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Word Meanings - SEMELE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A daughter of Cadmus, and by Zeus mother of Bacchus.

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  • MOTHER-OF-PEARL
    The hard pearly internal layer of several kinds of shells, esp. of pearl oysters, river mussels, and the abalone shells; nacre. See Pearl.
  • MOTHER'S DAY
    A day appointed for the honor and uplift of motherhood by the loving remembrance of each person of his mother through the performance of some act of kindness, visit, tribute, or letter. The founder of the day is Anna Jarvis, of Philadelphia, who
  • MOTHERING
    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.
  • MOTHERLESS
    Destitute of a mother; having lost a mother; as, motherless children.
  • MOTHER-OF-THYME
    An aromatic plant ; -- called also wild thyme.
  • DAUGHTERLY
    Becoming a daughter; filial. Sir Thomas liked her natural and dear daughterly affection towards him. Cavendish.
  • MOTHERLINESS
    The state or quality of being motherly.
  • MOTHER-IN-LAW
    The mother of one's husband or wife.
  • DAUGHTERLINESS
    The state of a daughter, or the conduct becoming a daughter.
  • MOTHER-NAKED
    Naked as when born.
  • MOTHERHOOD
    The state of being a mother; the character or office of a mother.
  • DAUGHTER
    doughter, doghter, dohter, AS. dohtor, dohter; akin to OS. dohtar, D. dochter, G. tochter, Icel. d, Sw. dotter, Dan. dotter, datter, Goth. daúhtar,, OSlav. d, Russ. doche, Lith. dukt, Gr. , Zendughdhar, Skr. duhit; possibly originally, the milker,
  • MOTHER
    modar, G. mutter, OHG. muotar, Icel. moedhir, Dan. & Sw. moder, OSlav. mati, Russ. mate, Ir. & Gael. mathair, L. mater, Gr. mh`thr, Skr. matrs; cf. Skr. ma to measure. *268. Cf. Material, Matrix, 1. A female parent; especially, one of the human
  • MOTHERWORT
    A labiate herb , of a bitter taste, used popularly in medicine; lion's tail. The mugwort. See Mugwort.
  • MOTHERED
    Thick, like mother; viscid. They oint their naked limbs with mothered oil. Dryden.
  • MOTHERLY
    Of or pertaining to a mother; like, or suitable for, a mother; tender; maternal; as, motherly authority, love, or care. Hooker. Syn. -- Maternal; paternal. -- Motherly, Maternal. Motherly, being Anglo-Saxon, is the most familiar word of the two
  • BACCHUS
    The god of wine, son of Jupiter and Semele.
  • MOTHERLAND
    The country of one's ancestors; -- same as fatherland.
  • DAUGHTER-IN-LAW
    The wife of one's son.
  • MOTHERY
    Consisting of, containing, or resembling, mother .
  • SMOTHER
    Etym: 1. To destroy the life of by suffocation; to deprive of the air necessary for life; to cover up closely so as to prevent breathing; to suffocate; as, to smother a child. 2. To affect as by suffocation; to stife; to deprive of air by a thick
  • UNMOTHERED
    Deprived of a mother; motherless.
  • EEL-MOTHER
    The eelpout.
  • STEPMOTHER
    The wife of one's father by a subsequent marriage.
  • STEPDAUGHTER
    A daughter of one's wife or husband by a former marriage.
  • SMOTHERINESS
    The quality or state of being smothery.
  • GREAT-GRANDMOTHER
    The mother of one's grandfather or grandmother.
  • SMOTHERINGLY
    In a smothering manner.
  • THERMOTHERAPY
    Treatment of disease by heat, esp. by hot air.
  • GREAT-GRANDDAUGHTER
    A daughter of one's grandson or granddaughter.

 

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