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renascence
/ɹɪˈnas(ə)ns/

The Renaissance.

adolescence
/ˌædəˈlɛsəns/

The transitional period of physical and psychological development between childhood and maturity.

still
stillnoun
/stɪl/

A period of calm or silence.

"the still of the night"

autumn
autumnnoun
/ˈɔːtəm/ /ˈɔtəm/

Traditionally the third of the four seasons, when deciduous trees lose their leaves; typically regarded as being from September 24 to December 22 in parts of the Northern Hemisphere, and the months of March, April and May in the Southern Hemisphere.

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/kɔrt ˈsɛʃən/

A period during which a court of law is open for business or a specific case is being heard.

prorogations
/ˌproʊrəˈɡeɪʃənz/

The period of such a discontinuance between two sessions of a legislative body.

millennium
/mɪˈlɛnɪəm/

A period of time consisting of one thousand years.

lunates
/ˈluːneɪts/ /ˈljuːneɪts/

A small stone artifact, probably an arrowhead, with a blunt straight edge and a sharpened, crescent-shaped back, especially characteristic of the Mesolithic Period

low
lownoun
/ləʊ/ /loʊ/ /laʊ/

The minimum value attained by some quantity within a specified period.

week
weeknoun
/wiːk/ /wik/

Any period of seven consecutive days.

minutes
/ˈmɪnɪts/

A short but unspecified time period.

"Wait a minute, I’m not ready yet!"

decades
/ˈdɛkeɪdz/ /ˈdɛkədɪz/

The interval between any two quantities having a ratio of 10 to 1.

"There are decades between 1.8 and 18, between 25 and 250 and between 0.03 and 0.003."

hang heavy
/hæŋ ˈhɛvi/

Of time or a time period: to seem to pass slowly; to crawl.

contrive
/kənˈtɹaɪv/

To spend (time, or a period).

night
nightnoun
/naɪt/

The period between sunset and sunrise, when a location faces far away from the sun, thus when the sky is dark.

indiction
/ɪnˈdɪkʃən/

A fiscal period of fifteen years, instituted by Constantine in 313 C.E. (but counting from 1st September 312), used throughout the Middle Ages as a way of dating events, documents etc.

bienniums
/baɪˈɛniəmz/ /biˈɛniəmz/

A period of two years.

incubation periods
/ˌɪŋkjuˈbeɪʃən ˈpɪəriədz/

The time elapsed between an exposure to a pathogenic organism, a chemical or radiation, and the appearance of signs and symptoms.

cold war
/ˌkəʊld ˈwɔː/

A period of hostile relations between rivals where direct open warfare between them is largely undesired and avoided.

index fossil
/ˈɪndɛks ˈfɑsəl/

Any ancient remains of a plant or animal that lived during a specific geological period and that can be used to date the containing rocks.