word ''hell''.
2 (context euphemistic) The word ''horny''.

h.q.
init.
Initialization of headquarters

h/c
alt.
1 hot and cold (water)
2 (context fandom slang) hurt/comfort.
init.
1 hot and cold (water)
2 (context fandom slang) hurt/comfort.

h/o
vb.
(abbreviation of hold on)

h/t
n.
hat tip

h4x0r
alt.
(context Internet slang leet) (alternative form of hacker)
n.
(context Internet slang leet) (alternative form of hacker)

h4x0rs
n.
(plural of h4x0r)

h4x0rz
n.
(plural of h4x0r)

h8
abbr.
(context Internet slang text messaging) hate.

h@
abbr.
(context text messaging) hat

i'
contraction
1 (context colloquial poetic) in
2 (context colloquial poetic) it

i' faith
adv.
(context obsolete Shakespeare) in faith; indeed, truly

i'm a'
contraction
(alternative form of Imma)

i'm'a
contraction
(alternative form of Imma)

i'ma
contraction
(alternative form of Imma)

i'n't
contraction
(eye dialect of isn’t)

i's
n.
(plural of i)

i-
Etymology 1
pre.
(context obsolete) (non-gloss definition: Used to form past participles of verbs). (alternative spelling of y-)
Etymology 2

pre.
A form of the prefix ''in-'', used before ''gn'', as in ignoble, ignominy, and ignore.
Etymology 3

pre.
(context Jamaica) (non-gloss definition: Used to transform English words into words used by Rastafarians with a special meaning).
Etymology 4

pre.
Alluding to cutting-edge or fashionable digital devices and computer programs, especially those from Apple.

i-breve
n.
The Latin letter " I" with the breve diacritical mark.

i-breves
n.
(plural of i-breve)

i-dotter
n.
A detail-oriented individual whose satisfaction is not easily achieved

i-mutation
n.
(context linguistics) A type of sound change in which a vowel's place of articulation is raised (becomes more close) under the influence of a following (IPAchar: /i/), (IPAchar: /j/) or similar sound.

i-stem
n.
(context linguistics) A word, especially a noun in Indo-European linguistics, whose stem ends in /i/.

i-stems
n.
(plural of i-stem)

i.a.
abbr.
''inter alia, '' among others

i.e.
abbr.
(context initialism) That is; in other words; that is to say.

i.i.d.
a.
(alternative spelling of iid)
alt.
(alternative spelling of iid)

i.p.i.
adv.
(abbreviation of '''''in partibus infidelium''''' dot=) (“in the regions of unbelievers”).

i.q.
init.
the same as

i/o
abbr.
instead of

i18n
n.
(rfquote-sense:) (context software engineering) internationalisation.

j'accuse
n.
An accusation, especially one made publicly. (from 19th c. )

j'accuses
n.
(plural of j'accuse)

j'adoube
interj.
(context chess) Spoken by a player before adjusting a piece on the chessboard, to indicate that he or she is not making a move in the game.

j's
n.
(plural of j)

j.g.
a.
junior-grade

j/k
init.
just kidding

j/s
abbr.
(label en aeronautical jargon) jump seat

j00
pron.
(context leet) you

k'in
alt.
A day, in the (w: Mesoamerican Long Count calendar).
n.
A day, in the (w: Mesoamerican Long Count calendar).

k'nick-k'neck
n.
(alternative form of kinnikinnick)

k's
n.
(plural of k)

k-adic
a.
(context mathematics) Of or pertaining to k-adic notation or the k-adic number.

k-adic notation
n.
(context mathematics) The bijective numeration of digits 1 through ''k'' inclusive that uses position in powers of ''k'' to encode an integer's expansion.

k-cell
n.
(context analysis) A subset of ''k''-dimensional Euclidean space which is obtained by taking the Cartesian product of ''k'' intervals (closed, open, or half-closed) which are subsets of the coordinate axes of the ambient Euclidean space.

k-essence
n.
(context physics) kinetic quintessence

k-line
alt.
(context IRC) The line in an (w: IRCd) configuration file that records the hostname of a banned user
n.
(context IRC) The line in an (w: IRCd) configuration file that records the hostname of a banned user
vb.
(context transitive IRC) To ban a user from a server

k-rad
a.
(context slang) Very good; excellent.

k-rail
n.
a concrete barrier used to separate lanes of traffic

k-value
n.
thermal conductivity; the time of rate of heat flow through a unit area of a homogeneous material in a direction perpendicular to isothermal planes induced by a unit temperature gradient. In English (inch-pound) units of measurement; it is the number of BTUs that pass through a 1 inch thickness of a square foot sample of material in 1 hour with a temperature difference between the two surfaces of 1 degree F.

l'ee
abbr.
licensee.

l'esprit d'escalier
n.
(alternative form of l'esprit de l'escalier)

l'esprit de l'escalier
n.
(context idiomatic) A conversational remark or rejoinder that only occurs to someone after the opportunity to make it has passed.

l'istesso tempo
phr.
(context music) Directs that the following movement should be played at the same tempo as the last

l's
n.
(plural of l)

l'ultime avertissement
n.
(alternative form of ultime avertissement)

l-word
n.
1 (context euphemistic) The word love.
2 (context euphemistic) The word lesbian.
3 Any word beginning with ''l'' that is not normally taboo but is considered (often humorously) to be so in the given context.

l.
n.
1 (abbreviation of leaf)
2 (legal) (abbreviation of line)

l.c.
abbr.
1 in the place cited
2 lower case
3 letter of credit
alt.
1 in the place cited
2 lower case
3 letter of credit

l.n.
n.
(context in bibliographies) ''Abbreviation of'' '''location number'''.

