Numbered Abbreviations

Numbered Abbreviations

1 Hen IV First part of King 0-0 zero-zero (no ceiling, no

0 2 both eyes

I-BCE first century before the

Henry IV visibility for an aircraft)

Christian era (Caesar’s Cen-

1 Hen V1 First part of King 000 emergency services (Aus-

tury)—Julius Caesar con-

Henry VI tralia)

quered Britain and Egypt be-

1 John The First Epistle Gen- 007 James Bond (Ian Flem-

fore he was assassinated in

eral of John ing’s international sleuth)

the Roman senate in the year

44 1 Kings The First Book of the

Kings (the Equator, encircling wid-

0 deg lat zero degrees latitude

1¢ one cent

1/M First Mate est part of the Earth)

1/c single-conductor

1 ma prima (Italian feminine— 0-g zero gravity

1C member or former member

first) 0°°°° zero degrees (the Equator)

of US armed forces with hon-

1 Macc The First (Apocry- 0°°°°lat zero degrees latitude (the

orable discharge

phal) Book of Maccabees Equator)

I-C first century (Vesuvian

1 mo primo (Italian—first) 0°°°°longitude Greenwich merid-

Century)—destruction of

1 Ne First Book of Nephi ian with lines of longitude ei-

Pompeii, Herculaneum, and

1 o primeiro (Portuguese— ther east or west of this prime

nearby Neapolitan places by

first)—masculine gender; meridian in Greenwich, EngI-

the volcano Vesuvius in the

year 79 of the Christian era;

primero (Spanish—first)—

1 and

masculine gender / 4 d farthing (fourth of an En-

member of the armed forces,

1 o solo glish penny); a fourthling

Coast and Geodetic Survey,

or Public Health Service

1/O First Officer

I-O conscientious objector / ly quarterly

1 4 h quarter-hard

1ce once

available only for civilian / 4 ph quarter-phase

1 cent 1 penny (10 mills)

1 Chron The First Book of the

work contributing to national

1 / 4 rd quarter-round

Chronicles

health, safety, or interest

1 / 4 S quarters

1 Cor The First Epistle of Paul

1-1-1 one man, one vote, one

election can of pipe tobacco

1 / 2 can narcotics equal to a half

the Apostle to the Corinthians

1 crown 5 shillings

1p one new penny

1-p single pole glish penny); ha’penny

1 / 2 d halfpenny (half of an En-

1d an English penny

I-D member of reserve compo-

1 penny 4 farthings

1 / 2 gr half-gross

nent or student taking military

1 Pet The First Epistle General

1 / 2 h half-hard

training

of Peter

1 / 2 rd half-round

1 dime 10 cents

1 ph single-phase

1-piece(r) one-piece bathing lings)

1 / 2 sov half-sovereign (10 shil-

1 double eagle $20 (gold)

1/e first edition

suit, coverall, or other one-

1 / 2 sovereign 10 shillings

1 eagle $10 (gold)

piece garment

1 / 2 t half title

1 er(e) premier(e) (French—first)

1 pound 20 shillings

1Q first quarter one; No 1 diet (bread and wa-

1 in the beginning; in the year

1 ers premières (French—first

1Q66 first quarter 1966 ter); Number 1 (urine)

violins)

1 Esd The First (Apocryphal)

1 quarter dollar 25 cents

1 quarter eagle $2.50 (gold) 1/ a bob (British slang for one

I first violin

Book of Esdras

1s shilling, also called a bob shilling)

1 florin 2 shillings

1-fold one-fold (single undi-

I-S student deferred from mil-

itary service by statute until first)—feminine gender; pri-

1 a primeira (Portuguese—

vided whole)

end of current school year mera (Spanish—first)—femi-

1 frogskin 1 bill

1 Sam The First Book of Sam- nine gender

1G, 2G, 3G, etc. s l a n g f o r

uel I-A available for military ser-

one, two, three thousand dol-

1 shilling 12 pence vice

lars, etc.

1 sixpence 6 pence I-A-O conscientious objector

1 Geigen (German-first vio-

1 sovereign 1 pound sterling; available only for noncomba-

lins)

20 shillings tant military service

1 guinea 21 shillings

1-spot $1 bill 1-armed one-armed bandit

1 half crown 2 shillings, 6

1st first (gambling device also called

pence

1 half dime 5 cents

1st Asst Engr First Assistant

Engineer 1b first base(man)

a slot machine)

1 half dollar 50 cents

1st Asst Pur First Assistant 1-bagger one-bagger; single

1 half eagle $5 (gold)

1 halfpenny 2 farthings

Purser

Numbered Abbreviations

1st cl hon first-class honors

2-4-5-T trichlorophenoxy-ace- (in academic degrees)

2 a f segunda-feira (Portu-

tic acid (antiplant agent and 1-step one-step (dance or mu-

guese—Monday)

defoliant) sic for such a dance)

II-A registrant deferred be-

2-fer two-fer (two for the price 1st h first home (lacrosse)

cause of civilian occupation

of one) 1st Lieut First Lieutenant

(except agriculture and activ-

2-fold double; twofold 1st Naval District B o s t o n ,

ity in study) or an apprentice

2g, 3g, 4g, etc. multiples of Massachusetts

deferred by statute

acceleration of gravity which 1st Off First Officer

II-B registrant deferred be-

at the surface of the Earth is 1-striper ensign (USN); third

cause necessary to war pro-

32.2 feet per second assistant engineer of third

duction

2 Geigen (German—second mate (merchant marine); pri-

2-AP 2-Amino Purine

violins) vate first class (US Army)

2b doubles; second base

2H hard lead pencil 1st Sgt First Sergeant

2-bagger two bagger (double)

2 Hen IV Second part of King 1st State Delaware (first state

II-BCE second century before

Henry IV of the original thirteen states

the Christian era (Roman

2 Hen VI Second part of King to ratify the Constitution of

Century)—Punic wars re-

Henry VI the United States)

sulted in destruction of

2 i/c second in command 1st Vln(s) first violin(s)

