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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

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

He’s going to have a book signing on Saturday at 1 p.m. at Barnes & Noble, 26751 Aliso Creek Rd.,

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 21, 2026

The force said it was "still trying to establish the circumstances" around the incident and several areas had been cordoned off, including outside the Fairway Inn Pub on Nuthurst Rd.

From BBC Jun. 8, 2025

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

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

From Seattle Times May 9, 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

Incident occurred on the 1000 blk of Tunitas Creek Rd. in unincorporated SMC.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 1, 2023

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

From Fox News Dec. 23, 2021

Volunteers will help plant 5,000 native trees, shrubs and flowering plants at the Paramount Ranch, 2903 Cornell Rd. in Agoura Hills, starting at 8 a.m.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 18, 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

"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

Four Democrats are competing in a June 23 Democratic primary, including three Marine veterans — R.D.

From Washington Post Jun. 13, 2020

It is more, much more, of the same: Albinati channeling the logic of the killers, with the help of a stew of unattributed theories from Freud, Lacan, R.D.

From New York Times Aug. 6, 2019

For a more impartial study of the question the reader is referred to Sir W. Muir, Annals of the Early Caliphate, The Caliphate, and to Major R.D.

From Observations on the Mussulmauns of India Descriptive of Their Manners, Customs, Habits and Religious Opinions Made During a Twelve Years' Residence in Their Immediate Society by William Crooke

"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

Half a million records and cassettes of RD Burman's score and the film's instantly recognisable dialogues were sold.

From BBC Jun. 25, 2025

"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

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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