Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

pennyweight
a unit of apothecary weight equal to 24 grains
 
base
(numeration system) the positive integer that is equivalent to one in the next higher counting place
 
handful
the quantity that can be held in the hand
 
tesla
a unit of magnetic flux density equal to one weber per square meter
 
eV
a unit of energy equal to the work done by an electron accelerated through a potential difference of 1 volt
 
Maltese lira
the basic unit of money on Malta; equal to 100 cents
 
kina
the basic unit of money in Papua New Guinea
 
dustpanful
the quantity that a dustpan will hold
 
millionth
one part in a million equal parts
 
minuend
the number from which the subtrahend is subtracted
 
chon
100 chon equal 1 won in North Korea
 
weight
a unit used to measure weight
 
degree
a unit of temperature on a specified scale
 
K
the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100
 
pocketful
the quantity a pocket will hold
 
rubel
the basic unit of money in Belarus
 
metric hundredweight
a unit of weight equal to 100 kilograms
 
oka
a Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds
 
kbit
a unit of information equal to 1000 bits
 
foot
a linear unit of length equal to 12 inches or a third of a yard
 
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