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Mother

A female parent; especially, one of the human race; a woman who has borne a child.

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Abbess 76% connected

A female superior or governess of a nunnery, or convent of nuns, having the same authority over the nuns which the abbots have over the monks. See Ab…

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Barm 76% connected

Foam rising upon beer, or other malt liquors, when fermenting, and used as leaven in making bread and in brewing; yeast.

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Care 76% connected

A burdensome sense of responsibility; trouble caused by onerous duties; anxiety; concern; solicitude.

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Create 76% connected

Created; composed; begotten.

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Inspiration 76% connected

The act of inspiring or breathing in; breath; specif. (Physiol.), the drawing of air into the lungs, accomplished in mammals by elevation of the ches…

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Make 76% connected

A companion; a mate; often, a husband or a wife.

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Parent 76% connected

One who begets, or brings forth, offspring; a father or a mother.

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Prioress 76% connected

A lady superior of a priory of nuns, and next in dignity to an abbess.

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Yeast 76% connected

The foam, or troth (top yeast), or the sediment (bottom yeast), of beer or other in fermentation, which contains the yeast plant or its spores, and u…

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Ma 76% connected

A child's word for mother.

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Mama 76% connected

See Mamma.

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Mamma 76% connected

Mother; -- word of tenderness and familiarity.

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Mammy 76% connected

A child's name for mamma, mother.

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Mater 76% connected

See Alma mater, Dura mater, and Pia mater.

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Mother-in-law 76% connected

The mother of one's husband or wife.

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Mum 76% connected

Silent; not speaking.

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Mummy 76% connected

A dead body embalmed and dried after the manner of the ancient Egyptians; also, a body preserved, by any means, in a dry state, from the process of p…

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Primipara 76% connected

A woman who bears a child for the first time.

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Ado 74% connected

To do; in doing; as, there is nothing ado.

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Ado 74% connected

To do; in doing; as, there is nothing ado.

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Generation 74% connected

The act of generating or begetting; procreation, as of animals.

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Generation 74% connected

The act of generating or begetting; procreation, as of animals.

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Generative 74% connected

Having the power of generating, propagating, originating, or producing.

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Generative 74% connected

Having the power of generating, propagating, originating, or producing.

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Genesis 74% connected

The act of producing, or giving birth or origin to anything; the process or mode of originating; production; formation; origination.

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Genesis 74% connected

The act of producing, or giving birth or origin to anything; the process or mode of originating; production; formation; origination.

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Beget 92% connected

To procreate, as a father or sire; to generate; -- commonly said of the father.

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Engender 92% connected

To produce by the union of the sexes; to beget.

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Father 92% connected

One who has begotten a child, whether son or daughter; a generator; a male parent.

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Fuss 92% connected

A tumult; a bustle; unnecessary or annoying ado about trifles.

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Generate 92% connected

To beget; to procreate; to propagate; to produce (a being similar to the parent); to engender; as, every animal generates its own species.

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Get 92% connected

Jet, the mineral.

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Sire 92% connected

A lord, master, or other person in authority. See Sir.

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