mother
(ˈmʌð ər)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a mother-in-law, stepmother, adoptive mother, or foster mother.
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motherly
Webster Dictionary
of or pertaining to a mother; like, or suitable for, a mother; tender; maternal; as, motherly authority, love, or care
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mother
Webster Dictionary
received by birth or from ancestors; native, natural; as, mother language; also acting the part, or having the place of a mother; producing others; originating
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motherless
Webster Dictionary
destitute of a mother; having lost a mother; as, motherless children
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wean
Webster Dictionary
to accustom and reconcile, as a child or other young animal, to a want or deprivation of mother's milk; to take from the breast or udder; to cause to cease to depend on the mother nourishment
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pasiphaë
(əˈsɪf əˌi)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
the wife of Minos, mother of Ariadne, and mother of the Minotaur by a white bull.
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maternity
Webster Dictionary
the state of being a mother; the character or relation of a mother
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motherhood
Webster Dictionary
the state of being a mother; the character or office of a mother
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mother
(ˈmʌð ər)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a woman looked upon as a mother, or exercising authority like that of a mother.
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maternalism
(maternalism)
Princeton's WordNet
motherly care; behavior characteristic of a mother; the practice of acting as a mother does toward her children
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nacre
Webster Dictionary
a pearly substance which lines the interior of many shells, and is most perfect in the mother-of-pearl. [Written also nacker and naker.] See Pearl, and Mother-of-pearl
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maternal
Webster Dictionary
of or pertaining to a mother; becoming to a mother; motherly; as, maternal love; maternal tenderness
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brother german
Webster Dictionary
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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step-
Webster Dictionary
a prefix used before father, mother, brother, sister, son, daughter, child, etc., to indicate that the person thus spoken of is not a blood relative, but is a relative by the marriage of a parent; as, a stepmother to X is the wife of the father of X, married by him after the death of the mother of X. See Stepchild, Stepdaughter, Stepson, etc
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nestorian
Webster Dictionary
an adherent of Nestorius, patriarch of Constantinople to the fifth century, who has condemned as a heretic for maintaining that the divine and the human natures were not merged into one nature in Christ (who was God in man), and, hence, that it was improper to call Mary the mother of Christ; also, one of the sect established by the followers of Nestorius in Persia, india, and other Oriental countries, and still in existence. opposed to Eutychian
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grandmother
Webster Dictionary
the mother of one's father or mother
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grandfather
Webster Dictionary
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
(ˈgrænˌmʌð ər, ˈgrænd-, ˈgræm-)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
the mother of one's father or mother.
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stepbrother
Webster Dictionary
a brother by the marriage of one's father with the mother of another, or of one's mother with the father of another
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animalism
(animalism)
Princeton's WordNet
the doctrine that human beings are purely animal in nature and lacking a spiritual nature
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suck
Webster Dictionary
to draw liquid from by the action of the mouth; as, to suck an orange; specifically, to draw milk from (the mother, the breast, etc.) with the mouth; as, the young of an animal sucks the mother, or dam; an infant sucks the breast
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unnatural
(unnatural)
Princeton's WordNet
not in accordance with or determined by nature; contrary to nature
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granny
(grandma, grandmother, granny, grannie, gran, nan, nanna)
Princeton's WordNet
the mother of your father or mother
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gran
(grandma, grandmother, granny, grannie, gran, nan, nanna)
Princeton's WordNet
the mother of your father or mother
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nan
(grandma, grandmother, granny, grannie, gran, nan, nanna)
Princeton's WordNet
the mother of your father or mother
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grandmother
(grandma, grandmother, granny, grannie, gran, nan, nanna)
Princeton's WordNet
the mother of your father or mother
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nanna
(grandma, grandmother, granny, grannie, gran, nan, nanna)
Princeton's WordNet
the mother of your father or mother
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grandma
(grandma, grandmother, granny, grannie, gran, nan, nanna)
Princeton's WordNet
the mother of your father or mother
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grannie
(grandma, grandmother, granny, grannie, gran, nan, nanna)
Princeton's WordNet
the mother of your father or mother
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natural
(natural)
Princeton's WordNet
in accordance with nature; relating to or concerning nature
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