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- Initialism of occupational exposure limit.
- Initialism of organic electro-luminescence.
- (attributive, of manga, anime, visual novels) Initialism of original English-language: Manga-, anime-style media originally published in English; (loosely, by extension) any non-Japanese media which features a manga or anime style.
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- Initialism of risk control matrix.
- (climatology) Initialism of radiative-convective model.
- Initialism of regional county municipality (type of administrative division in Quebec, roughly equivalent to counties elsewhere).
- (climatology) Initialism of regional climate model.
- (cardiology) Initialism of restrictive cardiomyopathy.
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adj
- unaffected by use or exposure
- (often followed by ‘to’) unfamiliar
- lacking training or experience
- (of crops) harvested at an early stage of development; before complete maturity
- original and of a kind not seen before
- not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
- having no previous example or precedent or parallel
- other than the former one(s); different
- Additional; recently discovered.
- Strange, unfamiliar or not previously known.
- Recently made, or created.
- Recently arrived or appeared.
- In original condition; pristine; not previously worn or used.
- Refreshed, reinvigorated, reformed.
- Used to distinguish something established more recently, named after something or some place previously existing.
- Inexperienced or unaccustomed at some task.
- Of recent origin; having taken place recently.
- Current or later, as opposed to former.
- (of a period of time) Next; about to begin or recently begun.
- Newborn.
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- (medicine) Initialism of post-exposure prophylaxis.
- (UK, finance) Initialism of personal equity plan (a former financial instrument).
- (programming, countable) Initialism of Python enhancement proposal.
- (biochemistry) Initialism of phosphoenolpyruvate.
- (UK, countable) Initialism of politically exposed person.
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- (Pakistan) Abbreviation of Army Public Schools and Colleges System.
- (research facility) Initialism of Advanced Photon Source (“a synchrotron X-ray source at Argonne National Laboratory”).
- (Australia) Initialism of Australian Public Service (“the Australian federal civil service”).
- (Pakistan) Abbreviation of Abbottabad Public School.
- (US) Initialism of Adult Protective Services (“social services provided to abused, neglected, or exploited older adults and adults with significant disabilities”).
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- A mechanism, device or procedure used to counteract an automatic control.
- A device for prioritizing audio signals, such that certain signals receive priority over others.
- (object-oriented programming) A method with the same name and signature as a method in a superclass, which runs instead of that method, when an object of the subclass is involved.
- A royalty.
- a manually operated device to correct the operation of an automatic device
- the act of nullifying; making null and void; counteracting or overriding the effect or force of something
verb
- (transitive) To ride a horse too hard.
- (transitive) To give commands of a higher priority to an automated system; to take manual control of an automated system
- (transitive) To ride over the top of something, usually forcibly.
- (object-oriented programming, transitive) To define a new behaviour of a method by creating the same method of the superclass with the same name and signature.
- (transitive, intransitive) To counteract the normal operation of something; to countermand with orders of higher priority.
- (transitive) To ride across or beyond something.
- prevail over
- counteract the normal operation of (an automatic gear shift in a vehicle)
- rule against
- ride (a horse) too hard
verb
- restrain the emission of (sound, fluid, etc.)
- be a mystery or bewildering to
- hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of
- (technology) To dampen, muffle, restrain, or otherwise control (a fluid, or waves travelling through a fluid such as light or sound).
- To confuse or perplex (someone) completely; to bewilder, to confound, to puzzle.
- To expend effort or struggle in vain.
noun
- a flat plate that controls or directs the flow of fluid or energy
- A device used to dampen, muffle, restrain, or otherwise control the movement of a fluid, or waves travelling through a fluid such as light or sound; specifically, a surface positioned inside an open area to inhibit direct motion from one place to another without preventing motion altogether.
- A barrier designed to obstruct and confuse enemies, rendering them vulnerable.
- (US, dialectal, coal mining) A lever for operating the throttle valve of a winding engine.
verb
- restrain the emission of (sound, fluid, etc.)
