| natural family planning | any of several methods of family planning that do not involve sterilization or contraceptive devices or drugs, coitus is avoided during the fertile time of a woman's menstrual cycle |
birth control
birth prevention
family planning | limiting the number of children born |
basal body temperature method of family planning
basal body temperature method | natural family planning in which the fertile period of the woman's menstrual cycle is inferred by noting the rise in basal body temperature that typically occurs with ovulation |
ovulation method of family planning
ovulation method | natural family planning in which the fertile period is inferred from changes in the character and quantity of cervical mucus, ovulation is marked by an increase in mucus that becomes sticky and then clearer and slippery |
| planning | the act or process of drawing up plans or layouts for some project or enterprise |
city planning
town planning
urban planning | determining and drawing up plans for the future physical arrangement and condition of a community |
| planning | an act of formulating a program for a definite course of action, the planning was more fun than the trip itself |
| Hundred Years' War | the series of wars fought intermittently between France and England, - |
| Seven Years' War | a war of England and Prussia against France and Austria (-), Britain and Prussia got the better of it |
| Thirty Years' War | a series of conflicts (-) between Protestants and Catholics starting in Germany and spreading until France and Denmark and Sweden were opposing the Holy Roman Empire and Spain |
seventeen-year locust
periodical cicada
Magicicada septendecim | North American cicada, appears in great numbers at infrequent intervals because the nymphs take to years to mature |
two-year-old horse
two year old | a racehorse that is two years old |
three-year-old horse
three year old | a racehorse that is three years old |
planning
preparation
provision | the cognitive process of thinking about what you will do in the event of something happening, his planning for retirement was hindered by several uncertainties |
| urban planning | the branch of architecture dealing with the design and organization of urban space and activities |
| class year | a body of students who graduate together, the class of ', she was in my year at Hoehandle High |
| planning commission | a commission delegated to propose plans for future activities and developments |
advisory board
planning board | a board appointed to advise the chief administrator |
light year
light-year | the distance that light travels in a vacuum in year, . trillion miles or . trillion kilometers |
| sabbatical year | a sabbatical leave lasting one year |
days
years | the time during which someone's life continues, the monarch's last days, in his final years |
| golden years | the time of life after retirement from active work |
old age
years
age eld
geezerhood | a late time of life, old age is not for sissies, he's showing his years, age hasn't slowed him down at all, a beard white with eld, on the brink of geezerhood |
church year
Christian year | the year in the ecclesiastical calendar, especially feast days and special seasons |
| Holy Year | (Roman Catholic Church) a period of remission from sin (usually granted every years) |
New Year's Eve
December | the last day of the year |
New Year's Day
New Year's
January | the first day of the year |
| New Year | the calendar year just begun |
Rosh Hashanah
Rosh Hashana
Rosh Hashonah
Rosh Hashona
Jewish New Year | (Judaism) a solemn Jewish feast day celebrated on the st or st and nd of Tishri, noted for the blowing of the shofar |
| year | the period of time that it takes for a planet (as, e.g., Earth or Mars) to make a complete revolution around the sun, a Martian year takes of our days |
| anomalistic year | time of the earth's revolution from perihelion to perihelion again, days and hr and min and . sec |
| year-end | the end of a calendar year, he had to unload the merchandise before the year-end |
common year
days | a year that is not a leap year |
leap year
intercalary year
days
bissextile year | in the Gregorian calendar: any year divisible by except centenary years divisible by |
| off year | a year in which no major political elections are held |
| off year | a year in which productivity is low or inferior |
calendar year
civil year | the year (reckoned from January to December ) according to Gregorian calendar |
solar year
tropical year
astronomical year
equinoctial year | the time for the earth to make one revolution around the sun, measured between two vernal equinoxes |
| lunar year | a period of lunar months |
fiscal year
financial year | any accounting period of months |
school year
academic year | the period of time each year when the school is open and people are studying |
year twelvemonth
yr | a period of time containing (or ) days, she is years old, in the year |
| year | a period of time occupying a regular part of a calendar year that is used for some particular activity, a school year |
| sidereal year | the time for the earth to make one complete revolution around the sun, relative to the fixed stars |
great year
Platonic year | time required for one complete cycle of the precession of the equinoxes, about , years |
season
time of year | one of the natural periods into which the year is divided by the equinoxes and solstices or atmospheric conditions, the regular sequence of the seasons |
long time
age years | a prolonged period of time, we've known each other for ages, I haven't been there for years and years |
| year dot | as long ago as anyone can remember, he has been a conductor since the year dot |
| year of grace | any year of the Christian era |
annual
one-year | completing its life cycle within a year, a border of annual flowering plants |