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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Smoulder :: Smoulder (v. i.) To exist in a state of suppressed or smothered activity; to burn inwardly; as, a smoldering feud..
Matronal :: Matronal (a.) Of or pertaining to a matron; suitable to an elderly lady or to a married woman; grave; motherly.
Smothery :: Smothery (a.) Tending to smother; stifling.
Pneumotherapy :: Pneumotherapy (n.) The treatment of disease by inhalations of compressed or rarefied air.
Grandaunt :: Grandaunt (n.) The aunt of one's father or mother.
Mnemosyne :: Mnemosyne (n.) The goddess of memory and the mother of the Muses.
Matricide :: Matricide (n.) One who murders one's own mother.
Mycoderma :: Mycoderma (n.) A genus of microorganisms of which the acetic ferment (Mycoderma aceti), which converts alcoholic fluids into vinegar, is a representative. Cf. Mother..
Motherwort :: Motherwort (n.) The mugwort. See Mugwort.
Aunt :: Aunt (n.) The sister of one's father or mother; -- correlative to nephew or niece. Also applied to an uncle's wife.
Mother :: 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..
Ave Mary :: Ave Mary () A salutation and prayer to the Virgin Mary, as mother of God; -- used in the Roman Catholic church..
Hoemother :: Hoemother (n.) The basking or liver shark; -- called also homer. See Liver shark, under Liver..
Colony :: Colony (n.) A company of people transplanted from their mother country to a remote province or country, and remaining subject to the jurisdiction of the parent state; as, the British colonies in America..
Stephanion :: Stepfather (n.) The husband of one's mother by a subsequent marriage.
Mammy :: Mammy (n.) A child's name for mamma, mother..
Mother :: Mother (a.) Received by birth or from ancestors; native, natural; as, mother language; also acting the part, or having the place of a mother; producing others; originating..
Overlay :: Overlay (v. t.) To smother with a close covering, or by lying upon..
Caned :: Caned (a.) Filled with white flakes; mothery; -- said vinegar when containing mother.
Godmother :: Godmother (n.) A woman who becomes sponsor for a child in baptism. See Godfathe.
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