Forties
North Sea region
The forties are the years from 40 to 49 in a century or a person's life: She's in her forties, the roaring forties.
The Forties also refers specifically to the 1940s.
In geography, the roaring forties describes the belt of strong westerly winds between latitudes 40° and 50° south, notorious among sailors.
Halfway through adulthood
- middle-agedIn life's middle decades
- crisisDecisive dangerous moment
- milestoneNotable event marking progress
- primeReadying for action
maturity · wisdom · settled · established · experienced · accomplished · confident · self-assured
Fourth decade, twentieth century
- wartimePeriod of armed conflict
- swingSuspended recreational seat
- rationingLimiting distribution during scarcity
- D-Day1944 Normandy invasion
Holocaust · Hiroshima · Nuremberg · postwar · jazz · noir · USO · Casablanca
Underground hydrocarbon reserve area
- petroleumNatural underground hydrocarbon liquid
- drillingHole-making by rotation
- offshoreAway from land
- platformRaised flat structure
rig · Scotland · Aberdeen · reserves · production · energy · Brent · extraction
Winds from the sunset
- sailingWind-propelled water travel
- galesVery powerful winds
- trade-windsPersistent tropical belt winds
- circumnavigationComplete journey around something
Tasmania · Patagonia · maritime · navigation · squalls · swells · whitecaps · nautical
midlife
Halfway through adulthood
- middle-agedIn life's middle decades
- crisisDecisive dangerous moment
- milestoneNotable event marking progress
prime · maturity · wisdom · settled · established · experienced · accomplished · confident · self-assured · reinvention
1940s
Fourth decade, twentieth century
- wartimePeriod of armed conflict
- swingSuspended recreational seat
- rationingLimiting distribution during scarcity
D-Day · Holocaust · Hiroshima · Nuremberg · postwar · jazz · noir · USO · Casablanca · bebop
oilfield
Underground hydrocarbon reserve area
- petroleumNatural underground hydrocarbon liquid
- drillingHole-making by rotation
- offshoreAway from land
platform · rig · Scotland · Aberdeen · reserves · production · energy · Brent · extraction · pipeline
westerlies
Winds from the sunset
- sailingWind-propelled water travel
- galesVery powerful winds
- trade-windsPersistent tropical belt winds
circumnavigation · Tasmania · Patagonia · maritime · navigation · squalls · swells · whitecaps · nautical · passage
Fahrenheit
Scale freezing at thirty-two
spring · frost · jacket · brisk · crisp · mild · transitional · morning · November · March
- roaring fortiesTempestuous latitude band