Definitions of family
v. t. - The collective body of persons who live in one house, and under one head or manager; a household, including parents, children, and servants, and, as the case may be, lodgers or boarders.
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v. t. - The group comprising a husband and wife and their dependent children, constituting a fundamental unit in the organization of society.
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v. t. - Those who descend from one common progenitor; a tribe, clan, or race; kindred; house; as, the human family; the family of Abraham; the father of a family.
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v. t. - Course of descent; genealogy; line of ancestors; lineage.
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v. t. - Honorable descent; noble or respectable stock; as, a man of family.
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v. t. - A group of kindred or closely related individuals; as, a family of languages; a family of States; the chlorine family.
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v. t. - A group of organisms, either animal or vegetable, related by certain points of resemblance in structure or development, more comprehensive than a genus, because it is usually based on fewer or less pronounced points of likeness. In zoology a family is less comprehesive than an order; in botany it is often considered the same thing as an order.
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The word "family" uses 6 letters: A F I L M Y.
No direct anagrams for family found in this word list.
Words formed by adding one letter before or after family (in bold), or to afilmy in any order:
o - foamily p - amplify
Shorter words found within family:
ai ail aim al alif am ami amyl ay fa fail fay fil fila film filmy flam flamy flay fly if la lam lay li lima limy ma mail may mi mil my ya yam
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Other words with the same letter pairs: fa am mi il ly
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