An abbreviation formed by the initial letters of other words, sometimes exclusively such abbreviations when pronounced as a word (as "laser") rather than as individual letters (initialisms such as "TNT").
An abbreviation formed by the beginning letters or syllables of other words (as "Benelux").
To form into an acronym
A poem or other text in which certain letters, often the first in each line, spell out a name or message.
A particular kind of word puzzle: its solutions form an anagram of a quotation, and their initials often form its author.
A composition, usually in verse, in which the first or the last letters of the lines, or certain other letters, taken in order, form a name, word, phrase, or motto.
A Hebrew poem in which the lines or stanzas begin with the letters of the alphabet in regular order (as Psalm cxix.). See Abecedarian.
An abbreviation formed by the initial letters of other words, sometimes exclusively such abbreviations when pronounced as a word (as "laser") rather than as individual letters (initialisms such as "TNT").
An abbreviation formed by the beginning letters or syllables of other words (as "Benelux").
To form into an acronym
A poem or other text in which certain letters, often the first in each line, spell out a name or message.
A particular kind of word puzzle: its solutions form an anagram of a quotation, and their initials often form its author.
A composition, usually in verse, in which the first or the last letters of the lines, or certain other letters, taken in order, form a name, word, phrase, or motto.
A Hebrew poem in which the lines or stanzas begin with the letters of the alphabet in regular order (as Psalm cxix.). See Abecedarian.