absence |
an instance or period of time of being away. [1/3 definitions] |
accouchement |
childbirth, or a period of confinement for childbirth. |
adjournment |
a period of being adjourned. [1/2 definitions] |
adolescence |
the period in a person's life between childhood and adulthood. |
adolescent |
having to do with the period when a person is changing from a child to an adult. [1/2 definitions] |
advent |
(cap.) the coming of Jesus Christ, or the period including four Sundays before Christmas. [1/2 definitions] |
aftereffect |
an effect that follows its cause after some period of time, such as a delayed effect caused by a medicine or exposure to chemicals. |
aftermath |
the period following a disastrous event. [1/2 definitions] |
afternoon |
the period between noon and evening. [2 definitions] |
age |
a period of history. [1/8 definitions] |
agony |
great or intense pain and suffering in the mind or body, usually over a long period of time. |
alert |
a warning or a period of warning, as of severe weather or military attack. [1/3 definitions] |
Alexandrian |
of or pertaining to Alexander the Great or the period of his reign. [1/2 definitions] |
Algonkian |
the Algonkian Period, or the rock formations that date from that time. [1/4 definitions] |
a little |
a brief period of time. [1/5 definitions] |
a.m. |
abbreviation of "ante meridiem" (Latin); the period from midnight until noon. |
amortize |
to deduct (expenditures) by fixed amounts over a period of time. [2 definitions] |
anachronism |
something that is or appears to be out of its appropriate time period. [1/2 definitions] |
antebellum |
in or of the period prior to a war, esp. the American Civil War. (Cf. postbellum.) |
antediluvian |
of the period before the Flood told of in the Bible. [1/4 definitions] |
anticlimax |
a disappointing period of descent or decline in contrast to a previous rise. [1/3 definitions] |