Definition of mother

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Mother (n.) The female superior or head of a religious house, as an abbess, etc..

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Zymogen :: Zymogen (n.) A mother substance, or antecedent, of an enzyme or chemical ferment; -- applied to such substances as, not being themselves actual ferments, may by internal changes give rise to a ferment..
Half Blood :: Half blood (n.) A person whose father and mother are of different races; a half-breed.
Dame :: Dame (n.) A mother; -- applied to human beings and quadrupeds.
Homer :: Homer (n.) See Hoemother.
Smothering :: Smothering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Smothe.
Mugwort :: Mugwort (n.) A somewhat aromatic composite weed (Artemisia vulgaris), at one time used medicinally; -- called also motherwort..
Grandfather :: Grandfather (n.) A father's or mother's father; an ancestor in the next degree above the father or mother in lineal ascent.
Gossip :: Gossip (n.) A sponsor; a godfather or a godmother.
Pearl :: Pearl (n.) Nacre, or mother-of-pearl..
Grandmother :: Grandmother (n.) The mother of one's father or mother.
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..
Fond :: Fond (superl.) Affectionate; loving; tender; -- in a good sense; as, a fond mother or wife..
Brine :: Brine (n.) Water saturated or strongly impregnated with salt; pickle; hence, any strong saline solution; also, the saline residue or strong mother liquor resulting from the evaporation of natural or artificial waters..
Pentecostals :: Pentecostals (n. pl.) Offerings formerly made to the parish priest, or to the mother church, at Pentecost..
Caned :: Caned (a.) Filled with white flakes; mothery; -- said vinegar when containing mother.
Smoulder :: Smoulder (n.) Smoke; smother.
Pearlaceous :: Pearlaceous (a.) Resembling pearl or mother-of-pearl; pearly in quality or appearance.
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..
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..
Beldame :: Beldame (n.) Grandmother; -- corresponding to belsire.
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