grownup

(Greek mythology) a maiden seduced by Zeus; when Hera was about to discover them together Zeus turned her into a white heifer

(Old Testament) in Judeo-Christian mythology; the first man and the husband of Eve and the progenitor of the human race

(Old Testament) Adam's wife in Judeo-Christian mythology: the first woman and mother of the human race; God created Eve from Adam's rib and placed Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden

(Old Testament) Cain and Abel were the first children of Adam and Eve born after the Fall of Man; Cain killed Abel out of jealousy and was exiled by God

(Old Testament) Cain and Abel were the first children of Adam and Eve born after the Fall of Man; Abel was killed by Cain

(Old Testament) third son of Adam and Eve; given by God in place of the murdered Abel

(Old Testament) son of Noah

(Old Testament) son of Noah

Jewish heroine in one of the books of the Apocrypha; she saved her people by decapitating the Assyrian general Holofernes

(Old Testament) eldest son of Noah

English poet and literary critic (1822-1888)

Arabian philosopher born in Spain; wrote detailed commentaries on Aristotle that were admired by the Schoolmen (1126-1198)

German publisher of a series of travel guidebooks (1801-1859)

United States publisher and editor who compiled a book of familiar quotations (1820-1905)

(Old Testament) the wife of Uriah and later the wife of king David; Solomon was her son by David (circa 10th century BC)

United States educator who worked to improve race relations and educational opportunities for Black Americans (1875-1955)

French educator who lost his sight at the age of three and who invented a system of writing and printing for sightless people (1809-1852)

the German mistress of Adolf Hitler (1910-1945)

United States literary critic and historian (1886-1963)

English dandy who was a fashion leader during the Regency (1778-1840)

United States lawyer and politician who advocated free silver and prosecuted John Scopes (1925) for teaching evolution in a Tennessee high school (1860-1925)

United States educator famous for writing a book about how to win friends and influence people (1888-1955)

first wife of Henry VIII; Henry VIII's divorce from her was the initial step of the Reformation in England (1485-1536)

English nurse who remained in Brussels after the German occupation in order to help Allied prisoners escape; was caught and executed by the Germans (1865-1915)

United States poet and critic (1916-1986)

Czech educational reformer (1592-1670)

United States lawyer famous for his defense of lost causes (1857-1938)

(Old Testament) the Philistine mistress of Samson who betrayed him by cutting off his hair and so deprived him of his strength

French philosopher and critic (born in Algeria); exponent of deconstructionism (1930-2004)

United States pragmatic philosopher who advocated progressive education (1859-1952)

United States librarian who founded the decimal system of classification (1851-1931)

German educator who founded the kindergarten system (1782-1852)

English painter and art critic (1866-1934)

Canadian literary critic interested in the use of myth and symbolism (1912-1991)

United States educator who established the first free school in the United States for the hearing impaired (1787-1851)

English actor and dramatist and critic and director noted for his productions of Shakespearean plays (1877-1946)

wife of William Shakespeare (1556-1623)

United States lawyer involved in several famous court trials (1881-1954)

United States lawyer and politician who formulated a production code that prescribed the moral content of United States films from 1930 to 1966 (1879-1954)

English essayist and literary critic (1778-1830)

medical practitioner who is regarded as the father of medicine; author of the Hippocratic oath (circa 460-377 BC)

United States lawyer who was director of the FBI for 48 years (1895-1972)

United States educator and theologian (1802-1887)

United States publisher who founded a printing shop that became an important book publisher (1823-1895)

United States educator who was president of the University of Chicago (1899-1977)

United States lawyer and poet who wrote a poem after witnessing the British attack on Baltimore during the War of 1812; the poem was later set to music and entitled `The Star-Spangled Banner' (1779-1843)

United States educator who founded the first private school for Black students in Augusta, Georgia (1854-1933)

16th President of the United States; saved the Union during the American Civil War and emancipated the slaves; was assassinated by Booth (1809-1865)

United States educator and president of Harvard University (1856-1943)

United States publisher of magazines (1898-1967)

United States educator who introduced reforms that significantly altered the system of public education (1796-1859)

heroine of the American Revolution who carried water to soldiers during the Battle of Monmouth Court House and took over her husband's gun when he was overcome by heat (1754-1832)

