MPage 248
- English Word Mother Definition That which has produced or nurtured anything; source of birth or origin; generatrix.
- English Word Mother Definition An old woman or matron.
- English Word Mother Definition The female superior or head of a religious house, as an abbess, etc.
- English Word Mother Definition Hysterical passion; hysteria.
- English Word Mother Definition 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.
- English Word Mother Definition To adopt as a son or daughter; to perform the duties of a mother to.
- English Word Mother Definition 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.
- English Word Mother Definition To become like, or full of, mother, or thick matter, as vinegar.
- English Word Mother-in-law Definition The mother of one's husband or wife.
- English Word Mother-naked Definition Naked as when born.
- English Word Mother-of-pearl Definition The hard pearly internal layer of several kinds of shells, esp. of pearl oysters, river mussels, and the abalone shells; nacre. See Pearl.
- English Word Mother-of-thyme Definition An aromatic plant (Thymus Serphyllum); -- called also wild thyme.
- English Word Mothered Definition of Mother
- English Word Mothered Definition Thick, like mother; viscid.
- English Word Motherhood Definition The state of being a mother; the character or office of a mother.
- English Word Mothering Definition of Mother
- English Word Mothering Definition A rural custom in England, of visiting one's parents on Midlent Sunday, -- supposed to have been originally visiting the mother church to make offerings at the high altar.
- English Word Motherland Definition The country of one's ancestors; -- same as fatherland.
- English Word Motherless Definition Destitute of a mother; having lost a mother; as, motherless children.
- English Word Motherliness Definition The state or quality of being motherly.
- English Word Motherly Definition Of or pertaining to a mother; like, or suitable for, a mother; tender; maternal; as, motherly authority, love, or care.
- English Word Motherly Definition In a manner of a mother.
- English Word Motherwort Definition A labiate herb (Leonurus Cardiaca), of a bitter taste, used popularly in medicine; lion's tail.
- English Word Motherwort Definition The mugwort. See Mugwort.
- English Word Mothery Definition Consisting of, containing, or resembling, mother (in vinegar).
- English Word Moths Definition of Moth
- English Word Mothy Definition Infested with moths; moth-eaten.
- English Word Motif Definition Motive.
- English Word Motific Definition Producing motion.
- English Word Motile Definition Having powers of self-motion, though unconscious; as, the motile spores of certain seaweeds.