- shape or influence; give direction to
- bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations
- fix or adjust the time, amount, degree, or rate of
- To control or direct according to rule, principle, or law.
- To dictate policy.
- To adjust (a mechanism) for accurate and proper functioning.
- To put or maintain in order.
noun
- Initialism of automatic distance control.
- (aerospace) Abbreviation of air defense command or aerospace defense command.
- Initialism of antibody-drug conjugate.
- (aerospace) Abbreviation of air defense center or aerospace defense center.
- Initialism of aid to dependent children.
- (electronics) Initialism of analog-to-digital converter.
- Initialism of aide-de-camp and postnominal.
- Initialism of after-death communication.
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- any means of control
- one of a pair of long straps (usually connected to the bit or the headpiece) used to control a horse
- A strap or rope attached to a bridle or bit, used to control a horse, other animal or young child.
- The inward impulses; the affections and passions, formerly supposed to be located in the area of the kidneys.
- (figurative) An instrument or means of curbing, restraining, or governing.
verb
- stop or check by or as if by a pull at the reins
- keep in check
- control and direct with or as if by reins
- stop or slow up one's horse or oneself by or as if by pulling the reins
- (transitive) To direct or stop a horse by using reins.
- (intransitive) To obey directions given with the reins.
- (transitive) To restrain; to control; to check.
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- Initialism of American Automatic Control Council.
- Initialism of Association for the Aid of Crippled Children.
- Initialism of Australian Army Catering Corps.
- Initialism of American Association of Credit Counselors.
- Initialism of American Association for Contamination Control.
- Initialism of Army Air Corps Center.
- Initialism of American Association for Clinical Chemistry.
- Initialism of American Association of Cereal Chemists.
- Initialism of Australian-American Chamber of Commerce.
noun
- Initialism of personal protective equipment.
- (computing, historical) Initialism of PCBoard programming executable: a software component used to extend the features of a bulletin board system.
- (UK) Initialism of philosophy, politics and economics, a university degree course.
- Initialism of property, plant, and equipment.
noun
- Initialism of personal alert safety system.
- (initialism, mnemonic) Used to remember how to use a fire extinguisher: pull the pin, aim at the base (of the fire), squeeze the handle/trigger, sweep from side to side.
- Initialism of penile artery shunt syndrome.
- (education) Initialism of positive alternative to school suspension.
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- Excessive exposure.
- Of a famous person, excessive publicity, publication or reporting regarding that person.
- (photography) Exposure of film to light during the development process for a longer time than is required to accurately produce the image.
- the act of exposing someone excessively to an influencing experience
- the act of exposing film to too much light or for too long a time
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- the condition of being automatically operated or controlled
- equipment used to achieve automatic control or operation
- the act of implementing the control of equipment with advanced technology; usually involving electronic hardware
- The act or process of converting the controlling of a machine or device to a more automatic system, such as computer or electronic controls.
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- Initialism of analysis and control element.
- (meteorology) Initialism of accumulated cyclone energy.
- (biochemistry, medicine) Initialism of angiotensin converting enzyme.
- (psychology) Initialism of adverse childhood experience.
- (computing) Initialism of ASCII-compatible encoding.
- (military, NATO) Initialism of air combat element.
- (computing) Initialism of arbitrary code execution.
- (computing) Initialism of access control entry.
- (military, USMC) Initialism of aviation combat element.
- (film) A member of American Cinema Editors
- a major strategic headquarters of NATO; safeguards an area extending from Norway to Turkey
- proteolytic enzyme that converts angiotensin I into angiotensin II
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- Initialism of access control.
- Initialism of air corps.
- Initialism of aviation cadet.
- Initialism of athletic club.
- (roleplaying games) Initialism of armor class.
- (biochemistry) Initialism of adenylyl cyclase.
- (prison) Initialism of administrative custody.
- (autism, psychology) singular of ACs (“autistics and cousins”).
- (US, military) Initialism of Auxiliary Collier (a naval coal transport that travels with the fleet to provide coal for coal-powered warships).
- (electricity) Initialism of alternating current (often used to indicate an alternating potential rather than a current).
