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. |
Devonian
(a.) Of or pertaining to Devon or Devonshire in England |
Devonian
(n.) The Devonian age or formation. |
Hamilton period
() A subdivision of the Devonian system of America |
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. |
Stage
(n.) A floor or story of a house. |
Stage
(n.) An elevated platform on which an orator may speak, a play be performed, an exhibition be presented, or the like. |
Stage
(n.) A floor elevated for the convenience of mechanical work, or the like |
Stage
(n.) A platform, often floating, serving as a kind of wharf. |
Stage
(n.) The floor for scenic performances |
Stage
(n.) A place where anything is publicly exhibited |
Stage
(n.) The platform of a microscope, upon which an object is placed to be viewed. See Illust. of Microscope. |
Stage
(n.) A place of rest on a regularly traveled road |
Stage
(n.) A degree of advancement in a journey |
Stage
(n.) A degree of advancement in any pursuit, or of progress toward an end or result. |
Stage
(n.) A large vehicle running from station to station for the accomodation of the public |
Stage
(n.) One of several marked phases or periods in the development and growth of many animals and plants |
Stage
(v. t.) To exhibit upon a stage, or as upon a stage |
Stage-struck
(a.) Fascinated by the stage |
Trenton period
() A subdivision in the lower Silurian system of America |
stage
leg | a section or portion of a journey or course, then we embarked on the second stage of our Caribbean cruise |
| fare-stage | a section along the route of a bus for which the fare is the same |
stage dancing
choreography | a show involving artistic dancing |
business stage business
byplay | incidental activity performed by an actor for dramatic effect, his business with the cane was hilarious |
course session
class period
recitation | a regularly scheduled session as part of a course of study |
bandstand
outdoor stage
stand | a platform where a (brass) band can play in the open air |
| landing stage | platform from which passengers and cargo can be (un)loaded |
mise en scene
stage setting
setting | arrangement of scenery and properties to represent the place where a play or movie is enacted |
| period piece | any work of art whose special value lies in its evocation of a historical period |
| stage | a large platform on which people can stand and can be seen by an audience, he clambered up onto the stage and got the actors to help him into the box |
| stage microscope stage | a small platform on a microscope where the specimen is mounted for examination |
stagecoach
stage | a large coach-and-four formerly used to carry passengers and mail on regular routes between towns, we went out of town together by stage about ten or twelve miles |
| stage door | an entrance to the backstage area of theater, used by performers and other theater personnel |
stage set
set | representation consisting of the scenery and other properties used to identify the location of a dramatic production, the sets were meticulously authentic |
theater stage
theatre stage | a stage in a theater on which actors can perform |
| thrust stage | a theater stage that extends out into the audience's part of a theater and has seats on three sides |
| stage effect | a special effect created on the stage |
| stage name | the pseudonym of an actor |
| stage direction | an instruction written as part of the script of a play |
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 |
| stage | the theater as a profession (usually `the stage'), an early movie simply showed a long kiss by two actors of the contemporary stage |
| stage whisper | a loud whisper that can be overheard, on the stage it is heard by the audience but it supposed to be inaudible to the rest of the cast |
end
last
final stage | the concluding parts of an event or occurrence, the end was exciting, I had to miss the last of the movie |
| stage fright | fear that affects a person about to face an audience |
| stage crew | crew of workers who move scenery or handle properties in a theatrical production |
center stage
centre stage | the central area on a theater stage |
stage right
right stage | the part of the stage on the actor's right as the actor faces the audience |
stage left
left stage | the part of the stage on the actor's left as the actor faces the audience |
| stage | any scene regarded as a setting for exhibiting or doing something, All the world's a stage--Shakespeare, it set the stage for peaceful negotiations |
| stage director | someone who supervises the actors and directs the action in the production of a stage show |
stagehand
stage technician | an employee of a theater who performs work involved in putting on a theatrical production |
stage manager
stager | someone who supervises the physical aspects in the production of a show and who is in charge of the stage when the show is being performed |
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 |
degree level
stage
point | a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process, a remarkable degree of frankness, at what stage are the social sciences? |
center stage
centre stage | a position of prominence or importance |
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 |
Pennsylvanian
Pennsylvanian period
Upper Carboniferous
Upper Carboniferous period | frommillion tomillion years ago, warm climate, swampy land |
Mississippian
Missippian period
Lower Carboniferous
Lower Carboniferous period | from million tomillion years ago, increase of land areas, primitive ammonites, winged insects |
Devonian
Devonian period
Age of Fishes | frommillion to million years ago, preponderance of fishes and appearance of amphibians and ammonites |
Silurian
Silurian period | from million tomillion years ago, first air-breathing animals |
Ordovician
Ordovician period | from million to million years ago, conodonts and ostracods and algae and seaweeds |
Cambrian
Cambrian period | from million to about million years ago, marine invertebrates |