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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.
- (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
- (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.
- (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).
- (aviation) The central part of the cockpit, between the pilots, where various controls are located.
- (bridge building) An iron socket, or support, for the foot of a brace at the end of a truss where it rests on a pier.
- (figuratively) A place of reverence or honor.
- (rail transport) A casting secured to the frame of a truck of a railcar and forming a jaw for holding a journal box.
- (architecture) The base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp.
- (electronics) The measured value when no input signal is given.
- (telecommunications) A ground-level housing for a passive connection point for underground cables.
- (machining) A pillow block; a low housing.
- The tough protuberant pad covering a dromedary's sternum, which, when the camel lies down, causes the abdomen to be slightly above the hot ground.
- (photography) An item upon which television cameras are mounted.
- (steam heating) a pedestal coil, group of connected straight pipes arranged side by side and one above another, used in a radiator.
- a support or foundation
- an architectural support or base (as for a column or statue)
- a position of great esteem (and supposed superiority)
- (aviation) The start of the landing area of a runway.
- The wage or salary at which income tax becomes due.
- (by extension) Any end or boundary.
- (figurative) The outset of something; the point of entry, or the beginning of an action.
- The lowermost part of a doorway that one crosses to enter; a sill.
- The point where one is mentally or physically vulnerable in response to a provocation or to other nuisances.
- (engineering) The quantitative point at which an action is triggered, especially a lower limit.
- (by extension) An entrance; the door or gate of a house.
- the smallest detectable sensation
- the starting point for a new state or experience
- the entrance (the space in a wall) through which you enter or leave a room or building; the space that a door can close
- the sill of a door; a horizontal piece of wood or stone that forms the bottom of a doorway and offers support when passing through a doorway
- a region marking a boundary
- (aviation) An airport building from which the air traffic control unit monitors and directs the movement of aircraft on and around the airport.
- An enclosed, raised structure occupied by one or more persons who operate or exercise control over railway traffic, ship movement, a racetrack, machinery, etc.
- a tower with an elevated workspace enclosed in glass for the visual observation of aircraft around an airport
- (aviation, by extension) A horizontal control and stabilization surface located in front of the main wing of an aircraft.
- (aviation) A type of aircraft in which the primary horizontal control and stabilization surfaces are in front of the main wing.
- (transport, engineering, by extension) Any small winglike structure on a vehicle, usually used for stabilization.
- A false or misleading report or story, especially if deliberately so.
- a deliberately misleading fabrication
- (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
- (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.
- (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
- (aviation) A region of airspace reserved for aircraft being kept in a holding pattern.
- A fruit machine feature allowing one or more of the reels to remain fixed while the others spin.
- (exercise) An exercise involving holding a position for a set time
- The property of maintaining the shape of styled hair.
- An act or instance of holding.
- A place where animals are held for safety
- Something reserved or kept.
- (tennis) An instance of holding one's service game, as opposed to being broken.
- The queueing system on telephones and similar communication systems which maintains a connection when all lines are busy.
- The ability to persist.
- An order that something is to be reserved or delayed, limiting or preventing how it can be dealt with.
- (baseball) A statistic awarded to a relief pitcher who is not still pitching at the end of the game and who records at least one out and maintains a lead for his team.
- (gambling) The percentage the house wins on a gamble, the house or bookmaker's hold.
- (gambling) The wager amount, the total hold.
- A grasp or grip.
- Power over someone or something.
- The part of an object one is intended to grasp, or anything one can use for grasping with hands or feet.
- (nautical, aviation) The cargo area of a ship or aircraft (often holds or cargo hold).
- (wrestling, self-defense) A position or grip used to control the opponent.
- a stronghold
- a state of being confined (usually for a short time)
- time during which some action is awaited
- the appendage to an object that is designed to be held in order to use or move it
- a cell in a jail or prison
- power by which something or someone is affected or dominated
- the act of grasping
- the space in a ship or aircraft for storing cargo
- understanding of the nature or meaning or quality or magnitude of something
- (transitive) To impose restraint upon; to limit in motion or action; to bind legally or morally; to confine; to restrain.
- To maintain in being or action; to carry on; to prosecute, as a course of conduct or an argument; to continue; to sustain.
- (imperative) In a food or drink order at an informal restaurant etc., requesting that a component normally included in that order be omitted.
- To organise an event or meeting (usually in passive voice).
- (transitive) To reserve.
- (transitive) To bear, carry, or manage.
- (transitive) To have and keep possession of something.
- (transitive) To contain or store.
- (intransitive, copulative) To keep oneself in a particular state.
- (slang, intransitive) To be in possession of illicit drugs for sale.
- (intransitive, chiefly imperative) Not to move; to halt; to stop.
- (transitive) To bind (someone) to a consequence of his or her actions.
- To accept, as an opinion; to be the adherent of, openly or privately; to persist in, as a purpose; to maintain; to sustain.
- (transitive) To detain.
- (transitive) To maintain, to consider, to opine.
- To take place, to occur.
- To remain continent; to control an excretory bodily function.
- (intransitive) Not to give way; not to part or become separated; to remain unbroken or unsubdued.
- (tennis, ambitransitive) To win one's own service game.
- (transitive) To grasp or grip.
- (intransitive, copulative) To be or remain valid; to apply (usually in the third person).
- (transitive) To cause to wait or delay.
- secure and keep for possible future use or application
- keep from exhaling or expelling
- resist or confront with resistance
- be the physical support of; carry the weight of
- maintain (a theory, thoughts, or feelings)
- aim, point, or direct
- support or hold in a certain manner
- have room for; hold without crowding
- have rightfully; of rights, titles, and offices
- remain committed to
- be pertinent or relevant or applicable
- contain or hold; have within
- be valid, applicable, or true
- be in accord; be in agreement
- have or possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense
- hold the attention of
- have or hold in one's hands or grip
- assert or affirm
- keep from departing
- to close within bounds, or otherwise limit or deprive of free movement
- remain in a certain state, position, or condition
- keep in mind or convey as a conviction or view
- drink alcohol without showing ill effects
- lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits
- cause to come to an abrupt stop
- protect against a challenge or attack
- take and maintain control over, often by violent means
- cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity
- bind by an obligation; cause to be indebted
- arrange for and reserve (something for someone else) in advance
- declare to be
- cover as for protection against noise or smell
- stop dealing with
- organize or be responsible for
- have as a major characteristic
- be capable of holding or containing
- (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.
- Initialism of airport airspace analysis.
- Initialism of aircraft alert area.
- Initialism of Access Approval Authority.
- Initialism of astronaut-actuated abort.
- (organic chemistry) Initialism of aromatic amino acid.
