Mother |
A female parent; especially, one of the human race; a woman who has borne a child. |
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Mother |
That which has produced or nurtured anything; source of birth or origin; generatrix. |
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Mother |
An old woman or matron. |
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Mother |
The female superior or head of a religious house, as an abbess, etc. |
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Mother |
Hysterical passion; hysteria. |
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Mother |
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. |
a. |
Mother |
To adopt as a son or daughter; to perform the duties of a mother to. |
v. t. |
Mother |
A film or membrane which is developed on the surface of fermented alcoholic liquids, such as vinegar, wine, etc., and acts as a means of conveying the oxygen of the air to the alcohol and other combustible principles of the liquid, thus leading to their oxidation. |
n. |
Mother |
To become like, or full of, mother, or thick matter, as vinegar. |
v. i. |
Mother-in-law |
The mother of one's husband or wife. |
n. |
Mother-of-pearl |
The hard pearly internal layer of several kinds of shells, esp. of pearl oysters, river mussels, and the abalone shells; nacre. See Pearl. |
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Mother-of-thyme |
An aromatic plant (Thymus Serphyllum); -- called also wild thyme. |
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Naked |
Having no clothes on; uncovered; nude; bare; as, a naked body; a naked limb; a naked sword. |
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Naked |
Having no means of defense or protection; open; unarmed; defenseless. |
a. |
Naked |
Unprovided with needful or desirable accessories, means of sustenance, etc.; destitute; unaided; bare. |
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Naked |
Without addition, exaggeration, or excuses; not concealed or disguised; open to view; manifest; plain. |
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Naked |
Mere; simple; plain. |
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Naked |
Without pubescence; as, a naked leaf or stem; bare, or not covered by the customary parts, as a flower without a perianth, a stem without leaves, seeds without a pericarp, buds without bud scales. |
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Naked |
Not having the full complement of tones; -- said of a chord of only two tones, which requires a third tone to be sounded with them to make the combination pleasing to the ear; as, a naked fourth or fifth. |
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Eel-mother |
The eelpout. |
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