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  • rd
    rd
    abbreviation
    rod; rods.
  • Rd
    Rd
    (formerly) radium.
  • rd.
    rd.
    abbreviation
    rendered.
  • Rd.
    Rd.
    abbreviation
    Road.
  • R/D
    R/D
    refer to drawer.
  • R.D.
    R.D.
    abbreviation
    registered dietitian.
  • RD
    RD
    abbreviation
    Rural Delivery

rd

1 American  

abbreviation

  1. rod; rods.


Rd 2 American  
Symbol, Chemistry.
  1. (formerly) radium.


rd. 3 American  

abbreviation

  1. rendered.

  2. road.

  3. rod; rods.

  4. round.


Rd. 4 American  

abbreviation

  1. Road.


R/D 5 American  
Banking.
  1. refer to drawer.


R.D. 6 American  

abbreviation

  1. registered dietitian.

  2. Rural Delivery.


rd 1 British  

abbreviation

  1. rendered

  2. rod (unit of length)

  3. road

  4. round

  5. physics rutherford

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

RD 2 British  

abbreviation

  1. Rural Delivery

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Rd 3 British  

abbreviation

  1. Road

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

rd 4 British  

abbreviation

  1. refer to drawer

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Though “I Remember” has no traditional plot or arc, Braina rd crafts expert, subtle patterns that gather power imperceptibly page by page.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 25, 2019

Manuel Trappel 1st rd tee-time 14.42 w/Rickie Fowler & Padraig Harrington The Austrian is the other amateur appearing in this year's Open.

From The Guardian Jul. 17, 2012

The casts will be displayed within a tent on the beach during the competition and auctioned off at the closing event on November 23 rd.

From Time Magazine Archive

Ryan and Brad also reached rarefied air by finishing at heretofore unseen heights by placing 3 rd and 5 th in their heat races.

From Time Magazine Archive

She reached Bucktown on the 23 rd of December.

From "Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad" by Ann Petry

“Our swiftwater rescue teams are actively working to rescue individuals stuck in their cars along Fashion Valley Rd & Riverwalk Dr.,” read a statement from the San Diego Fire Department around 10 a.m.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 1, 2026

Triton Baseball shuts out Westlake 8-0 behind Mike Erspamer’s masterful 7k/1hit complete game in CIF-SS Playoffs 1st Rd!

From Los Angeles Times May 16, 2025

Drivers are being asked to avoid the A420, Church Rd, and locals are being told to keep their windows and doors closed.

From BBC Jun. 4, 2023

Historic preserve opens one day a year during wildflower season; see prairieappreciationday.org; 15044 Mima Rd.

From Seattle Times May 9, 2023

This was the letter that was inside Flat 1, 312 Lausanne Rd London N8 5BV 0208 7564321.

From "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" by Mark Haddon

Do not use st., rd., etc., after the number of the day.

From Practical Grammar and Composition by Thomas Wood

A, fir; B, "hard" pine; C, soft pine; ar, annual ring; o.e., outer edge of ring; i.e., inner edge of ring; s.w., summer wood; sp.w., spring wood; rd., resin ducts.

From Wood and Forest by William Noyes

It refers to the search of the office of the Clerk of the Court at 5600 Campbellton Fairburn Rd., in Union City, Ga., where Fulton county’s Election Hub and Operation Center is located.

From Barron's Jan. 29, 2026

In less than a month, Luu and her real estate agent found what she was looking for — at 2419 Ontario Rd., where the new one- and two-bedroom condos were still under construction.

From Washington Post Jan. 25, 2022

I-5 in the Grapevine: northbound I-5 closed at Parker Rd. in Castaic.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 30, 2021

Wednesday on Mudget Hill Rd. in Vassalboro, of just about 4,300 people in Kennebec County.

From Fox News Dec. 23, 2021

Rd. of John Sampson, for his lycense for pryntinge of a ballett called the description of vakaboundes ... iiijd.

From The Rogues and Vagabonds of Shakespeare's Youth Awdeley's 'Fraternitye of vacabondes' and Harman's 'Caveat' by John Awdeley

During my teens and then in therapy, I had read a lot of Freud, Carl Whitaker and R.D.

From The Wall Street Journal May 12, 2026

He could riff in his writings on the cultural theories of Susan Sontag, Lionel Trilling and R.D.

From New York Times Jan. 26, 2024

"Considering the significant amount of time people spend at work, understanding the relationship between work stressors and cardiovascular health is crucial for public health and workforce well-being," said lead study author Mathilde Lavigne-Robichaud, R.D.,

From Science Daily Sep. 19, 2023

He was vice chairman of Hollywood Park when he died after a short illness; in the year before that, he and then-Hollywood Park chairman R.D.

From Los Angeles Times May 30, 2019

There is a photographic facsimile of the original in R.D.

From Privateering and Piracy in the Colonial Period Illustrative Documents by J. Franklin (John Franklin) Jameson

She later worked closely with RD Burman, whom she later married.

From BBC Apr. 13, 2026

"People with Crohn's disease often look for practical tools to support their health alongside medication," said Natasha Haskey, PhD, RD, Research Associate at the University of British Columbia and lead investigator in the study.

From Science Daily Feb. 11, 2026

Ro Huntriss, Chief Nutrition Officer and RD at intermittent fasting wellness company Simple advises healthy skepticism and common sense before starting any new diet.

From Salon Feb. 12, 2024

RD: Me and Kingdom’s relationship goes back to Mustache.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 13, 2023

If the damage to the anterior horn cells be only very slight, there may only be partial RD, and the prognosis is given according to the extent of RD.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" by Various

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