Ruhezeit

Phonetic: "/ˈaɪd(ə)l/"

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: An idle animation.

Definition: An idle game.

Phonetic: "/ˈaɪd(ə)l/"

Part Of Speech: verb

Definition: To spend in idleness; to waste; to consume.

Definition: To lose or spend time doing nothing, or without being employed in business.

Definition: Of an engine: to run at a slow speed, or out of gear; to tick over.

Phonetic: "/ˈaɪd(ə)l/"

Part Of Speech: adjective

Definition: Empty, vacant.

Definition: Not being used appropriately; not occupied; (of time) with no, no important, or not much activity.

Example: My computer hibernates after it has been idle for 30 minutes.

Definition: Not engaged in any occupation or employment; unemployed; inactive; doing nothing in particular.

Example: idle workmen

Definition: Averse to work, labor or employment; lazy; slothful.

Example: an idle fellow

Definition: Of no importance; useless; worthless; vain; trifling; thoughtless; silly.

Example: an idle story;  idle talk;  idle rumor

Definition: Light-headed; foolish.

Phonetic: "/ˈpɪəɹɪəd/"

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: A length of time.

Example: There was a period of confusion following the announcement.

Definition: A period of time in history seen as a single coherent entity; an epoch, era.

Example: Food rationing continued in the post-war period.

Definition: The punctuation mark “.” (indicating the ending of a sentence or marking an abbreviation).

Definition: The length of time during which the same characteristics of a periodic phenomenon recur, such as the repetition of a wave or the rotation of a planet.

Definition: Female menstruation.

Example: When she is on her period, she prefers not to go swimming.

Definition: A section of an artist's, writer's (etc.) career distinguished by a given quality, preoccupation etc.

Example: This is one of the last paintings Picasso created during his Blue Period.

Definition: Each of the divisions into which a school day is split, allocated to a given subject or activity.

Example: I have math class in second period.

Definition: Each of the intervals into which various sporting events are divided.

Example: Gretzky scored in the last minute of the second period.

Definition: The length of time for a disease to run its course.

Definition: An end or conclusion; the final point of a process etc.

Definition: A complete sentence, especially one expressing a single thought or making a balanced, rhythmic whole.

Definition: A specific moment during a given process; a point, a stage.

Definition: A row in the periodic table of the elements.

Definition: A subdivision of an era, typically lasting from tens to hundreds of millions of years, see Appendix: Geologic timescale.

Definition: A Drosophila gene, the gene product of which is involved in regulation of the circadian rhythm.

Definition: Two phrases (an antecedent and a consequent phrase).

Definition: The length of an interval over which a periodic function, periodic sequence or repeating decimal repeats; often the least such length.

Definition: End point, conclusion.

Phonetic: "/ˈpɪəɹɪəd/"

Part Of Speech: verb

Definition: To come to a period; to conclude.

Definition: To put an end to.

Phonetic: "/ˈpɪəɹɪəd/"

Part Of Speech: adjective

Definition: Designating anything from a given historical era.

Example: a period TV commercial

Definition: Evoking, or appropriate for, a particular historical period, especially through the use of elaborate costumes and scenery.

Phonetic: "/ˈpɪəɹɪəd/"

Part Of Speech: interjection

Definition: That's final; that's the end of the matter (analogous to a period ending a sentence); end of story

Example: I know you don't want to go to the dentist but your teeth need to be checked, period!