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 |
bill
peak
eyeshade
visor
vizor | a brim that projects to the front to shade the eyes, he pulled down the bill of his cap and trudged ahead |
| roof peak | the highest point of a roof |
| widow's peak | a V-shaped point in the hairline in the middle of the forehead |
| class year | a body of students who graduate together, the class of ', she was in my year at Hoehandle High |
peak
crown
crest top tip summit | the top or extreme point of something (usually a mountain or hill), the view from the peak was magnificent, they clambered to the tip of Monadnock, the region is a few molecules wide at the summit |
vertex
peak apex
acme | the highest point (of something), at the peak of the pyramid |
Adam's Peak
Samanala | a mountain peak in south central Sri Lanka (, feet high) |
Communism Peak
Mount Communism
Stalin Peak
Mount Garmo | the highest mountain peak in the Pamir Mountains, near the Chinese border in northeastern Tajikistan (, feet high) |
| Handies Peak | a mountain peak in the San Juan Mountains in southwestern Colorado (, feet high) |
| mountain peak | the summit of a mountain |
| North Peak | , feet high |
| Pike's Peak | a mountain peak in the Rockies in central Colorado (, feet high) |
Pobeda Peak
Pobedy Peak | a mountain peak in the Tien Shan mountains in northern India (, feet high) |
| Uncompahgre Peak | the highest peak in the San Juan Mountains of southwestern Colorado (, feet high) |
| Wheeler Peak | a mountain peak in northeastern New Mexico in the Rocky Mountains |
extremum
peak | the most extreme possible amount or value, voltage peak |
light year
light-year | the distance that light travels in a vacuum in year, . trillion miles or . trillion kilometers |
point
tip
peak | a V shape, the cannibal's teeth were filed to sharp points |
a acme
height
elevation
peak
pinnacle
summit
superlative
meridian
tiptop
topaa | the highest level or degree attainable, the highest stage of development, his landscapes were deemed the acme of beauty, the artist's gifts are at their acme, at the height of her career, the peak of perfection, summer was at its peak, ...catapulted Einstein to the pinnacle of fame, the summit of his ambition, so many highest superlatives achieved by man, at the top of his profession |
| sabbatical year | a sabbatical leave lasting one year |
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 |
high season
peak season | the season when travel is most active and rates are highest, they traveled to Europe in high season |
| 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 |
flower
prime peak
heyday
bloom blossom
efflorescence
flush | the period of greatest prosperity or productivity |