…each of the twenty-four-hour periods, reckoned from one midnight to the next, into which a week, month, or year is divided, and corresponding to a rotation of the earth on its axis…
…(b.1924), American actress and singer; born Doris Kappelhoff. She became a film star in the 1950s with roles in light-hearted musicals, comedies, and romances such as Calamity Jane (1953) and Pillow Talk (1959)…
…(1897–1980), US journalist and reformer. She founded the Catholic Worker newspaper with social activist Peter Maurin (1877–1949) in 1933…
…(1849–1923), US Supreme Court associate justice 1903–22. He was appointed to the Court by President Theodore Roosevelt…
…the day (6 June 1944) in the Second World War on which Allied forces invaded northern France by means of beach landings in Normandy…
…Victory Day, especially with reference to the Allied victories in World War II…
…the day (15 August) in 1945 on which Japan ceased fighting in the Second World War, or the day (2 September) when Japan formally surrendered…
…at any time or under any circumstances (used to express a strong opinion or preference)…
…a boy who lives at home but attends a school where other pupils board…
…a person’s regular job and main source of income, usually performed during the normal business day, and either allowing them to practice an avocation or contrasting with a vocation they would rather pursue…
…a day’s holiday from work or school, on what would normally be a working day…
…a day regarded in terms of the amount of work that can be done by one person within this period…
…1 May, celebrated in many countries as a traditional springtime festival or as an international day honouring workers…
…(in Australia and New Zealand) the day on which the Anzac landing at Gallipoli in 1915 is annually commemorated, 25 April…
…a day dedicated annually to public tree planting in the US, Australia, and other countries…
…daytime care for people who cannot be fully independent, such as children or elderly people…
…a girl who lives at home but attends a school where other pupils board…
…a Eurasian lily which bears large yellow, red, or orange flowers, each flower lasting only one day…
…a room, especially a communal room in an institution, used during the day…
…a period of time worked during the daylight hours in a hospital, factory, etc.…
…an unscheduled extra day’s leave from work, taken to alleviate stress or pressure and sanctioned by one’s employer…
…any of a number of days reserved for fasting and prayer in the Western Christian Church. Ember days traditionally comprise the Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday following St Lucy’s Day (13 December), the first Sunday in Lent, Pentecost (Whitsun), and Holy Cross Day (14 September), though other days are observed locally…
…a day on which a celebration, especially an annual Christian one, is held…
…an opportunity for action or success, especially at the expense of others…
…a day on which money is collected for a charity in the street and donors are given small paper badges to show they have contributed…
…Wednesday, regarded as the the midpoint of a typical working week…
…25 March (the feast of the Annunciation), a quarter day in England, Wales, and Ireland…
…(of a plant) needing a long period of light each day to initiate flowering, which therefore happens naturally as the days lengthen in the spring…
…the interval of time between two successive crossings of the meridian by the moon (roughly 24 hours and 50 minutes)…
…a day when members of the public may visit a place or institution to which they do not usually have access…
…a day spent in rest, especially as an interlude between periods of activity…
…denoting a plant that needs a daily period of darkness of more than a certain length to initiate flowering, which therefore happens naturally as the days shorten in the autumn…
