Synonyms

grownup

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Since SAAMI 's conception in 1926 , and more specifically since the adoption of the Shooting Development Program in 1954 , millions of dollars and promotional man-hours have gone_into the development of more places to_shoot for more youths and adults .

Children , conditioned by this mistaken notion , have feared stepmothers , while adults , by their antagonistic attitudes , have made the role of the substitute parents a difficult one .

After the family has settled in the shelter , the housekeeping rules should be spelled_out by the adult in charge .

Reliability and validation work with the Children 's Anxiety_Scale by Castaneda , et_al. demonstrated results closely similar to the findings with the adult scale .

It was strange stuff - it reminded me of the pictures of a child , but a child who has never played with other kids and has lived all its life with adults .

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juvenile person character liberal host elder professional conservative oldster sophisticate centrist Jack_of_all_trades liberal stoic pacifist patrician ex-spouse sobersides stay-at-home important_person catch pledger pledgee thoroughbred militarist caregiver adult_body

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The development of the Andrena larvae is very rapid , so that by the end of spring they have already pupated and become adults .

The life_history of the alkali_bee is similar to that of Andrena , but the first activity of the adults does not take_place until summer , and the individuals hibernate in the prepupal stage .

In most places , there are two generations a year , a second brood of adults appearing late in the summer .

Laurence_M_._Klauber put length at maturity at two thirds the ultimate length for some rattlesnakes , and Charles_C_._Carpenter 's data on Michigan garter and ribbon_snakes ( Thamnophis ) show that the smallest gravid females are more_than half as long as the biggest adults .

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animal

Synonyms

big grown full-grown grownup fully_grown

Examples

"an adult animal" "a grown woman"

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animal mature

Synonyms

big grown full-grown grownup fully_grown

Examples

"an adult animal" "a grown woman"

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But with the exception of professional athletes , few contact_sports and physical_education activities in our schools have any carryover in the adult life of the average American man or woman .

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mature