Carthage by the Roman le-

2 John The Second Epistle of 1s & 2s mixed 1st- and 2nd-

gions—the 100s

John quality lumber

2 bits 25 cents

2 Kings The Second Book of 1-suit(er) one-suit (garment

2-B’s boiled or bottled waters

Kings bag or suitcase) ,

(essential in many countries)

2/M Second Mate 1/10 net 30 1 percent discount

2¢ two cents

2 Macc The Second (Apocry- off the face value of an in-

2/c two-conductor

phal) Book of Maccabbees voice is allowed if invoice is

II-C registrant deferred be-

2MASS Two Micron All-Sky paid in 10 days; otherwise the

cause of agricultural occupa-

Survey full amount is payable in 30

tion; second century (Aure-

2n diploid number days

lian Century)—reign of the

Roman emperor-philosopher

2nd Asst Engr Second Assis-

1 Thess The First Epistle of

tant Engineer Paul the Apostle to the Thes-

Marcus Aurelius—the 100s

2nd Asst Pur Second Assis- salonians

2ce twice

2 Chron The Second Book of

tant Purser

1 threepence 3 pence

the Chronicles

2nd John John Quincy Adams

1 Tim The First Epistle of Paul

2nd Lieut Second Lieutenant the Apostle to Timothy

2-cycle two-cycle

2nd Off Second Officer 1-upmanship one step ahead

2d second

2nd State Pennsylvania of your adversary or even

2-d two-dimensional

2nd Stwd Second Steward your best friend

2 da segunda (Italian, Portu-

2nd Vln(s) second violin(s) I-W conscientious objector

guese, or Spanish—sec-

2 Ne Second Book of Nephi performing civilian work con-

ond)—feminine gender

2 o segundo (Spanish—second) tributing to national health,

2-decker double-decker (sand-

2/O Second Officer safety, or interest, or who has

wich or ship); two decker

2p two new pence completed such work

2d h second home (lacrosse)

2-p double pole 1-way o n e - wa y s t r e e t ;

2 do segundo (Italian, Portu-

2 pc two-physician certifica- one-way traffic; unilateral

guese, or Spanish—sec-

tion 1-wd one-wheel drive

ond)—masculine gender

2 Pet The Second Epistle Gen- I-Y registrant does not meet

2 ds deuxièmes (French—second

eral of Peter present standards; available

violins)

2 ph two-phase for military service only in

2 Dzerzhinsky Moscow ad-

2-piece(r) two-piece(r) event of war or national emer-

dress of the KGB; and the

2-ply two-ply gency

Lubyanka prison

2Q second quarter 1-y-o one-year-old (child, pet,

2/e second edition

2s two shillings; also the coin racehorse, etc.)

II e deuxième, second, seconde

called a florin 1-yTs one-year Treasury secu-

(French—second)

2’s two-year-old children rities

2 Esd The Second (Apocry-

phal) Book of Esdras

II-S registrant deferred because

of activity in study junior grade

1 1 / 2 striper naval lieutenant,

2 et duet

2-F two-seater fighter aircraft

2 Sam The Second Book of

Samuel lead pencil

2 Number 2 (excrement); soft

(naval symbol)

2, 4-D 2, 4-dichlorophenoxy-

2-sided two-sided

2/6 two-and-six (two shillings 2/ two shillings; also the coin

II in music, second violin

acetic acid

and sixpence); also called half called a florin

2-4-D dichlorophenoxy-acetic

acid (weed killer)

a crown

Numbered Abbreviations

2-some twosome (two persons

3 John The Third Epistle of or things)

3-Bs Bach, Beethoven, Ber-

John 2-spot $2 bill

lioz; Bach, Beethoven,

3 K’s Kinder, Küche, Kirche 2-st two-story

Brahms; Bach, Beethoven,

(German—children, kitchen, 2-step two-step (dance)

Bruckner

church) 2-striper corporal (US Army);

3/c three-conductor

3-l’s latitude, lead, lookout; lieutenant (USN); second as-

3C Computer Control Com-

lead, log, lookout (dead-reck- sistant engineer or second

pany

oning essentials) mate (merchant marine)

III-C third century (the Chi-

3M Minnesota Mining and 2-suit(er) two-suit (garment

nese Century)—Chin dynasty

Manufacturing Company bag or suitcase)

ruled a reunited China—the

3-M Maintenance and Material 2T double throw

200s

Management (USN) 2/10-30 2 percent discount if

3-card three-card (monte)

3/M Third Mate paid in 10 days, net in 30 days

3ce thrice

3-color three-color (photo,

3-m l-l c’s three-martini liquid-

lunch clubbers (alcoholically Paul the Apostle to the Thes-

2 Thess The Second Epistle of

photography, print, or print-

befuddled expense-account salonians

ing process)

experts contributing to the 2-13 drug addict

3-cord three parallel white

cords adorning bibs of British

higher cost of so many things)

3-m lunch three-martini lun- erate

2, 3-dpg 2, 3-diphosphoglyc-

sailors and their allies

3d English threepenny; thrup-

cheon

2 Tim Second Epistle of Paul

3 mMs three musical Ms (Mar- the Apostle to Timothy

pence; third

tinon, Monteux, Munch)— 2-time(r) two-time(r)

3-d dizzy, dopey, and dumb;

conductor-musicians par ex- 2-tone two-tone(d)

three-dimensional

cellence 2/2 (music) breve time; cut

3de three-day event

3Ms Macmurdo, Mackintosh, time

3-decker three-decker (sand-

and Morris (British archi- 2U to you

wich or ship); triple-decker

tects) 2U2 to you too

3d h third home (lacrosse)

3-Ms Mozart, Mendelssohn, 2-way two-way

3d m third man (lacrosse)

Mahler 2-wd 2-wheel drive

3-Ds discouragement, disillu-

3 Ne Third Book of Nephi 2WW Second Weather Wing

sionment, disappointment

3 o trio (Air Force-New York)

(including frustration and

3 o tercero (Spanish—third) 2-y-o two-year-old (child, pet,

loss)—often leads to suicide,

experts insist

racehorse, etc.)

