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LSD

LSD is the initialism of £sd.

LSD is the abbreviation of lysergic acid diethylamide.

LSD is the initialism of Lake Shore Drive.

LSD is the initialism of long slow distance.

LSD is the initialism of longshore drift.

LSD is the initialism of limited-slip differential.

Meaning of £sd

Noun

£sd (uncountable)

  1. (UK, historical) The pre-decimal pounds, shillings, pence.
  2. (UK, archaic) Money in general.
    • He reins his horses with an air; he treats
      With scoffing calm whatever powers there be;
      He gets it straight, puts a bit on, and meets
      His losses with both lip and £ s. d.1901, William Henley, Bus-driver

Meaning of lysergic acid diethylamide

Noun

lysergic acid diethylamide (uncountable)

  1. A powerful synthetic hallucinogen.
    • As surely as that winter of 1970 turned to spring, lysergic acid deithylamide made its grand entrance into my life.2004, Martin Torgoff, “Fearless, Immune, and Ready for All”, in Can’t Find My Way Home: America in the Great Stoned Age, 1945–2000, New York, N.Y.: Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 8

Synonyms of LSD

Forms of LSD

pluralLSDs

Origin of LSD

Borrowed from Latin lībra solidus dēnārius.

From German LSD, initialism of Lysergsäure-diethylamid.

Other initialisms.

Words formed from LSD

Phrases with LSD

Questions about LSD

What is LSD the initialism of?
LSD is the initialism of £sd.

Words near LSD in the dictionary

  1. LSB
  2. LSBs
  3. LSC
  4. LSCB
  5. LSCBs
  6. LSD
  7. LSD-25
  8. LSDs
  9. LSE
  10. LSEG
  11. LSFE

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Adapted from Wiktionary: LSD (page history and authors); £sd (page history and authors); lysergic acid diethylamide (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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