maturity (noun)

  • 91thirties — noun 1. the time of life between 30 and 40 (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑mid thirties, ↑thirty something • Hypernyms: ↑time of life • Part Holonyms: ↑adulthood, ↑maturity …

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  • 92time value — noun (music) the relative duration of a musical note • Syn: ↑value, ↑note value • Topics: ↑music • Hypernyms: ↑duration, ↑continuance * * * …

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  • 93twenties — noun 1. the time of life between 20 and 30 (Freq. 3) • Syn: ↑mid twenties • Hypernyms: ↑time of life • Part Holonyms: ↑adulthood, ↑maturity 2. the decade from 1920 …

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  • 94unit investment trust — noun a regulated investment company consisting of professional managers who issue redeemable securities representing a portfolio of many different securities you can invest in a unit investment trust for as little as $1000 • Syn: ↑unit trust •… …

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  • 95white rust — noun fungus causing a disease characterized by a white powdery mass of conidia • Hypernyms: ↑fungus • Member Holonyms: ↑Albugo, ↑genus Albugo * * * noun 1. : any of various fungous diseases of plants caused by fungi of the genus Albugo and cha …

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  • 96wild wheat — noun found wild in Palestine; held to be prototype of cultivated wheat • Syn: ↑wild emmer, ↑Triticum dicoccum dicoccoides • Hypernyms: ↑wheat * * * noun : a wheat (Triticum dicoccum dicoccoides) that occurs wild in Palestine, is sometimes held t …

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  • 97coming-of-age — | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ noun (plural comings of age) : the attainment of legal age; broadly : the reaching of maturity or the fullness of development the coming of age of jazz * * * noun [noncount] : the time when a person becomes an adult …

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  • 98autumn — noun Etymology: Middle English autumpne, from Latin autumnus Date: 14th century 1. the season between summer and winter comprising in the northern hemisphere usually the months of September, October, and November or as reckoned astronomically… …

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  • 99coming-of-age — noun Date: 1916 the attainment of prominence, respectability, recognition, or maturity …

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  • 100dent corn — noun Date: 1852 an Indian corn having kernels that contain both hard and soft starch and that become indented at maturity …

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