Glossary

AA
Force Commander's Artificer Armor, or Techmarine's Artificer Armor.
AB
1. Ork Warboss global, 'Ard Boyz.
2. Warboss wargear, Angry Bitz.
AC
1. Assault Cannon (also called "asscan").
1. Aspiring Champion.
AoA
Apothecary's Armor of the Apothecarion.
AoE
Area of Effect; effects that are applied to an area (usually circle or wedge) instead of a specific squad or model. The effect can be positive or negative (buff, debuff, or straight damage).
AoP
Apothecary's Armor of Purity.
Apo
Apothecary (Space Marine hero).
ASM
Assault Squad (Space Marine infantry).
AT, assterms
Terminator Assault Squad (Space Marine infantry).
AV
Anti-vehicle.
ava
Avatar (Eldar super unit).
AWD, A?WD, A?WD?
Ork Shoota Boyz Squad ability, Aiming? Wot's Dat?
axe
The Apothecary's Anointed Power Axe, or the Techmarine's Axe of the Mechanicum.
BB
Baneblade (Imperial Guard vehicle).
BB hammer
Warboss wargear, Bang Bang Hammer.
BC
Brother-Captain (Grey Knights Hero).
bc
Bloodcrusher (Chaos daemon).
BL
Bloodletters (Chaos daemon infantry).
Bubble
Any form of shield.
BW
1. (Daisy) Battlewagon (Ork vehicle).
2. Banewolf (Imperial Guard vehicle).
Catas
Catachan Devils (Imperial Guard infantry).
CC
1. Hive Tyrant wargear, Crushing Claws
2. Crowd control or close combat.
Charge
1. Periodic increase in speed that occurs when the charging unit is in range of an enemy. Also called "passive charge".
2. Ability that causes the charging unit to increase its speed, often knocking back and damaging anything in its path.
CF
Chaos Lord wargear, Combi-flamer
CL
Chaos Lord (Chaos Hero).
Clawminators
Terminators upgraded with lightning claws.
CSM
Chaos Space Marines (Chaos infantry).
DA, GU
Dire Avengers (Eldar infantry).
Devs
Devastator Squad (Space Marine infantry).
DoM
Doom of Malan'tai (Tyranid sub-commander).
DR
Dark Reapers (Eldar infantry).
Dread
Dreadnought (Space Marine vehicle).
DD
Deff Dread (Ork Vehicle).
DoT
Damage over Time.
Eldurr, Eldur, derpdar, gaydar, (the list goes on)
Eldar.
FC
Force Commander (Space Marine hero).
FD
Fire Dragons (Eldar infantry).
fex
Carnifex (Tyranid monstrous creature).
FoF
Fleet of Foot; ability of Eldar infantry which increases speed and decreases damage output.
FoS
Flesh Over Steel; ability of the Force Commander when upgraded with the Power Fist.
FotM
Fire on the Move; a unit with 50% Fire on the Move has 50% accuracy with its ranged weapon while moving.
FS
Farseer (Eldar hero).
FTE
Force Commander global ability, For the Emperor.
gates, gaytes, OP bullshit
Eldar building, Webway Gate
gen
Generator; building that produces power.
GL
Grenade Laucher.
gm
Guardsmen Squad (Imperial Guard infantry).
GUO, Fatty
Great Unclean One (Chaos super-unit).
hb, dev, SMdev
Heavy bolter Devastator.
HF
Heavy Flamer.
HI
Heavy Infantry armor.
HoD
Warlock's wargear, Heart of Darkness.
HoR
Chaos Lord wargear, Harness of Rage.
Hormas
Hormagaunt Brood (Tyranid infantry).
HotW
Hammer of the Witches; Ability of the Imperial Guard Inquisitor.
HT
Hive Tyrant (Tyranid Hero).
HWT, HWS
Heavy Weapon Squad (Imperial Guard suppression team).
IG
Imperial Guard.
IME
Apothecary's wargear, Improved Medical Equipment.
Inq, Inquis
Inquisitor (Imperial Guard Hero).
IoK
Chaos Lord wargear, Icon of Khorne.
IoN
Plague Champion wargear, Icon of Nurgle.
IoT
Chaos Sorcerer wargear, Icon of Tzeentch.
IST
Inquisitorial Storm Troopers (Grey Knight infantry).
Jedi Master, Jedi
The Eldar Warlock when playing with the "Jedi" build. Equips the Merciless Witchblade, Champions Robe and Heart of Darkness.
KB
Knockback; when units are thrown to the ground and can't function for the duration. Can be "weapon" or "ability" knockback.
KCSM
Khorne Chaos Space Marines. Chaos Space Marines upgraded with the Mark of Khorne.
KDread, hugbot
Khorne Dreadnought, Chaos Chaos Dreadnought upgraded with Mark of Khorne.
KNob, KN
Kommando Nob (Ork Hero).
LA
Lictor Alpha (Tyranid Hero).