United States educator who compiled the McGuffey Eclectic Readers (1800-1873)

United States journalist and literary critic (1880-1956)

Italian educator who developed a method of teaching mentally handicapped children and advocated a child-centered approach (1870-1952)

United States politician and educator (1927-2003)

United States publisher (born in Australia in 1931)

United States educator (born in Canada) who invented the game of basketball (1861-1939)

English nurse remembered for her work during the Crimean War (1820-1910)

United States newspaper publisher (1858-1935)

German musician who developed a widely used system for teaching music to children (1895-1982)

educator who founded the first kindergarten in the United States (1804-1894)

English educator who invented a system of phonetic shorthand (1813-1897)

(Old Testament) the second wife of Jacob and mother of Joseph and Benjamin

(Old Testament) wife of Isaac and mother of Jacob and Esau

English literary critic who collaborated with C. K. Ogden and contributed to the development of Basic English (1893-1979)

British art critic (1819-1900)

the great-grandmother of king David whose story is told in the Book of Ruth in the Old Testament

United States nurse who campaigned for birth control and planned parenthood; she challenged Gregory Pincus to develop a birth control pill (1883-1966)

(Old Testament) the wife of Abraham and mother of Isaac

United States divorcee whose marriage to Edward VIII created a constitutional crisis leading to his abdication

English poet and critic (1909-1995)

United States educator who was the teacher and lifelong companion of Helen Keller (1866-1936)

United States poet and critic (1899-1979)

United States composer and music critic (1885-1966)

United States literary critic (1905-1975)

United States writer and literary critic (1885-1950)

United States educator who was born a slave but became educated and founded a college at Tuskegee in Alabama (1856-1915)

United States educator who in 1865 (with Ezra Cornell) founded Cornell University and served as its first president (1832-1918)

United States educator who was an early campaigner for higher education for women (1787-1870)

United States literary critic (1895-1972)

American Revolutionary leader and educator (born in Scotland) who signed of the Declaration of Independence and was president of the college that became Princeton University (1723-1794)

United States drama critic and journalist (1887-1943)

Arabian physician and influential Islamic philosopher; his interpretation of Aristotle influenced St. Thomas Aquinas; writings on medicine were important for almost 500 years (980-1037)

Austrian physician who developed a rotational method for testing the middle ear (1876-1936)

Danish physician who discovered Bartholin's gland (1585-1629)

(Roman Catholic Church) Anglo-Saxon missionary who was sent to Frisia and Germany to spread the Christian faith; was martyred in Frisia (680-754)

Australian physician and bacteriologist who described the bacterium that causes undulant fever or brucellosis (1855-1931)

United States physician who specialized in diseases of the intestines; he was the first to describe regional ileitis which is now known as Crohn's disease (1884-1983)

English physician who first described Down's syndrome (1828-1896)

Austrian who became the Nazi official who administered the concentration camps where millions of Jews were murdered during World War II (1906-1962)

Dutch physician who discovered that beriberi is caused by a nutritional deficiency (1858-1930)

French physician who described cardiac anomalies including Fallot's tetralogy (1850-1911)

English court physician noted for his studies of terrestrial magnetism (1540-1603)

German propaganda minister in Nazi Germany who persecuted the Jews (1897-1945)

German politician in Nazi Germany who founded the Gestapo and mobilized Germany for war (1893-1946)

English physician and scientist who described the circulation of the blood; he later proposed that all animals originate from an ovum produced by the female of the species (1578-1657)

Nazi leader who in 1941 flew a solo flight to Scotland in an apparent attempt to negotiate a peace treaty with Great Britain but was imprisoned for life (1894-1987)

German Nazi who was chief of the SS and the Gestapo and who oversaw the genocide of six million Jews (1900-1945)

German Nazi dictator during World War II (1889-1945)

English physician who first described Hodgkin's disease (1798-1866)

United States physician who first described Huntington's chorea

Dutch physician who opened the first birth control clinic in the world in Amsterdam (1854-1929)

English physician who pioneered vaccination; Jenner inoculated people with small amounts of cowpox to prevent them from getting smallpox (1749-1823)

United States physician who first described the XXY-syndrome (born in 1912)

Scottish missionary and explorer who discovered the Zambezi River and Victoria Falls (1813-1873)

