What's in a nym? lots of things I'm told. What is a nym? check out the linx below:

NYMS:

Acronym Finder
http://www.AcronymFinder.com

-- Easy to use, just type in the acronym and it gives you a list of possible meanings, depending on context. I typed in ROLF and got 13 responses.

Homonyms
http://www.cooper.com/alan/homonym.html

-- "I consider homonyms to be the prime numbers of the English Language. Like primes, they can not be predicted by any rules of grammar or diction..." Interesting list of homonyms follow.

Antagongyms and Contronyms
http://www-personal.umich.edu/~cellis/antagonym.html

-- a listing of single words that have meanings that contradict one another.

Canonical Abbrevaitions and Acronyms
http://www.astro.umd.edu/~marshall/abbrev.html

-- alphabetical listing of popular and not so popular acronyms.

Eponyms
http://members.tripod.com/~foxdreamer/index.html

-- words derived from someone's name listings from abelia to zinnia.

Heteronyms
http://www-personal.umich.edu/~cellis/heteronym.html

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