English words for 'Characteristic of protective maternal behavior.'
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noun
- motherly care; behavior characteristic of a mother; the practice of acting as a mother does toward her children
- The treatment of people in a motherly manner, especially by caring for them as a mother would care for her children.
- the quality of having or showing the tenderness and warmth and affection of or befitting a mother
adj
- characteristic of a mother
- related on the mother's side
- relating to or derived from one's mother
- relating to or characteristic of or befitting a parent
- Of or pertaining to a mother; having the characteristics of a mother; motherly.
- (anatomy, medicine) Derived from the mother as opposed to the foetus during pregnancy.
- Related through the mother, or her side of the family.
noun
prefix
noun
- the quality of having or showing the tenderness and warmth and affection of or befitting a mother
- The state of being a mother; motherhood.
- the kinship relation between an offspring and the mother
- the state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth when a woman carries a developing fetus in her uterus
- A ward or department in a hospital in which babies are born.
- The state of being pregnant; pregnancy.
verb
- care for like a mother
- worry unnecessarily or excessively
- (transitive) To pet.
- (transitive) To disturb (a person)
- (intransitive, US, especially of babies) To cry or be ill-humoured.
- (intransitive) To be very worried or excited about something, often too much.
- (intransitive) To fiddle; fidget; wiggle, or adjust
- (intransitive, with over) To show affection for, especially animals.
noun
verb
- care for like a mother
- (transitive) To treat as a mother would be expected to treat her child; to nurture.
- make (offspring) by reproduction
- (intransitive, of an alcohol) To develop mother.
- (transitive) To cause to contain mother (“that substance which develops in fermenting alcohol and turns it into vinegar”).
- (chiefly transitive) To give birth to or produce (as its female parent) a child. (Compare father.)
noun
- a term of address for a mother superior
- a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
- a stringy slimy substance consisting of yeast cells and bacteria; forms during fermentation and is added to cider or wine to produce vinegar
- a term of address for an elderly woman
- a condition that is the inspiration for an activity or situation
- A female who donates a fertilized egg or donates a body cell which has resulted in a clone.
- (rail transport) A locomotive which provides electrical power for a slug.
- (figuratively) A female ancestor.
- A female parent, especially of a human; a female who parents a child (which she has given birth to, adopted, or fostered).
- A pregnant female; mother-to-be; a female who gestates a baby.
- A female who has given birth to a baby; this person in relation to her child or children.
- (figuratively) Any person or entity which performs mothering.
- (euphemistic, mildly vulgar, slang) Motherfucker.
- The principal piece of an astrolabe, into which the others are fixed.
- Dregs, lees; a stringy, mucilaginous or film- or membrane-like substance (consisting of a culture of acetobacters) which develops in fermenting alcoholic liquids (such as wine, or cider), and turns the alcohol into acetic acid with the help of oxygen from the air.
- (figuratively) Any elderly woman, especially within a particular community.
- (Stan Twitter, originally drag slang) A person who is admired, respected, or looked up to within a particular fandom or community; see also: serve cunt
- (euphemistic, colloquial) A striking example. (Appears as "mother of a(n) __".)
- The female superior or head of a religious house; an abbess, etc.
- Something that is the greatest or most significant of its kind. (See mother of all.)
- A disc produced from the electrotyped master, used in manufacturing phonograph records.
- Alternative form of moth-er.
- (figuratively) A source or origin.
adj
noun
- (also collective) A woman, or women considered as a group.
- A race for female horses only.
- Anything traditionally done by or considered of importance to women only.
- A device to which a bundle of natural fibres (often wool, flax, or cotton) are attached for temporary storage, before being drawn off gradually to spin thread. A traditional distaff is a staff with flax fibres tied loosely to it (as indicated by the etymology of the word), but modern distaffs are often made of cords weighted with beads, and attached to the wrist.
- The part of a spinning wheel from which fibre is drawn to be spun.
- the staff on which wool or flax is wound before spinning
- the sphere of work by women
adj
noun
noun
- Initialism of mother.
- (cricket, in batting figures) the number of minutes a player spent at the crease
- (India, Islam, Internet slang) Initialism of Muslim; mostly used by Hindutva netizens primarily towards Islamist supporters and Muslim militants.
- (in job listings) Abbreviation of minority.
- (cricket, in bowling figures) the number of maiden overs bowled
- (slang) Initialism of morphine.
- Abbreviation of Monday.
- Monsieur.
- Abbreviation of nautical mile.
- (entomology) Initialism of media.
- (US, film) A film with the content rating M.
- Initialism of men (sign on toilet door).
- (usually clothing) Initialism of medium (the manufactured size or an item of that size).
- Initialism of million.
- Initialism of masochist.
- concentration measured by the number of moles of solute per liter of solution
- a unit of information equal to 1000 kilobytes or 10^6 (1,000,000) bytes
- the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100
- a unit of information equal to 1024 kibibytes or 2^20 (1,048,576) bytes
- the 13th letter of the Roman alphabet
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character
name
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adj
noun
- That which is born.
- (countable) An instance of childbirth.
