Female+parent
81motherhood — mother ► NOUN 1) a female parent. 2) (Mother) (especially as a title or form of address) the head of a female religious community. 3) informal an extreme or very large example of: the mother of all traffic jams. ► VERB ▪ look after kindly and… …
82motherless — mother ► NOUN 1) a female parent. 2) (Mother) (especially as a title or form of address) the head of a female religious community. 3) informal an extreme or very large example of: the mother of all traffic jams. ► VERB ▪ look after kindly and… …
83dam´like´ — dam 1 «dam», noun, verb, dammed, dam|ming. –n. 1. a wall built to hold back the water of a stream, creek, or river: »There was a flood when the dam burst. The sleepy pool above the dam, The pool beneath it never still (Tennyson). SYNONYM( …
84moth|er — moth|er1 «MUHTH uhr», noun, verb, adjective. –n. 1. a woman who has given birth to a child: »The mother and father were very proud of their new baby. 2. a female parent: »The puppies have lost their mother. 3. Figurative. the cause or source of… …
85Calling — Call ing, n. 1. The act of one who calls; a crying aloud, esp. in order to summon, or to attact the attention of, some one. [1913 Webster] 2. A summoning or convocation, as of Parliament. [1913 Webster] The frequent calling and meeting of… …
86Dam — (d[a^]m), n. [OE. dame mistress, lady; also, mother, dam. See {Dame}.] 1. A female parent; used of beasts, especially of quadrupeds; sometimes applied in contempt to a human mother. [1913 Webster] Our sire and dam, now confined to horses, are a… …
87Moder — Mo der, n. [OE. See {Mother} female parent.] 1. A mother. [Obs.] Chaucer. [1913 Webster] 2. The principal piece of an astrolabe, into which the others are fixed. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] …
88maternal — adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French & Medieval Latin; Middle French maternel, from Medieval Latin maternalis, from Latin maternus, from mater mother more at mother Date: 15th century 1. of, relating to, belonging to, or… …
89dam — I. noun Etymology: Middle English dam, dame lady, dam more at dame Date: 13th century the female parent of an animal and especially of a domestic animal II. noun Etymology: Middle English, probably from Middle Dutch; akin to Old English fordemman …
90mother — I. noun Etymology: Middle English moder, from Old English mōdor; akin to Old High German muoter mother, Latin mater, Greek mētēr, Sanskrit mātṛ Date: before 12th century 1. a. a female parent b. (1) a woman in authority; specifically the superior …
