twelfth : Idioms & Phrases

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one-twelfth

  • noun one part in twelve equal parts
    duodecimal; twelfth; one-twelfth.
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twelfth -- cake

Twelfth", cake` noun
Definitions
  1. An ornamented cake distributed among friends or visitors on the festival of Twelfth-night.
Webster 1913

twelfth cranial nerve

  • noun supplies intrinsic muscles of the tongue and other tongue muscles
    hypoglossal; nervus hypoglosus; hypoglossal nerve.
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twelfth day

  • noun twelve days after Christmas; celebrates the visit of the three wise men to the infant Jesus
    January 6; Epiphany; Epiphany of Our Lord; Three Kings' Day.
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twelfth night

  • noun eve of Twelfth day; evening of January 5
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twelfth part

  • noun one part in twelve equal parts
    duodecimal; twelfth; one-twelfth.
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twelfth-day

Twelfth"-day` noun
Definitions
  1. See Twelfthtide.
Webster 1913

twelfth-night

Twelfth"-night` noun
Definitions
  1. The evening of Epiphany, or the twelfth day after Christmas, observed as a festival by various churches.
Webster 1913

twelfth-second

Twelfth"-sec`ond noun
Definitions
  1. (Physics) A unit for the measurement of small intervals of time, such that 1012 (ten trillion) of these units make one second.
Webster 1913