- Initialism of authorization accounting activity; authorized accounting activity.
- Initialism of air avenue of approach.
- Initialism of Acquisition Approval Authority.
- Initialism of allocations, assessments, and analysis.
- Initialism of angle angle angle, a geometric proof.
- Initialism of arrival and assembly area.
- Initialism of authentication, authorization and accounting.
- Initialism of aerospace engineering, applied mechanics, and aviation.
- Initialism of automated airlift analysis.
- (psychology) Initialism of animal-assisted activity.
- Initialism of AEGIS acquisition agent.
- (military) Initialism of anti-aircraft artillery.
- Initialism of adaptive array antenna.
- Initialism of alternate assembly area.
- (medicine) Initialism of abdominal aortic aneurysm.
- Initialism of attitude, awareness and accountability, a ski safety program.
- Initialism of adult album alternative.
- Initialism of accumulated adjustments account, in US Federal Income Tax.
- Initialism of airborne assault area.
- Initialism of advanced acoustic array.
- Initialism of airborne array aperture.
- Initialism of administration, authorization, and authentication, in software security.
- an aneurysm of the abdominal aorta associated with old age and hypertension
- (US) Initialism of American Anthropological Association.
- Initialism of Agricultural Adjustment Association.
- Initialism of Access All Areas, Sony music project.
- Initialism of American Arbitration Association.
- (England) Initialism of Amateur Athletic Association of England.
- Initialism of American Airship Association.
- (US, historical, law) Initialism of Agricultural Adjustment Administration.
- Initialism of Allegheny Airlines.
- Initialism of Argentine Anticommunist Alliance.
- Initialism of Archives of American Art.
- (US, automotive) Initialism of American Automobile Association.
- (historical) Initialism of American Academy of Allergy; now the AAAAI.
- Initialism of Army Athletic Association.
- Initialism of Abortion Assistance Association.
- Initialism of ANSI Artists of America.
- Initialism of Allied Artists of America.
- (US, historical) Initialism of Actors and Artistes of America; now the AAAA or 4As.
- Initialism of Association of Accounting Administrators.
- Initialism of American Accounting Association.
- Initialism of Appraisers Association of America.
- Initialism of Agricultural Aviation Association.
- Initialism of Armenian Assembly of America.
- Initialism of American Association for Anatomy.
- Initialism of All American Aviation.
- Initialism of American Academy of Advertising.
- Initialism of American Abstract Artists.
- Initialism of American Accordionists' Association.
- Initialism of American Astronomers Association.
- Initialism of Associated Agents of America.
- Initialism of American Academy of Actuaries.
- Initialism of American Australian Association.
- Initialism of American Ambulance Association.
- Initialism of American Antarctic Association.
- (US, historical, law) Initialism of Agricultural Adjustment Act.
- (Australia, automotive) Initialism of Australian Automobile Association.
- Initialism of Association of Average Adjusters.
- Initialism of Antique Airplane Association.
- Initialism of Area-Agency on Aging.
- (UK, art, historical) Initialism of Allied Artists Association.
- A very narrow shoe size.
- (sports, Canada, US) The highest level of minor league baseball, often used by extension in other sports to indicate the highest level of minor league play in that sport as well.
- (video games) high-quality video game expected to sell well, typically with a large development budget.
- (finance) The highest credit rating given by debt analysis agencies such as Standard & Poor's, Moody's, and A.M. Best.
- (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
- Airspace restricted for the passage of aircraft.
- A restricted tract of land that allows passage between two places.
- A narrow hall or passage with rooms leading off it, as in a building or in a railway carriage.
- (military, historical, rare) The covered way lying round the whole compass of the fortifications of a place.
- The land near an important road, river, railway line.
- an enclosed passageway; rooms usually open onto it
- (aviation) The component of an instrument landing system that provides runway centerline guidance to aircraft, but not glideslope information.
- (computing, translation studies) A person who localizes (adapts a product for use in a particular country or region, or adapts translated text to fit a local culture).
- (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.
- (aviation) The paved area of an airport, especially the area where aircraft park away from a terminal.
- The cap of a cannon; a piece of lead laid over the vent to keep the priming dry.
- The loading, parking or roadway area immediately beside a railway station or marine terminal.
- A removable cover for the passengers' feet and legs in an open horse carriage.
- The spreading end of a driveway.
- An article of clothing worn over the front of the torso and/or legs for protection from spills; also historically worn by Freemasons and as part of women's fashion.
- (pinball) A large decal toward the bottom of a pinball table.
- The sides of a tree's canopy.
- The portion of a stage extending towards the audience beyond the proscenium arch in a theatre.
- (architecture) A raised panel below a window or wall monument or tablet.
- The short cassock ordinarily worn by English bishops.
- The paved area below the yellow line on a racetrack.
- the part of a modern theater stage between the curtain and the orchestra (i.e., in front of the curtain)
- a paved surface where aircraft stand while not being used
- (golf) the part of the fairway leading onto the green
- a garment of cloth or leather or plastic that is tied about the waist and worn to protect your clothing
- (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)
- (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.
- (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.
- 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.
- (aviation) The end of a runway.
- A piece of wood or metal, usually flat and elongated, turning on a nail or screw, to fasten something, such as a door.
- (glassblowing) The oblate spheroidal mass of glass attaching a stem to either its bowl or foot.
- A knob; a small ball; a small, roundish mass.
- A mechanical device designed to be pressed with a finger in order to open or close an electric circuit or to activate a mechanism.
- (generally with the) The means for initiating a nuclear strike or similar cataclysmic occurrence.
- (lutherie, bowmaking) Synonym of adjuster.
- (poker) The player who is last to act after the flop, turn and river, who possesses the button.
- (curling) The center (bullseye) of the house.
- (comedy) The final joke at the end of a comedic act (such as a sketch, set, or scene).
- The head of an unexpanded mushroom.
- A small white blotch on a cat's coat.
- (lutherie) In an instrument of the violin family, the near-semicircular shape extending from the top of the back plate of the instrument, meeting the heel of the neck.
- (slang) A button man; a professional assassin.
- A globule of metal remaining on an assay cupel or in a crucible, after fusion.
- (botany) A bud.
- (graphical user interface) An on-screen control that can be selected as an activator of an attached function.
- (television) The punchy or suspenseful line of dialogue that concludes a scene.
- (poker) A plastic disk used to represent the person in last position in a poker game; also dealer's button.
- (US) A badge worn on clothes, fixed with a pin through the fabric.
- (fencing) The soft circular tip at the end of a foil.
- (South Africa, slang) A methaqualone tablet (used as a recreational drug).
- (zoology) Pedicle; the attachment point for antlers in cervids.
