| Main Entry: | absorption |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | assimilation, incorporation |
Synonyms: |
consumption, digestion, drinking in, exhaustion, fusion, imbibing, impregnation, ingestion, inhalation, intake, osmosis, penetration, reception, retention, saturation, soaking up, suction, taking in |
| Main Entry: | conception |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | beginning, birth |
Synonyms: |
fertilization, formation, germination, impregnation, inception, initiation, insemination, invention, launching, origin, outset, start |
| Notes: | a concept is a more definite, more unitary, more complete type of notion than is a conception, which is more of an ideational structure with a potential for realization (rather like a schema) |
Antonyms: |
abortion, death |
| Main Entry: | pregnancy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | gestation |
Synonyms: |
child-bearing, fertilization, germination, gravidity, gravidness, impregnation, parturiency, propagation |
| Main Entry: | fertilization |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | impregnation of the ovum |
Synonyms: |
breeding, conjugation, fecundation, implantation, impregnation, insemination, pollination, procreation, propagation |
| Main Entry: | procreation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | reproduction |
Synonyms: |
begetting, breeding, conception, engenderment, generation, impregnation, propagation |
| Main Entry: | saturation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fullness |
Synonyms: |
congestion, engorgement, impregnation, overload, plethora, soaking, superabundance |
| Main Entry: | saturation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | satiation |
Synonyms: |
concentration, imbibition, impregnation, intensity, interpenetration, permeation, satiety, surfeit |
| Main Entry: | gravidity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pregnancy |
Synonyms: |
child-bearing, fertilization, germination, gestation, gravidness, impregnation, parturiency, propagation |
| Main Entry: | gravidness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pregnancy |
Synonyms: |
child-bearing, fertilization, germination, gestation, gravidity, impregnation, parturiency, propagation |
| Main Entry: | parturiency |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pregnancy |
Synonyms: |
child-bearing, fertilization, germination, gestation, gravidity, gravidness, impregnation, propagation |