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This list contains acronyms, initialisms, and pseudo-blends that begin with the letter U. For the purposes of this list: acronym = an abbreviation pronounced as if it were a word, e.g., SARS = severe acute respiratory syndrome , pronounced to rhyme with cars
For words to appear here, they must appear in their own entry in a dictionary; words that occur only as part of a longer phrase are not included. Proper nouns are not included in the list. There are, in addition, many place names and personal names, mostly originating from Arabic-speaking countries, Albania, or China, that have a Q without a U.
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U.S. Naval Academy; A&M Texas A&M University; Also others:see A&M; A&M-CC or A&M-Corpus Christi Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi; ATU Arkansas Tech University; A&T North Carolina A&T State University; APSU Austin Peay State University; ALASU Alabama State University; Army U.S. Military Academy; ASU Alabama State University; Albany State ...
This is a set category.It should only contain pages that are Pejorative terms for people or lists of Pejorative terms for people, as well as subcategories containing those things (themselves set categories).
Crosswordese is the group of words frequently found in US crossword puzzles but seldom found in everyday conversation. The words are usually short, three to five letters, with letter combinations which crossword constructors find useful in the creation of crossword puzzles, such as words that start and/or end with vowels, abbreviations consisting entirely of consonants, unusual combinations of ...
referring to the beginning, or the root, of a structure, usually a nerve or a vein Latin rādīx, root radiculopathy: re-again, back Latin re-relapse: rect-rectum: abbr. of New Latin rectum intestinum ('straight intestine') < Latin rēctus, straight rectal, rectum, rectus femoris: ren(o) of or pertaining to the kidney Latin rēn, rēnes, kidney ...
Also apophthegm. A terse, pithy saying, akin to a proverb, maxim, or aphorism. aposiopesis A rhetorical device in which speech is broken off abruptly and the sentence is left unfinished. apostrophe A figure of speech in which a speaker breaks off from addressing the audience (e.g., in a play) and directs speech to a third party such as an opposing litigant or some other individual, sometimes ...