I'm fond of the term "perioide" personally ;) --Anne-Marie On Wed Apr 19 11:14 , Tom Vincent sent: >Gotcha...I apologize for my phrasing. I shouldn't have described them as 'period' without authenticating them as such. I should have said 'periodish' or 'period-like' or 'periody' or 'periodiness'. :) [with apologies to Mr. Colbert] > >Duriel