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(n)
The back or hindmost part; that which is behind, or last in order.
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(curling) A shot in which the delivered stone bumps another stone forward.
The act or process of encouraging the growth or development of something.
(v)
To mention.
The state of being a parent
A male parent, especially of a human; a male who parents a child (which he has sired, adopted, fostered, taken as his own, etc.).
(rare) A person related through the father, or his side of the family; a paternal relative.
A person who shares a parent; one's brother or sister who one shares a parent with.
A male relative.
The practice of being a surrogate mother.
(informal) A father, a male parent.
(collectively) Persons of the same race or family; kindred.
A forefather, any of a person's direct ancestors.
(adj)
Of or pertaining to a mother; having the characteristics of a mother; motherly.
The stock of a family; a race or generation of progenitors.
The state of being a mother; motherhood.
The state of being a mother.
A female parent, especially of a human; a female who parents a child (which she has given birth to, adopted, or fostered).
The identity and nature of one's parents, and in particular, the legitimacy of one's birth.
(Canada, South Africa, US, West Midlands, colloquial, informal) Mother.
(hypocoristic, usually childish, Canada, US) Mother, female parent.
(Commonwealth, Ireland, informal) Mother.
(US, Canada, usually childish) Mother.
(UK, Ireland, regional, informal, colloquial) Mum, mom; diminutive of mother.
A person in a marriage or marital relationship.
The primary income-earner in a household.
(Canada, US, Philippines) A carer; a person who looks after another person.
One of the female (feminine) sex or gender.
(broadly) A person who has not yet reached adulthood, whether natural (puberty), cultural (initiation), or legal (majority).
(now chiefly US) An old person.
(countable) A place where nursing (“breastfeeding”) or the raising of children is carried on.
The country of one's birth.
A member of the Christian clergy; a minister.
(Christianity) A Roman Catholic or Anglican priest.
A religious clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson) who is trained to perform services or sacrifices at a church or temple.
The legal right to take care of something or somebody, especially children.
Someone who has control over something or someone.
The leader or head of a tribe, organisation, business unit, or other group.
Pertaining to a hierarchy.
A person united with another or others in an act, enterprise, or business; a partner or employee.
Instruction; teaching; guidance; being a tutor.
(religion, chiefly paganism) A deity or spirit serving as a guardian or protector of a place, person, culture, etc.; a tutelar, a tutelary deity.
The duty of a tutor; tutelage
(uncountable) The feeling that one belongs.
The office, or the duty of a custodian.
The relationship resulting from affiliating one thing with another.
The office or position of one acting as a guardian or conservator, especially in a legal capacity.
The manner in which two things may be associated.
The state of being a member of a group or organization.
(education, Canada, US, Australia, New Zealand) The principal subject or course of a student working toward a degree at a college or university.
(music) A subdominant.
(uncountable) The act or instance of supervising.
A company owned by a parent company or a holding company, also called daughter company or sister company.
A person or organization that pays all or part of the cost of an event, publication, media program, etc., usually in exchange for advertising.
(Christianity) The religious service appointed to this hour.
(not in generic modern use) That which is chief or principal; the chief or main portion; the bulk, the greater part, gross.
An act by which one is led or guided.
(countable, mythology, mysticism) A supernatural being associated with the elements.
(finance, uncountable) The money originally invested or loaned, on which basis interest and returns are calculated.
Guidance.
A surname from Spanish.
The first letter of a word or a name, especially of a person's full name (their initials).
Someone who guards, watches over, or protects.
An object or other creation (e.g. narrative work) from which all later copies and variations are derived.
(law) Office or function of a trustee.
A starting point, base or foundation for an argument or hypothesis.
A necessary commodity, a staple requirement.
Something from which other things extend; a foundation.
Data fed into a process with the intention of it shaping or affecting the output of that process.
Alternative form of clearing house. [A central point where clearing banks and other financial firms exchange checks, settle accounts, etc.]
Someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family.
Standing in relation or connection.
A person who is subject to, liable for, or pays tax.
The person, place, or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired.
The beginning of something.
The act or process by which something is overridden.
The highest or uppermost part of something.
The change of something that is defective, broken, inefficient or otherwise negative, in order to correct or improve it
A rope, cable etc. that holds something in place whilst allowing some movement.
The cavity or mold in which anything is formed.
A cloth-covered frame used for protection against rain or sun.
A person or object that carries someone or something else.
(countable) An object designed to open and close a lock.
(anatomy) Either of the two organs on the front of a female human's chest, which contain the mammary glands; also the analogous organs in males.
(Internet, informal) An imageboard.
A speech that sets the main theme of a conference or other gathering; a keynote speech or keynote address.
A species or organism that is dominant.
In general usage, an essential part of a thing surrounded by other essential things.
(N)
(formerly the Carlton Ballroom) a club in the Erdington district of Birmingham, England, during the late 1960s and early 1970s.