Isthmian Games | the ancient Panhellenic games held biennially on the Isthmus of Corinth in the first and third years of each Olympiad |
Nemean Games | the ancient Panhellenic games held biennially at Nemea in the second and fourth years of each Olympiad |
Olympian Games Olympic Games | the ancient Panhellenic celebration at Olympia in honor of Zeus, held every years beginning in BC |
Pythian Games | the ancient Panhellenic celebration at Delphi held every four years in the third year of the Olympiad in honor of Apollo |
Ludi Saeculares secular games | the centennial rites and games of ancient Rome that marked the commencement of a new generation ( years representing the longest life in a generation), observances may have begun as early as the th century BC and lasted well into the Christian era |
olympic salamander Rhyacotriton olympicus | small large-eyed semiaquatic salamander of the United States Northwest |
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 |
game theory theory of games | (economics) a theory of competition stated in terms of gains and losses among opposing players |
Olympic Games Olympics Olympiad | the modern revival of the ancient games held once every years in a selected country |
Winter Olympic Games Winter Olympics | an Olympics for winter sports |
class year | a body of students who graduate together, the class of ', she was in my year at Hoehandle High |
Olympic National Park | a national park in Washington having rain forests of giant evergreens |
Olympian Olympic god | a classical Greek god after the overthrow of the Titans |
games-master games-mistress | the teacher in charge of games at a school |
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 |
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 |
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 |
biennial two-year | having a life cycle lasting two seasons, a biennial life cycle, parsnips and carrots are biennial plants often grown as annuals |
year-end | taking place at the close of a fiscal year, year-end audit |
freshman first-year | used of a person in the first year of an experience (especially in United States high school or college), a freshman senator, freshman year in high school or college |
senior(a) fourth-year | used of the fourth and final year in United States high school or college, the senior prom |
junior(a) third-year next-to-last | used of the third or next to final year in United States high school or college, the junior class, a third-year student |
sophomore(a) second-year | used of the second year in United States high school or college, the sophomore class, his sophomore year |