ASDIC

“ASDIC” is a valid word.

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Definition

a measuring instrument that sends out an acoustic pulse in water and measures distances in terms of the time for the echo of the pulse to return

saidbeing the one previously mentioned or spoken of
acidany of various water-soluble compounds having a sour taste and capable of turning litmus red and reacting with a base to form a salt
aidsa serious (often fatal) disease of the immune system transmitted through blood products especially by sexual contact or contaminated needles
discsound recording consisting of a disk with a continuous groove; used to reproduce music by rotating while a phonograph needle tracks in the groove
daisa platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it
cadi
cadssomeone who is morally reprehensible
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scadany of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae
ascisaclike structure in which ascospores are formed through sexual reproduction of ascomycetes

sadexperiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness
aida resource
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disgod of the underworld; counterpart of Greek Pluto
sacan enclosed space
cadsomeone who is morally reprehensible
sicurge to attack someone
cisan alliance made up of states that had been Soviet Socialist Republics in the Soviet Union prior to its dissolution in Dec 1991
ais

ishave the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)
asa very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms; arsenic and arsenic compounds are used as herbicides and insecticides and various alloys; found in arsenopyrite and orpiment and realgar
ida state in the Rocky Mountains
ada public promotion of some product or service
sia tetravalent nonmetallic element; next to oxygen it is the most abundant element in the earth's crust; occurs in clay and feldspar and granite and quartz and sand; used as a semiconductor in transistors
aian agency of the United States Army responsible for providing timely and relevant and accurate and synchronized intelligence to tactical and operational and strategic level commanders