THE MAJOR SYSTEM p3

623. Chinaman
624. Joiner.
625. Channel.
626. Change.
627. Chink.
628. Geneva. Headquarters for certain United
Nations organisations; Major city of
Switzerland.
629. Shin-bone.
630. Chums.
631. Ashamed.
632. Showman.
633. Jemima. Boot with elastic sides, having no laces
or clasps to fasten.
634. Chimera. A fire-breathing monster with a lion's
head, a goat's body, and a dragon's
tail.
635. Shameless.
636. Jimjams. Nervous fears; delirium tremens.
637. Jamaica. -
638. Shameful.
639. Champ.
640. Cheers.
641. Chart.
642. Shrine.
643. Chairman.
644. Juror.
645. Churl. A surly, ill-bred man.
646. Charge. .
647. Cherokee. North American Indian.
648. Giraffe.
649. Chirp.
650. Jealous.
651. Child.
652. Chilean.
653. Show-loom. (Imagine an exquisite antique weaving
• machine put on special display.)
654. Jailer.
655. Shallowly. In a manner not intellectual, or lacking
,".. in depth.
656. Geology.
657. Challenge.
658. Shelf.
659. Julep. A sweet preparation serving as a vehicle
for nauseous medicines.
660. Judges.
661. Judged.
662. Jejune. Bare, meagre, empty, attenuated; void
of interest.
663. Judgement.
664. Judger.
665. Jewishly.
666. Choo-choo-choo. An especially puffy steam engine 1
667. Joshing. Good-natured leg-pulling or joking.
668. Jehoshaphat. A king of Israel.
669. Shoe Shop.
670. Checks.
671. Checked.
672. Chicken.
673. Checkmate. A position in the game chess in which
opponent's king is trapped. The end of
the game.
674. Checker.
675. Chuckle.
676. Jokish.
677. Checking.
678. Chekhov. Famous Russian Author of short
stories and plays.
679. Jacob.
680. Chafes. Excites or heats by friction; wears by
rubbing. ___
681. Shaft.
682. Shaven.
683. Chief Mao.
684. Shaver.
685. Joyful.
686. Chiff Chaff. One of the British warbling birds.
687. Chafing.
688. Shove Off!
689. Shaveable.
690. Chaps.
691. Chapter.
692. Japan.
693. Chapman.
694. Chopper.
695. Chapel.
696. Sheepish.
697. Chipping.
698. Sheepfold. _____
699. Shopboy.
700. Kisses.
701. Cast.
702. Casino.
703. Chasm.
704. Kisser.
705. Gazelle. •
766. Kiss Owch!
707. Cash.
708. Cohesive. With the quality of sticking together,
said especially of 'sticky tape' and
molecules.
709. Cusp. The point at which two branches of a
curve meet and stop; the pointed end,
especially of a leaf.
710. Cats.
711. Cadet.
712. Cotton.
713. Gotham. A typical foolish town; New York City.
714. Catarrh. A discharge from the mucous
membrane caused by a cold in the head;
the condition resulting from this.
715. Cattle.
716. Cottage.
717. Coating.
718. Cadaver. A corpse.
719. Cut-up. Colloquial for 'knife fight' in which one
or both antagonists are injured.
720. Cans.
721. Cant. Affected, insincere speech; the fashion
of speech of a sea; to speak with
whining insincerity.
722. Cannon.
723. Economy.
724. Coiner.
725. Kennel.
726. Conjure.
727. Conk. Colloquial for 'to bang on the head*.
728. Convey.
729. Canopy. A covering over a bed or a throne.
730. Cameos. Pieces of relief carving in stone and
agate, etc. with colour-layers utilized to
give background.
731. Comet.
732. Common.
733. Commemorate.
734. Camera.
735. Camel. ,
736. Garnish. In a plucky or rumbustious mood; of
the quality of birds of game.
737. Comic.
738. Comfy.
739. Camp.
740. Caress.
741. Card.
742. Corn.
743. Cram.
744. Career.
745. Carol.
746. Crash. • .
747. Crack.
748. Carafe. A glass water or wine bottle for the
eating table.
749. Carp. To catch at small faults; a freshwater
fish usually bred in ponds.