3d 10th 40m 3 days 10 hours

3/O Third Officer 3-p triple pole

2 1 / 2 small glass of milk

3ph three-phase / 2 striper naval lieutenant

40 minutes (Atlantic crossing

3-piece three-piece (garment) III-A registrant with child or

of SS United States in July

commander

3pl three-point linkage (trac- children or registrant deferred

3/e third edition

tor) by reason of extreme hardship

III e troisième (French—third)

3-p’s three phantoms (world to dependents

3-e’s of the 1990s e c o n o m y,

ment, world unrest) Tuesday)

environment, ethics

depression, world unemploy-

3-Ps prosecution, punishment, 3b third base; triples

3 a f terça-feira (Portuguese—

3 ×××× 5 3-inch by 5-inch filing

card

and persecution (often life- 3-bagger three-bagger (triple)

3-fold threefold; triple

long) faced by every felon 3-ball three-ball (golf match)

3-40s 40 mile-per-hour wind,

3pt three-point (tractor link- III-BCE third century before

40-degree air temperature,

age) the Christian era (Carthagin-

40-degree water temperature

3Q third quarter ian Century)—Hannibal

3-gaited three-gaited (horse)

3rd Asst Engr Third Assistant crossed the Alps to defeat the

3-Gs Gegurgel, Gejodel, Gek-

Engineer Romans—the 200s

lapper (German—gurgling,

3rd degree prolonged interro- 3-bravs bravo (shout meaning

yodelling, clattering)—Wag-

ner’s opinion of music com-

gation designed to produce a

confession of guilt very well); brava (for a fe-

a male performer has done

posed by Mendelssohn and

3rd Naval District New York, male performer), bravi (for

Meyerbeer

New York male and female performers)

3H very hard lead pencil

3rd Off Third Officer 3-b’s bang ’em, blow ’em, bow

3-H Hubert Horatio Humphrey

3rd State New Jersey ’em—musical instruments

3-hand(ed) t h r e e - h a n d ( e d )

3rd Stwd Third Steward played by banging them (per-

(card game)

3-ring three-ring circus cussion), blowing them

3 Hen V1 Third part of King

3-RRs remedial reading, reme- (brasses or woodwinds), or

Henry V1

dial writing, remedial arith- bowing them (strings)

3io trio

3-I voters Irish, Israeli, Italian

metic

Numbered Abbreviations

3-Rs reading, writing, arith-

4-R Act Railroad Revitaliza- metic (colloquially, readin’,

4C Community-Coordinated

tion and Regulatory Reform ’ritin’, ’rithmetic)

Child Care Program

Act 3-Rs of productivity recogni-

IV-C alien; fourth century

4 spd four speed tion, responsibility, rewards

(Constantinian Century)—

4-Ss shit, shave, shampoo, and (for workers)

Roman emperor Constantine

shower 3-Rs of war relentless, re-

built the city of Constantino-

4-st four-story morseless, ruthless

ple on the site of ancient Byz-

antium and proclaimed it cap-

4-star admiral or general of

3 S’s Saba, Sint Eustatius (Sta-

four-star rank tia), Sint Maarten (in the

ital of the Eastern Empire—

4-striper captain (merchant Netherlands Antilles within

the 300s

marine or USN); chief engi- the Lesser Antilles near the

4-class fourth-class (mail)

neer (merchant marine) Virgin Islands)

4-col p four-color page

4tet quartet(te) 3-st three-story

4-d meat meat of dead, dis-

4th the 4th of July (American 3-star admiral or general of

abled, diseased, or dying ani-

holiday celebrating the sign- three-star rank

mals

ing of the Declaration of In- 3-striper commander (USN);

IV-D minister of religion or di-

dependence in Philadelphia first assistant engineer or first

vinity student

on July 4, 1776) mate (merchant marine); ser-

4/e fourth edition

4th Asst Engr Fourth Assis- geant (U.S. Army)

IV e quatrième

(French—

tant Engineer 3T triple throw

fourth)

4th Naval District Philadel- 3-3 three (school) terms—

IV-E conscientious objector

phia, Pennsylvania three courses per term

available for, assigned to, or

4th Off Fourth Officer 3-way three-way

released for work of national

4th State Georgia 3-wheel atv’s 3-wheel all-ter-

importance

4to quarto (sheet of book rain vehicles

4-F find, feel, fornicate, and

folded twice) 3WW Third Weather Wing

forget—code of conduct of

4U for you (Air Force—Nebraska)

certain men in search of ca-

sual sexual relationships

4U2 for you too

4-way four-way injection of breath-stopping

4 level 4 (death-dealing dose or

IV-F registrant not qualified

4-wd(s) four-wheel drive vehi- barbital or other drug used by

for any military service

cle(s) executioners)

4-gls fourth-generation lan-

4-wheel four-wheel (drive) 4a man 38 years or over and de-

guages

4-ws (4WS) 4-wheel steering ferred from military service

4H very very hard lead pencil

4WW Fourth Weather Wing by reason of age

4-H 4-H Club(s)—H standing

(Air Force—Colorado) IV-A registrant who has com-

for head, heart, health, and

4X Israeli aircraft pleted service or a sole sur-

helping hands

5 large glass of milk viving son

4-hand four-hand(ed)

4 humors of the body blood,

5A Libyan aircraft

V-A registrant over the age li- Wednesday)

4 a f quarta-feira (Portuguese—

yellow bile, black bile,

ability for military service 4-As American Association for

phlegm

5 a f quinta-feira (Portuguese— the Advancement of Atheism

4 Last Songs ballet based on

Thursday) 4-AS American Association

the Four Last Songs of Rich-

5-and-10 variety store for the Advancement of Sci-

ard Strauss

5b bald man with baywindow, ence

4-letter four-letter words (vul-

bifocals, bridgework, and IV-B government official de-

gar or offensive short words

bunions (humorous Selective ferred by statute

which refer to sex, excrement,

Service rating) 4-bagger four-bagger (home

or other bodily functions)

