Alabama period () A period in the American eocene, the lowest in the tertiary age except the lignitic. |
Catskill period () The closing subdivision of the Devonian age in America. The rocks of this period are well developed in the Catskill mountains, and extend south and west under the Carboniferous formation. See the Diagram under Geology. |
Champlain period () A subdivision of the Quaternary age immediately following the Glacial period |
Chemung period () A subdivision in the upper part of the Devonian system in America, so named from the Chemung River, along which the rocks are well developed. It includes the Portage and Chemung groups or epochs. See the Diagram under Geology. |
Economic (a.) Alt. of Economical |
Hamilton period () A subdivision of the Devonian system of America |
Lull (v. t.) To cause to rest by soothing influences |
Lull (v. i.) To become gradually calm |
Lull (n.) The power or quality of soothing |
Lull (n.) A temporary cessation of storm or confusion. |
Niagara period () A subdivision or the American Upper Silurian system, embracing the Medina, Clinton, and Niagara epoch. The rocks of the Niagara epoch, mostly limestones, are extensively distributed, and at Niagara Falls consist of about eighty feet of shale supporting a greater thickness of limestone, which is gradually undermined by the removal of the shale. See Chart of Geology. |
Period (n.) A portion of time as limited and determined by some recurring phenomenon, as by the completion of a revolution of one of the heavenly bodies |
Period (n.) A stated and recurring interval of time |
Period (n.) One of the great divisions of geological time |
Period (n.) The termination or completion of a revolution, cycle, series of events, single event, or act |
Period (n.) A complete sentence, from one full stop to another |
Period (n.) The punctuation point [.] that marks the end of a complete sentence, or of an abbreviated word. |
Period (n.) One of several similar sets of figures or terms usually marked by points or commas placed at regular intervals, as in numeration, in the extraction of roots, and in circulating decimals. |
Period (n.) The time of the exacerbation and remission of a disease, or of the paroxysm and intermission. |
Period (n.) A complete musical sentence. |
Period (v. t.) To put an end to. |
Period (v. i.) To come to a period |
Salina period () The period in which the American Upper Silurian system, containing the brine-producing rocks of central New York, was formed. See the Chart of Geology. |
Slack (n.) Small coal |
Slack (n.) A valley, or small, shallow dell. |
Slack (superl.) Lax |
Slack (superl.) Weak |
Slack (superl.) Remiss |
Slack (superl.) Not violent, rapid, or pressing |
Slack (adv.) Slackly |
Slack (n.) The part of anything that hangs loose, having no strain upon it |
Slack (a.) Alt. of Slacken |
Slack (v. t.) Alt. of Slacken |
Slump (n.) The gross amount |
Slump (v. t.) To lump |
Slump (v. i.) To fall or sink suddenly through or in, when walking on a surface, as on thawing snow or ice, partly frozen ground, a bog, etc., not strong enough to bear the person. |
Slump (n.) A boggy place. |
Slump (n.) The noise made by anything falling into a hole, or into a soft, miry place. |
Trenton period () A subdivision in the lower Silurian system of America |
economic strangulation | punishment of a group by cutting off commercial dealings with them, the economic strangulation of the Jews by the Nazi Party |
economic mobilization economic mobilisation | mobilization of the economy |
course session class period recitation | a regularly scheduled session as part of a course of study |
period piece | any work of art whose special value lies in its evocation of a historical period |
slack | a cord or rope or cable that is hanging loosely, he took up the slack |
slack suit | casual dress consisting of slacks and matching jacket |
slack slackness | the quality of being loose (not taut), he hadn't counted on the slackness of the rope |
economic theory | (economics) a theory of commercial activities (such as the production and consumption of goods) |
economic geology | the branch of geology that deals with economically valuable geological materials |
economic geography | the branch of geography concerned with the production and distribution of commodities |
economics economic science political economy | the branch of social science that deals with the production and distribution and consumption of goods and services and their management |
economic policy | a government policy for maintaining economic growth and tax revenues |
period point full stop stop full point | a punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations, in England they call a period a stop |
slack water slack tide | the occurrence of relatively still water at the turn of the (low) tide |
class stratum social class socio-economic class | people having the same social, economic, or educational status, the working class, an emerging professional class |
Council of Economic Advisors | an executive agency responsible for providing economic advice to the President |
European Union EU European Community EC European Economic Community EEC Common Market Europe | an international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members, he tried to take Britain into the Europen Union |
Economic and Social Council ECOSOC | a permanent council of the United Nations, responsible for economic and social conditions |
Economic and Social Council commission ECOSOC commission | a commission of the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations |
Economic Commission for Africa | the commission of the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations that is concerned with economic development of African nations |
Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East | the commission of the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations that is concerned with economic development of countries in Asia and the Far East |
Economic Commission for Europe | the commission of the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations that is concerned with economic development in Europe |
Economic Commission for Latin America | the commission of the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations that is concerned with economic development in Latin America |
economy economic system | the system of production and distribution and consumption |
mire quagmire quag morass slack | a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot |
slack slack water | a stretch of water without current or movement, suddenly they were in a slack and the water was motionless |
economic libertarian | a libertarian who advocates maximizing individual rights and minimizing the role of the state |
economist economic expert | an expert in the science of economics |
Morris Esther Morris Esther Hobart McQuigg Slack Morris | United States suffragist in Wyoming (-) |
aid economic aid financial aid | money to support a worthy person or cause |
economic rent rent | the return derived from cultivated land in excess of that derived from the poorest land cultivated under similar conditions |
value economic value | the amount (of money or goods or services) that is considered to be a fair equivalent for something else, he tried to estimate the value of the produce at normal prices |
consumption economic consumption usance use use of goods and services | (economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing, the consumption of energy has increased steadily |
economic growth | steady growth in the productive capacity of the economy (and so a growth of national income) |
economic process | any process affecting the production and development and management of material wealth |
menstruation menses menstruum catamenia period flow | the monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause, the women were sickly and subject to excessive menstruation, a woman does not take the gout unless her menses be stopped--Hippocrates, the semen begins to appear in males and to be emitted at the same time of life that the catamenia begin to flow in females--Aristotle |
slump slack drop-off falloff falling off | a noticeable deterioration in performance or quality, the team went into a slump, a gradual slack in output, a drop-off in attendance, a falloff in quality |
economic condition | the condition of the economy |
depression slump economic crisis | a long-term economic state characterized by unemployment and low prices and low levels of trade and investment |
lull quiet | a period of calm weather, there was a lull in the storm |
slack | dust consisting of a mixture of small coal fragments and coal dust and dirt that sifts out when coal is passed over a sieve |
time period period of time period | an amount of time, a time period ofyears, hastened the period of time of his recovery, Picasso's blue period |
trial period test period | a period of time during which someone or something is tested |
Quaternary Quaternary period Age of Man | last million years |
Tertiary Tertiary period | from million to million years ago |
Cretaceous Cretaceous period | from million to million years ago, end of the age of reptiles, appearance of modern insects and flowering plants |
Jurassic Jurassic period | frommillion to million years ago, dinosaurs, conifers |
Triassic Triassic period | frommillion tomillion years ago, dinosaurs, marine reptiles, volcanic activity |
Permian Permian period | frommillion tomillion years ago, reptiles |
Carboniferous Carboniferous period | from million tomillion years ago |