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  2. List of acronyms: L - Wikipedia

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    This list contains acronyms, initialisms, and pseudo-blends that begin with the letter L. For the purposes of this list: acronym = an abbreviation pronounced as if it were a word, e.g., SARS = severe acute respiratory syndrome , pronounced to rhyme with cars

  3. Unused New York City Subway service labels - Wikipedia

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    T was used for BMT West End Line services, but was quickly replaced by the expanded B service after routes were reorganized following the opening of the Chrystie Street Connection. [1] T is the planned label for the full-length Second Avenue Subway service. [14] U has never been used, as it sounds like the word "you". [1]

  4. New York City Subway nomenclature - Wikipedia

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    Southern Division (subway) 2: N RR T TT D N RJ RR Fourth Avenue Line: D, N, R, and W: 3: T TT B West End Line: D: 4: N N NX Sea Beach Line: N and W: 5: D Culver Shuttle F SS: Culver Line: F and <F> Southern Division (elevated) 6: Fifth Avenue–Bay Ridge Line: 7: Franklin Shuttle SS: Brighton–Franklin Line: S: 8: QB QT T RR Astoria Line: N and W

  5. -ly - Wikipedia

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    When the suffix is added to a word ending in a consonant followed by le (pronounced as a syllabic l), generally the mute e is dropped, the l loses its syllabic nature, and no additional l is added; this category is mostly composed of adverbs that end in -ably or -ibly (and correspond to adjectives ending in -able or -ible), such as probably ...

  6. T (New York City Subway service) - Wikipedia

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    The letters P, U and Y are more easily confused with common words. [18] The T ' s route emblem is colored turquoise (hex triplet #00ADD0, which could also be considered robin's egg blue or teal) because the color had also been used for the JFK Express in the past. In 2011, turquoise was considered "the color of the year", and at the time of the ...

  7. Glossary of road transport terms - Wikipedia

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    See three-way junction 5-1-1 A transportation and traffic information telephone hotline in some regions of the United States and Canada that was initially designated for road weather information. A Access road See frontage road Advisory speed limit A speed recommendation by a governing body. All-way stop or four-way stop An intersection system where traffic approaching it from all directions ...

  8. List of words with the suffix -ology - Wikipedia

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    For example, the word dermatology comes from the root dermato plus logy. [3] Sometimes, an excrescence, the addition of a consonant, must be added to avoid poor construction of words. There are additional uses for the suffix such as to describe a subject rather than the study of it (e.g. technology).

  9. Glossary of geography terms (A–M) - Wikipedia

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    Also amphidrome and tidal node. A geographical location where there is little or no tide, i.e. where the tidal amplitude is zero or nearly zero because the height of sea level does not change appreciably over time (meaning there is no high tide or low tide), and around which a tidal crest circulates once per tidal period (approximately every 12 hours). Tidal amplitude increases, though not ...