Term: ludi saeculares: the centennial rites and games of ancient Rome that marked the commencement of a new generation (100 years representing the longest life in a generation); observances may have begun as early as the 5th century BC and lasted well into the Christian era
Broader: celebration: any joyous diversion | Unrelated: irish monetary unit: monetary unit in Eire
Broader: celebration: any joyous diversion | Unrelated: ticker tape: a continuous thin ribbon of paper on which stock quotes are written
Broader: celebration: any joyous diversion | Unrelated: sapropel: sludge (rich in organic matter) that accumulates at the bottom of lakes or oceans
Broader: celebration: any joyous diversion | Unrelated: eutectic: a mixture of substances having a minimum melting point
Broader: celebration: any joyous diversion | Unrelated: celom: a cavity in the mesoderm of an embryo that gives rise in humans to the pleural cavity and pericardial cavity and peritoneal cavity
Broader: celebration: any joyous diversion | Unrelated: fire warden: an official who is responsible for managing and protecting an area of forest
Broader: celebration: any joyous diversion | Unrelated: flavor: (physics) the six kinds of quarks
Broader: celebration: any joyous diversion | Unrelated: fleet: a group of steamships operating together under the same ownership
Broader: celebration: any joyous diversion | Unrelated: nybble: a small byte
Broader: celebration: any joyous diversion | Unrelated: psychodynamics: the branch of social psychology that deals with the processes and emotions that determine psychology and motivation