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Giraffe :: Giraffe (n.) An African ruminant (Camelopardalis giraffa) related to the deers and antelopes, but placed in a family by itself; the camelopard. It is the tallest of animals, being sometimes twenty feet from the hoofs to the top of the head. Its neck is very long, and its fore legs are much longer than its hind legs..

Cassino :: Cassino (n.) A game at cards, played by two or more persons, usually for twenty-one points..

Trikosane :: Trikosane (n.) A hydrocarbon, C23H48, of the methane series, resembling paraffin; -- so called because it has twenty-three atoms of carbon in the molecule..

Kenning :: Kenning (v. t.) The limit of vision at sea, being a distance of about twenty miles..

Apprenticeship :: Apprenticeship (n.) The time an apprentice is serving (sometimes seven years, as from the age of fourteen to twenty-one)..

Kin :: Kin (n.) A primitive Chinese instrument of the cittern kind, with from five to twenty-five silken strings..

Flow :: Flow (v. i.) To rise, as the tide; -- opposed to ebb; as, the tide flows twice in twenty-four hours..

Carat :: Carat (n.) A twenty-fourth part; -- a term used in estimating the proportionate fineness of gold.

March :: March (n.) The distance passed over in marching; as, an hour's march; a march of twenty miles..

Ad Valorem :: Ad valorem () A term used to denote a duty or charge laid upon goods, at a certain rate per cent upon their value, as stated in their invoice, -- in opposition to a specific sum upon a given quantity or number; as, an ad valorem duty of twenty per cent..

Pony :: Pony (n.) Twenty-five pounds sterling.

Trisoctahedron :: Trisoctahedron (n.) A solid of the isometric system bounded by twenty-four equal faces, three corresponding to each face of an octahedron..

Tetrahexahedron :: Tetrahexahedron (n.) A solid in the isometric system, bounded by twenty-four equal triangular faces, four corresponding to each face of the cube..

Assess :: Assess (v.) To determine and impose a tax or fine upon (a person, community, estate, or income); to tax; as, the club assessed each member twenty-five cents..

Nineteen :: Nineteen (a.) Nine and ten; eighteen and one more; one less than twenty; as, nineteen months..

Tide :: Tide (prep.) The alternate rising and falling of the waters of the ocean, and of bays, rivers, etc., connected therewith. The tide ebbs and flows twice in each lunar day, or the space of a little more than twenty-four hours. It is occasioned by the attraction of the sun and moon (the influence of the latter being three times that of the former), acting unequally on the waters in different parts of the earth, thus disturbing their equilibrium. A high tide upon one side of the earth is accompanied

Pteranodon :: Pteranodon (n.) A genus of American Cretaceous pterodactyls destitute of teeth. Several species are known, some of which had an expanse of wings of twenty feet or more..

Enomoty :: Enomoty (n.) A band of sworn soldiers; a division of the Spartan army ranging from twenty-five to thirty-six men, bound together by oath..

Vicennial :: Vicennial (a.) Lasting or comprising twenty years.

Fourscore :: Fourscore (n.) The product of four times twenty; eighty units or objects.

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