Alpha

A

pref: ate or aubergine

letter: aitch(H), are(R), aye(I)

homophone: air(err, heir and Eyre), ait/ate(eight,8-ball), awed(odd), aisle(I'll and isle), aught(ought), auld(old)

variants: aesthetic/esthetic

silent initial letter: aesthete

analogue: chemical symbol for Silver (Ag) or Gold (Au)

name: Aaron(Erin), Aesop[source (Christina Pila)], Ava(Ewa)

[misc.]: any(N.E.), au courant, aubergine, aura, auto(Otto)

[note]: aural and oral, although similar, are pronounced differently

Bravo

B

pref: bdellium

silent initial letter: bdellium

description: the insect that makes honey (apian)

analogue: 300 in medieval Roman numerals [source (Alan Connor in the Gaurdian)]

[misc.]: baryon number [source (Alan Connor in the Gaurdian)]

Charlie

C

pref: cue or canine

letter: cue(Q)

silent initial letter: ctenophora or cnidaria

homophone: catarrh(Qatar), cede(seed), ceiling(sealing), cell(sell), cellar(seller), censor(sensor), cent(sent/scent), cereal(serial), chaos(KAOS), chic(sheik), choir(quire), chute(shoot), cite(sight/site), city(sitee), cling on(Klingon), coal(kohl), coy(koi), crew(krewe), cue(Kew/queue), curd(Kurd), curt(Kurt), or cymbal(symbol)

double letter phoneme: chai, charisma, chasm, chorus

variants: caffetan/cafetan/coftan/kaftan, catsup/ketchup, curb/kerb, cashmere/Kashmir?, czar/tsar

analogue: (One) hundred in Roman numerals

name: Caleigh, Carol(Karol), Catherine(Katherine), C. D.[as in C. D. Howe](seedy), Chagas disease, Cher(share), Cheryl(Sheryl), Chris(Kris), Cisco^® [computer networks company](Sysco^® [food services corporation]), Cuba or Cyd [as in the late Cyd Charisse](Sid)

[misc.]: canine, ceilidh, celery, chimera, chi (χ and Χ, see also X), cigar or cucumber

Delta

D

pref: djin or double-U

homophone: djin(gin)

analogue: Five hundred in Roman numerals, penny/pence [source(Alan Connor in the Gaurdian)]

letter: double-U

name: Django

Echo

E

pref: ewe or eye

letter: eh(A), eks(X), ewe(U), eye(I)

homophone: eye(aye), earn(urn), eight(ait/ate), em (unit), ewe(you, yew), err(air, heir, Eyre), eves(Yves), ewer(your/you're), ex (unit) or eyelet(islet)

variants: esthetic/aesthetic, either(with an initial long-E or long-I)

analogue: 250 in medieval Roman numerals [source (Alan Connor in the Gaurdian)], former spouse (ex-)

name: Ellen, Erin(Aaron), Euler (as in Leonhard Euler), Eileen (when pronounced with an initial long-E), Eugene, Ewa(Ava) [link to pronunciation note (at www.pronouncenames.com)], Eyre (literary character and novel by Charlotte Brontë)

[misc.]: eau-de-Cologne, effluent, eider, elbow, elegiac, elevator, embrace, emend, Emmy(M.E.)[as in Emmy Award], envy(N.V.), escalator, eucalyptus (and eukaryote and Eureka etc.), excel(X.L.), excess(X.S.), explain, extra-large(XL), exquisite, euthanasia(youth in Asia), (or earl?)

[note]: Euston (the station) and Houston (the municipality), although similar, are pronounced differently

Foxtrot

F

pref: faze

homophone: faro(pharaoh), faze(phase), felt(veld), few(phew), fie(phi), file(phial), fill(Phil), fish(Phish), flocks(phlox)

analogue: chemical symbol for Iron (Fe)

Golf

G

pref: gneiss

silent initial letter: gnarl, gnat, gnaw(nah), or gnu(knew/new/nu)

homophone: gneiss(nice), gibe(jibe), genes(jeans), gest(jest), gym(jim) or gnu(new/nu/knew)

variants: gaol/jail, gel/jell

name: Gennifer [as in Gennifer Flowers] (Jennifer), Geoffrey(Jeffrey), Geri(Jerry)[as in Geri Halliwell], German(Jermyn)[as in London's Jermyn St], Gerry(Jerry)[as in Gerry Adams], Gilles(Jill) [link to sound file with pronunciation (at about.com)], Gzowski [as in the late CBC radio and TV show host Peter Gzowski]