Larra
Larraman's Blessing; Global ability for the Apothecary.
laspred
Chaos or Space Marine Predator tank upgraded with a lascannon.
LC
Lord Commissar (Imperial Guard Hero).
LC's
Lightning Claws.
LG
Lord General (Imperial Guard Hero).
Libby, Lib
Librarian (Space Marine sub-commander).
LR
Leman Russ (Imperial Guard vehicle).
Land Raider:
1. (LRR) Redeemer (Space Marine vehicle).
2. (LRP) Phobos (Chaos vehicle).
3. (LRC) Crusader (Grey Knight vehicle).
LTGB
Let the Galaxy Burn; Chaos Lord ability.
Maul, baseball bat
Chaos Lord wargear, Blood Maul.
MCB
Techmarine's wargear, Master-crafted Bolter.
Mek
Mekboy (Ork Hero).
MoH
Chaos Lord wargear, Mantle of Hate.
MoK
Mark of Khorne; Chaos upgrade
MoT
Mark of Tzeentch; Chaos upgrade
MoN
Mark of Nurgle; Chaos Predator upgrade
MWB
Warlock's wargear, Merciless Witchblade.
nade
Grenade.
Nids, zerg
Tyranids.
NM
Noise Marines (Chaos infantry).
Nuke
Refers to the 500 red global ability of any race that is unlocked in Tier 3. Includes Orbital Bombardment, Valkyrie Rocket Run, Tyranoformation, Eldritch Storm, and Roks.
OP
Over powered.
orbs
Techmarine's wargear, Orbs of the Omnissiah.
Palas
Paladins (Grey Knight infantry).
PC
Plague Champion (Chaos Hero).
pdev
Plasma Cannon Devastator Squad (Space Marine artillery set-up team).
PF
1. Force Commander's wargear, Power Fist.
2. Plague Champion's wargear, Plague Fist.
PM
Plague Marines (Chaos infantry).
Power
The secondary resource generated by Power Generators, used to produce advanced units and upgrades. Similar to Fuel in Company of Heroes, Energy in Supreme Commander, or Vespene Gas in StarCraft.
pred
Predator Tank (Space Marine vehicle).
RA
Ravener Alpha (Tyranid Hero).
Red
Global Resource (also Zeal, Waaagh!, Psychic Might, Biomass, Favor, or Command according to faction), a special resource generated by destroying and losing units; called so because of being displayed in a red color.
Req
Requisition; the basic resource generated by HQ structures and capturable Requisition Points, used to produce units and upgrades. Similar to Manpower in Company of Heroes, Mass in Supreme Commander, or Minerals in StarCraft.
rites
Apothecary's wargear, Purification Rites.
RoT
Chaos Sorcerer wargear, Robes of Torment.
SG
Sternguard Veteran Squad.
Shee
Howling Banshee (Eldar infantry).
Shuri, shurycan
Shuriken Cannon Platform (Eldar infantry).
SL
Swarmlord (Tyranid super-unit).
SM
Space Marines.
Sorc
Chaos Sorcerer (Chaos Hero).
spike damage
Damage applied in intermittent, usually heavy, surges or pulses (as opposed to a constant stream of low damage). See figure.
splash damage
See AoE.
SHI
Super Heavy Infantry armor.
Stikks
Stikkbommaz (Ork infantry).
T1, T2, T3
Tech level: Tier 1, Tier 2, Tier 3.
Tac
Tactical Squad (Space Marine infantry).
TCSM
Tzeentch Chaos Space Marines. Chaos Space Marines upgraded with the Mark of Tzeentch.
tele
Teleport or teleport pack wargear for the Force Commander or Brother-Captain.
Termas
Termagant Brood (Tyranid infantry).
Terms, Termis
Terminators:
1. Space Marine Terminators (Space Marine infantry).
2. Chaos Terminators (Chaos infantry).
3. Grey Knight Terminators (Grey Knight infantry).
’tic
Chaos Heretics (Chaos infantry).
TG
Tyrant Guard (Tyranid walker).
TH
Force Commander's wargear, Thunder Hammer.
TM
Techmarine (Space Marine Hero).
ToS, subji
Chaos Sorcerer wargear, Tome of Subjugation.
trukk, clown car
Wartrukk (Ork vehicle).
UP
Under powered.
UYC
Use Yer Choppas! (Warboss Global ability).
VA
Vindicare Assassin (Grey Knight sub-commander).
VC
Venom Cannon (Tyranid weapon).
Ven dread
Venerable Dreadnought (Space Marine vehicle).
vials, aids nade
Apothecary's wargear, Purification Vials.
VotW
Chaos Sorcerer wargear, Vestments of the Warp.
WB
Warboss (Ork Hero).
WG
Wraithguard (Eldar infantry).
WL
1. Warlock (Eldar Hero).
2. Wraithlord (Eldar vehicle).
WS
Warp Spider Squad (Eldar infantry).
WSE
Warp Spider Exarch (Eldar hero).
Zoan, zoa
Zoanthrope (Tyranid unit).