V-BCE fifth century before the run)

4-Ls latitude, lead, longitude,

Christian era (Athenian Cen- 4-banger four-cylinder engine

lookout

tury)—Athenians destroyed IV-BCE fourth century before

4-Ms Monteverdi, Mozart,

Persian fleet at Salamis, com- the Christian era (Alexan-

Mendelssohn, Mahler

pleted the Parthenon in Ath- drian Century)—Alexander

4 Ne Fourth Book of Nephi

ens—the 400s the Great of Macedonia de-

4º quarto (a book about 9 × 12

5-Bs Bach, Beethoven, Ber- feated the Egyptians, the Per-

inches)

lioz, Brahms, Bruckner sians, and the Indians; en-

4 o cuarto (Spanish—fourth)

5-B’s Boston baked beans and couraged the Greek

4/O Fourth Officer

brownbread philosophers and poets—the

4-p quadruple pole

5-Bu 5-Bromouracil 300s

4-p’s product, place, promo-

tion, price

5BX fi ve b a s i c exe r c i s e s

(Royal Canadian Air Force 4/c four-conductor

4 bits 50 cents

4Q fourth quarter

4R Ceylon aircraft

physical fitness program)

Numbered Abbreviations

5 by 5 radio reception loud

6th Naval District C h a r l e s - and clear (volume and clarity

5-star five-star (top quality)

ton, South Carolina measured on a scale from 1 to

5tet quintet

6th State Massachusetts 5)

5th Naval District N o r f o l k ,

6WW Sixth Weather-Wing V-C fifth century (Christian

Virginia

(Air Force—Washington, Century)—Christianity af-

5th State Connecticut

D.C.) firmed as the official faith by

5 tte quintet

7A Seven Arts Society two Roman emperors—the

5 vd’s five venereal diseases:

7 aa’s 7 archangels (Gabriel, 400s

chancroid, gonorrhea, granu-

Michael, Raguel, Raphael, 5-Cs 5-Cs of cinematography

loma inguinale, lymphogran-

Remiel, Sariel, and Uriel) (camera angles, closeups,

uloma venereum, syphilis

VII-BCE seventh century be- composition, continuity, cut-

5 w’s the who, what, when,

fore the Christian era (Assyr- ting)

where, and why reporters at-

tempt to include in writing

ian Century)—when Assyria

5 de cinco de mayo (Mexican

ruled Middle East and con- holiday celebrating victory

summary paragraphs

quered Egypt—the 600s over the French at the Battle

6 a f sexta-feira (Portuguese—

7ber September of Puebla on May 5, 1862)

Friday)

6-banger 6-cylinder engine

7 bre Septembre (French—Sep-

5 dimensions five dimensions

tember); septiembre (Span- of health: emotional, intellec-

VI-BCE sixth century before

ish—September) tual, physical, social, spiritual

the Christian era (Babylonian

Century)—Babylonians de-

7/c seven-conductor

5 don’ts don’t kill, steal, com-

VII-C seventh century (Is- mit adultery, become intoxi-

feated Israelites and made

lamic Century)—marked by cated, or lie, advised Buddah

them captive after destroying

Mohammed’s flight from 5/e fifth edition

the temple of Solomon in

Mecca to Medina and his cinquième (French—fifth)

Jerusalem—the 500s

death in 632; Islam began ex- 5-er five-dollar bill; fiver; five-

6 bits 75 cents

panding throughout the Mid- pound note

6/c six-conductor

dle East and North Africa as 5’er $5 bill; 5-pound note

VI-C sixth century (Persian

well as moving toward France 5/50 five-year, fifty-thousand-

Century)—Khosru Nushir-

and Spain—the 600s mile protection (new car war-

wan made peace with the

7 cd’s 7 chief devils (Aniguel, ranty)

Byzantine Empire and ex-

Anizel, Ariel, Aziel, Barfael, 5-finger five-finger(ed)

tended Persian rule through-

Marbuel, and Mephistophe- 5-fold cinquefold(ed); five-

out the Middle East—the

les, according to the diabolar- fold(ed)

500s

6d English sixpenny; sixpence

chy of hell)

5 GLs five Great Lakes: On-

7 Dec P e a r l H a r b o r D a y tario, Erie, Huron, Michigan,

6-dW Six-day War between

(1941) Superior

Arab countries of Egypt, Jor-

7ds seven deadly sins—anger, 5-HIAA 5-hydroxy indoleace-

dan, Lebanon, and Syria vs

covetousness, envy, gluttony, tic acid

Israel; June 5 to 10, 1967

lechery, pride, sloth 5-HTP 5-hydroxytryptophan

6/e sixth edition

7-d’s deliriums, delusions, de- 5-letter woman defined by a

V ie sixième (French—sixth)

mentias, depressions, devia- five-letter word—bitch

6’er leader of a pack of six

tions, disorders, dreams 5-mc 5-methylcytosine

scouts

6-fold sixfold

7/e seventh edition

5 m’s man/womanpower, ma-

7 e septiembre (Spanish—Sep- terials, money, machinery,

6-gun six-chambered revolver;

tember) management

sixshooter

6-hda 6-hydroxydopamine

VII e septième (French—sev-

5 o quinto (Spanish—fifth)

6-mcd six-month certificate of

enth)

7-fold sevenfold 5p five new pence

5 o’s police

deposit

7 lib ars seven liberal arts: 5-percenter person who for 5

6-mo six month(s),

grammar, logic, rhetoric, percent arranges introduc-

6-mTs six-month Treasury se-

arithmetic, geometry, astron- tions leading to valuable or-

curities

omy, and music ders

6 o sesto; sexto (Spanish—sixth)

6-pack carton containing six of

7 Ms seven (dance) move-

5 Préludes S c r i a b i n ’s l a s t

ments: élancer, étendre, glis- composition for the piano

a kind (6 containers of beer,

ser, plier, relever, sauter, 5-Ps William Oxbery—British

soda, etc.)

