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afterbirth
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n 1: the placenta and fetal membranes that are expelled from the
uterus after the baby is born
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berth
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n 1: a job in an organization; "he occupied a post in the
treasury" [syn: position, post, berth, office,
spot, billet, place, situation]
2: a place where a craft can be made fast [syn: mooring,
moorage, berth, slip]
3: a bed on a ship or train; usually in tiers [syn: berth,
bunk, built in bed]
v 1: provide with a berth
2: secure in or as if in a berth or dock; "tie up the boat"
[syn: moor, berth, tie up]
3: come into or dock at a wharf; "the big ship wharfed in the
evening" [syn: moor, berth, wharf]
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birth
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n 1: the time when something begins (especially life); "they
divorced after the birth of the child"; "his election
signaled the birth of a new age" [ant: death, demise,
dying]
2: the event of being born; "they celebrated the birth of their
first child" [syn: birth, nativity, nascency,
nascence] [ant: death, decease, expiry]
3: the process of giving birth [syn: parturition, birth,
giving birth, birthing]
4: the kinship relation of an offspring to the parents [syn:
parentage, birth]
5: a baby born; an offspring; "the overall rate of incidence of
Down's syndrome is one in every 800 births"
v 1: cause to be born; "My wife had twins yesterday!" [syn:
give birth, deliver, bear, birth, have]
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childbirth
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n 1: the parturition process in human beings; having a baby; the
process of giving birth to a child [syn: childbirth,
childbearing, accouchement, vaginal birth]
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dearth
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n 1: an acute insufficiency [syn: dearth, famine,
shortage]
2: an insufficient quantity or number [syn: dearth, paucity]
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earth
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n 1: the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on; "the
Earth moves around the sun"; "he sailed around the world"
[syn: Earth, earth, world, globe]
2: the loose soft material that makes up a large part of the
land surface; "they dug into the earth outside the church"
[syn: earth, ground]
3: the solid part of the earth's surface; "the plane turned away
from the sea and moved back over land"; "the earth shook for
several minutes"; "he dropped the logs on the ground" [syn:
land, dry land, earth, ground, solid ground, terra
firma]
4: the abode of mortals (as contrasted with Heaven or Hell); "it
was hell on earth" [syn: Earth, earth]
5: once thought to be one of four elements composing the
universe (Empedocles)
6: the concerns of this life as distinguished from heaven and
the afterlife; "they consider the church to be independent of
the world" [syn: worldly concern, earthly concern,
world, earth]
7: a connection between an electrical device and a large
conducting body, such as the earth (which is taken to be at
zero voltage) [syn: ground, earth]
v 1: hide in the earth like a hunted animal
2: connect to the earth; "earth the circuit"
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firth
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n 1: English linguist who contributed to linguistic semantics
and to prosodic phonology and who was noted for his
insistence on studying both sound and meaning in context
(1890-1960) [syn: Firth, J. R. Firth, John Rupert
Firth]
2: a long narrow estuary (especially in Scotland)
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girth
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n 1: the distance around a person's body
2: stable gear consisting of a band around a horse's belly that
holds the saddle in place [syn: cinch, girth]
v 1: tie a cinch around; "cinch horses" [syn: cinch, girth]
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mirth
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n 1: great merriment [syn: hilarity, mirth, mirthfulness,
glee, gleefulness]
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rebirth
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n 1: after death the soul begins a new cycle of existence in
another human body [syn: metempsychosis, rebirth]
2: a second or new birth [syn: reincarnation, rebirth,
renascence]
3: the revival of learning and culture [syn: rebirth,
Renaissance, Renascence]
4: a spiritual enlightenment causing a person to lead a new life
[syn: conversion, rebirth, spiritual rebirth]
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stillbirth
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n 1: a natural loss of the products of conception [syn:
spontaneous abortion, miscarriage, stillbirth] [ant:
live birth]
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unearth
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v 1: bring to light; "The CIA unearthed a plot to kill the
President"
2: recover through digging; "Schliemann excavated Troy";
"excavate gold" [syn: excavate, unearth]
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worth
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adj 1: worthy of being treated in a particular way; "an idea
worth considering"; "the deserving poor" (often used
ironically) [syn: deserving, worth(p)]
2: having a specified value; "not worth his salt"; "worth her
weight in gold"
n 1: an indefinite quantity of something having a specified
value; "10 dollars worth of gasoline"
2: the quality that renders something desirable or valuable or
useful [ant: ineptitude, worthlessness]
3: French couturier (born in England) regarded as the founder of
Parisian haute couture; noted for introducing the bustle
(1825-1895) [syn: Worth, Charles Frederick Worth]
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perth
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n 1: the state capital of Western Australia
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fuerth
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gerth
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hirth
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kerth
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kurth
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wirth
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