Maternal is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.
You can make 329 anagrams from letters in maternal (aaelmnrt).
1475-85; Medieval Latin māternālis, equivalent to Latin mātern(us) (māter mother1 + -nus adj. suffix) + -ālis -al1
Unlike most maternal peoples, these, the Zuñi Indians, are monogamists.
But Mary, regardless of maternal cacklings, sped after the doctor as he turned his horse.
Advanced maternal age dramatically increases the risk of maternal mortality as well as birth defects like Down Syndrome.
Genes passed down through the maternal side, though, were found to be a “perfect mitochondrial match.”
I have always thought that her affection for her father was less filial than maternal.
Could the Madonna, who was so maternal, desire the woe of lovers?
How her role became more “maternal rather than marital,” and branding Hawking an “all-powerful emperor” and “masterly puppeteer.”
Mary was, in many things, a child; but her attitude had grown to be maternal.
Some women who want to be mothers and have maternal love to give should have the ability to do just that.
There were rising export numbers, education programs, and maternal health efforts.
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