| 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] |
| bastardy |
the state or condition of being an illegitimate offspring. [2 definitions] |
| bear1 |
to bring offspring or fruit into being. [1/9 definitions] |
| bearing |
the process or result of producing offspring, as when a tree bears fruit. [1/5 definitions] |
| beefalo |
the hybrid offspring of beef cattle and the American buffalo. |
| beget |
to generate (offspring); cause to begin life, esp. to father. [1/2 definitions] |
| breed |
to produce (offspring); give birth to. [2/9 definitions] |
| byname |
a surname or descriptive phrase following a name that identifies an individual but is not handed down to offspring. [1/2 definitions] |
| cross |
a combination of two things resulting in a product or offspring having characteristics of both; hybrid. [1/16 definitions] |
| cub |
the immature offspring of certain meat-eating mammals, such as the bear, lion, or fox. [1/2 definitions] |
| daughter |
a person's female offspring, either natural or adopted. [2 definitions] |
| demigod |
a mythological being who is part divine and part human, such as the offspring of a god and a human. [1/3 definitions] |
| descendant |
one regarded as the biological offspring of a given ancestor or ancestors. [1/3 definitions] |
| engender |
to produce (offspring). [1/2 definitions] |
| eugenic |
causing the production, over generations, of improved offspring. [1/2 definitions] |
| fecund |
capable of producing abundant fruit or offspring; fruitful; fertile. [1/2 definitions] |
| female |
belonging to the sex that produces and nurtures offspring. [1/4 definitions] |
| fertile |
producing or capable of producing offspring, as an animal, plant, egg, seed, or the like. (Cf. sterile.) [1/4 definitions] |
| firstborn |
born before any other child or offspring of a parent or parents. [2 definitions] |
| first cousin |
the offspring of one's uncle or aunt. |
| first-generation |
sometimes, denoting such a person's offspring born in the new country. [1/2 definitions] |