| Acronym | Definition |
|---|
| HCD | Human-Centered Design (problem-solving philosophy) |
| HCD | Housing and Community Development |
| HCD | Heavy Chain Disease |
| HCD | Hyundai California Design Center |
| HCD | Hardware Configuration Definition |
| HCD | Health Care Directive (legal document) |
| HCD | Hardware Configuration Definition (IBM mainframes) |
| HCD | Human Capital Division |
| HCD | Health Care Delivery |
| HCD | Human Capacity Development |
| HCD | Hockey Club Davos (Swiss Ice Hockey Club) |
| HCD | Histidine-Containing Dipeptide (nutrition) |
| HCD | Host Controller Device |
| HCD | Hate Crew Deathroll (Children of Bodom music album) |
| HCD | Hyundai California Design (concept car) |
| HCD | Human Chagas Disease |
| HCD | Human cDNA Database |
| HCD | Hadfield Cawkwell Davidson (UK architectural firm) |
| HCD | Hardware Command Decoder (Cassini mission; US NASA) |
| HCD | Health Care DataWorks, LLC |
| HCD | Happy Columbus Day |
| HCD | Hernia, Congenital Diaphragmatic |
| HCD | Human Collapse Diseases/Disorders |
| HCD | Hot City Destroyers (Phoenix, AZ track bike crew) |
| HCD | Hard Copy Device |
| HCD | Hazard Control Department |
| HCD | Hyperion Certified Developer (Oracle) |
| HCD | hexachlorodisilane |
| HCD | Hydraulic Component Design |
| HCD | Hardware Command Distribution |
| HCD | Highest Conditional Density |