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| Domain | Definition |
Computing | FOD /fod/ v. [Abbreviation for `Finger of Death', originally a spell-name from fantasy gaming] To terminate with extreme prejudice and with no regard for other people. From MUDs where the wizard command `FOD |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: FOD |
| Specialty definitions using "FOD": TLAs. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "FOD" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Danish (foot, paw), Manx (can, may; at length). |
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| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
FOD | English | Flies,odors,dusts | Food & Agriculture, Environment |
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Movie/TV Titles | PĆ„ fri fod i Sovjet (1990) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | ![]() | Dim sianel=dim trywydded : mynnwn fod Llundain yn cadw'i gair. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Political Rights | Equatorial Guinea | Nevertheless, in 2000 five opposition groups including the CPDS, Front for Democratic Opposition (PSD), PP, Progressive Democratic Alliance (ADP), and the Popular Union (UP) joined to form the Front of Democratic Opposition (FOD). (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
fod | 71 |
fod network | 7 |
fod tv | 4 |
damage fod incident object | 2 |
boss fod | 2 |
fod prevention | 2 |
fod mustang | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "FOD": fodder, foddered, foddering, fodders, fodgel. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "FOD": eisteddfod. (additional references) | |
Words containing "FOD": daffodil, daffodils, eisteddfodau, eisteddfodic, eisteddfods. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "d-f-o" | |
-1 letter: do, od, of. | |
| Words containing the letters "d-f-o" | |
+1 letter: doff, fado, feod, fido, fold, fond, food, ford. | |
+2 letters: defog, doffs, fados, feods, fidos, fiord, fjord, flood, folds, fonds, fondu, foods, fordo, fords, found, foxed, frond, offed. | |
+3 letters: afford, bifold, boffed, codify, coifed, defoam, defogs, deform, doffed, doffer, doofus, enfold, fandom, fantod, fedora, fiords, fjords, floods, florid, flowed, foaled, foamed, fobbed, fodder, fodgel, foetid, fogdog, fogged, foiled, foined, folded, folder, fonded, fonder, fondle, fondly, fondue, fondus, foodie, fooled, footed, fopped, forbad, forbid, forced, forded, fordid, foredo, forged, forked, formed, fouled, founds, fowled, fronds, fucoid, golfed, goofed, hoofed, infold, loafed, lofted, modify, offend, oxford, poufed, refold, rolfed, roofed, unfold, unfond, upfold, wolfed, woofed. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)46 4F 44 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)..-. --- -.. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000110 01001111 01000100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)F O D |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0046 004F 0044 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)404938 |
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