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CALENDAR YEAR |
52 weeks (8,4) |
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YEAR |
Weeks |
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FORTNIGHT |
Two weeks |
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FORTNIGHTLY |
Every two weeks |
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TWO |
- Weeks Notice, film |
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BIWEEKLY |
A publication issued every two weeks. |
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MONTH |
Commencing May or November, take holidays for four weeks |
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CALENDAR |
Chart showing the days, weeks and months of a year |
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HOGSHEAD |
An English measure of capacity, containing 63 wine
gallons, or about 52/ imperial gallons; a half pipe. |
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STOCK |
Any cruciferous plant of the genus Matthiola; as, common
stock (Matthiola incana) (see Gilly-flower); ten-weeks stock (M.
annua). |
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SPELL |
The time during which one person or gang works until
relieved; hence, any relatively short period of time, whether a few
hours, days, or weeks. |
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DOLDRUMS |
A part of the ocean near the equator, abounding in
calms, squalls, and light, baffling winds, which sometimes prevent all
progress for weeks; -- so called by sailors. |
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CONCURRENT |
One of the supernumerary days of the year over
fifty-two complete weeks; -- so called because they concur with the
solar cycle, the course of which they follow. |
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TYPHUS |
A contagious continued fever lasting from two to three
weeks, attended with great prostration and cerebral disorder, and
marked by a copious er... |
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SARCOPHAGUS |
A species of limestone used among the Greeks for
making coffins, which was so called because it consumed within a few
weeks the flesh of bodies... |
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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 Sept... |
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CHROMIUM |
A comparatively rare element occurring most abundantly in
the mineral chromite. Atomic weight 52.5. Symbol Cr. When isolated it
is a hard, brit... |
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PENTECOST |
A solemn festival of the Jews; -- so called because
celebrated on the fiftieth day (seven weeks) after the second day of
the Passover (which fe... |