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- Eighteen - a. - Eight and ten; as, eighteen pounds.
- Eighteen - n. - The number greater by a unit than seventeen; eighteen units or objects.
- Eighteen - n. - A symbol denoting eighteen units, as 18 or xviii.
- Eighteenmo - a. & n. - See Octodecimo.
- Eighteenth - a. - Next in order after the seventeenth.
- Eighteenth - a. - Consisting of one of eighteen equal parts or divisions of a thing.
- Eighteenth - n. - The quotient of a unit divided by eighteen; one of eighteen equal parts or divisions.
- Eighteenth - n. - The eighth after the tenth.
- Mangostan - n. - A tree of the East Indies of the genus Garcinia (G. Mangostana). The tree grows to the height of eighteen feet, and bears fruit also called mangosteen, of the size of a small apple, the pulp of which is very delicious food.
- Nineteenth - a. - Following the eighteenth and preceding the twentieth; coming after eighteen others.
- Laelaps - n. - A genus of huge, carnivorous, dinosaurian reptiles from the Cretaceous formation of the United States. They had very large hind legs and tail, and are supposed to have been bipedal. Some of the species were about eighteen feet high.
- Fan palm - - Any palm tree having fan-shaped or radiate leaves; as the Chamaerops humilis of Southern Europe; the species of Sabal and Thrinax in the West Indies, Florida, etc.; and especially the great talipot tree (Corypha umbraculifera) of Ceylon and Malaya. The leaves of the latter are often eighteen feet long and fourteen wide, and are used for umbrellas, tents, and roofs. When cut up, they are used for books and manuscripts.
- Float - v. i. - A quantity of earth, eighteen feet square and one foot deep.
- Octodecimo - a. - Having eighteen leaves to a sheet; as, an octodecimo form, book, leaf, size, etc.
- Asterolepis - n. - A genus of fishes, some of which were eighteen or twenty feet long, found in a fossil state in the Old Red Sandstone.
- Macaw - n. - Any parrot of the genus Sittace, or Macrocercus. About eighteen species are known, all of them American. They are large and have a very long tail, a strong hooked bill, and a naked space around the eyes. The voice is harsh, and the colors are brilliant and strongly contrasted.
- Quintilllion - n. - According to the French notation, which is used on the Continent and in America, the cube of a million, or a unit with eighteen ciphers annexed; according to the English notation, a number produced by involving a million to the fifth power, or a unit with thirty ciphers annexed. See the Note under Numeration.
- Jararaca - n. - A poisonous serpent of Brazil (Bothrops jararaca), about eighteen inches long, and of a dusky, brownish color, variegated with red and black spots.
- Nineteen - a. - Nine and ten; eighteen and one more; one less than twenty; as, nineteen months.
- Nineteen - n. - The number greater than eighteen by a unit; the sum of ten and nine; nineteen units or objects.
- Papaw - n. - A tree (Carica Papaya) of tropical America, belonging to the order Passifloreae. It has a soft, spongy stem, eighteen or twenty feet high, crowned with a tuft of large, long-stalked, palmately lobed leaves. The milky juice of the plant is said to have the property of making meat tender. Also, its dull orange-colored, melon-shaped fruit, which is eaten both raw and cooked or pickled.
- Musa - n. - A genus of perennial, herbaceous, endogenous plants of great size, including the banana (Musa sapientum), the plantain (M. paradisiaca of Linnaeus, but probably not a distinct species), the Abyssinian (M. Ensete), the Philippine Island (M. textilis, which yields Manila hemp), and about eighteen other species. See Illust. of Banana and Plantain.
- Fungia - n. - A genus of simple, stony corals; -- so called because they are usually flat and circular, with radiating plates, like the gills of a mushroom. Some of them are eighteen inches in diameter.
- Eighteen - n. - A symbol denoting eighteen units, as 18 or xviii.
- Tester - n. - An old French silver coin, originally of the value of about eighteen pence, subsequently reduced to ninepence, and later to sixpence, sterling. Hence, in modern English slang, a sixpence; -- often contracted to tizzy. Called also teston.
- Trillion - n. - According to the French notation, which is used upon the Continent generally and in the United States, the number expressed by a unit with twelve ciphers annexed; a million millions; according to the English notation, the number produced by involving a million to the third power, or the number represented by a unit with eighteen ciphers annexed. See the Note under Numeration.
- Eighteenth - a. - Consisting of one of eighteen equal parts or divisions of a thing.
- Kilderkin - n. - A small barrel; an old liquid measure containing eighteen English beer gallons, or nearly twenty-two gallons, United States measure.
