| 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 |
(cap.) such a list incorporated into the U.S. Constitution as the first ten amendments thereof. [1/3 definitions] |
| 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 |
any of various ten-legged marine crustaceans, having broad, flat bodies, eyes on short stalks, and strong pincers on the front legs. The meat of some kinds of crabs is commonly eaten by humans. [1/8 definitions] |
| 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. [2 definitions] |
| decagon |
in geometry, a ten-sided plane figure. |
| 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. |
| Decalogue |
the Ten Commandments. |