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Midnight

The middle of the night; twelve o'clock at night.

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Hour 76% connected

The twenty-fourth part of a day; sixty minutes.

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Dark 70% connected

Destitute, or partially destitute, of light; not receiving, reflecting, or radiating light; wholly or partially black, or of some deep shade of color…

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Night 70% connected

That part of the natural day when the sun is beneath the horizon, or the time from sunset to sunrise; esp., the time between dusk and dawn, when ther…

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Nighttime 70% connected

The time from dusk to dawn; -- opposed to daytime.

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Anights adverb · 78% connection

In the night time; at night.

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Birthnight noun · 78% connection

The night in which a person is born; the anniversary of that night in succeeding years.

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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…

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Caesura noun · 78% connection

A metrical break in a verse, occurring in the middle of a foot and commonly near the middle of the verse; a sense pause in the middle…

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Clockwork noun · 78% connection

The machinery of a clock, or machinery resembling that of a clock; machinery which produces regularity of movement.

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Contraction noun · 78% connection

a word formed from two or more words by omitting or combining some sounds; "‘won't’ is a contraction of ‘will not’"; "‘o'clock’ is a c…

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Dodecagon noun · 78% connection

A figure or polygon bounded by twelve sides and containing twelve angles.

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Dodecandrous adjective · 78% connection

Of or pertaining to the Dodecandria; having twelve stamens, or from twelve to nineteen.

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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…

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Dogwatch noun · 78% connection

A half watch; a watch of two hours, of which there are two, the first dogwatch from 4 to 6 o'clock, p. m., and the second dogwatch fro…

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Dozen noun · 78% connection

A collection of twelve objects; a tale or set of twelve; with or without of before the substantive which follows.

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Goatsucker noun · 78% connection

One of several species of insectivorous birds, belonging to Caprimulgus and allied genera, esp. the European species (Caprimulgus Euro…

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Gross sing. & pl. · 78% connection

The number of twelve dozen; twelve times twelve; as, a gross of bottles; ten gross of pens.

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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…

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Kakapo noun · 78% connection

A singular nocturnal parrot (Strigops habroptilus), native of New Zealand. It lives in holes during the day, but is active at night. I…

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Last noun · 78% connection

A load; a heavy burden; hence, a certain weight or measure, generally estimated at 4,000 lbs., but varying for different articles and…

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Late adjective · 78% connection

Far in the night, day, week, or other particular period; as, to lie abed late; to sit up late at night.

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Limbat noun · 78% connection

A cooling periodical wind in the Isle of Cyprus, blowing from the northwest from eight o'clock, A. M., to the middle of the day or lat…

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