l2p
init.
(context Internet derogatory) learn to play. Used in Internet games as a slur against weak or inexperienced players.

l337
a.
(context internet slang leet) (alternative spelling of leet)
n.
(context internet slang leet) (alternative spelling of leet)

l33t
n.
(context leet) (alternative spelling of leet) aphetic form of elite.

l33t5p34k
n.
(context leet) (alternative spelling of leetspeak)

l33tspeak
n.
(context leet) (alternative spelling of leetspeak)

l8
abbr.
(context Internet slang text messaging) late.

l8r
abbr.
(context Internet slang text messaging) later.

l8z
interj.
(context Internet slang) see you later.

m'
pron.
(context archaic) clitic form of my.

m'dear
contraction
Contracted form of my dear, an affectionate term of address for someone.

m'kay
interj.
(context informal) okay; an expression of acknowledgment or affirmation, now sometimes used in an ironical or condescending sense.

m'ladies
n.
(plural of m'lady)

m'lady
n.
A contracted form of my lady.

m'lord
n.
(label en British now often historical or jocular) my lord (qualifier: used to address peers temporal, judges, etc).

m'lords
n.
(plural of m'lord)

m'lud
n.
(label en British) (eye dialect of m'lord lang=en nodot=1)

m'luds
n.
(plural of m'lud)

m's
n.
(plural of m)

m'self
pron.
1 (obsolete form of myself)
2 (eye dialect of myself)

m*therfucker
n.
(misspelling of motherf*cker)

m-
pre.
(cx organic chemistry) meta-

m-commerce
n.
The use of mobile technology in commerce.

m-word
alt.
1 (context euphemistic) The word ''motherfucker'', regarded as a vulgar or taboo word.
2 Any word beginning with ''m'' that is not normally taboo but is considered (often humorously) to be so in the given context.
n.
1 (context euphemistic) The word ''motherfucker'', regarded as a vulgar or taboo word.
2 Any word beginning with ''m'' that is not normally taboo but is considered (often humorously) to be so in the given context.

m.
abbr.
(context grammar) (abbreviation of masculine)

m.d.
init.
1 main droite.
2 mano destra.

m.g.
init.
main gauche.

m.m.
abbr.
(abbreviation of mutatis mutandis)

m.o.
abbr.
modus operandi

m.s.
init.
mano sinistra.

m/d
abbr.
(context trade) malicious damage

m/m
abbr.
month-on-month; percentual change from same period one month earlier

m/o
abbr.
month old.

m/s
abbr.
metre per second.

m17n
n.
(context software engineering) multilingualization.

m8
n.
(context Internet slang text messaging) (abbreviation of mate dot=:) (non-gloss definition: used in instant messages and text messages. )

n space
alt.
(context mathematics) n-dimensional Euclidean space
n.
(context mathematics) n-dimensional Euclidean space

n'
conj.
(nonstandard spelling of ’n’)

n'est-ce pas
phr.
(non-gloss definition: Used to form tag questions).

n's
n.
(plural of n)

n't
contraction
(context dated or colloquial) (l en not)

n-
pre.
(context lang=en organic chemistry) normal-form of a functional group, being the long-chain form (unbranched chain)

n-adic
a.
(context chemistry) having a valency of ''n''

n-ary
a.
(context mathematics) of, or relating to, ''n'' entities (where ''n'' is an arbitrary or large number)

n-body problem
n.
(context maths) The problem of predicting the motion of a group of celestial objects that interact with each other gravitationally

n-bomb
n.
(context euphemistic) The word (term: nigger).

n-butane
n.
(context organic compound) The saturated aliphatic hydrocarbon (CH 3 (CH 2 ) 2 CH 3 ).

n-dimensional
a.
(context mathematics) Having an arbitrary number of dimensions.

n-dimensional space
n.
(context mathematics) A vector space having ''n'' vectors as its basis

n-dimensional spaces
n.
(plural of n-dimensional space)

n-gram
n.
(context linguistics) a contiguous sequence of ''n'' items from a given sequence of text or speech

n-heptane
n.
(context organic compound) The saturated aliphatic hydrocarbon (CH 3 (CH 2 ) 5 CH 3 ).

n-hexane
n.
(context organic compound) The saturated aliphatic hydrocarbon (CH 3 (CH 2 ) 4 CH 3 ).

n-iamond
n.
(context geometry) A polyiamond made up of ''n'' triangles.

n-octane
n.
(context organic compound) The saturated aliphatic hydrocarbon (CH 3 (CH 2 ) 6 CH 3 ).

n-omino
n.
(context geometry) A polyomino made up of ''n'' squares.

n-pentane
n.
(context organic compound) The saturated aliphatic hydrocarbon (CH 3 (CH 2 ) 3 CH 3 ).

n-space
n.
(alternative spelling of n space)

n-tuple
n.
(context mathematics) A tuple containing ''n'' terms.

n-type
a.
(context physics) (''Of a semiconductor'') in which conduction is due to the movement of electrons rather than positive holes.

