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cardinalnounDescribing a “natural” number used to indicate quantity (e.g., zero, one, two, three), as opposed to an ordinal number indicating relative position.
22noun(rugby) The 22-metre line.
twenty-onenoun(sports) A basketball-based game in which players attempt to score exactly twenty-one points.
18noun(sports, snowboarding, skiing) Clipping of 1800 (“1800° spin”). [An aerial maneuver in which the performer spins through five full revolutions.]
20(twenty) the natural number following 19 and preceding 21.
17(seventeen) the natural number following 16 and preceding 18.
19noun(sports, snowboarding) Clipping of 1980 (“1980° spin”). [(snowboarding) A skill, where in a jump, the person turns 5 and a half times.]
xxinounthe cardinal number that is the sum of twenty and one

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17(seventeen) the natural number following 16 and preceding 18.
18noun(sports, snowboarding, skiing) Clipping of 1800 (“1800° spin”). [An aerial maneuver in which the performer spins through five full revolutions.]
19noun(sports, snowboarding) Clipping of 1980 (“1980° spin”). [(snowboarding) A skill, where in a jump, the person turns 5 and a half times.]
20(twenty) the natural number following 19 and preceding 21.
22noun(rugby) The 22-metre line.
cardinalnounDescribing a “natural” number used to indicate quantity (e.g., zero, one, two, three), as opposed to an ordinal number indicating relative position.
twenty-onenoun(sports) A basketball-based game in which players attempt to score exactly twenty-one points.
xxinounthe cardinal number that is the sum of twenty and one
bhknoun(India) Initialism of bedroom(s), hall, and kitchen.
mignounA milligram
mpegnoun(computer graphics) Any of a group of computer file formats for the compression and storage of digital video and audio data.
ohdnoun(linguistics, obsolete) Initialism of Old High Dutch. [(obsolete) Old High German.]
ssnnoun(US) Initialism of social security number. [(US) A nine-digit number issued to citizens, permanent residents, and temporary (working) residents by the Social Security Administration under section 205(c)(2) of the Social Security Act, codified as 42 U.S.C. § 405(c)(2), introduced primarily to track people for taxation purposes, and in recent years serving as a de facto national identification number.]
teanoun(uncountable) The tea plant (Camellia sinensis); (countable) a variety of this plant.
trisomynoun(cytology) The presence of three copies, instead of the normal two, of a particular chromosome of an organism.
blackjacknoun(card games) A common gambling card game in casinos, where the object is to get as close to 21 without going over.
pontoonnoun(card games) A card game in which the object is to obtain cards whose value adds up to, or nearly to, 21 but not exceed it.
vingt-et-unnounThe card game pontoon.
majoritynounMore than half (50%) of some group.
adultnounA person who has reached the legal age of majority.

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