periods
Definitions
Noun
- An amount of time
- The interval taken to complete one cycle of a regularly repeating phenomenon
- (ice hockey) one of three divisions into which play is divided in hockey games
- A unit of geological time during which a system of rocks formed
- The end or completion of something
- The monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause; ; --hippocrates; --aristotle
- A punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations
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Sounds Like
Words that sound like the term "periods".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | provides | 2 | 81 |
| 2 | proceeds | 2 | 16 |
| 3 | peptides | 2 | 2 |
| 4 | poland's | 2 | 2 |
| 5 | aptitudes | 3 | 1 |
| 6 | precedes | 2 | 1 |
| 7 | preludes | 2 | 1 |
| 8 | presides | 2 | 1 |
| 9 | packwood's | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | passwords | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | penrod's | 2 | 0 |
| 12 | period's | 3 | 0 |
| 13 | persuades | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | petrides | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | pickands | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | placards | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | placid's | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | polaroid's | 3 | 0 |
| 19 | polaroids | 3 | 0 |
| 20 | preceeds | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | spaniards | 2 | 0 |
Spelled Like
Words that are spelled similarly to the term "periods".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | period | 3 | 265 |
| 2 | periodic | 4 | 9 |
| 3 | perilous | 3 | 8 |
| 4 | periodicals | 5 | 5 |
| 5 | prides | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | perish | 2 | 2 |
| 7 | pernod | 2 | 1 |
| 8 | period's | 3 | 0 |
| 9 | prods | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | petrides | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | pernod's | 2 | 0 |
| 12 | penrod's | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | speros | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | priors | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | prinos | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | petros | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | perots | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | perlis | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | perito | 3 | 0 |
| 20 | perino | 3 | 0 |
Words That Follow
Words that often follow the term "periods" in a sentence.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | periods of | 1 | 5 |
Words That Precede
Words that often precede the term "periods" in a sentence.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | extended periods | 3 | 2 |
| 2 | historical periods | 4 | 2 |
Statistically Associated
Words that are statistically associated with "periods" in the same piece of text.
Consonant Match
Words that contain the same consonants as the term "periods".
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Term
Definitions: 7
Fragments: 1
Sound Alikes: 21
Spelled Like: 20
Words that Follow: 1
Words that Precede: 2
Statistically Associated: 6
Consonant Matches: 0
Freq: The frequency is a relative score of how often the word appears in standard English text.
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