24th

Day before Christmas

The ordinal form of twenty-four, indicating position in a sequence: She finished 24th in the race, the 24th of December.

Like other ordinals, it can function as noun or adjective: He was the 24th to arrive, their 24th anniversary.

dates

Christmas Eve

December 24th observance

anniversary · birthday · holiday · commemoration · end of month

chromosome

genetics

Science of hereditary transmission

  • human genomeFull DNA sequence of people
  • DNAHereditary code molecule
  • geneHereditary information unit

karyotype · cytogenetics · genomics · cell division · genetic sequence · nucleotide · molecular biology · chromosomal · inheritance

amendment

U.S. Constitution

Supreme law of America

civil rights · suffrage · 1964 · constitutional · electoral · democracy · prohibition · citizenship · abolition · enfranchisement

Opposites
ordinal type

24thcardinal

Of foremost importance

twenty-four · 24

sequence position

24th1st

Earliest in order

first · last · final · 2nd · second

Family

fourth

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G