n-word
alt.
1 (context euphemistic) The word (term nigger) or (term nigga) or (term nigra).
2 (context humorous) Any word beginning with ''n'' that is not normally taboo but is considered (often humorously) to be so in the given context.
3 (context linguistics) Negation words, such as ''not'', ''nobody'', and ''nothing''.
4 (context linguistics) Danish/Swedish/Norwegian nouns of the common gender (their indefinite article being (term: en)), as opposed to ''t-words'', nouns of the neuter gender (their indefinite article being (term: et)).
5 (context euphemistic) The word (term Nazi).
n.
1 (context euphemistic) The word (term nigger) or (term nigga) or (term nigra).
2 (context humorous) Any word beginning with ''n'' that is not normally taboo but is considered (often humorously) to be so in the given context.
3 (context linguistics) Negation words, such as ''not'', ''nobody'', and ''nothing''.
4 (context linguistics) Danish/Swedish/Norwegian nouns of the common gender (their indefinite article being (term: en)), as opposed to ''t-words'', nouns of the neuter gender (their indefinite article being (term: et)).
5 (context euphemistic) The word (term Nazi).

n.
abbr.
1 (legal) (abbreviation of note)
2 (legal) (abbreviation of footnote)
3 (context grammar) (abbreviation of neuter)
4 north

n. pub.
n.
(context in bibliographies) (abbreviation of no publisher)

n.a.
abbr.
not applicable

n.b.
alt.
(abbreviation of nota bene)
interj.
(abbreviation of nota bene)

n.d.
abbr.
(context in bibliographies) no date

n.p.
n.
(context in bibliographies) (abbreviation of no place)

n.s.
n.
(context in bibliographies) (abbreviation of new series)

n/a
init.
1 Not applicable
2 Not available
3 No answer
4 No assignment
5 Nothing added
6 Non-assessable

n/m
interj.
(context Internet slang) (abbreviation of never mind)

n00b
n.
(context Internet slang leet pejorative) A beginner, someone lacking skill, or someone who uses beginner tactics. Often used negatively.

n00blet
n.
(alternative spelling of nooblet)

n00blets
n.
(plural of n00blet)

n00bs
n.
(plural of n00b)

o'
prep.
(context unstressed) (apocopic form of of)

o'clock
adv.
(label en modifying a numeral, one to twelve) In conjunction with a numeral, indicates the time within a twelve hour period (midnight to noon or noon to midnight), specifically the time when the hour hand of a clock points precisely to the symbol or marking corresponding to the designated numeral.

o'clockish
adv.
(context informal) (non-gloss definition: After a numeral, denotes a time of around the start of that hour. )

o'danielite
n.
(context mineralogy) A mineral comprising mainly zinc, arsenic, and oxygen.

o'er
adv.
(context literary) (form of Contraction over)
prep.
(context literary) (form of Contraction over)

o'ergrown
a.
Wessex (context slang) (context archaic) overgrown.

o'erhead
a.
(contraction of overhead)

o'erleap
vb.
(context literary) (form of Contraction overleap)

o's
n.
(plural of o)

o-
n.
A blood type that has no antigens. It lacks the A, B and Rh factors on the blood cells. It is the universal donor for blood and can give blood to any blood type, but can only receive O- blood.
pre.
(cx organic chemistry) ortho-

o-dark-thirty
n.
(context informal) The wee hours.

o-face
n.
(context sexuality slang) the facial expression made during sexual climax (orgasm)

o-fer
n.
(context slang) (alternative spelling of oh for)

o-grade
n.
(context Indo-European linguistics) In Proto-Indo-European linguistics, a term used to describe an ablaut form of a Proto-Indo-European root, characterised by the presence of the */o/ vowel phoneme in place of */e/.

o-scope
n.
(context electronics informal) oscilloscope

o-scopes
n.
(plural of o-scope)

o-stem
n.
(context linguistics) A word, especially a noun in Indo-European linguistics, whose stem ends in /o/.

o-stems
n.
(plural of o-stem)

o.s.
n.
(context in bibliographies) ''Abbreviation of'' '''old series'''.

o/b/o
init.
1 On behalf Of, also used as: " b/o" or " B/O" or " OBO"
2 Or Best offer
3 Offered by Owner (usage: commonly seen in real estate sales advertisements)

p&p
abbr.
postage and packing

p'aps
adv.
(context informal) (contraction of perhaps)

p'd off
Etymology 1
a.
(context idiomatic colloquial euphemistic) annoy, irritated, angry; depressed, fed up.
Etymology 2

abbr.
paid off

p'ee
abbr.
patentee.

p'r'aps
adv.
(contraction of perhaps)

p'raps
adv.
(contraction of perhaps)

p'rhaps
contraction
(contraction of perhaps)

p's
n.
(plural of p)

p'simmon
n.
(eye dialect of persimmon)

p'simmons
n.
(plural of p'simmon)

p'sketti
n.
(alternative form of pasghetti)

p'tcha
n.
calves foot jelly

p**s
n.
(euphemistic spelling of piss)

p*ss
n.
(euphemistic spelling of piss)

p-adic absolute value
n.
(context number theory field theory) a norm for the rational numbers, with some prime number ''p'' as parameter, such that any rational number of the form < math> p^k Big({aover b}Big)< /math> & mdash; where ''a'', ''b'', and ''p'' are coprime and ''a'', ''b'', and ''k'' are integers & mdash; is mapped to the rational number < math> p^{-k}< /math> , and 0 is mapped to 0. (''Note:'' any rational number, except 0, can be reduced to such a form. ) < ref> '''2008''', Jacqui Ramagge, [http://www. uow. edu. au/content/groups/public/@web/@inf/@math/documents/web/uow061321. pdf Unreal Numbers: The story of ''p''-adic numbers] (PDF file)< /ref> < !-- tt instead of italics because of the «''p''-adic» in the title -->

