Reverse Dictionary: FAMILY

ADJECTIVES
– FAMILIAR * pert. to one’s family or household …c1386
– FAMILIARY †* pert. to the control of a family; domestic …1643
– FAMILIC † pert. to a family; also, domestic, familiar …1660
– FAMILICAL †* belonging to a family …1660
– FAMILIOUS relating to a family …Bk1900 Eng. dial.
– FAMILISTIC † pertaining to a family or household …1660
– FAMILISTICAL † pert. to a family or household …1660
– FAMILOUS relating to a family, domestic …19C Eng. dial.
– FAMULOUS relating to a family …Bk1900 Eng. dial.

NOUNS
– BAIRN-TEAM brood of children; offspring; family …c885 N. Eng. dial.
– BAIRN-TIME a large family; offspring …1786 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– BATCH of persons: a set, a clique, a family …1785 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– CUM ANNEXES the members of one’s family …Bk1892 W. Indian sl.
– CUM-ANNEXIS one’s belongings, esp. applied to one’s wife and children …Bk1892 W. Indian sl.
– FAM the family …1970s US Black, gay & teen sl.
– GENARCHASHIP † headship of a family or people …1650
– HAVAGE race, lineage, family stock, parentage …1846 Eng. dial.
– HEARTH-MUSTER the family circle at the fireside …Bk1902 Eng. dial.  
– HEN AND BIDDIES, THE your immediate family group …1969 Amer. dial.
– INCREASE the birth of a child; an addition to a family by the birth of a child …Bk1902 Eng. dial.
– MAKE race, family, lineage, species, kind …1856 Eng. dial.
– MENYIE † a family; household …1703 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– MERDIL a confused crowd of people or animals; a numerous family of little children; a huddle of small animals …1882 Sc.
– MERDLE a confused crowd of people or animals; a numerous family of little children; a huddle of small animals …1882 Sc.
– NATION †* a family, kindred …c1386
– OLD STANDARD an old-established resident; a person of old standing; an old family …1872 Eng. dial.
– PARAGE † equality of birth or station, as in members of the same family …1513
– REEK stock, family, lineage; always used in a bad sense. as ‘a bad reek’ …1865 Eng. dial.
– SEED, BREED, AND GENERATION the whole of one’s family and relatives …1792 Eng. dial.
– SIRENAME * a family name; a surname originating from the given name of the father …1542
– TRIBE a large family or group of relatives …1833 sl.

