This week's theme: words related to number 12, to mark the 12th anniversary of the founding of Wordsmith.org.
dodecagon (do-DEK-uh-gon) noun A polygon having 12 sides. [From Greek dodekagonon, from dodeka- (twelve), duo (two) + deka (ten) + -gon (angled).] Today's word in Visual Thesaurus: http://visualthesaurus.com/?w1=dodecagon The Australian 50-cent coin is a regular dodecagon. -Anu Garg (gargATwordsmith.org) "And probably they will build a new Court 1 here at Wimbledon, a huge thing that will appear to be a second Centre Court, complete with the dark green, Elizabethan-theater look of the present Centre Court, with its dodecagon roof, built in 1922." John Jeansonne Wimbledon: It's Back To The Future; Newsday (New York); Jun 28, 1993. Sponsors' Messages: 101 Questions Answered! What do Muslims believe? How bad is bird flu? Who's to blame for income tax? http://knowledgenews.net/s?s=aw031506 Ever wonder why we aren't just euphoric, we are on cloud nine? Derivation, a fun game about word and phrase origins. A great gift! http://entspire.com ............................................................................ A poet looks at the world as a man looks at a woman. -Wallace Stevens, poet (1879-1955) Send your comments to (words AT wordsmith.org). To unsubscribe, update address send gift subscription, etc., visit http://wordsmith.org/awad/subscriber.html Pronunciation: http://wordsmith.org/words/dodecagon.wav http://wordsmith.org/words/dodecagon.ram Permalink: http://wordsmith.org/words/dodecagon.html This message was sent to "[email protected]".