- The least amount of care or interest; a whit or jot.
- (lutherie) Synonym of endbutton, part of a violin-family instrument.
- A raised pavement marker to further indicate the presence of a pavement-marking painted stripe.
- The calyx of an orange.
- (slang) The clitoris.
- The final segment of a rattlesnake's rattle.
- (clothing) A knob or disc that is passed through a loop or (buttonhole), serving as a fastener.
- an electrical switch operated by pressing
- a specific area or icon in graphical user interface systems that is clicked or pressed in order to select a command or perform an action
- any of various plant parts that resemble buttons
- a female sexual organ homologous to the penis
- a device that when pressed will release part of a mechanism
- any artifact that resembles a button
- a round flat badge displaying information and suitable for pinning onto a garment
- a round fastener sewn to shirts and coats etc. to fit through buttonholes
- (aviation) The area of an airfield where aircraft may be parked and serviced, including hangars, but not including taxiways or runways.
- (aviation) The precise movement of a civil photogrammetric aircraft along a predetermined course at a predetermined altitude during the actual photographic run.
- place where airplanes are parked and the maintenance hangars (but not the runways or taxiways)
- (aviation) A control surface that extends forwards and downwards from the leading edge of a wing, leaving a gap between it and the leading edge, in order to modify the airflow around the wing so as to allow flight at a higher angle of attack without stalling, lowering the aircraft's stall speed.
- (skiing, slang) A ski.
- A thin, narrow strip or bar of wood (lath), metal, or plastic.
- A drop (of rain or water), a splash.
- A thin piece of stone; a slate.
- a thin strip (wood or metal)
- (of rain or other water) To fall; to beat (against something).
- To slap or strike; to beat, pummel; to hurl or throw down violently.
- To set on; to incite.
- (British, dialectal) To split; to crack.
- To construct or provide with slats.
- To throw (something, especially water or liquid) down; to slam or splash (something) down.
- close the slats of (windows)
- equip or bar with slats
- (linguistics) Initialism of Middle English.
- Initialism of Montreal Exchange, a futures and derivatives exchange (formerly also a stock exchange).
- Abbreviation of Middle East: a geographic region of West Asia, additionally including Turkey, as well as Egypt in North Africa.
- Abbreviation of Maine: a state of the United States.
- (computing) Alternative letter-case form of Me (“Windows Me (Millennium Edition)”).
- (fandom slang) Initialism of Mass Effect.
- (aviation) An area projecting from the end of a runway that is kept clear of obstructions exceeding a height that increases with distance from the end of the runway.
- (UK, Australia, New Zealand) A road or other path that is kept free of obstructions, or on which stopping is strictly regulated, in order to maintain free flow of movement.
- a road on which you are not allowed to stop (unless you have a breakdown)
- (aviation) Initialism of airworthiness directive.
- (film) Initialism of assistant director.
- (military) Initialism of air defence or air defense.
- (Internet) Initialism of after dark.
- (pharmacology) Initialism of antidepressant.
- (uncountable, pathology) Initialism of Alzheimer's disease.
- (television) Abbreviation of audio description.
- (US, Navy) Initialism of auxiliary destroyer (a naval tender, a destroyer tender that tends to destroyers).
- (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”)
- a line enclosing a plane areas
- the size of something as given by the distance around it
- the boundary line or the area immediately inside the boundary
- An instrument for determining the extent and shape of the field of vision.
- (mathematics) The sum of the distance of all the lengths of the sides of an object.
- A fortified strip or boundary usually protecting a military position.
- (mathematics) The length of such a boundary.
- The outer limits of an area.
- Initialism of aviation annex.
- Initialism of affirmative action.
- (pathology) Initialism of alopecia areata.
- (chemistry) Initialism of antioxidant activity.
- (chemistry) Initialism of atomic absorption.
- (insurance) Initialism of appointed actuary.
- Initialism of approximate absolute.
- (pathology) Initialism of aplastic anemia.
- Initialism of airman apprentice.
- (finance) Initialism of account aggregator.
- (politics) Initialism of Association Agreement: a treaty between the European Union, its member states and a non-EU country that creates a framework for cooperation between them.
- (organic chemistry, medicine) Initialism of amyloid A.
- (optics) Initialism of angular aperture.
- (psychology) Initialism of achievement age.
- (biochemistry, medicine) Initialism of antiandrogen.
- (pathology) Initialism of aortic aneurysm.
- Initialism of Asian American.
- (statistics) Initialism of arithmetic average.
- Initialism of adoption agency.
- (organic chemistry) Initialism of ascorbic acid.
- (anatomy) Initialism of aortic arch.
- Initialism of athletic association.
- Initialism of African-American.
- (seduction community) Initialism of approach anxiety.
- (education) Initialism of Associate in Arts or Associate of Arts.
- (organic chemistry) Initialism of acetic acid.
- Initialism of air armament.
- (medicine) Initialism of arytenoid adduction.
- (organic chemistry) Initialism of amino acid.
- (organic chemistry) Initialism of acrylic acid.
- Initialism of appropriate authority.
- Initialism of acting appointment.
- (chemistry, engineering) Initialism of activated alumina.
- Initialism of aircraft artificer.
- (organic chemistry) Initialism of asymmetric aminohydroxylation.
- (medicine) Initialism of arterial aneurysm.
- (pathology) Initialism of acute appendicitis.
- (military) Initialism of avenue of approach.
- (UK, pensions) Initialism of annual allowance.
- Initialism of academic adviser.
- (military) Initialism of anti-aircraft.
- Initialism of absolute alcohol.
- (Hong Kong) Initialism of agent assistant; an assistant of a real estate agent.
- Initialism of associate administrator.
- (anatomy) Initialism of abdominal aorta.
- Initialism of armament artificer.
- (chiefly US, politics) Initialism of administrative assistant.
- An AA battery (energy-storage device).
- (organic chemistry) Initialism of arachidonic acid.
- Initialism of aircraft apprentice.
- (computer graphics) Initialism of antialiasing.
- (biochemistry) Initialism of adrenal androgen.
- (immunology) Initialism of anti-antibody.
- (gymnastics) Abbreviation of all-around.
- A member of Alcoholics Anonymous.
- (finance) Initialism of against actual.
- (military) Initialism of assembly area.
- (broadcasting) Initialism of average audience.
- Initialism of assistant adjutant.
- (pathology) Initialism of anaplastic astrocytoma.
- (organic chemistry) Initialism of aminoacyl.
- (healthcare) Initialism of anesthesiologist assistant.
- Initialism of author's alteration.
- (medicine) Initialism of anastomotic aneurysm.
- (British English, law) Initialism of appropriate adult.
