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