[misc.]: gym(Jim)

Hotel

H

pref: heir

silent first letter: honour, heir or hoard

homophone: heir(air/err/Eyre?), hoard/horde(whored), hole(whole) or hour(our & are)

analogue: aspiration(in phonetics), Eta (capital Greek letter η is the same grapheme as H in the Roman alphabet) or chemical symbol for Mercury (Hg)

name: Heloise, Hugo

[note]: Euston (the station) and Houston (the municipality), although similar, are pronounced differently

India

I

pref: isle

homophone: isle/I'll(aisle) or islet(eyelet)

analogue: One in Roman numerals and on some old typewriters, The perpendicular pronoun from The Skeleton in the Cupboard (an episode of the TV programme Yes Minister by Anthony Jay and Jonathan Lynn) or me

name: Iago, Ida (when pronounced with an initial long-E)

Juliet

J

pref: jai alai or juan

homophone: jeans(genes), jim(gym), jibe(gibe) or jest(gest)

[misc.]: jai alai, jojoba, junta

variants: jail/gaol, jell/gel [I didn't think jell was a word but Emily Nussbaum used it in The New Yorker (2013-09-11, p. 85)]

name: Jeffrey(Geoffrey), Jennifer(Gennifer), Jermyn(German)[as in London's Jermyn St], Jerry(Geri/Gerry), Jian[as in musician and former CBC radio host Jian Ghomeshi], Jill(Gilles), Jim(gym), Jimenez [link to pronunciation note (at www.pronouncenames.com)], Johannes [as in Johannes Brahms], Juan(wan)

Kilo

K

pref: Kew or potassium

silent initial letter: knight, knife, knit, know or knot

homophone: KAOS(chaos)[see Wikipedia's disambiguation page for many meanings of KAOS], kernel(colonel), knave(nave), knead(need), knew(gnu/new/nu), knight(night), knit(nit), knob(nob), knock(nock), knot(not, naught, or nought), know(no), knows(nose), kohl(coal), koi(coy) or krewe(crew)

analogue: chemical symbol for Potassium (K)

variants: kaftan/caffetan/cafetan/coftan, kerb/curb, Kashmir/cashmere?, ketchup/catsup

name: Kew(cue/queue/Q)[as in Kew Gardens], Klingon(cling on), kneel(Neal/Neil/Niel), knoll(Nöel), Karol(Carol) [as in the late Karol Castillo], and Kris(Chris), Kurd(curd), Kurt(curt)

Lima

L

pref: 50 or pound

[misc.]: Llinás?

analogue: Fifty in Roman numerals [source], pound (Lb. or £)

Mike

M

pref: mnemonic

silent initial letter: mbaqanga or mnemonic

analogue: (One) thousand in Roman numerals

[misc.]: M.E.(Emmy)[as abbrev. for medical examiner e.g.]

[note]: M.T. and empty, although similar, are pronounced differently

November

N

pref: nave or new

silent initial letter: ngultrum [source (Ben Teitelbaum's The Devil's Alphabet website)]

homophone: nave(knave), new/nu (gnu/knew), night(knight), nit(knit), no(know), nob(knob), nock(knock), nose(knows), or not/naught/nought (knot)

analogue: Chemical symbol for Sodium (Na)

name: Neil/Niel(kneel) [see Dilbert cartoon for 1989-08-01], Noël[as in Noël Coward](knoll)

[misc.]: N.E.(any), N.V./NV(envy) [NV is the USPS abbreviation for Nevada]

Oscar

O

pref: ours or zero

homophone: one(won), odd(awed), ought(aught), or ours?(hours)

letter: our & are(R)

analogue: hug (abbreviation), zero

name: Oedipus, Ouija, Otto(auto)

[misc.]: oenophile? onion?