- (anatomy) Initialism of ascending aorta.
- Initialism of air attaché.
- (biochemistry) Initialism of acetaldehyde adduct.
- (aviation) Initialism of absolute altitude.
- (pathology) Initialism of allergic asthma.
- Initialism of Asian-African.
- (healthcare) Initialism of anesthesia assistant.
- an international organization that provides a support group for persons trying to overcome alcoholism
- an associate degree in arts
- Initialism of Acta Astronautica: a scientific journal founded in 1955, covering fields related to the peaceful scientific exploration of space.
- Initialism of Air Almanac, a publication.
- Initialism of Anna's Archive.
- (UK, automotive) Initialism of The Automobile Association: a British motoring association founded in 1905.
- Initialism of The Aluminum Association: a trade association for the aluminum production, fabrication and recycling industries.
- Initialism of Arlington Annex.
- Initialism of Army Act.
- Initialism of Alcoholics Anonymous: a self-supporting organization of alcoholic people.
- Initialism of Alzheimer's Association: an American volunteer health organization focusing on care, support and research for Alzheimer's disease.
- (US, rail transport) Initialism of Ann Arbor Railroad.
- (aviation) Initialism of American Airlines: a major American airline headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas.
- (physics) Initialism of Antiproton Accumulator: an infrastructure connected to the Proton–Antiproton Collider at CERN.
- Initialism of Addicts Anonymous.
- (US, baseball) Double-A: the second-highest level of play in Minor League Baseball after Triple-A (AAA).
- Initialism of Al Ain.
- Initialism of American Anthropologist: the flagship journal of the American Anthropological Association, founded in 1888.
- (aviation) Initialism of Ansett Australia or Ansett Airways.
- Initialism of Academy Awards: a recognition of excellence in cinematic achievements, given annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
- (US, historical, baseball) Initialism of American Association: an American minor league baseball league from 1902 to 1962 and 1969 to 1997.
- (US, historical) Initialism of Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers.
- (stock ticker symbol) Abbreviation of Alcoa.
- (US, military) USPS military code of Armed Forces – Americas.
- (occult) Alternative form of A∴A∴.
- Initialism of Aluminum America, a corporation.
- (aviation) Initialism of Aerolíneas Argentinas.
- (aerospace) Initialism of landing pad.
- Initialism of liquid petroleum or liquified petroleum, a fuel used for cooking.
- Initialism of little person.
- Initialism of liquid propane.
- (programming) Initialism of literate programming.
- (Internet) Abbreviation of landing page.
- (military) Abbreviation of listening post.
- (online gaming, Internet) Initialism of let's play.
- (music, countable) Initialism of long-play.
- Initialism of lactase persistence.
- (mathematics) Abbreviation of linear programming.
- (medicine) Abbreviation of lumbar puncture.
- (finance) Abbreviation of liquidity provider.
- (business, law) Initialism of limited partnership.
- a long-playing phonograph record; designed to be played at 33.3 rpm
- A specific procedure used for approaching and landing at an airport.
- (also figuratively) An act of drawing near in place or time; an advancing or coming near.
- (climbing) A path taken to reach the climbing area, for example, from a car park, road, etc.
- (also figuratively) An avenue, passage, or way by which a building or place can be approached; an access.
- (aviation, also attributively) The way an aircraft comes in to land at an airport.
- (figuratively) A manner of making (a policy) or solving (a problem, etc.).
- (golf, tennis) Ellipsis of approach shot.
- An act of coming near in character or value; an approximation.
- (bowling) The area before the lane in which a bowler may stand or run up before bowling the ball.
- a way of entering or leaving
- a relatively short golf shot intended to put the ball onto the putting green
- a close approximation
- the event of one object coming closer to another
- the final path followed by an aircraft as it is landing
- the temporal property of becoming nearer in time
- ideas or actions intended to deal with a problem or situation
- the act of drawing spatially closer to something
- a tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of others
- (transitive) To bring (something) near something else; to cause (something) to draw near.
- (intransitive, golf, tennis) To play an approach shot.
- (transitive, mathematical analysis) Used when defining limits, preceded by as: To become arbitrarily close to some value, be it a number, vector or infinity and have an effect on another value.
- (intransitive) To come or go near, in place or time; to move toward; to advance nearer; to draw nigh.
- (ambitransitive, figuratively) Used intransitively, followed by to: to draw near (to someone or something); to make advances; to approximate or become almost equal.
- (transitive, also figuratively) To move toward (someone or something) in place, time, character, or value; to draw nearer to.
- (transitive) To bring up or propose to (someone) an idea, question, request, etc.
- (transitive, military) To take approaches to (a place); to move towards (a place) by using covered roads, trenches, or other works.
- (transitive, rarely intransitive) Of an immovable object or a number of such objects: to be positioned as to (notionally) appear to be moving towards (a place).
- (transitive) To attempt to make (a policy) or solve (a problem).
- move towards
- begin to deal with
- come near or verge on, resemble, come nearer in quality, or character
- come near in time
- make advances to someone, usually with a proposal or suggestion
- (aviation, historical) A starting derrick for an aeroplane.
- (electricity) A tower-like structure, usually one of a series, used to support high-voltage electricity cables.
- (architecture) A tall steel or concrete tower from which cables are strung.
- (ice hockey, derogatory) An ineffective, useless player.
- (American football) An orange marker designating one of the four corners of the end zone in American football.
- A lighting mast; a freestanding support for floodlights.
- A traffic cone.
- (aviation) A structure used to mount engines, missiles etc., to the underside of an aircraft wing or fuselage.
- An obelisk.
- (aviation, historical) A post, tower, etc. as on an aerodrome, or flying ground, serving to bound or mark a prescribed course of flight.
- (medicine) A rigid prosthesis for the lower leg.
- A gateway to the inner part of an Ancient Egyptian temple.
- a large vertical steel tower supporting high-tension power lines
- a tower for guiding pilots or marking the turning point in a race
- Clipping of PLAGF, the national army of the People's Republic of China.
- (historical, trading) NYSE stock-ticker symbol for Playboy Enterprises, Inc., now PLBY.
- (business) Initialism of Port of London Authority.
- (historical, politics) Initialism of Palestine Liberation Army (“a traditional army of the Palestine Liberation Organization, defunct”).
- (fandom slang, video games) Initialism of Pokémon Legends: Arceus.
- (military) Initialism of People's Liberation Army.
- The national armed forces of the People's Republic of China.
- Initialism of after-school detention.
- Initialism of average standard deviation.
- Initialism of activity support date.
- Initialism of atrial septal defect.
- Initialism of aircraft statistical data.
- Initialism of autism spectrum disorder.