p-adic norm
n.
(context number theory) A norm for the set of rational numbers, with prime number ''p'' as parameter, which is defined for some rational number ''x'' as: ''p'' to the power of the negative p-adic ordinal of ''x''. < ref> '''2011''', Andrew Baker, [http://www. maths. gla. ac. uk/~ajb/dvi-ps/padicnotes. pdf An Introduction to ''p''-adic Numbers and ''p''-adic Analysis], Definition 2. 5< /ref>

p-adic number
n.
(context mathematics) An element of a completion of the field of rational numbers which has a p-adic ultrametric as its metric. < ref> '''2008''', Jacqui Ramagge, [http://www. uow. edu. au/content/groups/public/@web/@inf/@math/documents/web/uow061321. pdf Unreal numbers: The story of ''p''-adic numbers]< /ref>

p-adic ordinal
n.
(context number theory) A function of rational numbers, with prime number ''p'' as parameter, which is defined for some non-zero integer ''x'' as the largest integer ''r'' such that ''p'' ''r'' divides ''x''; is defined for some non-zero rational number ''a/b'' as the ''p''-adic ordinal of ''a'' minus the ''p''-adic ordinal of ''b''; and is defined for 0 as infinity. < ref> '''2011''', Andrew Baker, [http://www. maths. gla. ac. uk/~ajb/dvi-ps/padicnotes. pdf An Introduction to ''p''-adic Numbers and ''p''-adic Analysis], Definition 2. 3< /ref>

p-adic ultrametric
n.
(context mathematics) The ultrametric with prime number ''p'' as parameter defined as < math> d_p (x, y) = |x - y|_p < /math> ; i. e. , such that the distance between two rational numbers is equal to the p-adic absolute value of the difference between those two numbers. < ref> '''2008''', Jacqui Ramagge, [http://www. uow. edu. au/content/groups/public/@web/@inf/@math/documents/web/uow061321. pdf Unreal numbers: The story of ''p''-adic numbers]< /ref>

p-code
n.
(context computing) A very low-level code that is machine independent and enables a compiled file to be run on different processor types.

p-n junction
n.
(context physics) An interface between a p-type and n-type semiconductor; used to create junction diodes and junction transistors

p-n junctions
n.
(plural of p-n junction)

p-type
a.
(context physics) (''Of a semiconductor'') in which conduction is due to the movement of positive holes rather than electrons.

p-value
n.
(context statistics) In statistical significance testing the p-value is the probability of obtaining a test statistic at least as extreme as the one that was actually observed, assuming that the null hypothesis is true. < ref name=Goodman> (cite journal last=Goodman first = SN year=1999 title = Toward Evidence-Based Medical Statistics. 1: The P Value Fallacy. journal= Annals of Internal Medicine volume=130 pages=995–1004)< /ref>

p-word
n.
1 (context euphemistic) The word (term: piss), (term: penis), (term: pussy), (term: prick) or (term: Paki).
2 (context phonology) prosodic word, phonological word.

p.
abbr.
Abbreviation of page (''pl. '' pages).
alt.
Abbreviation of page (''pl. '' pages).

p. p.
init.
past participle

p.a.
init.
1 public address system
2 per annum

p.c.
abbr.
1 (alternative form of pc)
2 personal communication

p.m.
abbr.
after noon (''used after a time to indicate it is between noon and midnight, i. e. , in the afternoon, evening or night as opposed to the morning'')

p.o.
n.
(abbreviation of per os)

p.o.'ed
a.
(context slang) annoyed, exasperated, angry; (form of Appendix:Glossary#euphemism euphemistic variant pissed off)

p.o.ed
a.
angry, annoyed: (form of euphemistic variant pissed off)

p.p.
abbr.
1 (context grammar): past participle
2 percentage point
3 by proxy (Latin: ''per procurationem'')

p.p.s.
init.
(alternative form of PPS)

p.pr.
abbr.
(context grammar) present participle

p.s.
init.
(alternative form of PS lang=en nodot=1) (gloss: post scriptum).

p13n
n.
(context software engineering) personalization.

q's
n.
(plural of q)

q'ty
alt.
(abbreviation of quantity)
n.
(abbreviation of quantity)

q-tof
alt.
A quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometer.
n.
A quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometer.

q.g.
abbr.
(context internet) quod google

q.t.
n.
(alternative form of qt)

q.v.
Etymology 1
abbr.
(term quod vide quod vide Latin) (''plural'' quae vide); used to reference material mentioned in text.
Etymology 2

abbr.
(context in prescriptions) as much as you wish

q/q
abbr.
quarter-on-quarter (percentage change from same period one quarter earlier)

r'coon
n.
(context colloquial) (eye dialect of raccoon)

r'coons
n.
(context colloquial) (plural of r'coon) (eye dialect of raccoons)

r's
n.
(plural of r)

r-dropping
n.
The omission of the sound of a letter " r" after a vowel

r-process
n.
(context physics astronomy) The relatively rapid nucleosynthesis process, in supernovae, in which a large neutron flux allows rapid neutron capture and synthesis of elements up to the transuranic elements.

r-tard
alt.
(context Internet slang) retard
n.
(context Internet slang) retard

r-value
n.
Resistance-value - A measure of thermal resistance used in domestic insulation.

