# Aphabetic letter pairs in words **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [November 17, 2016, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271 "2016-11-17T17:32:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2016, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/41 "2016-11-18T20:59:27Z")
BO - hobo ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2016, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/42 "2016-11-18T21:29:44Z")
BP - subportion ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2016, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/43 "2016-11-18T21:42:00Z")
BQ: BBQ! (apparently, no BQ words) ---
**Author:** ![Ignotus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ecc23a/32.png) [@Ignotus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignotus)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2016, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/44 "2016-11-18T21:48:39Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > BQ: BBQ! (apparently, no BQ words) Sure there are: subquery. Anyway, BR: bread. ---
**Author:** ![kk\_fusion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kk_fusion/32/15276_2.png) [@kk\_fusion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kk_fusion)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2016, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/45 "2016-11-18T21:53:03Z")
BS: absolute ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2016, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/46 "2016-11-18T22:03:54Z")
BT: obtain ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2016, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/47 "2016-11-18T22:06:57Z")
BU = abut ---
**Author:** ![Ignotus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ecc23a/32.png) [@Ignotus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignotus)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2016, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/48 "2016-11-18T22:11:57Z")
BV: obverse. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2016, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/49 "2016-11-18T22:36:38Z")
BW = subway ---
**Author:** ![Ignotus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ecc23a/32.png) [@Ignotus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignotus)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2016, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/50 "2016-11-18T22:45:16Z")
BX: subxiphoid. ---
**Author:** ![whitetho](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whitetho/32/1059_2.png) [@whitetho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whitetho)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2016, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/51 "2016-11-18T22:47:01Z")
BY: by ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2016, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/52 "2016-11-18T22:49:52Z")
BZ = Abzug, Bella ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2016, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/53 "2016-11-18T23:23:29Z")
CA: cacophony ---
**Author:** ![Ignotus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ecc23a/32.png) [@Ignotus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignotus)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2016, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/54 "2016-11-18T23:28:13Z")
CB: ecbasis. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2016, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/55 "2016-11-19T00:09:57Z")
CC = Ecclesiastical ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2016, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/56 "2016-11-19T00:17:03Z")
CD: anecdotal ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2016, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/57 "2016-11-19T03:07:00Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > **Jtur88** ’s first example is AA: aardvark, so beginning is allowable. Or just take a quaalude and the problem goes away. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2016, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/58 "2016-11-19T03:08:26Z")
CE = processional ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2016, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/59 "2016-11-19T04:03:04Z")
CF: (coefficient of friction - no CF word!) ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2016, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/60 "2016-11-19T04:43:22Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > CF: (coefficient of friction - no CF word!) Yes there is. In microbiology, _ **McFarland standards** _ are used as a reference to adjust the turbidity of bacterial suspensions [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271.md?page=4)