short for in English

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1. Brella, short for umbrella.

2. [Short for Coeducational.] Usage Note

3. Short for Budweiser , American beer .

4. (Animals) short for Cuttlefish, Cuttlebone 2

5. Short for "Banging" 1

6. Actually, " Al " is short for " Allison. "

7. I believe it's short for Amaryllis.

8. Short for In-Circuit Emulator (ICE).

9. Ampicillin & Arabinose "Amp" is short for ampicillin and "arab" is short for Arabinose

10. Short for Blotter, as in Blotter paper

11. Short for Bumf-odder, or toilet paper

12. [Short for Anglo-American.] An′glo adj

13. API is short for Application Programming Interface.

14. Short for sedan chair Collins Explanation of Chaired

15. Caudal is also short for Caudal epidural anesthesia

16. [Short for Copper.] Cop 2 (kŏp) Slang tr.v

17. Beef is short for The Browser Exploitation Framework

18. What is Coworking? Coworking is short for collaborative working

19. In communication, a Codec is short for coder/decoder

20. Sometimes used by politicians as short for Attorney GENERAL.

21. Bunsen (plural Bunsens) (chemistry, informal) Short for Bunsen burner

22. Bouqs, short for Bouquets, aren’t like other online flowers

23. Power (short for Critical Power) is a Combat statistic

24. What Is A Copay? Copay is short for Copayment

25. [Perhaps short for chamber fellow, roommate.] Chum 2 (chŭm) n

26. Short for because it's time network, Bitnet was a U.S

27. Cv is short for curriculum vitae, meaning course of life

28. Coltan is short for columbite-tantalite, a dull metallic ore

29. "Aggro" is short for aggravate, instead of aggressive

30. What is Adware? Adware is short for advertising-supported software

31. 22 A prom, short for promenade is a formal dance.

32. Bub (n.) "a woman's breast," 1860, short for Bubby

33. The Buckyball, short for buckminsterfullerene, is a simple-yet-versatile nanoparticle

34. S . R . I is short for the system of rice intensification.

35. Short for electrocardiograph Collins Discovery Encyclopedia, 1st edition Explanation of Cardiographs

36. Ascap is short for American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers

37. What is Beef? Beef is short for The Browser Exploitation Framework

38. Word Origin for Bumf. C19: short for earlier Bumfodder; see bum 1

39. Avgas, short for aviation gas, is used to power traditional propeller aircraft

40. Your mom's tall, and you are a little short for your age.

41. Bish short for bitch, but used in a playful sort of way

42. “Arbovirus,” short for arthropod-borne virus, doesn’t refer to one particular virus

43. I’d always name myself Addled which is actually short for Addled Impasse

44. The Biopic, short for "biography picture", is well, a picture (or …

45. Autorad Autorad is short for Autoradiograph, the final result in a DNA analysis

46. The term Amino acid is short for α-Amino [alpha-Amino] carboxylic acid.

47. 21 In Seam parlance, this action is called bijection, short for bidirectional injection.

48. Meaning "a sudden decisive act" is 1852, short for Coup d'etat.

49. Bute, short for phenylbutazone, is probably the most widely used drug in horses

50. Probably borrowed from German Achromat, short for Achromatische Linse "Achromatic lens"