Century
Famous studio number
A century is a period of one hundred years.
In historical reckoning, centuries are numbered from a baseline—the 21st century runs from 2001 to 2100.
The word extends to other counts of one hundred: a century in cricket is a score of one hundred runs.
She lived to see three centuries of change.
Distinct historical period
- epochDistinct historical period
- ageDuration of existence
- millenniumSpan of thousand years
- decadeTen-year span
period · generation · time · duration · span · longevity · anniversary · sesquicentennial
Years from 1800-1899
- 1900sCentury's inaugural decade
- 2000sFirst decade, 2000s
- RenaissanceEuropean cultural reawakening
- EnlightenmentEra prioritizing reason over dogma
Industrial Revolution · colonial · postwar · antiquity · classical · Byzantine · Ottoman · Ming
Cricket's offensive player
- inningsTeam batting periods
- tonHeavy mass unit
- milestoneNotable event marking progress
- scoreboardGame progress display
not out · batting · test match · boundary · wicket · crease · opener · partnership
Character style set
- typefaceLettering style design
- serifLetter terminal flourish
- letterformA character's visual structure
- printingReproducing text mechanically
typography · text · book design · readability · classic · publication · typesetting · roman
era
Distinct historical period
- epochDistinct historical period
- ageDuration of existence
- millenniumSpan of thousand years
decade · period · generation · time · duration · span · longevity · anniversary · sesquicentennial · fin de siècle
1800s
Years from 1800-1899
- 1900sCentury's inaugural decade
- 2000sFirst decade, 2000s
- RenaissanceEuropean cultural reawakening
Enlightenment · Industrial Revolution · colonial · postwar · antiquity · classical · Byzantine · Ottoman · Ming · Mughal
batsman
Cricket's offensive player
scoreboard · not out · batting · test match · boundary · wicket · crease · opener · partnership · achievement
font
Character style set
- typefaceLettering style design
- serifLetter terminal flourish
- letterformA character's visual structure
printing · typography · text · book design · readability · classic · publication · typesetting · roman · italic
ride
Journey atop something
long-distance · pedaling · stamina · route · training · bikepacking · touring · brevet · challenge · completion
agave
Spiny desert succulent
- succulentMoist and flavorful
- floweringProducing reproductive structures
- bloomFlower or flourishing state
desert · rosette · spike · pollination · nectar · botanical · tequila · fiber · sisal · landscape
- Buick ModelsRiviera, Park Avenue, Electra, Rainier, Grand National
- carscar, auto, automobile, sedan, coupe
- PublishersSimon & Schuster, book publisher, Penguin Books, Penguin, Random House
- Florida PanhandlePensacola, Panama City, Milton, Navarre, Marianna
- fontsHelvetica, Arial, Georgia, Verdana, Times
- Furniture BrandsEthan Allen, La-Z-Boy, IKEA, Drexel, Hooker
Centuryinstant
Briefest unit of time
moment · second · millisecond · nanosecond · split second
- 11th centurySecond millennium's first hundred years
- twenty-first centuryYears 2001 through 2100
- 21st centuryYears 2001 to 2100
- turn of the centuryPeriod bridging two eras
- 20th centuryHundred years ending 1999
- 19th centuryThe eighteen hundreds