Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

msec
one thousandth (10^-3) of a second
 
final period
the final division into which the play of a game is divided
 
present times
the circumstances and ideas of the present age
 
calendar month
one of the twelve divisions of the calendar year
 
quarter-hour
a quarter of an hour
 
quarter-century
a period of 25 years
 
Pan American Day
a day celebrating political and economic unity among American countries
 
middle
time between the beginning and the end of a temporal period
 
honeymoon
a holiday taken by a newly married couple
 
Vaisakha
the second month of the Hindu calendar
 
time period
an amount of time
 
second period
the second division into which the play of a game is divided
 
climacteric
a period in a man's life corresponding to menopause
 
Cretaceous period
from 135 million to 63 million years ago; end of the age of reptiles; appearance of modern insects and flowering plants
 
puerperium
time period following childbirth when the mother's uterus shrinks and the other functional and anatomic changes of pregnancy are resolved
 
Ash Wednesday
the 7th Wednesday before Easter; the first day of Lent; the day following Mardi Gras (`Fat Tuesday'); a day of fasting and repentance
 
common measure
a time signature indicating four beats to the bar
 
schooltime
the time of life when you are going to school
 
birth
the time when something begins (especially life)
 
sext
the fourth of the seven canonical hours; about noon
 
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