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LA
Abbreviation
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Louisiana, a state of the United States of America.
I live in Baton Rouge, LA.
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Lao People's Democratic Republic, a member state of the United Nations.
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Lampung, a province of Indonesia.
LA
Initialism
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Los Angeles, a city in the state of California in the United States.
We went to LA for the summer.
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Lead arsenate, a pesticide introduced in the United States in 1892, mostly replaced by DDT in the late 1940s, and banned in 1988.
Au
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noun
(= gold)
a soft yellow malleable ductile (trivalent and univalent) metallic element; occurs mainly as nuggets in rocks and alluvial deposits; does not react with most chemicals but is attacked by chlorine and aqua regia
AU
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noun
(= Astronomical Unit)
a unit of length used for distances within the solar system; equal to the mean distance between the Earth and the Sun (approximately 93 million miles or 150 million kilometers)
service
Noun
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An action or work by one person that can be consumed by another person.
Hair care is a service industry.
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A function that is provided by one program or machine for another.
This machine provides the name service for the LAN.
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The military.
I did three years of service before coming here.
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A set of dishes or utensils.
She brought out the silver tea service.
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The act of initially starting, or serving, the ball in play in tennis, volleyball, and other games.
The player had four service faults in the set.
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A religious rite or ritual.
The funeral service was good.
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The serving, or delivery, of a document requiring someone to appear in a court of law.
The service happened yesterday.
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That which is provided by the government or its agents.
The Job Centre provides a service to the unemployed.
service
Verb
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If you service something, you serve them.
They service the customer base.
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If you service something, you perform maintenance on them.
He is going to service the car.
DES
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noun
(= diethylstilbestrol)
a potent estrogen used in medicine and in feed for livestock and poultry
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noun
(= diethylstilbesterol)
synthetic nonsteroid with the properties of estrogen; formerly used to treat menstrual problems but was found to be associated with vaginal cancers in the daughters of women so treated during pregnancy
locale
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noun
(= venue)
the scene of any event or action (especially the place of a meeting)