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- (aviation) Initialism of terminal control area.
- (organic chemistry) Initialism of trichloroanisole.
- (accounting) Initialism of true cost accounting.
- (medicine) Initialism of tricyclic antidepressant.
- (photography) Initialism of transverse chromatic aberration.
- (organic chemistry) Initialism of tricarboxylic acid.
- (organic chemistry) Initialism of trichloroacetic acid.
- (aviation, travel) Initialism of traffic conference area.
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- (Philippines) Initialism of Alabang Town Center (a mall in Alabang, Muntinlupa, Philippines).
- (UK) Initialism of Air Training Corps (a British youth organisation sponsored by the Ministry of Defence and the Royal Air Force).
- (US) Initialism of Air Transport Command (an air transport branch of the US Air Force until June 1 1948, when it was merged with the Naval Air Transport Service to create MATS).
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- The flight control used to control a helicopter's ascent or descent.
- (by extension) A group dedicated to a particular cause or interest.
- (especially in communist countries) One of more farms managed and owned, through the state, by the community.
- (grammar) A collective noun or name.
- A farm owned by a collection of people.
- members of a cooperative enterprise
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- Formed by gathering or collecting; gathered into a mass, sum, or body.
- (grammar) Expressing a collection or aggregate of individuals, by a singular form.
- Having plurality of origin or authority.
- Tending to collect; forming a collection.
- done by or characteristic of individuals acting together
- set up on the principle of collectivism or ownership and production by the workers involved usually under the supervision of a government
- forming a whole or aggregate
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- (aviation) Initialism of area control center.
- (mineralogy) Initialism of amorphous calcium carbonate.
- (fan fiction) Initialism of author-created character, a new character who is added into a fanfic's cast of 'official' characters.
- (linguistics) Abbreviation of accusative.
- (algebra) Initialism of ascending chain condition.
- (organic chemistry) Abbreviation of 1-Aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid.
- (law enforcement, Commonwealth) Initialism of assistant chief constable, a police rank used in Commonwealth countries.
- (automotive) Initialism of adaptive cruise control.
- a command that is the primary provider of air combat weapon systems to the United States Air Force; operates fighter, bomber, reconnaissance, battle-management, and rescue aircraft
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- (New Zealand, by extension) Initialism of the accident compensation scheme, administered by the Accident Compensation Corporation.
- (US) Initialism of Association of Corporate Counsel.
- (historical) Initialism of Allied Control Council.
- (US) Initialism of American Chemistry Council.
- (New Zealand) Initialism of Accident Compensation Corporation.
- (US) Initialism of American College of Cardiology.
- (India) Initialism of Associated Cement Companies.
- (oceanography, geography) Initialism of Antarctic Circumpolar Current. An ocean current surrounding Antarctica in the Southern Ocean.
- (US, historical) Initialism of Air Coordinating Committee.
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- Abbreviation of Congo (Federal Democratic Republic of the Congo)
- (New York City) Ellipsis of FDR Drive.
- (US politics) Initialism of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 32ⁿᵈ US president.
- Abbreviation of Ethiopia (Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia)
- Abbreviation of Nepal (Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal)
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- (military, aviation) Initialism of forward air controller.
- (military, aviation) Initialism of Forward Air Control.
- Initialism of flow-accelerated corrosion.
- Initialism of Fellow of the Atlantic Council.
- Initialism of flow-assisted corrosion.
- Initialism of Fatal accident control.
- (nautical, military) Initialism of fast attack craft
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- direct and control (the flight of an airplane during landing) via radio
- speak in a condescending manner, as if to a child
- belittle through talk
- (transitive, idiomatic) To negotiate a lower price.
- (transitive, slang) To comfort someone experiencing a bad trip, to help them come down.
- (transitive) To convince a person to cease a drastic action or response, such as a suicide attempt or act of rage.
- (transitive, aviation, of ground control) To verbally assist someone to land an aircraft.
- (transitive) To overcome by spoken argument.
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- Initialism of pilot flying, a pilot currently in control of the flight trajectory of the aircraft, as opposed to pilot monitoring.
- (American football, fantasy football) Initialism of points for.
- (linguistics) Initialism of phonological form.
- Abbreviation of power failure; displayed by some household appliances after a power outage.
- (basketball) Initialism of power forward.
- (physics) Initialism of peak flow.
- (basketball) Initialism of personal foul.
- (psychology) Initialism of psychometric function.
- (US, military, aviation) Initialism of patrol fighter.
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- (aviation) A mode of operation of the flight controls of a fly-by-wire aircraft.
- The body of such rules that pertain to a particular topic.
- The control and order brought about by the observance of such rules.
- Litigation; legal action (as a means of maintaining or restoring order, redressing wrongs, etc).
- Jurisprudence, the field of knowledge which encompasses these rules.
- (now uncommon) An allowance of distance or time (a head start) given to a weaker (human or animal) competitor in a race, to make the race more fair.
- The profession that deals with such rules (as lawyers, judges, police officers, etc).
- Any statement of the relation of acts and conditions to their consequences.
- A binding regulation or custom established in a community in this way.
- A statement (in physics, etc) of an (observed, established) order or sequence or relationship of phenomena which is invariable under certain conditions. (Compare theory.)
- Common law, as contrasted with equity.
- (usually with "the") The body of binding rules and regulations, customs, and standards established in a community by its legislative and judicial authorities.
- (mathematics, logic) A statement (of relation) that is true under specified conditions; a mathematical or logical rule.
- (informal) A person or group that act(s) with authority to uphold such rules and order (for example, one or more police officers).
- (linguistics) A sound law; a regular change in the pronunciation of a language.
