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Quickening :: Quickening (n.) The first motion of the fetus in the womb felt by the mother, occurring usually about the middle of the term of pregnancy. It has been popularly supposed to be due to the fetus becoming possessed of independent life..

Mother :: Mother (n.) A female parent; especially, one of the human race; a woman who has borne a child..

Hyperoartia :: Hyperoartia (n. pl.) An order of marsipobranchs including the lampreys. The suckerlike moth contains numerous teeth; the nasal opening is in the middle of the head above, but it does not connect with the mouth. See Cyclostoma, and Lamprey..

Cr/che :: Cr/che (n.) A public nursery, where the young children of poor women are cared for during the day, while their mothers are at work..

Shield-bearer :: Shield-bearer (n.) Any small moth of the genus Aspidisca, whose larva makes a shieldlike covering for itself out of bits of leaves..

Smoulder :: Smoulder (v. i.) To exist in a state of suppressed or smothered activity; to burn inwardly; as, a smoldering feud..

Noctuid :: Noctuid (n.) Any one of numerous moths of the family Noctuidae, or Noctuaelitae, as the cutworm moths, and armyworm moths; -- so called because they fly at night..

Bookworm :: Bookworm (n.) Any larva of a beetle or moth, which is injurious to books. Many species are known..

Pseudotinea :: Pseudotinea (n.) The bee moth, or wax moth (Galleria)..

Amma :: Amma (n.) An abbes or spiritual mother.

Cognate :: Cognate (a.) Allied by blood; kindred by birth; specifically (Law), related on the mother's side..

Phalaena :: Phalaena (n.) A linnaean genus which included the moths in general.

Mothy :: Mothy (a.) Infested with moths; moth-eaten.

Notodontian :: Notodontian (n.) Any one of several species of bombycid moths belonging to Notodonta, Nerice, and allied genera. The caterpillar of these moths has a hump, or spine, on its back..

Foremother :: Foremother (n.) A female ancestor.

Motherhood :: Motherhood (n.) The state of being a mother; the character or office of a mother.

Nuzzle :: Nuzzle (v. t.) To hide the head, as a child in the mother's bosom; to nestle..

Pearl :: Pearl (v. t.) To set or adorn with pearls, or with mother-of-pearl. Used also figuratively..

Wormwood :: Wormwood (n.) A composite plant (Artemisia Absinthium), having a bitter and slightly aromatic taste, formerly used as a tonic and a vermifuge, and to protect woolen garments from moths. It gives the peculiar flavor to the cordial called absinthe. The volatile oil is a narcotic poison. The term is often extended to other species of the same genus..

Grandmotherly :: Grandmotherly (a.) Like a grandmother in age or manner; kind; indulgent.

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