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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Mammalia :: Mammalia (n. pl.) The highest class of Vertebrata. The young are nourished for a time by milk, or an analogous fluid, secreted by the mammary glands of the mother..
Smoulder :: Smoulder (v. t.) To smother; to suffocate; to choke.
Orphan :: Orphan (n.) A child bereaved of both father and mother; sometimes, also, a child who has but one parent living..
Mother-in-law :: Mother-in-law (n.) The mother of one's husband or wife.
Pentecostals :: Pentecostals (n. pl.) Offerings formerly made to the parish priest, or to the mother church, at Pentecost..
Dam :: Dam (n.) A female parent; -- used of beasts, especially of quadrupeds; sometimes applied in contempt to a human mother..
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..
Uncle :: Uncle (n.) The brother of one's father or mother; also applied to an aunt's husband; -- the correlative of aunt in sex, and of nephew and niece in relationship..
Stepparent :: Stepmother (n.) The wife of one's father by a subsequent marriage.
Grandam :: Grandam (n.) An old woman; specifically, a grandmother..
Isis :: Isis (n.) The principal goddess worshiped by the Egyptians. She was regarded as the mother of Horus, and the sister and wife of Osiris. The Egyptians adored her as the goddess of fecundity, and as the great benefactress of their country, who instructed their ancestors in the art of agriculture..
Mammothrept :: Mammothrept (n.) A child brought up by its grandmother; a spoiled child.
Mothering :: Mothering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Mothe.
Eel-mother :: Eel-mother (n.) The eelpout.
Amma :: Amma (n.) An abbes or spiritual mother.
Stepdaughter :: Stepdame (n.) A stepmother.
Cognati :: Cognati (n. pl.) Relatives by the mother's side.
Omphalomancy :: Omphalomancy (n.) Divination by means of a child's navel, to learn how many children the mother may have..
Parent :: Parent (n.) One who begets, or brings forth, offspring; a father or a mother..
Motherwort :: Motherwort (n.) The mugwort. See Mugwort.
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