CID (countable and uncountable, plural CIDs)
caller identification; a feature that identifies the phone number of the caller.
Abbreviation of combat identification. (compare IFF)
Acronym of center/centre instrument display.
Initialism of criminal investigation/investigative division/department.
CID
(British, police, initialism) Scotland Yard Criminal Investigation Department
(US, military, police, initialism) U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command
(US, military, police, initialism) Former name of NCIS. (Naval Criminal Investigation Division)
• CDI, DCI, DIC, ICD, IDC
Source: Wiktionary
Cid, n. Etym: [Sp., fr. Ar. seid lord.]
1. Chief or commander; in Spanish literature, a title of Ruy Diaz, Count of Bivar, a champion of Christianity and of the old Spanish royalty, in the 11th century.
2. An epic poem, which celebrates the exploits of the Spanish national hero, Ruy Diaz.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
4 April 2025
(verb) kill by cutting the head off with a guillotine; “The French guillotined many Vietnamese while they occupied the country”
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
