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