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. |