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Phrase :: Phrase (n.) A short clause or portion of a period.

Intermission :: Intermission (n.) Cessation for a time; an intervening period of time; an interval; a temporary pause; as, to labor without intermission; an intermission of ten minutes..

Era :: Era (n.) A period of time in which a new order of things prevails; a signal stage of history; an epoch.

Companion :: Companion (n.) One who accompanies or is in company with another for a longer or shorter period, either from choice or casually; one who is much in the company of, or is associated with, another or others; an associate; a comrade; a consort; a partner..

Latterly :: Latterly (adv.) Lately; of late; recently; at a later, as distinguished from a former, period..

Age :: Age (n.) The people who live at a particular period; hence, a generation..

Definite :: Definite (a.) Having certain or distinct; determinate in extent or greatness; limited; fixed; as, definite dimensions; a definite measure; a definite period or interval..

Prytany :: Prytany (n.) The period during which the presidency of the senate belonged to the prytanes of the section.

Summered :: Summer (n.) The season of the year in which the sun shines most directly upon any region; the warmest period of the year.

Bebirine :: Bebirine (n.) An alkaloid got from the bark of the bebeeru, or green heart of Guiana (Nectandra Rodioei). It is a tonic, antiperiodic, and febrifuge, and is used in medicine as a substitute for quinine..

Hebdomadally :: Hebdomadally (adv.) In periods of seven days; weekly.

Coeval :: Coeval (n.) Of the same age; existing during the same period of time, especially time long and remote; -- usually followed by with..

Irrevoluble :: Irrevoluble (a.) That has no finite period of revolution; not revolving.

Genesee Epoch :: Genesee epoch () The closing subdivision of the Hamilton period in the American Devonian system; -- so called because the formations of this period crop out in Genesee, New York..

Trimestrial :: Trimestrial (a.) Of or pertaining to a trimester, or period of three months; occurring once in every three months; quarterly..

Vair :: Vair (n.) The skin of the squirrel, much used in the fourteenth century as fur for garments, and frequently mentioned by writers of that period in describing the costly dresses of kings, nobles, and prelates. It is represented in heraldry by a series of small shields placed close together, and alternately white and blue..

Month :: Month (n.) One of the twelve portions into which the year is divided; the twelfth part of a year, corresponding nearly to the length of a synodic revolution of the moon, -- whence the name. In popular use, a period of four weeks is often called a month..

Tide :: Tide (prep.) The period of twelve hours.

Ticketing :: Ticketing (n.) A periodical sale of ore in the English mining districts; -- so called from the tickets upon which are written the bids of the buyers.

Exacerbation :: Exacerbation (n.) A periodical increase of violence in a disease, as in remittent or continious fever; an increased energy of diseased and painful action..

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