sixth : Idioms & Phrases
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forty-sixth
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adjective satellite the ordinal number of forty-six in counting order
46th.
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Major sixth
(Mus.) , a sixth of four steps and a half step. In major keys the third and sixth from the key tone are major. Major keys and intervals, as distinguished from minors, are more cheerful.
Webster 1913
one-sixth
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noun one part in six equal parts
sixth.
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sixth baron byron of rochdale
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noun English romantic poet notorious for his rebellious and unconventional lifestyle (1788-1824)
Lord George Gordon Byron; Byron.
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sixth cranial nerve
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noun a small motor nerve supplying the lateral rectus muscle of the eye
abducent; abducens; abducens nerve; abducent nerve; nervus abducens.
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sixth crusade
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noun a Crusade from 1228 to 1229 led by the Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II who fell ill and was excommunicated by the Pope; by negotiation Frederick II was able to crown himself king of Jerusalem
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sixth sense
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noun grasping the inner nature of things intuitively
insight.
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sixth-former
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noun a student in the sixth form
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thirty-sixth
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adjective satellite the ordinal number of thirty-six in counting order
36th.
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twenty-sixth
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adjective satellite coming next after the twenty-fifth in position
26th.