Family Definition–noun | 1. | parents and their children, considered as a group, whether dwelling together or not. | | 2. | the children of one person or one couple collectively: We want a large family. | | 3. | the spouse and children of one person: We're taking the family on vacation next week. | | 4. | any group of persons closely related by blood, as parents, children, uncles, aunts, and cousins: to marry into a socially prominent family. | | 5. | all those persons considered as descendants of a common progenitor. | | 6. | Chiefly British. approved lineage, esp. noble, titled, famous, or wealthy ancestry: young men of family. | | 7. | a group of persons who form a household under one head, including parents, children, and servants. | | 8. | the staff, or body of assistants, of an official: the office family. | | 9. | a group of related things or people: the family of romantic poets; the halogen family of elements. | | 10. | a group of people who are generally not blood relations but who share common attitudes, interests, or goals and, frequently, live together: Many hippie communes of the sixties regarded themselves as families. | | 11. | a group of products or product models made by the same manufacturer or producer. | <
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(def. 12), subfamily (def. 2). | | 15. | Mathematics. | a. | a given class of solutions of the same basic equation, differing from one another only by the different values assigned to the constants in the equation. | | b. | a class of functions or the like defined by an expression containing a parameter. | | –adjective | 16. | of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a family: a family trait. | | 17. | belonging to or used by a family: a family automobile; a family room. | | 18. | suitable or appropriate for adults and children: a family amusement park. | | 19. | not containing obscene language: a family newspaper. | —Idiom | 20. | in a or the family way, pregnant. | |
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Dental Definition–adjective | 1. | of or pertaining to the teeth. | | 2. | of or pertaining to dentistry or a dentist. | | 3. | Phonetics. | a. | (of a speech sound) articulated with the tongue tip touching the back of the upper front teeth or immediately above them, as French t. | | b. | alveolar, as English t. | | –noun | 4. | Phonetics. a dental sound. | |
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Care Definition–noun | 1. | a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern: He was never free from care. | | 2. | a cause or object of worry, anxiety, concern, etc.: Their son has always been a great care to them. | | 3. | serious attention; solicitude; heed; caution: She devotes great care to her work. | | 4. | protection; charge: He is under the care of a doctor. | | 5. | temporary keeping, as for the benefit of or until claimed by the owner: He left his valuables in the care of friends. Address my mail in care of the American Embassy. | | 6. | grief; suffering; sorrow. | –verb (used without object) | 7. | to be concerned or solicitous; have thought or regard. | | 8. | to be concerned or have a special preference (usually used in negative constructions): I don't care if I do. | | 9. | to make provision or look out (usually fol. by for): Will you care for the children while I am away? | | 10. | to have an inclination, liking, fondness, or affection (usually fol. by for): Would you care for dessert? I don't care for him very much. | –verb (used with object) | 11. | to feel concern about: He doesn't care what others say. | | 12. | to wish; desire; like: Would you care to dance? | —Idioms | 13. | couldn't care less, could not care less; be completely unconcerned: I couldn't care less whether she goes to the party or not. Also, could care less. | | 14. | take care, | a. | be alert; be careful: Take care that you don't fall on the ice! | | b. | take care of yourself; goodbye: used as an expression of parting. | | | 15. | take care of, | a. | to watch over; be responsible for: to take care of an invalid. | | b. | to act on; deal with; attend to: to take care of paying a bill. | | |
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