- (set theory) Initialism of axiom of choice.
- Initialism of army corps.
- (medicine) Initialism of adjuvant chemotherapy.
- (Australia) Companion of the Order of Australia.
- (electricity, informal, by extension) supply of electric energy via a public electricity grid
- Initialism of author's correction.
- (geography) Initialism of autonomous county.
- Initialism of aircraftman.
- (Anglicanism) Anglo-Catholic.
- (finance) Initialism of account current.
- (anatomy) Initialism of anterior chamber.
- (music, radio) Initialism of adult contemporary (a radio format).
- Initialism of air conditioning.
- (chemistry) Initialism of ammonium chloride.
- Initialism of area code.
- Initialism of automobile club.
- (UK, law enforcement) Initialism of assistant commissioner, a police rank used in London's Metropolitan Police.
- (aviation) Initialism of absolute ceiling.
- an electric current that reverses direction sinusoidally
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- (automotive) Initialism of active body control.
- (cryptozoology) Initialism of alien big cat.
- (pharmacology) Initialism of accelerated blood clearance.
- (pharmacology) Abbreviation of abacavir.
- Initialism of Australian-born Chinese.
- (climbing) Initialism of advance base camp.
- (US, regional) Ellipsis of ABC store.
- (immunology, medicine) Initialism of antigen-binding capacity.
- (sometimes derogatory) Initialism of American-born Chinese.
- (object-oriented programming) Initialism of abstract base class.
- (pathology) Initialism of aneurysmal bone cyst.
- (psychology) Initialism of affect, behavior, and cognition.
- (computing, typography) A keyboard layout in which all keys are arranged in alphabetical order in English.
- (computing) Initialism of artificial bee colony.
- (Christianity, informal) Initialism of Archbishop of Canterbury.
- (poker) A straightforward, uniform playing style, often focusing on betting for value, folding weak hands, and avoiding bluffing.
- (US) Initialism of alcoholic beverage control.
- (biochemistry) Initialism of ATP-binding cassette.
- (business management) Initialism of activity-based costing.
- (electrical engineering) Initialism of absorbing boundary condition.
- (law, finance) Initialism of assignment for the benefit of creditors.
- (UK, rail transport) A British alphabetized guidebook listing trains and their stations.
- (mnemonic, emergency medicine) Initialism of airway, breathing and circulation, the essential steps in the immediate assessment and treatment of critically ill or injured patients.
- (uncountable, countable, usually plural in Canada, US) The English alphabet.
- The fundamentals of any subject.
- (immunology) Initialism of age-associated B cell.
- (psychology) Initialism of adventure-based counseling.
- (pathology) Initialism of adenoid basal cell carcinoma.
- (computing) Initialism of Atanasoff-Berry computer.
- a character set that includes letters and is used to write a language
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- (aviation) Initialism of Advance Booking Charter.
- (historical, radio, television) Initialism of Australian Broadcasting Commission.
- (historical, radio) Initialism of Australian Broadcasting Company.
- (UK, now historical) Initialism of Aerated Bread Company, which ran a network of shops and cafeterias.
- (television) Initialism of American Broadcasting Company, an American commercial broadcast television network founded in 1943.
- Initialism of Santo André, São Bernardo do Campo and São Caetano do Sul, satellite cities around the city of São Paulo that form the most important industrial area in Brazil.
- (computer languages) An imperative general-purpose programming language, intended for teaching or prototyping.
- (finance) Initialism of Agricultural Bank of China.
- (publishing) Initialism of Audit Bureau of Circulations.
- (Christianity) Initialism of Anglican Book Centre, the publishing house and bookshop of the Anglican Church of Canada until 2013.
- (historical, bowling) Initialism of American Bowling Congress.
- (radio, television) Initialism of Asahi Broadcasting Corporation.
- (radio, television) Initialism of Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
- (US, rail transport) Initialism of Atlanta, Birmingham and Coast Railroad.
- (historical, basketball) Initialism of Asian Basketball Confederation.
- Initialism of American Book Center, an English-language bookstore in Amsterdam founded in 1972.