750. Class.
751. Clod.
752. Clan.
753. Clam. -
754. Clear.
755. Galilee. The porch or chapel at the entrance of
a church.
756. Gash.
757. Clack.
758. Cliff.
759. Clip.
760. Cages.
761. Caged.
762. Cushion.
763. Cashmere. A rich shawl, originally made at
Cashmere in India.
764. Cashier.
765. Cajole. To persuade or soothe by flattery,
deceit, etc.
766. Co-Judge.
767. Catching.
768. Cageful.
769. Ketchup. Tomato sauce.
770. Cakes. . .
771. Cooked.
772. Cocoon.
773. Cucumber.
774. Cooker.
775. Cackle.
776. Quackish. Like the call of the duck; characteristic
of a charlatan, imposter or pretender.
777. Cooking.
778. Quickfire.
779. Cockup. Colloquial for that which has been
made a mess of; improperly arranged.
780. Cafes.
781. Craved. -
782. Coffin.
783. Caveman.
784. Caviar. A food delicacy; the prepared roe of
the sturgeon.
785. Cavil. To find objection or needless fault with.
786. Gaffish. Similar to a barbed fishing spear.
787. Caving.
788. Cavafy. The 'old poet' of Alexandria.
789. Coffee Bar.
790. Cabs.
791. Cupid.
792. Cabin.
793. Cabman.
794. Caper. To frolic, skip or leap lightly, as a
lamb; a small berry used for making
pickles and condiments.
795- Cable.
796. Cabbage.
797- Coping. „
798. Keep Off.
799. Cobweb. -
800. Faces.
801. Fast.
802. Pheasant.
803. Face Mole.
804. Visor.
805. Facile. '
806. Visage.
807. Facing.
808. Phosphor. Related to that which glows or
phosphoresces.
809. Face Up. Colloquial for 'meet the brunt'; accept
the challenge or consequences.
810. Fates. The three Greek godesses of Destiny.
811. Faded.
812. Fatten.
813. Fathom.
814. Fetter.
815. Fatal.
816. Fattish.
817. Fading.
818. Fateful. .
819. Football.
820. Fans.
821. Faint.
822. Finance.
823. Venom. •
824. Fawner. An obsequious or sycophantic person;
one who insincerely praises for
reward.
825. Final.
826. Finish.
827. Fawning. A deer giving birth.
828. Fanfare.
829. Vain Boy.
830. Famous.
831. Vomit.
832. Famine.
833. Fame-Mad.
834. Femur. The thigh bone.
835. Female.
836. Famish.
837. Foaming.
838. Fumeful.
839. Vamp. Adventuress; woman who exploits
men; unscrupulous flirt.
840. Farce.
841. Fort.
842. Fern.
843. Farm.
, 844. Farrier. A man who shoes horses or treats them
for disease.
845. Frail. ^___
846. Fresh.
847. Frock, •
848. Verify. Establish the truth of, bear out, make
good.
849. Verb. (Imagine a word in action itself!)
850. False.
851. Fault.
852. Flan. Pastry spread with jam or conserves.
853. Flame.
854. Flare. __
855. Flail. Wooden staff at the end of which a
short heavy stick hangs swinging—for
- threshing.
856. Flash.
857. Flake.
858. Fluff.
859. Flab.
860. Fishes.
861. Fished.
862. Fashion.
863. Fishman.
864. Fisher.
865. Facial.
866. Fish-shop.
867. Fishing.
868. Fishfood.
869. Fishbait.
870. Focus. __
871. Faked. __
872. Fecund. Prolific; fertile.
873. Vacuum,
874. Fakir. A Mohammedan or Hindu religious
devotee.
875. Fickle.
876. Fake China.
877. Faking.
878. Havocful. Tilled' with devastation and destruction,
879. Vagabond.
880. Fifes.
881. Vivid.
882. Vivien.
883. Fife-man.
884. Fever.
885. Favillous. Consisting of, or pertaining to, ashes.
886. Fifish. Resembling, or having the
characteristics of a fife.
887. Fifing.
888. Vivify. Give life to; enliven; animate.
889. Viviparous. Bringing forth young alive rather than
• as eggs.
890. Fibs.
891. Fibbed.
892. Fabian. Employing cautious strategy to wear
out an enemy.
