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2 letters

TA
A hard grey lustrous metallic element that is highly resistant to corrosion; occurs in niobite and fergusonite and tantalite

3 letters

DAD
An informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk

MUM
Secrecy; "mum's the word"

4 letters

REAR
The side that goes last or is not normally seen; "he wrote the date on the back of the photograph"

PAPA
An informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk

5 letters

RAISE
The act of raising something; "he responded with a lift of his eyebrow"; "fireman learn several different raises for getting ladders up"

6 letters

ENTRAP
Catch in or as if in a trap; "The men trap foxes"

TREPAN
A surgical instrument used to remove sections of bone from the skull

SOURCE
A facility where something is available

REARER

FATHER
(Christianity) any of about 70 theologians in the period from the 2nd to the 7th century whose writing established and confirmed official church doctrine; in the Roman Catholic Church some were later declared saints and became Doctor of the Church; the best known Latin Church Fathers are Ambrose, Augustine, Gregory the Great, and Jerome; those who wrote in Greek include Athanasius, Basil, Gregory Nazianzen, and John Chrysostom

MOTHER
Care for like a mother; "She fusses over her husband"

7 letters

BRINGUP
Make reference to; "His name was mentioned in connection with the invention"

NURTURE
The properties acquired as a consequence of the way you were treated as a child

10 letters

PROGENITOR
An ancestor in the direct line

PROCREATOR