incubate /inˈ or ingˈkū-bāt/

1. To brood eggs
2. To hatch
3. To undergo incubation
4. To brood, foment (figurative)

1. To hatch
2. To foster the development of (as bacteria, etc)
3. To brood or ponder over (figurative)

incubāˈtion noun

1. The act of sitting on eggs to hatch them
2. Hatching (natural or artificial)
3. Fostering (as of bacteria, etc)
4. Brooding or fomenting (figurative)
5. (also incubation or latent period) the period between infection with disease and the appearance of symptoms (medicine)

inˈcubātive or inˈcubātory adjective

inˈcubātor noun

1. An apparatus for hatching eggs by artificial heat, for rearing prematurely born babies, or for developing bacteria
2. A brooding hen
3. An organization that offers office facilities, advice, and often capital to newly formed businesses

inˈcubous adjective (botany)

(of a liverwort) having the upper leaf-margin overlapping the leaf above

• wolds
• wear away
• wear down
• wearer
• wearers
• wearied
• wearier
• wearies
• weariest
• weariful
• wearifully
• weariless
• wearilessly
• wearily
• weariness
• wearinesses
• wearing
• wearing-apparel
• wearing course
• wearing courses
• wearingly
• wearings
• wear iron
• wear irons
• wearish