r-word
alt.
1 (context euphemistic) The word ''retard'' regarded as a vulgar or taboo word.
2 (context euphemistic) The word ''redskin'' or ''redskins'' (including ''http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Washington%20Redskins%20name%20controversy'' as a team name) regarded as a vulgar or taboo word.
3 (context euphemistic) The word ''rape'' regarded as a vulgar or taboo word.
4 (context humorous) Any word beginning with r that is not normally taboo but is considered (often humorously) to be so in the given context.
n.
1 (context euphemistic) The word ''retard'' regarded as a vulgar or taboo word.
2 (context euphemistic) The word ''redskin'' or ''redskins'' (including ''http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Washington%20Redskins%20name%20controversy'' as a team name) regarded as a vulgar or taboo word.
3 (context euphemistic) The word ''rape'' regarded as a vulgar or taboo word.
4 (context humorous) Any word beginning with r that is not normally taboo but is considered (often humorously) to be so in the given context.

r-words
n.
(plural of r-word)

r.
abbr.
1 rare
2 reigning
n.
(legal) (abbreviation of rule)

r. s. v. p.
init.
(synonym of RSVP)

r.e.
a.
(context computing theory) (abbreviation-old: en) of '''recursively enumerable'''

r.s.v.p.
init.
(synonym of RSVP)

r/o
abbr.
(context medicine) rule out: (non-gloss definition: used to indicate that a certain possible diagnosis should be considered, and appropriate tests performed to rule it out. )

s'long
contraction
(contraction of so long)

s'more
n.
(context US) A snack food made by combining graham crackers, marshmallows (frequently toasted) and chocolate, a typical camping fireside treat.

s'mores
n.
(plural of s'more)

s'ok
interj.
(context informal) (form of contraction it's ok)

s'pose
alt.
(eye dialect of suppose from=Southern US)
vb.
(eye dialect of suppose from=Southern US)

s'posed
vb.
(en-past of: s'pose)

s'poses
vb.
(en-third-person singular of: s'pose)

s'posing
vb.
(present participle of s'pose)

s's
n.
(plural of s)

s**thead
n.
(euphemistic spelling of shithead)

s**theads
n.
(plural of s**thead)

s-
Etymology 1
pre.
(context physics) subatomic particles predicted by supersymmetry; the boson equivalent of known fermions
Etymology 2

pre.
(context lang=en organic chemistry) secondary form

s-aorist
n.
(context linguistics) An aorist stem of an Old Latin verb which has been formed by adding an ''s'' to the end of the present stem; the ancestor of the Classical Latin s-perfect.

s-aorists
n.
(plural of s-aorist)

s-band
n.
(context physics) an ultrahigh radio frequency; within the range of 1, 550 to 5, 200 MHz.

s-cis
a.
(context organic chemistry) cisoid

s-mobile
n.
(context Indo-European linguistics) A phenomenon where a Proto-Indo-European root begins with an *s- which is sometimes but not always present in the daughter language.

s-perfect
n.
(context linguistics) A perfect stem of a Latin verb which has been formed by adding an ''s'' to the end of the present stem.

s-perfects
n.
(plural of s-perfect)

s-process
n.
(context physics astronomy) the relatively slow nucleosynthesis process, in giant stars, in which neutron capture synthesises elements up to those of atomic number 209 (at which point alpha decay becomes a deterrent to further building)

s-trans
a.
(context organic chemistry) transoid

s-word
n.
1 (context euphemistic) The word shit, regarded as a vulgar or taboo word.
2 Any word beginning with ''s'' that is not normally taboo but is considered (often humorously) to be so in the given context; for example, ''socialism''.

s.
abbr.
1 (context symbols) The symbol for a shilling or shillings.
2 south
3 single
4 season

s.a.
abbr.
1 without year (from the Latin sine anno)
2 semiannual
3 subject to approval
4 sex appeal

s.ap.
abbr.
The apothecary scruple

s.l.a.n.
abbr.
(Latin) sine loco, anno, vel nomine (without place, year, or name of publication)

s.o.
abbr.
1 (context informal) significant other
2 (context chiefly grammar and lexicography) someone

s.p.
abbr.
(Latin) sine prole (without offspring)

s.p.s.
abbr.
(Latin) sine prole superstite (without surviving issue)

s.t.
abbr.
1 Abbreviation of " subject to" , used in optimisation problems.
2 (context mathematics) Abbreviation of " such that" .
3 (context chiefly grammar and lexicography) something

s.v.
abbr.
''sub verbo'' (plural: sub verbis) or ''sub voce'' (plural: sub vocibus), " under the word" (plural: " under the words" ); used to refer to an entry in a dictionary or encyclopedia.

s/
vb.
(context informal or even humorous) replace the following string with the one that appears after it.

s/b
abbr.
somebody

s/he
alt.
he or she
pron.
he or she

s/o
abbr.
1 someone
2 shout out

s/p
prep.
(context medicine) (abbreviation of status post lang=en dot=:) after.

t test
alt.
(context statistics) Student's t test.
n.
(context statistics) Student's t test.

t tests
n.
(plural of t test)

t'
article
(context Northern England) the. (Used in Yorkshire and some areas of Lancashire)

t'Internet
n.
(context uncommon) (alternative spelling of t'internet)

t'internet
n.
(context Northern England informal or humorous) The http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Internet.

t'is
contraction
(misspelling of ’tis)

t'other
pron.
(alternative form of tother)

t'othersider
n.
(context Australia Western Australia) A person from the eastern states of Australia.

t'othersiders
n.
(plural of t'othersider)

t's
n.
(plural of t)

t'was
contraction
(misspelling of ’twas)

t'ye
contraction
(contraction of to ye)

t*rd
n.
1 (euphemistic spelling of turd)
2 (euphemistic spelling of tard)

t*rds
n.
(plural of t*rd)

t*ts
n.
(euphemistic spelling of tits)

t-
pre.
(context organic chemistry) tertiary form

t-barb
n.
spanner barb

t-barbs
n.
(plural of t-barb)

t-conorm
n.
(context fuzzy logic) A binary function from [0, 1] & times; [0, 1] to [0, 1], which, when given (''a'', ''b'') as input, returns one minus the t-norm of (1 & minus; ''a'', 1 & minus; ''b'').

