
Waratah - Emblem of the State of New South Wales - Australia

Watercress
Xanthium

I know it's sort of a cheat, but give me break, it's 'x!'
Ximenia fruit, xigua

Zinnia

Zucchini
Equus you nominate a subject please.
Well, since Equus isn't here at present do you mind if I do?...
Acronyms and their meanings (No more than 3, please)
ALS - Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) "Lou Gehrig's Disease"
AWOL - Absent without leave
BDD - Business Desktop Deployment
BESA - Biomedical Engineering Students Association
BDU - Brain Dead User
CPR - cardio pumonary resuscitation
CIA - central intelligence agency
CF - 'text talk' for coffee freak
DIN - Do it now
DINK - Double income no kids
DRIB - Don't read if busy
ESP Extra Sensory Perception
ETA Estimated Time Of Arrival
ENT Ear Nose & Throat
FOC - Free of charge
FLUF - Fat little ugly fellow
FLA - Four letter acronym
GIT Gyroscopic Inertial Thruster / Great International Traveller / Gorgeous Intelligent (that's the crew summed up!

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GLC Greater London Council
GFI Go For It!
HGP Human Genome Project
HBS - Harvard Business School
HPS - High Pressure Steam
IRS Inland Revenue (!)Service
IOW Isle of Wight
ICI Imperial Chemical Industries
JCS - Joint Chiefs of Staff
JIT - Just in time
JSD - Doctor of Juristic Science
KIA - killed in action
KISS - Keep it simple, stupid
KWOC - keyword-out-of-context
LDR - long distance relationship
LCD - liquid crystal display
LBV - late botlled vintage
MIA - Missing In Action
MO - Modus operandi
MYOB - Mind your own business
NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NYD - No you di'n't!
NVM - never mind