Word: PD Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of police department. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of phase detector. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 3. Initialism of public domain. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Example: It is forbidden to market the software although PD libraries are entitled to charge for such supporting costs as administration, distribution etc. 4. Initialism of peritoneal dialysis. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 5. Initialism of penile duplication. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 6. Abbreviation of period (full stop) punctuation mark, used in communication systems without punctuation (e.g., telegrams). Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable Example: ... WILFORD J. WILLY CMA SR GRADE LIEUTENANT AND JOSEPH P. KENNEDY SR GRADE LIEUTENANT CMA BOTH USNR CMA WERE KILLED PD COMMANDER SMITH ... 7. Initialism of professional development. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 8. Initialism of public defender. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 9. Initialism of Parkinson’s disease. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 10. Initialism of panic disorder. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 11. Initialism of personality disorder. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Example: Board and Fritzon found that three of 11 personality disorders (PDs) were actually commoner in managers than in disturbed criminals. The first was histrionic PD, entailing superficial charm, insincerity, egocentricity and manipulativeness. 12. Initialism of pupillary distance. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 13. Initialism of process deviation. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 14. Initialism of power delivery. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 15. Initialism of partial discharge. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 16. Initialism of pole dance. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 17. Initialism of program director. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 18. Initialism of producer director. Labels: South-Korea, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 19. Initialism of performance director. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Example: […] Simon Jones, the former British Cycling endurance coach who is now Sky head of performance support and innovation, is to take over as performance director of Australian Cycling from April. […] “It’s been my ambition for some time to be a PD of a cycling programme and there aren’t many of them. I’ve been in Australia before so it was a natural decision.” 20. Initialism of Progressive Democrat. Labels: Ireland, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, historical, initialism, uncountable Example: The Progressive Democrats (PDs) are the junior partner in the governing coalition led by Bertie Ahern and his Fianna Fail party. […] Mr McDowell, a formidable barrister with a reputation as a political hothead, was elected leader of the PDs unopposed […]. 21. Initialism of positive deviance. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Example: The Sternins take an unorthodox approach to problem-solving known as positive deviance, or P.D., which builds on years of their health work in poor countries in Southeast Asia. / A P.D. program aims to identify individuals within small communities who have devised clever coping strategies to avoid problems afflicting their neighbors. 22. Initialism of prosecutorial discretion. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable