forty-six

Human chromosome total

Forty-six is the number between forty-five and forty-seven, equal to 46.

Like other compound numbers from twenty-one through ninety-nine, it takes a hyphen: forty-six years old, forty-six dollars.

chromosomes

human

Homo sapiens individual

DNA · genome · autosomes · cells · mitosis · meiosis · inheritance · cytogenetics · nucleotides · gene

even

divisible

Able to be separated

parity · multiple · whole number · evenly

counting

fifty

Five tens combined

digit · tally · enumerate · increment · countdown · ordinal · number line · consecutive

age

midlife

Halfway through adulthood

years old · mature · milestone

Opposites
roundness/memorability

forty-sixfifty

Five tens combined

forty · forty-five · one hundred · zero

Family

six, fourth, forty, sixty, sixteen, fourteen, sixteenth, forty-five, forties

Familiarity
Top 50,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G