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Accent
noun · 78% connection
A mark at the right hand of a number, indicating minutes of a degree, seconds, etc.; as, 12'27'', i. e., twelve minutes twenty seven s…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: measure, certain, commodities, number, twelve.
Base pair
noun · 78% connection
one of the pairs of chemical bases joined by hydrogen bonds that connect the complementary strands of a DNA molecule or of an RNA mole…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: measure, certain, commodities, number, twelve.
Bond
noun · 78% connection
A writing under seal, by which a person binds himself, his heirs, executors, and administrators, to pay a certain sum on or before a f…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: measure, certain, commodities, number, twelve.
Breastplate
noun · 78% connection
A part of the vestment of the high priest, worn upon the front of the ephod. It was a double piece of richly embroidered stuff, a span…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: measure, certain, commodities, number, twelve.
Carefully
adverb · 78% connection
as if with kid gloves; with caution or prudence or tact; "she ventured cautiously downstairs"; "they handled the incident with kid glo…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: measure, certain, commodities, number, twelve.
Caterpillar
noun · 78% connection
The larval state of a butterfly or any lepidopterous insect; sometimes, but less commonly, the larval state of other insects, as the s…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: measure, certain, commodities, number, twelve.
Cautiously
adverb · 78% connection
as if with kid gloves; with caution or prudence or tact; "she ventured cautiously downstairs"; "they handled the incident with kid glo…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: measure, certain, commodities, number, twelve.
Dicker
noun · 78% connection
The number or quantity of ten, particularly ten hides or skins; a dakir; as, a dicker of gloves.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: measure, certain, commodities, number, twelve.
Dodecagon
noun · 78% connection
A figure or polygon bounded by twelve sides and containing twelve angles.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: measure, certain, commodities, number, twelve.
Dodecandrous
adjective · 78% connection
Of or pertaining to the Dodecandria; having twelve stamens, or from twelve to nineteen.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: measure, certain, commodities, number, twelve.
Dodecatemory
noun · 78% connection
A tern applied to the twelve houses, or parts, of the zodiac of the primum mobile, to distinguish them from the twelve signs; also, an…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: measure, certain, commodities, number, twelve.
Dozen
noun · 78% connection
A collection of twelve objects; a tale or set of twelve; with or without of before the substantive which follows.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: measure, certain, commodities, number, twelve.
Excise
noun · 78% connection
In inland duty or impost operating as an indirect tax on the consumer, levied upon certain specified articles, as, tobacco, ale, spiri…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: measure, certain, commodities, number, twelve.
Exuviae
n. pl. · 78% connection
Cast skins, shells, or coverings of animals; any parts of animals which are shed or cast off, as the skins of snakes, the shells of lo…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: measure, certain, commodities, number, twelve.
Ferding
noun · 78% connection
A measure of land mentioned in Domesday Book. It is supposed to have consisted of a few acres only.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: measure, certain, commodities, number, twelve.
Gross
sing. & pl. · 78% connection
The number of twelve dozen; twelve times twelve; as, a gross of bottles; ten gross of pens.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: measure, certain, commodities, number, twelve.
Inch
noun · 78% connection
A measure of length, the twelfth part of a foot, commonly subdivided into halves, quarters, eights, sixteenths, etc., as among mechani…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: measure, certain, commodities, number, twelve.
Kilderkin
noun · 78% connection
A small barrel; an old liquid measure containing eighteen English beer gallons, or nearly twenty-two gallons, United States measure.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: measure, certain, commodities, number, twelve.