- (seduction community) Initialism of anti-slut defense.
- Initialism of Assistant Secretary of Defense.
- Initialism of actual ship date.
- a spectrum disorder marked by characteristics such as social communication, sensory processing differences, focused interests, and repetitive behaviors
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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.
- (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
- (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.
- (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).
- (aviation) The central part of the cockpit, between the pilots, where various controls are located.
- (bridge building) An iron socket, or support, for the foot of a brace at the end of a truss where it rests on a pier.
- (figuratively) A place of reverence or honor.
- (rail transport) A casting secured to the frame of a truck of a railcar and forming a jaw for holding a journal box.
- (architecture) The base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp.
- (electronics) The measured value when no input signal is given.
- (telecommunications) A ground-level housing for a passive connection point for underground cables.
- (machining) A pillow block; a low housing.
- The tough protuberant pad covering a dromedary's sternum, which, when the camel lies down, causes the abdomen to be slightly above the hot ground.
- (photography) An item upon which television cameras are mounted.
- (steam heating) a pedestal coil, group of connected straight pipes arranged side by side and one above another, used in a radiator.
- a support or foundation
- an architectural support or base (as for a column or statue)
- a position of great esteem (and supposed superiority)
- (aviation) The start of the landing area of a runway.
- The wage or salary at which income tax becomes due.
- (by extension) Any end or boundary.
- (figurative) The outset of something; the point of entry, or the beginning of an action.
- The lowermost part of a doorway that one crosses to enter; a sill.
- The point where one is mentally or physically vulnerable in response to a provocation or to other nuisances.
- (engineering) The quantitative point at which an action is triggered, especially a lower limit.
- (by extension) An entrance; the door or gate of a house.
- the smallest detectable sensation
- the starting point for a new state or experience
- the entrance (the space in a wall) through which you enter or leave a room or building; the space that a door can close
- the sill of a door; a horizontal piece of wood or stone that forms the bottom of a doorway and offers support when passing through a doorway
- a region marking a boundary
- (aviation) An airport building from which the air traffic control unit monitors and directs the movement of aircraft on and around the airport.
- An enclosed, raised structure occupied by one or more persons who operate or exercise control over railway traffic, ship movement, a racetrack, machinery, etc.
- a tower with an elevated workspace enclosed in glass for the visual observation of aircraft around an airport
- (aviation, by extension) A horizontal control and stabilization surface located in front of the main wing of an aircraft.
- (aviation) A type of aircraft in which the primary horizontal control and stabilization surfaces are in front of the main wing.
- (transport, engineering, by extension) Any small winglike structure on a vehicle, usually used for stabilization.
- A false or misleading report or story, especially if deliberately so.
- a deliberately misleading fabrication
- (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
- (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.
- (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
- (aviation) A region of airspace reserved for aircraft being kept in a holding pattern.
- A fruit machine feature allowing one or more of the reels to remain fixed while the others spin.
- (exercise) An exercise involving holding a position for a set time
- The property of maintaining the shape of styled hair.
- An act or instance of holding.
- A place where animals are held for safety
- Something reserved or kept.
- (tennis) An instance of holding one's service game, as opposed to being broken.
- The queueing system on telephones and similar communication systems which maintains a connection when all lines are busy.
- The ability to persist.
- An order that something is to be reserved or delayed, limiting or preventing how it can be dealt with.
- (baseball) A statistic awarded to a relief pitcher who is not still pitching at the end of the game and who records at least one out and maintains a lead for his team.
- (gambling) The percentage the house wins on a gamble, the house or bookmaker's hold.
- (gambling) The wager amount, the total hold.
- A grasp or grip.
- Power over someone or something.
- The part of an object one is intended to grasp, or anything one can use for grasping with hands or feet.
- (nautical, aviation) The cargo area of a ship or aircraft (often holds or cargo hold).
- (wrestling, self-defense) A position or grip used to control the opponent.
- a stronghold
- a state of being confined (usually for a short time)
- time during which some action is awaited
- the appendage to an object that is designed to be held in order to use or move it
- a cell in a jail or prison
- power by which something or someone is affected or dominated
- the act of grasping
- the space in a ship or aircraft for storing cargo
- understanding of the nature or meaning or quality or magnitude of something
- (transitive) To impose restraint upon; to limit in motion or action; to bind legally or morally; to confine; to restrain.
- To maintain in being or action; to carry on; to prosecute, as a course of conduct or an argument; to continue; to sustain.
- (imperative) In a food or drink order at an informal restaurant etc., requesting that a component normally included in that order be omitted.
- To organise an event or meeting (usually in passive voice).
- (transitive) To reserve.
- (transitive) To bear, carry, or manage.
- (transitive) To have and keep possession of something.
- (transitive) To contain or store.
- (intransitive, copulative) To keep oneself in a particular state.
- (slang, intransitive) To be in possession of illicit drugs for sale.
- (intransitive, chiefly imperative) Not to move; to halt; to stop.
- (transitive) To bind (someone) to a consequence of his or her actions.
- To accept, as an opinion; to be the adherent of, openly or privately; to persist in, as a purpose; to maintain; to sustain.
- (transitive) To detain.
- (transitive) To maintain, to consider, to opine.
- To take place, to occur.
- To remain continent; to control an excretory bodily function.
- (intransitive) Not to give way; not to part or become separated; to remain unbroken or unsubdued.
- (tennis, ambitransitive) To win one's own service game.
- (transitive) To grasp or grip.
- (intransitive, copulative) To be or remain valid; to apply (usually in the third person).
- (transitive) To cause to wait or delay.
- secure and keep for possible future use or application
- keep from exhaling or expelling
- resist or confront with resistance
- be the physical support of; carry the weight of
- maintain (a theory, thoughts, or feelings)
- aim, point, or direct
- support or hold in a certain manner
- have room for; hold without crowding
- have rightfully; of rights, titles, and offices
- remain committed to
- be pertinent or relevant or applicable
- contain or hold; have within
- be valid, applicable, or true
- be in accord; be in agreement
- have or possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense
- hold the attention of
- have or hold in one's hands or grip
- assert or affirm
- keep from departing
- to close within bounds, or otherwise limit or deprive of free movement
- remain in a certain state, position, or condition
- keep in mind or convey as a conviction or view
- drink alcohol without showing ill effects
- lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits
- cause to come to an abrupt stop
- protect against a challenge or attack
- take and maintain control over, often by violent means
- cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity
- bind by an obligation; cause to be indebted
- arrange for and reserve (something for someone else) in advance
- declare to be
- cover as for protection against noise or smell
- stop dealing with
- organize or be responsible for
- have as a major characteristic
- be capable of holding or containing
- (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.