893. Fob-maker.
894. Fibre
895. Fable.
896. Foppish.
897. Fee back. (Imagine yourself receiving money you
had paid for a product that was un-
satisfactory.)
898. Fob File.
899. Fab Boy. Colloquialism for a young boy
considered very attractive by girls.
900. Basis.
901. Bast. The inner bark of lime; other flexible
fibrous barks.
902. Basin.
903. Bosom.
904. Bazaar.
905. Puzzle. ,
906. Beseech:', To ask earnestly for; to entreat,
• ' supplicate or implore.
907. Basic.
908. Passive.
909. Baseball.
910. Beads.
911. Bedded.
912. Button.
913. Bottom. ___
914. Batter.
915. Battle. -
916. Badge. __.
917. Bedding.
918. Beatify. To make happy or blessed; to declare
that a person is blessed with eternal
happiness.
919. Bad Boy.
920. Bans. Curses; interdicts; prohibitions;
sentence of outlawry.
921. Band.
922. Banana.
923. Benumb. To make numb or torpid, insensible or
powerless.
924. Banner.
925. Banal. Trivial, trite, stale, commonplace.
926. Bannish,
927. Bank.
928. Banf. A mountainous area in western Canada
in the Rocky Mountains famous for its
beauty and excellent skiing slopes.
929. Pinup.
930. Beams.
931. Pomade. A scented ointment, originating from
apples, for the hair and skin of the
head.
932. Bemoan. Weep or express sorrow for or over; to
lament or bewail.
933. Beam Maker.
934. Bemire. To get stuck in wet mud.
935. Pommel. A rounded knob, especially at the end
of a swordhilt; to beat with the
fists.
936. Bombshell.
937. Beaming.
938. Bumf. Odds and ends; disorganised stuff;
waste; rubbish. _
939. Bump.
940. Brass.
941. Bread.
942. Barn.
943. Brim.
944. Barrier.
945. Barrel.
946. Barge. .
947. Bark.
948. Brief.
949. Bribe.
950. Blaze.
951. Bald.
952. Balloon.
953. Blame. -
954. Boiler.
955. Balliol. One of the famous Colleges at Oxford.
956. Blush.
957. Black.
958. Bailiff. A king's representative in a district;
agent or lord of a manor; officer under
a sheriff.
959. Bulb.
960. Beaches.
961. Budget.
962. Passion.
963. Pyjamas.
964. Poacher. One who tresspasses to steal game or
fish; a vessel for poaching eggs.
965. Bushel. An 8-gallon measure for grain and
fruit.
966. Push Chair.
967. Bushwack. Dweller in the backwoods; guerrilla or
- bandit. __
968. Bashful.
969. Bishop.
970. Bacchus. The Greek God of wine.
971. Bucket.
972. Bacon.
973. Becalm. To still; to make quiet; delay through
lack of wind, as a yacht.
974. Baker.
975. Buckle.
976. Baggage.
977. Backing. Support, moral or physical; a web of
strong material at the back of some
woven fabric.
978. Back Off.
979. Back Up.
980. Beehives.
981. Buffet.
982. Buffoon. A wag, jester, mocker, a droll clown.
983. Pavement.
984. Beaver.
985. Baffle.
986. Beefish.
987. Bivouac. A temporary encampment without
tents.
988. Push Off.
989. Puff Up. ,
990. Babies.
991. Puppet.
992. Baboon.
993. Pipe Major.
994- Paper.
995. Babble.
996. Baby Show.
997- Popgun-
998. Pipeful.
999. Pop Up. An automatic toaster; a toy consisting
of a lidded box with sprung puppet.
1000. Diseases.
This has been a giant chapter, but its importance is beyond
question. The. major system can be used, like the smaller
systems, to remember' short lists. Its advantage of course is
that it is limitless.
It can therefore be used to store information. For example if
you wish to remember a certain list of facts to which you
would have to refer continually over a period of years you
could memorise that list using the key words from, for example,
400 to 430. In this way you can build up a permanent library of
important or interesting facts which you will never forget!
The major system is not only a peg system. It is also the
basis for remembering numbers, dates and telephone numbers,
etc., and to these we shall shortly turn.