tourner player, poet, publican, pub-

6-Rs remedial readin’, reme-

7 o septimo (Spanish—seventh) lisher, and printer; Pootsa

dial ’ritin’, remedial ’rith-

7 Octaves L o u i s M o r e a u Power Publishing Press Pub-

metic

Gottschalk lications

6-shooter revolver holding six

cartridges

7 seas collective nickname of

any seven seas; the Aegean, 5-spot $5 bill

5 spd five speed

666 symbol for the anti-Christ

6tet sextet

Baltic, Black, Caribbean,

Numbered Abbreviations

Mediterranean, North, and

9 o nono; noveno (Spanish— Red seas; the Arafura, Banda,

8-fold eightfold

ninth) Celebes, Coral, Java, Tasman,

8 great 8 great violin concer-

9-pins ninepin(s) and Timor seas; the Aegean,

tos (Bach’s for 2 violins,

9 Ps nine known planets in our Baltic, Black, Mediterranean,

Beethoven, Brahms, Bruch,

solar system according to North, Norwegian, and Red

Mendelssohn, Paganini, Sibe-

their distance from the sun: seas; the Bering, East and

lius, Tchaikovsky)

Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, South China seas, the Sea of

8-h NBC’s concert hall studio

Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Nep- Okhotsk, the Sea of Japan, the

used by Toscanini and the

tune, Pluto Philippine Sea, and the Yel-

NBC Symphony of the Air

9th Naval District Great Lakes, low Sea; the Aral, Azov or Pu-

and later by Mehta and the

Illinois trid Sea, Bellinghausen, Cas-

New York Philharmonic Sym-

9th State New Hampshire pian, Korean, Marmora, Sulu,

phony

9 to 5 everyday 9 A.M. to 5 White; many mariners define

8mm film 8-millimeter film

P.M. job the seven seas as the Antarc-

8N American National 8-

9-to-5 National Association of tic, Arctic, North and South

thread series

8º octavo (a book about 9 3 / 4 Working Women Atlantic, North and South Pa-

10 deka (da) cific, and Indian oceans

inches high)

’10 1810 (Bolivarian-type 767-300 Boeing 767 300-pas-

8 o octavo (Spanish—eighth)

Spanish-American revolu- senger airliner

8 1 / 2 ×××× 11 paper size 8 1 / 2 inches

by 11 inches; standard letter-

tions and wars of liberation,

1810–1826) pellant), musky (angelica oil),

7 smells camphoric (moth re-

head size

8tet octet –1 10 deci(d) floral (roses), pepperminty

10 –2 centi (c) (mint-flavored confections),

8th Naval District N ew O r-

leans, Louisiana –3 10 milli (m) ethereal (dry-cleaning fluids), pungent (vinegar), putrid (rot-

8th State South Carolina

10 –6 micro (µ)

10 8 to 5 everyday 8 A.M. to 5 –9 nano (n) ten eggs)

P.M. job –12 10 pico (p) 7tet septet

7th State Maryland

10 atto (a) day

8UN Unified 8-thread series

10 femto (f)

7/24 7 days a week, 24 hours a

8 va ottava (Italian—octave)

8 va

10 alto ottava alto (Italian—oc- 2 hecto (h)

7-Up a carbonated beverage

tave higher)

kilo (k)

10 mega (M)

7WW Seventh Weather Wing

10 9 giga (G) (Air Force—Illinois)

8va bass ottava bassa (Ital-

ian—octave lower)

8 numerical symbol for heroin,

8 ve

octave

tera (T)

10 Aug Ecuadorian Indepen- as H is the eight of the alpha-

dence Day bet

8vo octavo (sheet of book

folded three times)

X-BCE tenth century before

the Christian era (Israelian 8-ball behind the eight ball (in

8 Ottava (Italian—octave)

IX-BCE ninth century before

the Christian era (Phoenician

Century)—King Solomon

reigned and Israelites de- (black billiard or pool ball

a bad position); eight ball

Century)—Carthage founded

feated all enemies and built numbered 8)

by the Phoenicians who

the great temple of Jerusa- VIII-BCE eighth century be-

traded in all areas of the Med-

lem—the 900s fore the Christian era (Chou

iterranean—the 800s

décembre (French—De- Century)—eastern Chou dy-

bre

9 novembre (French—No-

10 bre

cember); diciembre (Span- nasty began ruling China for

vember); noviembre (Span-

ish—December) the next five centuries—the

ish—November)

X-C tenth century (Mayan 700s

IX-C ninth century (Century of

Confusion)—Carolingian

Century)—great American

8 bits one dollar

Empire of Charlemagne dis-

civilization left monumental

8 bre octobre (French—October);

ruins strewn from Honduras octubre (Spanish—October)

integrated; European unity

to Yucatan—the 900s VIII-C eighth century (Carol-

dismembered and divided—

10 Dec Human Rights Day ingian Century)—Charle-

the 800s

(Liberia) magne or Charles the Great

9/e, 10/e, 11/e, 12/e, etc. ninth

10 Downing Street B r i t i s h reigned as King of the Franks

edition, tenth edition, elev-

prime minister’s home in west and Emperor of the West as

enth edition, twelfth edition,

central London well as chief patron of learn-

et cetera

10 e diciembre (Spanish—De- ing—the 700s

9 e noviembre (Spanish—No-

vember)

e 8/e eighth edition cember) IX neuvième (French—ninth) X e dixième

(French—tenth) octubre (Spanish—October)

8 e 9 et

nonet

10 et dixet

10-fold tenfold eighth)

VIII e huitième (French—

9-fold ninefold

914 9 inches by 14 inches

10-gage 10-gage shotgun

Numbered Abbreviations

10-gallon hat cowboy hat

12-gage 12-gage shotgun

Medicis brought about the re-

newal of art and architecture certos (Bach’s for 2 violins,

10 great 10 great violin con-

12N A m e r i c a n N a t i o n a l

in Italy—the Italian Renais- Beethoven, Brahms, Bruch,

12thread series

12º twelvemo (a book about 7 3 / 4 sance—the 1400s Mendelssohn, Paganini,

15N heavy nitrogen Saint–Saëns, Sibelius,

inches high)

