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• The oboe overblows at the octave; the clarinet at the twelfth.From the entry overblow
• Don't forget to take the trimmings down by twelfth night.From the entry trimmings
• The twelfth step is conversion of geniposidic acid to bartsioside, which is catalyzed by a decarboxylase enzyme.2015 December 12, “NGS Transcriptomes and Enzyme Inhibitors Unravel Complexity of Picrosides Biosynthesis in Picrorhiza kurroa Royle ex.…. From the entry bartsioside
• This embraces all mediæval societies between the ninth and twelfth centuries, as its advocates intended.2006, Noel Cox, “Dark Age and Mediæval Europe”, in Technology and Legal Systems, Ashgate Publishing, →ISBN, part II (The Relationship of…. From the entry mediæval
• Twelfth Night is replete with gullings, albeit of different degrees and durations.2003, Stanley Wells, Shakespeare Survey, volume 52, page 121. From the entry gulling
• The twelfth century was the fist medieval century to know the sorry plight of distressed gentlefolk.2002, David Crouch, “The Household Knight”, in William Marshal: Knighthood, War and Chivalry, 1147–1219, 2nd edition, Abingdon…. From the entry gentlefolk
• Since the twelfth century the pope has been the Church's sole authority for canonizing saints.2001, Sarah Gallick, “Introduction”, in The Big Book of Women Saints, New York, N.Y.: HarperSanFrancisco, →ISBN, page 2. From the entry canonize
• She'd been praying that Josie would at least make it to her "whelpday," the twelfth of January.1996, Barbara Seaman, Lovely Me: The Life of Jacqueline Susann, Seven Stories Press, →ISBN, page 480. From the entry whelpday
• This had the predictable result of inducing a certain amount of bananaphobia as the twelfth birthday approached.1985, Time, page 76. From the entry bananaphobia
• Pisces the Fish, the twelfth Sign, had been easy to find.1971, Richard Carpenter, Catweazle and the Magic Zodiac, Harmondsworth: Puffin Books, page 150. From the entry fish
• A much bepetticoated twelfth century extra lady inadvertently stepping in front of a wind machine.1937 December 4, Read Kendall, “Around and About in Hollywood”, in Los Angeles Times, volume LVII, Los Angeles, Calif., page 6. From the entry bepetticoated
• The twelfth day found the area on the left more ecchymotic and the temperature rising.1921, American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, volume 2, page 563. From the entry ecchymotic
• By the time they'd reached the twelfth round, Kobayashi had won the first hand by drawing his winning tile.2023, Yuto Yotsuba, “Special Short Story "Kongming, the Pinch-Hitter"”, in Ryo Ogawa, transl., Ya Boy Kongming!, volume 10, Kodansha USA…. From the entry mangan
• I finished my twelfth standard with less than stellar marks.2020, Avni Doshi, Burnt Sugar, Hamish Hamilton, page 179. From the entry standard
• In the sixties of the twelfth century, however, it became clear that neither Peter the Venerable's tract against Petrobrusianism, nor St.2011, Edward Peters, Heresy and Authority in Medieval Europe, University of Pennsylvania Press, page 105. From the entry Petrobrusianism
• So, during the twelfth century, many soldiers began wearing mail pieces attached by leather on the front of their legs.2005, James Stuart Bell, Carrie Pyykkonen, Linda Washington, Inside "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe": Myths, Mysteries, and Magic…. From the entry habergeon
• This is a formula of permutation of letters wherein the first interchanges with the twelfth, the second with the thirteenth, etc.1996, Macy Nulman, The Encyclopedia of Jewish Prayer, page 260. From the entry interchange
• The term “emphyteusis” first appeared late in the twelfth century.1991, Paul Freedman, The Origins of Peasant Servitude in Medieval Catalonia, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 147. From the entry emphyteusis
• Let us refresh our memory at first with a glance at country life in England in the eleventh and twelfth centuries.1922 [1918], Charles Josiah Galpin, “Chapter IV: Structure of rural society”, in Rural Life, New York: Century Company, page 67. From the entry houseless
• By the twelfth they're in landfill.2012 December 21, George Monbiot, “Your gift at Christmas will soon be junk”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 2, page 24. From the entry amusing
• Then, less than a year before the discovery of Neptune, a fifth trans-Martian object and the twelfth planet, Astraea, had been found.2009 [2007], David A. Weintraub, Is Pluto a Planet?: A Historical Journey through the Solar System, Princeton, NJ: Princeton University…. From the entry trans-Martian
