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| locust |
any of several cicadas, including the seventeen-year locust. [1/5 definitions] |
| millennium |
according to the Bible, a future thousand-year reign of Jesus Christ on earth. [1/3 definitions] |
| mirabelle |
a small, sweet, deep-yellow fruit that resembles a plum. [1/3 definitions] |
| normal school |
formerly, a two-year school that trained high school graduates to be elementary school teachers. |
| quadrennial |
of or happening over a four-year period. [1/3 definitions] |
| quinquennial |
a five-year period. [1/5 definitions] |
| red oak |
any of several North American oaks that have dark bark, leaves with pointed tips, and a two-year maturation for their acorns. [1/2 definitions] |
| reserve clause |
a condition in some professional sports contracts that provides for a one-year extension at the team owner's option. |
| solar cycle |
an eleven-year cycle of recurring sunspots and other solar phenomena. |
| sophomore |
a second-year student at a high school or college. [1/2 definitions] |
| The Iliad |
an ancient Greek epic poem attributed to Homer that narrates the ten-year siege of Troy by the Greeks. |
| Trojan War |
in Greek mythology and The Iliad, the ten-year siege of Troy by the Greeks, caused by the abduction of Helen, the wife of a Greek king, by Paris, a Trojan prince. |
| World War I |
a major four-year war fought primarily in Europe between the Allies, including France, Great Britain, and the United States, and the Central Powers, including Germany and Austria-Hungary, that ended in 1918 with the collapse of the Central Powers; Great War. |
| WWI |
abbreviation of "World War I," a major four-year war fought primarily in Europe between the Allies, including France, Great Britain, and the United States, and the Central Powers, including Germany and Austria-Hungary, that ended in 1918 with the collapse of the Central Powers; the Great War. |
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