- (cricket) One of the official rules of cricket as codified by the its (former) governing body, the MCC.
- (law, chiefly historical) An oath sworn before a court, especially disclaiming a debt. (Chiefly in the phrases "wager of law", "wage one's law", "perform one's law", "lose one's law".)
- A rule or principle regarding the construction of language or art.
- Any rule that must or should be obeyed, concerning behaviours and their consequences. (Compare mores.)
- (fantasy) One of two metaphysical forces ruling the world in some fantasy settings, also called order, and opposed to chaos.
- a rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society
- the collection of rules imposed by authority
- the force of policemen and officers
- legal document setting forth rules governing a particular kind of activity
- the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do
- a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature
- the learned profession that is mastered by graduate study in a law school and that is responsible for the judicial system
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- (aeronautics) A control surface of an aircraft responsible for controlling the pitching motion of the machine.
- (anatomy) Any muscle that serves to raise a part of the body, such as the leg or the eye.
- Anything that raises or uplifts.
- A silo used for storing wheat, corn or other grain (grain elevator).
- A type of shoe having an insert lift to make the wearer appear taller.
- A dental instrument used to pry up ("elevate") teeth in difficult extractions, or depressed portions of bone.
- (Canada, US, Australia, Philippines) A permanent construction with a built-in platform or cab that can be raised and lowered, used to transport people and goods, as between different floors of a building.
- the airfoil on the tailplane of an aircraft that makes it ascend or descend
- lifting device consisting of a platform or cage that is raised and lowered mechanically in a vertical shaft in order to move people from one floor to another in a building
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- balance in flight by regulating the control surfaces
- adjust (sails on a ship) so that the wind is optimally used
- cut closely
- cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of
- decorate, as with ornaments
- decorate (food), as with parsley or other ornamental foods
- be in equilibrium during a flight
- cut down on; make a reduction in
- remove the edges from and cut down to the desired size
- (transitive, aviation, of an aircraft) To adjust the positions of control surfaces, sometimes using trim tabs, so as to modify or eliminate the aircraft's tendency to pitch, roll, or yaw when the cockpit controls are released.
- (transitive, nautical, of a vessel's sails) To modify the angle (of the sails) relative to the wind, especially to set them at the most advantageous angle.
- (transitive, nautical, of a vessel) To modify the angle relative to the water by shifting cargo or ballast; to adjust for sailing; to assume, or cause to assume a certain position, or trim, in the water.
- (transitive) To decorate or adorn; especially of a Christmas tree.
- (transitive, historical) To cut back the wick of (a lamp) to maintain a clean, bright flame.
- (transitive) To make trim; to put in due order for any purpose; to make right, neat, or pleasing; to adjust.
- (transitive) To reduce slightly; to cut; especially, to remove excess.
- (transitive, carpentry, of timber) To dress; to make smooth.
- (transitive, by extension) To change the carbon rods of (an arc lamp).
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- cutting down to the desired size or shape
- attitude of an aircraft in flight when allowed to take its own orientation
- a state of arrangement or appearance
- a decoration or adornment typically on the edge of a garment
- (uncountable, underwater diving) The horizontal position of an underwater water
- (printing, binding, publishing) Any of the three cut edges of book pages, trimmed with a shear after binding.
- Dress; gear; ornaments.
- (by extension, uncountable, slang, mildly vulgar) Sexual intercourse with a woman.
- (especially automotive) Features optionally available on a vehicle; an established configuration of such features within a model (a trim level).
- (nautical) The arrangement of the sails with reference to the wind.
- (uncountable, aviation, of an aircraft) The state of adjustment of control surfaces such that the desired attitude can be maintained without requiring the continuous application of force to the cockpit controls.
- (nautical) The fore-and-aft angle of the vessel to the water, with reference to the cargo and ballast; the manner in which a vessel floats on the water, whether on an even keel or down by the head or stern.
- (countable) A haircut, especially a moderate one to touch up an existing style.
- (countable) The manner in which something is equipped or adorned; order; disposition.
- (uncountable, aviation, by extension) The mechanism(s) used to trim an aircraft in roll, pitch, and/or yaw.
- (uncountable, slang, mildly vulgar) The female genitalia.
- (uncountable) Decoration; especially, decoration placed along edges or borders.
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- (aviation, navigation) Initialism of aerotriangulation.
- (firefighting, aviation) Abbreviation of air tanker.
- (US, sports) Initialism of anaerobic threshold.
- Initialism of appropriate technology.
- (US, Navy) Initialism of auxiliary tugboat.
- (fan fiction) Initialism of alternate timeline.
- Initialism of activity theory.
- (software) Initialism of assistive technology.
- (business, law) Ukrainian initialism of акціонерне товариство (akcionerne tovarystvo, “JSC”)
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- (aviation) Initialism of calibrated airspeed.
- (computing, uncountable) Initialism of compare and swap.
- (military, aviation) Acronym of close air support.
- (organisation) Initialism of complex adaptive system.
- (electronics, communication) Initialism of channel-associated signalling.
- (mathematics, computing) Initialism of computer algebra system.
- (aviation) Acronym of collision avoidance system.
- Initialism of cowboy action shooting.
- (military) Initialism of combat armor suit, used for a powered, armed and armored exoskeleton, in fiction and military research.
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- (aviation) Initialism of aeronautical approach chart.
- (military, aviation) Abbreviation of airborne aircraft carrier.
- (aviation, military) Initialism of aircraft armament change.
- Initialism of aerated autoclaved concrete.
- Initialism of Anno ante Christum, in the year before Christ.
- (file format) Initialism of advanced audio coding.