t-crosser
n.
A detail-oriented individual whose satisfaction is not easily achieved

t-girl
n.
(context informal) A transwoman.

t-girls
n.
(plural of t-girl)

t-norm
n.
(context fuzzy logic) A mathematical function T: [0, & nbsp; 1] & times; [0, & nbsp; 1] → [0, & nbsp; 1] that is commutative, associative, monotonic, and the number 1 acts as identity element, that is T(''a'', 1) = ''a''.

t-prothesis
n.
1 ''(Irish grammar)'' The prothesis of a t sound to words beginning with a vowel.
2 ''(Irish grammar)'' Replacement of an initial s sound with a t sound.

t-shirt
n.
(alternative spelling of T-shirt)

t-shirts
n.
(plural of t-shirt)

t-tail
n.
(''aeronautical'') Type of aircraft that has the horizontal stabilizer situated atop, or near the top of, the vertical stabilizer.

t-test
alt.
(context statistics) Student's t-test
n.
(context statistics) Student's t-test

t-tests
n.
(plural of t-test)

t-word
alt.
1 (context humorous) ''tax'' or ''taxes'', treated as if it were taboo.
2 (context euphemistic) The words ''tit'' or ''twat''.
n.
1 (context humorous) ''tax'' or ''taxes'', treated as if it were taboo.
2 (context euphemistic) The words ''tit'' or ''twat''.

u's
n.
(plural of u)

u-
pre.
(alternative form of μ- nodot=1) ''as an'' (abbreviation of micro- nocap=1)

u-ie
n.
(alternative spelling of uey)

u-ies
n.
(plural of u-ie)

u-stem
n.
(context linguistics) A word, especially a noun in Indo-European linguistics, whose stem ends in /u/.

u-stems
n.
(plural of u-stem)

u-turn
n.
(alternative case form of U-turn)

u-turns
n.
(plural of u-turn)

v's
n.
(plural of v)

v-chip
n.
Any censorship technology that allows parents to control the level of objectionable content that their children may see on television.

v-chips
n.
(plural of v-chip)

v-fib
n.
(context medicine) ventricular fibrillation

v-fibing
vb.
(present participle of v-fib)

v-perfect
n.
(context linguistics) A perfect stem of a Latin verb which has been formed by adding a ''v'' or ''u'' to the end of the present stem.

v-perfects
n.
(plural of v-perfect)

v-ring
n.
a vaginal or intravaginal ring that releases hormones for the purpose of contraception

v-tach
n.
(context medicine) ventricular tachycardia

v-taching
vb.
(present participle of v-tach)

v-word
alt.
1 (context euphemistic) The word ''vagina''.
2 (context humorous) Any word beginning with v that is not normally taboo but is considered (often humorously) to be so in the given context.
n.
1 (context euphemistic) The word ''vagina''.
2 (context humorous) Any word beginning with v that is not normally taboo but is considered (often humorously) to be so in the given context.

v.
Etymology 1
n.
1 version
2 verb
3 victim
prep.
(context legal sports) versus
vb.
(context uncommon imperative) See. videvidete
Etymology 2

n.
verse

v. a.
abbr.
1 (abbreviation of vicar apostolic)
2 (abbreviation of vice admiral)
3 (abbreviation of visual acuity)
4 (context epigraphy obsolete) Acting in place of; from Latin (term vices Latin) (term agens Latin).

v. g.
adv.
(alternative form of v. g. )

v. gr.
adv.
(alternative form of v. g. )

v.g.
adv.
(context abbreviation initialism) for instance; namely. Used to introduce an example or list of examples to illustrate what is being discussed. Generally regarded as a synonym for e. g. .

v.gr.
adv.
(alternative form of v. g. )

v.i.
abbr.
(context grammar) verb intransitive or intransitive verb (often appears in dual language dictionaries)
alt.
(context grammar) verb intransitive or intransitive verb (often appears in dual language dictionaries)

v.s.
abbr.
1 (term vide supra)
2 (context music) (term volti subito)

v.t.
abbr.
(context grammar) verb transitive or transitive verb (often appears in dual language dictionaries)
alt.
(context grammar) verb transitive or transitive verb (often appears in dual language dictionaries)

v.v.
abbr.
(abbreviation of vice versa)

v/r
abbr.
(as a closing in a message) very respectfully
alt.
(as a closing in a message) very respectfully

v/v
abbr.
(context chemistry) " volume per volume" or " volume by volume" , the proportion of a particular substance within a mixture, as measured by space occupied.

w's
n.
(plural of w)

w**k
n.
(euphemistic spelling of wank)
vb.
(euphemistic spelling of wank)

w**ker
n.
(euphemistic spelling of wanker)

w*nk
n.
(euphemistic spelling of wank)
vb.
(euphemistic spelling of wank)

w*nker
n.
(euphemistic spelling of wanker)

w-shingling
n.
(context computing) In natural language processing, a set of unique " shingles" (contiguous subsequences of tokens in a document) that can be used to gauge the similarity of documents.

w-word
alt.
1 (context euphemistic) The word ''whore''.
2 (context humorous) Any word beginning with w that is not normally taboo but is considered (often humorously) to be so in the given context.
3 (context euphemistic) The words ''wank'' or ''wanker''.
n.
1 (context euphemistic) The word ''whore''.
2 (context humorous) Any word beginning with w that is not normally taboo but is considered (often humorously) to be so in the given context.
3 (context euphemistic) The words ''wank'' or ''wanker''.

