A-bomb, B-movie..., X-ray...
Got the pattern?
Please expand.

Rem: Put a dash ( "-") between the capital letter and the word if needed.

A-bomb
AK-47
B-movie
B vitamins
B-29 and other bomber planes
C student (supposedly average, before grade inflation)
C-note (hundred-dollar bill)
C-word
D-Day
E-Bay
eBook reader
F-word
F-ratio (F/8, F/5.6, F/4, etc.--lens openings)
F-16 and other fighter planes
G-man
G-string
G-spot
H-bomb
I-beam
iPod
J-hook
K-rations
K-9 corps
L train (elevated)
L-dopa
M theory (superstrings and such in quantum physics)
N-word
N-rays (spurious "rays", named after city of Nancy)
O-ring
O Magazine
P-value
Q-Tip

Various r- names can be made for the right-handed enantiomorphic isomers of various asymmetric molecules, but I can't think of them offhand.

S-curve
S-word
T-bar
T-man
T-Mobile
U-boat
U-2 (plane and music group)
U-shaped valley (glacial valley)
V-neck
W-2 form
WD-40
W Hotel
W Magazine
WW I
WW II
X-ray
X-men
Y-connector
Z-score

Posted by Charlie on 2011-07-17 15:51:13