1080*#<h2>1080</h2>*#<a href="sound://10800001.spx"><img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="/webster2012_audio.gif"></a><span class="main-fl"><em >noun</em></span>*#<span class="pr">\(<span class="unicode">ˌ</span>)ten-<span class="unicode">ˈ</span>ā-tē\</span>*#<h2 class="def-header">*#<span>Definition:*#</span>*#</h2>*#<span class="ssens"><strong>:</strong>a poisonous preparation of sodium fluoroacetate used as a rodenticide and pesticide </span>*#<h2>*#<span>Variants:*#</span>*#</h2>*#<strong>1080</strong>*#<a href="sound://10800001.spx"><img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="/webster2012_audio.gif"></a> also <strong>ten–eighty</strong><span class="pr">\(<span class="unicode">ˌ</span>)ten-<span class="unicode">ˈ</span>ā-tē\</span>*#<h2>*#<span>Origin:*#</span>*#</h2>*#from its laboratory serial numberFirst Known Use: 1945*#</>
1080s*#<h2>1080</h2>*#<a href="sound://10800001.spx"><img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="/webster2012_audio.gif"></a><span class="main-fl"><em >noun</em></span>*#<span class="pr">\(<span class="unicode">ˌ</span>)ten-<span class="unicode">ˈ</span>ā-tē\</span>*#<h2 class="def-header">*#<span>Definition:*#</span>*#</h2>*#<span class="ssens"><strong>:</strong>a poisonous preparation of sodium fluoroacetate used as a rodenticide and pesticide </span>*#<h2>*#<span>Variants:*#</span>*#</h2>*#<strong>1080</strong>*#<a href="sound://10800001.spx"><img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="/webster2012_audio.gif"></a> also <strong>ten–eighty</strong><span class="pr">\(<span class="unicode">ˌ</span>)ten-<span class="unicode">ˈ</span>ā-tē\</span>*#<h2>*#<span>Origin:*#</span>*#</h2>*#from its laboratory serial numberFirst Known Use: 1945*#</>
12-step*#<h2>12–step</h2>*#<a href="sound://12ste01v.spx"><img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="/webster2012_audio.gif"></a><span class="main-fl"><em >adj</em></span>*#<span class="pr">\<span class="unicode">ˈ</span>twelv-<span class="unicode">ˌ</span>step\</span>*#<h2 class="def-header">*#<span>Definition:*#</span>*#</h2>*#<span class="ssens"><strong>:</strong>of, relating to, characteristic of, or being a program that is designed especially to help an individual overcome an addiction, compulsion, serious shortcoming, or traumatic experience by adherence to 12 tenets emphasizing personal growth and dependence on a higher spiritual being </span>*#<h2>*#<span>First Known Use:*#</span>*#</h2>*#1983*#</>
18-wheeler*#<h2><a href="entry://18–wheel.er">18–wheel.er</a></h2>*#<a href="sound://18_whe01.spx"><img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="/webster2012_audio.gif"></a><span class="main-fl"><em >noun</em></span>*#<span class="pr">\<span class="unicode">ˌ</span>ā(t)-(<span class="unicode">ˌ</span>)tēn-<span class="unicode">ˈ</span>wē-lər\</span>*#<h2 class="def-header">*#<span>Definition:*#</span>*#</h2>*#<span class="ssens"><strong>:</strong>a trucking rig consisting of a tractor and a trailer and typically having eighteen wheels </span>*#<h2>*#<span>Variants:*#</span>*#</h2>*#<strong><a href="entry://18–wheel.er">18–wheel.er</a></strong>*#<a href="sound://18_whe01.spx"><img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="/webster2012_audio.gif"></a> or <strong><a href="entry://eighteen–wheeler">eigh.teen–wheel.er</a></strong><span class="pr">\<span class="unicode">ˌ</span>ā(t)-(<span class="unicode">ˌ</span>)tēn-<span class="unicode">ˈ</span>wē-lər\</span>*#<h2>*#<span>First Known Use:*#</span>*#</h2>*#1976*#</>
18-wheelers*#<h2><a href="entry://18–wheel.er">18–wheel.er</a></h2>*#<a href="sound://18_whe01.spx"><img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="/webster2012_audio.gif"></a><span class="main-fl"><em >noun</em></span>*#<span class="pr">\<span class="unicode">ˌ</span>ā(t)-(<span class="unicode">ˌ</span>)tēn-<span class="unicode">ˈ</span>wē-lər\</span>*#<h2 class="def-header">*#<span>Definition:*#</span>*#</h2>*#<span class="ssens"><strong>:</strong>a trucking rig consisting of a tractor and a trailer and typically having eighteen wheels </span>*#<h2>*#<span>Variants:*#</span>*#</h2>*#<strong><a href="entry://18–wheel.er">18–wheel.er</a></strong>*#<a href="sound://18_whe01.spx"><img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="/webster2012_audio.gif"></a> or <strong><a href="entry://eighteen–wheeler">eigh.teen–wheel.er</a></strong><span class="pr">\<span class="unicode">ˌ</span>ā(t)-(<span class="unicode">ˌ</span>)tēn-<span class="unicode">ˈ</span>wē-lər\</span>*#<h2>*#<span>First Known Use:*#</span>*#</h2>*#1976*#</>