| Aegean |
of or pertaining to the culture of the inhabitants of this region during the Bronze Age. [1/3 definitions] |
| age |
to show the signs of old age. [1/8 definitions] |
| age-appropriate |
suitable or proper for a person of a particular, specified age. |
| aged |
having or being the age of. [1/3 definitions] |
| ageism |
the act of having a bad opinion of, or not treating in a fair way, a person or group of people based on age. This kind of discrimination is often against older people. |
| agelong |
lasting for an age or ages. |
| agemate |
one of approximately the same age as another; contemporary; peer. |
| age of consent |
the age at which a person, usu. female, is legally considered to be competent to consent to sexual relations, used as a standard in determining whether statutory rape has occurred. |
| age of majority |
the age at which a person is granted by law the rights and responsibilities of an adult, such as liability under contract and the right to sue. |
| autumnal |
beyond middle age; in the first stages of decline. [1/2 definitions] |
| bar mitzvah |
a Jewish ceremony that celebrates a boy's adulthood and the assumption of his religious duties, usu. occurring at the age of thirteen. (Cf. bat mitzvah.) [1/2 definitions] |
| bat mitzvah |
in the Jewish faith, a ceremony in which it is recognized that a girl has come of age to accept her religious responsibilities. [2 definitions] |
| beat-up |
(informal) in poor or damaged condition because of age or hard use; in disrepair; shabby. |
| bracket |
a classification or grouping of people who share some characteristic such as age or amount of income. [1/7 definitions] |
| broken-down |
weak or shattered from disease or age. |
| Bronze Age |
the stage or level of development of human culture that followed the Stone Age and was characterized by the use of bronze tools and weapons; about 3,500 B.C. to 1,000 B.C. |
| carbon-date |
to determine the approximate age of (materials containing carbon, such as fossils) according to the residue of carbon 14 that is present. |
| carbon dating |
a way of approximating the age of an archaeological object by measuring the amount of carbon 14 in it. |
| census |
an official count of the people who live in a country or other area. A census is also used to collect information about these people, such as their job, age, or sex. |
| centenarian |
relating to or having lived to the age of one hundred. [2 definitions] |
| child labor |
the full-time employment of children under a minimum age specified by law. |