Definition of children

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Children (n.) pl. of Child.

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Toy :: Toy (v. t.) A plaything for children; a bawble.
Nursery :: Nursery (n.) The place, or apartment, in a house, appropriated to the care of children..
Jam :: Jam (n.) A kind of frock for children.
Orthopedist :: Orthopedist (n.) One who prevents, cures, or remedies deformities, esp. in children..
Rawhead :: Rawhead (n.) A specter mentioned to frighten children; as, rawhead and bloodybones..
Frock :: Frock (n.) A loose outer garment; especially, a gown forming a part of European modern costume for women and children; also, a coarse shirtlike garment worn by some workmen over their other clothes; a smock frock; as, a marketman's frock..
Rickets :: Rickets (n. pl.) A disease which affects children, and which is characterized by a bulky head, crooked spine and limbs, depressed ribs, enlarged and spongy articular epiphyses, tumid abdomen, and short stature, together with clear and often premature mental faculties. The essential cause of the disease appears to be the nondeposition of earthy salts in the osteoid tissues. Children afflicted with this malady stand and walk unsteadily. Called also rachitis..
Ravishment :: Ravishment (n.) The act of carrying away by force or against consent; abduction; as, the ravishment of children from their parents, of a ward from his guardian, or of a wife from her husband..
Primogeniture :: Primogeniture (a.) The state of being the firstborn of the same parents; seniority by birth among children of the same family.
Settlement :: Settlement (n.) A disposition of property for the benefit of some person or persons, usually through the medium of trustees, and for the benefit of a wife, children, or other relatives; jointure granted to a wife, or the act of granting it..
Nursemaid :: Nursemaid (n.) A girl employed to attend children.
Babe :: Babe (n.) A doll for children.
Orbation :: Orbation (n.) The state of being orbate, or deprived of parents or children; privation, in general; bereavement..
Orthopedical :: Orthopedical (a.) Pertaining to, or employed in, orthopedy; relating to the prevention or cure of deformities of children, or, in general, of the human body at any age; as, orthopedic surgery; an orthopedic hospital..
Thrush :: Thrush (n.) An affection of the mouth, fauces, etc., common in newly born children, characterized by minute ulcers called aphthae. See Aphthae..
Calistheneum :: Calistheneum (n.) A gymnasium; esp. one for light physical exercise by women and children.
Navus :: Navus (n.) A spot or mark on the skin of children when born; a birthmark; -- usually applied to vascular tumors, i. e., those consisting mainly of blood vessels, as dilated arteries, veins, or capillaries..
Love :: Love (n.) To have a feeling of love for; to regard with affection or good will; as, to love one's children and friends; to love one's country; to love one's God..
Mirthful :: Mirthful (a.) Full of mirth or merriment; merry; as, mirthful children..
Sucker :: Sucker (n.) A small piece of leather, usually round, having a string attached to the center, which, when saturated with water and pressed upon a stone or other body having a smooth surface, adheres, by reason of the atmospheric pressure, with such force as to enable a considerable weight to be thus lifted by the string; -- used by children as a plaything..
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