w.l.o.g.
phr.
(abbreviation of without loss of generality)

w.r.t.
prep.
(alternative form of WRT)

w/
abbr.
with (short-hand abbreviation).

w/c
abbr.
1 wheelchair
2 week commencing (qualifier followed by a date)

w/e
abbr.
1 (abbreviation of week ending)
2 (abbreviation of weekend)
3 (context slang) (abbreviation of whatever)
4 (context slang) (abbreviation of whenever)

w/h
abbr.
(''US tax'') withholding

w/i
abbr.
1 within
2 with intent

w/o
abbr.
1 with out; without
2 (context finance insurance) write off; write-off
3 Wife of (E. g. Sandy Steven, W/o Steven)
4 (context tennis) walkover

w/off
abbr.
write off

w/r/t
prep.
(alternative form of WRT)

w/v
abbr.
weight per volume, i. e. specific weight

w/w
abbr.
(context chemistry) " weight for weight" or " weight by weight" , the proportion of a particular substance within a mixture, as measured by weight or mass.

w00t
interj.
(context Internet slang leet) Used to express joy, particularly that felt during success or victory.

w8
abbr.
(context Internet slang text messaging) wait.

x factor
n.
(alternative spelling of X factor)

x factors
n.
(plural of x factor)

x's
n.
(plural of x)

x-axes
n.
(plural of x-axis)

x-axis
n.
(context algebraic geometry) The axis on a graph that is usually drawn left to right and usually shows the range of values of an independent variable.

x-direction
n.
(context algebraic geometry) The direction aligned with the x-axis of a coordinate system.

x-div.
abbr.
Abbreviation for ex dividend

x-factor
n.
(alternative spelling of X factor)

x-factors
n.
(plural of x-factor)

x-height
n.
(context typography) The distance between the baseline and midline in a typeface, typically equal to the height of the lower-case letter ''x''.

x-heights
n.
(plural of x-height)

x-intercept
n.
(context maths) A root; a zero; a point at which a line crosses the x-axis of a Cartesian grid.

x-intercepts
n.
(plural of x-intercept)

x-ray
n.
(alternative spelling of X-ray)

x-ray vision
n.
(alternative spelling of X-ray vision)

x86
n.
(context computing) Any of a family of instruction set architectures based on the (w: Intel 8086) microprocessor.

y'
pron.
(context informal dialect subject pronoun) you; ye.

y'ad
contraction
(context obsolete) (contraction of ye had)

y'all
pron.
(context chiefly US dialect Southern US) (non-gloss definition plural Plural form of '''you'''. )

y'all'd
contraction
(label en colloquial) (contraction of y'all would)

y'all'll
contraction
(label en colloquial) (contraction of y'all will)

y'all're
contraction
(context colloquial) (contraction of y'all are)

y'all's
pron.
1 (context nonstandard regional US) Possessive of '''y’all''' (standing in for '''your''').
2 (context nonstandard regional US) Possessive of '''y’all''' (standing in for '''yours''').

y'all've
contraction
(label en colloquial) (contraction of y'all have)

y'allself
pron.
(context nonstandard rare) yourself.

y'allselves
pron.
(context nonstandard rare) yourselves.

y'are
contraction
(context obsolete) (contraction of ye are)

y'ave
contraction
(context obsolete) (contraction of ye have)

y'awl
pron.
(eye dialect of y'all)

y'ere
contraction
(context obsolete rare) (contraction of ye were)

y'ever
contraction
(contraction of you ever)

y'knew
contraction
(context modern) (contraction of you knew)

y'know
contraction
(context nonstandard) ''Shortened form of'' you know.

y's
n.
(plural of y)

y'see
contraction
(context nonstandard) ''Shortened form of'' you see (meaning ''you comprehend'').

y-axes
n.
(plural of y-axis)

y-axis
n.
(context algebraic geometry) The axis on a graph that is usually drawn from bottom to top and usually shows the range of values of variable dependent on one other variable, or the second of two independent variables.

y-direction
n.
(context algebraic geometry) The direction aligned with the y-axis of a coordinate system.

y-front
a.
Said of briefs with a flap at the front framed by y-shaped seams.

y-intercept
n.
(context maths) A point at which a line crosses the y-axis of a Cartesian grid.

y-intercepts
n.
(plural of y-intercept)

y.o.
n.
(alternative form of yo nodot=`); year old.

y/o
abbr.
years old

y/y
abbr.
year-on-year

z car
n.
(context slang) An official limousine, in Australia.

z cars
n.
(plural of z car)

z's
n.
1 (plural of z)
2 (context colloquial) sleep.

z-
pre.
(context computer graphics) z-axis

z-axes
n.
(plural of z-axis)

z-axis
n.
(context algebraic geometry): The axis on a graph that is usually drawn as if vertical and usually shows the range of values of a variable dependent on two other variables or the third independent variable.

z-buffer
n.
(context computer graphics) A buffer for the purpose of tracking the relative depths of different objects in a scene and determining which are closer to the observer than others.

z-buffers
n.
(plural of z-buffer)

z-culling
n.
(context computer graphics) The elimination of certain objects from the display that should not be rendered because they are behind closer objects.

z-direction
n.
(context algebraic geometry) The direction aligned with the z-axis of a coordinate system.

