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P :: P () the sixteenth letter of the English alphabet, is a nonvocal consonant whose form and value come from the Latin, into which language the letter was brought, through the ancient Greek, from the Phoenician, its probable origin being Egyptian. Etymologically P is most closely related to b, f, and v; as hobble, hopple; father, paternal; recipient, receive. See B, F, and M..

Allecret :: Allecret (n.) A kind of light armor used in the sixteenth century, esp. by the Swiss..

Sixteenth :: Sixteenth (n.) The quotient of a unit divided by sixteen; one of sixteen equal parts of one whole.

Miss :: Miss (n.) A young unmarried woman or a girl; as, she is a miss of sixteen..

Cadmean :: Cadmean (a.) Of or pertaining to Cadmus, a fabulous prince of Thebes, who was said to have introduced into Greece the sixteen simple letters of the alphabet -- /, /, /, /, /, /, /, /, /, /, /, /, /, /, /, /. These are called Cadmean letters..

Waterlandian :: Waterlandian (n.) One of a body of Dutch Anabaptists who separated from the Mennonites in the sixteenth century; -- so called from a district in North Holland denominated Waterland.

Seventeen :: Seventeen (a.) One more than sixteen; ten and seven added; as, seventeen years..

Prutenic :: Prutenic (a.) Prussian; -- applied to certain astronomical tables published in the sixteenth century, founded on the principles of Copernicus, a Prussian..

Seventeenth :: Seventeenth (n.) The next in order after the sixteenth; one coming after sixteen others.

Cinquecento :: Cinquecento (n. & a.) The sixteenth century, when applied to Italian art or literature; as, the sculpture of the Cinquecento; Cinquecento style..

Sixteenth :: Sixteenth (a.) Constituting or being one of sixteen equal parts into which anything is divided.

Roulade :: Roulade (n.) A smoothly running passage of short notes (as semiquavers, or sixteenths) uniformly grouped, sung upon one long syllable, as in Handel's oratorios..

Sixteen :: Sixteen (n.) A symbol representing sixteen units, as 16, or xvi..

Pentecost :: Pentecost (n.) A solemn festival of the Jews; -- so called because celebrated on the fiftieth day (seven weeks) after the second day of the Passover (which fell on the sixteenth of the Jewish month Nisan); -- hence called, also, the Feast of Weeks. At this festival an offering of the first fruits of the harvest was made. By the Jews it was generally regarded as commemorative of the gift of the law on the fiftieth day after the departure from Egypt..

Chess :: Chess (n.) A game played on a chessboard, by two persons, with two differently colored sets of men, sixteen in each set. Each player has a king, a queen, two bishops, two knights, two castles or rooks, and eight pawns..

Sixteenth :: Sixteenth (n.) An interval comprising two octaves and a second.

Cogware :: Cogware (n.) A coarse, narrow cloth, like frieze, used by the lower classes in the sixteenth century..

#NAME? :: -mo () A suffix added to the names of certain numerals or to the numerals themselves, to indicate the number of leaves made by folding a sheet of paper; as, sixteenmo or 16mo; eighteenmo or 18mo. It is taken from the Latin forms similarly used; as, duodecimo, sextodecimo, etc. A small circle, placed after the number and near its top, is often used for -mo; as, 16�, 18�, etc..

Monkey :: Monkey (n.) A small trading vessel of the sixteenth century.

Sextodecimo :: Sextodecimo (n.) A book composed of sheets each of which is folded into sixteen leaves; hence, indicating, more or less definitely, a size of a book; -- usually written 16mo, or 16�..

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