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Motherless

Destitute of a mother; having lost a mother; as, motherless children.

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Parentless 84% connected

Deprived of parents.

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Parentless 84% connected

Deprived of parents.

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Unparented 84% connected

Having no parent, or no acknowledged parent.

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Unparented 84% connected

Having no parent, or no acknowledged parent.

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Abandon verb · 78% connection

leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch; "The mother deserted her children"

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Acquired immunity noun · 78% connection

immunity to a particular disease that is not innate but has been acquired during life; immunity can be acquired by the development of…

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Archespore noun · 78% connection

primitive cell or group of cells from which a mother cell develops

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Archesporium noun · 78% connection

primitive cell or group of cells from which a mother cell develops

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Barrenness noun · 78% connection

the state (usually of a woman) of having no children or being unable to have children

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Blank adjective · 78% connection

Lacking characteristics which give variety; as, a blank desert; a blank wall; destitute of interests, affections, hopes, etc.; as, to…

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Bleeder's disease noun · 78% connection

congenital tendency to uncontrolled bleeding; usually affects males and is transmitted from mother to son

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Brood verb · 78% connection

The young from the same dam, whether produced at the same time or not; young children of the same mother, especially if nearly of the…

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Brother german unknown · 78% connection

A brother by both the father's and mother's side, in contradistinction to a uterine brother, one by the mother only.

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Child noun · 78% connection

A descendant, however remote; -- used esp. in the plural; as, the children of Israel; the children of Edom.

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Custody noun · 78% connection

(with ‘in’) guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child; "my fate is in your hand…

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Dark adjective · 78% connection

Destitute, or partially destitute, of light; not receiving, reflecting, or radiating light; wholly or partially black, or of some deep…

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Desert verb · 78% connection

leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch; "The mother deserted her children"

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Desolate verb · 78% connection

leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch; "The mother deserted her children"

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Forsake verb · 78% connection

leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch; "The mother deserted her children"

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Grandfather noun · 78% connection

A father's or mother's father; an ancestor in the next degree above the father or mother in lineal ascent.

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Grandmother noun · 78% connection

The mother of one's father or mother.

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Haemophilia noun · 78% connection

congenital tendency to uncontrolled bleeding; usually affects males and is transmitted from mother to son

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