- (countable) A beginning or start; a point of origin.
- (uncountable) The circumstances of one's background, ancestry, or upbringing.
- (uncountable) The process of childbearing; the beginning of life; the emergence of a human baby or other viviparous animal offspring from the mother's body into the environment.
- the event of being born
- a baby born; an offspring
- the time when something begins (especially life)
- the kinship relation of an offspring to the parents
- the process of giving birth
verb
adj
- Protective; zealously guarding; careful in the protection of something (or someone) one has or appreciates, especially one's spouse or lover.
- Envious; feeling resentful or angered toward someone for a perceived advantage or success, material or otherwise.
- Suspecting rivalry in love; troubled by worries that one might have been replaced in someone's affections; suspicious of a lover's or spouse's fidelity.
- Suspicious; apprehensive.
- suspicious or unduly suspicious or fearful of being displaced by a rival
- showing extreme cupidity; painfully desirous of another's advantages
verb
noun
- An emotional dependency on being treated as an infant.
- (sexuality) A paraphilia based on acting like a baby or toddler, sometimes involving being diapered.
- (pathology) An appearance like (that of) an infant.
- an abnormal condition in which an older child or adult retains infantile characteristics
- infantile behavior in mature persons
noun
- The treatment of people in a fatherly manner, especially by caring for them and sometimes being stern with them.
- The guiding of people in a manner that limits their autonomy in the name of their own well-being.
- the attitude (of a person or a government) that subordinates should be controlled in a fatherly way for their own good
verb
noun
- A parent company.
- A third person who has provided DNA samples in an IVF procedure in order to alter faulty genetic material.
- (physics) The nuclide that decays into a daughter nuclide.
- The source or origin of something.
- (computing) The object from which a child or derived object is descended; a node superior to another node.
- (often in the plural) A person who has had a baby; this person in relation to their child or children.
- A surrogate parent.
- (biology) An organism from which a plant or animal is immediately biologically descended.
- (often in the plural) A person who raises a child (which they have made, adopted, fostered, taken as their own, etc.).
- (attributive) Sponsor, supporter, owner, protector.
- a father or mother; one who begets or one who gives birth to or nurtures and raises a child; a relative who plays the role of guardian
- an organism (plant or animal) from which younger ones are obtained
noun
- The choice of an object of libidinal attachment on the basis of dissimilarity from early childhood protective and parental figures.
- (organic chemistry) An orthogonal arrangement of groups of atoms within a molecule, often associated with aromaticity.
- (biology) The growth or movement of a plant or animal in a direction perpendicular to a stimulus.
noun
- motherly care; behavior characteristic of a mother; the practice of acting as a mother does toward her children
- The treatment of people in a motherly manner, especially by caring for them as a mother would care for her children.
- the quality of having or showing the tenderness and warmth and affection of or befitting a mother
noun
- the quality of having or showing the tenderness and warmth and affection of or befitting a mother
- The state of being a mother; motherhood.
- the kinship relation between an offspring and the mother
- the state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth when a woman carries a developing fetus in her uterus
- A ward or department in a hospital in which babies are born.
- The state of being pregnant; pregnancy.
noun
- Initialism of mother.
- (cricket, in batting figures) the number of minutes a player spent at the crease
- (India, Islam, Internet slang) Initialism of Muslim; mostly used by Hindutva netizens primarily towards Islamist supporters and Muslim militants.
- (in job listings) Abbreviation of minority.
- (cricket, in bowling figures) the number of maiden overs bowled
- (slang) Initialism of morphine.
- Abbreviation of Monday.
- Monsieur.
- Abbreviation of nautical mile.
- (entomology) Initialism of media.
- (US, film) A film with the content rating M.
- Initialism of men (sign on toilet door).
- (usually clothing) Initialism of medium (the manufactured size or an item of that size).
- Initialism of million.
- Initialism of masochist.
- concentration measured by the number of moles of solute per liter of solution
- a unit of information equal to 1000 kilobytes or 10^6 (1,000,000) bytes
- the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100
- a unit of information equal to 1024 kibibytes or 2^20 (1,048,576) bytes
- the 13th letter of the Roman alphabet
adj
character
name
num
noun
- An emotional dependency on being treated as an infant.
- (sexuality) A paraphilia based on acting like a baby or toddler, sometimes involving being diapered.
- (pathology) An appearance like (that of) an infant.
- an abnormal condition in which an older child or adult retains infantile characteristics
- infantile behavior in mature persons
noun
- The treatment of people in a fatherly manner, especially by caring for them and sometimes being stern with them.
- The guiding of people in a manner that limits their autonomy in the name of their own well-being.
- the attitude (of a person or a government) that subordinates should be controlled in a fatherly way for their own good
noun
- The choice of an object of libidinal attachment on the basis of dissimilarity from early childhood protective and parental figures.
- (organic chemistry) An orthogonal arrangement of groups of atoms within a molecule, often associated with aromaticity.
- (biology) The growth or movement of a plant or animal in a direction perpendicular to a stimulus.
verb
- care for like a mother
- worry unnecessarily or excessively
- (transitive) To pet.
