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Sexagenary :: Sexagenary (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, the number sixty; poceeding by sixties; sixty years old..

Decillion :: Decillion (n.) According to the English notation, a million involved to the tenth power, or a unit with sixty ciphers annexed; according to the French and American notation, a thousand involved to the eleventh power, or a unit with thirty-three ciphers annexed. [See the Note under Numeration.].

Tical :: Tical (n.) A bean-shaped coin of Siam, worth about sixty cents; also, a weight equal to 236 grains troy..

Hemi-demi-semiquaver :: Hemi-demi-semiquaver (n.) A short note, equal to one fourth of a semiquaver, or the sixty-fourth part of a whole note..

Troop :: Troop (n.) Specifically, a small body of cavalry, light horse, or dragoons, consisting usually of about sixty men, commanded by a captain; the unit of formation of cavalry, corresponding to the company in infantry. Formerly, also, a company of horse artillery; a battery..

Eightscore :: Eightscore (a. & n.) Eight times twenty; a hundred and sixty.

Hornbill :: Hornbill (n.) Any bird of the family Bucerotidae, of which about sixty species are known, belonging to numerous genera. They inhabit the tropical parts of Asia, Africa, and the East Indies, and are remarkable for having a more or less horn-like protuberance, which is usually large and hollow and is situated on the upper side of the beak. The size of the hornbill varies from that of a pigeon to that of a raven, or even larger. They feed chiefly upon fruit, but some species eat dead animals..

Checkerboard :: Checkerboard (n.) A board with sixty-four squares of alternate color, used for playing checkers or draughts..

Maniple :: Maniple (a.) A division of the Roman army numbering sixty men exclusive of officers, any small body of soldiers; a company..

Sixty-fourth :: Sixty-fourth (a.) Constituting or being one of sixty-four equal parts into which a thing is divided.

Minute :: Minute (n.) The sixtieth part of an hour; sixty seconds. (Abbrev. m.; as, 4 h. 30 m.).

Schene :: Schene (n.) An Egyptian or Persian measure of length, varying from thirty-two to sixty stadia..

Discount :: Discount (v. i.) To lend, or make a practice of lending, money, abating the discount; as, the discount for sixty or ninety days..

Sextile :: Sextile (a.) Measured by sixty degrees; fixed or indicated by a distance of sixty degrees.

Hour :: Hour (n.) The twenty-fourth part of a day; sixty minutes.

Sexagesimal :: Sexagesimal (a.) Pertaining to, or founded on, the number sixty..

Sixty :: Sixty (n.) The sum of six times ten; sixty units or objects.

Sixtieth :: Sixtieth (n.) The quotient of a unit divided by sixty; one of sixty equal parts forming a whole.

Trumpeter :: Trumpeter (n.) A large edible fish (Latris hecateia) of the family Cirrhitidae, native of Tasmania and New Zealand. It sometimes weighs as much as fifty or sixty pounds, and is highly esteemed as a food fish..

Talipot :: Talipot (n.) A beautiful tropical palm tree (Corypha umbraculifera), a native of Ceylon and the Malabar coast. It has a trunk sixty or seventy feet high, bearing a crown of gigantic fan-shaped leaves which are used as umbrellas and as fans in ceremonial processions, and, when cut into strips, as a substitute for writing paper..

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