- (often attributively) Initialism of Argentina, Brazil and Chile, the three most powerful and wealthiest countries in South America.
phrase
- (medicine) Initialism of abstinence, be faithful, use a condom, a sex education policy developed in response to the epidemic of HIV/AIDS in Africa.
- (Canadian politics) Initialism of anything but Conservative.
- (wine) Initialism of anything but Chardonnay, a backlash against Chardonnay wine, seen as ubiquitous.
- (electronics, electric vehicles, automotive) Initialism of always be charging, a recommendation to remember to charge or be left without use by a low battery at an inopportune time.
adj
- made tough by habitual exposure
- protected against attack (especially by nuclear weapons)
- converted to solid form (as concrete)
- used of persons; emotionally hardened
- made hard or flexible or resilient especially by heat treatment
- Firmly established in a behavior seen as bad; unlikely to change one's ways; inveterate.
- Having been accustomed or desensitized to something unpleasant through exposure or experience; inured.
- (computing, military) Having extra defences against attack; highly fortified.
- Unfeeling; pitiless; callous.
verb
verb
noun
verb
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- (transport) A sign or symbol, usually containing numbers and sometimes letters, identifying a highway route.
- (colloquial, law enforcement) A police badge.
- (heraldry) The escutcheon on which are placed the bearings in coats of arms.
- (geology) A large expanse of exposed stable Precambrian rock.
- (figurative) One who protects or defends.
- (science fiction) A field of energy that protects or defends.
- (lichenology) In lichens, a hardened cup or disk surrounded by a rim and containing the fructification, or asci.
- (geology) A wide and relatively low-profiled volcano, usually composed entirely of lava flows.
- A broad piece of defensive armor, held in hand, formerly in general use in war, for the protection of the body.
- (mining, tunnelling) A framework used to protect workmen in making an adit under ground, and capable of being pushed along as excavation progresses.
- A spot resembling, or having the form of a shield.
- (automotive, British English) Parts at the front and back of a vehicle which are meant to absorb the impact of a collision
- hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles
- a protective covering or structure
- armor carried on the arm to intercept blows
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verb
noun
name
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- Initialism of occupational exposure limit.
- Initialism of organic electro-luminescence.
- (attributive, of manga, anime, visual novels) Initialism of original English-language: Manga-, anime-style media originally published in English; (loosely, by extension) any non-Japanese media which features a manga or anime style.
name
noun
- Initialism of risk control matrix.
- (climatology) Initialism of radiative-convective model.
- Initialism of regional county municipality (type of administrative division in Quebec, roughly equivalent to counties elsewhere).
- (climatology) Initialism of regional climate model.
- (cardiology) Initialism of restrictive cardiomyopathy.
name
noun
- (medicine) Initialism of post-exposure prophylaxis.
- (UK, finance) Initialism of personal equity plan (a former financial instrument).
- (programming, countable) Initialism of Python enhancement proposal.
- (biochemistry) Initialism of phosphoenolpyruvate.
- (UK, countable) Initialism of politically exposed person.
name
noun
name
- (Pakistan) Abbreviation of Army Public Schools and Colleges System.
- (research facility) Initialism of Advanced Photon Source (“a synchrotron X-ray source at Argonne National Laboratory”).
- (Australia) Initialism of Australian Public Service (“the Australian federal civil service”).
- (Pakistan) Abbreviation of Abbottabad Public School.
- (US) Initialism of Adult Protective Services (“social services provided to abused, neglected, or exploited older adults and adults with significant disabilities”).
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noun
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noun
noun
name
noun
- A mechanism, device or procedure used to counteract an automatic control.
- A device for prioritizing audio signals, such that certain signals receive priority over others.
- (object-oriented programming) A method with the same name and signature as a method in a superclass, which runs instead of that method, when an object of the subclass is involved.
- A royalty.
- a manually operated device to correct the operation of an automatic device
- the act of nullifying; making null and void; counteracting or overriding the effect or force of something
verb
- (transitive) To ride a horse too hard.