15th Naval District B a l b o a , Tchaikovsky, Vieuxtemps)

12th Naval District San Fran-

cisco, California

Canal Zone

15th State Kentucky 10p 10 new pence

10 o decimo (Spanish—tenth)

12th State North Carolina

XVI to XXXII BCE ( s e e 10-pin tenpin (bowling)

12-tone twelve-tone music;

XXXII-BCE) 10-spot $10 bill

twelve-tone row

XVI-C s i x t e e n t h c e n t u r y 10th Naval District San Juan,

12UN Unified 12-thread series

(Spanish Century)—marked Puerto Rico

13 Gallery 13—prisoner’s

by discoveries and coloniza- 10th State Virginia

grave(yard); numerical sym-

tions of much of the New 10-V the lowest; the opposite

bol for marijuana as M is the

World, circumnavigation of of A-1; the worst

thirteenth letter of the alpha-

bet; police radio signal call 13

the globe, flowering of art and

literature—the Golden Age or stands for aguardiente as this

11 once (Spanish—eleven)—

indicates an officer needs

Siglo de Oro —as well as the strong alcoholic drink has

help; the boss is nearby; white

defeat of the Spanish Armada eleven letters

bread

by the British—the 1500s XI-BCE eleventh century be-

XIII-BCE thirteenth century

16-gage 16-gage shotgun fore the Christian era (Cen-

before the Christian era (Cen-

16mm film 16-millimeter film tury of Saul and David)—

tury of the Exodus)—Moses

16mo sixteenmo (sheet of King Saul followed by King

led the Israelites out of

book folded four times) David as ruler of Israel—the

Egypt—the 1200s

16N American National 16- 1000s

XIII-C thirteenth century

thread series XI-C eleventh century (Az-

(Mongol Century)—domi-

16º sixteenmo (a book about 6 tecan and Incan Century)—

nated by the reign of the Mon-

3 / 4 inches high) vast monuments in the high-

gol emperor Genghiz Khan

16’s 16 revolutions per minute lands of Mexico and Peru

whose hordes conquered

phonograph records stand as mute witnesses to

China and Russia—the 1200s

16th State Tennessee these great American civiliza-

13th Naval District S e a t t l e ,

16UN Unified 16-thread series tions—the 1000s

Washington

13th State Rhode Island

XVII-C seventeenth century

(Dutch Century)—saw the town residence of the British

11 Downing Street o ffi c i a l

14 numerical symbol for nar-

discovery and settlement of Chancellor of the Exchequer

cotics as N is the fourteenth

what is now New York as well 11-11-11 eleventh hour, elev-

letter of the alphabet; special

as South Africa and the East enth day, eleventh month of

(food) order

Indies by the Dutch who after 1918 when Armistice ended

XIV-BCE fourteenth century

a war at sea arranged a mutual World War I

before the Christian era (Cen-

defense pact with their British 11th-hr eleventh hour (last

tury of the Pharaoh Tutankha-

rivals—the 1600s (see the minute; latest possible time

men)

Elizabethan Age, Le Grand for assistance or a death-sen-

XIV-C fourteenth century (Ta-

Siecle, El Siglo de Oro ) tence reprieve)

merlane’s Century)—Mongol

17-D modified yellow-fever vi- 11th Naval District San Di-

emperor Timur (Tamer the

rus ego, California

Lame) dominated Middle

17-KGS 17-ketogenic steroids 11th State New York

East and western India—the

17-KS 17-ketosteroids XII-BCE twelfth century be-

1300s

17-OHCS 17-hydroxycorti- fore the Christian era (Trojan

14 f 13 Nazi code name for

costeroids Century)—Troy fell to the

death by gassing

17 Tage und 4 Minuten (Ger- Greeks after a ten-year siege

14N normal nitrogen

man—17 days and 4 min- celebrated in Homer’s epic

14th Naval District P e a r l

utes)—Werner Egk opera poem, the Iliad—the 1100s

Harbor, Oahu, Hawaii

17th Naval District Ko d i a k , XII-C twelfth century (Portu-

14th State Vermont

Alaska guese Century)—when Al-

XV-BCE fifteenth century be-

17th Parallel line of latitude fonso I Henriques reigned as

fore the Christian era (Egyp-

dividing North and South king of Portugal, which

tian Century)—Egyptian

Vietnam emerged as a great maritime

kingdom extended from the

17th State Ohio power—the 1100s

Sahara to beyond the Euph-

rates—the 1400s

XVIII-C eighteenth century

(French Century)—of courte- the British Government

12 Downing Street office of

XV-C fifteenth century (Italian

sans and kings, poets and Whips

Century)—powerful families

such as the Borgias and the de

playwrights, of great territo-

Numbered Abbreviations

ries acquired and lost, of

save February; 28 are all its Louis XVI and Marie Anto-

21 blackjack; limeade

score, but in leap year one day inette beheaded by the guillo-

XXI-C twenty-first century

more) tine only to be replaced by

(Japanese Century)—provid-

’30s 1930–1939 Napoleon—the turbulent

ing productivity, standard of

30th State Wisconsin 1700s (see The Enlighten-

living, and other growth fac-

.30-’06 .30-caliber American ment)

tors are not disturbed by

cartridge introduced in 1906; 18mo eighteenmo (sheet of

large-scale earthquakes and

used by U.S. Armed Forces in book folded so each leaf is

world wars—the 2000s

World Wars I and 11 for rifles one-eighteenth of original

21st State Illinois

and machine guns sheet)

