Pca

name, noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Abbreviation of propulsion controlled aircraft (system/unit), an aircraft with a control system with two or more engines arrayed abreast, allowing descent, ascent, turns by adjusting the throttle control to the engines (sometimes used attributively). abbreviation, alt-of
  2. 2
    Abbreviation of principal components analysis. abbreviation, alt-of
  3. 3
    Abbreviation of patient-controlled analgesia; palliator. abbreviation, alt-of
  4. 4
    Initialism of posterior cerebral artery. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  5. 5
    Initialism of printed circuit assembly. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Abbreviation of Proto-Central Algonquian. abbreviation, alt-of
  2. 2
    Abbreviation of Posse Comitatus Act, the U.S. law called "Posse Comitatus Act", 20 Stat. 152 aka 18 U.S.C. § 1385. US, abbreviation, alt-of
  3. 3
    Initialism of Progressive Citizens of America. US, abbreviation, alt-of, historical, initialism

    "The PCA was demonstrably a Communist-front organization, and most of the Hollywoodites whom it rallied to its support were members of the Communist Party, some of them having been notorious as such for many years."

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pcbaproto central algonquianproto-central algonquian

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"The PCA was demonstrably a Communist-front organization, and most of the Hollywoodites whom it rallied to its support were members of the Communist Party, some of them having been notorious as such for many years."

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