Definition of period

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Period (n.) The time of the exacerbation and remission of a disease, or of the paroxysm and intermission..

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Alabama Period :: Alabama period () A period in the American eocene, the lowest in the tertiary age except the lignitic..
Saturnalia :: Saturnalia (n. pl.) Hence: A period or occasion of general license, in which the passions or vices have riotous indulgence..
Augurship :: Augurship (n.) The office, or period of office, of an augur..
Periodicalness :: Periodicalness (n.) Periodicity.
Luster Lustre :: Luster Lustre (n.) A period of five years; a lustrum.
Limbat :: Limbat (n.) A cooling periodical wind in the Isle of Cyprus, blowing from the northwest from eight o'clock, A. M., to the middle of the day or later..
Utica :: Utica (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, a subdivision of the Trenton Period of the Lower Silurian, characterized in the State of New York by beds of shale..
Tertiary :: Tertiary (n.) The Tertiary era, period, or formation..
Prytany :: Prytany (n.) The period during which the presidency of the senate belonged to the prytanes of the section.
Thermetograph :: Thermetograph (n.) A self-registering thermometer, especially one that registers the maximum and minimum during long periods..
After :: After (a.) Next; later in time; subsequent; succeeding; as, an after period of life..
Mars :: Mars (n.) One of the planets of the solar system, the fourth in order from the sun, or the next beyond the earth, having a diameter of about 4,200 miles, a period of 687 days, and a mean distance of 141,000,000 miles. It is conspicuous for the redness of its light..
Decennial :: Decennial (a.) Consisting of ten years; happening every ten years; as, a decennial period; decennial games..
Saros :: Saros (n.) A Chaldean astronomical period or cycle, the length of which has been variously estimated from 3,600 years to 3,600 days, or a little short of 10 years..
Archaean :: Archaean (n.) The earliest period in geological period, extending up to the Lower Silurian. It includes an Azoic age, previous to the appearance of life, and an Eozoic age, including the earliest forms of life..
Millennialist :: Millennialist (n.) One who believes that Christ will reign personally on earth a thousand years; a Chiliast; also, a believer in the universal prevalence of Christianity for a long period..
Journalist :: "Journalist (n.) The conductor of a public journal, or one whose business it to write for a public journal; an editorial or other professional writer for a periodical..
Laying :: Laying (n.) The act or period of laying eggs; the eggs laid for one incubation; a clutch.
Pristine :: Pristine (a.) Belonging to the earliest period or state; original; primitive; primeval; as, the pristine state of innocence; the pristine manners of a people; pristine vigor..
Flora :: Flora (n.) The complete system of vegetable species growing without cultivation in a given locality, region, or period; a list or description of, or treatise on, such plants..
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