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abort
verb
c2
abortion
noun
c1
adolescence
noun
c1
adolescent
noun
c1
adolescent
adjective
b2
adopt
verb
b2
adoption
noun
c1
adoptive
adjective
c1
adult
noun
a1
adulthood
noun
b2
adulting
noun
c2
afterbirth
noun
c2
aged
adjective
c1
ageless
adjective
c2
Alzheimer’s
noun
c2
anniversary
noun
b2
antenatal
adjective
c2
arranged marriage
noun
b2
arthritis
noun
c2
ash
noun
c2
a/somebody’s second childhood
idiom
c2
assisted dying
noun
c2
at rest
idiom
c2
au pair
noun
c1
autopsy
noun
c2
baby
noun
a1
baby blues
noun
c2
baby buggy
noun
c2
baby-faced
adjective
c1
babyhood
noun
c1
babysit
verb
b2
babysitter
noun
b2
babysitting
noun
b2
bachelor
noun
c2
bachelorette
noun
c2
bachelorette party
noun
c2
bachelorhood
noun
c2
bachelor party
noun
c2
be expecting (a baby/child)
idiom
a2
best man
noun
c1
best woman
noun
c1
be with child
idiom
c2
bier
noun
c2
bigamous
adjective
c2
birth
noun
a2
birth father
noun
c1
birthing
noun
c2
birth mother
noun
c1
birthweight
noun
c2
born
verb
a1
bottle
noun
b2
bottle-feed
verb
c1
boy
noun
a1
boyhood
noun
c1
breadwinner
noun
c1
break
verb
c2
breastfeed
verb
c1
breech birth
noun
c2
bridal
adjective
c2
bride
noun
b1
bridegroom
noun
b2
bridesmaid
noun
b2
bring up
phrasal verb
b2
buggy
noun
c2
burial
noun
c1
burial ground
noun
c2
bury
verb
b1
cadaver
noun
c2
care
noun
a2
care home
noun
c1
carry
verb
c2
carrycot
noun
c2
casket
noun
c2
catacombs
noun
c2
catafalque
noun
c2
cemetery
noun
c1
centenarian
noun
c2
ceremony
noun
b1
certificate
noun
b2
cesarean
noun
c2
cesarian
noun
c2
chapel of rest
noun
c2
child
noun
a1
childbearing
noun
c2
childbirth
noun
b2
childcare
noun
b2
childhood
noun
b1
childish
adjective
b2
childminder
noun
c1
childproof
adjective
c2
civil marriage
noun
c1
civil partnership
noun
c1
coddle
verb
c2
coffin
noun
c1
committal
noun
c2
conceive
verb
c1
conception
noun
c1
confetti
noun
c2
confinement
noun
c2
conjugal
adjective
c2
connubial
adjective
c2
consummate
verb
c2
consummation
noun
c2
contraction
noun
c2
co-parent
noun
c1
co-parent
verb
c1
co-parenting
noun
c1
corpse
noun
c2
cot
noun
c1
cradle
noun
c1
crawl
verb
c1
cremains
noun
c2
cremate
verb
c2
cremation
noun
c2
crematorium
noun
c2
crib
noun
c1
crèche
noun
c2
curfew
noun
c1
day nursery
noun
c1
dead
adjective
a2
death
noun
a2
deceased
adjective
c2
deliver
verb
c2
delivery
noun
c2
dementia
noun
c2
departed
adjective
c2
depart this life
idiom
c2
dependant
noun
c2
diamond wedding
noun
c2
diaper
noun
c1
diaper rash
noun
c2
die
verb
a1
discipline
verb
c2
doddering
adjective
c2
dotage
noun
c2
doula
noun
c2
dowry
noun
c2
dummy
noun
c2
elder
adjective
c1
elder
noun
c1
elderly
adjective
b2
engaged
adjective
b1
engagement
noun
c1
engagement ring
noun
c1
epitaph
noun
c2
extramarital
adjective
c2
family
noun
a1
father
noun
a1
fatherhood
noun
c1
fathering
noun
