1. Befitting a mother; warm and nurturing

1. In a maternal manner; as a mother
   - maternally

See also: maternal, mother, motherliness

• astonishment
• Astor
• astound
• astounded
• astounding
• astoundingly
• astraddle
• astragal
• bench warmer
• bench warrant
• bencher
• Benchley
• benchmark
• bend
• bend dexter
• bend over backwards
• bend sinister
• bendability
• bendable
• benday
• Benday process
• bended
• bender
• bending
• Bendopa