United States pharmacologist (born in Germany) who was the first to show that acetylcholine is produced at the junction between a parasympathetic nerve and a muscle (1873-1961)

United States physician who in 1863 founded a medical school for women (1813-1888)

Scottish physician who discovered that elephantiasis is spread by mosquitos and suggested that mosquitos also spread malaria (1844-1922)

Austrian physician who tried to treat diseases with a form of hypnotism (1734-1815)

Swiss physician who introduced treatments of particular illnesses based on his observation and experience; he saw illness as having an external cause (rather than an imbalance of humors) and replaced traditional remedies with chemical remedies (1493-1541)

English physician who in retirement compiled a well-known thesaurus (1779-1869)

British physician who discovered that mosquitos transmit malaria (1857-1932)

physician and American Revolutionary leader; signer of the Declaration of Independence (1745-1813)

French philosopher and physician and organist who spent most of his life as a medical missionary in Gabon (1875-1965)

Tennessee highschool teacher who violated a state law by teaching evolution; in a highly publicized trial in 1925 he was prosecuted by William Jennings Bryan and defended by Clarence Darrow (1900-1970)

United States physician and suffragist (1847-1919)

Scottish obstetrician and surgeon who pioneered in the use of ether and discovered the anesthetic effects of chloroform (1811-1870)

English physician (1624-1689)

United States frontier missionary who established a post in Oregon where Christianity and schooling and medicine were available to Native Americans (1802-1847)

Finnish physician who first described vascular hemophilia (1870-1949)

Spanish missionary and Jesuit who establish missionaries in Japan and Ceylon and the East Indies (1506-1552)

United States surgeon remembered for his studies of digestion (1785-1853)

French surgeon and biologist who developed a way to suture and graft blood vessels (1873-1944)

English surgeon who discovered Cowper's gland (1666-1709)

United States heart surgeon who in 1966 implanted the first artificial heart in a human patient (born in 1908)

United States Army surgeon who suppressed yellow fever in Havana and in the Panama Canal Zone (1854-1920)

English surgeon who was the first to use antiseptics (1827-1912)

English surgeon (1755-1824)

United States physician who proved that yellow fever is transmitted by mosquitoes (1851-1902)

French neurologist who tried to use hypnotism to cure hysteria (1825-1893)

United States neurologist noted for his study of the brain and pituitary gland and who identified Cushing's syndrome (1869-1939)

British pathologist who isolated and purified penicillin, which had been discovered in 1928 by Sir Alexander Fleming (1898-1968)

Austrian neurologist who originated psychoanalysis (1856-1939)

Danish pediatrician (1830-1916)

United States psychiatrist (1885-1952)

German psychiatrist (1883-1969)

German neurologist noted for his studies of sexual deviance (1840-1902)

United States pathologist (born in Austria) who discovered human blood groups (1868-1943)

French otologist who first described a form of vertigo now known as Meniere's disease and identified the semicircular canals as the site of the lesion (1799-1862)

United States psychiatrist who with his sons founded a famous psychiatric clinic in Topeka (1862-1953)

United States psychiatrist and son of Charles Menninger (1893-1990)

United States psychiatrist and son of Charles Menninger (1899-1966)

English pathologist who discovered the cause of trichinosis (1814-1899)

United States gynecologist and devout Catholic who conducted the first clinical trials of the oral contraceptive pill (1890-1984)

United States pathologist who discovered viruses that cause tumors (1879-1970)

Dutch ophthalmologist who introduced the Snellen chart to study visual acuity (1834-1908)

United States pediatrician whose many books on child care influenced the upbringing of children around the world (1903-1998)

United States psychiatrist (1892-1949)

French neurologist (1857-1904)

United States endocrinologist (1892-1970)

German pathologist who recognized that all cells come from cells by binary fission and who emphasized cellular abnormalities in disease (1821-1902)

German neurologist best known for his studies of aphasia (1848-1905)

English physician who was a pioneer in the study of the brain (1621-1675)

United States psychoanalyst (born in Austria) who was the first to specialize in the psychoanalysis of small children (1882-1960)

