Definition of mother

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Mother (n.) That which has produced or nurtured anything; source of birth or origin; generatrix.

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Spnsorial :: Sponsor (n.) One who at the baptism of an infant professore the christian faith in its name, and guarantees its religious education; a godfather or godmother..
Grandam :: Grandam (n.) An old woman; specifically, a grandmother..
Pearlaceous :: Pearlaceous (a.) Resembling pearl or mother-of-pearl; pearly in quality or appearance.
Unmothered :: Unmothered () Deprived of a mother; motherless.
Smouldry :: Smouldry (a.) Smoldering; suffocating; smothery.
Smother :: Smother (v. t.) To affect as by suffocation; to stife; to deprive of air by a thick covering, as of ashes, of smoke, or the like; as, to smother a fire..
Homoiothermal :: Homoiothermal (a.) Maintaining a uniform temperature; haematothermal; homothermic; -- applied to warm-bodied animals, because they maintain a nearly uniform temperature in spite of the great variations in the surrounding air; in distinct from the cold-blooded (poikilothermal) animals, whose body temperature follows the variations in temperature of the surrounding medium..
Mothery :: Mothery (a.) Consisting of, containing, or resembling, mother (in vinegar)..
Smother :: Smother (v. t.) To destroy the life of by suffocation; to deprive of the air necessary for life; to cover up closely so as to prevent breathing; to suffocate; as, to smother a child..
Overlay :: Overlay (v. t.) To smother with a close covering, or by lying upon..
Homothermic :: Homothermic (a.) Alt. of Homothermou.
Smothering :: Smothering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Smothe.
Smother :: Smother (v. t.) A state of suppression.
Nursing :: Nursing (a.) Supplying or taking nourishment from, or as from, the breast; as, a nursing mother; a nursing infant..
Nacre :: Nacre (n.) 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..
Smudge :: Smudge (v. t.) To stifle or smother with smoke; to smoke by means of a smudge.
Nuzzle :: Nuzzle (v. t.) To hide the head, as a child in the mother's bosom; to nestle..
Grandmother :: Grandmother (n.) The mother of one's father or mother.
Homothermous :: Homothermous (a.) Warm-blooded; homoiothermal; haematothermal.
Burke :: Burke (v. t.) To dispose of quietly or indirectly; to suppress; to smother; to shelve; as, to burke a parliamentary question..
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