Associations to the word «Thirteen»

Wiktionary

THIRTEEN COLONIES, proper noun. The thirteen British colonies that successfully revolted in 1775--1781, forming the nucleus of the United States of America. To wit: New Hampshire, Massachusetts (including present-day Maine), Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York (including present-day Vermont), New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, Virginia (including present-day West Virginia), North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia.

Dictionary definition

THIRTEEN, noun. The cardinal number that is the sum of twelve and one.
THIRTEEN, adjective. Being one more than twelve.

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King