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Answer for the clue "Twelfth of the year ", 14 letters:
calendar month

Word definitions for calendar month in dictionaries

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. one of the twelve divisions of the calendar year; "he paid the bill last month" [syn: month ]

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Calendar \Cal"en*dar\, n. [OE. kalender, calender, fr. L. kalendarium an interest or account book (cf. F. calendrier, OF. calendier) fr. L. calendue, kalendae, calends. See Calends .] An orderly arrangement of the division of time, adapted to the purposes ...

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Be sure to apply before the first of the calendar month when you want the rebate to start.

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The period of duration from the same date of one month to the same date of the next month, and thus can be 28, 29 during a leap year, 30 or 31 days long. For example the duration from 21st January to 20th February.

Usage examples of calendar month.

Always on a Sunday, as it happens - the third Sunday of any calendar month.

It was getting noticeably colder in the early mornings, although it was only August 22 and fall was still a calendar month away.

Sure, I know the horrible example story of the man who died of old age in a calendar month through taking the pills steadily, but I took them only once in a while.

They told me to come back a calendar month later, and this time, because it was exactly the same test, I managed to scrape through by two points.

You will be randomly tested for drugs once during each calendar month you are on the station.

I was worried about her, I wanted to clinch it, so I said, I meant a calendar month, but make it twenty-eight days.