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Semester :: Semester (n.) A period of six months; especially, a term in a college or uneversity which divides the year into two terms..

Dog Days :: Dog days () A period of from four to six weeks, in the summer, variously placed by almanac makers between the early part of July and the early part of September; canicular days; -- so called in reference to the rising in ancient times of the Dog Star (Sirius) with the sun. Popularly, the sultry, close part of the summer..

Journal :: "Journal (a.) A newspaper published daily; by extension, a weekly newspaper or any periodical publication, giving an account of passing events, the proceedings and memoirs of societies, etc..

Saturnalia :: Saturnalia (n. pl.) The festival of Saturn, celebrated in December, originally during one day, but afterward during seven days, as a period of unrestrained license and merriment for all classes, extending even to the slaves..

Day :: Day (n.) A specified time or period; time, considered with reference to the existence or prominence of a person or thing; age; time..

Uncut :: Uncut (a.) Not cut; not separated or divided by cutting or otherwise; -- said especially of books, periodicals, and the like, when the leaves have not been separated by trimming in binding..

Snatch :: Snatch (n.) A short period of vigorous action; as, a snatch at weeding after a shower..

Periodontal :: Periodontal (a.) Surrounding the teeth.

Undecennial :: Undecennial (a.) Occurring or observed every eleventh year; belonging to, or continuing, a period of eleven years; undecennary; as, an undecennial festival..

Rh/tic :: Rh/tic (a.) Pertaining to, or of the same horizon as, certain Mesozoic strata of the Rhetian Alps. These strata are regarded as closing the Triassic period. See the Chart of Geology..

Millennium :: Millennium (n.) A thousand years; especially, the thousand years mentioned in the twentieth chapter in the twentieth chapter of Revelation, during which holiness is to be triumphant throughout the world. Some believe that, during this period, Christ will reign on earth in person with his saints..

Quarter :: Quarter (n.) The fourth part of the moon's period, or monthly revolution; as, the first quarter after the change or full..

Rent :: Rent (n.) A certain periodical profit, whether in money, provisions, chattels, or labor, issuing out of lands and tenements in payment for the use; commonly, a certain pecuniary sum agreed upon between a tenant and his landlord, paid at fixed intervals by the lessee to the lessor, for the use of land or its appendages; as, rent for a farm, a house, a park, etc..

Year :: Year (n.) The time of the apparent revolution of the sun trough the ecliptic; the period occupied by the earth in making its revolution around the sun, called the astronomical year; also, a period more or less nearly agreeing with this, adopted by various nations as a measure of time, and called the civil year; as, the common lunar year of 354 days, still in use among the Mohammedans; the year of 360 days, etc. In common usage, the year consists of 365 days, and every fourth year (called bissext

Cycle :: Cycle (n.) The circle of subjects connected with the exploits of the hero or heroes of some particular period which have served as a popular theme for poetry, as the legend of Arthur and the knights of the Round Table, and that of Charlemagne and his paladins..

Oligocene :: Oligocene (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, certain strata which occupy an intermediate position between the Eocene and Miocene periods..

Annals :: Annals (n. pl.) A periodic publication, containing records of discoveries, transactions of societies, etc.; as Annals of Science..

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

Century :: Century (n.) A period of a hundred years; as, this event took place over two centuries ago..

Sentential :: sentential (a.) Of or pertaining to a sentence, or full period; as, a sentential pause..

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