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Twelfth :: Twelfth (n.) The next in order after the eleventh.

Carmelite :: Carmelite (n.) A friar of a mendicant order (the Order of Our Lady of Mount Carmel) established on Mount Carmel, in Syria, in the twelfth century; a White Friar..

Inc :: Inc (n.) A Japanese measure of length equal to about two and one twelfth yards.

Harmonics :: Harmonics (n.) Secondary and less distinct tones which accompany any principal, and apparently simple, tone, as the octave, the twelfth, the fifteenth, and the seventeenth. The name is also applied to the artificial tones produced by a string or column of air, when the impulse given to it suffices only to make a part of the string or column vibrate; overtones..

Point :: Point (n.) A standard unit of measure for the size of type bodies, being one twelfth of the thickness of pica type. See Point system of type, under Type..

House :: House (n.) A twelfth part of the heavens, as divided by six circles intersecting at the north and south points of the horizon, used by astrologers in noting the positions of the heavenly bodies, and casting horoscopes or nativities. The houses were regarded as fixed in respect to the horizon, and numbered from the one at the eastern horizon, called the ascendant, first house, or house of life, downward, or in the direction of the earth's revolution, the stars and planets passing through them in

December :: December (n.) The twelfth and last month of the year, containing thirty-one days. During this month occurs the winter solstice..

Pisces :: Pisces (n. pl.) The twelfth sign of the zodiac, marked / in almanacs..

Twelfth :: Twelfth (a.) Consisting, or being one of, twelve equal parts into which anything is divided..

Duodecimal :: Duodecimal (n.) A twelfth part; as, the duodecimals of an inch..

Line :: Line (n.) A measure of length; one twelfth of an inch.

Uncia :: Uncia (n.) A twelfth part, as of the Roman as; an ounce..

Twelfth-cake :: Twelfth-cake (n.) An ornamented cake distributed among friends or visitors on the festival of Twelfth-night.

Twelfth-day :: Twelfth-day (n.) See Twelfthtide.

Minnesinger :: Minnesinger (n.) A love-singer; specifically, one of a class of German poets and musicians who flourished from about the middle of the twelfth to the middle of the fourteenth century. They were chiefly of noble birth, and made love and beauty the subjects of their verses..

Black Book :: Black book () A book compiled in the twelfth century, containing a description of the court of exchequer of England, an official statement of the revenues of the crown, etc..

Fish :: Fish (n.) The twelfth sign of the zodiac; Pisces.

Thirteenth :: Thirteenth (a.) Next in order after the twelfth; the third after the tenth; -- the ordinal of thirteen; as, the thirteenth day of the month..

Ounce :: Ounce (n.) The twelfth part of a troy pound.

Twelfth :: Twelfth (n.) An interval comprising an octave and a fifth.

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