Mother
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3 letters

MOM
Informal terms for a mother

GET
A return on a shot that seemed impossible to reach and would normally have resulted in a point for the opponent

MUM
Secrecy; "mum's the word"

HEN
Adult female bird

DAM
Female parent of an animal especially domestic livestock

DEN
A room that is comfortable and secluded

4 letters

LODE
A deposit of valuable ore occurring within definite boundaries separating it from surrounding rocks

SIRE
Male parent of an animal especially a domestic animal such as a horse

FUSS
A rapid active commotion

MAMA
Informal terms for a mother

5 letters

MUMMY
A body embalmed and dried and wrapped for burial (as in ancient Egypt)

MATER
An informal use of the Latin word for mother; sometimes used by British schoolboys or used facetiously

BEGET
Make children; "Abraham begot Isaac"; "Men often father children but don't recognize them"

SETON
United States religious leader who was the first person born in the United States to be canonized (1774-1821)

GOOSE
Flesh of a goose (domestic or wild)

EARTH
A connection between an electrical device and a large conducting body, such as the earth (which is taken to be at zero voltage)

JONES
One of the first great English architects and a theater designer (1573-1652)

6 letters

NATURE
The complex of emotional and intellectual attributes that determine a person's characteristic actions and reactions; "it is his nature to help others"

TERESA
Indian nun and missionary in the Roman Catholic Church (born of Albanian parents in what is now Macedonia); dedicated to helping the poor in India (1910-1997)

PARENT
An organism (plant or animal) from which younger ones are obtained

FATHER
(Christianity) any of about 70 theologians in the period from the 2nd to the 7th century whose writing established and confirmed official church doctrine; in the Roman Catholic Church some were later declared saints and became Doctor of the Church; the best known Latin Church Fathers are Ambrose, Augustine, Gregory the Great, and Jerome; those who wrote in Greek include Athanasius, Basil, Gregory Nazianzen, and John Chrysostom

8 letters

GENERATE
Make children; "Abraham begot Isaac"; "Men often father children but don't recognize them"

ENGENDER
Call forth

RELATIVE
An animal or plant that bears a relationship to another (as related by common descent or by membership in the same genus)

10 letters

BRINGFORTH
Bring forth or yield; "The tree would not produce fruit"

11 letters

OVERPROTECT
Protect excessively; "Don't overprotect your son--he is an adult now!"

12 letters

SINGLEPARENT

FEMALEPARENT
A woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother); "the mother of three children"

13 letters

LEPIDOPTERIST
An entomologist who specializes in the collection and study of butterflies and moths