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HUNDRED , hun·dred / ˈhəndrid/ • cardinal number (pl. -dreds or (with numeral or quantifying word) -dred ) (a/one hundred) the number equivalent to the product… century , cen·tu·ry / ˈsench(ə)rē/ • n. (pl. -ries) 1. a period of one hundred years: a century ago most people walked to work. ∎ a period of one hundred years… Centi- , centi- comb. form of L. centum hundred, used in the F. metric system to denote the 100th part of a unit, as centigramme, -litre, -metre; also in cent… Chiltern Hundreds , Chiltern Hundreds in the UK, a Crown manor, whose administration is a nominal office for which an MP applies as a way of resigning from the House of… tenth , tenth / ten[unvoicedth]/ • n. constituting number ten in a sequence; 10th: the tenth century | the tenth of September the tenth-floor locker room. ∎… distend , dis·tend / disˈtend/ • v. [tr.] cause (something) to swell by stretching it from inside: air is introduced into the stomach to distend it | [as adj.]…
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