- (transitive) To disturb (a person)
- (intransitive, US, especially of babies) To cry or be ill-humoured.
- (intransitive) To be very worried or excited about something, often too much.
- (intransitive) To fiddle; fidget; wiggle, or adjust
- (intransitive, with over) To show affection for, especially animals.
noun
verb
- care for like a mother
- (transitive) To treat as a mother would be expected to treat her child; to nurture.
- make (offspring) by reproduction
- (intransitive, of an alcohol) To develop mother.
- (transitive) To cause to contain mother (“that substance which develops in fermenting alcohol and turns it into vinegar”).
- (chiefly transitive) To give birth to or produce (as its female parent) a child. (Compare father.)
noun
- a term of address for a mother superior
- a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
- a stringy slimy substance consisting of yeast cells and bacteria; forms during fermentation and is added to cider or wine to produce vinegar
- a term of address for an elderly woman
- a condition that is the inspiration for an activity or situation
- A female who donates a fertilized egg or donates a body cell which has resulted in a clone.
- (rail transport) A locomotive which provides electrical power for a slug.
- (figuratively) A female ancestor.
- A female parent, especially of a human; a female who parents a child (which she has given birth to, adopted, or fostered).
- A pregnant female; mother-to-be; a female who gestates a baby.
- A female who has given birth to a baby; this person in relation to her child or children.
- (figuratively) Any person or entity which performs mothering.
- (euphemistic, mildly vulgar, slang) Motherfucker.
- The principal piece of an astrolabe, into which the others are fixed.
- Dregs, lees; a stringy, mucilaginous or film- or membrane-like substance (consisting of a culture of acetobacters) which develops in fermenting alcoholic liquids (such as wine, or cider), and turns the alcohol into acetic acid with the help of oxygen from the air.
- (figuratively) Any elderly woman, especially within a particular community.
- (Stan Twitter, originally drag slang) A person who is admired, respected, or looked up to within a particular fandom or community; see also: serve cunt
- (euphemistic, colloquial) A striking example. (Appears as "mother of a(n) __".)
- The female superior or head of a religious house; an abbess, etc.
- Something that is the greatest or most significant of its kind. (See mother of all.)
- A disc produced from the electrotyped master, used in manufacturing phonograph records.
- Alternative form of moth-er.
- (figuratively) A source or origin.
verb
noun
- A parent company.
- A third person who has provided DNA samples in an IVF procedure in order to alter faulty genetic material.
- (physics) The nuclide that decays into a daughter nuclide.
- The source or origin of something.
- (computing) The object from which a child or derived object is descended; a node superior to another node.
- (often in the plural) A person who has had a baby; this person in relation to their child or children.
- A surrogate parent.
- (biology) An organism from which a plant or animal is immediately biologically descended.
- (often in the plural) A person who raises a child (which they have made, adopted, fostered, taken as their own, etc.).
- (attributive) Sponsor, supporter, owner, protector.
- a father or mother; one who begets or one who gives birth to or nurtures and raises a child; a relative who plays the role of guardian
- an organism (plant or animal) from which younger ones are obtained
adj
- characteristic of a mother
- related on the mother's side
- relating to or derived from one's mother
- relating to or characteristic of or befitting a parent
- Of or pertaining to a mother; having the characteristics of a mother; motherly.
- (anatomy, medicine) Derived from the mother as opposed to the foetus during pregnancy.
- Related through the mother, or her side of the family.
noun
adj
noun
- (also collective) A woman, or women considered as a group.
- A race for female horses only.
- Anything traditionally done by or considered of importance to women only.
- A device to which a bundle of natural fibres (often wool, flax, or cotton) are attached for temporary storage, before being drawn off gradually to spin thread. A traditional distaff is a staff with flax fibres tied loosely to it (as indicated by the etymology of the word), but modern distaffs are often made of cords weighted with beads, and attached to the wrist.
- The part of a spinning wheel from which fibre is drawn to be spun.
- the staff on which wool or flax is wound before spinning
- the sphere of work by women
adj
noun
adj
noun
- That which is born.
- (countable) An instance of childbirth.
- (countable) A beginning or start; a point of origin.
- (uncountable) The circumstances of one's background, ancestry, or upbringing.
- (uncountable) The process of childbearing; the beginning of life; the emergence of a human baby or other viviparous animal offspring from the mother's body into the environment.
- the event of being born
- a baby born; an offspring
- the time when something begins (especially life)
- the kinship relation of an offspring to the parents
- the process of giving birth
verb
adj
- Protective; zealously guarding; careful in the protection of something (or someone) one has or appreciates, especially one's spouse or lover.
- Envious; feeling resentful or angered toward someone for a perceived advantage or success, material or otherwise.
- Suspecting rivalry in love; troubled by worries that one might have been replaced in someone's affections; suspicious of a lover's or spouse's fidelity.
- Suspicious; apprehensive.
- suspicious or unduly suspicious or fearful of being displaced by a rival
- showing extreme cupidity; painfully desirous of another's advantages