Youngish: alternatives and connections

Orig., a chicken; the young of a fowl; a young eaglet; a nestling; and hence, a feathered flying animal (see 2).

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…

any of various ferns of the genera Dryopteris or Polystichum or Lastreopsis having somewhat shield-shaped coverings on the sori

The young of the cow, or of the Bovine family of quadrupeds. Also, the young of some other mammals, as of the elephant, rhinoceros, hi…

A young bird or fowl, esp. a young barnyard fowl.

A young person of either sex. esp. one between infancy and youth; hence, one who exhibits the characteristics of a very young person,…

Somewhat cinereous; of a color somewhat resembling that of wood ashes.

The after part of a vessel's body, from the water line to the stern, -- below and somewhat forward of the stern proper.

A young animal, esp. the young of the bear.

A young eel; a young conger or sea eel; -- called also elvene.

large greyish-brown edible fungus forming a mass of overlapping caps that somewhat resembles a hen at the base of trees

A French girl or young married woman of the lower class; more frequently, a young working woman who is fond of gallantry.

To produce, as young, from an egg or eggs by incubation, or by artificial heat; to produce young from (eggs); as, the young when hatch…

large greyish-brown edible fungus forming a mass of overlapping caps that somewhat resembles a hen at the base of trees

large greyish-brown edible fungus forming a mass of overlapping caps that somewhat resembles a hen at the base of trees

(linguistics, poetry) the use of isosyllabic verse.; "But it is likewise true that — especially in the context of the eighteenth centu…

Not quite sound or normal; somewhat impaired or deranged; dizzy; giddy.

A subclass of Mammalia, including nearly all the mammals of Australia and the adjacent islands, together with the opossums of America.…