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-Ation
- - A suffix forming nouns of action, and often equivalent to the verbal substantive in -ing. It sometimes has the further meanings of state, and that which results from the action. Many of these nouns have verbs in -ate; as, alliterate -ation, narrate -ation; many are derived through the French; as, alteration, visitation; and many are formed on verbs ending in the Greek formative -ize (Fr. -ise); as, civilization, demoralization.
Aahing
- verb - express admiration and pleasure by uttering `ooh' or `aah'; "They oohed and aahed when they unwrapped the presents"
Aaliis
- noun - a small Hawaiian tree with hard dark wood
Baaing
- verb - cry plaintively; "The lambs were bleating"
Babied
- verb - treat with excessive indulgence; "grandparents often pamper the children"; "Let's not mollycoddle our students!"
Babies
- noun - (slang) sometimes used as a term of address for attractive young women
- a project of personal concern to someone; "this project is his baby"
- a very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk; "the baby began to cry again"; "she held the baby in her arms"; "it sounds simple, but when you have your own baby it is all so different"
- a very young mammal; "baby rabbits"
- an immature childish person; "he remained a child in practical matters as long as he lived"; "stop being a baby!"
- an unborn child; a human fetus; "I felt healthy and very feminine carrying the baby"; "it was great to feel my baby moving about inside"
- the youngest member of a group (not necessarily young); "the baby of the family"; "the baby of the Supreme Court"
- treat with excessive indulgence; "grandparents often pamper the children"; "Let's not mollycoddle our students!"
Babish
- - Like a babe; a childish; babyish.
Badian
- - An evergreen Chinese shrub of the Magnolia family (Illicium anisatum), and its aromatic seeds; Chinese anise; star anise.