- Octodecimo - n. - A book composed of sheets each of which is folded into eighteen leaves; hence; indicating more or less definitely a size of book, whose sheets are so folded; -- usually written 18mo or 18¡, and called eighteenmo.
- Eighteen - a. - Eight and ten; as, eighteen pounds.
- Eighteenth - n. - The quotient of a unit divided by eighteen; one of eighteen equal parts or divisions.
- Purana - n. - One of a class of sacred Hindoo poetical works in the Sanskrit language which treat of the creation, destruction, and renovation of worlds, the genealogy and achievements of gods and heroes, the reigns of the Manus, and the transactions of their descendants. The principal Puranas are eighteen in number, and there are the same number of supplementary books called Upa Puranas.
- Crocodile - n. - A large reptile of the genus Crocodilus, of several species. They grow to the length of sixteen or eighteen feet, and inhabit the large rivers of Africa, Asia, and America. The eggs, laid in the sand, are hatched by the sun's heat. The best known species is that of the Nile (C. vulgaris, or C. Niloticus). The Florida crocodile (C. Americanus) is much less common than the alligator and has longer jaws. The name is also sometimes applied to the species of other related genera, as the gavial and the alligator.
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- 2 Kings 12 24:8 - Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he began to reign , and he reigned in Jerusalem three months. And his mother's name was Nehushta, the daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem.
בנ־שׁמנה עשׂרה שׁנה יהויכין במלכו ושׁלשׁה חדשׁים מלך בירושׁלם ושׁם אמו נחשׁתא בת־אלנתן מירושׁלם - Nehemiah 16 7:11 - The children of Pahathmoab, of the children of Jeshua and Joab, two thousand and eight hundred and eighteen .
בני־פחת מואב לבני ישׁוע ויואב אלפים ושׁמנה מאות שׁמנה עשׂר - Ezra 15 8:18 - And by the good hand of our God upon us they brought us a man of understanding, of the sons of Mahli, the son of Levi, the son of Israel ; and Sherebiah, with his sons and his brethren, eighteen ;
ויביאו לנו כיד־אלהינו הטובה עלינו אישׁ שׂכל מבני מחלי בנ־לוי בנ־ישׂראל ושׁרביה ובניו ואחיו שׁמנה עשׂר - 1 Chronicles 13 29:7 - And gave for the service of the house of God of gold five thousand talents and ten thousand drams, and of silver ten thousand talents, and of brass eighteen thousand talents, and one hundred thousand talents of iron.
ויתנו לעבודת בית־האלהים זהב ככרים חמשׁת־אלפים ואדרכנים רבו וכסף ככרים עשׂרת אלפים ונחשׁת רבו ושׁמונת אלפים ככרים וברזל מאה־אלף ככרים - 1 Chronicles 13 18:12 - Moreover Abishai the son of Zeruiah slew of the Edomites in the valley of salt eighteen thousand.
ואבשׁי בנ־צרויה הכה את־אדום בגיא המלח שׁמונה עשׂר אלף
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- 2 Kings 12 3:1 Now Jehoram the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned twelve years.
יְהוֹרָם בֵּן אַחְאָב מָלַךְ יִשְׂרָאֵל שֹׁמְרוֹן עָשָׂר שְׁמֹנֶה שָׁנֶה יְהוֹשָׁפָט מֶלֶךְ יְהוּדָה מָלַךְ עָשָׂר שְׁנַיִם שָׁנֶה - 1 Chronicles 13 25:25 The eighteenth to Hanani, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
עָשָׂר שְׁמֹנֶה חֲנָנִי בֵּן אָח עָשָׂר שְׁנַיִם - 2 Chronicles 14 11:21 And Rehoboam loved Maachah the daughter of Absalom above all his wives and his concubines: (for he took eighteen wives, and threescore concubines; and begat twenty and eight sons, and threescore daughters.)
רְחַבְעָם אָהַב מַעֲכָה בַּת אֲבִישָׁלוֹם אִשָּׁה פִּילֶגֶשׁ נָשָׂא עָשָׂר שְׁמֹנֶה אִשָּׁה שִׁשִּׁים פִּילֶגֶשׁ יָלַד עֶשְׂרִים שְׁמֹנֶה בֵּן שִׁשִּׁים בַּת - 1 Chronicles 13 26:9 And Meshelemiah had sons and brethren, strong men, eighteen.
מְשֶׁלֶמְיָה בֵּן אָח חַיִל בֵּן עָשָׂר שְׁמֹנֶה - Ezekiel 26 48:35 It was round about eighteen thousand measures: and the name of the city from that day shall be, The LORD is there.
סָבִיב עָשָׂר שְׁמֹנֶה אֶלֶף שֵׁם עִיר יוֹם יְהֹוָה שָׁמָּה