- (transitive) To give commands of a higher priority to an automated system; to take manual control of an automated system
- (transitive) To ride over the top of something, usually forcibly.
- (object-oriented programming, transitive) To define a new behaviour of a method by creating the same method of the superclass with the same name and signature.
- (transitive, intransitive) To counteract the normal operation of something; to countermand with orders of higher priority.
- (transitive) To ride across or beyond something.
- prevail over
- counteract the normal operation of (an automatic gear shift in a vehicle)
- rule against
- ride (a horse) too hard
noun
- Initialism of automatic distance control.
- (aerospace) Abbreviation of air defense command or aerospace defense command.
- Initialism of antibody-drug conjugate.
- (aerospace) Abbreviation of air defense center or aerospace defense center.
- Initialism of aid to dependent children.
- (electronics) Initialism of analog-to-digital converter.
- Initialism of aide-de-camp and postnominal.
- Initialism of after-death communication.
name
noun
- any means of control
- one of a pair of long straps (usually connected to the bit or the headpiece) used to control a horse
- A strap or rope attached to a bridle or bit, used to control a horse, other animal or young child.
- The inward impulses; the affections and passions, formerly supposed to be located in the area of the kidneys.
- (figurative) An instrument or means of curbing, restraining, or governing.
verb
- stop or check by or as if by a pull at the reins
- keep in check
- control and direct with or as if by reins
- stop or slow up one's horse or oneself by or as if by pulling the reins
- (transitive) To direct or stop a horse by using reins.
- (intransitive) To obey directions given with the reins.
- (transitive) To restrain; to control; to check.
noun
- Initialism of personal protective equipment.
- (computing, historical) Initialism of PCBoard programming executable: a software component used to extend the features of a bulletin board system.
- (UK) Initialism of philosophy, politics and economics, a university degree course.
- Initialism of property, plant, and equipment.
noun
- Initialism of personal alert safety system.
- (initialism, mnemonic) Used to remember how to use a fire extinguisher: pull the pin, aim at the base (of the fire), squeeze the handle/trigger, sweep from side to side.
- Initialism of penile artery shunt syndrome.
- (education) Initialism of positive alternative to school suspension.
noun
name
noun
- Excessive exposure.
- Of a famous person, excessive publicity, publication or reporting regarding that person.
- (photography) Exposure of film to light during the development process for a longer time than is required to accurately produce the image.
- the act of exposing someone excessively to an influencing experience
- the act of exposing film to too much light or for too long a time
noun
- the condition of being automatically operated or controlled
- equipment used to achieve automatic control or operation
- the act of implementing the control of equipment with advanced technology; usually involving electronic hardware
- The act or process of converting the controlling of a machine or device to a more automatic system, such as computer or electronic controls.
noun
name
noun
- Initialism of analysis and control element.
- (meteorology) Initialism of accumulated cyclone energy.
- (biochemistry, medicine) Initialism of angiotensin converting enzyme.
- (psychology) Initialism of adverse childhood experience.
- (computing) Initialism of ASCII-compatible encoding.
- (military, NATO) Initialism of air combat element.
- (computing) Initialism of arbitrary code execution.
- (computing) Initialism of access control entry.
- (military, USMC) Initialism of aviation combat element.
- (film) A member of American Cinema Editors
- a major strategic headquarters of NATO; safeguards an area extending from Norway to Turkey
- proteolytic enzyme that converts angiotensin I into angiotensin II
name
noun
name
noun
- Initialism of access control.
- Initialism of air corps.
- Initialism of aviation cadet.
- Initialism of athletic club.
- (roleplaying games) Initialism of armor class.
- (biochemistry) Initialism of adenylyl cyclase.
- (prison) Initialism of administrative custody.
- (autism, psychology) singular of ACs (“autistics and cousins”).
- (US, military) Initialism of Auxiliary Collier (a naval coal transport that travels with the fleet to provide coal for coal-powered warships).
- (electricity) Initialism of alternating current (often used to indicate an alternating potential rather than a current).
- (set theory) Initialism of axiom of choice.
