A | B |
baker's dozen | thirteen |
bicentennial | 200th anniversary |
brace | two of a kind; pair; couple |
centenarian | one is who is 100 or older |
centennial | 100th anniversary |
decade | period of ten years |
decathalon | track and field contest consisting of ten events |
decimate | destroy ten person or more or a large portion of |
dichotomy | division in two;split |
fathom | measure of water depth equaling six feet |
fortnight | period of 14 days, two weeks |
millennium | 1000 years, 1000th anniversary |
nonagenarian | person in his or her nineties |
octogenarian | person in his or her eighties |
pentagon | plane figure of five sides and five angles |
plurality | victor's margin over the runner-up when no candidate has a majority of the votes |
quadrennial | occuring or being done every four years |
quadruped | four footed animal |
score | group of twney |
septuagenarian | person in his or her 70s |
sesquicentennial | 150th anniversary |
sexagenarian | person in his or her 60s |
tercentennial | 300th anniversary |
tithe | one-tenth; tenth part of a person's income paid as a contribution or tax to support a religious establishment |
treble | multiply by three; triple |
triumvirate | ruling body of three, troika |