Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

field day
a day for outdoor athletic competition
 
Tet
the New Year in Vietnam; observed for three days after the first full moon after January 20th
 
oral stage
(psychoanalysis) the first sexual and social stage of an infant's development; the mouth is the focus of the libido and satisfaction comes from suckling and chewing and biting
 
day
an era of existence or influence
 
none
a canonical hour that is the ninth hour of the day counting from sunrise
 
musth
an annual phase of heightened sexual excitement in the males of certain large mammals (especially elephants); is associated with discharge from a gland between the eye and ear
 
geological time
the time of the physical formation and development of the earth (especially prior to human history)
 
track-to-track seek time
(computer science) the time it takes for a read/write head to move to an adjacent data track
 
point
an instant of time
 
hour
a special and memorable period
 
prime
the second canonical hour; about 6 a.m.
 
mph
the ratio of the distance traveled (in miles) to the time spent traveling (in hours)
 
Id al-Fitr
a Muslim day of feasting at the end of Ramadan
 
yesterday
the recent past
 
sheepshearing
the time or season when sheep are sheared
 
playing period
(in games or plays or other performances) the time during which play proceeds
 
morrow
the next day
 
speech day
an annual day in the schools when speeches are made and prizes are distributed
 
caesura
a pause or interruption (as in a conversation)
 
Holy Innocents' Day
December 28, commemorating Herod's slaughter of the children of Bethlehem
 
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