Words of the day 9/6/10

twelve:   (twɛlv)
–noun
1. a cardinal number, 10 plus 2.
2. a symbol for this number, as 12 or XII.
3. a set of this many persons or things.
4. the Twelve, the 12 apostles chosen by Christ.
–adjective
5. amounting to 12 in number.

twelve 
Old English twelf, literally "two left" (over ten), from Proto-Germanic *twa-lif-, a compound of the root of two + *lif-, root of the verb leave (see eleven). Confer Old Saxon-twelif, Old Norse- tolf, Old Frisian- twelef, Middle Dutch- twalef, Dutch- twaalf, Old High German- zwelif, German- zwölf, Gothic- twalif. Outside Gmc., an analogous formation is Lith. drylika, with second element -lika "left over."

Answers to which words 003
Radial (b)arranged like rays. Saccharine (c)of a sugary sweetness. Taboret (b)a frame for embroidery

Which Words 004
Ululate (a)to cancel a command (b)to howl as a dog (c)to support by agreement
Literal (a)able to read and write (b)of ceremonial prayer (c)following the letter
Moray (a)a kind of eel (b)a fine goatskin leather (c)a tract of soft wet ground

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Interesting facts about the number twelve 'see here'

Have some questions here for you.

Why twelve inches to a foot ?

Why do we have twelve on our clock ?

Why we have twelve months of the year ?  

To annoy metric supporters?

not being very serious are you artfizz ?  I guess you don't know the answer to these questions do you ?

No-one else has offered any better answers yet. I may still win the prize for the most accurate answers.

interesting facts-

The duodenum (from Latin duodecim, "twelve") is the first part of the small intestine, that is about twelve inches long. More precisely, this section of the intestine was measured not in inches but in fingerwidths. In fact, in German the name of the duodenum is Zwölffingerdarm, meaning "twelve-finger bowel."

This is a relatively modern idea. For thousands of years, the day was reckoned to start at 6am so "the 3rd hour" was 9am. ( is the closest I can get to a serious face.)

 < me *eyeballs up in the air*

interesting facts on calender see 'here'

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The Gregorian solar calendar is an arithmetical calendar. It counts days as the basic unit of time, grouping them into years of 365 or 366 days; and repeats completely every 146,097 days, which fill 400 years, and which also happens to be 20,871 seven-day weeks.^[10] Of these 400 years, 303 (the "common years") have 365 days, and 97 (the leap years) have 366 days. This gives an average calendar-year length of exactly 365.2425 days, or 365 days, 5 hours, 49 minutes and 12 seconds.

A Gregorian year is divided into twelve months of irregular length, with no regular relationship among their lengths:

and the Months, see 'here,' note the months were invented brfore the calendar.

There seems to be some order with the months:

No?