duodenary
Americanadjective
adjective
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Origin of duodenary
1675–85; < Latin duodēn ( ī ) twelve each + -ary
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I’m here to see if the lessons of a pop-up megacity , built around a duodenary pilgrimage, are lessons we can extend to the building of other new cities.
From Forbes
Duodenary, dū-ō-den′a-ri, adj. relating to twelve, twelvefold.
From Project Gutenberg
The names of twelve animals denote the duodenary cycle.
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The Thibetians have adopted the use of the denary and duodenary cycles.
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Associated words: dodecagon, dodecahedral, dodecahedron, duodecimal, duodecimfid, duodecimo, duodecuple, duodenary. twenty, n. score.
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