13th
Unlucky floor number
Thirteenth in a sequence: the 13th floor, Friday the 13th.
The number 13 carries superstitious associations with bad luck in Western culture—many buildings skip from floor 12 to 14, and Friday the 13th is considered unlucky.
The 13th Amendment to the U.S.
Constitution abolished slavery.
Prone to misfortune
- FridayFifth weekday
- curseInvoked harm through words
- jinxCurse bringing misfortune
- omenProphetic indicator
misfortune · bad luck · ill-fated · inauspicious · triskaidekaphobia · superstition · taboo · foreboding
Ordinal for dozen
- fourteenthOrdinal for fourteen
- eleventhOrdinal for eleven
- fifteenthPosition number after fourteen
- tenthOrdinal for position nine-plus-one
sixteenth · ninth · seventeenth · eighth · eighteenth · seventh · nineteenth · sixth
Vertical conveyance between floors
- skyscraperVery tall urban building
- buildingEnclosed roofed structure
- hotelCommercial lodging establishment
- apartmentRented unit in building
skipped · omitted · nonexistent · superstitious · numbering · lobby · high-rise · penthouse
Formal discontinuation of practice
- slaveryOwnership of people
- emancipationRelease from legal bondage
- constitutionInherent physical or structural makeup
- ratificationFormal approval by authority
Lincoln · freedom · Reconstruction · Civil War · citizenship · liberty · proclamation · antebellum
Of the Middle Ages
- CrusadesMedieval wars for Jerusalem
- MongolCentral Asian pastoral people
- feudalOf tiered landownership
- cathedralBishop's principal church
Magna Carta · scholasticism · guilds · knights · monasteries · Marco Polo · Genghis Khan · Byzantine
unlucky
Prone to misfortune
omen · misfortune · bad luck · ill-fated · inauspicious · triskaidekaphobia · superstition · taboo · foreboding · avoided
twelfth
Ordinal for dozen
- fourteenthOrdinal for fourteen
- eleventhOrdinal for eleven
- fifteenthPosition number after fourteen
tenth · sixteenth · ninth · seventeenth · eighth · eighteenth · seventh · nineteenth · sixth · twentieth
elevator
Vertical conveyance between floors
- skyscraperVery tall urban building
- buildingEnclosed roofed structure
- hotelCommercial lodging establishment
apartment · skipped · omitted · nonexistent · superstitious · numbering · lobby · high-rise · penthouse · mezzanine
abolition
Formal discontinuation of practice
- slaveryOwnership of people
- emancipationRelease from legal bondage
- constitutionInherent physical or structural makeup
ratification · Lincoln · freedom · Reconstruction · Civil War · citizenship · liberty · proclamation · antebellum · bondage
medieval
Of the Middle Ages
cathedral · Magna Carta · scholasticism · guilds · knights · monasteries · Marco Polo · Genghis Khan · Byzantine · Romanesque
- Political ThrillersThe Manchurian Candidate, No Way Out, The Pelican Brief, Argo, JFK
- Friday the 13thDate considered ill-omened
- 13th AmendmentConstitutional slavery prohibition
- 13th centuryYears 1201-1300