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ark in the Bible, a chest carried by the ancient Hebrews. The ark contained the two stone tablets on which the Ten Commandments were written. [1/2 definitions]
ark of the covenant according to the Old Testament, the sacred chest in which the ancient Hebrews carried the two stone tablets inscribed with the Ten Commandments.
aught2 (pl.) the series of ten years beginning with 2000 and ending with 2009 (prec. by "the"). [1/2 definitions]
ballade a poem of three eight-line or ten-line stanzas followed by an envoy of four or five lines, the stanzas and the envoy all having the same last line. [1/2 definitions]
bill of rights The first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution. The Bill of Rights lists the basic rights of U.S. citizens and residents.
century plant a desert agave, once believed to flower only once in a century, with fleshy leaves and a very tall stem on which greenish flowers appear every ten to twenty years.
Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 an act signed into law in 1882 that barred Chinese laborers from immigrating to the U.S. for a period of ten years and, in addition, prohibited all Chinese immigrants from becoming naturalized citizens. Immigrants from China were not permitted naturalized citizenship until 1943.
cohort one of ten divisions of an ancient Roman legion, made up of 300 to 600 soldiers. [1/3 definitions]
commandment in the Jewish or Christian Bible, one of the Ten Commandments or laws given to Moses by God. [1/2 definitions]
compose a ten in mathematics education, to determine what number must be added to another number to make a total of ten.
crab1 an animal with a wide, flat body covered by a hard shell. Crabs have ten legs, and they most often live in the ocean.
curia one of ten subdivisions of the three tribes in ancient Rome, or its meeting place. [1/2 definitions]
cuttlefish any of several mollusks with calcified internal shells and ten tentacles attached to the head.
dB abbreviation of "decibel," or "decibels," a unit indicating the level of loudness of sound, relative to a standard level, or indicating relative differences in power levels of electrical signals, equal to ten times the common logarithm of the ratio of the two levels.
deca- ten.
decadal relating to the number ten or pertaining to a decade.
decade a unit of time equal to ten years.
decagon a figure with ten sides and ten angles.
decagram a unit of weight equal to ten grams or 0.353 ounce.
decahedron in geometry, a ten-faced solid figure.
decaliter a unit of capacity equal to ten liters or 2.642 gallons.