- (military) Initialism of anti-aircraft command.
- Initialism of area advisory committee.
- Initialism of augmentative and alternative communication.
- Initialism of affirming Anglican catholicism.
- a lightweight, precast, concrete building material invented in the mid-1920s that simultaneously provides structure, insulation, and fire- and mold-resistance.
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- Initialism of American Atheist Center.
- Initialism of American Association of Criminology.
- Initialism of Aluminum Annodizers Council.
- (historical) Initialism of Auto Avia Contruzione, Enzo Ferrari's first company.
- Initialism of American Airlines Center.
- Initialism of American Archery Council.
- Initialism of Army Apprentices College.
- Initialism of Anglo-American Corporation.
- Initialism of Australian Association of Chiropractors.
- Initialism of Australian Apprentiship Centre.
- Initialism of Advanced Aircraft Corps.
- Initialism of All-American Canal.
- Initialism of Auxiliary Army Corps.
- Initialism of Automotive Advertisers Council.
- Initialism of American Anglican Council.
- Initialism of Alaskan Air Command.
- Initialism of Aerial Ambulance Company.
- Initialism of Auxiliary Artillery Corps.
- (military) Initialism of Anti-aircraft Corps.
- Initialism of American Academy of Criminalists.
- Initialism of American Alumni Council, now known as Council for Advancement and Support of Education.
- Initialism of Atlanta Athletic Club.
- Initialism of Aeronautical Advisory Council.
- Initialism of American Alpine Club.
- Initialism of Alameda Arts Council.
- (British English, US) Initialism of Army Air Corps; Army Air Corps.
- Initialism of Agility Association of Canada.
- Initialism of Association of American Choruses.
- Initialism of Allumnae Advisory Center.
- Initialism of Australian Agricultural Company.
- Initialism of Association of Alabama Camps.
- Initialism of Amphibian Airplanes of Canada.
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- (aviation) Initialism of stability augmentation system.
- (computing) Initialism of secure attention sequence.
- Initialism of space adaptation syndrome.
- (Australia, education) Initialism of special assistance school.
- a specialist regiment of the British army that is trained in commando techniques of warfare and used in clandestine operations (especially against terrorist groups)
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- (sports) Initialism of San Antonio Spurs, American basketball club.
- Initialism of Scandinavian Airlines System; a joint Swedish, Norwegian and Danish airline company.
- (British, Australia, New Zealand, military) Initialism of Special Air Service.
- (computing) Initialism of Serial Attached SCSI, a computer bus standard for mainly connecting hard drives, but also used for other devices, derived from the SCSI and SATA standards.
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- (aviation) Initialism of loss of control.
- Line of Control
- (medicine) Initialism of loss of consciousness; also LoC.
- (space flight) Initialism of loss of crew.
- Initialism of lab on a chip.
- (programming) Initialism of lines of code.
- (finance, banking) Initialism of line of credit; also LoC.
- (aviation) Abbreviation of localizer.
- Initialism of letter of contract.
- (emergency medicine) Initialism of level of consciousness; also LoC.
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- Initialism of pilot monitoring.
- Initialism of project manager.
- Initialism of prime minister.
- Initialism of product manager.
- Initialism of post mortem.
- Initialism of portfolio manager.
- Initialism of postmaster.
- Initialism of push money.
- Initialism of program manager.
- Initialism of perfect match.
- Initialism of performance management.
- (knitting) Initialism of place marker.
- Initialism of price match.
- (Internet) Initialism of personal message.
- Initialism of private message.
- Initialism of project management.
- (electronics) Initialism of permanent magnet.
- Initialism of precious metal.
- Initialism of particulate matter; followed by a subscripted number representing the size of the particles in micrometres (μm).
- the period between noon and midnight
- modulation of the phase of the carrier wave
- an examination and dissection of a dead body to determine cause of death or the changes produced by disease
- the person who holds the position of head of the government in the United Kingdom
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- (aviation) Initialism of Advanced Automation System, a system for radar control of transoceanic air corridors.
- (geometry) Initialism of angle-angle-side triangular congruency.
- Initialism of acute aortic syndrome.
- (biochemistry) Initialism of anabolic–androgenic steroid.
- an associate degree in applied science
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- (help) Initialism of Assyrian Aid Society.
- (medicine) Initialism of Association for Academic Surgery.
- (biotechnology) Initialism of All-America Selections, an organization that promotes development of new garden seed varieties.
- (astronautics) Initialism of American Astronautical Society, an independent scientific and technical group in the United States.
- (sciences) Initialism of African Academy of Sciences, an Africa-wide scientific organization.
- (research) Initialism of American Antiquarian Society, an American society and national research library.
- (health) Initialism of Air Ambulance Service, a UK charity.
- (military) Initialism of Arnold Air Society, a professional honorary service organization for Air Force officer candidates.
- (astronomy) Initialism of American Astronomical Society, a United States society of professional astronomers.
- (politics) Initialism of Ansar al-Sunna, or Jamaat Ansar al-Sunna, a militant group operating in Iraq.
- (anthropology) Initialism of Australian Anthropological Society.
- (human rights) Initialism of American Anti-Slavery Society.
- (medicine, psychology) Initialism of American Association of Suicidology, an American nonprofit suicide prevention organization.
- (research) Initialism of Association for Asian Studies.
- (Australia, sciences) Initialism of Australian Academy of Science, an independent, government-endorsed society with the aim of promoting science.
- (arachnology) Initialism of American Arachnological Society, a society of amateur and professional arachnologists.
- (research) Initialism of Assyrian Academic Society.
- (physics) Initialism of Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy.
