1. incubation

noun. ['ˌɪŋkjuːˈbeɪʃən'] maintaining something at the most favorable temperature for its development.

Rhymes with Incubation Period

• .period
• myriad

Sentences with incubation-period

1. Noun Phrase
Brooding provides heat during the important incubation period; the time it takes for the eggs to hatch.

2. Noun Phrase
Mouth-brooding species of betta fish will release fully formed fry after an incubation period of up to 16 days.

3. Noun Phrase
The length of the incubation period varies depending on water temperature and type of crawfish.

4. Noun Phrase
The incubation period lasts an average of 28 days, about a month.

2. incubation

noun. ['ˌɪŋkjuːˈbeɪʃən'] sitting on eggs so as to hatch them by the warmth of the body.

3. incubation

noun. ['ˌɪŋkjuːˈbeɪʃən'] (pathology) the phase in the development of an infection between the time a pathogen enters the body and the time the first symptoms appear.

4. period

noun. ['ˈpɪriːəd'] an amount of time.

5. period

noun. ['ˈpɪriːəd'] the interval taken to complete one cycle of a regularly repeating phenomenon.

6. period

noun. ['ˈpɪriːəd'] a punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations.

7. period

noun. ['ˈpɪriːəd'] (ice hockey) one of three divisions into which play is divided in hockey games.

8. period

noun. ['ˈpɪriːəd'] the monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause.

9. period

noun. ['ˈpɪriːəd'] the end or completion of something.

10. period

noun. ['ˈpɪriːəd'] a unit of geological time during which a system of rocks formed.