Real Words Without Definition
We're sure about this one.
A set of initials that got lowercased into the word list.
aclu is the ACLU, arpanet is ARPANET, aspca is the ASPCA, awacs is AWACS.
No dictionary defines them because they are not words. They are the first letters of something else.
34 words · sorted A to Z · each with a line on why it is here
Matches the word itself, not the note beside it. Case does not matter.
| Word, sorted Z to A | What it stands for |
|---|---|
| aclu | American Civil Liberties Union |
| adcon | administrative control |
| arpanet | Advanced Research Projects Agency Network |
| asdics | Anti-Submarine Detection Investigation Cttee |
| aspca | Am. Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals |
| awacs | Airborne Warning and Control System |
| conelrads | CONELRAD, Control of Electromagnetic Radiation |
| csmp | Continuous System Modeling Program |
| csnet | Computer Science Network |
| ebcd | Extended Binary Coded Decimal |
| fatagaga | Fabrication de Tableaux Garantis Gazometriques (Dada) |
| fidac | Federation Interalliee des Anciens Combattants |
| gepeoo | Russian G.P.U., the state political directorate |
| gpad | gallons per acre per day |
| gpcd | gallons per capita per day |
| gpss | General Purpose Simulation System |
| hcb | hexachlorobenzene |
| hydrolant | hydrographic warning, Atlantic |
| hydropac | hydrographic warning, Pacific |
| iiasa | Intl Institute for Applied Systems Analysis |
| intelsat | International Telecommunications Satellite Org. |
| kvah | kilovolt-ampere-hour |
| lapb | Link Access Procedure, Balanced (X.25) |
| mpbs | megabits per second (usu. Mbps) |
| pflag | Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays |
| pmsg | pregnant mare serum gonadotropin |
| psid | pounds per square inch, differential |
| radiac | radioactivity detection, indication and computation |
| scfh | standard cubic feet per hour |
| scfm | standard cubic feet per minute |
| shorans | short-range navigation (radar), plural |
| sofars | SOFAR, sound fixing and ranging; plural |
| typp | thousand yards per pound, a yarn count |
| typps | thousand yards per pound, plural |
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