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Month :: Month (n.) One of the twelve portions into which the year is divided; the twelfth part of a year, corresponding nearly to the length of a synodic revolution of the moon, -- whence the name. In popular use, a period of four weeks is often called a month..

Twelve :: Twelve (n.) The number next following eleven; the sum of ten and two, or of twice six; twelve units or objects; a dozen..

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

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..

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..

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

Pounder :: Pounder (n.) A person or thing, so called with reference to a certain number of pounds in value, weight, capacity, etc.; as, a cannon carrying a twelve-pound ball is called a twelve pounder..

Wanting :: Wanting (a.) Absent; lacking; missing; also, deficient; destitute; needy; as, one of the twelve is wanting; I shall not be wanting in exertion..

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

Twelfth :: Twelfth (n.) The quotient of a unit divided by twelve; one of twelve equal parts of one whole.

Dodecastyle :: Dodecastyle (a.) Having twelve columns in front.

Inch :: Inch (n.) A measure of length, the twelfth part of a foot, commonly subdivided into halves, quarters, eights, sixteenths, etc., as among mechanics. It was also formerly divided into twelve parts, called lines, and originally into three parts, called barleycorns, its length supposed to have been determined from three grains of barley placed end to end lengthwise. It is also sometimes called a prime ('), composed of twelve seconds (''), as in the duodecimal system of arithmetic..

Twelvepence :: Twelvepence (n.) A shilling sterling, being about twenty-four cents..

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..

Puberty :: Puberty (n.) The earliest age at which persons are capable of begetting or bearing children, usually considered, in temperate climates, to be about fourteen years in males and twelve in females..

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..

Shock :: Shock (n.) A pile or assemblage of sheaves of grain, as wheat, rye, or the like, set up in a field, the sheaves varying in number from twelve to sixteen; a stook..

Beagle :: Beagle (n.) A small hound, or hunting dog, twelve to fifteen inches high, used in hunting hares and other small game. See Illustration in Appendix..

"angle :: Angle (n.) A name given to four of the twelve astrological houses..

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

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