SP
abbreviation
Shore Patrol.
SP
1 American
sp.
2
American
abbreviation
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special.
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species.
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specific.
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specimen.
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spelling.
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spirit.
Sp.
3
American
s.p.
4
American
abbreviation
S.P.
5
American
abbreviation
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Shore Patrol.
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Socialist party.
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Submarine Patrol.
SP
1
British
abbreviation
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standard play: the standard recording speed on a VCR
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starting price
noun
Sp.
2
British
abbreviation
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Spain
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Spaniard
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Spanish
sp.
3
British
abbreviation
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special
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species
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specific
sp
4
British
abbreviation
Etymology
Origin of s.p.
From Latin sine prōle
Example Sentences
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In mice, the treatment encouraged bone regrowth in damaged digits and partially restored some regenerative abilities lost when the SP genes were absent.
From Science Daily ● May 9, 2026
MFS pledged those loans as collateral to obtain money from banks and asset managers, including Atlas SP Partners, a unit of Apollo.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 6, 2026
In south and west Wales thousands of homes were without power according to National Grid, while SP Energy reported power cuts in north Wales, due to Storm Dave.
From BBC ● Apr. 5, 2026
“There was always going to be some blood on the street with such volatility in the metals complex,” says SP Angel in a note.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 3, 2026
I liked the rapid advancement class, also called SP.
From "Bad Boy" by Walter Dean Myers
"During a recreational dive in the summer during the undergraduate study of HY Chan in 2019, he accidentally discovered Thecacera sesama sp. nov. in northern Taiwan waters," the researchers said.
From Science Daily ● May 27, 2026
Then, they compared these features using a data matrix of 280 morphological characters and 82 groups of organisms, including Tyrannosaurus rex and Archaeopteryx sp., one of the earliest known birds.
From Salon ● Jan. 6, 2023
They found that Halteria sp. not only hungrily devoured the viruses, but they had enough nutritional value to thrive and reproduce.
From Salon ● Dec. 31, 2022
I believe it’s Tetmemena sp. — the genus name is fun because it has a ‘meme’ in it.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 17, 2013
P. 7-12 cm. exp. umb. dry, rufous, squamulose, margin at first involute and downy; g. almost adnate; s. 7-10 cm. hollow, fibrillose, brownish; sp. subg. 6-7.
From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by George Massee
DGA SA and Jagiello Wrebiak i Wspolnicy Sp. z o.o. rank among the top 25 arrangers of acquisitions in Poland, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.
From BusinessWeek ● Dec. 22, 2010
I give the figures for a few imitations or adulterations: Sp. gr.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 711, August 17, 1889 by Various
The French have grade; It. and Sp., grado; Lat. gradus.
From Notes and Queries, Number 51, October 19, 1850 by Various
Mr. Sp. told me that his horse which was bewitched, would break bridles and strong halters, like a Samson.
From Miscellanies Upon Various Subjects by John Aubrey
The sketch Illustration 4, Diphya, Sp. gives a faint idea of the most beautiful animal of this kind which I have ever seen.
From Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in North-West and Western Australia, Volume 1 by George Grey
From his portrait S.P. seems to gaze out in disappointment at rooms that have grown increasingly dilapidated.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 11, 2026
It belongs to Ashley S.P., who owns the store with Jennifer Zapata.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 19, 2023
The legendary Theodore Sturgeon reviewed the young Thai writer S.P.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 22, 2022
“It is the only large mammal that India has lost,” said S.P.
From New York Times ● Sep. 16, 2022
If S.P. didn’t use so much soap on his hands, he wouldn’t always be late at breakfast.
From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott
"During our nighttime scuba dives, we searched for the ribbon-like proboscises of Bonellia sp aff minor extending out from burrow entrances," says lead author Ryutaro Goto at KyotoU's Field Science Education and Research Center.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2023
But, when researchers looked at the genetic code, the protist Oligohymenophorea sp.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 5, 2023
To study this, researchers at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln scooped up some pond water containing a microbe called Halteria sp.
From Salon ● Dec. 31, 2022
“Self-conscious referee waits until other official puts arms sp after field goal.”
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 19, 2021
P. 4-6 mm. hemispherical, brown, paler towards striate margin, sprinkled with minute particles; g. adnexed, sinuate; s. 1.5-2 cm. umber, paler upwards, everywhere pulverulent; sp.
From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by George Massee
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