Cardinal
Cardinal adjective - Being or denoting a numerical quantity but not order.
Usage example: cardinal numbers
Twelve and cardinal are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Twelve" instead an adjective "Cardinal".
Nearby Words: cardinally, cardinality
Twelve
Twelve adjective - Denoting a quantity consisting of 12 items or units.
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Synonyms for Twelve
Nearby Word: twelver
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Her great ally Cardinal Pole survived her by only twelve hours; with the two of them died any chance of a restoration of the Catholic faith.
Source: Useful Notes / Mary Tudor - The Cardinal of the Kremlin has a torture scene in which a female double agent is completely deprived of sensory input until her own imagination overwhelms her and she loses her mind... after twelve hours.
Source: Mind Rape / Literature
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