Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
- Wednesday
- the fourth day of the week; the third working day
- refractory period
- (neurology) the time after a neuron fires or a muscle fiber contracts during which a stimulus will not evoke a response
- Phalguna
- the twelfth month of the Hindu calendar
- Holocene epoch
- approximately the last 10,000 years
- metabolic rate
- rate of metabolism; the amount of energy expended in a give period
- field day
- (military) a day for military exercises and display
- climacteric
- a period in a man's life corresponding to menopause
- tempo
- (music) the speed at which a composition is to be played
- nonce
- the present occasion
- menstrual cycle
- a recurring cycle (beginning at menarche and ending at menopause) in which the endometrial lining of the uterus prepares for pregnancy; if pregnancy does not occur the lining is shed at menstruation
- seedtime
- the time during which seeds should be planted
- Saint Valentine's Day
- a day for the exchange of tokens of affection
- show time
- the point in time at which an entertainment (a movie or television show etc.) is scheduled to begin
- terce
- the third canonical hour; about 9 a.m.
- SCET
- the coordinated universal time on board the spacecraft
- playing period
- (in games or plays or other performances) the time during which play proceeds
- ice age
- any period of time during which glaciers covered a large part of the earth's surface
- Lammastide
- the season of Lammas
- January
- the first month of the year; begins 10 days after the winter solstice
- November
- the month following October and preceding December
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