Word Meanings - SEVENTY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Seven times ten; one more than sixty-nine.

• Sixty-fourth
  Constituting or being one of sixty-four equal parts into which a thing is divided.
• Timeserver
  One who adapts his opinions and manners to the times; one who obsequiously compiles with the ruling power; -- now used only in a bad sense.
• Seven-shooter
  A firearm, esp. a pistol, with seven barrels or chambers for cartridges, or one capable of firing seven shots without reloading.
• Timeserving
  Obsequiously complying with the spirit of the times, or the humors of those in power.
• SEVENSHOOTER
  A firearm, esp. a pistol, with seven barrels or chambers for cartridges, or one capable of firing seven shots without reloading. [Colloq.]
• Seventeenth
  Next in order after the sixteenth; coming after sixteen others.
• SEVENTHIRTIES
  A name given to three several issues of United States Treasury notes, made during the Civil War, in denominations of and over, bearing interest at the rate of seven and three tenths (thirty hundredths) per cent annually. Within a few years they were
• SEVENTYFOUR
  A naval vessel carrying seventy-four guns.
• Seven-thirties
  A name given to three several issues of United States Treasury notes, made during the Civil War, in denominations of and over, bearing interest at the rate of seven and three tenths (thirty hundredths) per cent annually. Within a few years the

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