[note]: aural and oral, although similar, are pronounced differently

Papa

P

pref: pneumonia or urine [if you must]

homophone: phase(faze), pharaoh(faro), phew(few), phial(file), phlox(flocks), Phish(fish)[the musical troupe] psalter(salter), Greek letter Ψ(sigh)

silent initial letter: pneumonia [source (the great Lily Tomlin, of course)], pneumatic, psalm, psalter, psyche or pterodactyl

double letter phoneme: phone or pharoah

analogue: chemical symbol for Lead (Pb), Rho (capital Greek letter ρ is the same grapheme as P in the Roman alphabet), urine(a puerile pun, sorry)

name: Phil(fill), Psmith (literary character from P. G. Wodehouse), Ptolemy

[misc.]: p.h.a.t. (abbreviation for pretty hot and tempting)(fat), physics, physique

[note]: phial and vial, although variants of the same word, are pronounced differently

Quebec

Q

pref: quay

letter: queue(Q)

homophone: quay(key), queue(cue/Kew), quire(choir) or qat(cat)

analogue: character played by John de Lancie on Star Trek: The Next Generation, etc. or character played by Desmond Llewelyn in many James Bond movies

name: Qatar(catarrh)

Romeo

R

pref: rye

homophone: rap(wrap), reck(wreck)?, rest(wrest), right(write), ring(wring), Ritz(writs), rot(wrought), rung(wrung), rye(wry)

letter: R(our & are)

analogue: ℞ (prescription) [source (Tristan Miller)], Thursday[abbreviation (incedible but true)]

name: Rennes(wren), Rex(wrecks)

[misc.]: like a pirate [stereotypical but funny (to my mind) none the less in much the same way that P can be as in urine]

Sierra

S

pref: see or serial

letter: sea/see(C) or seize(plural of C)

homophone: salter(psalter), scent/sent(cent), sealing(ceiling), seed(cede), seedy(C. D.[as in C. D. Howe]), sell(cell), seller(cellar), sensor(censor), serial(cereal), sheik(chic), sight/site(cite), sitee(city), sigh(Greek letter psi), or symbol(cymbal)

analogue: chemical symbol for Tin (Sn) or Antinomy (Sb)

name: Sheryl[as in Sheryl Crow](Cheryl), Sid [as in the late Sid Caesar or the late Sid Vicious] (Cyd), Sysco^® [food services corporation] (Cisco^® [computer networks company])

Tango

T

pref: tsunami or tsar

silent initial letter: tsunami or tsar

double letter phoneme: tsar

variants: tsar/czar

name: Taoism[see Derek Lin's prounciation note at taoism.net]

Uniform

U

pref: urn or Uighur

homophone: urn(earn), urine(you're in), use(youse)

[misc.]: UConn (abbreviation for University of Connecticut)(Yukon), Uighur, uke?

Victor

V

pref: 5

analogue: Five in Roman numerals [source]

homophone: veld(felt)

[note]: phial and vial, although variants of the same word, are pronounced differently

Whiskey

W

pref: why or Tungsten

letter: why(Y)

analogue: chemical symbol for Tungsten (W) (aka Wolfram)

homophone: wan(Juan), whole(hole), whored(hoard/horde), won(one), wrap(rap), wrest(rest), wring(ring), writs(Ritz), wrought(rot), wrung(rung), or wry(rye)

silent initial letter: whole, whored, wrangle, wrap, wreak, wreck, wrest, wring, writs, wrought, wrung or wry?

name: Weber[as in Max Weber], wren(Rennes), Wyoming

X-ray

X

pref: xenophobia

homophone: X.L.(excel), X.S.(excess)

analogue: XL (extra-large[abbreviation]), Ten in Roman numerals, kiss (abbreviation) also 50 proof, strike etc. [see The Free Dictionary's What does X stand for ? for many meanings of the abbreviation X] Greek letter Chi (see also C)

name: Xenon

[misc.]: xenophobia or xylophone

Yankee

Y

pref: Ypsilanti or you

letter: you(U)

homophone:yew/you(ewe), your/you're(ewer) or youse(use)

analogue: Upsilon (capital Greek letter υ is the same grapheme as Y in the Roman alphabet)

name: Yukon(UConn: abbreviation for University of Connecticut), Yves(eves), Yvette or Yvonne

[misc.]: Ypsilanti, Yttrium or Ytterbium

Zulu

Z

pref: zee or 2000

[misc.]: zee?, zhuyin zimu? (or zhuyin), Zoque, zwieback?, zwitterion?

name: Zhivago [source (Tristan Miller)]

analogue: atomic number (in Chemistry), impedance (in Physics), 2000 in medieval Roman numerals (Chamber's Dictionary, 12^th ed.)

Digits (0–9)

0

nun

Oh

the operator

1

past of to win

2

half a ballet dress

3

as in three for a dollar?

4

what people yell on a golf course

5

as in the number of pins in five-pin bowling???

V (Roman numeral)

6

Latinate sex???

7

as in lucky number …

8

eaten

9

not in German