S: (n) inch, in (a unit of length equal to one twelfth of a foot)
S: (n) foot, ft (a linear unit of length equal to 12 inches or a third of a yard) "he is six feet tall"
S: (n) footer ((used only in combinations) the height or length of something in feet) "he is a six-footer"; "the golfer sank a 40-footer"; "his yacht is a 60-footer"
S: (n) yard, pace (a unit of length equal to 3 feet; defined as 91.44 centimeters; originally taken to be the average length of a stride)
S: (n) yarder ((used only in combinations) the height or length of something in yards) "the golfer hit a 300-yarder to the green"
S: (n) fistmele (about seven inches; the breadth of a fist with the thumb stuck out (used especially in archery to give the correct distance of the string from the bow))
S: (n) head (the length or height based on the size of a human or animal head) "he is two heads taller than his little sister"; "his horse won by a head"
S: (n) Roman pace (an ancient Roman unit of length (4.85 English feet) measured as the distance from the heel of one foot to the heel of the same foot when next it touches the ground)
S: (n) cicero (a linear unit of the size of type slightly larger than an em)
S: (n) metric unit, metric (a decimal unit of measurement of the metric system (based on meters and kilograms and seconds)) "convert all the measurements to metric units"; "it is easier to work in metric"