a prolonged period of time; "we've known each other for ages"; "I haven't been there for years and years"
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belonging to or existing in times before recorded history; "prehistoric settlements"; "prehistoric peoples"
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belonging to times long past especially of the historical period before the fall of the Western Roman Empire; "ancient history"; "anci…
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Used in the same subject area: History, Chronology and periods.characteristic of the time of chivalry and knighthood in the Middle Ages; "chivalric rites"; "the knightly years"
Used in the same subject area: History, Chronology and periods.the determination of the actual temporal sequence of past events
Used in the same subject area: History, Chronology and periods.belonging to the present time; "contemporary leaders"
Used in the same subject area: History, Chronology and periods.the cardinal number that is the sum of nine and one; the base of the decimal system
Used in the same subject area: History, Chronology and periods.a major division of geological time; an era is usually divided into two or more periods
Used in the same subject area: History, Chronology and periods.a major division of geological time; an era is usually divided into two or more periods
Used in the same subject area: History, Chronology and periods.a unit of geological time during which a system of rocks formed; "ganoid fishes swarmed during the earlier geological periods"
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Used in the same subject area: History, Chronology and periods.characteristic of the time of chivalry and knighthood in the Middle Ages; "chivalric rites"; "the knightly years"
Used in the same subject area: History, Chronology and periods.a prolonged period of time; "we've known each other for ages"; "I haven't been there for years and years"
Used in the same subject area: History, Chronology and periods.characteristic of the time of chivalry and knighthood in the Middle Ages; "chivalric rites"; "the knightly years"
Used in the same subject area: History, Chronology and periods.characteristic of the time of chivalry and knighthood in the Middle Ages; "chivalric rites"; "the knightly years"
Used in the same subject area: History, Chronology and periods.belonging to the modern era; since the Middle Ages; "modern art"; "modern furniture"; "modern history"; "totem poles are modern rather…
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A word or words added to quality or amplify the force of other words; as, the History of the American Revolution, where the words in i…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: belonging, existing, times, before, recorded.the doctrine that all natural objects and the universe itself have souls; "animism is common among primitive peoples"
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: belonging, existing, times, before, recorded.One of a primitive people supposed to have lived in prehistoric times, in Central Asia, east of the Caspian Sea, and north of the Hind…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: belonging, existing, times, before, recorded.Being at the back or in the rear; distant; remote; as, the back door; back settlements.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: belonging, existing, times, before, recorded.A man living in the forest in or beyond the new settlements, especially on the western frontiers of the older portions of the United S…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: belonging, existing, times, before, recorded.cultivated since prehistoric times; grown for forage and grain
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: belonging, existing, times, before, recorded.A prefix from the Latin preposition cum, signifying with, together, in conjunction, very, etc. It is used in the form com- before b, m…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: belonging, existing, times, before, recorded.The policy or practice of transporting convicts to penal settlements.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: belonging, existing, times, before, recorded.One of the stockaded islands in Scotland and Ireland which in ancient times were numerous in the lakes of both countries. They may be…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: belonging, existing, times, before, recorded.a member of the genus Canis (probably descended from the common wolf) that has been domesticated by man since prehistoric times; occur…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: belonging, existing, times, before, recorded.Belonging to the electro-chronograph, or recorded by the aid of it.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: belonging, existing, times, before, recorded.a science that deals with the history of the earth as recorded in rocks
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: belonging, existing, times, before, recorded.of or pertaining to the ancient Teutons or their languages; "Teutonic peoples such as Germans and Scandinavians and British"; "Germani…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: belonging, existing, times, before, recorded.An historian; a writer of history; especially, one appointed or designated to write a history; also, a title bestowed by some governme…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: belonging, existing, times, before, recorded.all that is remembered of the past as preserved in writing; a body of knowledge; "the dawn of recorded history"; "from the beginning o…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: belonging, existing, times, before, recorded.solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: belonging, existing, times, before, recorded.A portion of a debt, or sum of money, which is divided into portions that are made payable at different times. Payment by installment…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: belonging, existing, times, before, recorded.A stone, commonly of a pale to dark green color but sometimes whitish. It is very hard and compact, capable of fine polish, and is use…
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