afternoone
Obsolete spelling of afternoon.

afternoones
plural of afternoone

afties
plural of afty

afty
afternoon

arternoon
Pronunciation spelling of afternoon.

arternoons
plural of arternoon

arvo
Afternoon.

arvos
plural of arvo

arvy
Afternoon.

beforenoon
Forenoon.

brillig
A nonce word in Lewis Carroll's Jabberwocky, explained by Humpty Dumpty as "four o'clock in the afternoon — the time when you begin broiling things for dinner."

brownout
A period of low alternating current line voltage, causing a reduction in illumination.
A temporary dimming of vision, usually with a brown hue and accompanied by loss of peripheral vision or tunnel vision.
A temporary closing of a fire station, usually due to budget restrictions.
A power outage during the day; distinguished from a blackout, which occurs at night.
A moment or period where something is weakened, diminished or less effective.
A blackout, regardless of time of day.

brownouts
plural of brownout

chronometres
plural of chronometre

chronoscope
A highly accurate timekeeping device, an extremely precise chronometer.
A device able to directly view other times, past or future.

chronoscopes
plural of chronoscope

cockcrow
The time of day at which the first crow of a cockerel is heard; dawn or daybreak; first light

cockcrows
plural of cockcrow

coheights
plural of coheight

countrate
The rate at which something is counted, measured as how many times it is observed in a unit of time.

countrates
plural of countrate

darkfall
The time of day when it becomes dark.

dawn
To begin to brighten with daylight.
To start to appear or become obvious.
To begin to give promise; to begin to appear or to expand.

dawned
simple past and past participle of dawn

dawns
plural of dawn

daydawn
Synonym of dawn.

dayrise
daybreak, dawn

dogwatch
Aboard a ship, either of the two short two-hour watches that take place between 4 p.m. and 8 p.m.
A night shift, or other very late or early period of duty.
A very brief period of naval service.

dogwatches
plural of dogwatch

dusk
Tending to darkness or blackness; moderately dark or black; dusky.

dusked
simple past and past participle of dusk

dusks
plural of dusk

eeven
Evening.

eevens
plural of eeven

eevning
Obsolete form of evening.

eevnings
plural of eevning

eight o'clock
The start of the ninth hour of the day; 8:00 a.m. (08:00).
The start of the twenty-first hour of the day; 8:00 p.m. (20:00).
A position to the left and behind (horizontal clock orientation) (from the location of the 8 mark on a clock face)

eightish
Any time close to eight o'clock.

eights
plural of eight

eleven o'clock
The start of the twelfth hour of the day; 11:00 a.m. (11:00).
The start of the twenty-fourth hour of the day; 11:00 p.m. (23:00).
A position ahead and slightly to the left (horizontal clock orientation) (from the location of the 11 mark on a clock face)
Moss-rose purslane, a flowering plant of species Portulaca grandiflora

elevener
Synonym of elevenses (“mid-morning break for a drink or snack”).

eleveners
plural of elevener

elevenses
A short mid-morning break taken around eleven o'clock for a drink or light snack.

elevensies
elevenses
A call in any children's game, such as jacks, where eleven actions must be performed.

escapement
The linkage in a (watch) that gives impulses to the timekeeping element and periodically releases the gear train to move forward, advancing the clock's hands.
A mechanism found in devices such as a typewriter or printer which controls lateral motion of the carriage.
An escape or a means of escape.
The number of fish that escape commercial fishing operations and travel upstream to spawn.

escapements
plural of escapement

evening
The time of day between afternoon and night.
The time of the day between the approximate time of midwinter dusk and midnight (compare afternoon); the period after the end of regular office working hours.
A concluding time period; a point in time near the end of something; the beginning of the end of something.
A party or gathering held in the evening.

eveningtide
Synonym of evening.

eveningtime
Synonym of evening.

evo
Evening (time of day).

evos
plural of evo

five o'clock
The start of the sixth hour of the day; 5:00 a.m. (05:00).
The start of the eighteenth hour of the day; 5:00 p.m. (17:00).
A position behind and slightly to the right (horizontal clock orientation) (from the location of the 5 mark on a clock face)

fiveish
Any time close to five o'clock.

fivish
Alternative form of fiveish.

forenoon
Synonym of morning: the part of the day between sunrise and noon.

forenoone
Obsolete spelling of forenoon.

forenoones
plural of forenoone

forenoons
plural of forenoon

four o'clock
The start of the fifth hour of the day; 4:00 a.m. (04:00).
The start of the seventeenth hour of the day; 4:00 p.m. (16:00).
A position to the right and slightly behind (horizontal clock orientation) (from the location of the 4 mark on a clock face)
Any of several plants, of the genus Mirabilis, whose funnel-shaped flowers open in late afternoon.
The friarbirds (Philemon spp.); so called from its cry, which resembles these words.

fourish
Any time close to four o'clock.

geochronometers
plural of geochronometer

giffies
plural of giffy

giffy
Obsolete form of jiffy (“brief moment”).

hectosecond
(metrology) An SI unit of time equal to 10² seconds. Symbol: hs. (= 00:01:40 = 1.666̄̄ minutes)

hectoseconds
plural of hectosecond

hightide
Alternative form of high tide.

hightides
plural of hightide

hourlies
plural of hourly

hourly
Occurring every hour.
Unsalaried, paid by the hour; (by extension) blue-collar.

jetlag
Alternative spelling of jet lag.

jetlags
plural of jetlag

jiffies
plural of jiffy

jiffy
A very short, unspecified length of time.
A unit of time defined by the frequency of its basic timer – historically, and by convention, 0.01 of a second, but some computer operating systems use other values.
The length of an alternating current power cycle (1/60 or 1/50 of a second).
The time taken for light to travel a specified distance in a vacuum, usually one centimetre (approximately 33.3564 picoseconds), but sometimes one foot or the width of a nucleon.
Ellipsis of jiffy bag, a padded envelope.

lustra
plural of lustrum

lustrum
A lustration: a ceremonial purification of the people of Rome performed every five years after the census.
Synonym of quinquennium: Any 5-year period.

lustrums
plural of lustrum

mawning
Pronunciation spelling of morning, representing non-rhotic English.

mawnings
plural of mawning

meridiem
Midday, noon.
The property of a timestamp of being either a.m. or p.m.

merjet
Alternative form of merkhet.

merkhet
An ancient surveying and timekeeping instrument, consisting of a bar with a plumb line, attached to a handle.

merkhets
plural of merkhet

microchronometer
A chronoscope, a timekeeping device used for minuscule timeframes.

microchronometers
plural of microchronometer

midday
Noon; twelve o'clock during the day.

middays
plural of midday

midforenoon
midmorning

midforenoons
plural of midforenoon

midnight
The middle of the night: the sixth temporal hour, equidistant between sunset and sunrise.
Twelve o'clock at night exactly.
Synonym of boxcars (“a pair of sixes”).

midnights
plural of midnight

midnite
Alternative spelling of midnight.

midnites
plural of midnite

midnoon
noon; midday

midrats
midnight rations

midwatch
A watch kept from midnight until four o'clock in the morning.

midwatches
plural of midwatch

moonrise
The time of day or night when the moon begins to rise over the horizon.

moonrises
plural of moonrise

moonup
Synonym of moonrise.

moorn
morn; morning

moorns
plural of moorn

morn
Morning.

morning
The early part of the day, especially from midnight to noon.
The early part of anything.
That part of the day from dawn until the main meal (typically in late afternoon).
The first alcoholic drink of the day; a morning draught.

morns
plural of morn

mornyng
Alternative spelling of mornynge.