• A pointed sleeve, called pigache, as the pointed shoes of the twelfth century had been, was worn by ladies towards the end of his reign.2003, James Robinson Planché, “An Illustrated Dictionary of Historic Costume...”, in Courier Corporation, →ISBN, page 465. From the entry pigache
• Gobain Works in France, employing the ancient techniques used in the vitraux of Chartres and Notre Dame in the eleventh, twelfth and thirteenth centuries.1997, Stained Glass: Quarterly of the Stained Glass Association of America, page 171, column 1. From the entry vitraux
• When a series of 13 "watchnights" are required, a full night vigil will normally only be observed for the final twelfth night.1983, Belizean Studies, Belize City: Belize Institute of Social Research and Action, →OCLC, page 27. From the entry watchnight
• This basic structure was used as long as the medieval Latin lyric flourished; the goliardic poems of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries still retain it.1961, Phillip Damon, Modes of Analogy in Ancient and Medieval Verse, page 304. From the entry goliardic
• The ordered system of symbols which we know as heraldry came into being in the twelfth century to meet a military need.1956 July, Col. H. C. B. Rogers, “Railway Heraldry”, in Railway Magazine, page 476. From the entry helm
• He had made up his mind to have twelve, but, much to his regret, had to relinquish the twelfth owing to certain unpleasant sensations.1922 May, Richmal Crompton, “The Best Laid Plans”, in Just—William, London: George Newnes […], published July 1941, →OCLC, page 223. From the entry merry-go-round
• The works of the freethinker Averroes (twelfth century) which were based on Aristotle's philosophy, propagated a small wave of rationalism in Christian countries.1913, J. B. Bury, chapter 3, in A History of Freedom of Thought. From the entry propagate
• The Rybybe is well portrayed among the Norman carvings of the twelfth century which adorn the south doorway of Barfreston Church in Kent (Plate XV).1911, Francis William Galpin, Old English Instruments of Music, page 81. From the entry ribibe
• The djembe has become the most recognizable drum from West Africa, with a history that can be traced to the twelfth century Mali Empire and the Mandinka people.2010, Randy Raine-Reusch, Play the World: The 101 World Instrument Primer, page 91. From the entry djembe
• The repetition of material about the houri suggests that the popularization of that figure occurred as early as the ninth century and continued well into the twelfth century.2009, Nerina Rustomji, The Garden and the Fire: Heaven and Hell in Islamic Culture, Columbia University Press, →ISBN, page 114. From the entry houri
• Fortunately, the governments' efforts to oblige traders to ensure accurate registration by going via Hwangchow were never successful, though repeatedly essayed in the late eleventh and early twelfth centuries.2001, Felipe Fernández-Armesto, Civilizations, Pan Books, →ISBN, page 409. From the entry Hwangchow
• The twelfth and thirteenth centuries constitute a high point in the history of Islamic ceramics, with finely potted and decorated fritwares produced in both Syria and Iran.1994, Gülru Necipoğlu, Muqarnas: An Annual on Islamic Art and Architecture, →ISBN, page 31. From the entry fritware
• From the twelfth century Shetland had been administered directly by the Norwegian crown through the 'foud', rather than forming part of the patrimony of a great aristocratic estate.1983, Paul Thompson, Tony Wailey, Trevor Lummis, History Workshop Series, Living the Fishing, Routledge & Kegan Paul. From the entry lawman
• Professor Postan has argued in favour of a rapid move towards commutation in the twelfth century which slackened or even went into reverse in the course of the thirteenth.1969, Philip Ziegler, The Black Death, Folio Society, published 2006, page 213. From the entry commutation
• The twelfth had his chair half turned and was playing across a far corner of the table the board-game that made the occasional tiny rutching noises.1964 January, Fritz Leiber, Harry [Otto] Fischer, “The Lords of Quarmall”, in Cele Goldsmith, editor, Fantastic: Stories of Imagination…. From the entry rutch

Meaning of twelfth

1. adjective The ordinal form of the number twelve, describing a person or thing in position number 12 of a sequence.
2. noun One of twelve equal parts of a whole.
3. noun An interval equal to an octave plus a fifth.

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How do you use twelfth in a sentence?

Twelfth is used as an adjective and noun. For example: “The answer appears on the twelfth page of the book.”

What is a short sentence with twelfth?

“A twelfth of 240 is 20.”

What does twelfth mean?

Twelfth means the ordinal form of the number twelve, describing a person or thing in position number 12 of a sequence.