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| apocrypha |
(cap.) a group of fourteen books of the Old Testament that are rejected by Judaism, and considered by Protestants as uncanonical, eleven of which are accepted by the Roman Catholic Church. [1/2 definitions] |
| bat mitzvah |
the girl for whom this ceremony is held, usu. at age twelve to fourteen. [1/2 definitions] |
| fifteen |
the number that follows fourteen and precedes sixteen in the sequence of cardinal numbers. [1/3 definitions] |
| fortnight |
fourteen nights and days; two weeks. |
| fourteen |
being fourteen in number. [1/3 definitions] |
| Fourteen Points |
the provisions of U.S. President Woodrow Wilson's proposed plan for peace in Europe after World War I, first enumerated in a speech to the U.S. Congress in 1918. The 1919 Treaty of Versailles, which officially ended the war, ultimately included only four of the Fourteen Points, including the creation of a League of Nations. |
| fourteenth |
one of fourteen equal parts of a whole; 1/14. [1/3 definitions] |
| legal pad |
a pad of yellow or white ruled paper measuring eight and one-half by fourteen inches. |
| legal-size |
designating paper having an approximate size of eight and one-half by fourteen inches. [1/2 definitions] |
| pH |
a symbol for a measure of the degree of alkalinity or acidity of a solution, determined by the concentration or activity of hydrogen ions therein (often fol. by a number, with seven indicating neutrality, zero to six indicating acidity, and eight to fourteen indicating alkalinity). |
| radiocarbon |
a radioactive isotope of carbon, esp. the isotope that has a nuclear mass of fourteen daltons and is often used in determining the age of various organic materials; carbon 14. |
| rondel |
a short poem consisting of fourteen lines based on two rhymes, the opening couplet of which is repeated in the middle and at the end. [1/2 definitions] |
| silicon |
a chemical element that has fourteen protons in each nucleus, that is found naturally only in compounds such as silica, that composes one fourth of the earth's crust, and that is used in many industrial applications. (symbol: Si) |
| sonnet |
a poem of fourteen lines that usually rhymes in set ways. |
| Stations of the Cross |
(sometimes l.c.) a sequence of fourteen representations marking significant incidents in the Passion of Jesus Christ, often set upon the walls of a church, esp. Roman Catholic. [1/2 definitions] |
| stone |
a British unit of weight equal to fourteen pounds or 6.36 kilograms. (The irregular plural, "stone," is used when referring to a particular amount of weight.) [1/10 definitions] |
| table wine |
a wine, usu. served with meals, containing not more than fourteen percent alcohol. |
| thirteen |
the number that follows twelve and precedes fourteen in the sequence of cardinal numbers. [1/3 definitions] |
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