- Initialism of airport airspace analysis.
- Initialism of aircraft alert area.
- Initialism of Access Approval Authority.
- Initialism of astronaut-actuated abort.
- (organic chemistry) Initialism of aromatic amino acid.
- Initialism of authorization accounting activity; authorized accounting activity.
- Initialism of air avenue of approach.
- Initialism of Acquisition Approval Authority.
- Initialism of allocations, assessments, and analysis.
- Initialism of angle angle angle, a geometric proof.
- Initialism of arrival and assembly area.
- Initialism of authentication, authorization and accounting.
- Initialism of aerospace engineering, applied mechanics, and aviation.
- Initialism of automated airlift analysis.
- (psychology) Initialism of animal-assisted activity.
- Initialism of AEGIS acquisition agent.
- (military) Initialism of anti-aircraft artillery.
- Initialism of adaptive array antenna.
- Initialism of alternate assembly area.
- (medicine) Initialism of abdominal aortic aneurysm.
- Initialism of attitude, awareness and accountability, a ski safety program.
- Initialism of adult album alternative.
- Initialism of accumulated adjustments account, in US Federal Income Tax.
- Initialism of airborne assault area.
- Initialism of advanced acoustic array.
- Initialism of airborne array aperture.
- Initialism of administration, authorization, and authentication, in software security.
- an aneurysm of the abdominal aorta associated with old age and hypertension
- (US) Initialism of American Anthropological Association.
- Initialism of Agricultural Adjustment Association.
- Initialism of Access All Areas, Sony music project.
- Initialism of American Arbitration Association.
- (England) Initialism of Amateur Athletic Association of England.
- Initialism of American Airship Association.
- (US, historical, law) Initialism of Agricultural Adjustment Administration.
- Initialism of Allegheny Airlines.
- Initialism of Argentine Anticommunist Alliance.
- Initialism of Archives of American Art.
- (US, automotive) Initialism of American Automobile Association.
- (historical) Initialism of American Academy of Allergy; now the AAAAI.
- Initialism of Army Athletic Association.
- Initialism of Abortion Assistance Association.
- Initialism of ANSI Artists of America.
- Initialism of Allied Artists of America.
- (US, historical) Initialism of Actors and Artistes of America; now the AAAA or 4As.
- Initialism of Association of Accounting Administrators.
- Initialism of American Accounting Association.
- Initialism of Appraisers Association of America.
- Initialism of Agricultural Aviation Association.
- Initialism of Armenian Assembly of America.
- Initialism of American Association for Anatomy.
- Initialism of All American Aviation.
- Initialism of American Academy of Advertising.
- Initialism of American Abstract Artists.
- Initialism of American Accordionists' Association.
- Initialism of American Astronomers Association.
- Initialism of Associated Agents of America.
- Initialism of American Academy of Actuaries.
- Initialism of American Australian Association.
- Initialism of American Ambulance Association.
- Initialism of American Antarctic Association.
- (US, historical, law) Initialism of Agricultural Adjustment Act.
- (Australia, automotive) Initialism of Australian Automobile Association.
- Initialism of Association of Average Adjusters.
- Initialism of Antique Airplane Association.
- Initialism of Area-Agency on Aging.
- (UK, art, historical) Initialism of Allied Artists Association.
- A very narrow shoe size.
- (sports, Canada, US) The highest level of minor league baseball, often used by extension in other sports to indicate the highest level of minor league play in that sport as well.
- (video games) high-quality video game expected to sell well, typically with a large development budget.
- (finance) The highest credit rating given by debt analysis agencies such as Standard & Poor's, Moody's, and A.M. Best.
- (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
- Airspace restricted for the passage of aircraft.
- A restricted tract of land that allows passage between two places.
- A narrow hall or passage with rooms leading off it, as in a building or in a railway carriage.
- (military, historical, rare) The covered way lying round the whole compass of the fortifications of a place.
- The land near an important road, river, railway line.
- an enclosed passageway; rooms usually open onto it
- (aviation) The component of an instrument landing system that provides runway centerline guidance to aircraft, but not glideslope information.
- (computing, translation studies) A person who localizes (adapts a product for use in a particular country or region, or adapts translated text to fit a local culture).
- (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.
- (aviation) The paved area of an airport, especially the area where aircraft park away from a terminal.
- The cap of a cannon; a piece of lead laid over the vent to keep the priming dry.
- The loading, parking or roadway area immediately beside a railway station or marine terminal.
- A removable cover for the passengers' feet and legs in an open horse carriage.
- The spreading end of a driveway.
- An article of clothing worn over the front of the torso and/or legs for protection from spills; also historically worn by Freemasons and as part of women's fashion.
- (pinball) A large decal toward the bottom of a pinball table.
- The sides of a tree's canopy.
- The portion of a stage extending towards the audience beyond the proscenium arch in a theatre.
- (architecture) A raised panel below a window or wall monument or tablet.
- The short cassock ordinarily worn by English bishops.
- The paved area below the yellow line on a racetrack.
- the part of a modern theater stage between the curtain and the orchestra (i.e., in front of the curtain)
- a paved surface where aircraft stand while not being used
- (golf) the part of the fairway leading onto the green
- a garment of cloth or leather or plastic that is tied about the waist and worn to protect your clothing
- (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)
- (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.
- (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.
- 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.
- (aviation) The end of a runway.
- A piece of wood or metal, usually flat and elongated, turning on a nail or screw, to fasten something, such as a door.
- (glassblowing) The oblate spheroidal mass of glass attaching a stem to either its bowl or foot.
- A knob; a small ball; a small, roundish mass.
- A mechanical device designed to be pressed with a finger in order to open or close an electric circuit or to activate a mechanism.
- (generally with the) The means for initiating a nuclear strike or similar cataclysmic occurrence.
- (lutherie, bowmaking) Synonym of adjuster.
- (poker) The player who is last to act after the flop, turn and river, who possesses the button.
- (curling) The center (bullseye) of the house.
- (comedy) The final joke at the end of a comedic act (such as a sketch, set, or scene).
- The head of an unexpanded mushroom.
- A small white blotch on a cat's coat.
- (lutherie) In an instrument of the violin family, the near-semicircular shape extending from the top of the back plate of the instrument, meeting the heel of the neck.
- (slang) A button man; a professional assassin.
- A globule of metal remaining on an assay cupel or in a crucible, after fusion.
- (botany) A bud.
- (graphical user interface) An on-screen control that can be selected as an activator of an attached function.
- (television) The punchy or suspenseful line of dialogue that concludes a scene.
- (poker) A plastic disk used to represent the person in last position in a poker game; also dealer's button.
- (US) A badge worn on clothes, fixed with a pin through the fabric.
