di·es·trus 
(dī-ĕstrəs) also di·es·trum (-trəm)
(dī-ĕstrəs) also di·es·trum (-trəm)n.
In most female mammals, a short period of sexual quiescence between two estrus periods, during which the uterus is prepared for a fertilized ovum.
[DI(A)- + ESTRUS.]
di·estrous adj.
- continuousness
- continuous phase
- continuous spectrum
- continuous variation
- continuous wave
- continuous-wave
- continuum
- contort
- contorted
- contortedly
- contortedness
- contortion
- contortionist
- contortionistic
- contortive
- contour
- contour feather
- contour line
- contour map
- contra
- Contra
- contra-
- contraband
- contrabandage
- contrabandist