- Initialism of army corps.
- (medicine) Initialism of adjuvant chemotherapy.
- (Australia) Companion of the Order of Australia.
- (electricity, informal, by extension) supply of electric energy via a public electricity grid
- Initialism of author's correction.
- (geography) Initialism of autonomous county.
- Initialism of aircraftman.
- (Anglicanism) Anglo-Catholic.
- (finance) Initialism of account current.
- (anatomy) Initialism of anterior chamber.
- (music, radio) Initialism of adult contemporary (a radio format).
- Initialism of air conditioning.
- (chemistry) Initialism of ammonium chloride.
- Initialism of area code.
- Initialism of automobile club.
- (UK, law enforcement) Initialism of assistant commissioner, a police rank used in London's Metropolitan Police.
- (aviation) Initialism of absolute ceiling.
- an electric current that reverses direction sinusoidally
adj
adv
name
phrase
noun
- (automotive) Initialism of active body control.
- (cryptozoology) Initialism of alien big cat.
- (pharmacology) Initialism of accelerated blood clearance.
- (pharmacology) Abbreviation of abacavir.
- Initialism of Australian-born Chinese.
- (climbing) Initialism of advance base camp.
- (US, regional) Ellipsis of ABC store.
- (immunology, medicine) Initialism of antigen-binding capacity.
- (sometimes derogatory) Initialism of American-born Chinese.
- (object-oriented programming) Initialism of abstract base class.
- (pathology) Initialism of aneurysmal bone cyst.
- (psychology) Initialism of affect, behavior, and cognition.
- (computing, typography) A keyboard layout in which all keys are arranged in alphabetical order in English.
- (computing) Initialism of artificial bee colony.
- (Christianity, informal) Initialism of Archbishop of Canterbury.
- (poker) A straightforward, uniform playing style, often focusing on betting for value, folding weak hands, and avoiding bluffing.
- (US) Initialism of alcoholic beverage control.
- (biochemistry) Initialism of ATP-binding cassette.
- (business management) Initialism of activity-based costing.
- (electrical engineering) Initialism of absorbing boundary condition.
- (law, finance) Initialism of assignment for the benefit of creditors.
- (UK, rail transport) A British alphabetized guidebook listing trains and their stations.
- (mnemonic, emergency medicine) Initialism of airway, breathing and circulation, the essential steps in the immediate assessment and treatment of critically ill or injured patients.
- (uncountable, countable, usually plural in Canada, US) The English alphabet.
- The fundamentals of any subject.
- (immunology) Initialism of age-associated B cell.
- (psychology) Initialism of adventure-based counseling.
- (pathology) Initialism of adenoid basal cell carcinoma.
- (computing) Initialism of Atanasoff-Berry computer.
- a character set that includes letters and is used to write a language
adj
name
- (aviation) Initialism of Advance Booking Charter.
- (historical, radio, television) Initialism of Australian Broadcasting Commission.
- (historical, radio) Initialism of Australian Broadcasting Company.
- (UK, now historical) Initialism of Aerated Bread Company, which ran a network of shops and cafeterias.
- (television) Initialism of American Broadcasting Company, an American commercial broadcast television network founded in 1943.
- Initialism of Santo André, São Bernardo do Campo and São Caetano do Sul, satellite cities around the city of São Paulo that form the most important industrial area in Brazil.
- (computer languages) An imperative general-purpose programming language, intended for teaching or prototyping.
- (finance) Initialism of Agricultural Bank of China.
- (publishing) Initialism of Audit Bureau of Circulations.
- (Christianity) Initialism of Anglican Book Centre, the publishing house and bookshop of the Anglican Church of Canada until 2013.
- (historical, bowling) Initialism of American Bowling Congress.
- (radio, television) Initialism of Asahi Broadcasting Corporation.
- (radio, television) Initialism of Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
- (US, rail transport) Initialism of Atlanta, Birmingham and Coast Railroad.
- (historical, basketball) Initialism of Asian Basketball Confederation.
- Initialism of American Book Center, an English-language bookstore in Amsterdam founded in 1972.
