birth | (noun) the event of being born | Synonyms: nascence, nascency, nativity |
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(noun) a baby born; an offspring | - |
(noun) the process of giving birth | Synonyms: birthing, giving birth, parturition |
(noun) the kinship relation of an offspring to the parents | Synonyms: parentage |
(noun) the time when something begins (especially life) | - |
birthday | (noun) an anniversary of the day on which a person was born (or the celebration of it) | - |
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(noun) the date on which a person was born | Synonyms: natal day |
birthing | (noun) the process of giving birth | Synonyms: birth, giving birth, parturition |
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birthmark | (noun) a blemish on the skin that is formed before birth | Synonyms: nevus |
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birthplace | (noun) the place where someone was born | Synonyms: place of birth |
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(noun) where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence | Synonyms: cradle, place of origin, provenance, provenience |
birthrate | (noun) the ratio of live births in an area to the population of that area; expressed per 1000 population per year | Synonyms: birth rate, fertility, fertility rate, natality |
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birthright | (noun) a right or privilege that you are entitled to at birth | - |
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(noun) an inheritance coming by right of birth (especially by primogeniture) | Synonyms: patrimony |
birthroot | (noun) trillium of eastern North America having malodorous pink to purple flowers and an astringent root used in folk medicine especially to ease childbirth | Synonyms: purple trillium, red trillium, Trillium erectum |
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birthwort | (noun) creeping plant having curving flowers thought to resemble fetuses; native to Europe; naturalized Great Britain and eastern North America | Synonyms: Aristolochia clematitis |
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