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- (aviation) Initialism of stall protection/prevention system.
- (pathology) Initialism of sticky platelet syndrome.
- Initialism of supplementary policy statement.
- (electricity) Initialism of stand-alone power system/supply.
- (psychology) Initialism of sensory processing sensitivity.
- (electricity) Initialism of solar power station.
- (electricity) Initialism of supplementary power system/supply.
- Initialism of standalone photovoltaic system/supply.
- (electricity) Initialism of standby power system/supply.
- (electricity) Initialism of smart power system/supply.
- (aerospace) Initialism of satellite power system.
- (psychology) Initialism of small penis syndrome.
- (pathology) Initialism of stiff person syndrome.
- Initialism of senior parliamentary secretary.
- (aerospace) Initialism of solar power satellite.
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- (aviation) Initialism of Cessna NGP.
- (aviation, US) Initialism of Naval air station Corpus Christi.
- (video games) Initialism of Neo Geo Pocket a handheld video game system produced by SNK.
- (film industry, US) Initialism of National General Pictures, a distribution and film production company.
- (rail transport) The station code of Nagpur Junction railway station in India.
- (renewable energy) Initialism of Nevada Geothermal Power Inc., a renewable energy developer.
- (game console) Initialism of Next Generation Portable (“codename of the handheld game console PlayStation Vita”).
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- an aircraft without a pilot that is operated by remote control
- someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind
- stingless male bee in a colony of social bees (especially honeybees) whose sole function is to mate with the queen
- a pipe of the bagpipe that is tuned to produce a single continuous tone
- an unchanging intonation
- An aircraft operated by remote control, especially an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV).
- A male ant, bee, or wasp, which does not work but can fertilize the queen.
- (UK, slang) The drug mephedrone.
- A low-pitched hum or buzz.
- (Uganda) A Toyota HiAce or a similar van, especially one used by Ugandan state agents to kidnap opposition members.
- (music, uncountable) A genre of music that uses repeated lengthy droning sounds.
- A humming or deep murmuring sound.
- (chiefly military) Any remotely-operated vehicle (ROV), especially when multiple such vehicles are operated from a larger vessel.
- (music) One of the fixed-pitch pipes on a bagpipe.
- One who performs menial or tedious work.
- (slang, derogatory) One who lacks the ability to think critically and independently, especially one who follows a group blindly; a non-player character.
- (BDSM) In dronification kink, one who is mindless and obedient to a dominant, characterized by a detached and robotic identity and an anonymous appearance, typically composed of a latex suit and gas mask.
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- control from ground stations of airplanes in flight by means of messages transmitted to the pilot electronically
- (aviation, countable) A system for controlling an aircraft's rotational or translational motion in one or more axes.
- (aviation, by extension, uncountable) The process of controlling an aircraft's rotational or translational motion in one or more axes.
- (space flight, uncountable) Mission control.
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- A mechanical aid on aircraft carriers designed to help airplanes take off from the flight deck.
- (UK) A slingshot.
- A device or weapon for throwing or launching large objects.
- (figuratively) An instance of firing something, as if from a catapult.
- An instance of firing a missile from a catapult.
- a device that launches aircraft from a warship
- a plaything consisting of a Y-shaped stick with elastic between the arms; used to propel small stones
- an engine that provided medieval artillery used during sieges; a heavy war engine for hurling large stones and other missiles
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- (intransitive) To be fired from a catapult or as if from a catapult.
- (transitive) To fire or launch something, as if from a catapult.
- (intransitive) To have one's status increased rapidly.
- (transitive) To increase the status of something rapidly.
- (transitive) To fire a missile from a catapult.
- shoot forth or launch, as if from a catapult
- hurl as if with a sling
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- (aviation) Ellipsis of landing gear.
- (uncountable) Equipment or paraphernalia, especially that used for an athletic endeavor.
- (countable) A wheel, wheel segment, or bar with grooves (teeth) engraved on the outer circumference, such that two such devices can interlock and convey motion from one to the other.
- (countable, automotive, cycling) A particular combination or choice of interlocking gears, such that a particular gear ratio is achieved; often selected via a shifter.
- (uncountable, slang) Recreational drugs, including steroids.
- Clothing; garments.
- (countable, automotive) A configuration of the transmission of a motor car so as to achieve a particular ratio of engine to axle torque.
- equipment consisting of miscellaneous articles needed for a particular operation or sport etc.
- wheelwork consisting of a connected set of rotating gears by which force is transmitted or motion or torque is changed
- a mechanism for transmitting motion for some specific purpose (as the steering gear of a vehicle)
- a toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motion
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- (engineering, transitive) To provide with gearing; to fit with gears in order to achieve a desired gear ratio.
- (engineering, intransitive) To be in gear, come into gear.
- (usually with to or toward(s)) To design or devise (something) so as to be suitable (for a particular type of person or a particular purpose).
- (finance) To borrow money in order to invest it in assets.
- To dress; to put gear on; to harness.
- set the level or character of
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- (space flight) Initialism of control stick steering, a method of Space Shuttle flight control.
- (medicine) Initialism of Churg-Strauss syndrome.
- (military) Initialism of Chinese surface-to-surface (missile), a NATO prefix-code for systems developed by the People's Republic of China.
- (genetics) Initialism of chromosome substitution strain.
- (aviation, travel) Initialism of change segment status, a GDS code used on older types of airline keyboards.
- (medicine) Initialism of Coffin-Siris syndrome.
- (nautical) Initialism of Canadian Survey Ship (the designation for a survey ship operated by the Canadian Hydrographic Service).
