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    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

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

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

She reached Bucktown on the 23 rd of December.

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

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

May 4 at 8 p.m. at Echostage, 2135 Queens Chapel Rd.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 26, 2023

I brush it off with my cap and drop the Rd into my glove on the bench.

From "A High Five for Glenn Burke" by Phil Bildner

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

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

From Practical Grammar and Composition by Thomas Wood

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

The largest of the fires took place at a Sunoco gas station at 8384 Colesville Rd. in Silver Spring on Tuesday morning.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 31, 2021

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

Was home of Charles Buxton, which was at E. Broad St. and Buxton Rd., but now replaced by a newer home next door to the Dulin United Methodist Church at 513 E. Broad St. *30Mr.

From A Virginia Village by Charles Alexander Stewart

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

"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

In 2021, just days before leaving office, R.D.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 30, 2023

She was also honored to have programmed the New York premieres of ambitious documentaries such as “Asylum,” Peter Robinson’s 1972 look inside the psychiatrist R.D.

From New York Times ● Jan. 9, 2023

In 1848, the Galgawatte estate, situate in this range, at an elevation of 4,000 feet, containing 246 acres, of which 72 were planted, was purchased by Mr. R.D.

From The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c. by P. L. Simmonds

"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

"He was good at spotting talent and backed young people he believed had potential," says RD Desai, a close aide who has known him since 1987.

From BBC ● May 2, 2024

"Disordered eating combined with a co-occurring medical condition is a complicated mix," says Rui Tanimura, MS, RD, CYT, a registered dietitian at the virtual eating disorder treatment company Equip.

From Salon ● Jul. 23, 2023

The most sensitive nuclear weapons information is classified as "RD," for Restricted Data, and covers warhead designs and uranium and plutonium production, according to a DOE guide entitled “Understanding Classification.”

From Reuters ● Jun. 18, 2023

Thus RD is present in infantile paralysis, acute neuritis, &c., but absent in progressive muscular atrophy where the wasting of nerve and muscle takes place extremely slowly.

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

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