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| family |
a group made up of a parent or parents and their children. [1/5 definitions] |
| family man |
a man who is devoted to his wife and children. |
| family planning |
a program designed to limit the size of a household by properly spacing or preventing the birth of children. |
| ferule |
a rod, flat stick, or cane used for punishing children. [1/2 definitions] |
| filial |
denoting the relation of a child or children to a parent. [1/2 definitions] |
| footsie |
(informal) foot (used by or in speaking to children). [1/2 definitions] |
| fry2 |
(informal) youths or children; small fry. [1/3 definitions] |
| generation |
the period of time between the birth of parents and the birth of their children. [1/3 definitions] |
| go-cart |
a small wagon for children to ride in, drive, or push. |
| goody |
used esp. by children to express pleasure or delight. [1/2 definitions] |
| governess |
a woman hired to care for and teach the child or children of a family. |
| grade |
a rank of students in a school based on the age of children, or all the students in a school who are in that rank. [1/2 definitions] |
| green-stick fracture |
a type of fracture to which children are esp. vulnerable, in which a long bone breaks only partway through. |
| growing pains |
pain in the joints and limbs of children, often attributed by laymen to rapid growth. [1/2 definitions] |
| growth plate |
the area of growth at each end of the long bones of children and adolescents, also known as the epiphyseal plate or physis. |
| Halloween |
a holiday celebrated on October 31. On Halloween, children wear special clothes and go from house to house asking for candy or other treats. |
| hand down |
to give to one's children or from one generation to another. |
| hide-and-seek |
a game, usu. played by children, in which all hide except one, who tries to find the others. |
| housemother |
a woman whose occupation is supervising a residence for children or students, esp. a dormitory, fraternity, or sorority. |
| hydrocephalus |
a condition, esp. in children, in which an abnormal amount of serum accumulates in the brain's ventricles, causing the skull to enlarge and the brain to compress. |
| impetigo |
an infectious skin disease, esp. among children, marked by pustules that erupt and form thick crusts, esp. on the face. |
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