c2
feed
noun
b2
fiancé
noun
c1
fiancée
noun
c1
forceps
noun
c2
foster
verb
c1
free-range
adjective
c2
fresh-faced
adjective
c2
full-term
adjective
c2
funeral
noun
c1
funeral director
noun
c2
gawky
adjective
c2
geriatric
noun
c2
geriatric
adjective
c2
gerontology
noun
c2
get hitched
idiom
c2
girl
noun
a1
girlhood
noun
c1
give away
phrasal verb
c2
godparent
noun
c2
golden wedding
noun
c2
go/walk down the aisle
idiom
c2
grave
noun
c1
gravestone
noun
c2
graveyard
noun
c1
gray
adjective
a1
grey
adjective
a1
grey
verb
b2
groom
noun
b2
groomsman
noun
c2
ground
verb
c2
growing pains
noun
c2
grow into
phrasal verb
c2
grown-up
adjective
b2
grown-up
noun
b2
grow out of
phrasal verb
c1
grow up
phrasal verb
a1
guardian
noun
c2
hearse
noun
c2
hen party
noun
c2
homeschool
verb
c1
homeschooling
noun
c1
honeymoon
noun
b2
housewife
noun
b1
immature
adjective
b2
incubator
noun
c2
induce
verb
c2
induction
noun
c2
infancy
noun
c1
infant
noun
c1
infirm
adjective
c2
ingénue
noun
c2
innocent
adjective
b2
inter
verb
c2
interment
noun
c2
juvenile
adjective
c1
kid
noun
a2
labor
noun
c2
labour
noun
c2
lad
noun
c1
lass
noun
c2
life partner
noun
b1
lone parent
noun
c2
lone-parent family
noun
c2
love match
noun
c2
lullaby
noun
c2
lying-in
noun
c2
maid of honour
noun
c2
man
noun
a1
manhood
noun
c2
marital
adjective
c1
marriage
noun
b1
marriageable
adjective
c2
marriage counselling
noun
c2
marriage guidance
noun
c2
marriage lines
noun
c2
marriage of convenience
noun
c2
married
adjective
a1
marry
verb
a2
match
noun
c2
maternity leave
noun
c1
matrimonial
adjective
c2
matrimony
noun
c2
matronly
adjective
c2
maturation
noun
c2
mature
adjective
c1
mature
verb
c1
maturity
noun
c1
mausoleum
noun
c2
menopausal
adjective
c2
menopause
noun
c2
middle age
noun
b2
middle-aged
adjective
b2
middle-age spread
noun
c2
midlife
noun
c2
midlife crisis
noun
c2
midwife
noun
c2
minor
noun
c2
miscarriage
noun
c2
miscarry
verb
c2
mollycoddle
verb
c2
morgue
noun
c2
morning sickness
noun
c2
mortal
adjective
c2
mortician
noun
c2
mortuary
noun
c2
mother
noun
a1
motherhood
noun
c1
mothering
noun
c2
mother-to-be
noun
c2
mourner
noun
c2
mummify
verb
c2
naive
adjective
c1
nanny
noun
c1
nappy
noun
c1
nappy rash
noun
c2
natal
adjective
c2
natural childbirth
noun
c1
neonate
noun
c2
newborn
adjective
c1
newborn
noun
c1
newly-wed
noun
c2
newly-wed
adjective
c2
nuclear family
noun
c1
nuptial
adjective
c2
nuptials
noun
c2
nursery
noun
c1
nursing home
noun
c1
nurture
verb
c1
nurture
noun
c1
OAP
noun
c2
obstetric
adjective
c2
obstetrics
noun
c2
old
adjective
a1
old age
noun
b1
old-age pensioner
noun
c2
old people’s home
noun
c1
one-parent family
noun
b2
orphan
noun
c1
pageboy
noun
c2
parent
noun
a1
parent
verb
c1
parental
adjective
c1
parenthood
noun
c1
parenting
noun
c1
partner
noun
a2
pass away
phrasal verb
c1
paternity leave
noun
c1
pension
noun
b2
