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"BDU" is a common misspelling or typo for: bud. |
| Domain | Definition |
Slang | Noun. Source: The abreviation BDU's have always been in the Air Forces vocabulary. Definition: Battle Dress Uniform. Also known as camos because they are designed with camiflauge on them. Context: This can be used whenever talking about military clothing . Social Source: US Air Force Jargon. Source: Compiled by The University of Oregon. (additional references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
BDU | Dutch | Beheer van de Douane-Unie | European Union |
BDU | English | Bromodeoxyuridine | Chemistry |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
bdu | 296 | bdu marpat | 6 |
bdu pants | 58 | army bdu | 6 |
propper bdu | 42 | black bdu | 5 |
bdu pants propper | 23 | bdu hunting | 5 |
bdu shorts | 21 | bdu black pants | 5 |
bdu uniform | 13 | bdu hunting pants | 4 |
military bdu | 12 | camouflage bdu | 4 |
bdu khaki uniform | 11 | air bdu force | 4 |
marine bdu | 9 | bdu digital | 4 |
air bdu force new | 8 | bdu pants uniform | 4 |
bdu camo | 8 | bdu clothes | 3 |
desert bdu | 8 | used bdu | 3 |
bdu shirt | 7 | surplus bdu | 3 |
bdu camo waterproof | 7 | bdu roll sleeve | 3 |
bdu clothing | 7 | kid bdu | 3 |
bdu belt | 7 | army bdu uniform | 3 |
bdu cap | 6 | bdu clothing military | 3 |
bdu jacket | 6 | bdu woodland | 3 |
tru spec bdu | 6 | bdu hat | 3 |
tiger stripe bdu | 6 | new marine bdu | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
Derivations | |
Words containing "BDU": abduce, abduced, abducens, abducent, abducentes, abduces, abducing, abduct, abducted, abductee, abductees, abducting, abduction, abductions, abductor, abductores, abductors, abducts, flubdub, flubdubs, obduracies, obduracy, obdurate, obdurately, obdurateness, obduratenesses, subdual, subduals, subduce, subduced, subduces, subducing, subduct, subducted, subducting, subduction, subductions, subducts, subdue, subdued, subduedly, subduer, subduers, subdues, subduing, subdural, unsubdued. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: bud, dub. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-d-u" | |
+1 letter: baud, bedu, buds, bund, burd, daub, drub, dubs, dumb. | |
+2 letters: bauds, blued, bound, buddy, budge, build, bunds, bundt, burds, bused, cubed, daube, daubs, dauby, debug, debut, doubt, drubs, dumbs, lubed, redub, tubed, unbid. | |
+3 letters: abduce, abduct, abound, absurd, abused, aubade, bedaub, bedbug, bedrug, beduin, bedumb, belaud, bestud, blumed, bonduc, bounds, boused, bruted, buboed, bucked, budded, budder, buddle, budged, budger, budges, budget, budgie, buffed, bugged, bugled, builds, bulbed, bulged, bulked, bulled, bummed, bumped, bundle, bundts, bunged, bunked, bunted, buoyed, burden, burdie, buried, burked, burled, burned, burped, burred, bushed, busied, busked, bussed, busted, butled, butted, buzzed, cuboid, curbed, daubed, dauber, daubes, daubry, debugs, debunk, debuts, dibbuk, disbud, dorbug, double, doubly, doubts, dubbed, dubber, dubbin, dumbed, dumber, dumbly, durbar, dybbuk, fubbed, imbued, numbed, obtund, outbid, redbud, redbug, redubs, rubbed, rubied, subbed, subdeb, subdue, tabued, tubbed, turbid, unbend, unbind, unbred, upbind. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)42 44 55 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-... -.. ..- |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000010 01000100 01010101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)B D U |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0042 0044 0055 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)363855 |
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