a federation of North American labor unions that merged with the Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1955
<noun.group>

AFL

American Federation of Labor

the largest federation of North American labor unions; formed in 1955
<noun.group>

AFL-CIO

American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations

an abnormally large amount of this fetoprotein in the fetus can signal an abnormality of the neural tube (as spina bifida or anencephaly)
<noun.substance>

AFP

alpha fetoprotein

alpha foetoprotein

a United States Air Force defense laboratory responsible for discovering and developing and integrating fighting technologies for aerospace forces
<noun.artifact>

AFRL

Air Force Research Laboratory

a command of the United States Air Force that is responsible for defending the United States through its space and intercontinental ballistic missile operations
<noun.group>

AFSPC

Air Force Space Command

a United States defense laboratory to conduct research in high-performance computing for defense technology applications; a partnership of government and university and industry
<noun.artifact>

AHPCRC

Army High Performance Computing Research Center

the introduction of semen into the oviduct or uterus by some means other than sexual intercourse
<noun.act>

AI

artificial insemination

the branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively
<noun.cognition>

AI

artificial intelligence

sample sentences

"workers in AI hope to imitate or duplicate intelligence in computers and robots"

an agency of the United States Army responsible for providing timely and relevant and accurate and synchronized intelligence to tactical and operational and strategic level commanders
<noun.group>

AI

Army Intelligence

a fundamentalist Islamic group in Somalia who initially did fundraising for al-Qaeda; responsible for ambushing United States Army Rangers and for terrorist bombings in Ethiopia; believed to have branches in several countries
<noun.group>

AIAI

Islamic Unity

al Itihaad al Islamiya

al-Itihaad al-Islamiya

a serious (often fatal) disease of the immune system transmitted through blood products especially by sexual contact or contaminated needles
<noun.state>

AIDS

acquired immune deficiency syndrome

a state in northwestern North America; the 49th state admitted to the union
<noun.location>

AK

Alaska

Last Frontier

sample sentences

"Alaska is the largest state in the United States"

a state in the southeastern United States on the Gulf of Mexico; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War
<noun.location>

AL

Ala.

Alabama

Camellia State

Heart of Dixie

(from a combination of ALGOrithmic and Language); a programming language used to express computer programs as algorithms
<noun.communication>

ALGOL

a terrorist organization that seeks to overthrow the government dominated by Tutsi and to institute Hutu control again
<noun.group>

ALIR

Army for the Liberation of Rwanda

FAR

Former Armed Forces

Interahamwe

sample sentences

"in 1999 ALIR guerrillas kidnapped and killed eight foreign tourists"

thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord; results in progressive muscle atrophy that starts in the limbs
<noun.state>

ALS

Lou Gehrig's disease

amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object)
<noun.relation>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

ALT

EL

altitude

elevation

modulation of the amplitude of the (radio) carrier wave
<noun.communication>

AM

amplitude modulation

a master's degree in arts and sciences
<noun.communication>

AM

Artium Magister

MA

Master of Arts

macular degeneration that is age-related
<noun.state>

AMD

age-related macular degeneration

a stock exchange in New York
<noun.artifact>

AMEX

American Stock Exchange

Curb

a nucleotide found in muscle cells and important in metabolism; reversibly convertible to ADP and ATP
<noun.substance>

AMP

adenosine monophosphate

adenylic acid

a doctor's degree in musical arts
<noun.communication>

AMusD

Doctor of Musical Arts

an associate degree in nursing
<noun.communication>

AN

Associate in Nursing

a circuit in a computer that fires only when all of its inputs fire
<noun.artifact>

AND circuit

AND gate

a circuit in a computer that fires only when all of its inputs fire
<noun.artifact>

AND circuit

AND gate

a civilian reserve component of the United States Air Force that provides prompt mobilization during war and assistance during national emergencies
<noun.group>

ANG

Air National Guard

a Palestinian international terrorist organization that split from the PLO in 1974; has conducted terrorist attacks in 20 countries
<noun.group>

ANO

Abu Nidal Organization

Arab Revolutionary Brigades

Black September

Fatah Revolutionary Council

Fatah-RC

Revolutionary Organization of Socialist Muslims

sample sentences

"in the 1980s the Fatah-RC was considered the most dangerous and murderous Palestinian terror group"

a statistical method for making simultaneous comparisons between two or more means; a statistical method that yields values that can be tested to determine whether a significant relation exists between variables
<noun.cognition>

ANOVA

analysis of variance

the part of the nervous system of vertebrates that controls involuntary actions of the smooth muscles and heart and glands
<noun.body>

ANS

autonomic nervous system

a drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (aspirin and phenacetin and caffeine)
<noun.artifact>

APC

(military) an armored vehicle (usually equipped with caterpillar treads) that is used to transport infantry
<noun.artifact>

APC

armored personnel carrier

armoured personnel carrier

a state in south central United States; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War
<noun.location>

AR

Ark.

Arkansas

Land of Opportunity

an agency of the Intelligence Community that conducts advanced research and development related to information technology
<noun.group>

ARDA

Advanced Research and Development Activity