Austrian born psychoanalyst who lived in the United States; advocated sexual freedom and believed that cosmic energy could be concentrated in a human being (1897-1957)

an adult with a short broad head

a person who is responsible for attending to the needs of a child or dependent adult

a person regarded as a good matrimonial prospect

a person who takes a position in the political center

a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities)

a person who is reluctant to accept changes and new ideas

an adult with a long narrow head

a person who is older than you are

a person who was formerly a spouse

a person who invites guests to a social event (such as a party in his or her own home) and who is responsible for them while they are there

a person whose actions and opinions strongly influence the course of events

a person able to do a variety of different jobs acceptably well

a person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties

a person who favors an economic theory of laissez-faire and self-regulating markets

an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)

a person who advocates war or warlike policies

an elderly person

someone opposed to violence as a means of settling disputes

a person of refined upbringing and manners

someone to whom a pledge is made or someone with whom something is deposited as a pledge

someone who makes or gives a pledge

a person engaged in one of the learned professions

a serious and sedate individual

a worldly-wise person

a person who seldom goes anywhere; one not given to wandering or travel

someone who is seemingly indifferent to emotions

a well-bred person

an adult female person (as opposed to a man)

a man who is Black

a woman who is Black

a man who is White

a woman who is White

a large strong and aggressive woman

(Greek mythology) a woman participant in the orgiastic rites of Dionysus

a very old person

a person of liberal ideals who takes no action to realize them

used as a Hindi courtesy title; equivalent to English `Mr'

a man who has never been married

a young unmarried woman who lives alone

a worthless or immoral woman

a demanding woman who destroys men's confidence

(formerly) a title of respect for a man in Turkey or Egypt

a woman employed by a bar to act as a companion to men customers

an important influential person

a woman having literary or intellectual interests

a friendly informal reference to a grown man

a man who is the lover of a girl or young woman

a man who is no longer a woman's boyfriend

an unmarried woman who attends the bride at a wedding

slang term for a woman

a large and strong and heavyset man

a conservative advocate of capitalism

a professional who is intent on furthering his or her career by any possible means and often at the expense of their own integrity

a spiteful woman gossip

a widely known person

someone who is at least 100 years old

a woman whose merits were not been recognized but who then achieves sudden success and recognition

a person of exceptional importance and reputation

someone who conforms to established standards of conduct (especially in religious matters)

a seductive woman who uses her sex appeal to exploit men

a sophisticated person who has travelled in many countries

a professional whose work is consistently of high quality

a person who is professionally engaged in the analysis and interpretation of works of art

a crusty irascible cantankerous old person full of stubborn ideas

a woman of refinement

a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance

a man who is the senior member of a group

a young woman making her debut into society

a divorced woman or a woman who is separated from her husband

a woman who was formerly a particular man's wife

one who dodders from old age and weakness

someone whose style is out of fashion

a dominating woman (especially one who plays that role in a sadomasochistic sexual relationship)

an Italian woman of rank

an oldster in his dotage; someone whose age has impaired his intellect

someone who prefers negotiations to armed conflict in the conduct of foreign relations

a woman who is the senior member of a group

someone who educates young people

any influential person whose advice is highly respected

(French) a person who exercises power or influence in certain areas without holding an official position

a woman who is considered to be dangerously seductive

a title of respect for a member of the English gentry ranking just below a knight; placed after the name

a man who has been castrated and is incapable of reproduction

a title used to address dignitaries (such as ambassadors or governors); usually preceded by `Your' or `His' or `Her'

a strikingly beautiful woman

a man who takes over all the functions of the real father

a man (often a powerful or influential man) who arouses emotions usually felt for your real father and with whom you identify psychologically

an informal form of address for a man

someone who intervenes with authorities for a person in trouble (usually using underhand or illegal methods for a fee)

a conservative who is old-fashioned or dull in attitude or appearance

a disreputable or clumsy man

a Japanese woman trained to entertain men with conversation and singing and dancing

a man who is (usually) old and/or eccentric

a man of refinement

a young woman

a friendly informal reference to a grown woman

a girl or young woman with whom a man is romantically involved

any female friend

a woman who associates with or marries a rich man in order to get valuables from him through gifts or a divorce settlement

a man who is divorced from (or separated from) his wife

a pregnant woman

an informal term for a youth or man

a conservative who is uncompromising

someone who is no longer popular

an advocate of an aggressive policy on foreign relations

a person who helps in identifying or preventing or treating illness or disability

