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Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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name
Initialism of Building Design: a British architectural magazine founded in 1970.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
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name
Initialism of Book of the Dead.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Topics: Egyptology, history, human-sciences, sciences
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noun
Abbreviation of boulevard.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of
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noun
Abbreviation of bed (“bedroom”), used in apartment listings.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of
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noun
Abbreviation of board, in the sense of a board of directors.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of
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noun
Initialism of Blu-ray Disc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
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noun
Initialism of birthday.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
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noun
Initialism of Bachelor of Divinity.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
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Synonyms: BDiv
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noun
Initialism of battledress.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Topics: government, military, politics, war
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noun
Initialism of Behçet's disease.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences
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noun
Initialism of bipolar disorder.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences
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noun
Initialism of Bowen's disease.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences
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noun
Initialism of biographical dictionary.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
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noun
Initialism of brush damp.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Topics: entertainment, handbells, lifestyle, music
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noun
Initialism of business development.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
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noun
Initialism of bondage and discipline.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Topics: BDSM, lifestyle, sexuality
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Synonyms: B and D, B & D, B/D
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noun
Initialism of broker-dealer.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Topics: business, finance
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noun
Comics.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
An act of sexual intercourse for the purpose of conception.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: colloquial
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verb
To have sexual intercourse for the purpose of conception.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: colloquial
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noun
a bachelor's degree in religion
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Bachelor of Divinity
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: bachelor's degree, baccalaureate
History
Initialisms.
Borrowed from French BD.
Initialism of baby dance.