22 customer’s check still un-

31st State California 18-19 Sept Chilean Indepen-

paid

XXXII-BCE t h i r t y - s e c o n d dence Days

.22 .22-caliber ammunition,

century before the Christian 18th State Louisiana

pistol, or rifle

22-cal killers’ assassins using

era (Dynastic Century) when

the first and second of many XIX-C nineteenth century

19 banana split

22-caliber silencer-equipped

Egyptian dynasties began a (British Century)—from Na-

automatic pistols

rule lasting for at least seven- poleon’s defeat by Wellington

22nd State Alabama

teen centuries before the at Waterloo to the defeat of

22 s-e s i l e n c e r- e q u i p p e d

power of the pharaohs began the Boers in South Africa this

22-caliber pistol

to wane—the 3100s century was marked by Brit-

23 get lost; I’m busy; leave me

32mo thirty-twomo (sheet of ish advances in invention, in

alone; scram

book folded five times) the success of its industrial

23°27' N lat 23 degrees, 27

32nd State Minnesota revolution, in its colonization

minutes North latitude,

32º thirty-twomo (a book about in all parts of the world, and

Tropic of Cancer

5 inches high) its maritime supremacy on all

23º27' S lat 23 degrees, 27

33rd State Oregon the oceans—the 1800s

minutes South latitude,

Tropic of Capricorn

33s 33 1/3 rpm phonograph

19º2'40" N lat x 62º17'20" W

records long 19 degrees, 2 minutes,

23rd State Maine

23 deg N lat Tropic of Cancer

34th State Kansas

40 seconds North latitude by

23 deg S lat Tropic of Capri-

35mm film 35-millimeter film

35th State West Virginia seconds West longitude,

62 degrees, 17 minutes, 20

corn

36 postum imaginary location of Trea-

24 24 Capricci (Opus I)—Pa-

36th State Nevada sure Island created by Robert

ganini’s Twenty-four Ca-

37th State Nebraska Louis Stevenson

prices for cadenza-like unac-

.38 .38-caliber ammunition or 19th State Indiana

companied violin

24º twenty-fourmo (a book

pistol

38th Parallel line of latitude 20’ twenty-foot-long shipping

20 twenty

about 5 3/4 inches high)

dividing North and South Ko- container

24-Ps 24 Parganas (Zamindari

rea XX-C t w e n t i e t h c e n t u r y

of Calcutta fiscal divisions in

38th State Colorado (American Century)—char-

the Ganges delta)

39th State North Dakota acterized by industrial ad-

24/7 twenty-four hours a day,

40 40 acres vances, victory in two world

seven days a week (all the

40′′′′ forty-foot-long shipping wars, as well as the develop-

time)

container ment of inventions, the dis-

24th State Missouri

’40s 1940–1949 covery of the North Pole, the

25 LSD as 25 is part of the

40th State South Dakota placing of men on the moon,

chemical name-d-lysergic

40 winks a nap or short sleep the elevation of living stan-

acid diethylamide tartrate 25

41st State Montana dards, the devotion to demo-

.25 .25-caliber ammunition or

42nd cousin a distant relative cratic ideals—the 1900s

automatic

42nd State Washington 20-gage 20-gage shotgun

25th State Arkansas

42nd Street New York City’s ’20s 1920–1929

26th State Michigan

most blatant nightlife area 20-spot $20 bill

27th State Florida

43rd State Idaho 20th Twentieth Century Lim-

28-gage 28-gage shotgun

.44 .44-caliber ammunition or ited (New York Central Rail-

28th State Texas

pistol road)

29th State Iowa

44th State Wyoming 20th-century syndrome hyper-

30 finis symbol used by news-

.45 .45-caliber ammunition, sensitivity to modern chemi-

paper journalist at end of ar-

pistol, or submachine gun cal compounds

ticle or story

45’s 4 5 r p m p h o n o g r a p h 20th State Mississippi

30 days, etc. (calendar mne-

monic—30 days hath Sep-

records

45th State Utah (bedtime frolic)

20 toes 10 down and 10 toes up

tember, April, June, and No-

vember; all the rest have 31

46th State Oklahoma

Numbered Abbreviations

47th State New Mexico

100-proof completely honest, 47th Street New York City’s

floor contained cells and its

the whole truth diamond center between the

lower floors housed offices

100s hundreds Avenue of the Americas and

and torture chambers

86 don’t serve

108-named god of the Hindus

Fifth Avenue on 47th Street

87 1 / 2 look at the lovely girl(s)

Vishnu

110 110 volt(s) pass; the forty-eight preludes

48 48-hour weekend liberty

out front

110v 110 volts and fugues of Johann Sebas-

88 Column 88 (neoNazi orga-

110v/60c (60h) 110-volt 60-cy- tian Bach’s collection known

nization based in London);

cle (60 hertz) electric current as the Well-tempered Clavier

love and kisses (amateur ra-

111 emergency services (New 48er emigrant who came to

dio); (musician’s slang) a pi-

Zealand); One-Eleven (Brit- America in 1848, participant

ano

ish Aircraft Corporation in German revolution of 1848

89d days (New York to San

short-take-off-and-landing 48º forty-eightmo (a book

Francisco run of American

fan-jet aircraft) about 4 inches high)

clipper ship Flying Cloud in

118-island city Venice (Vene- 48th State Arizona

89er Oklahoman who settled

zia)

150 publication 150—World gold-rush settler who came to

48 1 / 2 discharged; fired 4 9 e r

in 1889 when the territory

Port Index— U.S. Naval California in 1849

was opened

Oceanographic Office 49th State Alaska

90-day wonder officer com-

180º longitude International .50 .50-caliber ammunition or

missioned after only 90 days

Date Line where east meets machine gun

of training

90 deg N lat North Pole (zero

west 180 degrees east or west

of the Greenwich or prime causing the need for unneces-

50 percenter auto mechanic

degrees longitude)

meridian sary repairs or recommending

90 deg S lat South Pole (zero

200 200-mile Exclusive Eco- unnecessary replacements

degrees longitude)

nomic Zone (EEZ) and then splitting the profits

90º N lat 90 degrees North lat-

220(v) 220 volt(s) with gas-station operators

itude, North Pole

240 Convair two-engine trans- ’50s 1950–1959

90º S lat 90 degrees South lat-

port airplane; trotting horse 50-spot $50 bill

itude (South Pole)

speed—1 mile in 2 minutes 50th State Hawaii

’91 a glass of seltzer water

92 St Y 92nd Street Y School

and 40 seconds; synonyms for

51 one cup of hot chocolate

of Music

high speed

52 two cups of hot chocolate

93-score best grade of butter

240v 240 volts

280 copper alloy (Muntz people of China

54 54 minorities comprising the

(USDA grade AA)