- (fencing) The soft circular tip at the end of a foil.
- (South Africa, slang) A methaqualone tablet (used as a recreational drug).
- (zoology) Pedicle; the attachment point for antlers in cervids.
- The least amount of care or interest; a whit or jot.
- (lutherie) Synonym of endbutton, part of a violin-family instrument.
- A raised pavement marker to further indicate the presence of a pavement-marking painted stripe.
- The calyx of an orange.
- (slang) The clitoris.
- The final segment of a rattlesnake's rattle.
- (clothing) A knob or disc that is passed through a loop or (buttonhole), serving as a fastener.
- an electrical switch operated by pressing
- a specific area or icon in graphical user interface systems that is clicked or pressed in order to select a command or perform an action
- any of various plant parts that resemble buttons
- a female sexual organ homologous to the penis
- a device that when pressed will release part of a mechanism
- any artifact that resembles a button
- a round flat badge displaying information and suitable for pinning onto a garment
- a round fastener sewn to shirts and coats etc. to fit through buttonholes
- (aviation) The area of an airfield where aircraft may be parked and serviced, including hangars, but not including taxiways or runways.
- (aviation) The precise movement of a civil photogrammetric aircraft along a predetermined course at a predetermined altitude during the actual photographic run.
- place where airplanes are parked and the maintenance hangars (but not the runways or taxiways)
- (aviation) A control surface that extends forwards and downwards from the leading edge of a wing, leaving a gap between it and the leading edge, in order to modify the airflow around the wing so as to allow flight at a higher angle of attack without stalling, lowering the aircraft's stall speed.
- (skiing, slang) A ski.
- A thin, narrow strip or bar of wood (lath), metal, or plastic.
- A drop (of rain or water), a splash.
- A thin piece of stone; a slate.
- a thin strip (wood or metal)
- (of rain or other water) To fall; to beat (against something).
- To slap or strike; to beat, pummel; to hurl or throw down violently.
- To set on; to incite.
- (British, dialectal) To split; to crack.
- To construct or provide with slats.
- To throw (something, especially water or liquid) down; to slam or splash (something) down.
- close the slats of (windows)
- equip or bar with slats
- (linguistics) Initialism of Middle English.
- Initialism of Montreal Exchange, a futures and derivatives exchange (formerly also a stock exchange).
- Abbreviation of Middle East: a geographic region of West Asia, additionally including Turkey, as well as Egypt in North Africa.
- Abbreviation of Maine: a state of the United States.
- (computing) Alternative letter-case form of Me (“Windows Me (Millennium Edition)”).
- (fandom slang) Initialism of Mass Effect.
- (aviation) An area projecting from the end of a runway that is kept clear of obstructions exceeding a height that increases with distance from the end of the runway.
- (UK, Australia, New Zealand) A road or other path that is kept free of obstructions, or on which stopping is strictly regulated, in order to maintain free flow of movement.
- a road on which you are not allowed to stop (unless you have a breakdown)
- (aviation) Initialism of airworthiness directive.
- (film) Initialism of assistant director.
- (military) Initialism of air defence or air defense.
- (Internet) Initialism of after dark.
- (pharmacology) Initialism of antidepressant.
- (uncountable, pathology) Initialism of Alzheimer's disease.
- (television) Abbreviation of audio description.
- (US, Navy) Initialism of auxiliary destroyer (a naval tender, a destroyer tender that tends to destroyers).
- (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”)
- a line enclosing a plane areas
- the size of something as given by the distance around it
- the boundary line or the area immediately inside the boundary
- An instrument for determining the extent and shape of the field of vision.
- (mathematics) The sum of the distance of all the lengths of the sides of an object.
- A fortified strip or boundary usually protecting a military position.
- (mathematics) The length of such a boundary.
- The outer limits of an area.
- Initialism of aviation annex.
- Initialism of affirmative action.
- (pathology) Initialism of alopecia areata.
- (chemistry) Initialism of antioxidant activity.
- (chemistry) Initialism of atomic absorption.
- (insurance) Initialism of appointed actuary.
- Initialism of approximate absolute.
- (pathology) Initialism of aplastic anemia.
- Initialism of airman apprentice.
- (finance) Initialism of account aggregator.
- (politics) Initialism of Association Agreement: a treaty between the European Union, its member states and a non-EU country that creates a framework for cooperation between them.
- (organic chemistry, medicine) Initialism of amyloid A.
- (optics) Initialism of angular aperture.
- (psychology) Initialism of achievement age.
- (biochemistry, medicine) Initialism of antiandrogen.
- (pathology) Initialism of aortic aneurysm.
- Initialism of Asian American.
- (statistics) Initialism of arithmetic average.
- Initialism of adoption agency.
- (organic chemistry) Initialism of ascorbic acid.
- (anatomy) Initialism of aortic arch.
- Initialism of athletic association.
- Initialism of African-American.
- (seduction community) Initialism of approach anxiety.
- (education) Initialism of Associate in Arts or Associate of Arts.
- (organic chemistry) Initialism of acetic acid.
- Initialism of air armament.
- (medicine) Initialism of arytenoid adduction.
- (organic chemistry) Initialism of amino acid.
- (organic chemistry) Initialism of acrylic acid.
- Initialism of appropriate authority.
- Initialism of acting appointment.
- (chemistry, engineering) Initialism of activated alumina.
- Initialism of aircraft artificer.
- (organic chemistry) Initialism of asymmetric aminohydroxylation.
- (medicine) Initialism of arterial aneurysm.
- (pathology) Initialism of acute appendicitis.
- (military) Initialism of avenue of approach.
- (UK, pensions) Initialism of annual allowance.
- Initialism of academic adviser.
- (military) Initialism of anti-aircraft.
- Initialism of absolute alcohol.
- (Hong Kong) Initialism of agent assistant; an assistant of a real estate agent.
- Initialism of associate administrator.
- (anatomy) Initialism of abdominal aorta.
- Initialism of armament artificer.
- (chiefly US, politics) Initialism of administrative assistant.
- An AA battery (energy-storage device).
- (organic chemistry) Initialism of arachidonic acid.
- Initialism of aircraft apprentice.
- (computer graphics) Initialism of antialiasing.
- (biochemistry) Initialism of adrenal androgen.
- (immunology) Initialism of anti-antibody.
- (gymnastics) Abbreviation of all-around.
- A member of Alcoholics Anonymous.
- (finance) Initialism of against actual.
- (military) Initialism of assembly area.
- (broadcasting) Initialism of average audience.
- Initialism of assistant adjutant.
- (pathology) Initialism of anaplastic astrocytoma.
- (organic chemistry) Initialism of aminoacyl.