- (historical, nautical, military) Initialism of Confederate States Ship (the designation for a commissioned warship operated by the Confederate States Navy).
- (media, DVD) Initialism of Content Scramble System, a DRM and encryption system for DVDs.
- (web design) Initialism of cascading style sheet.
- (sports) Initialism of critical swim speed.
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- (aviation) Initialism of terminal control area.
- (organic chemistry) Initialism of trichloroanisole.
- (accounting) Initialism of true cost accounting.
- (medicine) Initialism of tricyclic antidepressant.
- (photography) Initialism of transverse chromatic aberration.
- (organic chemistry) Initialism of tricarboxylic acid.
- (organic chemistry) Initialism of trichloroacetic acid.
- (aviation, travel) Initialism of traffic conference area.
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- (Philippines) Initialism of Alabang Town Center (a mall in Alabang, Muntinlupa, Philippines).
- (UK) Initialism of Air Training Corps (a British youth organisation sponsored by the Ministry of Defence and the Royal Air Force).
- (US) Initialism of Air Transport Command (an air transport branch of the US Air Force until June 1 1948, when it was merged with the Naval Air Transport Service to create MATS).
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- The flight control used to control a helicopter's ascent or descent.
- (by extension) A group dedicated to a particular cause or interest.
- (especially in communist countries) One of more farms managed and owned, through the state, by the community.
- (grammar) A collective noun or name.
- A farm owned by a collection of people.
- members of a cooperative enterprise
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- Formed by gathering or collecting; gathered into a mass, sum, or body.
- (grammar) Expressing a collection or aggregate of individuals, by a singular form.
- Having plurality of origin or authority.
- Tending to collect; forming a collection.
- done by or characteristic of individuals acting together
- set up on the principle of collectivism or ownership and production by the workers involved usually under the supervision of a government
- forming a whole or aggregate
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- (aviation) Initialism of area control center.
- (mineralogy) Initialism of amorphous calcium carbonate.
- (fan fiction) Initialism of author-created character, a new character who is added into a fanfic's cast of 'official' characters.
- (linguistics) Abbreviation of accusative.
- (algebra) Initialism of ascending chain condition.
- (organic chemistry) Abbreviation of 1-Aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid.
- (law enforcement, Commonwealth) Initialism of assistant chief constable, a police rank used in Commonwealth countries.
- (automotive) Initialism of adaptive cruise control.
- a command that is the primary provider of air combat weapon systems to the United States Air Force; operates fighter, bomber, reconnaissance, battle-management, and rescue aircraft
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- (New Zealand, by extension) Initialism of the accident compensation scheme, administered by the Accident Compensation Corporation.
- (US) Initialism of Association of Corporate Counsel.
- (historical) Initialism of Allied Control Council.
- (US) Initialism of American Chemistry Council.
- (New Zealand) Initialism of Accident Compensation Corporation.
- (US) Initialism of American College of Cardiology.
- (India) Initialism of Associated Cement Companies.
- (oceanography, geography) Initialism of Antarctic Circumpolar Current. An ocean current surrounding Antarctica in the Southern Ocean.
- (US, historical) Initialism of Air Coordinating Committee.
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- Abbreviation of Congo (Federal Democratic Republic of the Congo)
- (New York City) Ellipsis of FDR Drive.
- (US politics) Initialism of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 32ⁿᵈ US president.
- Abbreviation of Ethiopia (Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia)
- Abbreviation of Nepal (Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal)
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- (military, aviation) Initialism of forward air controller.
- (military, aviation) Initialism of Forward Air Control.
- Initialism of flow-accelerated corrosion.
- Initialism of Fellow of the Atlantic Council.
- Initialism of flow-assisted corrosion.
- Initialism of Fatal accident control.
- (nautical, military) Initialism of fast attack craft
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- Initialism of pilot flying, a pilot currently in control of the flight trajectory of the aircraft, as opposed to pilot monitoring.
- (American football, fantasy football) Initialism of points for.
- (linguistics) Initialism of phonological form.
- Abbreviation of power failure; displayed by some household appliances after a power outage.
- (basketball) Initialism of power forward.
- (physics) Initialism of peak flow.
- (basketball) Initialism of personal foul.
- (psychology) Initialism of psychometric function.
- (US, military, aviation) Initialism of patrol fighter.
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- (aviation) A mode of operation of the flight controls of a fly-by-wire aircraft.
- The body of such rules that pertain to a particular topic.
- The control and order brought about by the observance of such rules.
- Litigation; legal action (as a means of maintaining or restoring order, redressing wrongs, etc).
- Jurisprudence, the field of knowledge which encompasses these rules.
- (now uncommon) An allowance of distance or time (a head start) given to a weaker (human or animal) competitor in a race, to make the race more fair.
- The profession that deals with such rules (as lawyers, judges, police officers, etc).
- Any statement of the relation of acts and conditions to their consequences.
- A binding regulation or custom established in a community in this way.
- A statement (in physics, etc) of an (observed, established) order or sequence or relationship of phenomena which is invariable under certain conditions. (Compare theory.)
- Common law, as contrasted with equity.
- (usually with "the") The body of binding rules and regulations, customs, and standards established in a community by its legislative and judicial authorities.
- (mathematics, logic) A statement (of relation) that is true under specified conditions; a mathematical or logical rule.
- (informal) A person or group that act(s) with authority to uphold such rules and order (for example, one or more police officers).
- (linguistics) A sound law; a regular change in the pronunciation of a language.
- (cricket) One of the official rules of cricket as codified by the its (former) governing body, the MCC.
- (law, chiefly historical) An oath sworn before a court, especially disclaiming a debt. (Chiefly in the phrases "wager of law", "wage one's law", "perform one's law", "lose one's law".)
