Definition of mother

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Mother (n.) 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..

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Burke :: Burke (v. t.) To dispose of quietly or indirectly; to suppress; to smother; to shelve; as, to burke a parliamentary question..
Orphan :: Orphan (n.) A child bereaved of both father and mother; sometimes, also, a child who has but one parent living..
Scomfish :: Scomfish (v. t. & i.) To suffocate or stifle; to smother.
Smothery :: Smothery (a.) Tending to smother; stifling.
Posthumous :: Posthumous (a.) Born after the death of the father, or taken from the dead body of the mother; as, a posthumous son or daughter..
Ma :: Ma (n.) A child's word for mother.
Stepparent :: Stepmother (n.) The wife of one's father by a subsequent marriage.
Calliope :: Calliope (n.) The Muse that presides over eloquence and heroic poetry; mother of Orpheus, and chief of the nine Muses..
Motherless :: Motherless (a.) Destitute of a mother; having lost a mother; as, motherless children..
Matricide :: Matricide (n.) The murder of a mother by her son or daughter.
Brother :: Brother (n.) A male person who has the same father and mother with another person, or who has one of them only. In the latter case he is more definitely called a half brother, or brother of the half blood..
Godmother :: Godmother (n.) A woman who becomes sponsor for a child in baptism. See Godfathe.
Smoor :: Smoor (v. t.) To suffocate or smother.
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..
Metronymic :: Metronymic (a.) Derived from the name of one's mother, or other female ancestor; as, a metronymic name or appellation. -- A metronymic appellation..
Granduncle :: Granduncle (n.) A father's or mother's uncle.
Suffocative :: Suffocation (n.) The act of suffocating, or the state of being suffocated; death caused by smothering or choking..
Cognate :: Cognate (a.) Allied by blood; kindred by birth; specifically (Law), related on the mother's side..
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..
Parent :: Parent (n.) One who begets, or brings forth, offspring; a father or a mother..
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