| acculturate |
to instill in (a growing child) the culture and values of a particular society. [1/3 definitions] |
| adopt |
to become by law a parent of (a child who is not one's own offspring), or to accept responsibility for an animal as a pet. [1/3 definitions] |
| adoptable |
able to be adopted; able to be officially accepted or taken on as one's own, esp. as one's own child or one's pet. |
| adoption |
the act or fact of becoming the legal parent of another person's child, or the act or condition of being thus adopted as another's child. [1/2 definitions] |
| baby |
a newly-born or very young child in the first stages of development; infant. [1/12 definitions] |
| bairn |
(chiefly Scottish) a child. |
| bambino |
an image of Jesus Christ as a child. [1/2 definitions] |
| bastard |
a child of unmarried parents; illegitimate child. [1/4 definitions] |
| birth |
the act of bearing a child; parturition. [1/4 definitions] |
| boy |
a male child or adolescent. [1/4 definitions] |
| brat |
an annoying, spoiled, or badly behaved child. |
| bring up |
to take care of (a child) until the child is an adult. [2/4 definitions] |
| caregiver |
a person, such as a family member or foster parent, who is responsible for the care of a child or dependent adult. [1/2 definitions] |
| cherub |
a heavenly being, esp. one of the second order of angels, usu. represented as a winged child with a chubby face and rosy cheeks. [2 definitions] |
| chick |
a young child. [1/3 definitions] |
| childbearing |
the process of conceiving, carrying, and giving birth to a child. [1/2 definitions] |
| childbed |
the condition of a woman as she gives birth to a child. |
| childbirth |
the act or occasion of giving birth to a child; parturition. |
| childhood |
the period or state of being a child. |
| childish |
typical of or appropriate for a child. [1/2 definitions] |
| childlike |
like or appropriate to a child, esp. in simplicity, openness, or innocence. |