pensioner
noun
c1
pension off
phrasal verb
c2
perinatal
adjective
c2
placenta
noun
c2
playground
noun
b1
playgroup
noun
c1
playpen
noun
c2
playroom
noun
b2
playscheme
noun
c2
playschool
noun
c1
plural
adjective
c2
post-mortem
noun
c2
postnatal
adjective
c2
postnatal depression
noun
c2
post-partum
adjective
c2
potty-train
verb
c2
potty-training
noun
c2
pram
noun
c2
pregnancy
noun
c1
pregnant
adjective
b2
premature
adjective
c1
prenatal
adjective
c2
prenuptial agreement
noun
c2
pre-teen
adjective
c2
pre-teen
noun
c2
proposal
noun
b2
propose
verb
b2
puberty
noun
c2
pubescent
adjective
c2
pushchair
noun
c2
pyre
noun
c2
raise
verb
b2
rear
verb
c2
reception
noun
b1
registry office
noun
c1
remains
noun
c1
remembrance
noun
c2
reminisce
verb
c1
reminiscence
noun
c2
retire
verb
b1
retirement
noun
b2
retirement community
noun
c1
retirement home
noun
b2
ring
noun
a2
ring bearer
noun
c2
role model
noun
b2
rompers
noun
c2
ruby wedding
noun
c2
sarcophagus
noun
c2
scan
noun
b2
school day
noun
b1
senile
adjective
c2
senility
noun
c2
senior
adjective
c1
senior
noun
c1
senior citizen
noun
c1
senior moment
noun
c2
sepulchre
noun
c2
settle down
phrasal verb
c1
shotgun wedding
noun
c2
shower
noun
c2
shroud
noun
c2
SIDS
noun
c2
silver wedding
noun
c2
single parent
noun
b2
single-parent family
noun
b1
sleepsuit
noun
c2
smack
verb
c2
smacking
noun
c2
socialization
noun
c1
somebody’s waters break
idiom
c2
soother
noun
c2
spank
verb
c2
spanking
noun
c2
sperm bank
noun
c2
spoon-feed
verb
c2
sprightliness
noun
c2
sprightly
adjective
c2
spry
adjective
c2
stag night
noun
c2
stay-at-home
adjective
c1
stillbirth
noun
c2
stretch marks
noun
c2
stroller
noun
c2
suckle
verb
c2
suckling
noun
c2
surrogacy
noun
c2
surrogate
adjective
c2
tantrum
noun
c2
tearaway
noun
c2
teenage
adjective
a2
teenager
noun
a1
teens
noun
b2
teethe
verb
c2
telling-off
noun
c2
terminate
verb
c1
termination
noun
c2
test-tube baby
noun
c2
toast
verb
c2
toddle
verb
c2
toddler
noun
c1
toilet-train
verb
c2
toilet-training
noun
c2
tot
noun
c2
trimester
noun
c2
tween
noun
c2
umbilical cord
noun
c2
unborn
adjective
c1
underage
adjective
c1
undertaker
noun
c2
union
noun
c2
unmarried
adjective
b1
upbringing
noun
b2
urn
noun
c2
venerable
adjective
c2
vow
verb
c1
vow
noun
c1
wake
noun
c2
walker
noun
c2
ward
noun
c2
wardship
noun
c2
wedding
noun
a2
wedding anniversary
noun
b2
wedding band
noun
c2
wedding cake
noun
a2
wedding dress
noun
a2
wedding party
noun
a2
wedding reception
noun
b1
wedding ring
noun
a2
wedlock
noun
c2
white wedding
noun
c2
widow
noun
c1
widower
noun
c1
widowhood
noun
c2
winding sheet
noun
c2
wisdom
noun
b2
wise
adjective
b2
wizened
adjective
c2
woman
noun
a1
womanhood
noun
c2
wunderkind
noun
c2
young
adjective
a1
young adult
noun
a2
youngster
noun
c1
youth
noun
b1
youthful
adjective
c1
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