acronym — acronymic, acronymous /euh kron euh meuhs/, adj. acronymically, adv. /ak reuh nim/, n. 1. a word formed from the initial letters or groups of letters of words in a set phrase or series of words, as Wac from Women s Army Corps, OPEC from… … Universalium
acronym — ac•ro•nym [[t]ˈæk rə nɪm[/t]] n. 1) a word formed from the initial letters or groups of letters of the words in a name or phrase, as Wac from Women s Army Corps, or loran from long range navigation[/ex] 2) gam pro an acrostic • Etymology:… … From formal English to slang
Three Letter Acronym — Dieser Artikel beschreibt, was eine Dreibuchstabenabkürzung ist. Eine Liste aller Dreibuchstabenabkürzungen findet sich unter Abkürzungen mit 3 Buchstaben. Die Dreibuchstabenabkürzung, im Englischen TLA (three letter acronym oder three letter… … Deutsch Wikipedia
List of paramilitary groups — The list of paramilitary groups includes all organized armed groups not officially considered a national military force. Groups are listed alphabetically, with the common name as the primary entry. Multiple entries for multiple names for a group… … Wikipedia
International Organizations and Groups — Note: The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SFRY) has dissolved and ceases to exist. None of the successor states of the former Yugoslavia, including Serbia and Montenegro, have been permitted to participate solely on the basis of the… … Universalium
Political groups of the European Parliament — The European Parliament is unique among supranational assemblies because it organizes itself around ideological, rather than national, groups. These political groups of the European Parliament are groups of MEPs. In some cases a Group is the… … Wikipedia
United NLF Groups — DFFG poster from 1972. Text reads Target of the winter: Five million [Swedish krona] to FNL! The United NLF Groups (Swedish: De förenade FNL grupperna, abbreviated DFFG, colloquially FNL grupperna, NLF Groups , or FNL rörelsen, NLF movement ) was … Wikipedia
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filofaxes — On sale in the UK since the 1920s, Filofax is a trade name for a personal organizer, which is a loose leaf ring binder for carrying diaries, notes, address books, maps and anything else considered essential for day to day working and… … Encyclopedia of contemporary British culture
HUGO — Acronym for the Human Genome Organisation, the international organization of scientists involved in the Human Genome Project, the global initiative to map and sequence the human genome. HUGO was established in 1989 by a group of the world s… … Medical dictionary
