climacteric(al)
71climactic — , climatic, climacteric Climactic means appearing at a climax ( the climactic scene in a movie ); climatic means having to do with climate and weather ( the climatic conditions of the Brazilian rainforest ); climacteric is a noun signifying a… …
72climactic — climactic, climatic, climacteric Climactic means ‘forming a climax’ and is a favourite word of sports reporters and theatre critics • (I pleasurably recall the climactic, closing minutes of the first act Evening Standard, 2006) climatic means… …
73climatic — climactic, climatic, climacteric Climactic means ‘forming a climax’ and is a favourite word of sports reporters and theatre critics • (I pleasurably recall the climactic, closing minutes of the first act Evening Standard, 2006) climatic means… …
74involutional melancholia — noun or involutional psychosis : an agitated depression occurring at the time of the menopause or climacteric and usually characterized by somatic and nihilistic delusions * * * Psychiatry. (formerly) extreme depression related to menopause or,… …
75cli|mac|ter|i|cal — «KLY mak TEHR uh kuhl», adjective, noun. = climacteric. (Cf. ↑climacteric) …
76cli|mac|ter|ic — «kly MAK tuhr ihk, KLY mak TEHR », noun, adjective. –n. 1. a time when some important event occurs, changing the course of things; crucial period: »Italy s climacteric came in 1948, when Signor Alcide de Gasperi was returned as Prime Minister in… …
77Climacter — Cli*mac ter, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?, prop., round of a ladder, fr. ? ladder: cf. F. climact[ e]re. See {Climax}.] See {Climacteric}, n. [1913 Webster] …
78Climacterical — Clim ac*ter ic*al, a. & n. See {Climacteric}. Evelyn. [1913 Webster] …
79change of life — Date: 1834 climacteric II,2 …
80male menopause — noun Date: 1949 climacteric 2b …