English words for 'Lacking a family.'
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- a woman whose husband is dead especially one who has not remarried
- Any venomous spider of the genus Latrodectus (called "widows" because of the practice of sexual cannibalism observed among many of these species).
- A woman whose spouse (traditionally husband) has died (and who has not remarried); a woman in relation to her late spouse; feminine of widower.
- (typography) A single line of type that ends a paragraph but is separated from it by being carried over to the next page or column.
- (by extension, informal, often humorous or sarcastic, in combination) A woman whose husband is often away pursuing a hobby, career, etc.
- (card games) An additional hand of playing cards dealt face-down in some card games, to be used by the highest bidder.
- (uncommon) Any person whose spouse has died (and who has not remarried).
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- (figuratively) Anything that is unsupported, as by its source, provider or caretaker, by reason of the supporter's demise or decision to abandon.
- A person, especially a minor, whose parents have permanently abandoned them.
- A young animal with no mother.
- (computing) Any unreferenced object.
- A person, especially a minor, both or (rarely) one of whose parents have died.
- (typography) A single line of type, beginning a paragraph, at the bottom of a column or page.
- someone or something who lacks support or care or supervision
- a young animal without a mother
- a child who has lost both parents
- the first line of a paragraph that is set as the last line of a page or column
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- Not attended to or fostered.
- Not cultivated by agricultural methods; not prepared for cultivation.
- Inadequately educated; lacking art or knowledge
- (of land or fields) not prepared for raising crops
- (of persons) lacking art or knowledge
- characteristic of a person who is not cultivated or does not have intellectual tastes
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noun
noun
verb
noun
- a woman whose husband is dead especially one who has not remarried
- Any venomous spider of the genus Latrodectus (called "widows" because of the practice of sexual cannibalism observed among many of these species).
- A woman whose spouse (traditionally husband) has died (and who has not remarried); a woman in relation to her late spouse; feminine of widower.
- (typography) A single line of type that ends a paragraph but is separated from it by being carried over to the next page or column.
- (by extension, informal, often humorous or sarcastic, in combination) A woman whose husband is often away pursuing a hobby, career, etc.
- (card games) An additional hand of playing cards dealt face-down in some card games, to be used by the highest bidder.
- (uncommon) Any person whose spouse has died (and who has not remarried).
adj
noun
- (figuratively) Anything that is unsupported, as by its source, provider or caretaker, by reason of the supporter's demise or decision to abandon.
- A person, especially a minor, whose parents have permanently abandoned them.
- A young animal with no mother.
- (computing) Any unreferenced object.
- A person, especially a minor, both or (rarely) one of whose parents have died.
- (typography) A single line of type, beginning a paragraph, at the bottom of a column or page.
- someone or something who lacks support or care or supervision
- a young animal without a mother
- a child who has lost both parents
- the first line of a paragraph that is set as the last line of a page or column
verb
adj
- Not attended to or fostered.
- Not cultivated by agricultural methods; not prepared for cultivation.
- Inadequately educated; lacking art or knowledge
- (of land or fields) not prepared for raising crops
- (of persons) lacking art or knowledge
- characteristic of a person who is not cultivated or does not have intellectual tastes