- A rule or principle regarding the construction of language or art.
- Any rule that must or should be obeyed, concerning behaviours and their consequences. (Compare mores.)
- (fantasy) One of two metaphysical forces ruling the world in some fantasy settings, also called order, and opposed to chaos.
- a rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society
- the collection of rules imposed by authority
- the force of policemen and officers
- legal document setting forth rules governing a particular kind of activity
- the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do
- a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature
- the learned profession that is mastered by graduate study in a law school and that is responsible for the judicial system
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- (aeronautics) A control surface of an aircraft responsible for controlling the pitching motion of the machine.
- (anatomy) Any muscle that serves to raise a part of the body, such as the leg or the eye.
- Anything that raises or uplifts.
- A silo used for storing wheat, corn or other grain (grain elevator).
- A type of shoe having an insert lift to make the wearer appear taller.
- A dental instrument used to pry up ("elevate") teeth in difficult extractions, or depressed portions of bone.
- (Canada, US, Australia, Philippines) A permanent construction with a built-in platform or cab that can be raised and lowered, used to transport people and goods, as between different floors of a building.
- the airfoil on the tailplane of an aircraft that makes it ascend or descend
- lifting device consisting of a platform or cage that is raised and lowered mechanically in a vertical shaft in order to move people from one floor to another in a building
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- (aviation, navigation) Initialism of aerotriangulation.
- (firefighting, aviation) Abbreviation of air tanker.
- (US, sports) Initialism of anaerobic threshold.
- Initialism of appropriate technology.
- (US, Navy) Initialism of auxiliary tugboat.
- (fan fiction) Initialism of alternate timeline.
- Initialism of activity theory.
- (software) Initialism of assistive technology.
- (business, law) Ukrainian initialism of акціонерне товариство (akcionerne tovarystvo, “JSC”)
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- (aviation) Initialism of calibrated airspeed.
- (computing, uncountable) Initialism of compare and swap.
- (military, aviation) Acronym of close air support.
- (organisation) Initialism of complex adaptive system.
- (electronics, communication) Initialism of channel-associated signalling.
- (mathematics, computing) Initialism of computer algebra system.
- (aviation) Acronym of collision avoidance system.
- Initialism of cowboy action shooting.
- (military) Initialism of combat armor suit, used for a powered, armed and armored exoskeleton, in fiction and military research.
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- (aviation) Initialism of aeronautical approach chart.
- (military, aviation) Abbreviation of airborne aircraft carrier.
- (aviation, military) Initialism of aircraft armament change.
- Initialism of aerated autoclaved concrete.
- Initialism of Anno ante Christum, in the year before Christ.
- (file format) Initialism of advanced audio coding.
- (military) Initialism of anti-aircraft command.
- Initialism of area advisory committee.
- Initialism of augmentative and alternative communication.
- Initialism of affirming Anglican catholicism.
- a lightweight, precast, concrete building material invented in the mid-1920s that simultaneously provides structure, insulation, and fire- and mold-resistance.
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- Initialism of American Atheist Center.
- Initialism of American Association of Criminology.
- Initialism of Aluminum Annodizers Council.
- (historical) Initialism of Auto Avia Contruzione, Enzo Ferrari's first company.
- Initialism of American Airlines Center.
- Initialism of American Archery Council.
- Initialism of Army Apprentices College.
- Initialism of Anglo-American Corporation.
- Initialism of Australian Association of Chiropractors.
- Initialism of Australian Apprentiship Centre.
- Initialism of Advanced Aircraft Corps.
- Initialism of All-American Canal.
- Initialism of Auxiliary Army Corps.
- Initialism of Automotive Advertisers Council.
- Initialism of American Anglican Council.
- Initialism of Alaskan Air Command.
- Initialism of Aerial Ambulance Company.
- Initialism of Auxiliary Artillery Corps.
- (military) Initialism of Anti-aircraft Corps.
- Initialism of American Academy of Criminalists.
- Initialism of American Alumni Council, now known as Council for Advancement and Support of Education.
- Initialism of Atlanta Athletic Club.
- Initialism of Aeronautical Advisory Council.
- Initialism of American Alpine Club.
- Initialism of Alameda Arts Council.
- (British English, US) Initialism of Army Air Corps; Army Air Corps.
- Initialism of Agility Association of Canada.
- Initialism of Association of American Choruses.
- Initialism of Allumnae Advisory Center.
- Initialism of Australian Agricultural Company.
- Initialism of Association of Alabama Camps.
- Initialism of Amphibian Airplanes of Canada.
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- (aviation) Initialism of stability augmentation system.
- (computing) Initialism of secure attention sequence.
- Initialism of space adaptation syndrome.
- (Australia, education) Initialism of special assistance school.
- a specialist regiment of the British army that is trained in commando techniques of warfare and used in clandestine operations (especially against terrorist groups)
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- (sports) Initialism of San Antonio Spurs, American basketball club.
- Initialism of Scandinavian Airlines System; a joint Swedish, Norwegian and Danish airline company.
- (British, Australia, New Zealand, military) Initialism of Special Air Service.
- (computing) Initialism of Serial Attached SCSI, a computer bus standard for mainly connecting hard drives, but also used for other devices, derived from the SCSI and SATA standards.
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- (aviation) Initialism of loss of control.
- Line of Control
- (medicine) Initialism of loss of consciousness; also LoC.
- (space flight) Initialism of loss of crew.
- Initialism of lab on a chip.
- (programming) Initialism of lines of code.
- (finance, banking) Initialism of line of credit; also LoC.
