The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 10 letter word INCUBATION which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2017.
Development period crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| INCUBATION | 100 % | 10 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Development period
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- childhood
- adolescence
- teenage years
- adolescent
- preadolescent
- teenage
- pubescent
- teen
- teenaged
- teenager
- tween
- pubertal
Crossword Answer definitions
INCUBATION noun- Sitting on eggs for the purpose of hatching young; a brooding on, or keeping warm, to develop the life within, by any process.
- The development of a disease from its causes, or the period of such development.
- A period of little reaction which is followed by more rapid reaction.
- One of the four proposed stages of creativity (preparation, incubation, illumination, and verification): the unconscious recombination of thought elements that were stimulated through conscious work at one point in time, resulting in novel ideas at a later point.
- Sleeping in a temple or other holy place in order to have oracular dreams or to receive healing.
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