periodic feelings of anxiety. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Adjective : periodic revivals of an interest in handicrafts. ,periodic visits of a mail steamer to an island. ,periodic outbreaks of the disease. From Dictionary.com.
As a long-term periodic non-sleeper, I greeted this news with a "Yes, and?". From Wordnik.com. [Sharon Glassman: Why Can't Women Sleep? Part II: How to Sleep Well on Sunday Night] Reference
It was like watching a geyser go off, the way it would jet out in periodic rushes. From Wordnik.com. [Being Critical : Bev Vincent] Reference
Since the pattern seemed to follow the same pattern as the piano's octaves, he called his periodic law the "Law of Octaves". From Wordnik.com. [About.com Chemistry] Reference
The FEC requires candidates to disclose their expenditures, including any payments to bloggers, in periodic reports to the government. From Wordnik.com. [May 2005] Reference
Levees along the Mississippi have prevented silt from depositing in periodic floods, resulting in subsidence and loss of land throughout the Delta. From Wordnik.com. [Rebuilding New Orleans? « BuzzMachine] Reference
Looking at economic history, this is the kind of long term periodic event that seems likely to happen to average out the long-term effect of making money out of thin air. From Wordnik.com. [The daily irrelevant] Reference
The resulting fluctuations may be cyclic, as in so-called periodic diseases. From Wordnik.com. [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference
Krieger said the monitors also showed that Yasso has what's known as periodic limb-movement disorder. From Wordnik.com. [The Quest for Rest] Reference
Our choice is thus limited to the comparatively small class of objects known as periodic comets; and, from. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of the Heavens] Reference
We study the structure of this causal network to predict cell cycle regulated genes which are also called periodic genes. From Wordnik.com. [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference
Readers of OttawaWatch will recall my periodic references to Smith and his close family ties to the Canadian evangelical community. From Wordnik.com. [Canadian Christianity - Canadian News] Reference
Aristotle's works do, however, show how widely ac - cepted was the idea of periodic cataclysms and the periodic rediscovery of the arts and sciences. From Wordnik.com. [CYCLES] Reference
The purpose evidently was to include in each enrollment all children born before the end of the first year of the census period, which we shall henceforth call the periodic year. From Wordnik.com. [Was Christ Born in Bethlehem?] Reference
I'm sure they'll want something "periodic" to go up against that. From Wordnik.com. [The Ides of March] Reference
I suppose that it is some kind of periodic voip blocking from telmex. From Wordnik.com. [Anyone using broadband IConnectHere?] Reference
The function is also supposed to be periodic, meaning that there is a binary vector. From Wordnik.com. [Quantum Computing] Reference
The term "periodic" does not only apply to the first point in this check list but to all of them. From Wordnik.com. [8. Classification of roughing filters] Reference
I'd probably translate "periodic" as something like "ringwise" or even "ring-shifting" if a separate adjective were preferred, though. From Wordnik.com. [languagehat.com: UNCLEFTISH BEHOLDING.] Reference
RLS may be associated with another condition called periodic limb movements of sleep (. From Wordnik.com. [Find Me A Cure] Reference
IIP's will still appear and be outside of the scope of "periodic" and "exit" charges to. From Wordnik.com. [Opportunity knocks - IFAonline] Reference
You should now have a database called "periodic" with a table named periodic within it. From Wordnik.com. [Planet PHP] Reference
A couple of Audiard's stylistic choices, such as periodic screen titles, are also puzzling. From Wordnik.com. [TheTyee.ca] Reference
"periodic" and "exit" charges for IHT, the assets are still treated as being in the beneficiary's estate for IHT on their death. From Wordnik.com. [Opportunity knocks - IFAonline] Reference
It can be a single point in your journey or a place to return to at periodic intervals. From Wordnik.com. [When Applying, Think Backward] Reference
Or does it generate periodic crises that harm everyone and spawn international conflict?. From Wordnik.com. [Globalization’s Achilles’ Heel] Reference
Despite periodic comebacks, Franklin's never again been the hit maker she was in the late '60s. From Wordnik.com. [The Original Do-Right Woman] Reference
"He would come to the door of his office and chat for a minute," said one periodic Arkansas visitor. From Wordnik.com. [The Mystery Of The White House Suicide] Reference
Some state legislators have spoken out against it and proposed periodic reviews at state universities. From Wordnik.com. [Not Much Of An Honor] Reference
But really, how much can mere humans do to alter the periodic warming and cooling that has occurred over eons?. From Wordnik.com. [Back Talk: Exploring Iraq’s War Marriages] Reference
As with the Israelis in Gaza, periodic airstrikes may well be required to pre-empt brewing plots before they mature. From Wordnik.com. [Winning In Afghanistan] Reference
The artist mixes her operatic singing skills with Billie Holiday-style vocals, periodic raps, and '70s soul-sister vibes. From Wordnik.com. [Music For The Soul] Reference
Some of the most memorable scenes in "The Namesake" take place in Calcutta, when Gogol's family makes periodic visits home. From Wordnik.com. [WHO SAYS THERE'S NO SECOND ACT?] Reference
Hours passed languidly, counted off by the periodic beeps of machines monitoring the expectant mother and our unborn infant. From Wordnik.com. [French for Birth] Reference
Dmitri Mendeleev awakened from a dream that gave him the idea for the periodic table of elements — a landmark in chemistry. From Wordnik.com. [Sleep Now, Remember Later] Reference
Few economists fully trust the official statistics, which they suspect suffer from omissions and periodic political tampering. From Wordnik.com. [The World's Powerhouse] Reference
"But you do need to attend to long term issues in any way you can: medications, talk therapy or periodic readministrations of ECT.". From Wordnik.com. [High-Powered Treatment] Reference
Still, this is a country that faces periodic unrest in Xinjiang and Tibet, daily worker riots, and mounting ecological catastrophes. From Wordnik.com. [Can China’s Good Fortune Last?] Reference
But she could start withdrawals at any time -- and avoid the penalty -- by taking periodic payments that are designed to last for life. From Wordnik.com. [$ $ $ $ Tactics] Reference
Though it had undergone periodic face-lifts, McGinley Student Center was built in 1959, just ahead of the campus building boom of the '60s. From Wordnik.com. [CAFETERIA CUISINE] Reference
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