- (aviation) Abbreviation of localizer.
- Initialism of letter of contract.
- (emergency medicine) Initialism of level of consciousness; also LoC.
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- Initialism of pilot monitoring.
- Initialism of project manager.
- Initialism of prime minister.
- Initialism of product manager.
- Initialism of post mortem.
- Initialism of portfolio manager.
- Initialism of postmaster.
- Initialism of push money.
- Initialism of program manager.
- Initialism of perfect match.
- Initialism of performance management.
- (knitting) Initialism of place marker.
- Initialism of price match.
- (Internet) Initialism of personal message.
- Initialism of private message.
- Initialism of project management.
- (electronics) Initialism of permanent magnet.
- Initialism of precious metal.
- Initialism of particulate matter; followed by a subscripted number representing the size of the particles in micrometres (μm).
- the period between noon and midnight
- modulation of the phase of the carrier wave
- an examination and dissection of a dead body to determine cause of death or the changes produced by disease
- the person who holds the position of head of the government in the United Kingdom
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- (aviation) Initialism of Advanced Automation System, a system for radar control of transoceanic air corridors.
- (geometry) Initialism of angle-angle-side triangular congruency.
- Initialism of acute aortic syndrome.
- (biochemistry) Initialism of anabolic–androgenic steroid.
- an associate degree in applied science
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- (help) Initialism of Assyrian Aid Society.
- (medicine) Initialism of Association for Academic Surgery.
- (biotechnology) Initialism of All-America Selections, an organization that promotes development of new garden seed varieties.
- (astronautics) Initialism of American Astronautical Society, an independent scientific and technical group in the United States.
- (sciences) Initialism of African Academy of Sciences, an Africa-wide scientific organization.
- (research) Initialism of American Antiquarian Society, an American society and national research library.
- (health) Initialism of Air Ambulance Service, a UK charity.
- (military) Initialism of Arnold Air Society, a professional honorary service organization for Air Force officer candidates.
- (astronomy) Initialism of American Astronomical Society, a United States society of professional astronomers.
- (politics) Initialism of Ansar al-Sunna, or Jamaat Ansar al-Sunna, a militant group operating in Iraq.
- (anthropology) Initialism of Australian Anthropological Society.
- (human rights) Initialism of American Anti-Slavery Society.
- (medicine, psychology) Initialism of American Association of Suicidology, an American nonprofit suicide prevention organization.
- (research) Initialism of Association for Asian Studies.
- (Australia, sciences) Initialism of Australian Academy of Science, an independent, government-endorsed society with the aim of promoting science.
- (arachnology) Initialism of American Arachnological Society, a society of amateur and professional arachnologists.
- (research) Initialism of Assyrian Academic Society.
- (physics) Initialism of Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy.
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- (aviation) Initialism of stall protection/prevention system.
- (pathology) Initialism of sticky platelet syndrome.
- Initialism of supplementary policy statement.
- (electricity) Initialism of stand-alone power system/supply.
- (psychology) Initialism of sensory processing sensitivity.
- (electricity) Initialism of solar power station.
- (electricity) Initialism of supplementary power system/supply.
- Initialism of standalone photovoltaic system/supply.
- (electricity) Initialism of standby power system/supply.
- (electricity) Initialism of smart power system/supply.
- (aerospace) Initialism of satellite power system.
- (psychology) Initialism of small penis syndrome.
- (pathology) Initialism of stiff person syndrome.
- Initialism of senior parliamentary secretary.
- (aerospace) Initialism of solar power satellite.
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- an aircraft without a pilot that is operated by remote control
- someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind
- stingless male bee in a colony of social bees (especially honeybees) whose sole function is to mate with the queen
- a pipe of the bagpipe that is tuned to produce a single continuous tone
- an unchanging intonation
- An aircraft operated by remote control, especially an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV).
- A male ant, bee, or wasp, which does not work but can fertilize the queen.
- (UK, slang) The drug mephedrone.
- A low-pitched hum or buzz.
- (Uganda) A Toyota HiAce or a similar van, especially one used by Ugandan state agents to kidnap opposition members.
- (music, uncountable) A genre of music that uses repeated lengthy droning sounds.
- A humming or deep murmuring sound.
- (chiefly military) Any remotely-operated vehicle (ROV), especially when multiple such vehicles are operated from a larger vessel.
- (music) One of the fixed-pitch pipes on a bagpipe.
- One who performs menial or tedious work.
- (slang, derogatory) One who lacks the ability to think critically and independently, especially one who follows a group blindly; a non-player character.
- (BDSM) In dronification kink, one who is mindless and obedient to a dominant, characterized by a detached and robotic identity and an anonymous appearance, typically composed of a latex suit and gas mask.
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- control from ground stations of airplanes in flight by means of messages transmitted to the pilot electronically
- (aviation, countable) A system for controlling an aircraft's rotational or translational motion in one or more axes.
- (aviation, by extension, uncountable) The process of controlling an aircraft's rotational or translational motion in one or more axes.
- (space flight, uncountable) Mission control.
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- A mechanical aid on aircraft carriers designed to help airplanes take off from the flight deck.
- (UK) A slingshot.
- A device or weapon for throwing or launching large objects.
- (figuratively) An instance of firing something, as if from a catapult.
- An instance of firing a missile from a catapult.
- a device that launches aircraft from a warship
- a plaything consisting of a Y-shaped stick with elastic between the arms; used to propel small stones
- an engine that provided medieval artillery used during sieges; a heavy war engine for hurling large stones and other missiles
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- (intransitive) To be fired from a catapult or as if from a catapult.
