The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
abbreviation. inches per second
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. A genus of clavicorn beetles, of the family Nitidulidæ, having the antennal club three-jointed, labrum connate with epistoma, anterior coxæ open, and thorax not margined at base.
Word Usage
"I see from fdl’s front page that the guy over at ips is at it again with the Odierno/Petraeus/Kean conspiracy."