prior period
41Circumstances prior to the Malayan Emergency — In 1948, the Communists and the British colonial government in Malaya entered a period of guerrilla fighting which has become known to history as the Malayan Emergency. The name derives from the state of emergency declared by the colonial… …
42safe period — noun that time during a woman s menstrual cycle during which conception is least likely to occur (usually immediately before of after menstruation) • Hypernyms: ↑phase, ↑stage • Part Holonyms: ↑menstrual cycle * * * noun : a portion of the human… …
43Sydney Prior Hall — Sir Sydney Prior Hall MVO, MA (1842–1922) was a British portrait painter and illustrator and one of the leading reportage artists of the later Victorian period. The son of animal portraitist Harry Hall, [… …
44Christopher Prior — Anglicanism portal Christopher Prior , CB [1] was an eminent Anglican priest: Chaplain of the Fleet from 1966 to 1969 and Archdeacon of Portsmouth …
45Saimei (period) — The years of Empress Saimei s reign or the Saimei (Japanese: 斉明) period should not be misunderstood as a Japanese era name (年号, nengō , lit. year name) following after the Hakuchi era. The nengō system which was introduced in reign of Emperor… …
46Tenji (period) — The years of Emperor Tenji s reign or the Tenji ( ja. 天智) period should not be misunderstood as a Japanese era name (年号, nengō , lit. year name). The nengō system which was introduced in reign of Emperor Kōtoku was abandoned at the end of his… …
47Kōbun (period) — The years of Emperor Kōbun s reign or the Kōbun ( ja. 弘文) period should not be misunderstood as a Japanese era name (年号, nengō , lit. year name). The nengō system which was introduced in reign of Emperor Kōtoku was abandoned at the end of his… …
48Temmu (period) — The years of Emperor Temmu s reign or the Temmu ( ja. 天武) period should not be misunderstood as a Japanese era name (年号, nengō , lit. year name). The nengō system which was introduced in reign of Emperor Kotoku was abandoned at the end of his… …
49Jitō (period) — The years of Emperor Jitō s reign or the Jitō ( ja. 持統) period should not be misunderstood as a Japanese era name (年号, nengō , lit. year name). The nengō system which was introduced in reign of Emperor Kotoku was abandoned at the end of his reign …
50Gestation period — The period of development of the young from the time of conception until birth. For humans the full gestation period is normally 9 months. The word gestation comes from the Latin gestare meaning to carry or to bear. * * * gestation period n the… …