- (healthcare) Initialism of anesthesiologist assistant.
- Initialism of author's alteration.
- (medicine) Initialism of anastomotic aneurysm.
- (British English, law) Initialism of appropriate adult.
- (anatomy) Initialism of ascending aorta.
- Initialism of air attaché.
- (biochemistry) Initialism of acetaldehyde adduct.
- (aviation) Initialism of absolute altitude.
- (pathology) Initialism of allergic asthma.
- Initialism of Asian-African.
- (healthcare) Initialism of anesthesia assistant.
- an international organization that provides a support group for persons trying to overcome alcoholism
- an associate degree in arts
- Initialism of Acta Astronautica: a scientific journal founded in 1955, covering fields related to the peaceful scientific exploration of space.
- Initialism of Air Almanac, a publication.
- Initialism of Anna's Archive.
- (UK, automotive) Initialism of The Automobile Association: a British motoring association founded in 1905.
- Initialism of The Aluminum Association: a trade association for the aluminum production, fabrication and recycling industries.
- Initialism of Arlington Annex.
- Initialism of Army Act.
- Initialism of Alcoholics Anonymous: a self-supporting organization of alcoholic people.
- Initialism of Alzheimer's Association: an American volunteer health organization focusing on care, support and research for Alzheimer's disease.
- (US, rail transport) Initialism of Ann Arbor Railroad.
- (aviation) Initialism of American Airlines: a major American airline headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas.
- (physics) Initialism of Antiproton Accumulator: an infrastructure connected to the Proton–Antiproton Collider at CERN.
- Initialism of Addicts Anonymous.
- (US, baseball) Double-A: the second-highest level of play in Minor League Baseball after Triple-A (AAA).
- Initialism of Al Ain.
- Initialism of American Anthropologist: the flagship journal of the American Anthropological Association, founded in 1888.
- (aviation) Initialism of Ansett Australia or Ansett Airways.
- Initialism of Academy Awards: a recognition of excellence in cinematic achievements, given annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
- (US, historical, baseball) Initialism of American Association: an American minor league baseball league from 1902 to 1962 and 1969 to 1997.
- (US, historical) Initialism of Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers.
- (stock ticker symbol) Abbreviation of Alcoa.
- (US, military) USPS military code of Armed Forces – Americas.
- (occult) Alternative form of A∴A∴.
- Initialism of Aluminum America, a corporation.
- (aviation) Initialism of Aerolíneas Argentinas.
- (aerospace) Initialism of landing pad.
- Initialism of liquid petroleum or liquified petroleum, a fuel used for cooking.
- Initialism of little person.
- Initialism of liquid propane.
- (programming) Initialism of literate programming.
- (Internet) Abbreviation of landing page.
- (military) Abbreviation of listening post.
- (online gaming, Internet) Initialism of let's play.
- (music, countable) Initialism of long-play.
- Initialism of lactase persistence.
- (mathematics) Abbreviation of linear programming.
- (medicine) Abbreviation of lumbar puncture.
- (finance) Abbreviation of liquidity provider.
- (business, law) Initialism of limited partnership.
- a long-playing phonograph record; designed to be played at 33.3 rpm
- A specific procedure used for approaching and landing at an airport.
- (also figuratively) An act of drawing near in place or time; an advancing or coming near.
- (climbing) A path taken to reach the climbing area, for example, from a car park, road, etc.
- (also figuratively) An avenue, passage, or way by which a building or place can be approached; an access.
- (aviation, also attributively) The way an aircraft comes in to land at an airport.
- (figuratively) A manner of making (a policy) or solving (a problem, etc.).
- (golf, tennis) Ellipsis of approach shot.
- An act of coming near in character or value; an approximation.
- (bowling) The area before the lane in which a bowler may stand or run up before bowling the ball.
- a way of entering or leaving
- a relatively short golf shot intended to put the ball onto the putting green
- a close approximation
- the event of one object coming closer to another
- the final path followed by an aircraft as it is landing
- the temporal property of becoming nearer in time
- ideas or actions intended to deal with a problem or situation
- the act of drawing spatially closer to something
- a tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of others
- (transitive) To bring (something) near something else; to cause (something) to draw near.
- (intransitive, golf, tennis) To play an approach shot.
- (transitive, mathematical analysis) Used when defining limits, preceded by as: To become arbitrarily close to some value, be it a number, vector or infinity and have an effect on another value.
- (intransitive) To come or go near, in place or time; to move toward; to advance nearer; to draw nigh.
- (ambitransitive, figuratively) Used intransitively, followed by to: to draw near (to someone or something); to make advances; to approximate or become almost equal.
- (transitive, also figuratively) To move toward (someone or something) in place, time, character, or value; to draw nearer to.
- (transitive) To bring up or propose to (someone) an idea, question, request, etc.
- (transitive, military) To take approaches to (a place); to move towards (a place) by using covered roads, trenches, or other works.
- (transitive, rarely intransitive) Of an immovable object or a number of such objects: to be positioned as to (notionally) appear to be moving towards (a place).
- (transitive) To attempt to make (a policy) or solve (a problem).
- move towards
- begin to deal with
- come near or verge on, resemble, come nearer in quality, or character
- come near in time
- make advances to someone, usually with a proposal or suggestion
- (aviation, historical) A starting derrick for an aeroplane.
- (electricity) A tower-like structure, usually one of a series, used to support high-voltage electricity cables.
- (architecture) A tall steel or concrete tower from which cables are strung.
- (ice hockey, derogatory) An ineffective, useless player.
- (American football) An orange marker designating one of the four corners of the end zone in American football.
- A lighting mast; a freestanding support for floodlights.
- A traffic cone.
- (aviation) A structure used to mount engines, missiles etc., to the underside of an aircraft wing or fuselage.
- An obelisk.
- (aviation, historical) A post, tower, etc. as on an aerodrome, or flying ground, serving to bound or mark a prescribed course of flight.
- (medicine) A rigid prosthesis for the lower leg.
- A gateway to the inner part of an Ancient Egyptian temple.
- a large vertical steel tower supporting high-tension power lines
- a tower for guiding pilots or marking the turning point in a race
- Clipping of PLAGF, the national army of the People's Republic of China.
- (historical, trading) NYSE stock-ticker symbol for Playboy Enterprises, Inc., now PLBY.
- (business) Initialism of Port of London Authority.
- (historical, politics) Initialism of Palestine Liberation Army (“a traditional army of the Palestine Liberation Organization, defunct”).
- (fandom slang, video games) Initialism of Pokémon Legends: Arceus.
- (military) Initialism of People's Liberation Army.
- The national armed forces of the People's Republic of China.
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