95 the customer’s leaving with-

metal); yellow metal

291 291 Fifth Avenue (address ’60s 1960–1969

55 1 / 2 small root beer

out paying

of An American Place, Alfred 64º sixty-fourmo (a book about

’96 1796 (Napoleonic Wars,

Stieglitz’s art gallery where

phy, painting, and photogra- leum Company

3 inches high)

98 a s s i s t a n t m a n a g e r ’s

much avant-garde lithogra-

66 dirty dishes; Phillips Petro-

nearby—look out

’98 the generation of 1898

phy were first shown)

400 the four hundred; the so- Circle

66 deg 17 min N lat A r c t i c

(Spain’s generation of cul-

tured persons reacting to the

cially elite (originally desig-

nated by Ward McAllister, for oral-genital copulation

who drew up a list containing 70mm film 70-millimeter film

69 pictoral numerical symbol

illusions and incompetence

that led to the loss of Cuba in

1898)—Attamira the histo-

the top 400 in New York so- ciety)

’70s 1970–1979

rian, Azorín the author, Cos-

410 410-caliber shotgun

73 best regards (amateur radio)

sio the art historian and teacher, Ferrer the anarchist

415 PC Section 415 Penal 75’s 75mm cannon

teacher, Machado the poet,

Code—disturbing the peace

486 French formula employed ’76 1776

76 Union Oil

Ortega y Gasset the essayist,

in abortion-including pill 78’s 7 8 r p m p h o n o g r a p h

Ramón y Cajal the histologist

500 Festival 500-mile (805-ki- records

and surgeon, Unamuno the

lometer) auto racing event of ’80s 1980–1989

teacher and writer, etc.

99 manager’s nearby—look out

the International Automobile

81 glass of water

100 Hydrographic Office Pub-

Speed Classic at Indianapolis,

82 two glasses of water

lication 100—Merchant Ma-

Indiana

84 naval prison

rine House Flags and Stack

502 drunken driving (police

code) quarters of the gestapo during

84 Ave of Foch Paris head-

Insignia-U.S. Navy Hydro-

606 arsphenamine compound the German occupation of

graphic Office; one hundred

sold as Salvarsanl; 606th Paris in World War II; its top

100-percenter(s) one-hundred

percent patriot(s) or worker(s)

compound developed and

Numbered Abbreviations

tested by Paul Ehrlich for

1944 bug start date for many treatment of relapsing fevers

1400s fourteen hundreds

computer operating-system and syphilis

1600 Pennsylvania Avenue

clocks prior to 2000 707 Boeing Stratoliner jet-

(Washington D.C. address of

1945 Symphony No 9 (E-flat transport airplane

the White House)

major) by Shostkovich 720 Boeing medium-range

1600s sixteen hundreds

“1984” Nineteen Eighty-four jettransport airplane

1700s seventeen hundreds

(novel of George Orwell de- 727 Boeing jet-transport with

1800s eighteen hundreds

scribing totalitarian terror in three empennage-mounted

1812 Tchaikovsky overture for

the year 1984); symbol for anti-libertarian trends

engines

full orchestra and cannon

2141 2141 islands of Microne- jet airplane 747 Boeing jumbo jetliner

737 Boeing short-range twin–

1814 Leroux opera 1854–1954 century-long life of

sia (greater in area than the 757 Boeing medium-range jet-

continental U.S. but smaller liner

the French Guiana penal col-

in land mass than Rhode Is- 767 B o e i n g ’s f u e l - s ave r

ony popularly known as Cay-

ene or Devil’s Island; world

land)—Trust Territory of the

Pacific with its capital on twin-jet passenger plane

opinion about the inhumani-

Saipan atop Capitol Hill 800-C-0-C-A-I-N-E 800-262-

ties practiced here did much

2463 (national cocaine hot- 2707 Boeing supersonic trans-

to stop its existence

line connecting addicts with port airplane

1900s nineteen hundreds

counselors and psychiatric 9653 Convict 9653 (American

“1905” Leon Trotsky’s ac-

hospital emergency rooms) Socialist nominee for presi-

count of the dress-rehearsal

880 Convair 880 jet airplane dent—Eugene V Debs while

Russian revolution of 1905;

911 emergency telephone in the U.S. Penitentiary in At-

Dmitri Shostakovich’s Sym-

number lanta, Georgia) 925 Office Workers Union

phony No 11—Year 1905

10,000 Lakes State M i n n e - 990 Convair 990 fan-engine jet

1905er Old Bolshevik; partici-

sota airplane

pant in the Russian Revolu-

22445 prisoners’ petitions for 999 e m e rg e n cy s e r v i c e s

tion of 1905; veteran commu-

judicial reviews of their cases (United Kingdom)

nist

23102a V(ehicle) C(ode) d r iv - 1000s Thousand Islands, some

1917 Symphony No 12 by

ing under the influence of any 1500 islets in the St Lawrence

Shostakovich

intoxicating liquor or drug River

“1919” novel by John Dos

338171 TE T E L aw r e n c e 1011 Lockheed 1011 jumbo

Passos depicting World War I

(Lawrence of Arabia’s num- jet-liner

era of American life in series

ber in the British Army; he 1080 sodium fluoroacetate

of camera-eye closeups

used this number rather than 1098 supplies and equipment

1941 Prokofiev’s symphonic

his name as a final defense requisition form (British

suite containing three move-

against a world he found hos- Army)

ments—Battle, At Night,

Brotherhood of Nations

tile and unresponsive)

Numeration