Twelfth | a. [ For twelft, OE. twelfte, AS. twelfta. See Twelve. ] 1. Next in order after the eleventh; coming after eleven others; -- the ordinal of twelve. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. Constituting, or being one of, twelve equal parts into which anything is divided. [ 1913 Webster ] |
Twelfth | n. 1. The quotient of a unit divided by twelve; one of twelve equal parts of one whole. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. The next in order after the eleventh. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. (Mus.) An interval comprising an octave and a fifth. [ 1913 Webster ] |
Twelfth-cake | n. An ornamented cake distributed among friends or visitors on the festival of Twelfth-night. [ 1913 Webster ] |
Twelfth-day | n. See Twelfthtide. [ 1913 Webster ] |
Twelfth-night | n. The evening of Epiphany, or the twelfth day after Christmas, observed as a festival by various churches. [ 1913 Webster ] |
Twelfth-second | n. (Physics) A unit for the measurement of small intervals of time, such that 1012 (ten trillion) of these units make one second. [ 1913 Webster ] |
Twelfthtide | n. The twelfth day after Christmas; Epiphany; -- called also Twelfth-day. [ 1913 Webster ] |
亥 | [い, i] (n) twelfth sign of the Chinese zodiac (The Boar, 9pm-11pm, north-northwest, October) #15,344 [Add to Longdo] |
黄冬 | [おうとう, outou] (n) (obsc) (See 師走) twelfth lunar month [Add to Longdo] |
乙亥 | [きのとい;いつがい;おつがい, kinotoi ; itsugai ; otsugai] (n) (See 干支) twelfth of the sexagenary cycle [Add to Longdo] |
季冬 | [きとう, kitou] (n) (1) (obs) end of winter; (2) twelfth month of the lunar calendar [Add to Longdo] |
師走 | [しわす(P);しはす, shiwasu (P); shihasu] (n) (obs) twelfth month of the lunar calendar; (P) [Add to Longdo] |
春待月;春待ち月 | [はるまちづき, harumachiduki] (n) (See 師走) twelfth lunar month [Add to Longdo] |
親子月 | [おやこづき, oyakoduki] (n) (obsc) (See 師走) twelfth lunar month [Add to Longdo] |
大呂 | [たいりょ;たいろ, tairyo ; tairo] (n) (1) (See 十二律, 断吟) (in China) 2nd note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. D sharp); (2) twelfth lunar month [Add to Longdo] |
晩冬 | [ばんとう, bantou] (n-adv, n) (1) late winter; (2) (obs) (See 師走) twelfth month of the lunar calendar [Add to Longdo] |
臘 | [ろう, rou] (n) (1) { Buddh } offering ceremony held on the third day of the dog after the winter solstice; (2) twelfth month of the lunisolar calendar; (3) (See 臈) year in the Buddhist order (after the completion of the first meditation retreat) [Add to Longdo] |