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Juvenile

Young; youthful; as, a juvenile appearance.

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Immature 84% connected

Not mature; unripe; not arrived at perfection of full development; crude; unfinished; as, immature fruit; immature character; immature plans.

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Immature 84% connected

Not mature; unripe; not arrived at perfection of full development; crude; unfinished; as, immature fruit; immature character; immature plans.

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Adolescent 76% connected

Growing; advancing from childhood to maturity.

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Child 76% connected

A son or a daughter; a male or female descendant, in the first degree; the immediate progeny of human parents; -- in law, legitimate offspring. Used…

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Fry 76% connected

To cook in a pan or on a griddle (esp. with the use of fat, butter, or olive oil) by heating over a fire; to cook in boiling lard or fat; as, to fry…

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Kid 76% connected

A young goat.

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Minor 76% connected

Inferior in bulk, degree, importance, etc.; less; smaller; of little account; as, minor divisions of a body.

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Nestling 76% connected

of Nestle

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Nipper 76% connected

One who, or that which, nips.

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Shaver 76% connected

One who shaves; one whose occupation is to shave.

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Stripling 76% connected

A youth in the state of adolescence, or just passing from boyhood to manhood; a lad.

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Teen 76% connected

Grief; sorrow; affiction; pain.

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Tike 76% connected

A tick. See 2d Tick.

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Tyke 76% connected

See 2d Tike.

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Youngster 76% connected

A young person; a youngling; a lad.

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Younker 76% connected

A young person; a stripling; a yonker.

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Youth 76% connected

of Youth

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Individual 76% connected

Not divided, or not to be divided; existing as one entity, or distinct being or object; single; one; as, an individual man, animal, or city.

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Mortal 76% connected

Subject to death; destined to die; as, man is mortal.

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Person 76% connected

A character or part, as in a play; a specific kind or manifestation of individual character, whether in real life, or in literary or dramatic represe…

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Somebody 76% connected

A person unknown or uncertain; a person indeterminate; some person.

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Soul 76% connected

Sole.

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Juvenility 74% connected

Youthfulness; adolescence.

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Juvenility 74% connected

Youthfulness; adolescence.

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Youth 74% connected

of Youth

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Youth 74% connected

of Youth

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Youth 66% connected

of Youth

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Adolescent 92% connected

Growing; advancing from childhood to maturity.

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Jejune 92% connected

Lacking matter; empty; void of substance.

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Puerile 92% connected

Boyish; childish; trifling; silly.

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Adult 94% connected

Having arrived at maturity, or to full size and strength; matured; as, an adult person or plant; an adult ape; an adult age.

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Adult 94% connected

Having arrived at maturity, or to full size and strength; matured; as, an adult person or plant; an adult ape; an adult age.

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