thirteenth
Baker's dozen position
Thirteenth is the ordinal form of thirteen—the position after twelfth in a sequence: the thirteenth floor, her thirteenth birthday.
As a noun, a thirteenth is one of thirteen equal parts.
The number's association with bad luck makes Friday the thirteenth a day of superstition.
Irrational thirteen aversion
- FridayFifth weekday
- unluckyProne to misfortune
- jinxCurse bringing misfortune
- curseInvoked harm through words
omen · taboo · folklore · myth · hex · ill-fated · misfortune · inauspicious
Ordinal for dozen
- fourteenthOrdinal for fourteen
- firstPosition number one
- secondUnit smaller than minute
- thirdPosition number three
fourth · fifth · sixth · seventh · eighth · ninth · tenth · eleventh
Duration between two points
- semitoneMinimum Western musical interval
- octaveEight-note interval
- compoundCombined into one
- chromaticRelating to color
scale · harmonic · melodic · minor · major · augmented · diminished · tritone
Formal discontinuation of practice
- slaveryOwnership of people
- emancipationRelease from legal bondage
- LincolnMidwestern state capital
- ratificationFormal approval by authority
constitution · freedom · Civil War · reconstruction · historical · landmark · United States · 1865
triskaidekaphobia
Irrational thirteen aversion
curse · omen · taboo · folklore · myth · hex · ill-fated · misfortune · inauspicious · avoidance
twelfth
Ordinal for dozen
- fourteenthOrdinal for fourteen
- firstPosition number one
- secondUnit smaller than minute
third · fourth · fifth · sixth · seventh · eighth · ninth · tenth · eleventh · fifteenth
interval
Duration between two points
chromatic · scale · harmonic · melodic · minor · major · augmented · diminished · tritone · dissonance
abolition
Formal discontinuation of practice
- slaveryOwnership of people
- emancipationRelease from legal bondage
- LincolnMidwestern state capital
ratification · constitution · freedom · Civil War · reconstruction · historical · landmark · United States · 1865 · liberation
- Friday the thirteenthAllegedly unlucky date combination
- Thirteen ColoniesBritish North American territories
- Thirteenth AmendmentConstitutional ban on bondage
- thirteen hundred1 PM in military time
- unlucky thirteenSupposedly cursed numeral
- thirteenth centuryYears 1201 to 1300