z-fighting
n.
(context computer graphics) A phenomenon in three-dimensional rendering where two or more primitives have similar values in the z-buffer, causing flickering as one is displayed varyingly behind or in front of the other.

z-intercept
n.
(context maths) A point at which a line crosses the z-axis of a Cartesian grid.

z-intercepts
n.
(plural of z-intercept)

z-order
alt.
1 (context computer graphics) The order in which objects should be drawn in order to display correctly.
2 (context computer graphics) A property of a graphical object that indicates its position in the z-order.
n.
1 (context computer graphics) The order in which objects should be drawn in order to display correctly.
2 (context computer graphics) A property of a graphical object that indicates its position in the z-order.

z-orders
n.
(plural of z-order)

z-variant
n.
''(Unicode)'' a shape variant of a Han character, encoded for historical reasons.

z-variants
n.
(plural of z-variant)

z.l.
abbr.
(context Jewish writing) Of blessed memory, may he/she/they rest in peace; (non-gloss definition: used after a reference to one or more deceased people).

¼ h
n.
(abbreviation of quarter-hard n-g = reference to alloy strength, as in between dead soft and half hard)

à bas
interj.
Down with. (First attested in 1897. )

à bouche
a.
(context heraldry) Having a bouche on the dexter side. < ref> (R:MW3 1976: page=5)< /ref>

à contre-coeur
adv.
(alternative spelling of à contrecœur)

à contrecoeur
adv.
(alternative spelling of à contrecœur)

à contrecœur
adv.
reluctantly.

à deux
a.
Of, for, or involving only two people; one-on-one.
adv.
privately

à gogo
adv.
In abundance, galore.

à la
a.
(alternative form of a la)
prep.
(alternative form of a la)

à la carte
a.
(context Food and drink) allowing selection from a fixed list of individually priced options shown on the menu
adv.
By ordering individually priced items from the menu

à la mode
a.
1 fashionable; in the current style or fashion.
2 (context US) served with ice cream.

à la russe
a.
(context of a dinner service) Having courses already cut and handed it out to individual guests.

à outrance
adv.
To the greatest extent, to the utmost.

à propos
adv.
(alternative form of apropos)

à propos de bottes
adv.
1 (context dated or archaic) apropos of nothing; without connection to anything.
2 (context dated or archaic) unrelatedly, by the way, by the by, apropos of nothing; (non-gloss definition: used to indicate that one is changing the subject. )

æ-tensing
n.
(context linguistics) a process that occurs almost ubiquitously in North American English in which the phoneme /æ/ is raised and lengthened or diphthongized in certain or all environments.

ǃ'OǃKung
n.
(alternative form of ǃOǃKung)

α error
n.
(context statistics) type I error

α errors
n.
(plural of α error)

α-Centauri
n.
(context star) The brightest star system in the southern constellation of Centaurus.

α-naphthol
n.
A substituted naphthalene with a hydroxyl group in the α position.

α-particle
n.
alpha particle

α-particles
n.
(plural of α-particle)

β error
alt.
(context statistics) type II error
n.
(context statistics) type II error

β errors
n.
(plural of β error)

β-particle
n.
beta particle

β-particles
n.
(plural of β-particle)

β-pleated sheet
n.
beta sheet

γ ray
n.
(alternative spelling of γ-ray)

γ rays
n.
(plural of γ ray)

γ-globulin
n.
(alternative spelling of gamma globulin)

γ-globulins
n.
(plural of γ-globulin)

γ-ray
n.
(alternative spelling of gamma ray)

γ-rays
n.
(plural of γ-ray)

δ-box
n.
(context analysis) A k-cell which is a Cartesian product of half-closed intervals which are closed at their infima and open at their suprema, and such that the infimum of each interval is the coordinate of a given point (called " the corner" of the ''δ''-box), and the length (i. e. , measure) of each interval is equal to (the given value) ''δ''.

δ-hyperbolic
a.
(context of a topological space) In which every geodesic triangle satisfies that every point on the triangle is within a distance of δ (gloss: some constant) of each side of the triangle.

λ/4 film
n.
(context technology) film having a retardation of a quarter of a specified wavelength, used with a polarizer film to lower the reflectance of a display significantly.

λ/4 films
n.
(plural of λ/4 film)

μ-completion
n.
(context analysis) A σ-algebra which is obtained as a " completion" of a given ''σ''-algebra, which includes all subsets of the given measure space which simultaneously contain a member of the given ''σ''-algebra and are contained by a member of the given ''σ''-algebra, as long as the contained and containing measurable sets have the same measure, in which case the subset in question is assigned a measure equal to the common measure of its contained and containing measurable sets (so the measure is also being completed, in parallel with the ''σ''-algebra).

μ-oxido dihydrogen
n.
(context inorganic compound nonstandard) An alternative systematic name for water, H 2 O.

σ-additivity
alt.
(context analysis) countable additivity
n.
(context analysis) countable additivity

σ-algebra
n.
(context analysis) A collection of subsets of a given set, such that the empty set is part of this collection, the collection is closed under complements (with respect to the given set) and the collection is closed under countable unions.

σ-compact
a.
(context analysis of a set in a topological space) That it is expressible as a countable union of compact sets.

σ-finite measure
n.
(context analysis of a set in a measurable space) That it is expressible as a countable union of sets of finite measure.

฿'s
n.
(plural of ฿)

№ 2 pencil
n.
(alternative form of number 2 pencil)

ℝ-order tree
n.
(context topology) An order tree whose segments are homeomorphic to segments of the real line and that is the union of countably many segments.

ℝ-order trees
n.
(plural of ℝ-order tree)