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Phrases 210
- old ageThe latter part of life, when one is an older adult; especially, the years from age 65 onward.
- age groupA demographic grouping based on age.
- golden ageA period of happiness, peace, prosperity, and great progress.
- New AgeOf or relating to a broad movement in Western culture, covering a wide variety of alternative spiritual and philosophical ideas, often spirituality, mysticism, holism, and environmentalism, and partially based on eastern religions such as …
- Stone AgeA broad prehistoric period during which humans widely used stone for toolmaking.
- middle ageThe period of life directly preceding old age, often defined roughly as ages 45–65; midlife.
- Information AgeThe current era, characterised by the increasing importance and availability of information (especially by means of computers), as opposed to previous eras (such as the Industrial Age) in which most endeavours related to some physical …
- ice ageA period of long-term reduction in the temperature of Earth's surface and atmosphere, resulting in the presence of major polar ice sheets that reach the ocean and calve icebergs.
- school-ageAlternative form of school age.
- coming of ageA person's journey from childhood or adolescence to adulthood.
- age of reasonSeven years of age, at which age a person is morally liable for the sins that they commit.
- age groupsplural of age group: A demographic grouping based on age.
- Iron AgeThe most recent and debased of the four or five classical Ages of Man; hence, any period characterized by wicked behavior.
- come of ageTo reach a specific age where one is legally considered to be an adult.
- space ageThe period from the about the time of the launch of Sputnik in 1957 to the present day, during which people ventured into space.
- age of consentThe age at which a person is legally considered to be mature enough to engage willingly in sexual intercourse, so that it is not a crime for someone else to have sex with the person.
- Age of ManThe Quaternary era.
- median ageThe age that divides a population (of a country etc.) into two numerically equivalent groups.
- info ageThe Information Age.
- Age of EnlightenmentA period of European intellectual history during which the Enlightenment, an intellectual movement emphasizing the importance of logic and reason, flourished, from part of the 17th century through much of the 18th century.
- Church AgeThe period or dispensation of human history, usually understood as ongoing in the present day, that begins with events in the Bible in the Acts of the Apostles (Pentecost) and concludes at the beginning of the end times (the Rapture; the …
- digital ageThe current era, characterised by the widespread and increasing use of digital technology in society.
- age of majorityThe age at which the rights and privileges of an adult are legally granted or recognized; i.e.; the age where a person ceases to be a minor legally and becomes a legal adult.
- dark ageA time period characterized by ignorance, decline, stagnation, and/or conflict and turmoil.
- silver ageA historical period of great accomplishment in a field or a society; in storytelling archetypes, usually following, and not quite as favorable as, a golden age, and not unfavorable as an iron age.
Compound words 796
- packageSomething which is packed, a parcel, a box, an envelope.
- marriageThe state of being married.
- coverageAn amount by which something or someone is covered.
- percentageThe amount, number or rate of something, regarded as part of a total of 100; a part of a whole.
- voltageThe difference in electrostatic potential between two points in space, especially between live and neutral conductors or the earth.
- luggageThe bags and other containers that hold a traveller's belongings.
- leverageA force compounded by means of a lever rotating around a pivot.
- footageAn amount of film or tape that has been used to record something, or the content of the recording.
- teenageOf or relating to an age between thirteen and nineteen years old.
- salvageThe rescue of a ship, its crew and passengers or its cargo from a hazardous situation.