(uncountable) A children's game of forming string into various shapes around one's fingers. / (countable, idiomatic) Any complicated structure that appears to be without purpose.

(medicine, pathology) A form of seborrheic dermatitis that occurs on the scalps of infants, causing scaly, flaky, itchy, red skin.

A person who has been raised in the Catholic faith since birth (in contrast to a person who has converted to the faith). It is usually implicit that the person has not lapsed in the faith.

(idiomatic, disapproving) To marry or become romantically involved with a much younger person, especially one from a younger generation.

Alternative spelling of cradle robber

(idiomatic, derogatory) A person who marries or becomes romantically involved with someone who is much younger, or who employs or otherwise engages a young person for a purpose inappropriate for his or her age.

(idiomatic) Spanning an entire lifetime; from birth to death.

Women, particularly mothers, have a decisive influence on the future direction of society because they raise and nurture the next generation.

Alternative form of the hand that rocks the cradle rules the world

plural of cradleland