Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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maternity | Yes | No | No | No |
quickening | Yes | No | No | No |
maternity (noun) | quickening (noun) |
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the quality of having or showing the tenderness and warmth and affection of or befitting a mother | the act of accelerating; increasing the speed |
the kinship relation between an offspring and the mother | the process of showing signs of life |
the state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth when a woman carries a developing fetus in her uterus | the stage of pregnancy at which the mother first feels the movements of the fetus |