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Dodecagon :: Dodecagon (n.) A figure or polygon bounded by twelve sides and containing twelve angles.

Dodecandrous :: Dodecandrous (a.) Of or pertaining to the Dodecandria; having twelve stamens, or from twelve to nineteen..

Noonday :: Noonday (n.) Midday; twelve o'clock in the day; noon.

Duodecimal :: Duodecimal (a.) Proceeding in computation by twelves; expressed in the scale of twelves.

Checkers :: Checkers (v.) A game, called also daughts, played on a checkerboard by two persons, each having twelve men (counters or checkers) which are moved diagonally. The game is ended when either of the players has lost all his men, or can not move them..

Bandolier :: Bandolier (n.) A broad leather belt formerly worn by soldiers over the right shoulder and across the breast under the left arm. Originally it was used for supporting the musket and twelve cases for charges, but later only as a cartridge belt..

Heliolite :: Heliolite (n.) A fossil coral of the genus Heliolites, having twelve-rayed cells. It is found in the Silurian rocks..

Thirteen :: Thirteen (n.) The number greater by one than twelve; the sum of ten and three; thirteen units or objects.

Horoscope :: Horoscope (n.) The diagram or scheme of twelve houses or signs of the zodiac, into which the whole circuit of the heavens was divided for the purposes of such prediction of fortune..

Twelvepenny :: Twelvepenny (a.) Sold for a shilling; worth or costing a shilling.

Dodecasyllable :: Dodecasyllable (n.) A word consisting of twelve syllables.

Deltohedron :: Deltohedron (n.) A solid bounded by twelve quadrilateral faces. It is a hemihedral form of the isometric system, allied to the tetrahedron..

Shilling :: Shilling (n.) A silver coin, and money of account, of Great Britain and its dependencies, equal to twelve pence, or the twentieth part of a pound, equivalent to about twenty-four cents of the United States currency..

Semidiurnal :: Semidiurnal (a.) Pertaining to, or accomplished in, half a day, or twelve hours; occurring twice every day..

Twenty :: Twenty (n.) The number next following nineteen; the sum of twelve and eight, or twice ten; twenty units or objects; a score..

Pupil :: Pupil (n.) A boy or a girl under the age of puberty, that is, under fourteen if a male, and under twelve if a female..

Cancer :: Cancer (n.) The fourth of the twelve signs of the zodiac. The first point is the northern limit of the sun's course in summer; hence, the sign of the summer solstice. See Tropic..

Dodecahedron :: Dodecahedron (n.) A solid having twelve faces.

Gross :: Gross (sing. & pl.) The number of twelve dozen; twelve times twelve; as, a gross of bottles; ten gross of pens..

Apostle :: Apostle (n.) Literally: One sent forth; a messenger. Specifically: One of the twelve disciples of Christ, specially chosen as his companions and witnesses, and sent forth to preach the gospel..

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