- (transitive) To fire or launch something, as if from a catapult.
- (intransitive) To have one's status increased rapidly.
- (transitive) To increase the status of something rapidly.
- (transitive) To fire a missile from a catapult.
- shoot forth or launch, as if from a catapult
- hurl as if with a sling
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- (aviation) Ellipsis of landing gear.
- (uncountable) Equipment or paraphernalia, especially that used for an athletic endeavor.
- (countable) A wheel, wheel segment, or bar with grooves (teeth) engraved on the outer circumference, such that two such devices can interlock and convey motion from one to the other.
- (countable, automotive, cycling) A particular combination or choice of interlocking gears, such that a particular gear ratio is achieved; often selected via a shifter.
- (uncountable, slang) Recreational drugs, including steroids.
- Clothing; garments.
- (countable, automotive) A configuration of the transmission of a motor car so as to achieve a particular ratio of engine to axle torque.
- equipment consisting of miscellaneous articles needed for a particular operation or sport etc.
- wheelwork consisting of a connected set of rotating gears by which force is transmitted or motion or torque is changed
- a mechanism for transmitting motion for some specific purpose (as the steering gear of a vehicle)
- a toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motion
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- (engineering, transitive) To provide with gearing; to fit with gears in order to achieve a desired gear ratio.
- (engineering, intransitive) To be in gear, come into gear.
- (usually with to or toward(s)) To design or devise (something) so as to be suitable (for a particular type of person or a particular purpose).
- (finance) To borrow money in order to invest it in assets.
- To dress; to put gear on; to harness.
- set the level or character of
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- (space flight) Initialism of control stick steering, a method of Space Shuttle flight control.
- (medicine) Initialism of Churg-Strauss syndrome.
- (military) Initialism of Chinese surface-to-surface (missile), a NATO prefix-code for systems developed by the People's Republic of China.
- (genetics) Initialism of chromosome substitution strain.
- (aviation, travel) Initialism of change segment status, a GDS code used on older types of airline keyboards.
- (medicine) Initialism of Coffin-Siris syndrome.
- (nautical) Initialism of Canadian Survey Ship (the designation for a survey ship operated by the Canadian Hydrographic Service).
- (historical, nautical, military) Initialism of Confederate States Ship (the designation for a commissioned warship operated by the Confederate States Navy).
- (media, DVD) Initialism of Content Scramble System, a DRM and encryption system for DVDs.
- (web design) Initialism of cascading style sheet.
- (sports) Initialism of critical swim speed.
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- direct and control (the flight of an airplane during landing) via radio
- speak in a condescending manner, as if to a child
- belittle through talk
- (transitive, idiomatic) To negotiate a lower price.
- (transitive, slang) To comfort someone experiencing a bad trip, to help them come down.
- (transitive) To convince a person to cease a drastic action or response, such as a suicide attempt or act of rage.
- (transitive, aviation, of ground control) To verbally assist someone to land an aircraft.
- (transitive) To overcome by spoken argument.
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- balance in flight by regulating the control surfaces
- adjust (sails on a ship) so that the wind is optimally used
- cut closely
- cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of
- decorate, as with ornaments
- decorate (food), as with parsley or other ornamental foods
- be in equilibrium during a flight
- cut down on; make a reduction in
- remove the edges from and cut down to the desired size
- (transitive, aviation, of an aircraft) To adjust the positions of control surfaces, sometimes using trim tabs, so as to modify or eliminate the aircraft's tendency to pitch, roll, or yaw when the cockpit controls are released.
- (transitive, nautical, of a vessel's sails) To modify the angle (of the sails) relative to the wind, especially to set them at the most advantageous angle.
- (transitive, nautical, of a vessel) To modify the angle relative to the water by shifting cargo or ballast; to adjust for sailing; to assume, or cause to assume a certain position, or trim, in the water.
- (transitive) To decorate or adorn; especially of a Christmas tree.
- (transitive, historical) To cut back the wick of (a lamp) to maintain a clean, bright flame.
- (transitive) To make trim; to put in due order for any purpose; to make right, neat, or pleasing; to adjust.
- (transitive) To reduce slightly; to cut; especially, to remove excess.
- (transitive, carpentry, of timber) To dress; to make smooth.
- (transitive, by extension) To change the carbon rods of (an arc lamp).
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- cutting down to the desired size or shape
- attitude of an aircraft in flight when allowed to take its own orientation
- a state of arrangement or appearance
- a decoration or adornment typically on the edge of a garment
- (uncountable, underwater diving) The horizontal position of an underwater water
- (printing, binding, publishing) Any of the three cut edges of book pages, trimmed with a shear after binding.
- Dress; gear; ornaments.
- (by extension, uncountable, slang, mildly vulgar) Sexual intercourse with a woman.
- (especially automotive) Features optionally available on a vehicle; an established configuration of such features within a model (a trim level).
- (nautical) The arrangement of the sails with reference to the wind.
- (uncountable, aviation, of an aircraft) The state of adjustment of control surfaces such that the desired attitude can be maintained without requiring the continuous application of force to the cockpit controls.
- (nautical) The fore-and-aft angle of the vessel to the water, with reference to the cargo and ballast; the manner in which a vessel floats on the water, whether on an even keel or down by the head or stern.
- (countable) A haircut, especially a moderate one to touch up an existing style.
- (countable) The manner in which something is equipped or adorned; order; disposition.
- (uncountable, aviation, by extension) The mechanism(s) used to trim an aircraft in roll, pitch, and/or yaw.
- (uncountable, slang, mildly vulgar) The female genitalia.
- (uncountable) Decoration; especially, decoration placed along edges or borders.
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