an influential person who works hard to promote the causes they are interested in

a person who holds a high position in a hierarchy

a woman possessing heroic qualities or a woman who has performed heroic deeds

a German man; used before the name as a title equivalent to Mr in English

an arrogant or conceited person of importance

a lively and ineffectual upper-class young man

a woman host

a man in charge of children in an institution

a well-built sexually attractive man

a man who was formerly a certain woman's husband

a woman with whom you are in love or have an intimate relationship

a man with whom you are in love or have an intimate relationship

a strong man of exceptional physical endurance

a man of great strength or bravery

a shameless impudent scheming woman

a woman who jilts a lover

an important person who can bring leaders to power through the exercise of political influence

the most important person in a group or undertaking

a polite name for any woman

a person who is broad-minded and tolerant (especially in standards of religious belief and conduct)

a professional person authorized to practice law; conducts lawsuits or gives legal advice

a professional person trained in library science and engaged in library services

an unnaturally frenzied or distraught woman

a person of distinguished rank or appearance

any handsome young man

a female head of a family or tribe

a feisty older woman with a big bosom (as drawn in cartoons)

a woman in charge of nursing in a medical institution

a woman of mixed racial ancestry (especially mixed European and Native American ancestry)

a man who is roughly between 45 and 65 years old

a conservative who advocates only minor reforms in government or politics

an adulterous woman; a woman who has an ongoing extramarital sexual relationship with a man

used as a French courtesy title; equivalent to English `Mr'

an extremely old-fashioned conservative

a woman who evokes the feelings usually reserved for a mother

a well-known or notable person

a woman who is the custodian of children

a conservative who subscribes to neoconservatism

a liberal who subscribes to neoliberalism

a powerful person who shows favoritism to relatives or close friends

someone whose age is in the nineties

(obstetrics) a woman who has never give birth to a child

a voluptuously beautiful young woman

a sexually attractive young woman

someone whose age is in the eighties

a vivacious elderly man

a familiar term of address for a man

a man who is very old

a woman who is old

the male head of family or tribe

a person who lends money at interest in exchange for personal property that is deposited as security

a boyish or immature man; after the boy in Barrie's play who never grows up

someone who believes that distinct ethnic or cultural or religious groups can exist together in society

someone who sets the plan pursued by a government or business etc.

a man who is effeminate in his manner and fussy in the way he dresses

an able-bodied man serving as a member of a posse

a person who is important by virtue of the people or votes they control

someone who practices a learned profession

a person engaged in publishing periodicals or books or music

an extreme conservative; an opponent of progress or liberalism

a member of a right wing political party

a person unreasonably held to be immune to criticism

a Portuguese title of respect; equivalent to English `Mr'

someone whose age is in the seventies

someone whose age is in the sixties

an adult male who shaves

a derogatory term used by Jews to refer to non-Jewish women

used as an Italian courtesy title; can be prefixed to the name or used separately

an Italian title of respect for a man; equivalent to the English `sir'; used separately (not prefixed to his name)

term of address for a man

an important person in India

a person with good manners and stylish clothing

a very attractive or seductive looking woman

a socially prominent person

a formal and conservative person with old-fashioned views

an ordinary man

a man who is virile and sexually active

a person considered as a source of warmth or energy or glory etc

a slender graceful young woman

(sometimes used ironically) a man of great strength and agility (after the hero of a series of novels by Edgar Rice Burroughs)

one who adheres to traditional views

a woman who is not married

an important or influential (and often overbearing) person

a chaste woman

a member of the Women's Army Corps

a member of the women's reserve of the United States Navy; originally organized during World War II but now no longer a separate branch

a member of the political party that urged social reform in 18th and 19th century England; was the opposition party to the Tories

a woman whose husband is dead especially one who has not remarried

a man whose wife is dead especially one who has not remarried

a married woman; a man's partner in marriage

a man who likes many women and has short sexual relationships with them

a man who is unusually successful at an early age

a woman who can be a successful wife and have a professional career at the same time

an important, honorable person (word is often used humorously)

a teenager or a young adult male

a young upwardly mobile professional individual; a well-paid middle-class professional who works in a city and has a luxurious life style