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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.
- 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.
- Kilderkin - n. - A small barrel; an old liquid measure containing eighteen English beer gallons, or nearly twenty-two gallons, United States measure.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Eighteenth - n. - The quotient of a unit divided by eighteen; one of eighteen equal parts or divisions.
- 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.
- Nineteenth - a. - Following the eighteenth and preceding the twentieth; coming after eighteen others.
- Eighteen - a. - Eight and ten; as, eighteen pounds.
- 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.
- 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.
- Nineteen - n. - The number greater than eighteen by a unit; the sum of ten and nine; nineteen units or objects.
- Octodecimo - a. - Having eighteen leaves to a sheet; as, an octodecimo form, book, leaf, size, etc.
- Nineteen - a. - Nine and ten; eighteen and one more; one less than twenty; as, nineteen months.
- 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.
- Eighteenth - a. - Consisting of one of eighteen equal parts or divisions of a thing.
- 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.
- Float - v. i. - A quantity of earth, eighteen feet square and one foot deep.
- 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.
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- Jeremiah 24 52:21 - And concerning the pillars, the height of one pillar was eighteen cubits ; and a fillet of twelve cubits did compass it; and the thickness thereof was four fingers : it was hollow .
והעמודים שׁמנה עשׂרה אמה קומה העמד האחד וחוט שׁתימ־עשׂרה אמה יסבנו ועביו ארבע אצבעות נבוב - 2 Kings 12 25:17 - The height of the one pillar was eighteen cubits, and the chapiter upon it was brass : and the height of the chapiter three cubits ; and the wreathen work, and pomegranates upon the chapiter round about, all of brass : and like unto these had the second pillar with wreathen work.
שׁמנה עשׂרה אמה קומת העמוד האחד וכתרת עליו נחשׁת וקומת הכתרת שׁלשׁ אמה ושׂבכה ורמנים על־הכתרת סביב הכל נחשׁת וכאלה לעמוד השׁני על־השׂבכה - 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 - 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.
סביב שׁמנה עשׂר אלף ושׁמ־העיר מיום יהוה שׁמה - Ezra 15 8:9 - Of the sons of Joab ; Obadiah the son of Jehiel, and with him two hundred and eighteen males.
מבני יואב עבדיה בנ־יחיאל ועמו מאתים ושׁמנה עשׂר הזכרים
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- 1 Kings 11 15:1 Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam the son of Nebat reigned Abijam over Judah.
עָשָׂר שְׁמֹנֶה שָׁנֶה מֶלֶךְ יָרׇבְעָם בֵּן נְבָט מָלַךְ אֲבִיָּם יְהוּדָה - 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.
יְהוֹיָכִין עָשָׂר שְׁמֹנֶה שָׁנֶה בֵּן מָלַךְ מָלַךְ יְרוּשָׁלִַם שָׁלוֹשׁ חֹדֶשׁ אֵם שֵׁם נְחֻשְׁתָּא בַּת אֶלְנָתָן יְרוּשָׁלִַם - Luke 42 13:4 Or those eighteen, upon whom the tower in Siloam fell, and slew them, think ye that they were sinners above all men that dwelt in Jerusalem?
Ἤ ἘΚΕῖΝΟΣ ὈΚΤΏ ΔΈΚΑ ΚΑΊ ἘΠΊ ὍΣ ΠΎΡΓΟΣ ἘΝ ΣΙΛΩΆΜ ΠΊΠΤΩ ΚΑΊ ἈΠΟΚΤΕΊΝΩ ΑὐΤΌΣ ΔΟΚΈΩ ὍΤΙ ΟὟΤΟΣ ΓΊΝΟΜΑΙ ὈΦΕΙΛΈΤΗΣ ΠΑΡΆ ΠᾶΣ ἌΝΘΡΩΠΟΣ ΚΑΤΟΙΚΈΩ ἘΝ ἹΕΡΟΥΣΑΛΉΜ - Judges 7 20:25 And Benjamin went forth against them out of Gibeah the second day, and destroyed down to the ground of the children of Israel again eighteen thousand men; all these drew the sword.
בִּנְיָמִין יָצָא קִרְאָה גִּבְעָה שֵׁנִי יוֹם שָׁחַת אֶרֶץ בֵּן יִשְׂרָאֵל עָשָׂר שְׁמֹנֶה אֶלֶף אִישׁ שָׁלַף חֶרֶב - 2 Kings 12 23:23 But in the eighteenth year of king Josiah, wherein this passover was holden to the LORD in Jerusalem.
עָשָׂר שְׁמֹנֶה שָׁנֶה מֶלֶךְ יֹאשִׁיָּה פֶּסַח עָשָׂה יְהֹוָה יְרוּשָׁלִַם