NOUNS, PERSON
(also see CHILD, DAUGHTER, FATHER, MOTHER, etc.)
– AFTERTHOUGHT the youngest child in a family, esp. one born considerably later than the other children …1914 sl.
– ANCHOR a younger brother or sister …2003 UK sl.
– ARM BABY a baby small enough to be held in the arms; by extension, the youngest and smallest child in a family …1939 Amer. dial.
– ATTERMITE one who resembles his parents …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– BABY the youngest person in a family, group of people, etc.; also, the most junior member of a team or other group …1854
– BABYCHILD the youngest child in the family, even if he or she is 50 years old …1980 Amer. dial.
– BABY FACTORY a woman who has had a large number of children …1990s US Black sl.
– BAG-SHAKINGS the youngest of a large family …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– BAIRN-TEAM the children of a household; offspring; family …c885 N. Eng. dial.
– BALEBOS an orderly person; a householder, the head of a family …Bk1966 Yiddish sl.
– BECHOR the eldest male child in a family …Bk1982 Jewish 
– BEEBEE the youngest member of a family or brood …1930 Amer. dial.
– BELANGINGS relatives, family connections …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– BENJAMIN the youngest, and consequently, favourite, son of a family …1913
– BLACKBIRD one whose family looks down upon his activities …1966 Amer. dial.
– BLACK SHEEP a disreputable or unsatisfactory member of a family, etc.; a bad character …1640
– BLACK SHEEP OF THE FAMILY a disreputable or unsatisfactory member of a family, etc.; a bad character …1856
– BLACK SHEEP OF THE FLOCK a disreputable or unsatisfactory member of a family, etc.; a bad character …1816
– BUTTONHOLE CONNECTION a distant relative; a family friend …1913 Amer. dial.
– BUTTONHOLE COUSIN a distant relative; a family friend …1959 Amer. dial.
– BUTTONHOLE RELATION a distant relative; a family friend …1913 Amer. dial.
– CABOOSE the last or youngest child in a family …1950 US sl.
– CAD the youngest and smallest of a family of any kind, esp. pigs …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– CADMAN the smallest one of a family …1856 Eng. dial.
– CALABASH COUSIN a person who is not a real relative but who is closely accepted by the family …1967 Hawaii
– CUZ 1. a term used by a Maori to refer to or address a family member …NZ colloq.
2. a term used by an Aboriginal person to refer to or address a family member …Aust. colloq.
– CUZZIE a close friend or family member; often used in direct address …20C NZ
– CUZZIE-BRO a close friend or family member; often used in direct address …20C NZ
– DAILY-BREAD a wage-earner; the working head of the family …c1890 colloq.
– DAILY BREADER the head of the family; the working head of the house …L19 rhyming sl.
– DAILY BREADITE the head of the family …L19 rhyming sl.
– DILLING † a child born when the parents are old; a darling or favourite child, a pet; the youngest of the family, the last born; a term of endearment …1584 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– DOSSER, THE the father of a family; he who provides the ‘doss’ (lodging, a bed) …L19 sl.
– DUSTY MELDER, THE the last child born in a family …Bk1905 Sc.
– EMPTY NESTER either member of a couple whose children have grown up and left home …1962
– FAMILIAR † a member of a person’s family or household …1460
– FAMILIST 1. † the head of a family; a family-man …1612
2. † one of the same family or household …1631
– GENARCH * the founder of a family or race …1879
– GENARCHA †* the founder of a family or race …1649
– GENEARCH the chief or head of a family or tribe …1727
– GENNETE in ancient Greece: the head of a family …1838
– GENTILE in Roman law: a member of the same ‘gens’ or clan, or family …1875
– GERMANE a member of the same family; a kinsman or kinswoman …1490
– HALF-BLOOD one born of the same father or mother as another, but not having both parents in common …1848
– HAND-BASKET PORTION a woman whose family continually gives money to her husband …c1786 UK sl.
– HEAD-BUMMER the head of a house; the chief representative of a family; the principal person …1864 Sc.
– HEAD-STALL the head of a house, a father, a husband, etc. …Bk1902 Sc.
– HIGH-FATHER * a patriarch …Bk1895
– HOUSE-FATHER the father of a family or household …1552
– IRISH TWIN one of two siblings born within a year of each other …1966 Amer. dial.
– LANDLORD the head of a family where one is a guest; one’s host …1824 Sc.
– LAST PEA IN THE DISH the youngest child …1986 Amer. dial.
– MASTER-MAN the head of a household or family; a husband …1885 Eng. dial.
– MOMMY TRACKER a woman who opts for or is forced into an interrupted or delayed career path as a result of raising a family …1989 colloq., orig. & chiefly US
– MOTHER’S PET † the youngest child of a family …1824 Sc.
– NEST-COCK † the youngest child …1674
– NESTLE-BIRD n. the youngest child of a family; a pet, a favourite; one who is fond of staying at home …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– NESTLE-BUB the youngest child of a family; a pet, a favourite; one who is fond of staying at home …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– NESTLE-COCK the youngest child of a family; a pet, a favourite; one who is fond of staying at home …1691 Eng. dial.
– NESTLE-DRAFF a weakling, the smallest and weakest of a brood or litter; the youngest child of a family; a weak, puny child …1777 Eng. dial.
– NESTLE-DRAFT, NESTLE-DRAUGHT a weakling, the smallest and weakest of a brood or litter; the youngest child of a family; a weak, puny child …1777 Eng. dial.
– NESTLE-RIPE a weakling, the smallest and weakest of a brood or litter; the youngest child of a family; a weak, puny child …1777 Eng. dial.
– NESTLE-TRIPE † the youngest child of a family; a weak, puny child; the smallest and weakest of a brood or litter …1616 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– NESTLING the youngest child of a family …1572
– ODDLIN(G) the last remaining survivor of a family or community; the last article of a set; a remainder …1870 Eng. dial.
– OFF a descendant; offspring; one of a progeny or family …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– OLD MAN the father of a family …US Civil War usage
– PIN-BASKET a large ornamental pincushion, with pins of various lengths artistically inserted, so as to resemble a basket; formerly, in some places, presented to the mother of a family on the birth of each child; hence, the youngest child in a family; the last child a woman bears …1730
– PINCUSHION the youngest child in a family …1912 Amer. dial.
– RABBIT a woman who has a large number of children …2002 Jamaica
– RACKLING, RECKLIN(G), RICKLING, RUCKLING the youngest or weakest of a family, a weakling …1781 Eng. dial.
– RIG, WRIG the smallest or weakest of a litter, brood, or family; the youngest or feeblest of a family; a weak, puny child …1805 Sc.
​- SCOUR-THE-BUGGIE, SKOUR-DA-BOGGIE the youngest member of a family; the last child to be born to two parents …a1838 Sc. 
– TAP O’ KIN the head of the family …Bk1880 Eng. dial.
– TAUSHENT the youngest child in a family …1802 Amer. dial.
– TITMAN a person, usually male, that is literally or figuratively stunted; a dwarf; the smallest or youngest or least significant in a family or other group …1818 Amer. dial.
– TOP the head of a clan, family, etc. …1612
– TORSHENT the youngest child in a family …1888 Amer. dial.
– TORTIENCE the youngest child in a family …1890 Amer. dial.
– TOSSANCE the youngest child in a family …1912 Amer. dial.
– TOSSIANCE the youngest child in a family …1912 Amer. dial.
– UGLY DUCKLING, AN a young person who turns out to be beautiful or talented against all expectations; the unpromising child in a family who ultimately surpasses the others …1885 
– WALLIDRAG, WALLYDRAG the youngest of a family; the youngest bird in a nest …1808 Sc.
– WRACKLING, WRECKLIN(G), WREGLING the youngest or weakest of a family, a weakling …1781 Eng. dial.
– YOICK a young one-income couple with kids …Bk2006 Amer. sl.
– YOUNGEST-BORN a youngest child or sibling …1608
– YOYO CHILDREN children who become pawns in a violent matrimonial battle and are constantly changing home …1977 UK sl.

PHRASES
1843 ► THE APPLE NEVER FALLS FAR FROM THE TREE a person inevitably shares traits with or resembles his or her parents or family
1999 ► THE CHILD IS FATHER OF THE MAN a child’s character shows what kind of an adult they will become (Bk.)

VERBS
1612 ► IMP to ‘engraft’, as by marriage, in a family
1780 ► DRIVE TAB to go out on a party of pleasure with a wife and family → sl.
1880 ► BE JOHN TAMSON’S MAN to be of one stock or family → Sc.
1898 ► WEAR THE PANTS to be the dominant member of a household, relationship, partnership, etc. → colloq.