gestate /je-stātˈ/

1. To carry in the womb during the period from conception to birth
2. To conceive and develop slowly in the mind

To be in the process of gestating

gesˈtant adjective (rare)

Laden (also figurative)

gestation /jes-tāˈshən/ noun

1. The process of gestating (biology and figurative)
2. Being carried in a vehicle, a boat, etc (archaic)

gestāˈtional or gestˈative adjective

Of carriage, esp in the womb

gestatōˈrial or gesˈtatory adjective (archaic)

Relating to carrying

gestatorial chair noun

A ceremonial chair on which the Pope is carried in procession

• the eternities
• the Evil One
• the exception proves the rule
• the fact of the matter
• the fairer sex
• the fair sex
• the Faithful
• the fancy
• the fatal sisters
• the fat is in the fire
• the feudal system
• the few
• the Fifteen
• the final solution
• the fine arts
• the fiscal question
• the five Ks
• the five wits
• the flat
• the Fleet
• the Flood
• the flowery land
• the Four Freedoms
• the four hundred
• the four seas