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| age of majority |
the age at which a person is granted by law the rights and responsibilities of an adult, such as liability under contract and the right to sue. |
| Anabaptist |
a member of any of several Protestant sects formed in the sixteenth century that baptized only adult believers, opposed military service, and advocated the separation of church and state. [1/2 definitions] |
| boar |
the adult male of certain mammals, such as the guinea pig, badger, or bear. [1/3 definitions] |
| bring up |
to take care of (a child) until the child is an adult. [1/4 definitions] |
| callow |
lacking adult sophistication or judgment; inexperienced; immature. |
| 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] |
| Chocolate Tang |
any member of a species of fishes found in the tropical waters of Southeast Asia which are yellow as a juvenile and become primarily gray and brown with multi-colored accents as an adult, also called Lemon Peel Mimic. |
| cock1 |
the adult male of a chicken or other fowl; rooster. [1/8 definitions] |
| colony collapse disorder |
an event in which all or most of the worker bees of a hive disappear, leaving in the hive the queen, the immature bees, and some adult bees to care for the immature bees, and the honey. |
| confirmation |
a religious rite or ceremony performed to admit a person to full adult membership in a church. [1/3 definitions] |
| cow1 |
an adult female of a bovine animal, esp. the domestic farm animal kept or raised for its milk or meat. [1/2 definitions] |
| dermestid |
any of various small, dull-colored beetles that, in both the adult and larval stages, destroy leather, fur, wool, and the like. |
| down2 |
the fine, soft, fuzzy feathers that cover a young bird or that are found on the underside of adult birds. |
| flatfish |
any member of an order of mainly saltwater fishes, such as the sole, halibut, or flounder, whose adult bodies are flat with both eyes on the upper side. |
| forebrain |
the part of the adult brain derived from the prosencephalon, including the diencephalon and telencephalon. [1/2 definitions] |
| full-grown |
having attained full physical size and maturation; adult; mature. |
| godparent |
an adult who promises at baptism to assume partial responsibility for a child, esp. to oversee his or her religious education. |
| groom |
to prepare (a child or adult) in gradual and subtle ways for sexual exploitation. [1/7 definitions] |
| grownup |
an adult person. |
| hind2 |
a female deer, esp. an adult red deer. [1/2 definitions] |
| immature |
lacking the wisdom, discretion, or intellectual development expected of an adult; childish. [1/2 definitions] |
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