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Dog days

A period of from four to six weeks, in the summer, variously placed by almanac makers between the early part of July and the early part of September; canicular days; -- so called in reference to the rising in ancient times of the Dog Star (Sirius) with the sun. Popularly, the sultry, close part of the summer.

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Period 76% connected

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; a divis…

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Summer 70% connected

One who sums; one who casts up an account.

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Canicule 92% connected

Canicula.

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a quantity that is added; "there was an addition to property taxes this year"; "they recorded the cattle's gain in weight over a perio…

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Allhallown adjective · 78% connection

Of or pertaining to the time of Allhallows. [Obs.] "Allhallown summer." Shak. (i. e., late summer; "Indian Summer").

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Anime noun · 78% connection

A resin exuding from a tropical American tree (Hymenaea courbaril), and much used by varnish makers.

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Autumn noun · 78% connection

The third season of the year, or the season between summer and winter, often called "the fall." Astronomically, it begins in the north…

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Box noun · 78% connection

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Calendar noun · 78% connection

An orderly arrangement of the division of time, adapted to the purposes of civil life, as years, months, weeks, and days; also, a regi…

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Cancer noun · 78% connection

The fourth of the twelve signs of the zodiac. The first point is the northern limit of the sun's course in summer; hence, the sign of…

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Corniferous adjective · 78% connection

Of or pertaining to the lowest period of the Devonian age. (See the Diagram, under Geology.) The Corniferous period has been so called…

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Early adverb · 78% connection

In advance of the usual or appointed time; in good season; prior in time; among or near the first; -- opposed to late; as, the early b…

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Economic development noun · 78% connection

the sustained, concerted actions of policy makers and communities that promote the standard of living and economic health of a specifi…

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Ephemeris noun · 78% connection

A publication giving the computed places of the heavenly bodies for each day of the year, with other numerical data, for the use of th…

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Etesian adjective · 78% connection

Periodical; annual; -- applied to winds which annually blow from the north over the Mediterranean, esp. the eastern part, for an irreg…

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Fasti n.pl. · 78% connection

The Roman calendar, which gave the days for festivals, courts, etc., corresponding to a modern almanac.

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Four-in-hand adjective · 78% connection

Consisting of four horses controlled by one person; as, a four-in-hand team; drawn by four horses driven by one person; as, a four-in-…

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Gain noun · 78% connection

a quantity that is added; "there was an addition to property taxes this year"; "they recorded the cattle's gain in weight over a perio…

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Graille noun · 78% connection

A halfround single-cut file or fioat, having one curved face and one straight face, -- used by comb makers.

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Identify verb · 78% connection

give the name or identifying characteristics of; refer to by name or some other identifying characteristic property; "Many senators we…

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Increase noun · 78% connection

a quantity that is added; "there was an addition to property taxes this year"; "they recorded the cattle's gain in weight over a perio…

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