first period
Game's opening quarter
First period most often refers to a girl's initial menstruation, marking the onset of puberty: She got her first period at twelve.
The phrase also designates the opening segment of a hockey game or other timed sporting event, or the first class of a school day: I have math first period.
- openingGap or start
- menstruationMonthly uterine bleeding
- time of the monthMenstrual phase
- menarcheOnset of menstruation
- bleedingBlood loss from injury
cramps · puberty · coming of age · adolescence · hockey · face off · power play · intermission · puck · class · bell · schedule · morning · beginning · start · initial · inaugural · introductory
- adolescencepuberty, teenager, coming-of-age, growing up, teen
- game beginningsearly game, early innings, early stage, kickoff, tipoff
- game periodsquarter, half, inning, set, round
- School Tardinesslateness, tardy slip, late pass, truancy, oversleeping
- girlhooddolls, tea parties, sleepovers, braids, pigtails
first, period, firsts, firstly, periods, periodic, periodical, periodically, periodicity