Related Words for leap second

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leap year
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Phrase, Noun
intercalation
xxx/x
Noun
just a second
/x/x
Phrase, Noun
second
/x
Noun
second hand
/x/
Phrase, Noun, Adjective
calendar year
/xx/
Phrase, Noun
every second
/xx/x
Phrase, Adjective, Adverb, Noun
standard time
/x/
Phrase, Noun
minute
/x
Noun
meanwhile
/x
Adverb
hour
/x
Noun
clock
/
Noun
minute hand
/x/
Phrase, Noun
moment
/x
Noun
interval
/xx
Noun
timekeeping
/xx
Noun
epoch
/x
Noun
year
/
Noun
time
/
Noun
period
/xx
Noun
time of year
///
Phrase, Noun
anniversary
xx/xx
Noun
time lag
//
Phrase, Noun
time zone
/x
Phrase, Noun
local time
/x/
Phrase, Noun
time of day
///
Phrase, Noun
lapse
/
Noun
timer
/x
Noun
time warp
//
Phrase, Noun, Verb
just a minute
/x/x
Phrase, Noun
calendar
/xx
Noun
meantime
/x
Noun
frame
/
Noun
rate
/
Noun
month
/
Noun
borrowed time
/x/
Phrase, Noun
biennium
x/xx
Noun
point
/
Noun
cycle
/x
Noun
millennium
x/xx
Noun
mean time
//
Phrase, Noun
short time
//
Phrase, Noun
new year
//
Name, Name
overtime
/xx
Noun
term
/
Noun
date
/
Noun
countdown
/x
Noun
subjective time
x/x/
Phrase, Noun
tempo
/x
Noun
season
/x
Noun
distance
/x
Noun
long weekend
//x
Phrase, Noun
biennial
x/xx
Name
space
/
Noun
timescale
/x
Noun
tide
/
Noun
count
/
Noun
gap year
//
Phrase, Noun
time clock
//
Phrase, Noun
calendar month
/xx/
Phrase, Noun
decade
x/
Noun
complication
xx/x
Noun
triennial
x/xx
Noun
duration
//x
Noun
snooze button
//x
Phrase, Noun
rotation
x/x
Noun
week
/
Noun
creep
/
Noun
phase
/
Noun
semester
x/x
Noun
pause
/
Noun
time limit
//x
Phrase, Noun
instant
/x
Noun
time frame
//
Phrase, Noun
climacteric
x//x
Noun
interim
/xx
Noun
today
x/
Noun
spare time
//
Phrase, Noun
chronological age
xx/xx/
Phrase, Noun
quarter
/x
Noun
speed
/
Noun
occasion
x/x
Noun
fiscal year
/x/
Phrase, Noun
motion
/x
Noun
abet
x/
Noun, Verb
accordance
x/x
Noun
act
/
Noun, Verb, Adverb
additional
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
advance
x/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
afterwards
/xx
Adverb
again
x/
Adverb
ago
x/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
aide
/
Noun
also
/x
Adverb
alternate
/xx
Adjective, Noun, Verb
alternative
x/xx
Noun, Adjective
andre
/x
Name
another
x/x
Name
approximate
x/xx
Adjective, Verb
back
/
Adverb, Noun, Adjective, Verb
barrier
/xx
Noun, Verb
besides
x/
Adverb
best
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
bit
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
blade
/
Noun, Verb
blow
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
bond
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
boom
/
Noun, Verb
boost
/
Verb, Noun
bounce
/
Verb, Noun
bound
/
Verb, Adjective, Noun
break
/
Verb, Noun
breakthrough
/x
Noun, Adjective
bump
/
Noun, Verb
burst
/
Verb, Noun
caper
/x
Noun, Verb
cataclysmic
xx/x
Adjective
climax
/x
Noun, Verb
climb
/
Verb, Noun
commercial
x/x
Adjective, Noun
compartment
x/x
Noun, Verb
con
/
Noun, Verb
constructed
x/x
Adjective
crash
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
cross
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
culmination
xx/x
Noun
dash
/
Noun, Verb
depression
x/x
Noun
deuce
/
Noun
different
/xx
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
dive
/
Noun, Verb
double
/x
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
drop
/
Noun, Verb
drought
/
Noun
dual
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
earthquake
/x
Noun, Verb
easter
/x
Name, Verb, Adjective
eighth
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
eleventh
x/x
Adjective, Noun
else
/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
endorse
x/
Verb, Noun
endorsement
x/x
Noun
epochal
/xx
Adjective
eventful
x/x
Adjective
ex
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
exec
x/
Noun, Verb
extra
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
eye
/
Noun, Verb
fall
/
Verb, Noun
famine
/x
Noun
fifteen
x/
Noun
fifth
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
fiftieth
/xx
Adjective, Noun
first
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
flash
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
flicker
/x
Noun, Verb
followed
/x
Verb
forward
/x
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
fourteen
//
Noun
fourth
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
frog
/
Noun, Verb
furlough
/x
Noun, Verb
further
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Verb
furthermore
/xx
Adverb
giant
/x
Adjective, Noun
graduate
/xx
Noun, Adjective, Verb
hand
/
Noun, Verb
happier
/xx
Adjective
heartbeat
/x
Noun
high
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
hop
/
Noun, Verb
hurdle
/x
Noun, Verb
increase
x/
Noun, Verb
intermediate
xx/xx
Adjective, Noun, Verb
irregular
x/xx
Noun, Adjective
jiffy
/x
Noun
jolt
/
Noun, Verb
jumped
/
Verb
junior
/x
Adjective, Noun
last
/
Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun
later
/x
Adverb, Adjective
latter
/x
Adjective
leaped
/
Verb
leapfrog
/x
Noun, Verb
little
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
long
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
lunge
/
Noun, Verb
mate
/
Noun, Verb
mentioned
/x
Verb
middle
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
millisecond
/xxx
Noun
moreover
x/x
Adverb
move
/
Verb, Noun
mutation
x/x
Noun
new
/
Adjective, Name, Adverb, Verb
new york minute
///x
Name, Name
next
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
nitrogen
/xx
Noun
none
/
Noun, Adverb
not
/
Adverb, Noun
note
/
Noun, Verb
one
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
ordinal
/xx
Adjective, Noun
other
/x
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
over
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
pale
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
passage
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
per
/
Adjective, Noun
pinpoint
/x
Verb, Noun, Adjective
placed
/
Adjective
plunge
/
Verb, Noun
postwar
//
Adjective
pounce
/
Verb, Noun
progress
/x
Noun, Verb
psychological moment
xx/xx/x
Phrase, Noun
push
/
Verb, Noun
qualitative
/xxx
Adjective, Noun
reagan
/x
Name
rebound
x/
Noun, Verb
recoil
x/
Noun, Verb
ricochet
/xx
Noun, Verb
rise
/
Noun, Verb
rush
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
salt
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
sec
/
Noun
second base
/x/
Phrase, Noun
secondarily
xx/xx
Adverb
secondment
/xx
Noun
secondo
/xx
Noun
serving
/x
Noun
seventh
/x
Adjective, Name
shift
/
Noun, Verb
sixth
/
Adjective, Name, Verb
ski jump
//
Phrase, Noun
skip
/
Verb, Noun
soars
/
Verb, Noun
soli
/x
Noun
sophomore
/x
Noun, Adjective