enceinte
Expecting a baby
Enceinte has two distinct meanings.
As an adjective, it means pregnant—a formal or euphemistic term now largely confined to literary contexts: The duchess was enceinte with the heir.
As a noun, it refers to a fortification's enclosing wall or the area it contains: The inner enceinte protected the castle keep.
Carrying offspring in womb
- trimesterThirteen-week span
- maternityState of being pregnant
- expectantAwaiting something foreseen
- gravidPregnant, especially biologically
prenatal · antenatal · ultrasound · fetus · embryo · midwife · obstetrician · quickening
Fortified defensive wall
- citadelFortified urban stronghold
- bastionFortified defensive position
- strongholdFortified place of defense
- battlementToothed fortress wall crown
parapet · moat · drawbridge · portcullis · barbican · garrison · keep · turret
gestation
Carrying offspring in womb
gravid · prenatal · antenatal · ultrasound · fetus · embryo · midwife · obstetrician · quickening · labor
rampart
Fortified defensive wall
- citadelFortified urban stronghold
- bastionFortified defensive position
- strongholdFortified place of defense
battlement · parapet · moat · drawbridge · portcullis · barbican · garrison · keep · turret · redoubt
perimeter
Shape's outer edge length
confines · precinct · compound · ring · circuit · border · limit · corral · partition · barricade
- fortificationsfort, fortress, fortresses, citadel, citadels
- defensive wallsrampart, parapet, battlement, bulwark, bastion
- castle partsmoat, keep, drawbridge, battlement, tower
enceintenonpregnant
Not with child
barren · infertile · sterile · unpregnant · childless
enceintebarren
Unable to produce
infertile · sterile · childless · unfruitful · fruitless
enceinteopen ground
unfortified · undefended · breach · open field · razed
fence, defense, pregnant, offense, pregnancy, encircle, enclosure, fencing, defence