- (often attributively) Initialism of Argentina, Brazil and Chile, the three most powerful and wealthiest countries in South America.
phrase
- (medicine) Initialism of abstinence, be faithful, use a condom, a sex education policy developed in response to the epidemic of HIV/AIDS in Africa.
- (Canadian politics) Initialism of anything but Conservative.
- (wine) Initialism of anything but Chardonnay, a backlash against Chardonnay wine, seen as ubiquitous.
- (electronics, electric vehicles, automotive) Initialism of always be charging, a recommendation to remember to charge or be left without use by a low battery at an inopportune time.
noun
verb
verb
- restrain the emission of (sound, fluid, etc.)
- be a mystery or bewildering to
- hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of
- (technology) To dampen, muffle, restrain, or otherwise control (a fluid, or waves travelling through a fluid such as light or sound).
- To confuse or perplex (someone) completely; to bewilder, to confound, to puzzle.
- To expend effort or struggle in vain.
noun
- a flat plate that controls or directs the flow of fluid or energy
- A device used to dampen, muffle, restrain, or otherwise control the movement of a fluid, or waves travelling through a fluid such as light or sound; specifically, a surface positioned inside an open area to inhibit direct motion from one place to another without preventing motion altogether.
- A barrier designed to obstruct and confuse enemies, rendering them vulnerable.
- (US, dialectal, coal mining) A lever for operating the throttle valve of a winding engine.
verb
- restrain the emission of (sound, fluid, etc.)
- shape or influence; give direction to
- bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations
- fix or adjust the time, amount, degree, or rate of
- To control or direct according to rule, principle, or law.
- To dictate policy.
- To adjust (a mechanism) for accurate and proper functioning.
- To put or maintain in order.
verb
verb
noun
verb
noun
- (transport) A sign or symbol, usually containing numbers and sometimes letters, identifying a highway route.
- (colloquial, law enforcement) A police badge.
- (heraldry) The escutcheon on which are placed the bearings in coats of arms.
- (geology) A large expanse of exposed stable Precambrian rock.
- (figurative) One who protects or defends.
- (science fiction) A field of energy that protects or defends.
- (lichenology) In lichens, a hardened cup or disk surrounded by a rim and containing the fructification, or asci.
- (geology) A wide and relatively low-profiled volcano, usually composed entirely of lava flows.
- A broad piece of defensive armor, held in hand, formerly in general use in war, for the protection of the body.
- (mining, tunnelling) A framework used to protect workmen in making an adit under ground, and capable of being pushed along as excavation progresses.
- A spot resembling, or having the form of a shield.
- (automotive, British English) Parts at the front and back of a vehicle which are meant to absorb the impact of a collision
- hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles
- a protective covering or structure
- armor carried on the arm to intercept blows
adj
- unaffected by use or exposure
- (often followed by ‘to’) unfamiliar
- lacking training or experience
- (of crops) harvested at an early stage of development; before complete maturity
- original and of a kind not seen before
- not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
- having no previous example or precedent or parallel
- other than the former one(s); different
- Additional; recently discovered.
- Strange, unfamiliar or not previously known.
- Recently made, or created.
- Recently arrived or appeared.
- In original condition; pristine; not previously worn or used.
- Refreshed, reinvigorated, reformed.
- Used to distinguish something established more recently, named after something or some place previously existing.
- Inexperienced or unaccustomed at some task.
- Of recent origin; having taken place recently.
- Current or later, as opposed to former.
- (of a period of time) Next; about to begin or recently begun.
- Newborn.
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- made tough by habitual exposure
- protected against attack (especially by nuclear weapons)
- converted to solid form (as concrete)
- used of persons; emotionally hardened
- made hard or flexible or resilient especially by heat treatment
- Firmly established in a behavior seen as bad; unlikely to change one's ways; inveterate.
- Having been accustomed or desensitized to something unpleasant through exposure or experience; inured.
- (computing, military) Having extra defences against attack; highly fortified.
- Unfeeling; pitiless; callous.