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adulthood
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n 1: the period of time in your life after your physical growth
has stopped and you are fully developed [syn: adulthood,
maturity]
2: the state (and responsibilities) of a person who has attained
maturity
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babyhood
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n 1: the early stage of growth or development [syn: infancy,
babyhood, early childhood]
2: the earliest state of immaturity [syn: infancy, babyhood]
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boyhood
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n 1: the childhood of a boy
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brotherhood
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n 1: the kinship relation between a male offspring and the
siblings
2: people engaged in a particular occupation; "the medical
fraternity" [syn: brotherhood, fraternity, sodality]
3: the feeling that men should treat one another like brothers
4: an organization of employees formed to bargain with the
employer; "you have to join the union in order to get a job"
[syn: union, labor union, trade union, trades union,
brotherhood]
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childhood
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n 1: the time of person's life when they are a child
2: the state of a child between infancy and adolescence [syn:
childhood, puerility]
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falsehood
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n 1: a false statement [syn: falsehood, falsity, untruth]
[ant: true statement, truth]
2: the act of rendering something false as by fraudulent changes
(of documents or measures etc.) or counterfeiting [syn:
falsification, falsehood]
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fatherhood
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n 1: the kinship relation between an offspring and the father
[syn: fatherhood, paternity]
2: God when considered as the first person in the Trinity; "hear
our prayers, Heavenly Father" [syn: Father, Father-God,
Fatherhood]
3: the status of a religious leader
4: the status of a father
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girlhood
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n 1: the childhood of a girl [syn: girlhood, maidenhood,
maidhood]
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hardihood
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n 1: the trait of being willing to undertake things that involve
risk or danger; "the proposal required great boldness";
"the plan required great hardiness of heart" [syn:
boldness, daring, hardiness, hardihood] [ant:
timidity, timorousness]
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hood
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n 1: an aggressive and violent young criminal [syn: hood,
hoodlum, goon, punk, thug, tough, toughie,
strong-armer]
2: a protective covering that is part of a plant [syn: hood,
cap]
3: (slang) a neighborhood
4: a tubular attachment used to keep stray light out of the lens
of a camera [syn: hood, lens hood]
5: (falconry) a leather covering for a hawk's head
6: metal covering leading to a vent that exhausts smoke or fumes
[syn: hood, exhaust hood]
7: the folding roof of a carriage
8: a headdress that protects the head and face
9: protective covering consisting of a metal part that covers
the engine; "there are powerful engines under the hoods of
new cars"; "the mechanic removed the cowling in order to
repair the plane's engine" [syn: hood, bonnet, cowl,
cowling]
10: (zoology) an expandable part or marking that resembles a
hood on the head or neck of an animal
v 1: cover with a hood; "The bandits were hooded"
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knighthood
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n 1: aristocrats holding the rank of knight
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likelihood
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n 1: the probability of a specified outcome [syn: likelihood,
likeliness] [ant: unlikelihood, unlikeliness]
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livelihood
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n 1: the financial means whereby one lives; "each child was
expected to pay for their keep"; "he applied to the state
for support"; "he could no longer earn his own livelihood"
[syn: support, keep, livelihood, living, bread and
butter, sustenance]
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maidenhood
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n 1: the childhood of a girl [syn: girlhood, maidenhood,
maidhood]
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manhood
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n 1: the state of being a man; manly qualities
2: the quality of being human; "he feared the speedy decline of
all manhood" [syn: humanness, humanity, manhood]
3: the status of being a man
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monkshood
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n 1: a poisonous herb native to northern Europe having hooded
blue-purple flowers; the dried leaves and roots yield
aconite [syn: monkshood, helmetflower, helmet flower,
Aconitum napellus]
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motherhood
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n 1: the kinship relation between an offspring and the mother
[syn: motherhood, maternity]
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nationhood
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n 1: the state of being a nation
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neighbourhood
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n 1: a surrounding or nearby region; "the plane crashed in the
vicinity of Asheville"; "it is a rugged locality"; "he
always blames someone else in the immediate neighborhood";
"I will drop in on you the next time I am in this neck of
the woods" [syn: vicinity, locality, neighborhood,
neighbourhood, neck of the woods]
2: people living near one another; "it is a friendly
neighborhood"; "my neighborhood voted for Bush" [syn:
neighborhood, neighbourhood]
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parenthood
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n 1: the state of being a parent; "to everyone's surprise,
parenthood reformed the man" [syn: parenthood,
parentage]
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personhood
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n 1: being a person; "finding her own personhood as a campus
activist"
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priesthood
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n 1: the body of ordained religious practitioners
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sainthood
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n 1: saints collectively
2: the status and dignity of a saint
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sisterhood
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n 1: the kinship relation between a female offspring and the
siblings [syn: sisterhood, sistership]
2: an association or society of women who are linked together by
a common religion or trade or interest [syn: sisterhood,
sistership]
3: a religious society of women who live together as sisters
(especially an order of nuns)
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spinsterhood
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n 1: the state of being a spinster (usually an elderly unmarried
woman)
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unlikelihood
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n 1: the improbability of a specified outcome [syn:
unlikelihood, unlikeliness] [ant: likelihood,
likeliness]
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widowhood
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n 1: the time of a woman's life when she is a widow
2: the state of being a widow who has not remarried
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womanhood
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n 1: the state of being an adult woman [syn: womanhood,
muliebrity]
2: women as a class; "it's an insult to American womanhood";
"woman is the glory of creation"; "the fair sex gathered on
the veranda" [syn: womanhood, woman, fair sex]
3: the status of a woman
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could
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cousinhood
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selfhood
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statehood
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wifehood
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christhood
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queenhood
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victimhood
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