Point where something begins
Crossword Clue and Answers

Crossword Answers

4 letters

WELL
An open shaft through the floors of a building (as for a stairway)

STEM
Cause to point inward; "stem your skis"

SEED
The thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract

ROOT
The part of a tooth that is embedded in the jaw and serves as support

RISE
Rise in rank or status; "Her new novel jumped high on the bestseller list"

HEAD
Oral stimulation of the genitals; "they say he gives good head"

GERM
A minute life form (especially a disease-causing bacterium); the term is not in technical use

EDGE
A sharp side formed by the intersection of two surfaces of an object; "he rounded the edges of the box"

DAWN
The earliest period; "the dawn of civilization"; "the morning of the world"

CORE
(computer science) a tiny ferrite toroid formerly used in a random access memory to store one bit of data; now superseded by semiconductor memories; "each core has three wires passing through it, providing the means to select and detect the contents of each bit"

BASE
Having or showing an ignoble lack of honor or morality; "that liberal obedience without which your army would be a base rabble"- Edmund Burke; "taking a mean advantage"; "chok'd with ambition of the meaner sort"- Shakespeare; "something essentially vulgar and meanspirited in politics"

5 letters

YOUTH
Early maturity; the state of being young or immature or inexperienced

STOCK
Any animals kept for use or profit

START
A sudden involuntary movement; "he awoke with a start"

RADIX
(numeration system) the positive integer that is equivalent to one in the next higher counting place; "10 is the radix of the decimal system"

ONSET
The beginning or early stages; "the onset of pneumonia"

FOUNT
A plumbing fixture that provides a flow of water

CAUSE
Give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally; "cause a commotion"; "make a stir"; "cause an accident"

BLOOD
The fluid (red in vertebrates) that is pumped through the body by the heart and contains plasma, blood cells, and platelets; "blood carries oxygen and nutrients to the tissues and carries away waste products"; "the ancients believed that blood was the seat of the emotions"

BIRTH
The process of giving birth

BASIS
The fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained; "the whole argument rested on a basis of conjecture"

ALPHA
The 1st letter of the Greek alphabet

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WHENCE
From what place, source, or cause

SPRING
A light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards

SOURCE
A facility where something is available

PARENT
An organism (plant or animal) from which younger ones are obtained

OUTSET
The time at which something is supposed to begin; "they got an early start"; "she knew from the get-go that he was the man for her"

ORIGIN
Properties attributable to your ancestry; "he comes from good origins"

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

LAUNCH
The act of propelling with force

CRADLE
A baby bed with sides and rockers

BOTTOM
Come to understand

AUTHOR
Someone who originates or causes or initiates something; "he was the generator of several complaints"

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VINTAGE
The oldness of wines

TAKEOFF
Remove clothes; "take off your shirt--it's very hot in here"

TAPROOT
(botany) main root of a plant growing straight downward from the stem

SENDOFF
Send away towards a designated goal

RADICAL
(linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed; "thematic vowels are part of the stem"

ORIGINS

OPENING
A ceremony accompanying the start of some enterprise

LINEAGE
Inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline

KICKOFF
(football) a kick from the center of the field to start a football game or to resume it after a score

JUMPOFF
Jump down from an elevated point; "the parachutist didn't want to jump"; "every year, hundreds of people jump off the Golden Gate bridge"; "the widow leapt into the funeral pyre"

INFANCY
The earliest state of immaturity

GENESIS
A coming into being

EPONYMY
The derivation of a general name from that of a famous person

DESCENT
The act of changing your location in a downward direction

DAWNING
The first light of day; "we got up before dawn"; "they talked until morning"

CONCOCT
Devise or invent; "He thought up a plan to get rich quickly"; "no-one had ever thought of such a clever piece of software"

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STARTOFF

PIPELINE
A pipe used to transport liquids or gases; "a pipeline runs from the wells to the seaport"

PEDIGREE
Ancestry of a purebred animal

OUTBREAK
A sudden violent spontaneous occurrence (usually of some undesirable condition); "the outbreak of hostilities"

ORIGINAL
An original creation (i.e., an audio recording) from which copies can be made

ONCOMING
The beginning or early stages; "the onset of pneumonia"

NATIVITY
The event of being born; "they celebrated the birth of their first child"

NASCENCY
The event of being born; "they celebrated the birth of their first child"

NASCENCE
The event of being born; "they celebrated the birth of their first child"

HERITAGE
Hereditary succession to a title or an office or property

FOUNTAIN
A structure from which an artificially produced jet of water arises

CREATION
(theology) God's act of bringing the universe into existence

BLASTOFF
The launching of a missile or spacecraft to a specified destination

BABYHOOD
The earliest state of immaturity

ANCESTRY
Inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline

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SQUAREONE
The situation in which you begin an endeavor and to which you return if your efforts fail; "the police are now back at square one after having arrested and released 27 men"; "she has tried to diet but always ends up back at square one"

SETTINGUP

ROOTSTOCK
Root or part of a root used for plant propagation; especially that part of a grafted plant that supplies the roots

PREGNANCY
The state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth when a woman carries a developing fetus in her uterus

PATERNITY
The act of initiating a new idea or theory or writing; "the authorship of the theory is disputed"

PARENTAGE
The descendants of one individual; "his entire lineage has been warriors"

MATERNITY
The kinship relation between an offspring and the mother

LAUNCHING
The act of moving a newly built vessel into the water for the first time

INCEPTION
An event that is a beginning; a first part or stage of subsequent events

GENEALOGY
Successive generations of kin

ETYMOLOGY
The study of the sources and development of words

CHILDHOOD
The state of a child between infancy and adolescence

BEGINNING
The act of starting something; "he was responsible for the beginning of negotiations"

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WELLSPRING
An abundant source; "she was a well of information"

PROVENANCE
Where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence; "the birthplace of civilization"

PROGENITOR
An ancestor in the direct line

INCUNABULA

INCIPIENCY
Beginning to exist or to be apparent; "he placed the incipience of democratic faith at around 1850"; "it is designed to arrest monopolies in their incipiency"

INCIPIENCE
Beginning to exist or to be apparent; "he placed the incipience of democratic faith at around 1850"; "it is designed to arrest monopolies in their incipiency"

INCHOATION

GRASSROOTS
The common people at a local level (as distinguished from the centers of political activity)

FRESHSTART
An opportunity to start over without prejudice

FOUNDATION
The act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new; "she looked forward to her initiation as an adult"; "the foundation of a new scientific society"

EXTRACTION
Properties attributable to your ancestry; "he comes from good origins"

DERIVATION
Drawing off water from its main channel as for irrigation

CONCEPTION
The act of becoming pregnant; fertilization of an ovum by a spermatozoon

BIRTHPLACE
Where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence; "the birthplace of civilization"

BEGINNINGS

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WORDHISTORY

PROVENIENCE
Where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence; "the birthplace of civilization"

PARTURITION
The process of giving birth

ORIGINATION
The act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new; "she looked forward to her initiation as an adult"; "the foundation of a new scientific society"

LEADINGEDGE
Forward edge of an airfoil

INSTITUTION
The act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new; "she looked forward to her initiation as an adult"; "the foundation of a new scientific society"

FLYINGSTART
A quick and auspicious beginning

CUTTINGEDGE
The sharp cutting side of the blade of a knife